Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 255, 12 September 1916 — Page 4
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1916
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM
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Traffic Regulations The problem of traffic regulation in Richmond has been a vexing one. The city council has wrestled with the situation for many months, but none of the ordinances has met with general favor. The results expected from these laws have failed to materialize. The ordinance committee has the problem under discussion now. The American City in a recent issue has opened a department of Public Safety, and the Safety First Federation of America has presented an article that proposes a standard code of traffic regulation prepared by its Street Traffic Committee. . The ordinance committee might do well to study the points covered in the proposed regulations. The article follows : For safety in street traffic there are three es
sential requirements: (1) the adoption of proper and uniform regulations; (2) the education of
the public, as well as the dnvers and operators of all vehicles to the necessity of conforming thereto ; and (3) the proper enforcement of such regulations by the local authorities. . To co-operate with municipal officials in meeting the first of these requirements, the Safety First Federation of America has issued a "Proposed Standard Code of Traffic Regulations for General Adoption by Municipalities." The compilation of this code is the result of more than a year of study by the Federation's Street Traffic Committee, composed of state and city officials and representatives of automobile clubs, transportation and street railway companies. In its work the Committee had the hearty co-operation of the authorities having under their jurisdiction the regulation of street traffic in sixty-five cities in the United States and Canada. Among the important features of the Standard Code are the following: Prohibiting the use of the. muffler cut-out. Prohibiting the unnecessary use of warning signals. ,... fi ,v Providing that all vehicles shall carry lights from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. Approval of the near-side stop regulation for street cars. Providing car stop safety zones for persons getting on or off street cars. Providing for protecting the car stop safety zones from encroachment by vehicles, either moving or standing. Requiring that all vehicles must come to a full stop at least five feet behind a street car when stopping, or which has stopped, to receive or discharge passengers. ' Requiring pedestrians to cross the street at the regular crossing, to cross with the traffic and comply with the signals of traffic officers. Requiring the locking of unattended motor vehicles. to prevent their removal by unauthorized persons. j Requiring properly illuminated license tags on automobiles, and favoring the adoption by
automobile manufacturers of a uniform transparently illuminated license tag holder. Requiring in the event of an accident that the driver must stop and render all possible assistance to persons injured, giving name and address
to any persons concerned or any persons requesting same, and, in the absence of a police officer, that the driver shall report the accident to police headquarters. 5 Recommending the licensing of all motor vehicle drivers or operators, subject to suspension or revocation by the issuing authority. It is contended that the adoption of this regulation will result in a material reduction of highway accidents. The chief requisite for: securing the license shall be proper physical, mental and moral qualifications. ' The details of granting the licenses necessarily rest with the several state legislators and would include such matters as affixing to the license card a photograph of the licensee, for the purpose of affording a means of identification and adding to the practicability of enforcement. The regulation for controlling headlight glare, as approved by the Society of Automobile Engineers and endorsed by the Street Traffic Committee of the Safety First Federation of America, is now a law in Massachusetts and has been adopted by ordinance in the cities of New Orleans, St. Louis, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Wilmington. This regulation is as follows: "Whenever there is not sufficient light within the limits of the highway location clearly to reveal all persons, vehicles or substantial objects within said limits for a distance of at least 150 feet, the headlights of all motor vehicles in motion shall give sufficient light to reveal any person, vehicle or substantial object on the road straight ahead of such motor "vehicle for a distance of at least 150 feet. The headlights shall be so arranged that no portion of the beam of reflected light, when measured 75 feet or more ahead of the lamps, shall rise above 42 inches from the level surface on which the vehicle stands. Such headlights shall also give sufficient side illumination to indicate any person, vehicle or substantial object 10 feet to the side of said motor vehicle at a point 10 feet ahead of the lamps. "The term beam of reflected light' as used in the above provision shall be construed as meaning the approximately parallel focalized rays gathered and projected by a reflector, lens or other device." In the matter of speed, the Committee does not recommend any fixed maximum, that being considered a matter for local decision. The section on "Speed" in the Code reads : "No person shall operate a motor vehicle in a
reckless or careless manner, and shall have
proper regard for the width, traffic and use of
the thor6ughfare, so as not to endanger the life or limb or the property of any person. No vehicle shall cross any street or make any turn at a rate of speed exceeding one-half of the legal rate of
speed.
he "Crevice"
The Public Utility Commission
That the public utilities commission act needs drastic revision is forcibly impressed upon the city by the gas rate decision which increases the cost of that utility from forty to seventy cents. It takes little stretch of the imaginaion and less
reasoning abiliy to see that the consumers of gas
in this city are paying interest an that $885,000 bond issue which the public utilities commission authorized before its engineers had made a
physicial valuation of the plant here.
