Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1929, Page 4

4 * FAVORS STANDARD RULES IN TRAFFIC Chamber of Commerce Praises Present Reguiations ‘Here as Safe, However. Standardized traffice regulations framed by a national conference of | traffic directors still are favored by the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce, it became known last night, when Charles W. Darr, president of the (‘hlmbcr,, made public a resolution adopted by that body at the last execuilve com- mittee. ‘ In the same resolution, however, the executive committe2 commended Wash- ington's present traffic regulations, in- cluding the controverted left turn, and the zeal with which they have been en- forced by the police. The committee bases its satisfaction with the present regulations upon the contention that the National Capital “occupies an ex- traordinarily high position in respect to low traffic fatalities.” “The position of the Washington Chamber of Commerce with relation to tandardized traffic,” the resolution Stales, “was expressed in a resolution adopted by the chamber at a2 regular monthly meeting of 1ts entire member- ship held September, 1927, and which resolution recommended that a confer- ence of the traffic directors of all cities in the United States be called, to be held in Washington, and with a view to passing traffic regulations applicable 1o every city in the United States. In respect of the left-hand turn the cham- ber at its regular meeting in May, 1929, adopted a resolution which indorsed the present outside rotary left-hand turn, because 1t is less hazardous to the pedestrian and recommended that it be continued pending receipt of infor- mation based upon a longer experience in those cities now operating under the National Conference plan.” Denies Regulations Unsafe. In making public the resolution which was adopted by the chamber’s executive committee as its action on the report of the organization's com- ‘mittee on police and fire protection and public safety, Mr. Darr declared it is the purpose of the Chamber of Com- merce to call “the attention of the motorists of the United States to the fact that the traffic regulations in the Distriict of Columbia are such as to make for personal and property safety, with the hope that it may correct the impression, if any such exists in the minds of the motorists of the States, that Washington's }rlflc regulations are chaotic and unsafe.” Expressing the belief that accidents “do not just happen,” but that they are caused by “ignorance, carelessness or by recklessness, sometimes displayed by one and sometimes by both of the parties involved,” the executive com- mittee declares in its report that it has considered the traffic regulations here “with respect to their effect upon the safety of the people and with re- spect also to their effect upon the busi- ness interests of the community as re- flected by the volume of tourist travel to WBshingtion this year in com- arison with previous years.” B ‘With relation to the safety side of the question,” the report sets forth, “the executive committee of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce finds that Washington, under its present traffic regulations, occupies an extraor- dinary high position in respect of low traffic fatalitles, notwithstanding the unusually high percentage of automo- Dbiles, both local and‘ foreign, which daily use our streets.” Low Fatality Percentage. oThe report declares that Washing- ton’s automobile fatality percentage was lower in 1928 than that of any one of 18 cities of having & population of 350,000 or more. I\ that under DI tions, Weshington passed through the month of Decem 1928, without a b singie automobile fatality, and it calls | attention to the fact that such fatalities here were reduced from 91 in 1923 when there was a population of 465,- 000 and a total of 74,111 cars regis-| tered here, to 83 in 1928 when the population had reached 552,000 and the VISITORS DIFFER monter Holds Rule Southern Driver Seeking comment from drivers of visiting cars on. the National Capital's porter was turned loose on the streets yesterday with instructions to ask all the questions necessary to obtain a fair consensus of out-of-town opinion on this matter. The day's, end found the reporter hoarse and discouraged. He had ques- tioned well, if not wisely, and at the end found himself bruised physically and spirituslly, in addition to being none the wiser as to just what visiting motorists prefer in left-hand turns. His want of success was due in a measure to the selection of inopportune moments to ply his questions. For ex- ample: Wrath and Politeness. The driver of an Illinois car was found listening with rapt attention to a short talk by a trafic officer, who con- cluded his remarks, “and when you want to turn left next time pull over to the right and wait for a signal.” “May I ride with you a bit?” asked the reporter, seating himself on the luggage rack. ‘There is a question I have been sent out to ask” and then he propounded the query he had been instructed to use: “What do you think of_our left-hand turn rule?” But the copy books