Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1935, Page 3

CIVIC CONFERENCE AIDS SAFETY DRIVE Delegates From D. C. and Three Nearby Counties Pledge Support. Whole-hearted support for The Star's traffic safety drive was pledged by the Interfederation Conference, | composed of civic federation repre- gentatives from Washington, Mont- | gomery, Arlington and Prince Georges Counties, last night. Not only did each delegate to the eonference sign pledge cards promis- fng to observe traffic rules, but the group also agreed to urge individual civic associations to support the cam- paign to make every driver safety- conscious Edwin S. Hege, long a member of the Traffic Advisory Council, said that for sustained effort and achieve- ment, The Star’s campaign is going further toward preventing the maim- ing and killing of human beings and damaging property than any other traffic drive since highway safety be- came one of the major problems of the metropolitan area. ‘Washington Iry Cleveland sponsored the indorsing campaign and t individual civic groups in the Washington area to do likewise, said the Montgome! County Civic ation already had given its support to the mov His motion was seconded by James G. Yaden. p of the Federa- tion of Cit ociations of the District of Columbia The conference met in the United Btates Chamber of Commerce Build- ing. who the en Safety (Continued From First Page.) week signed a personal pledge card to adhere rigidly to the 12 primary safety rules of The Star Council and to act in the int t of accident prevention and safer conditions on the streets and highways. Commerce Signs More. Wh 1e Post Office Departn getting into the safety carfip Department of Commerce, fi eral unit to join the drive, exhausted its first order of 1500 safe driving pledges and yesterday afternoon placed an order for 500 additional cards for the use of official its officia ury Depart- sociation. with 7.000 | Treasury Department and with an affiliated member: 100.000 in all ral establishments, was the second to join the e. The T ed with the task of signing up drivers in Treasury bu- reaus and divisions in buildings scat- tered all over downtown Washington, has made geod progress, returning nearly 1.000 signed pledge cards to The Star Council within a few days and reporting man, ndreds of others waiting to be collected The h roll of Washi ganizations repo 00 per cent en- rollment of automobile-d g em- ployes in the rar of pledged safe drivers is bej to grow. Among the 190 per cent units reported within the past few days are Mazo-Lerch Co., Maurice-Joyce Engraving Co., Poole Parking Service, D. J. Kaufman, Inc, Brinks. Inc.. Frazee-Potomac Laundry. District Highway Department and Christian Heurich Brewing Co. The Washington Rapid completed the enroll and employes with the exception of a few or e. Many other organiza- tions are nearing the 100 per cent mark. or- Sticker Supplies Rushed. Although the supply of windshield stickers has not kept pace with de- mands, due to delays in getting the gumming completed, a new shipment of 40000, due tomorrow, is ex- pected to take care of virtually all of the requests now on file. Those who have received stickers may begin dis- playing them at once The American Radiator Co ing the safety campaign, has asked for pledge cards for all its d The American Ice Co., and John P. Ag- new & Co., Inc.. elso have affiliated themselves with The Star Council and obtained pledge cards for all com- pany drivers and employes. The Sun- light Market, 4400 Seventh street, is to receive pledge cards today for its employes. Among the individual pledges, signed on blanks p shed daily in The Star and mailed to The Safety Council, was one received today from Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, retired superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Department. Other individual pledges show that practically all of the Federal Govern- ment departments are represented, al- though they have not all joined the campaign as units yet. Pledges were received today, for exam: War Department, Veterans' Adminis- tration, House Office Building. Wash- ington Navy Yard, Library of Con- gress, Department of Agriculture, In- terior Department, Navy Department, District Government and Labor De- partment. Horn Tooting Criticized. Unnecessary use of automobile horns especially as a means of “shooing pedestrians, is denounced in a letter received by The Star from a pledge signer. “No mention is made.” he said, “of unnecessary horn-honking at pedes- trians crossing streets at the cross- walks and at motorists stopping at stop streets and red lights, or who are already traveling along at the epeed limit permitted, which, I pre- sume, is covered by pledges 8 and 12, 1n lleu of specific reference being made thereto. “I believe been made to reference should have 0. UAR -DISTANCE _MOVINGS—DO _NOT wait_until the rush month of October. Telephone us today for estimate return RETURN LOADS . BUREAU. Woodward Bidg. Phone Na- ._Evenings. Cleveland 5646, AILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART oads to_and from Balto.. Phila. and New ork. Frequent trips to other' Eastern cities._ “Dependable Service THE DAVIDSON TRANSFER CO.. phone Decatur 2500. WANT TO HAUL FULL OR PART_LOAD T GREER. Since 1896.” & STORAGE 10 or from New York. 