Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 26, 1922, Page 8

AT THE TANNEY’ CORP " 5c, 10c and 25c STORE BOCKERS FOR [SCHOOL HOSE - FOR BOYS 5¢ | 10¢* ™" CHILDREN'S CAPS All Sizes 19¢ Begular $1.00. Value. 69¢ * P |reg CLARKS’ O. N. MERCERIZED CROCHET COTTON s TOWELING 19¢ Value 10 OIL CLOTH (BEMNANTS) ¢ Yord T9¢c B TANNEY CORPORATION 5, 10 and 25 Cent Store I 232 Men’s Sweaters TRAFFIC_COURT PLAN URGED BY HOTOR VEHCLE CONMISSIONER To maet mulnxm growing ovt of tha “uaere have been well-staged fact ‘that “the handling of motor vehi- against certain forms of offenses which are not .serious in themselves so ¢ton- ¢le_enforcement - throughait . the. .8tate { gicted as to indicate intent to con- is in too many hands,” consideration of | vict for fees.” » traffic court - plan extending to ‘all{~ The department has received many parts. of ' Connecticut: 1s recommended | complaints about Such so-called ' “drives by Motor *Vehicle Commissioner. Robbins:|and has been. repeatedly asked to rec- B.. Sfoeckel. in his annual report which | ommend some method of procedure Mas. been . submitted -to Goveynor Lake: ['dhich -might place the enforcement- of Several ' other recommendations having |the motor vehicle act into the hands of & vital bearing op. the ownership and op- |state and city officers, exclusivel h eration’ of motor vehicles In Connecticut | complaint, .the commissioner says, has| bre mage: - | generally’ been about arrests made by "7 “The" rémedy sought” ‘in the propogsl |some local officer. ®f the traffic court idea, “is to adopt|. So far as the traffic court plan has pome plan wherehy an arrest for a. tee | been developed, according .to .the . re- gan be ‘unprofitable.” . Accoeding to -theiport, “4t iis that a court which has = tommissioner, “the sentiment.. underly- |salarfed judge and which has regular | ing the complaints has grown until attcoprt' machinery could be constituted a the présent date. it is $o strong as to|traffic-court and, together with each oth- Jemand action.” The duty: of motorier traffic couris as might need to be vehicle -enforcement is ‘not: centralized |especially created by the legislature for shough, says the report, which calls at-!the pnrpr\an should handie all motor ve- tention to: recent instances. ' in. which ] LOANS | “The judge of such a court Would soon * ) Pecome learned in the moter vehicle act. Being on a salary, deor the stigma icuring ‘a conviction. In sums up to'$300 to: i all “classes of people who .are -unable to finance their needs and to whom re-payment v ...Bian_official would prompllv demop a se- .rlqus sentence for a serious offense while -on the installment plan appeals. minor” offenses would be given their Confidential Loans on proper. importance. “‘Another method which might be.con- sidered and which has already been PHONE 1684 adopted In some states is to so reduce 'the 'fees of all the officials concerned in jan.arrest and trial for a motor vehi- “ ROOM 302-3 cle offense of a minor nature as to re- duce an inducement to arrest for fees. NEW ' MARSH BUILDING NEW LONDON, CONN. drives In applying this remedy, the serious offense involving intent should receive oge. for schedule and the minor offense chould receive another.” The commissioner points out that the state .police department, with its force limited to fifty men, has been unable to divert enough of its men from press- fing police business to meet all the de- mandé for motor vehicle enforcement, particularly in view of the fact that twelve to fifteen state policemen are constantly ' required for the giving of motor vehicle examinations alone. “If ‘motor vehicle enforcement is ‘to be main- tained on an increasing basis of ef- ficlency,” ‘the commissioner says, “the state ipolice department must be increas- ed by a'sufficient- squad which must have Jusive traffic enforcement di ties to the full extent of the necessity. The motor vehicle commisioner. is, by [law, one of the three commissioners of state police, ex-officio. ‘The general underlying e of every motor vehicle act, aside. from.the Important Noetice THE COLONIAL EXPRESS '* BOSTON and'ST: mmsnunc, FLA. Luvlnq New. Lonlon 11.40 a. m. ‘ Leaving' New Haven 1246 p. m. Luvm. j Bridgeport 123 p. m. Arriving Jacksonville L‘ .m. next evening, and - at St gchnburg. F'.. uennd mormnn 840 a m. & NI.V