Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1923, Page 20

0 CURB ONDRUNKEN AUTODRNERURGED Judge Schuldt Advocates Confiscation of Cars in Cases Where Convicted. Judge Gus A. Schuldt of the Pollce Court In an address before the Mid- Assoclation in 1001 last night advocated alaw that would authorize the confis- cation of an automobile of a person of operating it while in- toxicated. This, in addition to more Jail sentences, might help some, he said, in breaking up this evil Judge Schuldt declared the drunken automoblle driver is a menace to the community and should be dealt with No leniency should: be shown him, he sald. He asserted that during the past year more than six hundred cases have come to the lee C where the defendant has been charged with driving while un- the influence of liquor. There were fifty-nine last month alone. He said that he has becom severely. res that he has originated a slogan drinking, or stop driving while drink- ing." that the fact that a per porting liquor in his stomac of his car should b reason for not more. potential murder with him properly Rockless Driver Scored. The reckless driver and the speed demon came th shar condemnation and we must de eated or e 1 jail sen ie e immatu er to the ile ems of the I added au tomc it iy observat large proportion of the c cases before the Traffic Court wherein fmmature drivers have been operating. 1 should say that no person under cighteen, and personally I would make the age limit higher, should operate Just @ youth on has been,” he said of Al has not | § for th not s known t sary erate an automobile. privilege as granted through the edium of a_permit which gives us this right. The state gives and can privileg nd can and regulations a: y of the general public de It is simply a t will not b wi long be- be made through- es to gauge th to operate. will no doubt inclu r ament It is evidert that sc me of the and re- would fail to qualify | t er’s permit, will be a diploma from some h00l, or an > time 'spent in study and ? an automobile before he can take an examination to secure a permit. Urges Campaign of Education. the meantime 1 believe in a ign of education to enforce the 1t regulations. ve had two more judges there ic judge on duty all he speedy trial of all the traffic regulations chuldt's audlence ed with his address me in passing resolu for a law to permit sca 4 operated by drunken drivers and ask ing for two more judges for the Pis trict Poll could be the time f violators o Judge greatly lution, commending the and the Governor of nd for their efforts in bring- automobile reciproeity, and an _increase in the rers of the metropolitan - passed. The asso- ciation went on record as approving the propos to prohibit soliciting money in the public schoo one polic That Is Different. From {he Hoston Transcript Young Hopeful—Father. what is a This paperssays weary Is one. Veteran, Politiclan—A traltor is a man who' leaves our party and goes over to the other on Young Hopeful—Well, then,” what is 2 man who leaves the other party Veteran Politician—A convert, my son. the | =0 ex- al | This i | was | | and comes over to ours? : 1800 Fourteenth St. | Calling upon a distinguished audi- ence to spread Christmas cheer among the sightless by supporting the con- tinvance of the work of the light- houses, “The Lady of the Lighthous . Winifred Holt Mather—in an ad- ss at Raucher’s, preceding a lec ture by Janet 'Richards yesterday | afternoon for the benefit of these in- stitutions told of the urgent needs in ! order that this work among the blind | should not cease. ! After her introduction by Charles Butler, Mrs. Mather sald in part: The first President of the United ates to glve his support to the| ghthouse was President Taft. His | examyple has been swed by Pres- | ident’ Wilson, our late beloved Presi dent Harding, and now President Coolidgels our Honorary C la photograph which we have just ived from him, to hang beside the pictures of four other Presidents of the United States, President Coolidge has written 0 earthly power n blind the piritual Such an utterance is wor who has taken the high coln. Such a President can go for- ward with charity toward all, with malice toward none, to do the right as God has given us to see it. Lighthouse In