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WILMRTTE LIFE November 8, 1934 SPEED TRAPHOLDUPSt Editor, WILMETTE LIIVE: In Giencoe last Saturday afternooi some thirty rnotorists were baled be fore Justice of the Peace James 1K Caliboun and fined froni $7 to $12 each Net one. I understand, was dismissed ,,\.t one. 1 believe, was guilty o violating Section 22 of the 1111,1101 Miotor Vehiicle Law,, under which îhbc were arrested and fined. Ail of the thir ty, I arn told. were arrested for speediinj on the newv Giencoe road or its con- tinuation, Green Bay road, thirougi Glencoe, on a rule regulating speed or ibhis thoroughfare adopted by th( Glencoe Village board or police de- partment entireiy contrary to law. Giencoe road and Green Bay roa"I as weil as aIl others of our fine cemeni highways, have been built and an( maintained withi money taxed upor the niotorist, yet if he uses thes' roads as they are intended to be useý he is liable to be held Uj) and arrested by the officers wvho are bis servants and fiined by a magistrate or justice ol tbe peace who is also bis servant, en- tireiy without just cause and solely foi revenue (but under the guise of lau, and public safety). In about 3 hour-ý last. Saturday justice Caîhouni cleaned Up some $60 and the Village of Gleni coe $150 (the fines go te the Village and costs tothe justice of the peace). Not one of the thirty victims, I an told, wvas accused of a violation oi law, but only of driving fast, which in this stat.e is net a violation. In faci aIl of' the arrests were made by two oficers, one of whom did nlot appear against bis victims. The justice, in- stead of dismissing the cases of this officer for want of prosecution, ac- cording to law, which would have giveni him no revenue, offered the defendants the choice of a continuance or a p lea of guilty (to a charge of which they wvere not guilty under the lawv as interpreted by nunierous deci- sions of the higher courts). Norte were asked if they had or wanted counisel. As thev came froni varions distances and had to lose tirne to aP- pear in court, besides net knowing their rights under the iaw, they al chose to plead guilty and each paid a $5 fine and $2 costs. The .sîeeds that were charged, 1 arn told, ranged from 35 te 50 miles per hour, which, on this fine new highwav, are reasonable and proper and ac- cording to the common use of the way at many hours of the day and night, with thie present niechanical perfec- tion of cars and skill of drivers. Glencoe road and Green Bay road in the north shore is comparable to the Outer Drive ini Chicago, except that there are probably ten cars to one oin the Outer Drive. Recently an amn- bitious officer made some sixty ar- rests for speeding on the Outer Drive. The first case caiied the oficer ac- cused the driver of going 55,miles per hour. The *u dge asked if there was any other charge. The oficer replied in the negative. - The judge asked bini how many more, cases he had like that, to which the. oficer stated be had some sixty. The judge then asked al present. who vwre charged with speeding on the Outer Drive to rise, and. dismissed their cases en masse. He then warned the oficer not to make any more such arrests. Section 22 of the Illinois Motor Vebicle Law reads: "No persdl shall drive a car of thé firat division as described ln Section 2 of this Act, (those vehicles whlch are deuigned and used1 for the carrying of not more than 7 persona) upon any publie highway ln this State at a speed greater than la reasoniable and proper having regard to the traffie andthe use of the way or so to, endanger the life or n limb or injure the .property of any per- son. If the rate of speed of any inotor vehicle or motor bicycle of said flrst divi- iin this State where the saine pass Ithrough the closely built-up busine-ss f portions of any incorporated city, town isor village exceeds 15 m»iles an hour, or if Sthe rate of speed of any such motor Y vehicle or motor bicycle operated on u.ny -public highway in thîs State where lbe gsanie passesthrough the residence lior- tions of an ineorporated city, town or village exceeds 20 miles an hour, or If the Srate of speed of any suçh rmotor vehicle, n or- iinotorbicycl-e operated on any publie e highway in this State outside the close!y built-up business portions and the urest. dence portions within any Iincorporated city, town or village exceeds '25 nilles ain hout, or upon aiiy public highwvay out- itide of the liiits of an znorporatelcity, eceeds 45 miles an hoùt-, such ratýs of, i 81eed shall be prmna farle 'evidenee tliat e the person operating snch motol' velu l&e dor motor bicycle is running at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable anrd d proper having regard to the traffic and 3, use of the way oi. so as to endang-er the~ ýflife or liib or injure the pi'olerty i-f -any person. If the rate of speed of any such inotor ~vehicle our notor bieye operated <ni auiypubliceIiighw~ay iii this NI State iii going a round a corner or~ curve s in a highway where the operator'.