Evening star., 1924-01-01
STREET ACCIDENTS
MAR C|TY'S REvELS
Festive Parties, Watch
Night Services and Noise
Usher in 1924.

Ringing of bells, blare of whistles,
| cracking of pistol shots, swapping OF
firecrackers, shouts and cheers from
many thousand throats. greeted the
New Year last night when the Ma
tional Capital gave noisy welcome to
1924, leap year.
1t was judged by many as the
most strenuous welcome given a
New Year here for many long year,
and was marked by numerous a1to-
mobile accidents and shooting af-
trays. Pistols and revolvers were
used throughout the city to help well
come in the infant year.
AS midnight approached stray
shouts and other sounds began to
break on the air. When 1928 official
ly gave way to 1924 the entire city
city in the country in the volume of
its greeting.
over all moaned the hoarse blare Of
great whistles from the outskirts or
| the city, while blended together be-
hind this great bass sounded a con-
fusion of other noises. issuing from
human throats and noise-making in
struments.
Family Parties Participate.
Throughout the city family parties
went to front doors and porches,
iinging doors wide open, greeting the
star-sprinkled sky with a veritable
din. Those who had gone to bed
early had to listen to the noise,
whether or no, for nothing could have
slept through it.
Watch parties in churches through
out the city sang triumphant hymns.
In hotels and cafes merry parties
showered each other with confetti
and danced until a late hour this
The list of accidents, due to auto
mobiles and pistols, was long one.
tol by an unidentified occupant of an
automobile at 1915 o'clock struck
the ground, richocheted and passed
through window at 50 street
northeast. lodging in the left shoul-
Der of a family. New Year party.
The wounded child was taken to
Sibley Hospital in the automobile of
a neighbor and given surgical aid.
It is thought her condition is not
serious Police report that the shot
was fired by one of party OF six or
eight men who used the pistol as
part of the nights celebration.
CoIored Man Hurt.
William Virgins, colored, twenty
eight, 1912 P street northwest, was
also the victim of an unidentified in
dividual who violated the law by dis
charging fearms on the street. Will
liam had participated in a watch
night service at Mount Zion Church,
2Sth street between o street and
Dumbarton avenue, and was shot in
the leg while leaving the church
about 10 minutes after the midnight
hour He was given surgical AID at
Emergency Hospital.
Peter Stratos, thirty-four, 2o4 IL
street southwest, sustained a slight
bullet wound in the region OF the
abdomen this morning about 5:15
O'Clock as a. result OF the accloentai
discharge of pistol. The weapon,
an automatic was discharged while
he was hammering on it, police
reported He was not seriously
wounded.
n is believed by the police that a
New Year record for traffic accidents
was established. Wet streets were
blamed for number of accidents,
while others are reported to have re-
suited from other causes. No ia
talities were reported.
Knocked Down by Auto.
Rev. Stephen G. Lampkins, colored.
Tuxedo, Nd, crossing at Sd and L
streets northwest about 1 o'clock
after having attended a watch-night
service, was knocked down by an au-
tomobile belonging to Greenwood
Washington, 437 o street northwest,
and painfully hurt. He was treated
at Emergency Hospital by DR.. Cud-
ney.
Clarence Cooper, colored, Bethesda,
Md. walking along Belt road on his
way home from watch night service.
| was knocked down by an automobile.
the wheels passing over his head and
town University Hospital by DR..
Chung, who reported his condition as
favorable.
-Four colored occupants of taxi
cab were injured about o'clock as a
result Of a collision between the taxi
cab and an automobile at New Jersey
avenue and street. They are: Hell
en- Payne, Al jackson street north
east: Lawrence White. 16 Dingman
place northwest; Eldridge jackson.
401s jackson street northeast, and
Mabel Batson. 81 Jackson street
! northeast. None OF them was seri-
An automobile driven by an uni
Identified colored man last night about
1870 o'clock left the roadway at
Howison place and N street south
west, struck a tree and then knocked
down Lillian White, colored, Pierce
court southwest. She refused hos
pital treatment for injuries.
Mrs r. H. Hayes and Miss Mar
earet Hayes, 1926 NJ street. and
Charles H. Tyson, 1910 L street north
west, about HAS o'clock were struck
by an automobile while crossing at
Connecticut avenue and NJ street
northwest. They refused hospital
treatment for painful injuries.
Two Cars Collide.
A collision between automobiles
driven by James X. Murphy, 80S K
street northwest and Frank d.
Feeney. As q street northeast. oc-
CURED at Rhode Island avenue and
1st street northwest about O'Clock.
Murphy and Robert Boswell 1890