thry Fhri a sleeper -daylight departure from aut pol its nnd .mv-l in Florids he would ot be" tm- | | !u | ! ; 8 collection of revenue for the state, i o provide . regulation and discipling which- will help to promote safe oper- ation of motor vehicles, is the commis- | sioner's view. Therefore, . any motor | vehicle act is.necessarily more a law of regulation than it is ‘a criminal law. The test for his department, he says, is that determination as to whether the principle regulation be considered or {whether - punishment 'be imposed, de- {pends upon’ whether there is wilful tent in any offense. This policy applie: to revocatien and suspension of licenses. “In connection with the susperfsion o perators’ licenses,” -the report says thar it has always been the policy of the department to remove permanently fr the Toad ‘any operator who is: disqual fied either by some disability, mental o physical, or who, by virtue of his tem perament, has shown that he is not dc sirable on the roads.” The commission ler points out that “the offense of oper ation of a car while under the -influ- | ence of intoxicating liquors is much more frequent than in recent years. Officials of the department gave over | 887 hearings -on' cakes involving possi- jble suspension or revocation of licenses | | during” the fiscdl year “ended June 30 last, which is the period covered by the | report. % The offense of operating-before becom- ing of age' i’ regarded’ troublesome. The statistics of the d ment do not show, however, ‘any extraordihary num- ber of accidents charged against min- | ors upder:21 years - old as compared { with those older, but they do apparently |show that the es between 24 and 28 years are -those - during -which. accidents are most. apt to happen. The state {law makes it illegal for any person under 118 years.old to operate.a -motor vehi- cle on the public highways, unless un- der the instruction and in the presénce of a’ licensed operator. A bill to drop the age minimum to 16 years was de- feated in the last session of the legisla- ture. “The law as it now stands,” the commisioner ‘says, “is a difficult law to enforce and a definite age without quali- fimtiol& should be adopted.” An idea of the increase of metor ve- hicle operators entitled to use Connecti- cut highways and the volume of busi- ness in the motor vehicle department is given by a table in the report showing that receipts of the department have jumped from $236,120.89 in 1911 to $3, 409,047.88 in 1923, and that the num- ber of licensed operators has increased from 26,241 in 1912 to 164,011 in 1922. The traffic’ hazard has increased cor- respondingly, -it- is explained, and gen- eral accidents reported have increased from 6,878 in 1920 to 7,013 in 1921 to 10,300 this year. To some extent the increase in. numbers recorded -is - due to the fact that the aggressive' policy of securing reparts is more and more sucoessful! The number of accidents which result in serious injury or death, is practically. the same. in 1922 as it was in 1620 and 1921, but.the number of slight accidents which result in smaller approximate damage has much increas- ed. To the commissioner, it seems fair to argue from this 'that there is a great- er approximate degree of caution on the part of operators than formerly. . Statistics and charts of fatal aeci- dents are appended to the report. Every; one who considers them, the commission- er says, “cannot fail to see at once that {what is needed is the application of new methods, the . extension of present | methods, :still more agsTessive work, in sistence upon prevention by the = adop- tion* of all' reasonable ‘devices, 'an insist: ence upon severe. discipline.” The com- parison with.all other states is favorable to_Connecticut. Safety’ Week in- September, 1921, was a - success, ~sa¥s- the: report. ~It- maueedl accidents . throughout . ap- proximately 10 per cent. for the rest] of the year following. A survey.of re- | sult of Safety Week. includes the fol- {lowing" under* the heading, 3V°1Ved in Fatal Au:ldufl.l j Jan. 1:to Dec. 31, ‘192 ! ( i i i i i Jln. 1to Au; 31, 1931: 30 per ‘cent under 16 years old. BspL to Dec: 1, 1921 (four months following" nlety ‘week): 33 per. cent. of Victims wera childfen’ under "18.. Jan. 1 tg"Nov.. 30, 1922: 37 per eQnL of victims were undpr 16 years