Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-05
TRAFFIC V|OLATORS
GIVEN SMALL FINES
AS ARRESTS DROP
Minimum Penalties Imposed
on Majority to Face
Police Judge.
DAYS LARGEST SENTENCE
is ASSESSMENT OF $25
Average Payment of Those Found
Guilty Is $40, Low Limit
Fixed by Law.

MdIlOu 10 Tie 1rAIuC COuIG DenCu 1Or
the first time since the beginning Of
the safety crusade was marked by the
imposition Of minimum fines on APP
proximately IS motorists today. The
number OF arraignmentS was the mini
mum since the opening Of the cam
paign.
Judge Mcmahon imposed his most
severe penalty on Timothy w. Temple,
5000 block Of Thirteenth street, who
was charged with second offense speed
ing. Temple, arrested by Policeman G.
M. Patton, was ordered to pay $25.
Convicted of first offense speeding,
the majority of defendants arraigned
were fined the minimum penalty of $40.
Continuances were granted to three
defendants arraigned on charges of
reckless driving.
Phillip A. jackson. 1900 block Of
r street. one of the three charged
with reckless driving, was arrested fol-
lowing a collision yesterday. In which
Policeman w. G. Handley of the sec
ond precinct sustained cuts and bruises
Judge Mcmahon ordered the case con-
tinued when informed that due to his
injuries, Handley was unable to ap-
pear in court to testify.
Arrested by Policeman w. B. kuhns
on Wisconsin avenue yesterday, Leo
Warning. $500 block of K street. pleaded
not guilty to charge of driving while
drunk when arraigned In Trafic Court
and demanded jury trial.
Fifteen persons were injured, two of
them seriously, in series of week end
traffic accidents reported to police this
morning.
Bernard Canter, 81 years old, living
at 212 Fourteenth street northeast, is in
a critical condition at Casualty Hos
pital as the result of injuries suffered
early yesterday morning when run down
by hit-and-run driver at Eighth street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. He
received a fractured skull and severe
cuts and bruises to the head and face.
Police were furnished description of
the driver and machine, but had not
located either this morning.
Eight-year-old John Helgenberg suf-
fered right leg injuries last night when
run down while walking across the
street in front of his home. at 6l9 Six
tenth street northeast. by an automo-
bile operated by George w. Myers Of
ll09 l street northeast. The child was
taken to Casualty Hospital, where his
condition this morning was reported as
undetermined.
Policeman Is Injured.
Myers was taken to the ninth pre-
cinct station house and released after
questioning.
Policeman w. C. Hanley, 80 years old,
attached to the second precinct and
living at 1888 @ street, was treated at
Emergency Hospital for painful leg and
body bruises received yesterday when
the machine in which he was riding
and driven by Policeman j. M. Wilson,
~. OF the same precinct and residing at
$3.50 Wisconsin avenue, was In collision
at Twelfth and @ streets with a car
operated by Phillip A. jackson Of 1914
r street.
Wilson and Jackson escaped unin-
jured and the latter was released on
SIS collateral after being booked at the
second precinct station on a charge of
reckless driving.
Policeman W. E. Grimes, 4s years
old. of the eleventh precinct, was
treated at Casualty Hospital last night
fered when run down on Alabama ave-
nue. near Eleventh place southeast by
an automobile which he attempted to
stop. He reported the machine was
driven by Lester Null, % years old, of
1880 Brothers place southeast.
Null. who also was treated at the
hospital for bruises sustained when
thrown forcefully against the steering
wheel of his machine when it struck
precinct station on charges of driving
while drunk and assault with an auto
mobile.
Two Women Are Hurt.
Miss Tamara Block, 90 years old, and
her sister, Ella, IS, both of $50 Emer-
son street, were injured painfully last
night when run down as they alighted
from a street car at Second and H
streets northeast by an automobile
driven by Daniel A. Murphy. A years
old, of New York City, who was ques-
toned by police of the ninth precinct
and released.
Five colored persons were injured
slightly yesterday when the machine
in which they were riding struck a
telephone pole on Benning road near
Twenty-first street northeast.
The injured are: Matthew West, 18,
of 1928 Sheridan road southeast, driver
of the car; Ernest Short, % years old,
1888 Sheridan road southeast; James
Simms, II, Of 2549 Pomeroy road north
ton Docket. 10, both Of 1925 Nichols
avenue northeast. All were treated at
Casualty Hospital for minor body
bruises.
Marie Long, 18 years old, colored, of
SIS @ street, was treated at Casualty
Hospital for deep decorations to the
right knee, suffered yesterday when the
machine in which she was riding and
operated by William H. Carter, % years
old, colored, struck a telephone pole
on Bladensburg road at Twenty eighth
street northeast. Carter escaped I'M
injured.
Child, 6, Is Bruised.
Maude Jewell, 19-year-old colored
girl, living in the rear of 529 New Jer-
sey avenue, was treated at Providence
Hospital for painful body bruises. suf-
fered yesterday when run down at
One-half and M streets southeast by an
automobile operated by John Walters Of
ga / street southeast. Her condition
was said to be not serious.
Six-year- Elizabeth orion of 4035
Branch street northeast suffered severe
body bruises and shock when the ma
chine in which. she. was riding and OPP
Grated by her father, William Orton,
Al years old, was in collision with an
other car yesterday 2 miles beyond Seat
Pleasant, Md.