are all wrong. A polite question does not turneth away wrath. Neither does it temper the wind to ment. So_ sitting there on the asphalt he { watched the car pass on. And he mused. Here was a driver who must have known the answer, because he had just been deep in a totally one-sided discus- sion of the very subject, bnt he seemed unwilling to pass on his knowledge. Certainly, “Guesswork, idiotie,” which were the printable words floating back on the gas fumes to irritated ears could not be answers. Or were they? Hasty Judgment? No mere motorist could have formed such an instantaneous and so decided | impression on the left turn when the “best minds” in the Traffic Bureau had “experimented” for six months without a final decision. And then, glancing back, he went away from there, He would not, if he could help it, take a traffic officer from his post of duty, but this one seemed inclined to come over and say words and do things. And then he remembered that he had “hitch-hiked.” boarded a moving vehicle, ridden (for a brief space) on the outside of a moving vehicle and probably obstructed traffic. 8o he went away quickly. A charming driver from South Caro- lina seemed an appropriate victim for his next bit of sleuthing. "anything,” was the reply “You all | wanted te turn, so I did. { close to the traffic officer, so I spoke kindly to him—I think one should | is wanted, then I will recommend a modification.” Both Commissioner Dougherty and Mr. Harland indicated that definite ac- tion on the left-turn rule probably would not be taken until September. Commissioner Dougherty leaves tomor- row on his vacation and will not return Guesswork, Idiotic,” controversial left-hand turn, ® Star re- | 4,7y 4514 him up here a ways and he ' | sible. the shorn lamb nor soften the pave- | “Well, I think it's just too nice for | “'Bang at the first D. C. driver went treat me so clever. Back here a piece I | 1 was real | | the only method. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. ' THURSDAY, JULY 25 1929. ON LEFT TURN, REPORTER FINDS ON INQUIRY ] Says One—Ver- Confusing, but Fair Thinks It's Nice. ways be pleasant. I mean he was really stunning. Well, sir, he stop) me and asked me where I thought I was going, pointed to a lot of cars 'way over on/ the right and said, ‘That's where they | want to go, too, but they can't till Ii let 'em. That'’s where you should be.’ | ‘What About No-Officer Corners? “ ‘But,’ I sald, ‘if I wede way over there | to the right I couldn't be over here talk- ing to you.’ S0 he said, ‘All right 0 on —make your turn.’ Now wasn't that nice and do 'you blame me for liking your | Jeft turn? I'm going back there direct- | ly and make another one.” So the reporter went away from there | thinking thoughts about uniforms and such and wondering what the fair visi- tor would do now if she did not find a traffic knight, at an intersection. Maybe then she wouldn’t care about turning near the center and, remem- bering his every word, would go “away over on the right” to rhake her record 100 per cent wrong. Or maybe she just wouldn't turn left at _all, so there. Some folks say you never can tell about a woman driver. On his way went the reporter to propound his query. He wasn’t happy. There had been :fim:rks, It xnd been inmmbee&l to him a¢ & Teporter was supposed fo geb facts. Cold facts—masculine, if pos- A Vermont car caught his eye. Right Turn Held Blocked. Here would be facts. Eveyy one in | Washington knows Vermont is famous | for its cold facts suppliers or supplier. He did the deed and received this an- swer: ‘Not much. Confusing because not universal. ‘Blocked me from right turn. “No economy in it. Costs money to 80 right when you want to go left. “I do not choose to say more.” ‘Which ended that. As it ended other speculati - tions. it i Opinions of Police. And then the question was propound- ed to traffic policemen. “It’s fine for my toes,” said the first. “I like 'em way over there instead of crowded around me,” said the second. “Sure, it blocks many a right turn, but what of it?” said the third. And most of the rest of them sang the same words to different tunes. But hardly a man denied that at times cars were motioned to make the left turn from the center of the street | instead of pulling clear to the right, | and the reporter gathered that this was done as an aid to traffic, and few, | mighty few, thought that it would not be well to have a uniform rule at all intersections. Attention now was turned to local ! drivers, the question. “Great!” was the answer. “The wide | swinging turn is the only method.” “But,” said the reporter, “it Is not It's only permitted where the intersection is controlled by i lights or a traffic officer.” “Oh, is that s0?” ejaculated the sur- | prised’ motorist. So bang went the question at the second D. C. driver. “When, where and which?” was the answer. So bang went the question at the until early meantime, | traffic director to sound out public opinion and have his recommandation {readv for censideration of ‘he Com- ‘ml*s’fln"s vnen the returh of Com: sioner Deugherty. 