Evening star., 1938-08-22
TRAFFIC TOLL G.
AS 4 ARE KILLED
DURING WEEKEND
Woman, So, Fatally Injured
When She Runs Into
Side of Taxicab.
NO CHILD DEATHS
FOR 18 DAYS IN ROW
Three Die in Nearby Maryland
Accidents-Five Others Hurt
in One of Mishaps.


Washington's 1888 traffic fatality
toll climbed to 81 yesterday with the
death of a 63-year-old woman who
ran into the side of taxicab. Week
end automobile accidents in nearby
Maryland killed three other persons,
one of them a Washington woman.
Meanwhile the 18th consecutive
day passed without child being
killed in traffic here as the commits
sioners pushed an emergency safety
program developed to end the "ap-
palling' series of accidents that took
the lives of children here within a
few weeks after the schools closed.
The Washington Council of the Ameri-
can Youth Congress will discuss the
safety program tonight.
Mrs Flora Kremkau, So, OF 1919
Fern street NV, died in Freedmen's
Hospital of fractured skull a few
hours after running into the fender
of a taxicab as she was trying to
catch a street car at Florida and
Georgia avenues NV. yesterday morn
ing. according to police.
Marshall Fulton, 80, colored, 405 M
street NV, driver of the taxicab, was
exonerated today by coroner's jury
which found that Mrs. Kremkaus
death was due to her own negligence.
Witnesses testified she ran across the
street against red light. with one
hand holding her hat, and that the
taxicab was travelling so slowly 1t
stopped almost as soon as she ran
into it.
Toll Is Seven Under Last Years.
Mrs Kremkaus death left the Dis
tricts traffic fatality toll so far this
year at seven less than the SO victims
recorded at this time last year
Two of the fatal Maryland accidents
occurred near North Beach late Sat-
urday night. The victims were Mrs.
Edna Brown, "a, of Washington and
Warren Brown, 20, colored, Hunting
town, Md
The other fatality was John D.
Broadus. "a, colored, of Upper Marl-
boro, Md, who died last night in Gal
linger Hospital, where he was taken
Saturday night and treated for head
injuries received when an automobile,
in which he was a passenger turned
over on Brown Station road, near the
Marlboro pike. The car, driven by
Chester Bradley, colored. of Forestville,
Md, overturned after skidding on
left turn and striking a tree
Mrs. Brown, whose address was
listed by Maryland police as the home
of her aunt, Mrs. Georgia Carl, at
1119 Sixth street NV, although she
had not lived there recently, was
riding in an automobile which COL
lided with two other cars, injuring
five other persons.
Raymond Iseminger, 30, of 910 I
street Sc, said to have been driving
the car in which she was riding, was
placed under $1,000 bond on charges
of driving while intoxicated, according
to the Associated Press, and taken to
Gallinger Hospital for treatment for
a fractured jaw. An inquest was
scheduled at North Beach Wednes-
day night.
Hits Truck and Auto.
Corpl. Charles W. Magaha of the
Maryland State Police said Mr.. Ise-
minger was returning to Washington
with Mrs. Brown, who had spent the
last two weeks at North Beach, when
his auto collided with another driven
by George Bozevick, IS, Berwyn, Md,
and then struck a machine right be-
hind Mr.. Bozevicks, driven by Cheston
A. Hall, %, Baltimore Mr.. Bozevick,
Mr.. Hall and two men riding with them
were injured slightly.
Mrs. Browns relatives here said she
had been estranged from her husband
for about three years. She was the
mother of three children, ranging
from to years old.
John Hicks, 2l, colored, Hunting
town, was named by police as the driver
of the car in which Warren Brown was
killed when it overturned. Treated
for minor injuries at the Prince Fred
erick Hospital, he was ordered held
under 81 900 bond on charges of reck-
less driving and manslaughter.
Man Struck By Auto.
One of several persons Injured in
District traffic yesterday was reported
in serious condition today. He was
Walter S. Hall, 81. of 746 Twelfth
street Sc. who received severe head
injuries and compound fracture of
the right leg when struck by an auto
mobile at Eleventh and G streets Sc
The driver of the car involved Fred
G. David, 81, of 723 B street Sc. was
released under $1,000 bond on a reck-
less driving charge.
The Washington Council of the
American Youth Congress announced
II would try to find out what is going
10 De done about child fatalities" in
tne District at its meeting tonight In
the Central Y. w. c. A., Seventeenth
and K streets NV.
MISS Sybil Baker, director of play-
grounds; Washington I. Cleveland
manager OF the District division of
tne American Automobile Association.
charles M Thomas, president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations
md other members Of the Commis.
sioners' Traffic Safety Committee Are
scheduled to address the group and
submit to questioning from the floor
In cooperation with the safety
campaign. the council will act on
resolutions to publicize existing recrea-
ton centers; extend the 2-cent fare
to carry children to the play areas;
form junior safety club; set up
play streets and convert unused
municipal property into recreation
centers.