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Evening star., 1937-03-17
FRANK |. SMITH, So,
COLLECTOR, IS DEAD
Brief Illness Fatal to Lifelong
Washington Man-Was Scot
tish Rite Mason.

Franz l. Smith, SO, Of 1929 Critten-
den street purchasing agent and coll
lector for the Milton Hopfenmaier
estate, tallow manufacturing firm.
died today in Garfield Hospital He
had been i'll about 10 days and was
taken to the hospital last night.
Mr. Smith, lifelong resident of this
city, was brother of Capt. Milton D.
Smith of the police traffic division.
He was Scottish Rite Mason, a mem
Der Of Harmony Lodge, F. A. A. NJ.
and Of Almas Temple of the Mystic
Shrine. He also belonged to the
Clerks Mutual Benefit and Protective
Association.
Besides his brother, he leaves his
wife, Mrs. Fannie Laupheimer Smith;
a daughter, Mrs. Blanche Galloway,
the latter of White Plains, N. Y; three
grandchildren, three other brothers,
Edward Smith. this city, revenue
agent in charge of the Washington
district; c. w. Smith. Newark, N j.,
and Joseph D. Smith, Tuckerman, N
j., and three sisters, Mrs. Fannie
Scholz and Mrs. Rosamond F. Ashby.
both of this city, and Mrs. Ruth r.
Eaton now at the Marine base at
Guam, where her husband, Charles W.
Eaton, is chief pay clerk Of the Marine
Corps,
Evening star., 1937-03-17
GALLAGHER RITES
TO Be TOMORROW
Veteran of Four Wars Will
Be Buried in Arlington
Cemetery.

Funeral services for Col. Hugh j.
Gallagher, U. S. A., retired, who died
yesterday in Walter Reed Hospital,
will be held in the hospital chapel at
10 am. tomorrow. Requiem mass will
be conducted by Chaplain Patrick J..
Ryan, Army, and Capt. E. A. Dun.
chief of Navy chaplains. Burial will be
in Arlington National Cemetery.
Col. Gallagher, rs, was veteran
of four wars. He was purchasing
agent for the Panama Canal project
and was chief quartermaster for the
American forces in Siberia during
the World War. He saw battle service
in the Indian wars, the Spanish War,
the Boxer rebellion and the World
War.
Born in Ontario. Canada, July 25,
1861, Col Gallagher was appointed
to the United States Military Acad-
emy from Iowa. He graduated in
1884 and was commissioned a second
lieutenant of Cavalry. He went to
the frontier and participated in nu-
merous engagements with hostile
Indians.
At Battle of San Juan Hill.
When the Spanish War began he
went to Cuba as chief commissary
officer in Gen. Skaters expedition
and participated in the battle of San
Juan Hill. Later he was with the
American forces that assisted in the
suppression of the Boxer rebellion
and the capture of Peking, China.
When the first general staff eligible
list was formed, soon after the Spanish
War, Col. Gallagher. then captain,
was one of the first As officers on the
list. He served here as member of
the War Department General staff.
Col. Gallagher was selected to head
the American expedition for the relief
of the victims of the eruption of Mont
Pelee, on the Island of Martinique.
While on duty in the Philippines. he
was sent by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood
to Australia and New Zealand to pur-
chase beef for American troops in the
Philippines.
Had Foreign Decorations.
Col, Gallagher was officially COM
mended by the French government and
received military decorations from
Japan and Czechoslovakia. He was re-
tired in 1925 and had since lived in
Washington.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Amelia P. Gallagher, 23ll Connecticut
avenue; two sons, Hugh Gallagher,
manager of the Matson Navigation Co.
of San Francisco, and Capt. Philip E.
Gallagher, U. S. A., on duty at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans.;;;; two daughters,
Mrs A. E. Watson, wife of Admiral
Watson of the Navy General Board,
and Miss Mary Lee Gallagher, and a
granddaughter, Mrs. Alexander c. Lig-
gett of this city.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
CAPITAL COUPLES
| GET RENO DIVORCES
Mrs. Harriet Mckee Stinson and
Mrs. Mary I. Biberstein
Awarded DEGREES.