1 | third D. C. driver. “What is it?” this one_replied. i So the reporter took his quev and | his woes and himself to the library, procured the di-t'anarv and loo*»d 1o —uniform ty—and pondered on Its ad- vantages. ‘ You surely feel MERCHANTS FROLIC AT MARSHALL HALL Columbia Heights and Geor- gia Avenue Business Men on Outing. Approximately 1,500 persons, includ- ing members of the Columbia Heights Business Men's Association and the Georgia Avenue Business Men's Associa- tion and their famille, participated in an outing program, under the auspigps of the two associations at Marshall Hall yesterday. It was the fifth annual out- ing of the Columbia Heights p, and the second time the Avenue Association members have joined them. The trip to Marshall Hall was made on the steamer Charles Macalester, leaving the Seventh street wharves in CAPITAL GOAL OF LONG FLIGHT the morning and afternoon. A rolling-pin throwing contest was won by Mrs. B. B. Allison from more than 30 other contestants. She won both in distance and accuracy. A candle race was won by Mrs. B. A. Levitan inst 20 other . contestants, and a wheelbarrow race was won by Eugene Kennedy of Silver Spring, Md. First &m‘ in a dancing contest was won by William Novash and his partner, Miss Lily Denekas, with Dave Wallace and Catherine Riehl placing second. A base ball team representing the Georgia avenue group defeated a team composed of members of the Columbia Heights Business Men’s _Association. The score was 5 to 3. The winning team won the second leg of a cup played for each year by the two teams. A tug of war also was won by a team from the Georgia avenue group. Various other events were held dur- ing the course of the day in which men, women and children participated. A number of prizes for the winners of each event were furnished by the busi- ness men of the two assoclations. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Massey of 481 E street southwest were awarded a prize for brm;xng the greatest number of children on the outing, having two boys and six girls with them. Willlam Snellenburg was in general charge of arrangements for the Affair, GAME OPERATORS GUILTY. i SHANGHAL China, July 25 (®).— Two well known Mexican residents of Shanghai, Carles Garcia and G. F. Delvalle, were convicted today in the Shanghai Provisional Court of being ! “operators and owners” of the inter. nationally known roulette establishmen here known as “The Wheel” They were sentenced to one year in jail and fines of 1,000 gold dolla: The court further ordered confiscation property, valued at w Col. Garcla Granados, chief of and Havana, Cuba. PACKERS GRANTED DELAY BY COURT Justice Sets October 2 as . Effecttve Date for Con- sen} Decree. Acting on the recent mandate of the United States Supreme Court setting aside the intervener of the California Co-operative Canneries in the suit of the United States against the five groups of packers, representatives of the Department of Justice appeared yesterday before Justice Jennings Balley of the District of Columbia Su- preme Court and submitted a form of decree dismissing the intervenor and setting aside the order of the court suspending the consent decree under which the packing concern agreed tu withdraw from unallied industries. The and stock in unallied industries. Mr. Hartson that it would be a physical impossi- bility. for the Armour and Swift groups to comply that date and said he would present evidence in the hope of obtaining additional time in the event an agreement for such additional time is not reached with the departmeat. Because certain persons and firms connected with the Wilson and Morris mun: had not been served with notice of the decree, Justice Bailey also al- lowed them until October 2 to show ause why they Ah?uld not abide by its Tms. By a separate order the court ex- empted Louis H. Heyman and Edward the operation of the decree so long as they do not become or continue to be officers, directors, agents or employes of any of the defendant corporations. Both men are permitted tc continue to act as directors of the American Food Products Co., which is in course of liquidation. ‘The decree signed by the court pro- vides for judgment on the mandate, for the dismissal of the leave to the can- nerfes to intervene, for the setting aside | of the suspension order of May 1, 1925, the denial of the canneries motion to | vacate the consent decree of February |27, 1920, and the extension of time for | compliance with certain sections of the | riginal decree until October 2. made it plain to the court ! Morris, two of the Morris group, from the Guatemalan Army Aviation who hopped July 24 from Guatemala City, Guatemala, for Washington, D. C. En route he will land at Flores, in the northern Guatemalan province of Peten, The departure was witnessed by President Lazaro, the cabinet and diplomatic corps, army officials and a large crowd. —Associated Press Photo. i |court signed the decree. Opposition came from counsel for ‘ the Wilson group, wiich asked for a g .. further hearing, but Justice Bailey de- Acad ‘clsud that the opinion of the Uaited cademy, | States Supreme urt made unneces- sary any such aring. Attorneys