The Great Slaughter 



(li'rom the NfW Yor'.i Wor^ill 



of , paaUAlties was S)7.3!7. 



Serious aufomobllp aciclonta last year, 

 aaftyrrthrg to tfif ConlereifCe on Street 

 and HSg-hwar &>fcty.-rfnnictcd oasuaUies 

 n>or« than Uvico as sfeat. Th<>_ total 

 klllPd was 23,600: there ivero. b.S.OOO 

 seriously injureii- h>•^■■■ rnniiy of thes» 

 cited later from ^. ""'^ 

 tlnllely known- 



such accidents "'--"■.v, 



But American , . ' " ' 

 I W'orld . War lattea mora tlinn ». ye'ar. 

 [From the time the flrst Amsflcan BO!- 

 lalera landed in France the averaRB 

 monthly 1-oss, killed In action, ■«■«."( 

 2230: the average monthly Iosb, killed 

 |outrislit In 1923 by automobiles, -n-a? 



I^^Such a record ts a dlssrace to tli« 

 countrv Tt Is 'a. reflection upon the 

 i'gtates' Which permit U. Jt cries aloufl 

 \ for relk-r. fi-uM , A-**- ty/iH- 



