Show AUTO SCORCHERS I MAY BE CHARGED WITH FELONIES Two Main Street Accidents Saturday Stir Authorities to Action SIX ARRESTS WILL WILLBE WILLBE WILLBE BE MADE ON MONDAY DR W T CANNON INJURES BOY ELGIN YANKEE KNOCKS MAN FROM BICYCLE 3 4 e eIt i f It Is I a felony in some states for an f 4 f autom to Injure a person while f exceeding the speed limit Police PoUce f Judge Iehl does not think that the f f 4 city ordinance against Sp in inthe inthe f the streets fixes a sufficient 9 f 9 ment merit for lawbreaking f 4 isis who injure pedestrians He is f going to confer with County f 4 jf ney ne Willard Hanson on Monday Mends con concerning 4 time tile advisability of ot prosecutIng 9 4 ing offenders under the state law 9 The city ordinance revised 9 nances of ISM 1503 under which prose proSt f 9 f have ha e so far been made Is as u 4 4 f 4 follows 4 9 4 See Sec It shall be unlawful for tor toran 4 4 9 any an person to run or operate any f f 9 automobile auto anto car ear motor carriage f 9 f 4 or other similar v f 1 4 9 4 hi cle upon any street or in any an pub 4 4 9 lie He park within the time corporate lImits limit f 4 of Salt Lake City at a greater speed 4 9 4 than eight miles per hour 4 9 See Sec It shall be unlawful for tor 4 4 4 any person to operate any an vehicle 4 9 4 mentioned in the foregoing section 4 4 9 upon any street st t or In any an public 4 4 9 park unless there Is attached to the ther 9 4 rear r ar of said vehicle and conspicuous 4 4 9 ly Iy displayed the number of ot said ve ye P 4 4 4 hide For Por such numbers the record recorder 4 9 4 er shall hall collect a fee of 91 n nI 1 4 9 f M M M f 4 fI I I Two automobile accidents in Main sti ft yesterday stirred the authorities to tn a atlon tion to put a stop to scorching in iha t m he ha I crowded streets street of Salt alt Lake On Mon Monday on onI I I day da six arrests arre ts will be made and hief of or Police Pitt declares that more prose prosecutions prosecutions prosecutions will follow lonow until lawbreaking chauffeurs chauffeur and machine owners ai ar arta ate tamed ta mad i The first of yesterdays e at oc 00 occurred o at noon when Yankees t i w i ran down a man roan who WI was wa riding idi idia a bicycle at Main and ADd nd First boull tr i iThe The Th second accident at al i last night when hr W T On in foil tion of 5 Brigham street Knocked I I iMitchell Mitchell a lx buy l par oar parents live lic i at lit I West Sixth S itt n t from a lii hide cle at Fourth im h South and Ma Mal i The Tile boy 00 was s rel in injured Elgin Yankee nhu nImu figured d in the time I or arid nt nt of the da day was m Oil si Ki lat t afternoon fined Jo 3 j in jIm tin th r court urt f fr i in Brigham t At that thaI t timP Tie Yank lank e escaped t more j re I t ic I making a Merry Andrew f himself and td saying Hut hat I ha had l lie ii h se t tolon olon cm in m in n the it t i t nil aha ahaI a l o u j linn hi i ii would i u iid ca a av j r d hi id hh pl d to t th ute rille ite fx d li I ih ii city ity Strikes Bicycle Rider Ride But the hI lesson in the polk urt rt a v a i enily mh did not cause him to inini III IH aw his tu wr wi Wi wilie c clIt He lIt was whirling in crowd i Main street treet at a 1 1 when wll a it aman itman man nail riding a bicycle wt In Tu t South Smith street came In sight ight A momenT later the th man upon the was in the air He fell feU close to tho pa i automobile and hIS bus h haJJ smashed was thrown to the tide of the th street Yankee Yanke brought broucht his hie machine to a t tand ii 1 and took the injured man and the dam damaged d lm aged bicycle into his machine machin machinA A few f w minutes later the injured man mall appeared at police hEadquartErs and asked for a warrant for the irest f t Yankee He was bleeding from rein an in ili ii injury jury upon the ear and seemed to hate liaf ha been stiffened ed by his hie fall fail As Judge Judg Diehls court had adjourned for lor the da dathe dathe day the man was wu told to return on Monday Monda v vand vantI and antI swear to a complaint against Yankee Yanke Bystanders a First South and Main street say sa that the man maim upon the bi b Y was riding on the wrong side aide of First South street and was wae therefore in a measure to blame for the accident nt but bur that Yankees auto No MM JOt was going at ata ata ata a dangerous rate rare of ot