- view d of the road traffie'is obstructed xeel -12 miles an hour, snch rate of spetod shall be primai facle evidence that the e person operating such motor vehiele or môtor bicycle is running at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable ha ving regard to the trafnc and the use of the way, or~ so as to endanger the life or limb or injure the property of any per- tson." (Anîended by Act approved June 26, 1929) r The reader will vote tlîat iin respect to the speeds nientioned in the iaw it says they "shaîl be prima facie evi- denice." Websten's New International *Dictionary defines prima facie: "'At *first view; ,on first appearance." So. the officer who is anxious to really doî f his duty and serve bis constituents wvill take notice of that other more important factor than speed, niamelv, *the care with whicb the driver is driv- ing, and handling bis car. If hie oh- serves speed and recklessnless or, dangerous dniving then it is bis duty to niake an arrest. But if it is only sl)eed, 'according to the condition Of Ltraffic and use of the way" an arrest becomes menely a holdup. whicb the nîiotorist caîî usually oîîiy "lick" bv resorting to an expensive legal batfle and finally appealing to a higber court. It is cheaper to pay the fine imposed by the "justice sbop" so hie usually does iiot fight. But wliy should tlie motorist be robb)ed? Is it I)ecause lie is an easy mark? Often in defense of making arrests and assessing fines the J. P. on magis- trate will tell you that they have local ordinances or miles that Iinîit the speed of automobiles, witbini thein con- porate limits. We ail know tbat no local ordinance on law caii conflict with the sovereign iaw of the State, SO it! is well to see that Section 26 oïl the Illinois Motor Vehicle Law bas to say on the subject: "No city, town or village or other nîunicipallty shiallI have power to. mako any ordinance, Ly-laws or resolutions imiting or restrictlng the speed of motor vehicles or motor bicycles, and ne ordi- nance, by-law or resolution heretofore or hereafter made by any clty, village or town or, other municipal corporation wlthin this State, by. whatever naine known or deslgnated, In respect to or Ilmiting, thespeed of motor vehicles or motor bicycles shaîl have any force, effect or validlty, and they are hereby declared to bie of no validlty or effect."1 Isn't it a pity and a- parody on justice that thinty good citizens eau be haled into court and relieved of some $215 for no offense except that of trying té make.thein destination in Public FormM an automobile'and'on a bigbway built for ýsafe speed in as short a time as is reasonably possible? Remember, flot one was accused of reckless, careless or dangerous driving-but just mereiy driving fast. -Bertram >B. -Udeil, ý302 Park Ave- nue, Wiimette, 111. MR. SNELL WRITES ýr Editor's note:. Appended is a copy of ýe a letter directed to William JH. Weber, ,r chairman of the Republican Cook 1- County Central conmittee by. Harold r W. Snell, precinet committeenian, 6tb -district, New Trier township. The letter y cornes as an aftermath to Mr. SneIl's s resignation as a member of the count3' s central comnîittee, news coneerning which was published in last week»s ixsue. r 1205 Scott street, e Vinnetka, Ill. Novemiber 4, 1934. rRepublicani Cook Connty Central e Committee, William H. WVeber. chairnauî. Chicago, IlI. Gentlemen: Since sending you mv resignation from your connittee on October 25, I have l.ooked iii vain f or a reply that bas neyer reached me. 1 have seen tonly wbat purported to be a reply that appeared in the press.. f Apparentiv iin the published pur- ported reply to nîy letter. those dele- gating themselves to speak, for the fconimittee acknowledge a deception of long standing. and that the suIvl meetings held weekly are oîîlv a v'ehicle in the program of deception and chicanerv to convev erroneously the idea to the members of the comn- mittee and their constituency that *they have a part in the conduct of the party affairs. To support this, von point out ini your published letter *that : ."The titie (District Committee-i «man) bas been used merely as a con- venience iin party councils." And lîow yvou have used it! The published 'Ietter u the first intimation I bavet hiad that oîne caninot resign froin anv conimittee other than one created by, statute. Either the statutes are right >and the overlords of the County Cen- tral committee are wrong 