Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1935, Page 5

» [LLEGIBLE SIGN REMOVAL URGED Attorney Blames Many Traffic Accidents on Signs Along Streets. Flimination of illegible street desig- nation signs in Washington as an aid to traffic safety is urged by Philip ‘Wagshal, local attorney, in a letter to The Evening Star Safety Council Expressing the opinion that illegible signs, especially at night, contribute to the accident toll in Washington, Mr., Wagshal urged that the District “remove and discard the present use- less, ineficient and antiquated street signs and replace them with legible and illuminated street signs and other direction signs in conspicuous places &t street intersections.” Many accidents are due to the driver’s attention not being on the road, to the sudden and unexpected stopping of automobiles and to cars making sudden turns which are un- expected by the driver of following cars. Accidents of all three types are encouraged by the present street sign system, particularly at night, Mr. ‘Wagshal pointed out. Drivers Must Strain Eyes, “If there is any doubt in any read- er's mind of the impossiblity of read- ing a street sign while driving an automobile, however slow, referring of course to the numerous gold lettered metal signs which are placed on the lamp post beneath the arc lamp,” Mr, ‘Wagshal $aid, “I invite him to try it. He will find that with but a rare ex- ception, it will be necessary for him to stop his car, get out, and walk up to the lamp post, and by straining his eyes, he may then possibly be able to discern the contents of the sign. “It is well known that motorists ‘B. Kennedy, sales promotion. William N, Schaefer, vice president of R. P. Andrews (seated), signs Star’s safety pledge. Standing. left to right: M. A. Claveloux, superintend- ent of maintenance; James D. McLaughlin, service manager, and George —Star Staff Photo. automobiles and taxicabs. Why does not The Star use the occasion of its safety campaign to demand that the |slow and dangerously antiquated | equipment of the street railway com- pany be modernized? Why do you not point out that the frequent failure of the equipment is one of the under- | lying causes of traffic congestion and | of abnormal use of automobiles? | “Aside from this, it is perfectly | obvious, of course, that a modern city (‘luempung to operate all its trans- portation facilities at the same level is simply trying to do the impossible, are reluctant to stop their automobiles, except when it is necessary, and he therefore will attempt to read the sign while his automobile is in motion, thereby making a perfect set up for an accident either in striking another vehicle or a pedestrian or some sta- tionary object, which may result in the demolition of the driver’s car and personal injuries to the occupants. “If the motorist, by reason of his fnability to read the sign before com- ing to the intersection, should pass the street, and by a flicker of some light he should, as he usually does, note through the corner of his eye that the street he is passing is the one| he wanted to turn into, there is a tendency to apply the brakes suddenly and make an unexpected turn or to back up, so as to avoid necessity of going around the entire block. This also creates a perfect set-up for acci- dents, resulting in property damage and personal injuries to the automo- bile in question and the automobiles following behind it, or any automo- biles coming from the street about to be passed by the guessing motorist. “It is my opinion that no argu- ment, whether based on economy or on any other ground, can and should | overcome the need of construction and replacement of street signs with rea- eonably large. appropriately colored (which may be black and white, il- Juminated street street signs), in the most conspicuous spots possible in each and every intersection through- out the entire city. “I am forwarding a copy of this Jetter to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the director of traffic, with the hope that we will emerge from the present archaic con- ditlon into a modern and enlightened manner of being able to see where we are going while we drive.” Letter One of Hundreds. ‘The letter from Mr. Wagshal is one of hundreds received by The Star Council from civic-minded individuals | who are eager to promote the cause of street and highway safety. of the writers of these letters, like Mr. ‘Wagshal, contribute worthwhile and helpful suggestions. Brief excerpts from some of the other letters follow: “We are delighted to take part in guch a worthy movement and hope that we can be of some help in making this is a safer city to live in.” ¢ HOWARD WYATT, Corresponding secretary, National | Round Table Guild. “After reading Fulton R, Gordon's fetter to the Commissioners, I heartily mgree with him on the brain test for motorists, but I most certainly do not agree with him on removal of the foot throttle. . . . Before writing this letter I tried his idea on my own car and found it very impracticable, and my hands were doing all the work and my feet none.” OWEN R. SELBY. “I have already signed your pledge for safety driving and have my sticker, but as I am now buying a new car, I ‘would like to still carry the emblem, so I am enclosing postage for another. I am trying to fulfill the obligation to the best of my ability in behalf of safety and suffering humanity.” EDWARD E. SMITH. “It is & matter of some wonder to ime that a great modern newspaper like The Star should