Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-27
2(0 ARE ARRESTED
IN TRAFFIC CRUSADE
F. H. Stephens and Wife Are
Among Six Injured in
Auto Accidents.

Two hundred and nine traffic arrests
were reported here for the "a hours
ending at 8 O'Clock this morning.
The arrests consisted of IA for mis-
cellaneous offenses, So for speeding,
four for driving with dazzling lights,
two for reckless driving and one for
hit and run. Six persons were hurt
in traffic accidents in the last "a hours.
Among these were Francis H. Stephens,
assistant corporation counsel, and his
wife, Mrs. Grace r. Stephens, of TIA
Summit place, who were painfully in
jured last night about 7:15 o'clock when
struck at Sixteenth street and Park road
by an automobile operated by Roberta
Elliott of 7105 Wisconsin avenue,
Bethesda. Md.
The Elliott car struck the couple
while making a turn into Park road.
Roy Heck of Falls Church, Va, took
the injured persons to their home where
they were attended by DR.. Elliott M.
Campbell.
Neither Is Hurt Seriously.
Neither was seriously hurt. Mr.. Ste
phens suffered a laceration over the
right eye and Commissions to both knees
and his wife was treated for burns on
the right side.
Five other persons were injured In
traffic accidents reported to the police.
Eugene Ella, 20, of 4305 Iowa avenue,
was run down by the automobile Of
James o. Knowles, 628 Allen place, in
front of 1904 Georgia avenue at about
5 o'clock. He was treated at Casualty
Hospital by DR.. j. Rogers Young for
an injured right arm.
Mrs. Genevieve Doushone, %, of 5187
hor loft knno
and ankle when she fell from q street
car on the Cabin John Bridge line. The
heel of her shoe caught on the step.
She was taken to Georgetown Hospital
by her husband.
Two other pedestrians, both colored,
were knocked down by automobiles. A
man who gave his name as DOC"
Oliver, and his residence as the 100
block of T street, was injured severely
by the automobile of Clyde T. Twyman.
colored, while crossing u street between
o'clock this morning.
Child Also Is Injured.
A passing motorist took James Salt
ers, colored. to Georgetown Hospital
early last night from M street near
First, where the man had been knocked
down by an automobile. Salters, 20
years old, of 1416 Thirty-sixth street,
suffered cuts about the head and was
kept at the hospital for observation.
Five-year-old Ligellia Mahoney, col
ored, whose parents live In the zoo
block of r street, also ran afoul of an
automobile and after being knocked
down near her home by a machine
driven by Edward Caldwell, Sill Sher-
rier place. was taken to Freedmens
Hospital and treated for shock and
possible internal injuries.
Good Records Aid Three.
Records that disclosed long years Of
operating automobiles, without having
been arrested, led Judge Gus A. Schuldt
to impose minimum fines on three men
who were arrested yesterday on speed
charges and appeared before him in
Traffic Court today.
David Wolhaupter, $500 block Of
Macomb street, arrested by Policemen
K. P. Greenlow and r. v. Sinclair after
his automobile, which he was operating
on the wrong side of the street, collided
with another machine, informed Judge
Schuldt he had been driving 20 years
and had not been arrested before. AS
no damage was done to the car which
he struck he was only charged with
speeding and was ordered to pay SIS.
Arrested by Sinclair and Greenlow
for speeding while hurrying to work
this morning, Ernest r. Rupert, $500
block Of Ordway street, was fined $40.
He declared he had been driving IL
years.
Bruce E. Haines Of Gaithersburg, Md,
arrested by the same policemen when
on his way to work, was fined $40, after
he said he had been driving since 1908:
william Jones, colored, 1000 block OF
Thirty third street, charged with driv-
ing without permit was ordered to pay
$50 or serve 80 days in Jail. He was
arrested by Policeman r. S. Mont
gomery of the seventh precinct. j..
A charge Of reckless driving lodged
against Lillian Madigan, 2510 @ street,
recently when her automobile collided
with a parked machine on Wisconsin
avenue as she was returning from
Maryland roadhouse, was dismissed on
condition that she pay the damages OF
the car which she struck.
The damaged car was the property
of w. L. Atkins, a fireman Of No. 20
Engine Co., who consented to allow the
charge.