Evening star., 1922-10-24

Following an appeal made by Carter
&. Keene, representing the Shrine
convention committee of Almas Tenn
Pile of this city. in which he told of
the tremendous Importance of this
coming event, the Mid-City Citizens
Association, at its annual meeting last
night in the auditorium of Thomson
School, adopted a resolution pledging
the associations support and pToVid
ing for a contribution of $50 to- the
fund being collected for the conven-
ton.
The address made by Noble Keene
was the first of a ser es to be made
before a citizens gathering through
out the city to explain what this COM
ing Shrine convention means. and to
emphasize the necessity for every
cit zen in the city to aid the conven-
tion committee in making the ecca
sion next June a great success. After
describing what the Mystic Shrine
stands for. and telling of the success
ful manner in which other cities have
handled similar conventions, he said
every one must join together and
help.
Entire City Interested.
washington must awaken to the
Importance of this tremendous un-
dertaking." Noble Keene said "It is
not merely Shrine OF Masonic af-
fair, but IL is an affair of the entire
citizenship of the capital. 1t is your
affair as well as ours. We ask
only their moral support but we must
have their financial help. as well. The
citizens of Washington always have
been distinguished for their public
spirit and their hospitality. and
have not the slightest doubt of their
:f,C To no inv
tant occasion"
Noble Keene said that the local
committee estimates that there will
be more than 100000 visitors in
Washington during the convention
and that means housing. and enter
tanning them must be found in the
meantime. He estimated that more
than 100000. 900 will be spent in the
District during the period the visit
ing Shriners and their friends and
families will be the guests of the
city.
The speaker was greeted with much
applause and when he concluded. the
resolution offered by DR.. Fl. l.. Nor
ton. pledGing the associations moral
and financial support was as once
adopted unanimously. MIR; heene
thanked the gathering for the spirit
shown and congratulated the Mid
City Association on being the first of
the citizens bodies to Join the pro-
cession" as he expressed it.
Talk on Trame Conditions.
An interesting talk on the traffic
conditions in Washington was given
by INSPECTOR Albert Headley, chief of
the traffic bureau of the local police
department In describing the er-
fcrtS on the part of the police to pro-
tect the public on the streets and to
reduce accidents he said that just so
long as We have careless pedestrians
and reckless drivers we Will have ac-
cidents. In enumerating statistics
concerning traffie casualties ne SAID
that there is evidence of q decline in
fatalities. He showed that during the
year ending June 30, 1921, there were
65 deaths and 13 persons seriously in
jured in traffic accidents. In the fol-
lowing year. he said. there were so
deaths and 81 persons seriously in
jured. Since June 80 there have been
20 deaths. He called attention to the
fact that although there has been 4
reduction in fatal and serious acci-
dents. the number of automobiles in
the District increased 1903 during
the year.
.usp~ ctor Headley said he is not in
favor of a single safety week; he
would have safety week every week
in the year. He said he would like
to see law requiring all So-called
out of town persons operating cars in
NIT and tag after they had been here
for a certain prescribed time. In con-
cIusion he said the District is not so
bad Off in the matter of street acci-
dents when it is compared with other
cities. but that there is plenty ofToom
for improvement.
Ohicers Reelected.
Following the transaction of routine
business the present officers were re-
elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent A. J. Driscoll, Vice President Dr.
j. 6. Buchanan. Secretary Bates NJ.
Stovall, Financial Secretary j. c. Nc
Cuen and Treas surer M. T. Pines w.
H. r. Richardson and Gilbert l.. Hall
were reelected delegates to the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations.
The association approved Safety
first" week, and Gilbert L. Hall. Jo-
ssph Geier and H. c. Althol were ap-
pointed to attend the public meeting
in the District building next Thurs
day.
Members elected were Arthur Cope
land, L. P. Allwine, J. c. DeVare. Will
liam Saltzman. Max Levin, w. T. Mar
tin and Abram Lebowitz.