Two prominent Washington matrons
were granted divorces in Reno Mon
day, according to dispatches from the
Nevada city.
Mrs Harriet Mckee Stinson was
awarded an uncontested decree from
Joseph Whitla Stinson, former attor-
ney in the Latin American division Of
the State Department. Mrs. Stinson
charged cruelty.
They were married here December
II, 1925. The couple is socially promi-
nent and in the Washington Social
Register this year their address was
given as the Warrenton (Va.) Country
Club
The other divorce was granted to
Mrs. Mary I. Biberstein. daughter of
the late Joseph A. O'Hare, from Joseph
Edward Biberstein, 1924 Reservoir
road. She, too. charged cruelty and
was awarded custody Of their two
children. The couple was married
here in 1929.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
TIRE LABOR SPY
CHARGES HURLED
Goodyear President Denies
knowledge of Activity
at Hearing.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman La Toilette Of the Senate
Civil Liberties Committee asserted to-
day an employers association at Akron,
Ohio, placed undercover agents In
the Goodyear Tire Co. plant there
last year.
Paul S. Litchfield, Goodyear presi-
dent, said he had no knowledge of the
undercover work. He told the commit
tee his company had employed no un-
dercover agents since he became man
ager of the Akron factory in 1913.
La Toilette said the Akron En-
ployers' Association spent lin excess
Of $4,000" on undercover agents in
1886 and stationed agents of the cor
poration's auxiliary. which La Fol-
lette called IAN industrial espionage
agency" in the Goodyear plant.
The Wisconsin Senator read into the
record figures which he said showed
Goodyear had paid S50,l73 in four
years for membership in the en-
ployers' organization.
Litchfield said he thought the as
sociation was an ordinary trade as
sociation" He said it was composed
Of rubber and other manufacturers
in Akron.
Litchfleld confirmed figures sub
mitted by La Toilette showing pur-
chases OF tear gas and gas equipment
by his company totaling s22,49l 80
from 1888 to 1896. La Toilette said
sl3,703 Of the amount was expended
in 1896.
Litchfleld testified Goodyear con-
tributed about $4,000 to the Akron
Law and Order League" formed by a
group Of citizens" when Goodyear
employees were on strike last year.
Harold c. Parsons. secretary treas
urer Of the Akron Employers Associa-
tion for 33 years, testified the asso-
citation had used corporations auxil-
iary under-cover agents of and on
for some time
Income Of the association was about
$4,000 last year, Parsons said He
declared Clifton Slusser, Goodyear
vice president, was member OF the
associations directing board.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
father HOGAN PICKS
EDUCATIONAL UNITS
Committees of National Catholic
Association Will Report at
Louisville Convention.

Appointment Of two important edu-
cational committees was announced
today by Rev. Aloysius ]. Hogan, s. j.,
Of Georgetown University, president
Of the university and college depart
ment of the National Catholic Edu-
cational Association, in connection
with the annual convention Of that
body in Louisville, KY, during Easter
week.
The first of these is the Committee
on Educational Problems and Re-
search. Of which DR.. Edward A. Fitz-
patrick, president Of Marymount Col
lege, Milwaukee, Wis, is chairman
It's Eastern representatives are Rev
Charles ]. Deane, S. j., dean of Ford.
ham College, Fordham University
New York City; Rev. Brother A. Pat.
rick, F. S. c.. president of Manhattan
College, New York City, and Rev
Mother Mary Frances. S. S. N. D.
president Of Notre Dame College
Baltimore.
In each Of the four regional unit.
OF the department a similar commit.
tee has been appointed for the stud,
and solution Of regional problems ane
needs. They will cooperate with thu
national committee.
The second nationa committee
known as the Committee on Librar,
ana Library Lists, will cooperate with
the Catholic Library Association il
formulating a list of Catholic book.
and periodicals In all fields of educa
tion to supplement the well-knowr
SHAW list" The aim is to have these
Catholic books placed in the librarie.
OF every university and college.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
MRS. M. E. FURNACE DIES