'or the statutes are wrong and the overlords rigbt. -The statutes do provide for at Countv Central coinmttee and do state that the dnlv elected ivard committeernen. and the Countrv Town l)recinict committeemen (aIl elected by their constituency) constitute itst miembership. There is no statutorv provision for the resignation or ne- pilaceme nt of a pr ecinct committeeman even thongh lie dlie wvhiie the in- cumbent. Therefore iii vour assump- tion that I have resignedas a precinct committeeman and in your présump- tion to appoint my successor, you are following the. custorn of youn life-f long habit of taking unto younselves powers and prenogatives to which only the electorate are entitied. I suggest, too, that if you have any message to deliven to another than myseif, you select a messenger morer willing to foilowv blindly youn. orders thanc Youns trulyt Harold Wý. Snell, Precinct Committeeman, thDistrict, New Trier Township. THAT NEW COUNTY November 6, 1934 Editon, WILMETTE LIVE: I notice by the public prints that some.of our better people are advocat- ing the formation of a new county to include oun nonth shore towns. This I take it, will permit us to escape the domination of Cook county and its t borrid politicians. I amn also assured that this plan, if successful wili work a reduction in our tax bill of. some $400,000.3 IJ would like -to save -that much money. i Firstly, 'we. would create over one. hundred new jobs in our nice counity. and restore té the public trough, that inany erinent and patriotioc citizens, who were, unseem'ly snatcbed away tberefromn after twenty years -of vallowv- ing. tbereun. Secondly, as most of us earni our living in~ and because of Chicago. we might create a good deal of bard f e'e- ing there. There might be reprisais of various sorts instituted against us. Thirdlv, the plan would relieve un- employment, as above indicated. and woul'l aid the building industry, for we should certainiy wish to erect a county b)uildling of a size commensuratr ivith our social standing, and to ac- coin 'trodate two Circuit court judges, one probate judge, one county judge. (tiiougli his work would be negligihie. as there would 1)e so fewv feeble-minded persons e states to handle bere), w municipal court judges, and clerks and large sized hailiffs for each, one re- corder,(of (Ieeds, five coulitv co>imiii- rnissioniers.. county treasurer, staîte»- attornev, etc.. etc.,. to sav notlîîng of a speciallv large room for the Ms quito Ahatemcint district (winch outr Republican friends invented ini the hal- cvon days of 1929).,and a couinty ho>- pital. ttuherculosis sanitarîum, and the other inîstitutions pertaining to e'stah- li,;hiing a iiev- agencv of goveriiment,. l.astly. if u-e rednced taxes to an estimated amounit of $5 per family pe~r vear, Chicago's best people wouid move here also. thus reàucing Chicago's tax levY. T hat would crippie the Chicagoý police force, thus permitting Chicago. .burglars to scale Our connity wvals. which in iir wouid snbject i: to crime %vave of burgiaries.np here. And natnrally so. because the hest peopie hiave the choicest homes to burglarize. Possibly, son-e of otîr expatriâte millionaîres have a better solution iu this prohieni. Thev rnoved ont (4 the country, after making their pile herc. and had nothing to wvorrv abotit tiiere- after except estate duties after tlîcir demise. Or perhaps n-e sh.ould follox the example of the Southeriu state, aristocrats, who cnt awvay froin the upstart Yankees, of the North and estah- lished a Union of their owîî. .1 On the other band, peoplç likc Jane Addams. Leo Tolstov and Jesus Chris:- went down arnong the poor and tang.il them. . Morris K. Levînsoiî. 1004 Spruice street. W\inîîetka, 1II PLEDGED PHI GAM Wallace Crawvford of Wilmette and George Stokes of Evanston, wh o are freshrnen at Williams college, have been piedged to Phi Gamma Delta fraternitv. The boys are. roommates at college, and both are graduates of Nem, Trier High school. GIVING COCKTAIL PARTY ,Miss Doris Kimbaîl, 333 Leicester ,road, Keniiwortb, will entertain at a cocktail party this Saturday following the Nortbwestern- Illinois football game. .r. and Mrs. James, H. Adamîs of Chicago spent the week-end with Ms Adams' nepbews white their parents, M r. and Mrs. Earl Moss, 3 '16. Cum- nor road,, Kenilworth, were visiting another son, Earl, Jr. at the Univer- sity of Illinois.,The latter will returui IFriday to spend the week-mend with his familv. Mr. and Mrs.. Roy Knuer, 164f Abingdon avenue, Keniiworth, etr tained their dinner bridge club e- nesday. 0o Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sensiba.73 M{aclean av enue, Kenilworth. are re- turning zthis week-end from !a motor November 8, 1934 WIL.METTE LIPE