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Peake, auditor, | spartmental drivers | Left to right safety t campaign restricted areas — crosswalks, safety | zones, driveways, etc. | “What about the maniacs who take 1e advantage of the careful driv- those who have signed the angering life and limb of the immediate vicinity— not something drastic have boen promised to them? | Another driver, in returning a signed pledge card, expresses his opinion that the cou has omitted “to me tie most important pledge of all, ie. I p e not to double park.” Arrested Once Since 1911, | Another local motorist, pledging himself to safe driving, attached to! his card the note: “Driving since November. 1911. Only pinched once, ca , tail-light out. How could I know that while driving?” yashington physician, sending in his pledge, says ready a member of the Highway pleasure in signing the enclosed. Reck- less ing and speeding are the two principal causes of these deplorabie accidents. I must include driving while under the influence of liquor. | ce and construction man- | one of the large business supply houses, submitted his pledge | with the following letter to the coun- | cil “I wish to congratulate you on the | safety campaign being conducted | through the columns of your paper, and I am attaching the safe driving pledge signed by the writer, Has 1910 License. “I thought you might be interested | in knowing that I have driven cars and motor cycles over the streets cf Washington since October of 1910, and still have my operator’s license of that date signed by Mr. Woodward. “I am not a slow driver, but al- ways keep my car under control, ac- cording to the conditions involved. During that time I have not had a | single accident, but was arrested once by officer Charles Mansfield, I be- | | lieve in the year of 1913, for driviag| | at the enormous speed of 16 miles per | hour (I have never forgiven him for| that). i | “I believe that this is a fair examnpie ' of what can be accomplished by driv- ing ely, and feel that certain citi- zens should be given police authority, as I would travel over rugged roads and go out of my way to bring some | of the sheiks to justice, that are driv- | ing cars on the streets of Washington | today.” GAS RATE HEARING SLATED OCTOBER 2 Skeleton Draft of Sliding Scale Considered for Adop- tion. | Public hearings on the rates and | valuation of the properties of the Washington and Georgetown Gas | | Light Cos. will be resumed October 2 | before the Public Utilities Commission. | The heariigs, to determine the | | amount of a permanent rate cut, have | been adjourned for some weeks while | attorneys for the District govern- ment, the commission and the com- panies have been coasidering the “skeleton” for adoption of & sliding scale arrangement, originally sug- gested by People’s Counsel William A. Roberts. Progress on the framework of such | a plan has been made, but discussion | | of a final form and the figures to be | joserted has been deferred until after completion of the rate hearings so| that the commission will have the| latest possible valuation data at hand. Rene D. Bellinger Div]rced. RENO, Nev., September 17 (#).— Rene D. Bellinger, socially prominent in New York City, was divorced on | grounds of crueity here by Mrs, Bar- bara King Wood Bellinger. Trial of the case was held behind closed doors. They were married November 28, 1932. = an Ice Co. shown signing The Star safety pledge. F. E. Dietz, claim agent; M. C. Rohrbaugh, superintendent; John S. Drur treasurer and general manager, and Harry A. Beck, assistant manager. A | Left to right: W. J. MacNamara, manager Members of the official staff of the Agnew Coal Co. photographed as they pledged support to The Star T. C. Huhn, jr., secretary to the general manager; Otto G. Raymond, secre- —Star Staff Photos. Safe Driving Pledge N THE interest of accident prevention and safer conditions on the streets and highways and co-operation with the Safety Council of The Evening I Star, I promise to: Never operate at reckless speed. Drive on right of Stop at all S-T-O-P signs. Refrain from jumping traffic lights. Make turns from the proper lanes. Signal before turning or stopping. Give right of way in doubtful cases. Heed pedestrians’ rights. Never pass on curve or top of hill. Slow down at intersections and schools. Keep my vehicle in safe condition Be courteous and The Safety The Chening Star Washington, D. C. Sign and send above coupon 1o The Evening Star Safety Council, Room 600, Star Building in highway. considerate of others. Council Of Roosevelt ‘ of next week he proposes to rush | through a number of conferences with members of the cabinet, work-relief | administrators and other administra- . tion lieutenants preparatory to start- | ing West next Tuesday night. The route, besides the stop at St. Louis, | is expected to take in Omaha, Nebr.; | Denver, Colo.; Salt Lake City, Utah, | and Los Angeles, Calif., before reach- ing San Diego. Considering the political aspects of the trip, there is | every reason to suppose that an ade- | quate stop will be made at all these | places