old. Other 'statistics - given 'in ’ the “report lfiWeelluvel ‘#pl v-tl:;tlan the vmfu#an ulhhnmuon of: motor. -vehicles all over the United States which lhnwlmg‘hmllmeaurflng“‘ great, mwemenz traftic safety. The samé wndman applies measure. to commercial motor, and a recommendation for changes to bring sfiont @ ‘more equitable fee made. Starts Wednesday, December LIPPED 6 and 3-qt. SAUCE PANS NESCA WASH Boilers Copper Bottom 98¢ Complete NEWEST CURTAIN GOODs CONTINUES THURSDAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WASH TUBS CRIB BLANKETS 10e ™ DECORATED CHINA PLATES YHMON SER E COLUMBIA RECORDS 12 INCH RECORD: GALVANIZED OIL CANS 1L GALLON 718 QUART: | - MEN’S AND BOYS’ CAPS 25¢ EACH re cited. During the summer the man- |details regarding its make, its color zna’ prominent as a Union commander in the facturers of thiz product have a large number of delivery trucks, but when the, demand falls off .in. the winter almost | all of these trucks are retired.. All of these matters can be; adjusted - - and adapted, the commissjoner feels, if.the motor. vehicle department is given. dis- cretion to rebate fees, upon proper ‘ewi- dence, in specific classifications.. He al- so suggests that any minimum fee .rat- ing prescribed by law: for commercial motor vehicles ought to be taken out nd the department -authorized by law o do justice. to.the various classes Te- ferred to. Particular mention 'is made 2 the fees chargéd -for Fofds,carrying + box in the rear-and classed as’ com- nercial motor vehicles. he ‘dealer's. bond, 150" called, hl ln e main apparently -proven -to “be:' rable proposition. It has weeded out ¢ the ranks of the dealers Some persons vho - were- taking - out dealers’ ; markers -or purposes other than for the demon- | stration and sale of cars. .The bond pro- vision is considered to be tog dirett, however. It requires the commissigner to call the bond ‘of 2 dealer for any nfraction of the law - relating to the use of dealers’ markers. - There are- in-{Thi stances of minor infractions for- which the calling- of a $1,000 bond. is exces- sive, and, if this feature of"the-law is to be retained, the commissioner rec- ommends that his department should be authorized to .compromise’ any’ offense. He also calls attention- to.the fact that there is nothing in the present. law, as there formerly was, to'the ‘effect that a dealer may use a cgr.for his. per- sonal use. This ‘was ‘apparently inad- vently left out of the law, and the‘com- missioner says that there should be a distinct determination a8 to “just' what may or' may ‘not be' done under- the marker. The suggestion offered is that the marker and fees be graded, and that there be an unlimited marker by which the dealer may do anything-he pleases and for which he pays a higher fee, and a limited marker by which he may only demonstrate a car, and the demonstra- tion of the car must be defined’ so that there will be no escapé from’ the “appli- cation of the definition. e The gasoline tax .is commended as a success., - Certain ‘exemptions are rec- ommended, however. The professional oysterman of fisherman who uses his boat for the gathering of oysters or sea .product - ought- to- be- ‘exempt from payment of the tax son his fuel, in, the opinion of the commissioner. The farm- er who plows I!uu }eldfl for agricultural purposes ought to/be exempted. Under the present law, no: fuel used in any motor boat is exempt, and it‘is sug- gested that the law be_ changed so ‘that the motor boat user may benefit, in.pro- ductive business where he. uses fuel Pointing_out. that Connecticut, under Governor Baldwin, was.the first state to consider the subject of supervision of aircraft, ‘and ' reciting’ activities. of .the department under the amended aircraft larly with regard to the of seeing to it that all ‘who operate aircraft over Connecticut are qualifief, it'is projected by the commis- “that the most available flying fields -in the. state be charted, 'so that whenever an airplane hts in Con- necticut the state policeTdepartment: will forthwith have notice by wire.of the fact that such a plane is in the “state .and then,” through- the ‘agency of the police, the aviator can.be prevented from again Freeman, & qmflméfl “aviator” M'Lhmbt“ experience, ‘has_been _appointed a inspector of the "department, - 2 Several -of the