The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08
Women Must Give Ages to City
Auto Examiners.
Topeka May Go Thru Another
"Over 21" Uprising.
FIRST LICENSES TOMORROW
Local Motorists Will Have Is
Days to Get Permits.
New Board VIII Be in Session
at City Auditorium.

Topeka is threatened with another
feminine revolution.
Thursday morning. at o'clock, the
city motor vehicle license board will
nance requires that every driver of a
motor vehicle must obtain a license.
Information to be supplied by the ap-
plicant includes name, address and
age. The wording is thus:
said board shall keep a record of
each application. stating the name, age.
add address and such h other detail nforma
the opinion of said board"
Another Battle Near.
The ordinance doesn't say the ap-
plicant must swear that he or she is
of legal age to drive n car; it says
the age" Those who remember the
terrible registration war of two years
ago when the women refused to give
their ages to the registration clerks
are predicting another battle with the
traffic board as defendants. The fact
that the women won their point in the
registration question may make them
quite bold in dealing with the traffic
board Then again-you can never
tell what a woman will do-they may
feel so jubilant over it and experience
quished male of the species that the
desired information will simply bub-
Bile from their lips.
The board will be in session on the
ground floor of the auditorium. 1t
consists of c.. A Swallow, chief of po-
lice; Robert Miller, sheriff and J. D.
NJ. Hamilton, probate judge. The ap-
plicants will not have to pass any test
in driving or mechanical education
but they will have to use the utmost
care to retain the licenses they have
received.
Fifteen Days to Get License.
Topeka motorists and motorcycle
Will he
which to obtain the license which will
permit them to drive on the high
ways and byways' of Topeka The
ordinance does not apply to motorists
living outside the city, or to persons
who do not so5ourn here for more than
two weeks at time. The penalty for
driving without a license is fixed at
not less than SIS or more than $500;
or not less than thirty days nor more
than sixty days imprisonment After
the 15-day period has passed, persons
found driving without a license will
be arrested, according to Chief Swal-
low.
In the event that the holder of a
license is implicated In an accident
in which he is wholly or partly to
blame; or in the event he is guilty
of reckless driving or violation of any
of the city auto traffic ordinances.
the license may be suspended for a
certain period of time. or revoked al
together. Authorities believe this will
be one of the most effective methods
ever invoked to curb the auto acci-
dents that have taken such tremen-
dous toll of human life during the
last few years. 1t will at least oper-
ate effectively in deprfving reckless
drivers Of that powerful destructive
instrument with which they menace
the community
DR.. H. L. Clark. county coroner, has
announced that he will recommend to
the traffic board that licenses be re-
fused to certain drivers who lately
have been more or less responsible for
the loss of human lives and severe in
juries to passengers in their cars