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Show I CIVIC LEAGUE URGES STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC LAWS Resolutions Adopted and Submitted to City Commission; Com-mission; Mayor Urges Citizenry to Aid Campaign Cam-paign Against Speeders; District Attorney Makes Statement Investigation! relative to the .speed t which Frank Plngre was driving the automobile that struck ; nd killed Kills J. Tviron Friday are Still ! in: 'nnducf ed, County Attorney David J. Wilson sald tod i 1 lie stated that ho expects to have definite Information .-iiim this line In the near future, but did not can D 'hi time to make public how far his investigations had proceeded. M))PT RESOLUTIONS That public opinion i.t at a high I point relative to SpeS'dlnS In I Igdsn, as indicated yesterday at n meeting meet-ing of the Civic league nt the hotn 01 Mrs. I V Wlntle, 871 Twenty-fourth street. I It wa unanimously decided ftf the meeting that a tlon condemning -violations of the iruffic laws should be taken and at ling upon the club's decision, de-cision, the president, Mr, Mary Mat-son, Mat-son, named n committee consisting of Mrs. Josephine Hirst, Mrs " H Wat-tii, Wat-tii, and Mrs. Frank Francis to prepare pre-pare the resolutions The following resolutions adopted by the club, were submitted to the city commission today: To the Hon. Commissioners of 'gdn 1 ' Wherea. There is a general tend ency to disregard the observance of traffic ordinances in our city street, ffffj thereby endangering the life and safe- H "Whereas, Within a week, ret kless and thoughtless driving has resulted in the death of two well known citizens, citi-zens, and the injury of others, there- j B It 'Resolved, That in the best lnt rests 1 of the community, we, members of H the Civic league, petition you, our honorable commissioners, to Inert iso traffic supervision In congested di trlcts and near schools, and thai determined de-termined vigilance and effort be ffl tin H tallied by you in law enforcement. H ,rWc recommend that more stringent H ordinances be passeu. and enforced, and jail sentences without th( alter-H alter-H native of a fine for Violators of the H law be incorporated In these ordi nances. H "Wo furthei recommend that every resident driver of .m automobile in gden Clt he registered and licensed I as to age and competency, AI US JOSEPHINE HIRST, MRS W li WATTIS, MRS FRANK FRANCIS. Committee. Cllc League " Relative to the resolutions Mayor Francis said that the lt commission alls upon all law-a hiding citizens to leport nil infractions of the traffic laws In order that the officials m ij be .ble to cope with the situution that has arisen. He also asked thai iln-zens iln-zens respond to requests of the prcse-cutor prcse-cutor to testify when the cases appea: I in coun. EVANS MVKFS STATEMENT, f'ommentlng upon the recent exoneration exon-eration of Frunk Plngree bj i coroner's coron-er's jury l ron i responsibility as the result re-sult of the death of Illls Ijarson, killed kill-ed by Plngree's automobile last week, District Attorney Joseph E. Evans said today. "From what I have heard and read about this case. I believe the driver was more responsible than the driver who recenth was held for manslaugh-l tor for killing another person In my opinion the Plngree case Is one of; manslaughter "As yet I have not had the oppor-j tunity pei sonally to review 1 he testi-. mony in the case and my opinion Is simply based upon v ha I I have read in the newspapers and heard from other persons. PUBLIC 8ENTTMENT I believe that public sentiment hould be arouse, I,, such a killing to the extern where ihe would demand onie action. The public could also; aid greatK in eliminating speeding b". foimlng a vigilance committee and I reporting all traffic violations to th police The situation could not be I handled successfully by the police alone unless there were a large mini-bei mini-bei of motorcycle officers appointed l believe that the employing of at ..i six uniformed motorcycle offi- I is in iln ( iiv and county would have 'the desired effect and that they would pa their own salaries In fine gained through m rests and proeccut Ion of the speeders and Other traffic iolators J am nXiw waiting lor County Attorney At-torney David .!. Wilson to confer with me regurdins tlv- I'lneree ease s,, sono action ni.M ie taken wnlcn will tend to eliminate reckless driving In Ug-den Ug-den " |