speed for fr a vehicle traversing Main street Is Spectacular Accident The second accident was wall considerably oon more spectacular than the first Dr Can Ian Iannon Cannon Cannon non accompanied by his family was moving northward in Main street The Mitchell boy was ws on the west side BIde of the street At Fourth South street at t Dr Can Cannon Cannon Cannon non tried to turn westward we Ills 1118 course took t ok him directly in the path of the bo iJ Seeing his hla danger the boy turned to the tle right thinking that by obeying the time rule ruin of the ro road d he would escape cape e being hit bv Lw the oncoming machine When elope close to the boy Dr Cannon too realized the danger of the situation and swung his Ins automobile to the Ute sidewalk But it was wa too late lat The boy was thrown from h wheel and sent Bent sprawling into the street When hen picked up it was wag found that his hig hi shoulder was injured by the blow he had received from the front end of or the ma machine machine chine and his hla hand and knee were Ure bruised Dr Cannon gave first aid to the injured and took the bo boy home Dr Cannon in telling of tin tilE accident said saltI When I reached Fourth South street I decided to turn Westward so a all 05 A Ato to avoid upper r Main street I do not nut like to drive my machine through the bu y Continued on Page 2 AUTO SCORCHERS MAY BE CHARGED WITH FELONIES Continued From Page 1 part tart of that thoroughfare It was my m in Ine e to go north in West Vest est Temple street Ti The ne e bo boy was on the th right side sid of the street wheeling southward on his bicycle as I was turning Into Fourth South treet I saw that a collision was rent and swung my machine to the right He lie If turned In the same direction Then st stiLl stal it hoping to avoid smashing into the th thaI tad aI I guided my automobile to the side sidewalk walk alk iho he boy bo however guided his Isle wheel Ir stun audi a manner as to make it r c to avoid him and the smashup fol In my m effort to avoid the acci I drove my machine for some seme dis distan df tan upon the k in front of ot the Walker W alker property pro ert At the time my m machine was going at ata ati ata a i sloW siow rate of speed As I 1 approached t tiu tl t orner corner I blew ble my m horn several times limes examined the boy alt r he was knocked from his wheel and found that he was not seriously Injured Witnesses of the accident allege that I hr r Cannons annons machine was vas moving at an anne ne she rate of speed s at the time of the thea theao a ao dent ident Defiance of Law have hae grown so careless in gassing through the streets that they the have hae I rei ume indifferent to the character of or orthe ofte the te witnesses of their defiance of ot the law Powe e Judge Diehl has had personal ex j enen es of ot the reckless folly of the chauffeurs and owners of ot machines Some t me ne ago while the Judge was standing in front tr nt lI his residence at 55 East Second Sith street streets he saw J 1 Howard Garretts mat nachine inne pass paS at a law defying rate It was taM as steered by b Jack McCooey a youth i fi 1 hauf in the employ of ot Mr Gar Garrett Garett Garrett rett ett Seven men were seated Ji 11 i the auto urging the boy 00 to break the lin J 3 w Young Y McCooey was arrested arre He lie Of posited f 96 O bail ball When hen the case clUie was C he did tIlt not appear It is said suld that 1 P men in the machine knowing that tf had openly and audaciously defied tit tin law dared not risk an appearance in inc InY c l Y morning Judge DIehl Diehi had a conference with Chief f of Police Pitt con cont it t the automobile h scorchers The Thet Thenn t nn inference t was caused ed by b additional ex 1 which Judge Diehl DiehI had had with on Friday evening he saw two machines flashing through the he streets at breakneck sn ed One ODe of or the machines Judge Diehl Diehi said was wall going fco so fast that fu Jk li was unable to see the occupants This his stirred Chief of ot Police Pitt to send sand Mit ut policemen to watch the movements of f notorious scorchers Before night evidence was obtained which will result in the filing of or o four tour complaints by b the police pollee on Monday Monda Two other complaints will be filed by citizens at the same time tim Chief Pitt says that he will take prompt action whenever