The Glenwood post., 1925-01-01
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thA trio had any heart - 60.
First Of, all it stArted II to rain
very hard and then about supper tine
there was an awful scream in froat Of
the house. Everyone rushed out. Un-
Gle Ted was the first one to reach the
center of the scene of horror, for .
little golden haired girl had vsntured
into the street and had been struck by
an automobile, which, seeefdiAg to
those who saw the accident was driv-
ing at a terrific rate Of speed. They
carried her into the house whore her
little body lay quito still. Mother
hastened to give first aid; Uncle Ted
phoned for the. doctor and the ambu-
lance, and Jack made himself rs use.
full as possible. It was all over sooa,
60 far as our friends were concerned.
The ambulance came, and the little
girls mother and father, and they took
her to the hospital.
''I couldn't 60 to the movies now"
said Uncle Ted. "Let US sit here and
talk awhile"
"I don't want to go, either" said
Jack, and Ruth quite agreed
"It seems to me-" continued Uncle
Ted, "that this experience, bitter for
you as it has been, should be . big
help and perhaps save you both from
such a fate. The fact that this little
girl ran right into the path Of the
automobile certainly does not excuse
the driver, but if she had looked care
fully before she started she would not
have been hit. cannot warn you
enough about crossing the street. If
it takes you five minutes longer, don 7
leave the curb until you KNOW it is
safe and there is time and room to get
across.
"I think one of the most interest
ing conferences ever held in Washing.
ton was the recent national confer
ence on street and highway safety,
held in the big United States chamber
Of commerce building. More than 900
representatives from various city and
state police departments, automobile,
civic, and educational associations at.
tended the sessions. These people
gathered there under the chairmanship
of Herbert Hoover, secretary Of com.
merce, to try to remedy the terrible
traffic conditions that exist in the
United States today. 1t was Just such
an accident as happened here tonigh,
that these men hope to prevent in ths
future.
THE meeting brought out many
things Of Importance on the subject
To me the main evils to be remedied
are the reckless, dangerous drivers
those who drive without knowing how
the lax examinations given people be.
fore they get their drivers license,
and the easy attitude of most Of ou,
courts. Secretary Hoover has gone
right after the reckless driver. BE
believes that the only way to stop
him is to punish him and punish him
enough so that it will be remembered
and will be warning to others.
"1n his opening address at this CON.
ference, among other important points
he brought out the following:
"'It is high time that something
should be done about this. We must
find constructive measures to meet ths
crisis of tens of thousands of deaths
annually, with hundreds Of thousand.
OF serious personal injuries, and mil
lions of property damage, accompanied
by an economic loss of some stagger
ing sum, such as $6OO,OOO,opo yearly
! have talked much about the elimiua
tion of waste in industry in dollar,
and cents and time. But here is &
waste in human lives each year equa
to one-third of the American losses by
death in the world war, two and one
half times as many casualties as al
those suffered by the America,
forces
Just think of that, kiddies. Doesn q
that make you stop and think! Doesn y
that make you want to be more care
full and to spread the thought of being
careful to everyone wherever you are
President Coolidge considers tn,
problem so serious that he spoke be
fore the meeting, making several sug
gestions as remedy. He believes the
various states should solve this biz
problem and look after their people.
If the death and disaster that now
fall upon our innocent people, said
President Coolidge, speaking before
the conference, Through the year and
over our country as n whole, were con
centrated into one calmity, we would
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