France. *“In the mind of th great Presi- dent of ours, our vision should in- clude helping the battle blind where- er they may be. Thi: s what the | Lighthouse in France has sought to do. For eight years the sole pass- port to its good will and help has been blindness and need; and it has helped re s or creed. It has succored and relieved in the Fomes and the hospitals and brought under its hospitabl roof men sud- den thrown into blac s and de- spair by {mpotent blindness. Approx- imetely nine hundred men have been rescued from the tragedy of blind- ness, and been given the means to hold their own in the work and play life at this beacon for the blind. hey have turned from desperate wrecks to competent workers; having found the eyes on their fingertips, have made wonderful handi nitted garments and sweat een turned out of rare per- ore than seven one-armed knitted garments that they are ale on e, in New York, s well as at the Paris stor Pupils the Lighthou: have received the highest hono 1t our universitics as well as from the Sorbonne, the Academy, and other continental or- per malities res- t found the fi lind of the American expeditionary force, and hunted, with ! the assistance of the sanitary depart- | ment and Gen. Pershing, for others in - war zone. It offered its help to Germans and Austrians. It has lived up to its motto in every t the world is its country, to its religlon. Lighthouse pupil brought home t blind American: this coun- mong the happy wage earners ve graduated from this Light- forth to th {liberated from j tating i “Daddy” | Bought a CLEVELAND |l Warrington Motor Car i Company | Est. 1912 b THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1923. Urgent Needs of Lighthouse . Are Set Forth by Mrs. Mather {Ninety Thousand Dollars Sought for Payment on Home—Accomplishments ' of Blind Men Are Related. many potters, weavers and machine knitters. One of the latter was crazed when we found him in the hospital, and still crazed when he came to the Lighthouse. Now he is sane and run- ning his independent knitting fae tory, with forty machines, and has bought his own automobile. Some are clubhouse and social settlement ' house for the blind of all the Wofli‘ “One of the blind Americans whom ‘we found died in France, where he sleeps. Other Americans who have died there are now at rest in France. ‘The men of Willlams College, which h such an international inter- hown in its institute of poli- have raised a memorial to their fellows who have died under arms. This will be in the assembly hall of this lifhthouse. Another tablet will be erected to the memory of the first president of the committee for men blinded in battle, the Hon. Jos- eph M. Choate, a friend also of all the world, and our smbassador to England. . Memory of War Heroes “We wish to keep this whole place asa perpetual ever-giving, ever-burn- ing light to the memory of the men who died under arms, the men who died on the fleld of battle, the men who dled In hospitals, here, at the SEAPLANE SAVES SAILORS WHO DRIFTED FOR DAYS Rescue Made From Eagle Boats While Wind Was Blowing 18 Miles an Hour. By the Associated Press, . PENSACOLA, Fla., December 18.— Landing in the open gulf approxi- mately 120 miles south of Mobile, Ala, yesterday a twin-motored sea- planc from the Pensacola naval air station rescued three men from one of the two Navy Eagle boats, which h}!‘a been adrift’ In the gulf since late Friday. The wind was blowing about elghteen mil hour at the time of the rescue, and the seas were fair- 1y heavy. The rescued men were Kirk M. Young, boatswain mate; Robert Dur- ham and John H. Hussey, seamen, who were aboard one of the Lagle boats when they broke away fiom the Navy tug Bay Springs Friday night after the tug had become dis- abled. They were returned safely to the Pensacola station in the plane yesterday afternoon none the worse for their experience. The revenue cutter Tallapoosa ar- rived at the reported location of the Eagle boats yesterday, but was unable to find them.” They were drifting four miles apart, in latitude 29.05, longi- tude 88.20, when the men Were res- cued. —_— Cod fishing 1s the greatest industry of Iceland. Remember WE PAY DAILY BALANCES interest on checking accounts on daily balances — com- pounded monthly. Walter