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The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
u! GEN. JOHN a. JOHNSTON,
tDistrict Com mmis,ionero

j might say it is a very difficult mat
ter to arrive at conclusion as to what
should be the strength of the patrolling
force Of the District, when you take any
unit upon which to calculate.
You may take a unit of population, be-
cause they have to protect life as well
as property. Now, il they are going to
be proportioned to a unit of population
It is manifest that in a growing city like
this the population increases and the
number of units, therefore, for popula-
tion will increase and. therefore. the
number of your police force should in
crease with the increase of population.
The population increases here. ] be-
lieve. at the rate of about per cent.
or about 5000 year. At the present
time our population, according to a po-
lice census that was taken in the inter-
est of the Health Department. is 353, 200,
practically.
Population Deman nds Increase.
Now, you can figure for yourselves
what that unit for population should be
per policeman. Gen. Bingham, in New
York, and his successors figured that
there should be somewhere in the neigh
borhood of policemen to a thousand
of population. If 1t is 3 to a thousand
then that unit population is 333 to 1
ponceman. But whatever that is (say
1t is 300 an increase of population de-
mands an increase of the protective
force for those people. it would neces-
sarily demand an increase of policemen
per annum. In the last years We have
added to the force % policemen, and in
that years We have had a very ma
terial increase in our population. and
whether you take a unit of population
of Ss3 or 500 as equaling / policeman, 1
think you will find that that increase Of
population of more than 10000 justified
us in having more than % policemen for
those eight years. On the other hand.
you may take the uit OF area and cal
cnlate the number of policemen per unit
OF area. The area remains fixed. When
you come to consider the area in this
police jurisdiction We stand fourth out of
Is MUNICIPALITIES reported upon by the
Census Bureau of over 1000 population.
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and
New Orleans have greater police juris-
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

was about. seven cases only that have
not been cleaned Up by apprehension.
There Were $50 arrests for homiside in
New York last year, this Of the whole
number committed. OF the cases In th.
District in 1917, twenty-three were colored
and seven white. london has one police
man to every S3S Inhabitants. Paris one
policeman to every ;ss: inhabitants, and
the District of Columbia one to every
=" inhabitants, and for patrol purposes.
about six men to alternate for twenty
four hours to the square mile of area.
OF the $3.50 losses of property of all
kinds last year. the recoveries reached
$l6l.1H
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

cism Of police conditions in Washington and the
demand upon Congress for a large appropriation
with which increase the size OF the Metropolitan
Department. The Washington Herald requested Mai
Richard Sylvester prepare special article on the
work required Of the department throughout the DIS
frict of Columbia-)
By MAI. RICHARD SYLVESTER.
Superintendent of Police)
The police jurisdiction of the District of
Columbia embraces the entire territory of
the District of Columbia. and has an area
of ss7 square miles. Washington. George
town, Anacostia, Checy Chase, Cleveland
Park, Ivy City, Petworth, Brightwood,
lexington. Brookland, and over sixty
villages and towns are included within it.
According to the police census compiled
in 1872 the population of the District of
Columbia was 1896, of which number
81, go were white and 1856 colored. The
various villages and settlements along
connecting roadways aggregated 5l.SS4 in
population at that time.
The territory includes aside from the
cities of Washington and Georgetown,
sixty-odd villages and towns, each or
which would have its constable, or police
officer were it located in any other State
or Territory. Some of these and their
population are as follows:
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
GLOVES CAUSED AILMENT.
Parisienne Sues shorkeeper Becauss
Features Were Marred.

From the European Edition Of the New York Herald.
Few women would suspect that the
gloves worn to preserve the delicacy of
their hands and TO ward off any chance
contamination may themselves be a
source of troublesome ailment But Nine.
Talon. who bought a pair Of black
suede gloves on September 90. 1911. al
shop in the Rue Tronchet. Paris, has
had reason TO rue her purchase, for a
few days afterward she found that her
hands were inflamed and that her fea-
lures were marred by an eruption wher-
ever she touched her face with the
gloves.
On consulting a physician she was in
formed she was suffering from eczema.
due to the dye from the gloves. She
then sued the shopkeeper, who in his
turn brought action against a Grenoble
manufacturer
Experts decided that the glovemaker
mad not used sufficiently fast dye, and
1t was therefore liable to be deposited
on the hands when the gloves were worn.
The case, says the Excelsior. was argue 4
before the Paris court and Judgment was
reserved.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
SEVENTH PRECINCT
Companion in Acreage
superintendent of Police.)

