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·T HE AUTO trucks took a toll of 76 lives; in 1924 received at Mrs. Reineeke's office that they reduced this to 49. Taxicabs had the taxpayers have considered cabs u~ 46 deaths last year while this year ject to the exemption provided by law they have 52. Passenger cars had 162 deaths last year and this year they whether purchased in connection with the automobile body, or with the chassis. have 180. II CIUI.._ Vietima The fact is the exemption provided in "In the list of accidents among chil- the 1924 law applies to cabs only when dren it is noted that 31 of the 90 chil- they are purchased with the body of a Statiatica Show Fatalities in dren killed were running aross traffic commercial car. In other words, if a they were struck down. Many cab and body are purchased together for Cook County This Year when accidents were due to such cases as $200 or under there is no tax. If the jumping from trucks in the path of cab is purchased independently, or with Have Decreased oncoming automobiles, roller skating in the street, riding on kiddie-carts, the chassis there is a tax of 2~ per . in alleys and playing in cent. &- YEAR-OLDS TOP LIST playing Chassis purchased for $1,000 or under streets. "Last year 71 children were killed crossing streets in the middle of the while ·his year the number has SO to '59 Dangerous Age for block, been cut down to 46. This is the Adults direct result of accident prevention work among children. · "In the first six months of 1923 there were 103 children killed in automobile "There were fewer deaths in Cook accidents, while in 1924 there were 90 county from automobiles for the pe- killed. A study of children's acriod January 1 to July 1. 1924, than for cidents, shows that 73.3% of our acthe same period in 1923, despite an cidents occur between the ages of 3 2-Pass. Utility Coupe increase in the automobile registration and 9, indicating the need for a more of more than 50,000," says a bulletin intensive campaign of education issued by the accident prevention de- among the little ones, especially those partment of the Chicago Motor club. of the pre-school age. "Press reports show 306 deaths up Fatal To l·year·olda to July 1, but our records show 3l8 "The age of six is the dangerous ..-.;::...--deaths. Of these deaths, but 284 can time for the school child, according to properly be ascribed to the auto- the figures of 1923 and 1924. In both mobile, the remainder should be these years, the six-year-old child was placed in other classifications, such first on the casualty list. That ride as railroad, street car and carbon mooching, hitching, and other pasmonoxide accidents. times to which boys are addicted, are "For the first 6 months of 1923, 286 dangerous is seen from the fact that deaths were ascribed to automobiles. of the 90 deaths, 68 were boys and 22 During the first 6 months of 1924, were girls. Of the total number of 182 persons were killed by passenger 284 deaths, 24 drivers were held to the cars, 52 by taxicabs, 49 by trucks, 2 grand jury in addition to 10 unknown by buses and one by a patrol wagon. drivers. Of the adults, 57 percent Death Toll Decreaaea were over 50 years of age. From 50 "Out of the 1924 deaths, 95 were the to 59 is the most dangerous group, result of pedestrians crossing in the with 47 fatalities. middle of the block; in the same pea....atoa riod for 1923, 126 persons were killed in the middle of the block. The ac- Cites Law Re8ardin8 cident prevention work that has been U. S. Auto Sales' Tax carried to pedestrians has no doubt resulted in this improvement. The Automobile dealers and manufacturpedestrian is learning that the middle ers in the Chicago district apparently of the block is a dangerous crossing have been laboring under a misinterpreplace. During this period last year, tation of the new sales tax law in-so-far 35 persons were killed on the bout- .a s it applies to the sale of cabs for evards, while thi~ year 28 were killed commercial cars. The office of Mrs. on boulevards. This decrease is at- Mabel Reinecke, collector of internal tributed to the use of automatic 'stop' revenue for the First Illinois district, is and 'go' signals which are training the trying to put them right by sending out pedestrian to cross with traffic, not an inter:pretation received from Comagainst it. missioner Blair's o8i&:e in Washington. "Durina the firss,.. a a.. ano!"t_h_·_o_£_l .... C§l.._~_I_t_a;;,;ppea;;...__"·-fi'OIIl __ u_____ 0\la_ioqut_ ....;_._"*- CLAIMS MOTOR DEAmSLOWER and bodies purchased for $200 or ursder are tax free. Those bringing a price in excess of these prices require a tax of 3 per cent on the full amount of sale. There is a tax of 5 per cent on the purchase price of all passenger cars. · TaAFFICCAU At the automObile aalriB receatiF heW in Paris $3,000,000 wonb of Alacrican. English, French and Italian cars suitable for congested conditions, were the chief attraction. 721 ILia Street at any ch pre1 older First Aid for Doctors nt on 'How Far Did You Drive EVERYTHING FOR THE AUTOMOBILE MOTORS SERVICE, Inc. '640 on your sun1mer vacation trip? Probably at least a thousand n1iles. Your car needs a thorough greasing and oiling, also the bolts and nuts need to be tightened all over the car. This will not cost much and is good insurance. J. C. Slown · 1 5 REO Hit/1 sm. Alwered A marked smoothness characterizes the performance of Dodge Brothers Motor Car. In keeping with . the policy of constant improvement, effective measures have been taken to minimize vibration. Applied to the body, engine, clutch, brakes, and other·vital u~its, these refinements add immeasurably to the comfort of travel over boulevards and country roads. The effect is so pronounced, in fact, that it is entirely fitting to classify smooth performance as one of the outstanding attributes of Dodge Brothers Motor Car. C. M. McDONALD 1111 Da-N Street of Sound ea~eer int.·"" Women. of' 1e4tmes few sofety. To these ~4ctora ~ .Mea 4le iJaStiJd cappftdotlve ·4kint )pt11 )NJ)J1ILirity C4D Reo Evanston Co. 1101 Chicago Avenue EVANSTON Phone University 6194 he~ c1ttribute4 EVANSTON, ILL Phoae E·autoa 224