Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-11
MINUTEST DETAILS FOR
PRESIDENTS PROTECTION
ARE ARRANGED BY POLICE

Chief of Police Dishman passed most
of the day yesterday preparing his
part of the program for the entertain
ment of President Taft. With the ex-
ecutive secretary of the department,
| Lyle Pendegast, the chiefs secretary,
| Ora May, and the three Captains-Paul
| Flammer, A. j. Bradish and Charles
Dixon the chief went over all the
| plans for the protection of the presi-
| dent from annoyance or delay and for
| the proper handling of the crowds so
that all may see everything worth see
| ing and that no one may be put to
discomfort while enjoying the event.
In brief, the plan decided on is as
| follows:
Under direct command of Mayor AL
eXander a detail of twelve of the most
| trusted men in the department will
meet the presidents train at River
station when it first arrives this morn
| ing. One sergeant will accompany this
| squad Four plain-clothes men will be
| present under personal direction Oh
Captain of Detectives Paul F'lammer.
| On the first electric car from the
! Pacific Electric depot this morning
detail of forty patrolmen, under COM
mand Of Lieutenant William Murray,
with three sergeants, will go to San
| Pedro, where they will assist the squad
regularly detailed in that end of the
city throughout the time the presi-
/ dent stays there, which will be until
noon. These men will return after 1
o'clock and assist in handling the
crowds watching the parade.
To Rope Off Space at Depot
A detail of 100 men, under Chief
Dishman, Captain Dixon and four ser
geants, will have control of affairs at
| Arcade depot. where a very large
! ,r-iII h, off yyhpTp
| person will be allowed to enter in
such a way as to delay the program
there. This detail will be picked up
| by automobiles when the parade is un-
der way and will be taken uptown,
| where the men will be used in hand
! ling the downtown crowds. At all
times during the day a fully equipped.
uniformed and armed reserve squad of
twenty-five men with the two big po-
lice automobiles will be held in readi-
| ness to answer a possible emergency
| call from any quarter.
| on the line of march policemen will
be used where needed, the discretion
| of the officers in charge of them being
| depended on entirely by Chief Dish
man. Police automobiles will be within
| call constantly, and on the long ride in
| the residence districts there Will be
motorcycle men, the automobiles and
| University sub-station patrolmen to
! handle the persons watching the pa
rade.
| At the Polytechnic high school only
| the students at that institution will be
expected to gather to watch the simple
| ceremony of the turning Of shoVelful
of earth on the site of a new school
building. All others will be forced to
move on by members of squad of
fourteen policemen from the University
sub-station.
At the home of Mrs. DR.. w. A.
Edwards, $500 West Adams street,
where the president will be entertained
in the afternoon and after the banquet
and where he will sleep, a police cor
| don will be thrown about the house.
and no person, unless he presents
card from DIR. or Mrs. Edwards, will
| be allowed to come within several
| hundred feet of the home. A footman
| of the household will be stationed at
convenient point accessible to ALL and
should any person personally acquaint-
ed with the host or hostess desire to
present a card asking admittance he
will be able to do so through the
agency of this servant
No personal cards or pleas Of friend
ship or urgent business will be heard
faVorably by the police, as it is
planned to give the president entire re-
lief from interruption in his sisters
home. A guard of officers will patrol
the grounds and surrounding streets
all night tonight. The home of DIR.
Edwards is outside the city limits
three blocks, but, by request of Sheriff
Hammel, Chief of Police Dishman con-
sented to take entire charge there.
There will be very little work for the
Los Angeles police Tuesday morning,
although a detail of officers will sur
round him and his entertainers all the
time he is within the city limits.
detail of forty men under Lieutenant
(recently appointed Captain) Charles
I4ehnhausen and four sergeants will go
to Pasadena Tuesday morning to as
sist the police there, and there will be
small detachment at the Annandale
club house.