Mrs. Mary E. Turnage. 66. widow
of John 1. Turnage, died Monday night
In Homeopathic Hospital after a To-
day illness.
Mrs. Turnage lived here part of the
time with her daughter, Mrs. Muerl
White, lit Webster street, and the
remainder of the time with another
daughter, Mrs. Frank Skill in Home
stead, Fla. Mr.. Turnage, who died
many years ago, was proprietor Of .
Miami, Fla, bottling works.
Besides the two daughters, Mrs.
Tlrnage Is survived by another
daughter, Mrs. Reata Campbell Of
Takoma Park, Nd; two granddaugh-
ters and three grandsons. She was q
member Of the Order of the Eastern
Star at Homestead.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. tomorrow at the home Of
Mrs White. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
ARTICLE INCORRECT
ON FLOODWAY LAKE
Engineer Not Authority for State
ment on Dimensions of
blue Hole"
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, Mo-, March IL
The Associated Press in a story on
rehabilitation of the Birds Point New
Madrid floodway Saturday, March l3,
incorrectly named L. T. Berthe as au-
thority for a statement that one Of
the blue holes''-or large lakes formed
by action of recent flood Waters-was
mile long, quarter-mile wide and
10 feet deep in places.
Berthe, consulting engineer here
and not an Army engineer as the story
identified him, did not make the state
ment. Art L. Wallhausen, newspaper
editor who made tour of the area,
was authority for the length and width
and said engineers told him the water
was 10 feet at one place where they
made tests.
Berthe said yesterday:
1T is inconceivable that any blue
hole of the stated dimensions, excep.
as to depth, could have resulted from
the character of individual crevasse
action which occurred IN the riverside
levee of this floodway during this
flood"
The Associated Press is glad to make
this correction.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
SOCIETY REVIEWS
CAREER OF BUTLER
DR.. L. 7. Merrill Speaks at Colum.
bia Historical Groups Meet
ing Last Night.

The picturesque career of Gen.
Benjamin F. Butler, prominent po-
litical figure during the Civil War and
reconstruction era, was described be-
fore the Columbia Historical Society
last night by DR.. L. T. Merrill
Gen. Butler was central and
potent figure during the administra-
tions Of three Presidents" said DR..
Merrill He came near being Presi-
dent himself after Lincoln. only miss
ing the White House by declining Lin
coins bid for him to accept the vice
presidential nomination in 1854
AS much as any one, Butler was re-
sponsible for breaking the power Of
the man who did succeed Lincoln in
the White House. He welded strong
influence with President Grant and
became the most relentless exponent
in Congress of thorough going radi-
cal reconstruction policy. The mantle
OF the dead Thaddeus Stevens fitted
Butler better than any Of his COL
leagues, and he wore it with swagger-
ing power"
A musical program was presented
by Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur c. Barrett and
Miss Martha Holland Shelton. It was
the 292d meeting of the society.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
JOHN ROBERT M'ARTOR
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Former Weather Bureau Aide
Had Been Resident Of City
rs Years.

John Robert McArtor, 10, retired
mechanic Of the Weather Bureau,
died yesterday Of heart attack at
his home, 41ll Fessenden street.
A native OF Loudoun County, Va,
Mr. McArtor had been q Washington
resident about Is years. He was re-
tired from his position at the Weather
Bureau in September, 1882.
He is survived by his son, Robert
L. McArtor, and three daughters, Mrs.
Dennis Reilly, Miss Mary McArtor and
Mrs. Thomas Scalley, all of this city:
seven grandchildren and sister, Mrs.
Virginia Hickman, the latter Of Clare
mont, Calf.
Funeral services will be held at
$50 am. tomorrow in st. Ann's
Catholic Church, following brief serv-
ices at the residence Burial will be
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-03-17

Calf, will be
held at 2 pm.
Monday in Fort
Myer c ha p e ! .
Burial will be in
Arlington N q .
tional Cemetery.
Mr.. Straight
had served on
several tours of
duty here and
last was stationed
in Washington in
1934-35. He ar
rived in Califor-
MIA recently after
duty with the
American e m .
Evening star., 1937-03-17

bassy guard at Peiping, China.
He joined the Marines at the out
break Of the World War and served
in France. He later served as deputy
paymaster in Cuba, Haiti and the
Philippines. He was member Of the
Osiris Lodge of Masons and the Dis
trict Chapter Of the Sons of the
Revolution.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
GEORGE B. JERMYN DIES
Brother of Mrs. D. W. Mears Was
Ill Four Months.

LII our M OnLns.
George B. Jermyn, banker in
Northeastern Pennsylvania for 40
years and brother of Mrs D. w. Mears,
1884 Edgevale terrace, this city, died
yesterday at his home in Scranton, Pa.
He had been i'll for four months.
Mr.. Jermyn, who was "A, was q ma
tive Of Scranton.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
LEONARD J. STRAIGHT
RITES HERE MONDAY
Chief Pay Clerk Of Marine Corps
Will Be Buried in
Arlington.

