Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-22
JAIL THREAT MADE
IN TRAFFIC DRIVE;
ACCIDENTS DROP
? Brown, Elated at Success
of Cleanup, Hints More
Drastic Penalty.
1872 ARRESTS MADE
IN 48-HOUR PERIOD
" Week End Passes Without Seri-
Gus Mishap-Death Toll
Mounts to IS.

Jubilant at results already obtained
in his drive against traffic violators,
Supt. of Police Ernest w. Brown to-
day held a threat of jail over SKY
larking" motorists, heretofore unde-
tered by mere fines, as a new club to
help him cut to a minimum the Dis
trict's accident record.
AS the city-wide campaign closed
its second day last night, not single
person was reported seriously injured
in the District and arrests fell to 233
from a high of 649 on Saturday-882
for 48 hours ending at am. today
Several Were Slightly Hurt.
However, the Districts 1885 auto
deaths mounted to 63 as James P
Colbert, So. of 1905 Tenth street
northeast, died from injuries received
Thursday.
Joseph William Fraser, %, OF
Charleston, Mass, a sailor attached
to the U. S. S. Arkansas. died in
Naval Hospital of broken neck re-
ceived in an accident June / on De-
tense Highway, near Annapolis.
Two Others Are Killed.
Two other deaths-one man
killed on a street car right of way
and another man killed on a lot
when run over by truck while he
slept beneath it-are not included
in the official police traffic fatality
count.
A parade of 80 of the offenders had
passed before Police Court Judge Gus
A. Schuldt by l o'clock today.
The majority were charged with
speeding and were fined $40 each. in
the case of first offenders. When the
Judge melted out the first fine for pass
ing a red light, he said:
Passing a red light deliberately or
because of carelessness is practically
equal to reckless driving"
Collateral was forfeited by 1T on
minor violations.
While letters from citizens COM
mending his move flooded his offices,
Maj. Brown early today announced
his intention of pursuing the cam
paign until the streets of the Capital
are made safe.
Jail for wealthy speedsters who
don't mind paying fines would help
a lot" Brown said. 1.-THE police alone
can't put a man In jail, but we can
do our best to aid where it will do
the most good"
This morning he issued orders to
all members Of the force to pay par
ticular attention to the conduct Of
pedestrians at crossings.
It want to safeguard the pedes-
trian and at the same time to get
them to cross at the proper time and
the proper place, if that is possible, -
he said.
Park Police in Drive.
All Park Police were ordered by
Capt. c. j. Carroll, their chief, to
back to the limit the drive in effect
on the city's streets.
Reckless drivers are becoming too
plentiful" he said as he ordered his
men to give no quarter to parkway
speedsters. SIT is time they were
curbed. They have refused to listen
to reason. Now it is up to us to
make them behave"
mo mercy" was the demand of In
spector L. I. H. Edwards, assistant
superintendent.
This is war to the finish" he
declared. I'VE intend carrying on the
campaign until we have made the
streets of Washington safe.
I'VE intend showing no mercy to
the careless, selfish driver swho has
no regard for the lives of Others"
Letters from Representative Blan-
ton, Democrat of Texas, and Edwin
s. Hege, president of the Chevy Chase
Citizens Association, were among
those received by Brown this morning.
Hege praised the drive, while Blanton
asked police guard for the car be-
longing to Representative Mansfield,
Democrat, of Texas, which, according
to Mansfield, has been robbed several
times as it was parked in front of his
apartment at Fifteenth and v streets.
Citizens Aid Asked.
An appeal to citizens to call police
attention to persistent violations was
suggested in q letter from Frank w.
Conner, jr., of the Fairchild Publ
cations, Union Trust Building. He
wrote:
Citizens in every part of the city
should be persuaded to tell your de-
partment of the location of dangerous
traffic 'spots'-such as dangerous
street crossings, blind corners or
crossings, places where drivers do not
stop for stop signs, ETC."
The week end arrests were for a
wide variety of violations. Only four
cases of drunken driving were re-
ported. Others included speeding,
driving without permit, driving past
red light, disregarding officers signal,
wrong way on a one-way street, over
parking, reckless driving past inter-
section.
7 Sundays speeders numbered Is and
Saturdays So.
Inquest Tomorrow.
An inquest in the Colbert death will
be held at the District Morgue tomor.
row at IL: 80 am. Joseph A. Godbout
"a, OF Capitol Heights, Nd, driver Of
the automobile which struck him, wa
arrested and released to appear at the
inquest. The accident occurred in the
300 block of Bladensburg road north
east.
Those injured in traffic yesterday
were: Frederick Browne, jr., 20, o.
Fredericksburg, Va, cut when ar
! automobile in which he was passen-
Ger crashed into a tree at Second
street and Pennsylvania avenue south
east.
william Bruce, Q. colored, HOO bloch
x1f New Jersey avenue southeast, cur
son the head when, police say, he rar
Into The side of an automobile neal
his home
Mrs. Mary K. See, So, Of At .