Evening star., 1935-07-24
FEWER ACCIDENTS
AND ARRESTS IN
TRAFFIC CAMPAIGN
Police Urged to Continue
Relentless Drive as Re-
suits Are Seen.
CHILDREN ARE WARNED
TO KEEP OFF STREETS
Three Are Injured at Play on
Thoroughfares-Total Ar
rested in Day Is 354.

Encouraged by a decrease in acci-
dents and the number of serious traf-
f1c offenseS, police today continued
their relentless drive on law-breaking
motorists.
A marked drop has been shown in
speeding cases, according to report
submitted to Supt. Ernest w. Brown,
while Police Court looked forward to
lighter session today following a
recordbreaking parade of careless
drivers yesterday.
Children who play in the street
came in for a dressing down" by
Maj. Brown as he sought to make the
highways safer. This phase of the
drive was given more serious consid-
Grafton as the result of three acci-
dents in which youngsters playing
on thoroughfares were injured.
Traffic arrests for the past "a hours
totaled 354, or less than the pre-
vious similar period, Inspector L. I. H.
Edwards disclosed. OF these II were
speeders. Is less than apprehended
the day before.
IS Invade Red Lights.
Only one case of reckless driving
and one case of drunken driving was
reported. Twenty-Five persons we're
caught driving through red lights and
there were 256 other miscellaneous
violations.
Police Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt
was kept busy until after 6 pm. dis
posing of 1873 cases. Two hundred and
four others forfeited collateral rather
than appear in court and II persons
we're remanded to Jail when they were
unable to pay fines, Fines and for
FIXTURES totaled 81 ,642
The docket in Traffic Court today
contained IS who had posted collat-
eral overnight and four who we're
jailed. One hundred and eighty-six
elected to forfeit.
Only two of the 20 traffic accidents
reported since am. yesterday were
serious. One of them involved a hit
and-run motorist and the other a
boy who was struck when he ran
from behind a parked car.
MANS skull injured.
James Wilbur, SIS, colored, 1911 @
street, received possible skull frac-
ture and other injuries when struck
at Fourteenth and @ streets. He was
treated at Emergency Hospital and
later removed to Gallinger
The driver of the car alleged to
have run him down, Robert Sullivan,
c6, of 26 Logan Circle, was arrested
shortly after the accident and charg-
ed with leaving after colliding.
Joseph Galloway, 6, colored, of 40
L street, suffered a broken leg and
cuts when he ran from behind ma
chine near his home into the path of
an automobile operated by George
Montgomery, 81, of 211 Randolph
place northeast. The boy was taken
10 Silbley Hospital and later sent to
GalIinger Hospital, where he is said
to be in a serious condition from loss
of blood. Montgomery was not ar
rested.
The Galloway accident and those
involving two other children prompted
Mai. Brown to instruct his command
to keep closer watch on children
playing in the streets.
Playground Areas Urged.
You will instruct the members of
your command" Maj. Brown informed
precinct heads, that wherever chill
dren are at play or congregating in
the streets or adjacent to roadways
to caution them against running in
the streets or playing in the streets.
Wherever possible instruct them to
make use of the Fairgrounds or places
other than the public streets
In noting an improvement in the
traffic situation, Maj. Brown ordered
a continuance of the "strict enforce
ment of all traffic laws and regula-
tions, as the improvement in our traffic
condition is no doubt due to the strict
enforcement and better observance on
part of motorists.
Other accident victims yesterday in
cluded Margaret Savoy, 10, colored,
456 Bowen road southeast, who re-
ceived slight body injuries when she
ran into the path of car driven by
Rudolph P. weigand, %, Naval Air
Station, and Randolph Newman, IL,
colored, 1919 First street southwest.
whose back was cut when his bicycle
ran into the side of a machine on
Pleasant street southeast.