and that the President will | have at least a few words to say. To Get Rest on Way Back. It is doubtful if the President re- mains in San Diego more than two days. He then will go aboard & naval vessel and indulge in a good rest during the long sea trip back to the | East Coast. Before passing through | the Panama Canal to the Atlantic, | the President will have the ship anchor in the waters of the Cocos Islands, it is predicted, to enjoy a day or so of deep-sea fishing. The President, although he will be engaging in what is generally locked upon as an outright pre-campaign tour, will not be the politically minded not to keep in touch with Washington during his absence. Moreover, he will keep a close eye on the European situation, apparently growing graver with each day. During the President's talk late yes- terday with Norman Davis, Ambassa- dor at Large, he is understood to have been given a rather gloomy pic- ture. Mr. Davis said to the news- paper men afterward that the Euro- pean situation looks discouraging, but he saw no excuse for the United States becoming involved. He said also that the prospects are not at all Furnace Parts K POUNDATION TO ROOF 7 promising for a renewal of the naval limitation treaties expiring in 1936, New York Officials Greeted. The busy day outlined by the Presi- dent today included, besides his work- ing on the Western trip details, con- ferences with Gov. Lehman of New | York and Mayor La Guardia of New York City regarding work relief in this State, and Harry L. Hopkins, works progress administrator. In ad- dition, he was to confer with Vincent Dailey, head of the Home Owners' Loan Corp. in this State, and Robert H. Jackson of New York, counsel for | the Internal Revenue Bureau. It is believed that the President’s talk with the latter two will deal principally with State politics. For luncheon the President will have as guests Felix Frankfurter, dean of the Harvard Law School, recognized as one of Mr. Roosevelt's closest economic advisers; S. C. Thomason, Chicago newspaper publisher, and Samuel Zemurray, an executive of the United Fruit Co. Administrator Hopkins will sit in during the President’s work relief conference with Gov. Lehman and Mayor La Guardia, and afterward will confer with the President himself re- garding the general work relief pro- gram, — . Mexican Silver. Mexico puts out more than 50 per cent of the world's silver. FOR HEALTH and COMFORT Estimate without obliga- i tion to purchase R “L0K AND THINK” AIDS SAFE DRIVING Assistant Traffic Director' Lauds Star Drive With Pledges. BY M. O. ELDRIDGE, Assistant Director of Traffic. It would be difficult to write a set of rules of the road which would be more complete and comprehensive | than those prepared by the Safety | Council of The Evening Star. These 12 rules appear to cover every impor- | tant phase of driving a motor vehicle | in such a manner as to avold acci- | dents, No doubt 90 per cent of the drivers of Washington can be induced to sign this pledge and abide by it. If this can be accomplished, conditions will be greatly improved in the Nation's Capital. What 1s to be done with the 10 per cent who are probably re- sponsible for 90 per cent of our traffic troubles? They will sign no pledge | and even if they did they would fail | to keep their promise. In my opinion the only thing left to be done with | that class is swift, certain and vigor- ous punishment through the courts and suspension or revocation of their permits. Momentary Sleep Blamed. There is one phase of this problem which in my opinion deserves special mention and special attention on the part of all drivers. There is no doubt i my mind that a large number of the most serious accidents is caused | by drivers who momentarily go to sleep at the wheel or whose attention | for a second or a split second is dis- | tracted. During this second or split second, going at a high rate of speed, the car swerves from right or left causing a collision with another car or ‘with a fixed object which results in serious property damage or per- sonal injury or death. 1 If I were asked to put into few words a rule for safe driving, I would say that every driver should look and think when he is driving a car. | He should keep his eyes on the road and on traffic at all times and should think about what he is doing and not about something else. This rule should also apply to the pedestrian who is crossing the street or who is walking on the road. Most of our serious accidents are caused by pedes- trians walking into the street without looking in either direction, and some of them have been killed who have actually walked into the sides of moving cars, Distractions Fatal. Many accidents are caused by drivers who turn their head to a com- ! panion who engages them in conver- | sation. During the split second in which the head is turned. a condi- tion develops on the road in front of them and they are suddenly con- fronted with a situation which calls | for immediate action. They are un- able to meet the emergency when it |comes. a crash occurs, lives are | | snuffed out, bodies are crushed and property destroyed. The driver's seat of an automobile is no place for “wool-gathering.” The usual alibi