Funeral services for Leonard Joseph
Straight, SIS, chief pay clerk OF the
Marine Corps, who died last Friday
in the Naval Hospital at Mare Island,
Evening star., 1937-03-17
GarhB nf Chunks.

BELL, JAMES T. I wish to express my
sincere gratitude and thanks to my. rel
atives and friends for their kindness
beloved husband. JAMES T. BELL.
HIS WIFE. ANNA M. BELL,
LEWIS. JOHN W. We thank our relatives
and friends for their expressions OF
sympathy and for their floral tributes
al the death Of our brother. JOHN W.
LEWIS
EMILY E. BALTIMORE AND CLAIR
ENCE o. LEWIS
Evening star., 1937-03-17

TAYLOR MARCELLA. On TUESDAY
March 16. 1897; at sos pm. At he,
residence 6oo7 Broad Branch I'd. NV
MARCELLA TAYLOR. beloved wife o.
the late William Harvey Taylor ane
mother OF William c. Bond She aist
Dawson: Funeral services Thursday
March Is, at 2 pm. at Hysonu's par.
iors 1900 st. NV. 1nterment Roch
Evening star., 1937-03-17

SIMMS;, JAMES. Suddenly. on Tuesday
March Is; 1897. a. the Home for the
er of Seymour Smms Of La Plata Md.
and the late John F. Simms and Amelia
simms. Mrs. Katie Biackweil of Phiia-
delphia Pa. John. Alexander Richard
and Fred Day and Ruby and Martha
Meridith. He also leaves other relatives
and, friends. Funeral Friday March 10
at , pm, from Stewards funeral home
30 H st. ne. Interment Woodlawn Gem
etery 1S
Evening star., 1937-03-17

SMALLWOOD. ANNA. Departed this life
suddenly, on March Is. 1887, at 211O
Eye st. NV. ANNA SMALLWOOD. be-
loved wife of Robert Smallwood She
leaves to mourn their loss two brothers.
in-lsw, William H and John T. Small
wood of Washington. D. c.. and host
of other relatives and friends Remains
resting at Cornish 6- Cornish's funeral
home. 2121 10th St NV; on review
Wednesday. March II at 6 pm. Fu-
neral Thursday, March 1s. from above
named funeral home. at pm Rev
James T. Harvey officiating Inter.
ment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
SoLLERs. HANNAH LORETTA O

day. March 10 1887. at her resi-
dence; Jos 1st St. Seat Pleasant. Nd.
HANNAH LORETTA SOLLERS (nee
+. sollers and mother of James L. and
Randolph Sellers and Mrs Mary l.
Minder. Funeral services at the above
residence on Friday March 10 at 3
p.m.i thence to- Addison Chapel. where
services will be held at $3.50 pm. Rela-
tives and friends invited. 1nterment
Church cemetery. Services by the w w
Chambers Co Snuthea funerai hkn,e
Evening star., 1937-03-17

TURNAGE; MARY F. On Monday. March
NARY TusNAaE ss5ovsd wife ihf0s9tf, 81 *.
ave Jonn Turnage and mother Of Mrs
Muriel White; Mrs Reata Campbell and
Mrs. Frank Skill Of Homestead Fla. Fu-
neral services at her late residence. liz
webster st: NV. on Thursday March
1s. at 2:3O pm Relatives and friends
are invited. Interment Cedar Hill Gem
etery. Services by the w. w. Chambers
WHITE. GLORIA T. On Tuesday. March
a1sgop11aea 1887 W,,r at rT,eedmsns linens HospitsI
eef Teresa White: sister Of June ana
Harvester White Eranddaughter Of Mary
2. Gordon. Remains resting at the W.
Ernest Jarvis funeral church, 1882 You
st. NV. Notice Of funeral later.
WOODSON. FRANK G. On Tuesday,
March 16. 1897 at his residence. 7O3
loved husband of Dora r. Woodson and
father of Genevieve Woodson. Funeral
services Thursday. March 1s at 3:3O
pm. q. Hysons,s parlors 1900 N st;
NV. Tnterment Cedar Hill Cemetery. 1s
YANCEY. MATTHEW. On Tuesday. March
16. 1887. at his residence. 1905, Kane
band. of Maria Yancey.. Also surviving
are four dauRhters and other relatives
washington l. sons funeral home. 1895
Deane ave. ne. Notice OF funeral later.
Evening star., 1937-03-17