conduct a campaign so completely unintelligent, overlook- ing as it does nearly all of the factors which cause accidents. Surely the re- sources of The Star would permit an adequate scientific survey to determine the fundamental causes of accident be- fore embarking on so silly a campaign @s the present one. “Even without a° survey certain things in the present traffic problem ere perfectly obvious, and I wonder why The Star has not taken them up. ‘The most obvious is, of course, the con. dition of the local street car trans- portation system, which forces an sbnormal number of persons to use The Christmas Gift Booklet —is being delivered this afternoon by special messenger. ceive your copy, ask for one when you are in the store again—we shall be glad to give it to you. Many | if considerations of safety are to be re- garded as important. Your campaign is simply dealing with a symptom of | the underlying trouble, which is trying to operate modern transportation fa- | cilities on arteries that were con- | structed for the vehicles of the eight« | eenth and nineteenth centuries. I do | not see how you can expect any intelli- gent person to take you seriously.” FREDRICK S. GRAM. {HIGH-POWERED AUTOS CONDEMNED BY COURT By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 27.— Judge John Gutknecht of Chicago's Traffic Court today condemned automobile | manufacturers who advertise their cars would travel 80, 90 or 100 miles an hour safely. “Why, you can’t drive 50 miles an hour with perfect safety,” he said. “Instead of more speed, what we need is-automatic speed control on all cars. In the Chicago metropoljtan | area a mechanical limit of 40 miles | an hour would be about right.” Judge Gutknecht said he has little patience with speeders because “care- lessness and thoughtlessness may cause most accidents, but speed kills.” Judge Gutknecht credited his policy of sterner enforcement of traffic laws with a reduction of 200 in the Chicago auto death toll to date over compara- tive figures for 1934. Safety (Continued From Pirst Page.) Hyson said, “the fact that the resi- dents of the District of Columbia are very fortunate in having low rates on this class of insurance.” A table of standard public liability and property damage insurance rates in effect throughout the country was prepared for The Star Council. It| shows a standard rate here of $21 for public liability insurance of the $5,000-$10,000 class and $10 for prop- erty damage insurance with a $5,000 limit. New York City, which is revealed as having the highest rates in the United States, has a rate of $99 for public liability insurance in the same amounts and $20 for property damage insur- ance, as compared with the $21 and $10 figures. Motorists in Jersey City, N. J., are forced to pay $76 for public liability policies and $18 for property damage insurance in the same amounts. Butte, Mont., has even higher rates, insurance companies there charging the car owner $80 for liability and $13 for property damage policies. In the suburban areas of New York City the rates drop to $49 and $11, the lability rate still being more than double that charged within the metropolitan area here. Public liability rates, regarded as an index of accident ratios, in other typical cities, follow: Birmingham, Ala., $43; Little Rock, Ark., $34; Hartford, Copn. $42; Wilmington, Del, $29; Miami, Fla., $28; Atlanta, Ga., $36; New Orleans, $22; Portland, Me., $27; Baltimore, $38; Vicksburg, Miss., $40; Charlotte, N. C., $31; Phil- adelphia, $50; Pittsburgh, $44; Provi- dencé, R. I., $37; Charleston, 8. C, $28; Nashville, Tenn.,, $41; Richmond, Va., $40; Charleston, W. Va., $32; Chi- cago, $31; Kansas City, $36; Louis- ville, Ky., $29; Detroit, $23; Minne- apolis and St. Paul., Minn., $42 each; St. Leuis, $52; Omaha, Nebr., $33; Oklahoma City, $42; Portland, Oreg., $33, and Milwaukee, $36. ‘The only cities listed as having lower rates than Washington are Dal- las, Tex. and Boise, Idaho, with $19 each, and Indianapolis, which has the surprisingly low rate of only $14. Des Moines has the same rate as Washing- ton, $21. The Virginia towns and vil- lages have a $19 rate. If you do not re- Harvard Roosevelts More Careful, John Joins Safety Drive By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Novem- ber 27.—John Roosevelt, youngest son of the President and a stu- dent at Harvard, says he will join the Harvard Crimson’s campaign for safe driving. Some 1,400 other students al- ready have pledged themselves to help cut down automobile acci- dents. John's mother, at a press con- ference in Washington yesterday, said that as far as she knew her two younger sons, Franklin and John, were driving very carefully nowadays. Franklin, also a student at Harvard, and John have broken into the news now and then over speeding incidents. ORDER OF THE CARABAO ELECTS COL. JOHN WADE Adjutant of Soldiers’ Home Is| Chosen to Succeed Brig. Gen. Hugh Matthews. ‘The Military Order of the Carabao, composed of Army, Navy and Marine Corps officers who have served in the Philippines, held its annual meeting at the Army and Navy Club Monday night and elected Col. John P. Wade, adjutant of the United States Soldiers’ Home, grand paramount carabao, suc- ceeding Brig. Gen. Hugh Matthews, chief quartermaster of the Marine Corps. ‘The order may eventually die out, with the death of the last of its mem- bers to see service in the islands, be- fore 1946, when the United States is to withdraw all jurisdiction and the Philippines become a full-fledged re- public. Membership originally was confined to officers who participated in quelling the Philippine insurrection of 1899, but since it has been extended to in- clude men who have been assigned to the islands subsequent to that time. Firemen Save Fish. NEOSHO, Mo. (#).