complaint of ot recklessness Is made against an automobilist by a cit alt izen He is now preparing a list of ot scorchers against whom he Is planning an Interesting campaign If It our citizens wish to put an end to the menace to life of the reckless automo automobilists said Chief Pitt they should re report report report port all an violations of the law they see Some time ago a policeman was sta eta stationed stationed at Second South and Maln streets to regulate traffic His Ills presence at the crowded corner resulted In great good seeing his fig figure figure ure In the middle of the street were care careful careful ful tul to approach at a reasonable speed Recently Re Recently because of the need of policemen for other work owing to the limited num number number number ber OP Ot men at the disposal of ot Chief Pitt the tile policeman was removed The effect was immediate The Increased their speed and narrow escapes from be being bein being ing in run down have been beep of daily dally occur occur occurrence rence renee Example of Recklessness In Main street yesterday passers were given an example of the tile recklessness of some of ot the automobile owners Two I young oun girls passed through the street In Ina Ina ina a high power tourist car One of them was driving the machine It Is believed that had anything gone wrong rong the young girls would have been unable to cope with the situation and that their lives as well as aK the lives lIes of ot passers would have been i placed in jeopardy Chief of ot Police Pitt Is determined to put a stop to scorching and reckless ing of ot automobiles in Salt Lake Pitt Will Stop It Some time ago he said last night I Issued orders to the members of the po police police police lice force torce to keep a vigilant lookout for or chauffeurs and drivers driers of automobiles who violate the speed law Of Ot course a policeman cannot always alwa s be present when some reckless fellow tellow breaks loose For that reason when I heard of ot the re recent recent recent cent accidents I sent some of my men out to look for evidence against law lawbreaking lawbreaking lawbreaking breaking automobilists As a result on Monday four complaints will be made In the police court by my m men Two oth others others othera ers era will be made by b persons who have hae come to police pollee headquarters to tell of vio violations violations 10 lations of ot the law This Tills will make six complaints all aU of which will be filed tiled Mon Monday Monday Ion day da Arrests will then be he made In my m opinion the automobilists who violate the law should be severely pun punished punIshed punished They should be taught a lesson one that they will not soon forget for et so that others not wishing to meet with the fate of ot those who have hae fallen into the hands of the authorities will be careful to respect the law Jaw while passing through the crowd crowded ed streets of ot the city Some of or the men we have hae arrested have been b en fined 10 in inthe Inthe inthe the police court but I believe that Police Pollee Judge Diehl in view of ot the increasing number of ot accidents will In the future Impose a a more mere severe sentence Good stiff sentences for offenders who are convicted will In my m opinion bring the automobilists to a realization of or the necessity of considering the rights of or oth others others ers ore to free and safe sate u use ue e of or the streets Judge Diehl Determined Police Judge C e B Diehl thinks that the authorities should take vigorous steps to put a stop to the careless driving of ot au automobiles automobiles through the streets and the in injuring injuring juring jurin of unwary unwar citizens I shall on Monday take up the matter with whit the county attorneys office said Judge Diehl hit It will wilt then be determined what proceedings can be taken talen against offend offenders ers era under the statutes It is said sal that in some cities reckless driving of ot automobiles resulting In the Injury of ot persons is prosecuted as a fel felony felony felony ony and that when convictions are made knade severe penalties are Imposed Judge Diehls purpose in conferring with County Attorney Willard liard Hanson is to determine whether automobilists who injure pedestrians pedestrians pedestrians can be charged with felony under the Utah laws |