Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17
TRAFFIC FINES RISE
SHARPLY AS JUDGE
ATTACKSSPEEDERS
Mattingly Sets High Price on
Haste, With $25 for First
0ffenSe.
PERMITLESS DRIVERS
FACE LONG SENTENCES
Hospital Waiter Is Assessed $3.50
or $50 Days-Another Must Pay
$500 or Serve Year.

The tariff for traffic offenses ad-
vanced sharply today when Judge Rob-
ert E. Mattingly of Municipal Court,
transferred temporarily to the traffic
bench, announced at the start that
speeding must stop, and began assess
ing fines that were rarely less than $25
for first offense violations and $50 for
the second, and making other of1enses
correspondingly costly.
The Traffic Court was held for the
first time in its new temporary quar-
tiers, the courtroom of the District Of
Columbia branch of Police Court, and
about lao cases were handled.
$3.50 or $50 days.
James p. williams, 81 years old. 100
block First street, head waiter at
Emergency Hospital. arrested last night
at Fourteenth and u streets for having
bad lights, and who was found to be
driving without permit, for the second
time within the year, was given $2oU
or 100 days on the latter charge ana
$40 or 10 days on the former by Judge
Mattingly. ~
Frank J. Blackwell of Ballston. Va:
who said he was an ex-servlce man OF
the Army and had recently undergone
treatment at Walter Reed Hospital
was fined $25 for speeding on Rhooe
Joseph J. Croghan, 1900 block OF
Massachusetts avenue, found gulity OF
second offense speeding on Rhode Is.
land avenue last night. was nneo Sou
for this and SO for not changing the
address on his permit after he moved a
month ago.
$500 Fine or $50 DAYS.
John Hodge. alias Johnnie Henry
uardoes 400 block of Franklin street
arrested yesterday by Policeman l.. Z
Johnson, while driving on a permit Is
sued to him when using the lattei
name. after his own permit had peer
revoked on July 9, 1928, was ordered &C
pay fines of $500. or 100 days on eacn
of two charges of driving after reVoca-
ton of permit and Tor securing peFHll'
by Misrepresentation.
Police booked 81 motorists on speed
ing charges during the "a hours end
| ing at o'clock this morning ana ar
rested 236 others on various cnargeS
| involving the traffic regulations as the
third week of their safety crusade ore"
! to a close.
Two children were slightly injured in
trafic accidents late yesterday after
noon and last night, while four otnet I
persons were slightly hurt throughout
Yesterday in the eight accidents re-
ported to police during the day.
In the war against speeders. the
thirteenth precinct and the. Traftic
Bureau led the force yesterday with
nine arrests EACH
OF the 236 miscellaneous charges
two were for drunk while driving. one
each for reckless driving and driving
with dazzling headlamps and 232 tor
lesser infringements.
Only three traffic accidents were re-
| ported to police from o'clock yeSter-
day afternoon to z o'clock this morning
| In the mishaps two children ana 9
woman were slightly injured.
Richard Loveless, 9 years old, OF ISIS
North Capitol street, was knocked down
by an automobile as he was riding his
| bicycle in the first block of Evarts
street northeast about 2:30 O'Clock yes
| terday afternoon. The automobile was
! driven by Dorothy C. McCregor OF 270C
| Connecticut avenue.
The boy was taken to Sibley Hos.
| pital in passing automobile and there
| treated by DR.. Willard Gilman fol
bruises to his head.
Five-year -old Wayne Andrews OF liz
Fifteenth street northeast sustained
minor decorations to his head last eve
! ming when he ran into the side OF q
| moving automobile operated by Olive
| Beall Of Beltsville. Md. He was treatec
at Casualty Hospital. -
Knocked down by an automobile
driven by Caldwell Fuel OF 2009 Flaglel
place as It backed into the curb In front
| of 1411 u street early last night, Mrs
Edith T. Papson, so years old, of 1921
/ w street, was slightly hurt. She wa!
| taken to Garfield Hospital, where she
was treated for bruises to her legs.