The act ought be overhauled thoroughly by
the next general assembly and the commission ought be restrained by the provisions of the
amendment from authorizing the issuance of
bonds until a physical valuation has been made of the utility that asks the right to authorize bonds. In this instance, it seems that the consumers of gas here must see to it that the men- who bought the $885,000 bonds receive returns on the
investment, and it seems to make no difference
with the commission whether the plant is worth that sum or not. In every case that has come before the com
mission from Richmond, the people have lost out and the corporations have gained. The conclusion is justified that the people need not look toward that body for favors and relief.
Copyrisht, 191C, by the McCIure
Once upon a time in a corn field hen the moon was shining and all the world was asleep a slender cornstalk swayed in the cool breeze which blew over the fields and looked about. Well, well." It Baid to itself, "how tall I am and how straight I am; the only one of this whole field of corn that can hold up its head! What a stupid lot they are, to be sure, and hov handsome I am among all these lazy looking stalks!" The next day the sun shone brightly but the cornstalk still held up its head, and when night came and the moon shone brightly the cornstalk began again to talk to itself and comment on its clumsy-looking brothers. At last one of them heard this bragging talk and asked what it was saying. "Why. you heavy-looking fellow, if you could hold up your head and see what I do you would not ask." "What do you see?" asked the brother stalk. "Why, I see the moon, for one thing," said the conceited stalk, "and besides that, I see all the stalks around me hanging their heads and looking so heavy and clumsy that I have. to laugh when I look at them. Why don't you hold up your head and look about, brother? Besides that, you do not know how tall and straight I am and how handsome I look. I am glad I am not heavy-headed like all my brothers, but am high-headed. My
husks float on the breeze and I am so
happy I could dance for joy." And so he did, this silly cornstalk. He danced in the moonlight and sang with the breeze and gave no thought to anything but his tall and graceful figure. -I But all this time his brother stalks grew heavier and heavier, and their
Newspaper Syndicate. New York. heads bent lower and lower until the tall straight stalk forgot all about his lowly brothers. But one day the farmer and his men came to the field and the tall stalk laughed to himself and he thought of the sights he was to see, now that the farmer was to gather In the stalks. "He is saving me until the last, I expect," thought the silly stalk". "I am so tall It will take two men to carry me, while he is cutting and throwing my stupid brothers on the ground." But what was the tall stalk's surprise when the farmer and his men went away and left him still standing, and the wind blew so hard that night that over he went on the ground. "Oh! here you are," he said to his brother stalks. "The farmer threw you all on the ground, I see. You are so clumsy he has no use for you, I suppose." "Shall we tell him?" said one stalk to the others. "Yes, tell him and take the conceit out of him once and for all. He will never believe, if some one does not tell him the truth," was the reply. "You have been so disagreeable and conceited that we have decided to tell you what is the matter with you," said the first stalk. "At first we were sorry for you, but your boasting has changed all that
you are an empty stalk and worthless to the farmer. That is why you were not cut with the rest of us, and the reason you were so straight and held your head so high was that you were
empty wnue we were lull or good corn. "Now the heavy winds have blown
you to the ground, where you will stay. ... . in 5
ana tomorrow we win leave you aura
while we go to the barn t be useful in the world." The straight stalk was too overcome to reply and he did not really believe his brother stalk until the farmer and his men gathered in the corn the next day and he was left behind on the ground. - And so, like the corn stalk, some people hold their heads too high and look with pity upon their shorter brothers, when it is the short brothers who would pity them if they had time to think about them at all.