for the man who permits himself to be distracted by a conver- sation, by & beautiful scene or by lighting a cigarette or pipe when driv- ing a car, is that “it was raining and | ne couldn’t see he car approach- {ing had bad headlights and I was blinded,” or that “my steering appa- ratus suddenly went bad.” As a mat- ter of fact, the fault in nearly all of | these serious accidents is chargeable |to the driver behind the wheel and | sometimes to both drivers behind | both wheels. | Thoughtlessness Blamed. It is a fact that no one will dis- | pute that accidents do not happen— they are caused. Nearly every auto- mobile accident is the result of thoughtlessness in one form or an- other. To prevent these unfortunate tragedies every one who drives a car should always be prepared for the unexgpected. | The careful, thinking driver is al- ways on the alert. The mrnful.lhink-‘ ing driver always adapts his speed to the trafic and weather conditions confronting him at the time. The | careful, thinking driver is always courteous and considerate of the safety of others, especially children and older people, who are not respon- | sible for their acts. The careful, | thinking driver never cuts in or out of traffic unless the road ahead is unobstructed, and he will never pass another car on the brow of a hill or on a sharp curv. The careful, think- ing driver will always keep his brakes, | his lights, his steering gear and his tires in good, safe condition. L AID COMES TO0O LATE Needy Victim Found Dead by His Own Hand. | NEW YORK, September 17 (#).—A relief agent went yesterday to the | home of Edward Geisenhainer, 42, to see if he needed any help from the city. At the door he met Deputy City | Marshal Benjamin Horn with a dis- | possess notice. | They were both too late. | Geisenhainer was dead, hanging | from the transom in the kitchen. MONEY RIFFITH TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1935. " Yield When in Doubt BY WILLIAM A. VAN DUZER, Director of Vehicles and Traffic. In the Safe Driving Pledge of the Safety Council of The Evening Star the 12 points taken are the main causes of 90 per cent of the motor vehicle accidents and fatalities. Each day I am going to state briefly the reasons for one of these regulations and why it should be observed. . GIVE RIGHT OF WAY IN ¥ A-—3° SENATORS INSIST - NATION SHUN WAR | Pittman Still Hopes Il Duce Will Heed Advice of League Committee. DOUBTFUL CASES. ‘There probably is as much, if not more, confusion in right of way than in any other traffic regulation. Cars that have stopped at a Stop sign and then proceeded have the right of way over other cars that have not entered the intersection, but in case of doubt yield your right of way to the other car, and always yield to the pedes- trian who has started to cross on the proper light and has not reached a safety island, | Naval zone or curb. Ethiopia (Continued From First Page.) end to rumors that fighting already had broken out between Italy and Ethiopia afier telephoning Rome. It then authorized a denial of such rumors, Preliminary talks of an economic boycott against Italy caused a discus- sion by some leaders as to what atti- tude the United States might adopt if such a boycott were generally entered into by League members. It was understood no sounding had been made in Washington on the mat- ter but that these might be made if economic measures of restraint aclual- | 1y were imposed on Italy. Details of the report, embodying what the Big Five Committee was expected to recommend to Italy, Ein- iopia and the League Council us & fair and just basis for peaceful settle- ment of the African controversy, was the subject of widespread speculation. Sovereignty Not Touched. Members of the British delegation | insisted that the compromise pian would not encroach on Ethiopia's sovereignty nor exceed basically the terms already advanced at the iri- power conversations at Paris—and re- | jected by Italy, Nevertheless some League sources believed that ceding to Italy of fer- ritory conquered by Ethiopia in the last 50 years and creating an inwerna- tional police force over the empire— containing a strong Italian element —might be ~mong the suggestions put forward. If the League Council adopts the committee’s report as its own and if Italy then rejects it and makes war on Ethiopia the sanctions or punitive measures of article 16 of the League covenant could become operative, Boycott Already Discussed. The fact that certain League pow- ers were reported by reliable sources as already discussing plans for an eco- nomic boycott against Italy showed the extent of pessimism over the pos- sibility of Premier Mussolini changing his attitude, Optimists, however, believed that preparations for a boycott would con- vince Mussolini that he must change his attitude. The possibility of taking the dispute from the League's hands and organ- izing another tri-power conference be- tween Italy, France and Great Brit- ain, possibly at Stresa, was again sug- gested by some League sources. BATTLESHIPS ARE RECALLED. Reorganization Plan Is clared Defensive. ROME. September 17 (#).—Premier Mussolini, &s minister of the navy, has recalled from the reserves Italy’s two largest battleships, the Duilio and the Doria, each displacing 22930 tons and each with main armaments of 13 inch guns. 