—When a road grader broke a water line supplying the Government fish hatchery here Japan and Manchukuo Fail to Penetrate Secret of Influence. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, November 27.—Efforts by the Japanese Army and Manchukuo to penetrate into the secrets of So- viet Russia’s influence over Outer Mongolia have failed. The Mongolia-Manchukuo confer- ence, which has been in session at Manchuli since June 4, closed down yesterday in an atmosphere filled with menace for the future relations of the countries concerned. The Hsinking correspondent of the Japanese news agency, Rengo, Te- ported that the Manchukuoan foreign office stated the fafiure of the confer- ence was due to the Mongols’ stub- born rejection of Manchukuo’s pro- posal. G Mongolia “Region of Danger.” Consequently, the foreign office was reported as saying Manchukuo hence- forth will regard Outer Mongolia as “a reglon of danger and mystery abut- ting on her frontiers and reserves the right to take the full initiative in the settlement of pending or future issues with that nation.” The conference was called in an effort to arrange a settlement of the “Kharka incident,” an armed clash between Japanese-Manchukuoan and Outer Mongolian forces on the fron- tief near Lake Bor Nor late last January. ‘The Mongols arrived for the con- ference over the Trans-Siberian Rall- way, accompanied by Russian ad- visers. They met a delegation of ‘Manchukuoans directed by Japanese advisers. Proposet Diplomatic Exchange. Lin Sheng, a Mongol prince who has joined the regime of Emperor Kang Teh of Manchukuo, proposed that diplomatic missions be exchanged between Hsinking and Urga, or Ulan Bator, as the capital of the Outer Mongolian republic is known to the Mongols and Russians. The Mongol response was less than lukewarm. The Mongois and their Russian friends have no desire to have Japanese (or Manchukuoan) diplomatic and military agents in Outer Mongolia, The Mongols said they had come to Manchuli for the sole purpose of settling the “Kharka incident.” Oppose Diplomats’ Presence. It was reported the Mongols, and their Russian friends, preferred that there be no diplomatic experts observ- ing activities in Outer Mongolia. When the conference closed, the Manchukuogns declared further nego- tiations were impossible and bade a solemn farewell to the Mongols. Said the Manchukuoan statement: “Manchukuo concludes that Outer | Mongolia’s freedom is restrained by scme outside agency (meaning Soviet Russia) and it cannot vegard Outer Mongolia as an independent nation with which it is possible to deal equally.” Japan (Continued From First Page.) officials into acceptance of the auto- nomy program and forestaling any Nanking efforts to suppress the cam- paign forcibly. Detachments of Japanese troops appeared suddenly in localities of North China where never before had | they been seen. Chinese reports said truckloads of the Japanese forces were moving toward Paotingfu, 80 miles south of Peiping, headquarters for the army firemen pumped water to keep thou- sands of rainbow trout alive. More than 300 fish died despite their efforts. of Gen. Shang Chen. From Talyuan, capital of Shansi Province, came an unconfirmed re- Safe Driving Pledge N THE interest of accident prevention and safer conditions on the streets and highways and in co-operation with the Safety Council of The Evening Never operate at reckless speed. Drive on right of highway. Stop at all 8-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 considerate of others. o L e O A0 S SRS R e e S e S L] Em)la‘m...... The Safety Council Of The Chening Star Washington, D. C. 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Z\ ? provinces of Hopeh, Chabar, Shausi, resulted in the resignation of Gen. port that a few Japanese soldiers appeared there. A Japanese military airplane also was reported to have arrived at Taiyuan. Maj. Gen. Rensuke Isogai, Japanese | military attache at Shanghai, in a| communique issued today, said he had informed Gen. Chen Yi, Nan- king government official, that the Japanese army does not approve of Nanking's reported plan for allevia- tion of the North China crisis, Yin to Be Removed. (The plan, which responsible Japa- nese quarters said yesterday had been decided on, involved removal and ar- rest of Yin Ju-Keng, self-appointed head of the newly-formed East Hopeh | autonomous state, and certain changes in the administration of North China.) Isogai announced he had urged Chen to advise Generalisimo Chiang Kai- Shek to adopt a three-point remedy for the situation, as follows: 1. Cancellation of the Chinese mone- tary program in so far as it affects North Chil 2. A clear-cut definition of China’s attitude on Sino-Japanese co-opera- tion in checking communism in the north. 