The Washington herald., 1922-11-05
TRAFFIC VICTIMS
DURING OCTOBER
NCLUDE5KILLED
Four Seriously Injured
And liza Receive
Minor Hurts.
BUREAU REPORTS
OF e,357 Arrests in Month,
2,S26 Involved D. c.
Traffic Rules.

Killed, 5; seriously injured, 4;
minor injuries. 174; property dam
ages. ss3,
Thus reads the trafic casualty
list for the District of Columbia for
the month of October, according to
figures released yesterday by the
Traffic Bureau.
The casualties averaged more
than 16 a day during the 31-day
period. Friday. October IS, record
cd 1 killed. 3 injured. and IL prop
erty damages.
$40 Speeders Arrested.
During the month there were $40
arrests for violating the speed laws.
100 for colliding, is for colliding
and failure to stop. so for cutting
corners. Is for having dazzling
lights. S for backing to turn in
street. IL for disobeying offiial
signs. As for driving while drunk,
3 for driving on sidewalk. 81 for
failure to give signal, 80 for failure
to give right of way, 1 for driving
over fire hose. 10 for improper
brakes, 30 for obstructing cross
walks. Is for obstructing fire hy-
drants, 80 for passing at intersec-
tions. 1O1 for passing signals. SO
for passing street cars. s for pass
ing vehicle on right, 32 for violat-
ing one-way traffic. 2 for driving
the wrong way around 4 circle. and
81 for driving on the wrong side of
the street. The total arrests for
violation of traffic regulations num-
bered 2,S26.
Intoxication Arrests Increase.
The Metropolitan Police arrested
9O4 persons last month for irtoxi-
cation. as compared with 73i dur
ing September and S91 during Au-
gust.
Total arrests during October were
6.357. The September total was 6,164
and the August total 1854.
Violations of the liquor laws led
to 1874 arrests during the month.
as compared with 1.1S7 for Septem-
ber and 915 for August. During
October, III were arrested for SELL
sion of liquor. 90 for transporting
liquor, one for manufacturing
liquor. one for illegal possession of
a still. three for destroying evil
dence in liquor cases. one for illegal
possession of mash for distilling
one for conspiracy in connection
with the liquor traffic. seven for
failing to pay revenue tax, 9O4 for
intoxication. fifty for operating a
vehicle while drunk, and seven for
drinking in public.
Seize 4,343 Quarts Of whisky.
The police and revenue officers
captured 4.343 quarts of whisky,
eight quarts of alcohol, thirty-five
gallons of wine. sixteen gallons of
cider. 576 quarts of beer. o4O gall
Ions of mash, six stills and three
automobiles.
A decrease in the major crimes
was noted in the report. There was
one arrest for murder. as compared
with six Tor Septe hnber. and three
for August; for manslaughter ..
compared with none for September
and four for August; for assault
with dangerous weapons nineteen,
compared with twenty-five for Sep
tember and thirty for August; for
attack on girl. one; mayhem. one;
blackmail. one: robbery. three; as
compared with fourteen for Septem-
ber and nine for August: house
breaking, fifty-six, and grand lar
ceny, fifty.
Eleven alleged hand bookmakers
were arrested; twenty-five were ar
rested for permitting gaming.
twenty-three for joyriding, eight
for violating the Harrison law,
seven for keeping disorderly houses
and one for violating the Mann act.
The Traffic Bureau issued 1.4s6
licenses to operate motor vehicles
The applications disapproved num-