Reed Hospl and th who are buried There is no burning light In m. of our men who died in This unning tobacco stores, grocery stores r are agents of various Kinds, mak ing good incomes. Among the pro fessional men there are teachers, pre sors of all kinds, including math; matics, and a judge who wears the red robes and who completed his stud- fes while he was still at the Light- house. ho other day Seven men came to us. all of them homeless, all im- potent. Three had come from the hespital, all blind, all deaf, one half- crazed, a second ‘who had just been plaster which had (ncased him up to his neck. We have to teach him to walk, besides the myriad other ways of rehabill- him physically, mentally and morally. The last deaf, dumb and biind, so we have to create a teacher for him to teach him to speak before he can carn his way in & heartless world. Rent Paid on Building. “A kind friend paid the rent for the bullding, but now we purchase it.The first two payments, amounting to $90.000, have been pro. vided for. Ninety thousand dollars more are needed to complete the pu chase and repay underwriting and to make this home for the blind of all raceS a perpetual clearing house, pply station, informatlon burea perpetual beacon, burning t great fight, and whose light no 1y power can blind."” orary president of the American Committee and Mrs. Coolidge heads the list of patronesses, composed of Mrs. H Mme. Jusserand, Miss Mellon. Hoover, Mrs. Dav Miss Boardman, Mrs. Stephen B. Mrs. George W. B Mrs. ( Fahnestock, Mrs. George Hope Beale Howard, Mrs. Victor mann, Mrs. Virginia Monroe, Stanley Rinehart and Mrs. ‘Wardman. Entirely Unnecessary. From the Boston Transcript Hub—A new set of furs? o, ‘Wife—That's a stupid excuse. d 1 u forget them “Pledged to Quality” Fourteenth St. at New York Ave. Making Gifts To A Man? The Goldheim Label Is Your Assurance of Quality and Correct Style % @ MUFFLERS, Bilk, $5.00 to $18.00. Wool. $3.00 to $7.00. Cashimere. $3.00. Popiin, $3.00, NIGHT SHIRTS Madras, $1.96 to $2.00. Flannel, $1.80. PAJAMAS Silk. $8.00 to Madras, Flannel, $2, SHIRTS English Broadcloth, $3.50 to $5.00, Madras. $2.00 to $4.00. Silk, $7.00 to $10.00. Flanzel, $3.50 to $4. SOLF CANES COATS Gabardine, $38.80. GLOVES Fownes, Dress, $8.00 to $6.50. ES Rexilio, $1.50 to $5.00. Knits, $2.50 to $3. Bilk and Wool, 8 Kess Cloth, $4.00 to $2.50. HANDKERCHIEFS White Cotton, 2 for 280 to B0c, White Linen, 500 to $2.00, White 8ilk. $1.50. Fancy Cotton, t6¢ to 50c. Fancy Linen,'$1.00 to $3.00, Fancy Silk, $1.50 to $2.00. 1o ». $1.50 to $3.50. Flhndt Shitter 4050 to 34.00. to $12.00. 55, $8.00 to $12.00. Chains, $6.00. Tiress Bets, $4.60 to $11.00. tuds, $1.00 to $4.00. ROB! nket, $7.50 to $10.00. k. $15.00 to $45.00., AS $1.60 to $12.00 Traveling . $6.00 to $10.00. Every Aid, Advice, Courtesy and Facility Are Extended to Women Shoppers Here —Savings Department— Open Every Day this Week Until 6 P.M. The Rush Is On! Thousands of people are opening 1924 Christmas Savings Club accounts with us Weekly Payments, 50c up—no limit We add 3% interest if all pay- ments are reasonably prompt (No loss of interest if occasionally late) We mail our club checks on November 30th This is about 10 days earlier than usual Federal-American National Bank 1315 FSTREET —Savings Department— Open Every Day this Week Until 6 P.M. in unmarked graves. France. is why the President of tne Upited States, Chief Justice Taft and TReodore Roosevelt have given lhflr| great names to light this torch as a memory of our men who fought the President Coolidge is to be hon- Natlonal Denby, Mrs. Work, Mrs. Wallace, M Elkins, have to remember my creditors. Crooked Handles, $1.50 to $5.00. Fownes, Driving, $1.78 to $8.60. e mer emory o the earth- Calvin local ughes, . Mrs! itabel HHbson rs. Kauft- Mrs. Harry no; 1 Asif !fi?‘!‘%@'@%«'fi@%@’!@%@’@@’&@%‘& W REVEVERVERVNE VLR RELVRRVERK Pe s S——————rerreeremr — e = PIND 607 12th NW.—M. 2704 lean an all. and Ladies’ Suits Men’s Suits LER : interest on ordinary savings accounts—compounded quar- terly. interest on special savings certificates — compounded % i 11 semiannually. EVERY DAY IS INTEREST DAY THE MUNSEY TRUST COMPANY Munsey Building Pa. Ave. Bet. 13th and 14th Sts. 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