Considered from acreage area by way
Of comparison, the District Of Columbia
embraces A.soo acres; st. Louis. Ss.276
acres; Pittsburg. ls.Sse acres; Cleveland,
as,as acres; Detroit, 22s76 acres: Mil
waukee. I4,el acres, and Baltimore, g,s.y
acres. On the principle that those con-
tributing all equal government support
and residing in the less denser populated
sections should have anorded them an
equal protection to that extended to those
living in the more congesred Iocanues.
the District should have a large police
patrol force.
The opportunities Tor maraudIng ana
chances Tor escape are best wnere the
means of prevention and detection are
least-the extended districts where the
reduced police patrol prevails.
Reports give 3o4so miles Of improved
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

Chicago Dispatch to the New York American.
Prof. Frederick Starr. of the depart
ment of anthropology Of the University
of Chicago, told his class that some time
In the future hair. teeth, and the little
toes would be missing from the members
Of the human race.
''Predigested foods, hats. and shoes
have rendered hair. teeth. and the little
toe useless" he said. with our hats
and our civilization we do not need hair.
Persons with scant supply Of haIr
seem to die out among primitive peo-
Piles, but in civilization they increase.
IF teeth and hair and the little toes
are to be preserved. then 1t will be neces-
sary for the civilized inhabitants Of this
world to get back to nature as soon as
possible"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

Inspector of pharmacy. dentistry, &c.............
Ivy City. y hours
LanSdon. D. C, u houH. H...............-..........
Local Identification Bureau, kc....-....-........
Municipal Building. outside. ide......---.-.........
New bridge over Potomac River. y hours......-..
Patrol wagon and signal serrtce. L hours, all
Pawn inspectors.
Photographer. criminal pictures. scenes Of
crime.
Plain clothes. special precinct duty. in several
Railroad junction Thirty-sxth Street and Pros
pect Avenue Northwest.
Railroad LOOP Rock Creek. hours each.
Railroad station. Seventh and Streets South
Railroad station, ". r. and A. n. r., hours
each
Ststicn houses. clerks.
TakomA. ID. G. "a hours. urs..-.................-..-
Tennslytcwn. D. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Union Terminal Station law requires reefs.......
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
MAJ Sylvester Writes for The Herald Conditions as They
Exist in the District and Relative Conditions in
Other Cities In the Country

thoroughfares and l60l6 miles of mac
adam, gravel and unimprOved streets and
roadways, asgregatlng 45S.6 miles,
throughout the District territory, which
becomes more extensive by comparison,
from a police standpoint, when the more
than ordinary width OF the avenues and
streets is taken into consideration, the
average width of the avenues being l6O
feet and of streets 80 feet, this adding
materially to the work of the police
patrol in the enforcement OF the traffic
laws and regulations.
In other Jurisdictions the widths aver
age from 60 to 20 feet. Where 160-foot
avenues and So-foot streets converge or
intersect in the congested localities,
double or triple the force is required to
master the traffic situation as against
that required elsewhere. Owing to the
limited patrol force at command, how
ever. the full measure of proper service
cannot be applied at the dangerous and
crowded intersections and numerous
circles; at the aforementioned places three
or four thoroughfares intersect.
No Roadway Section
The roads traversing the District ter
ritory are largely buiIded along and form
the skeins that connect the many vii
lagos, towns and subdivisions. They are
patronized not only by those in high Of
fcial lite. but by thousands or visitors
from throughout the United States and
abroad.
The Rock Creek Park, POTOMAC Park,
Catholic University of America, United
States Hospital for the Insane, Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Yards, the approaches to
the beautiful terminal station. Soldiers
Home, Bureau of Standards, Army and
Navy Preparatory School, Cathedral
School, and hundreds of important in
stitutions and homes are included in the
roadway section Of the District -Four
long bridges cross the Potomac and three
going features require a close police
patrol attention.
The villages, towns, parks, and extra
ordinarily widened thoroughfares, num-
erous costly institutions, such as WASH
ington City, with the Capitol, White
House, departmental buildings, govern
ment workshops. galleries, legations,
steamboat wharves. and important and
valuable governmental interests or a KIND
known only here, as well as the resi-
dental sections. are guarded by a day
light patrol force of about 100 patrolmen
and a night force of about double that
number.
PriS ates on Duty
The situation is the result OF the toll
lowing disposition OF the privates in the
force. they being the active factors in
the work of the prevention and detection
OF crime and preservation of order.
Total number of prirstes June %, BE-. ss
Pnsates detailed as detectives. q
~
Prirates leave. under the law.......... IL
Priates assigned to post duty. i6
Prvatcs assigned to special duty.......-... IL A3
Available for patrol service. as
The members Of the force are entitled
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

