Evening star., 1924-10-31

doing IS. A delivery truck rumbles
along, passes us. making pretty good
time. We get his speed Immediately.
Twenty-s miles, reads the recording
hand. Along we fly, in traffic and out.
| The driver, who didn't know cop
| was following him, gets a ticket
after protesting that he couldn't have
been going that fast. though he
| nassed every passenger vehicle on
| the Avenue.
We head along Maryland avenue.
lust before reaching Four and Half
street big sedan turns into the
avenue and the driver steps on the
gas. He hasn't looked to see whether
any one that even looks like a police
man is around. He does 26 across
street intersections. He has no per-
init. Has been warned before. Didn't
think he was going that fast. No, he
couldn't have been. Lady in car
protests. But the reporter observed,
during the time the car was being
everywhere but down at his speedom
| eter. He gets ticket.
Stop Government Truck.
Then we pick up a government
| truCk-a truck from the naval air
| station. He's passed every passenger
! car ahead of him, and yet when h
possibly have been going that fast.
He gets a lecture to the effect that
the people of the District of Column
bia who pay the taxes have to abide
by the speed laws. and that the gov
ernment must do His name is
taken for future reference.
We then head for Water street AS
we reach the railroad viaduct a small
sedan heads east. The driver looks
haJ; ;rI n1 I,,t
a colored man is on it. He knows he
isn't a policeman, and his foot drops
heavily on the gas. He has passed
the policeman close at hand going in
the opposite direction, but Smith
turns around. By that time the
speeder has covered two squares. We
knock out a few fast miles. and get
a hundred feet behind him at Eighth
street southwest. The recording hand
is then set On he rambles, across
Eighth street, Seventh street, Sixth
street, Four-and- -a-half street The
hand shows 80 miles. At Third street
he is directed to the curb The
policeman diSmountS, shows his badge
and informs the motoriSt he is a
member of the Metropolitan Police
Department. Usual formalities of dis
playing permit, and he is directed to
the police station. OF course, says
the uTlNeT, lie WASH I SOlHS tidl ldSl.
In the process of booking it turns
out he is an Army officer, attached
to the general staff at the War De-
partment. Nothing of his identity is
known until then. Wants to be pa
rolled to get his collateral. Smith
takes responsibility and he is re-
leased on that responsibility, provid-
ed he promises to return before
o'clock with collateral. Promises.
! IL ha
hind policeman, mumbles something.
Policeman says nothing. AS officer is
about to start his motor cycle man
comes up to him.
DO you work under Col. Sherrill?'
queries the prisoner.
mo, sir; we are Metropolitan po-
lice"
Well, 1 want your name and num-
berI am going to make trouble out
of this
Well" says the policeman. you
can come right back in the station
house now and they will give you my
name and number"
"It is not necessary to do that"
says the prisoner. Il can make the
| report
mo You are under arrest now,
and you can go back in the station
! house and remain there until you get
some ohe " oiihS Soui
The prisoner didn't appreciate the
| courtesy extended him.
While starting his motorcycle
Smith sees a small car coming down
Sixth street, across the intersection. We
fall in behind him after a couple of
| squares and the hand is set. 1t reads
"a. The man runs over on the wrong
side of the street and nearly runs
another car, coming in the opposite
direction, to the curb. He is stopped.
Left his permit at home. officer
asks him if he can get it. Admits
that he has no permit. Just bought
the car half an hour before AMI
shows bill of sale. Car still has old