wv L<, An MN JAMES. 1l cunQdy.
March a. 1887. at Mount Alto Hospital.
band of Hattie Washington Moten tnee
Tomlin); father of Harold w MoteS,
@oteo 9n OF iaa Mosen zen ana av,u me late Roeert
ters, fve brothers and host Of other
relatives and friends. Funeral Thurs
Salem Baptist Church. N st. between 9th
and 10th sts NV. Rev. r. D Grymes
oficiating. Interment Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. Body resting at Boyd's
undertaking establishment. 10th and L
Evening star., 1937-03-17

SMITH. JOHANNA. On Wednesday. March
420 M ST.. s.e., JOHANNA SMITH, de-
voted mother Of Ada Blackburn. She
also Is survived by six grandchildren.
two sreat-grandchildren and other rela-
tives and many friends. Remains rest
ing at the MCGUIRE funeral home 1920
9th st. W Notice of flneral later 10
Evening star., 1937-03-17

STRAIGHT. LEONARD JOSEPH. Sudden
", on Friday. March 12 1887, after
prlei Illness. at Mare Island. Calf,
husband Of Madge and father Of Mar
earet and John Straight Interment
at Arlington National Cemetery No-
Evening star., 1937-03-17

POUNSBERRY, FLORENCE =; suddenly
ty Hospital FLORENCE H.. the beloved
wife OF Henry w Pounsberry and moth
er of Ronald H.. Frank and Herbert G.
Pounsberry and Mrs Evelyn M Wen
ding. Funeral from the VIM. H. Sardo
& Co. funeral chapel. 4l2 st: ne, on
Friday March 10. at . pm. Relatives
and friends invited. Interment at Addl-
son Chapel. Seat Pleasant Nd Is
Evening star., 1937-04-15
RICHARD BENNETT
IS VAL[EE GUEST
Noted Star of Stage and
Screen to Head Dra-
matte Bit.

~ ICHARD BENNETT, noted star
- Of the American stage and
IN father Of cinema actresses
L y Constance and Joan, will be
the dramatic headliner tonight on
Rudy Vallee's variety show, heard
locally at 8 o'clock through WRC.
Bennett is to face the microphone
playing the lead role in q one-act play.
Other guest artists include Max
Eastman, author Of THE Enjoyment
OF Laughter" slated to participate in
an Interview with Vallee treating Of
mirth's psychology; Lou Holtz, dialect
comedian famed for his Sam Lapidus
character, returning to the air after
a protracted absence; Edgar Bergen,
king of modern ventriloquists, with
his inevitable foil the inanimate
Charlie Mccarthy and Joanna Joyce,
niece of Snowman Gus Edwards, an
nounced as another Vallee singing
find"
1ULL1VER," recently completed
symphony by Edgar Stillman-
Kelley. will receive its initial radio
presentation tonight, with DR.. Walter
Damrosch conducting the N. B. c..
Symphony Orchestra in the latest
Evening star., 1937-04-15
JAIL CROWDING HIT

Rives' Report Cites Gain in Num-
Der of Prisoners.
Congested conditions in the District
Jail were scored today in q report
covering the month of March SUBJ
mitted by Supt. Thomas M. Rive.
to the Board of Public Welfare.
Citing an increase OF 13 per cent
IN the number Of prisoners, as com.
pared with March Of 1896, Capt. Rive.
said: This increased population re.
suited in very serious overcrowdinf
OF cells and in prisoners having Il
sleep on mattresses placed on tn,
floor a good many times during tn.
month";
The daily average number of pris
oners last month was 677.
Evening star., 1937-04-15

VIM l. at .. DR.. Theodore Dunham,
jr, Of Mount Wilson Observatory will
discuss the part to be played by that
organization in covering" the phe-
nomenon from an isle in the South
Pacific.
Evening star., 1937-04-15
JOB CENSUS UNSETTLED
Method of Determining Unem-
ployment Figure Undecided.