other iactivities ot department_which have_ been the newspapers from time -to reviewed . in: the report ,with- the.. missioner’s wnclulhu. accoraing report. “When re and ex‘.ulndz be guided from’ those, is to guide umn. the_ follow.”” & ‘m' - e < The or;mlnzlon year committees _and- ukty ‘Possibly a portion of the number, it i8] generally practical -to reduce t sible cars to -so small a number that each ‘individual car of that group under suspicion - can be examined by the po- lice, and in that way identification has béen obtainedin cases where more def- inite_information was lacking. The of- fense of evasion of responsibility is hara- 1y .possible without punishment at this time providing there are any facts pres. ent which make ‘identification at all pos sible. The effect of the application of the system upon the body of operators as a whole has been to teach that there i no profit.in attempting to run away. “It i3 to.the credit of our self-reliant traditions.” the commissioner believes, #and’ to the .close competition in sports and. games’ of our childhood and youth that we find so very many who can qual- ity-as good drivers. The standard from the point. of- view of safety is improv- Ing.” It _is - recommended that. the line of discrimination between kinds of regis- tions “be more carefully drawn by the incoming session of the legislature, and: the_definitions more particularly set out. is is_especially true with regard to the so-called O-marker, which is the fegistration. which permits the carrying of ‘passengers for hire by vehicles other then the jifney. The department has had extensive experience in this sub- ject now and.it is possible to know what | the exceptions to this law ought to be. ‘There are questions constantly arising as to how .some particular person may be authorized to carry a load of passengers in a truck for a special occasion; for ex- ample, to a fair or a festival. Several other examples are cited and rulings that have beén made to meet them are quoted. There is a well-founded objection the part.of many of the owners of neys to the use of the word “jitney” and there will undoubtedly be a request that | some word which is more dignified in its application be used to designate this species of pasengser service. As a result of the cars with “which jitney certifi- cdtes' and'license$ are isued and perhaps because of the application of the insur- ance feature, the law has developed a careful class of drivers of jitneys. The commigsioner feels, however, “that the insurance feature is a hardship wupon public - seryice. organizations which run jitneys, in the sense that the premium is exfremely high.” It is recommendefi that' “a’ careful investigation' should be made with insurance companies to de- termine whether it is not possible to get adequate protectlon at lower rates of insurance.” The necessary details, sta- tistics and facts regarding this feature will be collected and be in readiness for presentation bdpfore the proper commit- tees of the legislature of 1923. Inasmuch ‘as’ the basis for the motor vehicle fee system -is compensation to Lhemlelwwurmtha)hda on "m! a car which operates contlnually should pay more than.a car which op- erates only occasionally and that a mo- tor vehicle which operates on the high- ‘ways.of the stite indiscriminately nhould pay more than.one which operates ex- clusively on pavements in the cities.” He points out -that, there are concerns doing livery business O-marker whose cars never travel outside the lim- its of ‘a city. There are also certain special: classes of: such. vehicles which Never. carry any passengers except on Special occasions. - For example there are undertakers who maintain livery cars which never travel anywhere excepting In"a”fineral procession. There are also @ars in a:livery.business in a small town which are used for travel between a rail- rogd station -and the hotel, and nowhere else. - 5 g wn c:;';—jml——! ANNIVEESARIES 0! MANY NOTABLE AMERICANS MYofiDee.fi—myur-boux lhbqlns_vmmhhthemmgryn- | niversaties of ‘an unusually large num- Her’ -6t~ Americans whose “lives ~and ‘Schievements - were of 7profound infln- | éhce ‘wpon thé ‘social,” moral and intel- paper publ éity. there is no quéstion™ lngmt. m,_th. administrative side, for" the™ in” the “G‘ad& » loetuumuthaue “The list of pos- | war