Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-10
Washington Officials Are
Entertaining "sleuths" in
Great Style This Week.
VISIT WHITE HOUSE
Major Richard Sylvester Will BE Re-
Elected President Of lnterna-
tiOnal Association.

Washington, June 9.-FOr the pur-
pose of devising ways and means for
the preventing of crime and the cap
ture Of criminals by cooperation, four
hundred police officials, representing
nearly every city and state in the
United States and several foreign ma
lions assembled here this morning
for the twentieth annual convention
of the International Association of
Chiefs of Police.
Major Richard Sylvester, superin-
tendent of police of the District of Co
lumbia, who is serving his eleventh
consecutive term as president OF the
association, opened the convention
with an address of welcome in which
he stated that oEpor -unities offered
the visitors for enjoying a good time
in the National Capital had not been
overlooked by a committee of citizens
Who have arranged program for the
entertainment of the police chiefs
Addresses of welcome also We're
made by Cuno H. Rudolph, president
of the Board of Commissioners of the
District, and ID. j Callahan, pres.-
dent of the Chamber Of Commerce, Al
though roll call has not been TAX
en-, President Sylvester says that the
attendance probably is larger than at
any previous convention.
Among the delegates are some of
the best known police heads in this
nation-men whose names figure
prominently in the news OF the day
and we'll known officials from lo-
lice departments in foreign countries.
Canada, England, Scotland, Germany,
France, Austria, Japan, Korea, Guate-
mala, and Cuba are represented. The
majority of the delegates are known
to each other, not only through Off
cial intercourse by wire and letter
but by personal acquaintanceship
formed at previous conventions.
was begun his afternoon when Pres
ident Sylvester announced his ap-
pointments Of delegates to various
committees. The most important
committees chosen We're those on
credentials and resolutions. When
The routine business OF the associa-
ton was completed, the delegates be-
gan The work OF studying the progress
made in police methods since the last
convention
Speeches of technical character
will be made by about score OF the
DDS in police work and these speeches
will be followed by discussions in
which all delegates will be familiar
with what has been done in the past
year in police departments in the
United States and foreign countries.
The convention will not adjourn
until Saturday afternoon when the
meeting place Of the convention to
be held next year will be announced :.
The program for the entertainment
of the delegates was arranged by a
committee representing the Chamber
of Commerce and composed of Isaac
Cans, John Slaven, George gItuar t,
Washington Topham, Thomas Grant
and Major Richard Sylvester. The
wives of the members Of this COM
mittee have formed an auxiliary COM
mittee to prepare for the entertain
ment of the women accompanying he
delegates.
| The entertainment OF the visitors
! began after the conclusion of the
session this afternoon when President
Wilson received the delegates a. the
White House. The reception was
/ followed by tour of the city i'll
/ sightseeing autos.
| Arrangements have been made for
special afternoon and evening per-
tormanees at playhouses tomorrow, as
an honor to the police chiefs and as