The proposed national census OF
unemployment still Is under consid-
Grafton, according to Secretary Of
Commerce Roper although the meth
Cd OF taking such census still Il
undetermined.
Indecision as to the fate OF the
proposal, he indicated, Is due in part
to efforts to balance the Federal
budget.
Evening star., 1937-04-15

PREPARATIONS for broadcastinR a
description of total eclipse of the
sun will be explained by Marvin s.
Adams and Walter r. Brown N. B. c.
field engineers, speaking from San
Francisco in program scheduled by
Evening star., 1937-04-15

composition by the s0-year r-old dean
Of American composers" The con-
cert, scheduled by WMAL at 8 O'Clock,
will include also Carl Goldmark's "In
Springtime'' and Grieg's two elegiac
melodies for strings, THE Last
Spring" and 'Heartwounds."
FLOYD GIBBONS tells OF mutiny
aboard a Laden tramp
steamer during his True Adventures"
program, WJSV, 10 o'clock. Two other
real-life experiences will be related
by the stacat:o-speaking Gibbons.
HELEN MENKEN, popular stage
star. makes her second air ap-
pearance in as many evenings when
she takes the lead in Empress Jose
phine," play written especially for
radio by the late David Freedman,
during Kate Smiths "Bandwagon, !"
WJSV, 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1937-04-15
Air Headliners

Air Headliners
Domestic.
3:15 p.m.-WMAL, Eastman
School of Music.
400 p.m.-WJSV, Westminster
Choir of Princeton.
4:45 p.m.-WMAL, Evening Star
Flashes
500 p.m.-WOL, Baer-Falr
Fight.
Evening Programs.
500 p.m.-WRC. Rudy vallee;
VOL, Five Star Final;
WJsV, The Band
Wagon; WMAL, N B. c.
Symphony Orchestra.
$3.50 p.m.-WOL, Guy Lombar-
dos Orchestra.
300 p.m.-WRC, Show Boat;
WJsV, Maj. Bowes'
Amateurs.
1000 p.m.-WRC, Music Hall,
WJSV, Floyd Gibbons.
11:15 p.m.-WMAL, mber
Music.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-09-30
Poplar Ridge

Mrs. John Barr and two children
of La Porte, Ind, are guests at the
Mrs. John Porter home. Saturday
the Bars and Porters visited at the
Hugh Ellis home at Chesterhill
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Lamb of Ash
tabula are guests at the G. V. Weed
en- home.
Mrs. Bernard Patterson and
granddaughter Mary Lou Watts OF
GAINESVILLE were Sunday guests at
the C. r. Copeland home.
Boneta and Garnet Ellis were
week end guests at the home of
their sister, Mrs. Weir Kerns and
family, Of Stockport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Massey and
daughter Paula were among the
guests at the Dwight Graham home
at Pennsville, Saturday night.
Elzada Petty and Dick Nolan were
visitors at Mountville, Saturday.
Mrs. Harry Stewart of Roscoe
James Harris and family of McCon-
nelsville, and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Crooks recently enjoyed picnic
dinner at the LIE Page homestead
near Cambridge.
Richard Lindimore is moving
with his family to GAINESVILLE.
Kenneth Balding and family spent
Sunday evening at the Paul Massey
home.
Herschel Taylor and family were
GAINESVILLE visitors, Saturday.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-09-30
PEDESTRIANS ALSO TO BLAME
(Ry Inhn Iaster. ir.


Safety on the street and highway
isn't an exclusive problem for the
man at the wheel. The pedestrian
should be just as much concerned
in improving the accident preven-
tion record as the driver.
Records compiled by the traffic
bureau of the Ohio highway depart
ment show that sc pedestrians were
killed and 119 injured in accidents
on state highways alone, outside
municipalities, during the first six
months Of 1887.
1t is true that many of these pc.
destrians either lost their lives or
were injured because of the care
lessness of drivers, but it is equally
true that pedestrians are not as
careful and prudent as they might
be.
In these days of high speed traf-
fic, pedestrians take their lives in
their own hands unless they always
exercise prudence in regard to the
danger to which they are exposed
by traffic. Particularly they should
never walk along rural highways
except on the left side of the road
facing traffic.
Walking against traffic is by far
the best procedure. In this manner
roadside walkers are able to watch
traffic as it approaches and SO act
as guardians of their own safety.
Above all, pedestrians should re-
member one thing-no matter how
fast a pedestrians feet can carry
him, they can't match the speed OF
an automobile