Hogan, Donovan, Jones, Hartson & Guider, through Mr. Hartson, filed mo- tions asking for a delay in the time for making effective the new order |BUYS APARTMENT HOUSE. Purchase of a large new apartment house at 3901 Connecticut avenus by Gustave W. Forsberg, local bank direc- { tor and merchant, was announced today by H. Grady Gore and Thomas P, Brown, local real estate brokers, who handled the transaction. The consid- veals Unpopularity of Present Traffic Rule. A straw vote taken at a luncheon of | the Washington Rotary Club in the | Willard Hotel yesterday showed nearly | the entire membership in favor of the | “Inside left turn” for automobiles, as approved by the National Conference on the wide turn now used here. was called to the matter by George E. Keneipp, manager of the District of Co- lumbia branch of the American Auto- | mobile Association. Mr. Keneipp is a | member of the club. The vote was taken by raising the | hands and represents only the individ- ual opinions of the club members, as it | 1s the policy of the Rotary Club not to | express an opinion on questions of that | nature as a body. ¥ Part of the Juncheon meeting period | was spent listening to a radio program ROTARIANS CONDEMN g D. C. OUTSIDE TURN o= |Show of Hands at Luncheon Re- 1504 for cattle. Street and Highway Safety, in place of The vote was taken after attention of the treaty ceremonies at the White | House. . . . tomorrow and Saturday until 2 p.m. (closing time) we are going to hold a real honest-to-goodness RUMMAGE John Did Not Eat Insects. The locusts eaten by John the Bap- were probably not insects, but the | fruit of the carob tree, the dried pods | of which are the locust beans sold as The carob tree is| sometimes called the honey tree, from restoring the provisions of the con- sent decree. They represented the Swift and Armour groups and pointed out that the packers had been operat- ing for more than four years under the suspension order and asserted ihat it would_take at least & year to adiust their business affairs to meet the new conditions. eration was reported to approximate $850,000. . ‘The property was acquired from Per« ley R. Eaton of Rutland, Vt., who has been dealing extensively in local real estate recently. 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The report concludes with the resolve | “that the traffic department should re- ceive and hereby is given our com- mendation for the wisdom it has dis- played in the framing of the present| regulations and we particularly com- mend it for the consideration it has given to the safety of pedestrians, as| well as for the consideration it has given in its said regulations to the law-respecting automobile operator in the protection it affords him and his passengers from careless or reckless | drivers who disobey the regulations, and we hereby also commend the Traffic Bureau and the Police Department for the zeal displayed and the effici~ncy with which they have enforced the said regulations in view of the limited force &t their disposal in traffic matters.' CITY HEADS AGREE TO NEW LEFT-TURN IF OFFICIALS ASK IT (Continued From First Page.) Dougherty explained, consideration must be given to its effect on other traffic regulations. The turn prescribed in the standardized code as well as the compromise method which Mr. Harland has in mind, he said, likely will neces- sitate the adoption of a regulation per- mitting vehicles to pass on the right at intersections, otherwise the existing lated every time e center of an intersection and into position to com- plete a left turn and other vehicles con- tinued across the intersection on the proper signal. Under the uniform highway safety code, the left turn is made in one operation, vehicles proceeding against the stop signal upon completion of a turn. The compromise turn under consideration by Mr. Harland provides that vehicles stop in the center of the intersection as was done under Wash- ington's former left turn rule, and then | complete the turn on a ‘“go” signal. The traffic director objects to the standardized turn because it calls for ! completion of ‘the turn into a cross| street- with a stop signal showing in that direction. . Broadcr Effect Favored. Commissioner Dougherty firmly be- lleves' that if a change is made in the left turn, the new method should gov- ern turns at all intersections and not only at controlled intersections, as is now the case. Commissioner Taliaferro also is said to favor a uniform turn at all_intersections. Trafic Director Harland reiterated today that he did not propose to take definite action on the left-turn rule until the wishes of the public are def- initely known. He intends to ascertain ublic sentiment through a round-ta- gle conference with representatives of Washington's civic, trade, traffic and motor vehicle organizations. o “I think the u{ureununvu of such organizations should be able to present the views of the public in general,” spid the traffic director. “It is my plan to! call them intoconference and ' ascer- $ain their views, If it is shown that & “out-of-place” without ’em! 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