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Show Children of Parents Who Live on As-' As-' pliolt or Macotloniized Streets M Always Al-ways in Peril From Scorchers; Little Girls Knocked Down by Speeder. : .' .. - ... ... ;; . , Parents of the city are up in arms over the action o reckless automobile enthusiasts who bring discredit upon autombbilists who are careful and considerate in their, driving. Demands will be made on the! City Council for, an ordinance that will protect the little tots that som' times get out of their front yards and playon the streets'.! Two little girls barely escaped' death from an 'auto-; mobile driven at the rate of .forty miles an hour yesterdays ' The driver did not even stop his machine to ascertain M the children were injured. 1 " . , 1 ' Aj boy was knocked down later in the day. by. another; . automobile. On Sunday a little granddaughter of John Dern fiad a close call. The Whitley accident was iinavoidP able and no blame can attach t him. . Parents who' live on the asphalt or macadamized' streets fear for the lives of their children. i . time. Part of the time Mrs. Pearsall was with me. "One thing I have noticed frequently; of late is that many parents are very, careless in permitting their children to; play in the streets in front of automo-, biles and other vehicles. On two occa-j sions boys have thrown -rocks at roe.t Once-they struck me 'on the head andt. the other time they hit the side of -my. machine. Both times they attacked ma without provocation.". Two bad automobile accidents were barely averted late yesterday afternoon. About 5:30 o'clock an auto raced west on Second South at a speed said to have been faster than forty miles an hour. Two children each about 4 years old were playing in the street near the corner cor-ner of Third East and Second South Streets as the" machine came - tearing down the thoroughfare. A man and a woman were in the auto. The Httle tots heard the "born of the machinaj an'ty barely; escaped . bejng ' run ; over. As it was one of the children was knocked down by the draft from the machine so great was the speed. Not fo a second did the driver reduce his speed nor try to find out if the children had been injured. President A. J. Davis of the City Council who was near, rushed into the street and picked up the child that had been knocked down. At first he thought the youngster had been run over. Mr. Davis says that in his opinion the machine was going at a speed greater than forty miles an hour. He could not understand how the children escaped uninjured. So great . was the speed of the machine that those who witnessed the accident did not have time to get the number of the auto or recognize the occupants. The second accident occurred at the corner of State and Second South streets about 8:15 o'clock last night, when he auto of Clifford R. Pearsall, manager of the Leyson Jewelry company, com-pany, collided with a" bicycle ridden by a bov.f According to the boy and others, the machine struck the youngster and knocked him from his wheel. A crowd of at feast 500 persons gathered in a few minutes, and threats were made. Peafs.all backed his machine out of the crowd and drove to the store of which, he is manager. Later, it is said, he was informed that the boy intended to swear out a complaint against him. , In company with a friend he went to the police station sta-tion and told his side of the accident. Mr. Pearsall Explains. Mr. Pearsall said this morning-.. "I was driving my machine near State and Second South streets when two bovs on bicycles rode in front of me. Without apparent, reason they zigzagged zig-zagged from side to side, refusing to get out of the way. I was running slowly, so slowly that I had difficulty in getting get-ting around the corner. But in spite of this I barelv missed striking the boys. "One of them was able to get out of the way but the other, seeming to fear that I would strike him, jumped from his wheel. In jumping he fell on one knee. My automobile struck the rear whee of his bicycle, but not with suffi-. cient force even to break a spoke. Boy Wanted Money. "The boy followed me to my office and demanded $5 of me. He claimed his leg was sprained but, as a matter of fact, he wasn't hurt at all. "t told him to go to hell. When the accident happened I looked for a policeman police-man but couldn't see one. Of my own volition I went to the police station and reported the case, so that if any complaint com-plaint should be made the police would have the facts. v "Three separate times last night I had (occasion to warn children to keep out Of the way. Out on Brigham street a little girl, apparently not more than 4 years old, was skating in the street in danger or being run over by any ve-. hicle Near the Rio Grande station seven or eight boys, evidently about 12 years old, insisted on running in front of my machine. They seemed to have no other purpose than pure devilment. He Saw No Children. "I drove near Third East and Second South streets last night but saw no children. I don't remember of having seen! any persons at all in that neighborhood. neighbor-hood. With the Whitley accident in mind I was careful to drive very slowly. I don't think the speed of my machine exceeded eight miles an hour at any 'J |