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"Poor little Agnes Olson was dismissed yesterday. She Is a spineless sort of creature, you know, without much self-assurance, or initiative, and I believe she had quite a scene with Mr. Carlis before she left. She was on the switchboard, if you remember, and as well as I am able to understand from her, he caught her listening in on his private connection. She reached the club in an hysterical condition, and I told them to put her to bod and care for her. I ought to be there myself now, at work, for I have lost my best helper, but I am too distraught over Ramon to think of anything else. My secretary the girl you saw there at the club and asked me about, do you remember? did not appear yesterday, but telephoned her resignation, saying she was leaving town. I cannot understand it, for I would have counted on her faithfulness before any of tho rest, but so many things have happened lately which I can't comprehend, so Krr.any mysteries and disappointments and anxieties, that I can scarcely think or feel any more. It seems as if I were really dead, as if my emotions were all used up. I can't cry, even when I think of Ramon I can only suffer." "I know. I can Imagine what you must be trying to endure Just now, Miss Lawton, but please believe that it will not last much longer. And don't worry about your secretary; Emily Brunell will be with you again soon, I think." "Emily Brunell!" repeated Anita, in surprise. "You know, then?" "Yes. And, strange as it may seem, she is indirectly concerned in the conspiracy against you, but innocently so. You will understand everything some day. What about the Irish girl, Loretta Murfree?" "President Mallowe's filing clerk? He dismissed her only this morning, on a trumped-up charge of incompetence. He has been systematically finding fault with her for several days, as if trying to discover a pretext for discharging her, so she wasn't unprepared. She's here now, having some lunch, up in my dressing-room. Would you like to talk with her?" "I would, indeed," he assented, nodding as Anita pressed the bell. "She seemed the brightest and most wide
awake young woman of the lot. If anyone could have obtained information of value to us, I fancy she could. Did she have anything to say to you about Mr. Mallowe?" "I would rather she told you her
self, Anita replied, hesitatingly, with the ghost of a smile. "Whatever she said about him was strictly personal, and of a distinctly uncomplimentary nature. There is nothing spineless about Loretta!" When the Young Irish girl appeared in response to Anita's summons, her eyes and mouth opened wide in amazement at sight of the detective. "Oh, sir, it's you!" she exclaimed. "I was going down to your office this afternoon, to tell you that I had been
discharged. Mr. Marlowe himself
turned me off this morning. I'm not saying this to excuse myself, but it honestly is through no fault of mine. The old man gentleman has been trying for days to get rid of me. I knew it, so I've been especially careful in my work, and cheerful and smiling whenever he appeared on the scene like this!" She favored them with a grimace which was more like the impishly derisive grin of a street urchin than a respectful smile, and continued: "This morning I caught him mixing up the letters in the files with his own hands, and when he blamed me for it later, I saw that It was no use. He was bound to get rid of me In some way or another, so I didn't tell him what I thought of him, but came away peaceably which is a lot to ask of anybody with a drop of Irish blood in their veins, in a case like that! However, I learned enough while I was in that office, of his manipulations of the street railway stock, to make me glad I've got a profession and am not sitting around waiting for dividends to be paid. If the people ever wake up, and the District Attorney indicts him, I hope to goodness they put me on the stand, that's all."
"Why has he tried to get rid of you? Do you think he suspected the motive for your being in his employ?" asked Blaine, when she paused for breath. . "No, he couldn't, for I never gave him a chance," she responded. "He's a sly one, too, padding around the offices like a cat, in his soft slippers; and he looks for all the world like a cat, with the sleek white whiskers of him! Excuse me. Miss Lawton, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but he's trying, the old gentleman is! I think he got suspicious of me when Margaret Hefferman made such a botch of her job with Mr. Rockamore, and yesterday afternoon when Mr. Carlis caught Agnes Olson listening In oh, I know all about that, too he got desperate That's why he mixed up the files this morning, for an excuse to discharge me." "How did you know about Agnes Olson?" asked Blaine quickly., "Did she tell you?" "No, I heard it from Mr. Carlis himself!" returned Loretta, with a reminiscent grin. "He came right straight around to Mr. Marlowe and told him all about it. and a towering rage he was in, too! 'Do you think the little devil's sold us?' he asked. Meaning no disrespect to you, Miss Lawton, it was you he was talking about, for he added: 'She gets her girls into our offices on a whining plea of charity, and they all turn out crooked, spying and
listening in and taking notes. Remember Rockamore's experience with
the one he took? Do you suppose that innocent, big-eyed, mealy-mouthed
brat of Pennington Lawton's suspects
us?'
'"Hold your tongue, for God's sake!" old Mr. Mallowe growled at him. 'I've
got one of them in there, a filing
clerk.'"
'"Then you'd better get rid of her
before she tries any tricks,' Mr. Carlis said. 'I believe that girl is deeper than she looks, for all her trusting way. I always did think she took the
news of her father's bankruptcy too
d n' calmly to be natural, even under the circumstances. Kick her protegee
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out, Mallowe, unless you're looking for more trouble: I'm not'" "What did Mr. Mallowe reply?" Blaine asked. - , - "I don't know. His, private secretary came into the office where I was just then, and I had to pretend to be busy to head off any suspicion from him. Mr. Carlis left soon after, and I could feel his eyes boring Into the back of my neck as he passed through the room. Mr. Mallowe sent for me almost Immediately, to find an old letter for him, from one of the files of two years ago, and It was funny, the suspicious, worried way he kept watchins: me!" "
"There Is nothing else you can tell!
us?" the detective inquired. 'Nothing out of the usual run happened while you were there?" (To be Continued)
Masonic Calendar
Tuesday Richmond Lodge, No. 196, F. and A. M., Called meeting; work In Master Moson degree. Wednesday Webb Lodge, No. 24, F. and A. M. Called meeting; work in the Fellowcraft degree. Friday King Solomon's Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. Called meeting; work in the Mark Master degree, commencing at 7 o'clock. Saturday Loyal Chapter, No. 49, O. E. S. Stated meeting.
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