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Naval experts said that a naval re- organization provision published last | night by the official gazette was de- signed principally for defensive pur- poses, Political sources said there was a possibility the cabinet meeting sched- uled for tomorrow might be post- | poned one or two days in order to give the government time to receive and examine repors from Geneva, 50 as to make a speedy response to recommendations by the Italo- Ethiopian Subcommittee, 3,000 More Will Sail. ‘The transatlantic liner Conte Bian- camano steamed up at Naples today ready to sail for Eritrea with 3,000 troops. This sailing will bring troop em- barkations since Sunday to 7,500, a little more than half the great em- barkation of Sund: FRANCE READY ON SEA. Navy Designed to Complement Forces of England. PARIS, September 17 (#) —France, whose statesmen say is determined not to become involved in the Italo-Ethi- opian conflict, is fully equipped to play her part at sea if necessary. Naval experts say her navy is de- | signed to complement that of Great | tions,” Britain in case war should spread to Europe. The nation’s fighting strength has been increased by the launching of the submarine Junon. the latest addi- tion to the world’s largest force of undersea craft. The steady postwar development of the nations’ sea power has given France 95 submarines, the world's fastest destroyers and the soon-to-be completed battleship Dunkerque. The aircraft carrier Bearn, which was transferred to the English Chan- nel force in May, quietly went back to Toulon. Outside of sending two sloops to Djibouti. French Somaliland, however. there have been no movements of French warships into the East African zone, PROTECTORATE REJECTED. | By the Assoclated Press. | Two members of the Senate in | statements yesterday reiterated de- termination that the United States should remain out of the Italo-Ethie opian dispute. | Chairman Pittman of the Foreign Relations Committee said he was at all without hope that Muss will ultimately give consideration to the advice of the committee of the Council of the League of Nations.” He emphasized, however, that this | Nation is “not directly concerned in the matter and will take no part in the dispute. It is, and will be, pre- ¢ pared to maintain its independence | throughout the world.” Holt Plans Campaign. Senator Holt, Democrat, of West Virginia, announcing he will make a coast-to-coast speaking campaign against war, declared “America should stay out of’ the African conflict | “I'm in favor of a more strict neu- trality law,” he said, “prohibiting loans to a foreign country engaged in war. Loans are more dangerous than arms. Banks have been behind war propa- ganda in the past.” Pittman's statement, dictated on Jefferson Island in Chesapeake Bay and brought here by a secretary, said | that if Mussolini accepts the League’s | 2dvice, “there will be some hope for | the continued existence of the League of Nations and the sanctity of treaties The Nevadan termed as “fanta: proposals that the Kellogg-Briand peace pact be reaffirmed at a world conference of powers, but did not say who made such proposals. Hoare's Stand Lauded. Commenting on the stand taken by | Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign sece retary, at Geneva, Pittman said: “From the British standpoint. whose government is a member of the League of Natlons, I consider it the most logical and courageous statement that has yet been made during the present episode. “Great Britain is not dependent for protection upon the League of Na- tions. France, in my opinion, is.” Secretary Hull recently publicly called attention to the Kellogg pact in a plea for peace, but officials emphasized to newsmen that he was not invoking it. TEXAS ACTS ON LIQUOR AUSTIN e Tex.. September 17 (P)— The Texas Lezislature met in special session vesterday to tackle the prob- lem of liquor control. Gov. James V. Allred urged “prompt and intelligent” legislation to outlaw | the saloon, protect areas dry under local option and expedite the collec tion of taxes. Two bills creating a State monopoly and two providing for licensing of private dealers were introduced Selassie Would Not Accept Tri-Partite Control. ADDIS ABABA, September 17 (P).— | Emperor Haile Selassie told the Asso- siated Press today that if the League of Nations recommends a tri-partite protectorate of Ethiopia he will reject the suggestion outright. As a member of the League of Na- said the Emperor, “Ethiopia | will never permit another member or It was learned today that | other members to dominate her, whether in the form of a protectorate, a mandate, or any other guise. “Our absolute sovereignty and inde- pendence must be preserved inviolate. ‘That is final.” District 3324-3325 W. STOKE | ciq7 & SILVER | Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at— A.Kahn Jne. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. 43 YEARS at 935 F STREET S SAMMONS Dependability! NCE installed—du Pont TON- TINE window shades are trouble-free for time. 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