between the states and the oth equally noted as a military leader in the confederacy. of day in the year 1823 are as follows Robert Ci the blacksmith, who becadme a orid-famous preacher, Henry Mergh, New York philanthro- , founder of the Society for the Pre- m of Crueity to Animals. Spencer Fullerton Baird, first U. K rissioner of fish and fisheries. J. Newton, “the father of the process in America.” . Ferry, Civil war commander 4 States semator from Com- Eenjamin H. Hill, Confederate states: tor from Georgia and later a sema- of the United States. Henry O. Houghton, the Vermont farm boy who became famous as & pub- Nsher. Lafayette ed States Civil war. i Eppa Hunton, Confederate soldier and d States senatqr from {Vrginia. oseph Le Conte, celebrated geologist 1and educator. | Sara J. Lippincott, noted author and c. Baker, chief of the Unit- secret service during the the Tammany who attained notoriety through his conviction as leader of the New York ‘boodle” ring. James W. Patterson, United senator from New ammshire, ‘William H. urn, the blind chap- lain of the United States senate. Thomas F. Meagher, 2 banished pa- triot, who commanded the Irish brigade in the American Ci War. Henry G. Davis, United States semator from West Virginia and democratie, | nominea for vice president. Rt. Rev. William G. McCloskey, Cath. olic bishop of Kentucky, and at the time of his death the oldest Catholic bishop in the United States, both in years and service, Galusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania, speaker of the U. S. house of represen- tatives and “father of the Homestead States | Law.” Rear ‘Admiral John H, Upshur, who had a long and notable career in the ited States navy. The most notable of the year's aami- versary observances in Canada will be the celebration in Montreal late I April of the 300th anniversary of the birth of iLaval, the first bishop of Can- ada. In August will come the centen- ary of the birth of Dr. Goldwin Smith a native of England, but a resident of Canada during the greater part of his life, and who at his death in 1910 was l recognized as ome of the foremost men of letters of his time. The year will and distinguished career Others of note who first saw the light| Politics and for @ short period filled th: | premiership of the Dominion. NEBRASKA'S LEGISLATURE WILL HAVE FAEM BLOO Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 25 Nebrasia will have a2 farm dloc in its next legi« lature, convening January 2, to pretect agricultural interests in legislative ma‘- ters, if present plans of its sponsors are successful The movement Was started among agencies of organ :ed az riculture and J..N. Norton, form of the Farm Bureau Federation, mrul!v has come forward with its proposal ‘Threatened reductions in state penditures seeks the result of the politi cal ‘campaigns has' caused the fear some agricultural circles that the lex lature may . hesitate. in appropriat funds which leading agriculturasis 4 clare to be npecessary for the protectic of the industry. A state income tax, rural changes in the présent revenue federatio nand removal of pa in' promoting agricultural measures, a-: among other issues which farmers a: others are expected to take an aeti part. eredi =, Statements from varions member: dicats that economy will be a domine factor in legislation. K Abolishm: many state boards, commissions and spectorships, as well as democratic tack on the state's civil administrativa law with a view of its repeal, are adve- cated in several quarters Govern elect Charies Bryan and his demoerat!: legislators pledged repeal of the law, 1 republican ‘measure, although the as- sembly will have a repubiican majori'” in both house and senate, Other proposed legislation includes o law designed to equalize the burdem «! taxation, a proposal -to tax intangih property on the same basis with 1 praoperty, instead of at ome-fourth and a law providing ‘funds to parth maintain the state's pregram of roac building by & tax on motor vehicles a relegatio mof secondary road project: to the counties. MiMerd—Health Officer ¥F. C. Gold. steln is making an extensive investiga- tion for the purpose of ascertaining just what was the origin of the several cases of amoebic dysentery, which appeare] here of late. 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