3. A Nanking announcement of the dismissal of the “powerful figures” re- sponsible for discontent in North | China. —_— Ethiopia (Continued From First Page.) Addis Ababa saying 1,000 Italians oc- cupying Makale, on the northern front, retreated yesterday to Adigrat. Italian advices were sharply contra- dictory. Ethiopians, they said, on the northern and southern fronts were putting up bitter but ineffectual re- sistance to the Fascist invaders. U. S. Strengthens Stand. Despite Rome's bitterness against sanctions, which were reported as be- | ing already felt by Italy, the United States appeared to be stiffening its vigorou: tand against exports of essential war materials to belligerents under the Roosevelt neutrality policy. As the League of Nations general staff of experts assembled at Geneva to examine the general sanctions situation—the projected oil embargo against Italy still in abeyance—the British cabinet met to debate the question of including such an embargo in the penalties already assessed against Italy. Observers commented that in this the British government faced what appeared to be one of the gravest decisions of the entire Italo-Ethiopian conflict. Authoritative sources said the question of cutting off oil ship- ments to Italy overshadowed all other developments, presented a new crisis for collective action and poesibly pro- vided a turning point in the career of the League of Nations. A spokesman for the Italian gov- ernment said the addition of oil and coal embargoes to the stern economic and financial penalties already ap- plied would mean slow strangulation of the nation. Early Showdown Seen. He added the longer Italy awaited an attack by another European power the weaker she would be at a critical mornent; therefore, it might be better to face a showdown while Italy still was fresh. Italy was sparing no energy in pre- paring for its war on two fronts, in East Africa and at home. Drillmas- ters put their troops through their paces, said a dispatch from Rome, barking commands “to men who were beginning to think in terms of war in Europe.” Civillans practiced new economies to combat the boycott of Italian goods. In Addis Ababa the government pursued its claims of victory with cir- culation of & procls tion by the High - $ ME Half Grapefrul Cream of Chicken Soup :n Vermont Turkey. Chestnut R Sirloin of Beef. 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The government insisted, against Rome denials, that Italians had evacuated the strategic southern centers of Gorrahei and Gerlogubi, retreating under the pres- | sure of Ethiopian encircling move- ments, ‘Today's meeting in Geneva was (or‘ the purpose of determining whether | the sanctions, as proclaimed by the ?Co—ordmnnon Committee of 52 nations, are being carried out effectively. Of interest to the East African situ- ation was Premier Pierre Laval's fight to save his government in France. | Postponement of consideration of the oil embargo was due in part to Laval's | being occupied with internal problems. Today he strengthened his hopes of | saving his cabinet from overthrow, informed sources said, by pinning his government to the “golden franc.” | REEVES COMING HERE Admiral to Attend Meeting of Naval Selection Board. SAN PEDRO, Calif., November 27| (#)—Admiral Harris Laning will be’ ranking officer of the United States | Fleet for several weeks during the absence of Admiral J. M. 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Heated debate on the definition of the word “communism” arose at the meeting of the Southeast Citizens' Association last night after C. B. Deg- man introduced a resolution on the teaching of communism. ‘The resolution, finally approved, asked that the Federation of Citizens’ Associations be requested to appoint a compnittee to draft a statement show- ing what is the wish and what is not desired regarding teaching of com- munism; that & city-wide election be held within the District to determine wishes of the ¢itizens; that the news- papers of Washington he requested to | finance and conduct said election; that | each and every member of the citi- | zens’ association offer gratis his or her | services on the day of election to serve in any capacity desired by authorities. Definitions Varied. After Degman read the resolution a controversy arose over the meaning of the word “communism.” ‘This brought forth various defini- | tions, ranging from “government con- | trol” to an advocacy of free love and intermarriage of the races. Club was instrumental in winning trophy. Other business included appoint; of a committee to investigate and in a recommendation on the proposed tax increase and a request for a hear- ing before the District Commissioners Tuesday with regard to the appointe ment of a man to succeed Capt. Bare nard as superintendent of penal ine stitutions. Members of the Tax Committee are Bernice Abshun, chairman; Orrin Davy, Capt. T. A. Hudlow, Louls F. Frick and Willlam A. Maic, ——e COOLIDGE REGIME HIT Miss Roche Terms “Prosperity” Era One of Social Insecurity. NEW YORK, November 27 (#).— Josephine Roche, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, last night labeled the “Coolidge prosperity era as one of ‘social insecurity’'” as she defended vigorously the majority of social and economic acts conceived by President Roosevelt and passed by Congress. “In 1929, at the peak of the stock market boom, the average per capita income of all salaried employes at work in this country was $1,475,” Miss Roche announced before the thirty- third annual dinner reunion of the Greenwich House, settlement group. “Today, the President plans for se- curity for all so that there may be liberty for each.” Capt. Morgan of the fifth police pre- | cinct told the association the annual | Christmas party given poor residents of the Southeast section had grown to such proportions it could .not be held at the precinct this year. 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