Evening star., 1925-05-13
CITIZENS BACK WAR
ON UNCLEAN PRINTS.
Lincoln Park Association
Wants City Cleared of
Obscene Literature.

The Lincoln Park Citizens Asso-
citation at it's meeting last night. in the
Bryan School, Thirteenth and B
streets southeast, adopted resolution
complimenting The Star for the stand
II has taken against the display or
sale of obscene and indecent literature
in Washington.
The resolution, presented by H. D.
Bushong, also commended Assistant
District Attorney Ralph Given and
the metropolitan police for their ac-
tivities in the matter.
Additional playground facilities
were cited as the most urgent need in
the District by Traffic Director M. O.
Eldridge in an address before the
meeting, the quoted figures showing
70 per cent of traffic deaths were
among children IA years of age and
under. With convenient play space, he
said, children could be kept off the
streets and fatalities greatly lessened.
The hour at which the greatest
number of traffic accidents occur is
between 8 and o'clock at night, he
stated, showing that improperly ad-
justed and glaring headlights and poor
street lighting were major contribut-
ing causes. In recent brake and light
adjustments made by automobile deal
ers, he said, it was found that but one
out of each of the $4,000 or more cars
of popular make tested had properly
focused headlights.
Walk Beneficial.
He intimated that the health of resi-
dents would be bettered because of
having to walk several blocks to their
offices after parking their cars outside
the congested area. That the limit of
speed would be increased to % miles
an hour or more was Mr.. Eldridge's
belief, but this, he said, would not
come about until after the completion
of the boulevard right-of-way system.
Pennsylvania and Maryland avenues
are to be investigated soon with this
system in mind.
pennsylvania avenue southeast, ac-
cordinS to accident statistics, he said,
Is the most dangerous in the city, and
II is possible that parking thereon
VIII be restricted to curb parking at
an angle of 45 degrees. He indicated
desire to have motorists and pc
destrlans. educated to the new regu-
lations, and said that police officers
should aid by warning offenders when
the violation is not fragrant.
Praise was given The Star for its
part in the oratorical contest by Miss
Asenath Graves of Eastern High
School, who represented this city in
the national contest and who was a
. NSol VI Tic dSSOCldIlOn.
Protest Burning Dumps.
Condemning the practice of burning
trash on dumps in the Northeast and
southeast sections as a nuisance and
menace to health, the association re.
soIVed to petition the Commissioners
TO ban the practice, and the sugges-
ton was made that disposal of refuse
ne made on large plot of ground
SAID to be owned by the District at
occoquan, Va. One of the dumps. il
vas pointed out, is near Congressional
Cemetry and Gallinger Hospital. in.
the midst of a rapidly growing resi-
Dental section
establishment of a playground on
land available on G. street between
seventeenth and Eighteenth streets
or on the east side of Seventeenth
street southeast will be urged upon
the Commissioners. The section asst
or Flfteenth street, from East CapitoI
street south to Pennsylvania avenue,
1t was said. is without Fairgrounds.
and the need is stressed The associa
non in resolutions reiterated it's plea
Tor the construction of a coping along
the property of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Co. car barns on
East Capitol. between Fourteenth and
FHteenth streets, to prevent the wash
AiiS VI ioooC col LII uOWn TO In6 SIDE
walk. The Commissioners will be
urged to lay sidewalks on the west
side of Fourteenth, between G and E
streets, and on the north side of A
street from Eighteenth to Nineteenth
streets.
Ask Street Repairs.
Repairs to street paving will be
asked for B street from Eighth street
to Eleventh street northeast, B street
northeast from Eighth street to Tenth
street, Ninth street from Massachu-
setts avenue to E street northeast and
Eleventh street from street south
east to c street northeast. Resolu-
tions adopted also request that provi-
sion be made in the estimates for next
year for the paving of 25 squares of
roadway in Lincoln Park neighbor-
hood.
New members were elected as fol-
lows: Earl w. Willett, E. A. Helmsen
Frank B. Cogswell Max Goldberg,
II. l.. Stein, Miss H. Shipstead NJ
Ehylich, M. Westlieb, Howard H.
Harrison, A. S. Offutt, John Bonac-
Corsy. Charles S. Taylor and F.
Cusumano. President Guilford S.
Jameson presided. The association
adjourned until October when the
annual election of officers will be held.