The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-21
NEW ORDINANCE
FOR AIR filters
District of Columbia Police
Puzzled How to Enforce
Regulations
HAVE NO PLANS TO
CHASE OFFENDERS
VIII Try to Nab Men When They Land
Every Filler Must Have License =
Cannot Come Within 1000 Feet OF
Ground Over the City.

Ground Over the City.
WASHINGTON, July q. ASSOCIATED
Press How're YOU going to catch a
breaking airman 1000 feet up in
the air when you haven't a plane, bal
loon, or even a stepladder to get him
with? That's the question agitating
the District of Columbia police today
on the eve of going into effect of Wash
ington's newest and most stringent
traffic regulation.
Hereafter police viii be expected to
see that no Tightly human fier skins
lower than the fixed safety limit; that
none OF them attempt any fancy flying;
and-worst OF all-that every tiier
over Washington roofs has a license.
It's the last section of the new rule
that bothers the cops most, Tor there S
rot a single plane owned by the entire
police force with which to stop the
reckless in mid-air to grulllY demand Il
sight Of their permits; and what's more
say police officers. no one on the force
sees any possibility OF there ever being
one.
Nevertheless, there's the law, and
the coppeTs are scratching their heads
to find a way out.
The air traffic rule is the direct out
come of the act Of commercial fiieI
who flew 50 low over the assemblage al
the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial
last Decoration day, that he drowned
out President Harding's voice during
his address. Public and official de-
nunciation quickly aroused congress tC
the PRONUNCIATION of the regulation and
stiff fines now await the unthinklng
fiier.
While the order was issued month
ago, the penalties do not go into effect
until midnight tonight 1t is provided
that no fiier shall descend lower than
5000 feet within the District of Colum-
bia boundaries, unless landing. taking
Off or en- route to another point; that
all persons except United States agents
such as army. navy, marine corps and
mail fiiers. must be duly licensed pilots:
that no trick flying shall be attempted
under any circumstances and that avn
ators shall land only at designated
fields
Qualified pilots viii be granted free
licenses by the district commissioners
and licenses issued by any lawfully
created board of any state or by any
branch of the federal government vii
be accented in qualification. However
pilots passing over the district without
descending into the safety zone will not
be expected to have license.
Police officials do not eNUnct air tratdr
to become a very great problem for some
ti,ae vet. so they will rely unon tn
integrity of pilots to keep within tn
law. IF any Of them try TO pull thf
wool over police ewes by fleeing after
they break the law. eagle ewes VII
mark their descent and they'll be nabbed
ANYWAY.
At least one such rrcalcitrant fife
who made a nuisance of himself, as wei
as 2 possible danger. by living low oTe'
y crowded bah park and thTowing on
advertising ''fiiars". has already alleT
into no1;cn clutches. officers said. Nhe7
- landed a eorror was awaiting him
With warrant for breaking the law N
re~ard to cluttering public places witt
IaDer.