Evening star., 1920-01-13
.C|V|C BODY AIMS
At D. c. WARRANTS
Piney Branch Citizens Want
Notorious Ones Sent
to Workhouse.

Warrants in the District of Column
bia who become notorious Tor thelr
continued lack OF work should De sum
ma-ily dealt with, accof"!hs 70 lho
provisions of resolution ;'oopttu d.
meeting OF the Piney Branch Cit
liens Association last hishl at LII"
Iowa Avenue NJ. r. Church.
A resolution introduced by John W
Keener. chairman OF tne ASSOCIATION )
law and order committee, AT lIe ie
quest of the president OF lnt @sso
citation, suggests u law proFldlhs .ii'i'
any Nagrant who shall be known " We q
Va Grant shall be arrested and on coiN!c-
tion shall be sent to the workholse' ne
will not be entitled to go his own ooi'o'
but must obtain bond. me reSoiu
ton. Mr.. keener explained: - com
posite of the Virginia ana Mary iahu
state vagrancy laws ana "oulu ne
supplemental to the vagrancy laws
now in force in the District OF Co
lumbia
cites Notorious Migrants
Charles w. Fits. in speech up
bo,dine the purpose of the resolution.
said that washington is notorious
for men who nominally sell Shoe
strings and who used to phenohe-
nally" drink beer, who steal or iali 10
pay for a luncheon and get sent 10
the District Jail for the winter. com
memory of better food than they ever
enjoyed before
.Such men as show their Vagrancy
should not be sent to the jail, nut TO
the workhouse at Occoquan and be
made to pay for their keep, Mr. flttS
said The resolution. as explained py
MIR. Keener is not intended to dea!
with men who arrive in the city and
are almost Immediately picked up by
the police. but with those who are
aVowed VagrantS.
Mr.. Finch Opposes DIR. Van Schaick.
Rev John Van Schaick. president of
the board of education and nominee
for the post of District Commission
er. is temperamentally unified Tor
high public office, according to
stat tement made by George n. Finch
before the association last night. Mr..
Finch testified before the Senate Dis
trict committee yesterday afternoon
opposing the confirmation of DR.. Van
Schaick. Mr.. Finch said that two
years ago DIR. Van Schaick. then pres
ident of the Board of Charities. "eN-
coriated" the Piney Branch citizens
because they opposed placing the
| municipal hospital in the Piney
Branch section.
Traffic Accidents Discussed.
! On motion of William F. Peabody
First Association. the association vot-
| ed for a standing special COMMITTEES
| in charge of public safety. Mr.. Pea
! body said traffic accidents are increas-
| ing and that only by the recognition
! of the common rules of safety and
| care by both the public and motor
| lists can safety for pedestrians be as
Sured. The pedestrian, he said is
, often as much to blame as the auto
mobilist. Mr.. Peabody said that seven
ty-one persons We're killed in the
streets of Washington in 1919 as the
result of traffic accidents and urged
every citizen to help cut this death
toll in 1920. John w. Keener said
that there are two classes of citizens
| who are in the main responsible for
traffic accidents-reckless automo-
bilists and impertinent pedestrians
Fortunately, he said, they are much in
the minority.
School Betterment Plan Indorsed.
The association. on motion of George
A. Finch, voted to affiliate with the Ma
! tional Capital School Betterment Coun-
! Gil and indorsed the aims of the
council A resolution offered by J
! association opposing civil service ex-
| aminations for teachers in the public
! schools was carried. A copy of this
resolution was sent to the Federation
| Of Citizens Associations The associa-
| tons committee on schools was author
| lied to take steps for the building of
/ an addition to the J. r. West School
| on Farragut street, where an eight
| room addition to the present eight room
| building is wanted by the association.
Copies of a petition printed by the asso-
| citation will be sent to both District COM
mittees in Congress, the Commissioners
and the Federation Of Citizens Associa-
| tons
| Wants Liquor to Go to Hospitals.
| Assignment of liquor now in the hands
| of the police to hospitals in the District
for medicinal purposes was urged in a
| resolution offered by G. Leyburn Shorey
and passed by the association Mr.
Shorey explained that frequently liquor
will save a patients life when
everything else fails Walter B. Fry
chairman of the committee on streets
sidewalks and lights, reported prog
ress on several street improvements In
the Piney Branch section.