dictional area than We have. We stand
fourth, so that We should not be re-
duced, as compared with the other eleven
cities that have smaller jurisdictional
area than We have. since for the same
patrolling force We must necessarily have
larger beats, and therefore a lesser meas
ure of protection . persons and prop
erty.
Mileage Is Factor.
There is another important unit which
you can consider, and which / consider
more important as a measure of the pro-
lection which life and property should
have than any other. That Ia the mile
age unit. What should be the mileage
traversed by a patrolman In order that he
may give sufficient protection to property
and persons along his route? Manifestly
If he passes a given point once in 60
often that is a reasonable measure Of the
efficiency of protection to persons and
property within his beat: IL he must pass
oftener than that to afford reasonably
efficient protection his mileage must be
lessened, and II his mileage Is lessened
the force must be increased II the whole
area is to be efficiently protected.
Then, there is a situation which neither
the unit of population. the unit of area.
nor the unit of mileage can comprehend.
That will be in the business districts,
where. perhaps. there is little population.
no great comparative area, but great
values to be protected-banks and mer-
chants carrying valuable stocks. where
the population perhaps Is small and where
the values required that a policeman shall
pass any given point very frequently.
and therefore that his beat shall be as
small as will enable him to pass often
enough to give an efficient measure of
protection.
Ratio II High.
For obvious reasons more efficient pro-
lection is required at night than In the
daytime, and that brings up the question
of organization. I believe 1t Is felt by
some that our organization is not a. good
as 1t ought to be. Our organization here
is four reliefs. three reliefs doing duty
eight hours each covering the twenty
four hours. and the four relief Is what is
called swing relief, and helps q regular
relief to guard the city from D. m. to
4 a. m. That gives. since the patroiling
force Is divided into four reliefs each-ons
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

To aid the setting of broken arms or
legs a Californian has invented a sup
port to be attached to a bed from
which a fractured limb is suspended in
. resilient loop.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
BURDEN BORNE BY POLICE OF CAPITAL

woodlcy Park D. c., hours.
Total
DETAILED.
Asses., inspector Of
Court vans as guards.
Collector of taIes guard
Detective Bureau. clerks.
DisbursinS Oricer. guard
Enforcing child labor
Executive Mansion guards
House Of Detention. guards.
Police Court. bailifs.
Police headquarters.
Police headquarters. printing bulletins, look
outs &C.
Total
The department has but one motor
patrol no automobile. The city OF
Detroit has sixteen or eighteen for pub
lie service.
There ives 1,335 arrests charged under
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

to leave under the law
The patrol force is divided into eight
hour reliefs, doubling the same in the
night time, which would make the day
patrol force about 1oi and the night
patrol force 2os. The detailed force is as
follows:
POST DUTY.
Benninc. d. G, in - hUIs 2
Brookland d. C.. "a honrs. rs...................... )
Brghtwood. d. q, a hours urs..................... )
Casualty Hospital, l. hours. Observation-Disclosures.
Chevy Chase Circle hours. Observation-Disclosures.
Cleveland Park. ID. C., "A hours..................
Coal Dump. where all railroads unload coal. Il
!
Deanwood, ID. C., "a hours. Observation-Disclosures. 2
Doounen. First and Sixth Precincts l each..... :
Emergency Hosrital, L hours earh.............. 2
Highway Bridge. the Potomac River a hours 5
Insane Agent. preparing papers and investigating
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
l'riyates on Duty

The situation is the result OF the foI-
lowing disposition OF the privates in the
force. they being the active factors in
the work of the prevention and detection
Of crime and preservation Of order.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-08-15

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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-08-15

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-15
MINOR CHANGES
IN FOOTBALL RULES
Question of Numbering Players
Left to Options of
Teams.

New York, February 14.-OnIy minor
changes were made In the football rules
by the Amalgamated intercollegiate
and Old Rules Committees at their SEES
sions here tonight.
The numbering of players to aid
spectators In disting uishing individu-
ais was left to the options of the
teams.
Rule. 90. Section s. relating to for
ward pass which crosses the end line,
striking goal or obstruction in the
end zone, was amended to exclude
cases in which a team attempts for
ward pass from behind its own goal
line.
Rule G. Section . was amended to
allow swapping the ball only with the
hands. eliminating the words, with
the foot"
The nve-yard restriction on n kick
has been removed, allowing n quick
Kick from behind the scrimmagc line
The penalty for not reporting Il sub
stitute player 10 an official was re-
duccd from fifteen to five yards, and
the H. SSal return of Il player to the
game Gill in future incur disqualified
ton OF The player and 4 loss Of half
the distance to the goal line for the
team
Several other points were discussed,
but no action on them will be taken
until tomorrow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-15

I'm tho prohibition election as they
drank. prohibition would have been
defeated 10000 votes.
Mr. Williams. OF Buncombe. IN clos
Ing tho argument for the advocates Of
the bill. challenged the sincerity of
Mr. Murphy, declaring that he could
but beware Of the Greeks when they
come bearing gifts. Mr.. Murphy camo
back with the reply that he was no
Greek. but an Irishman. II am all
the moro afraid of lrishmen." declared
Mr.. Williams. when 1t comes to mat
tiers of prohibition"
MIR. Haymoro sent up an amendment
exacting that officers and citizens who
take oath against citizens to have
their places searched must be sober
moral men. He spoke in advocacy Of
his amendment.
1t was near midnight when the voting
on the long list OF amendments began
All amendments were voted down
except the two offered by Mr. Dough-
ton and tho amendment Of Mr.. Kellum
to protect grape growers having on
hand their own product in wine. The
bill then passed second reading.
Then Kellum offered an amendment
TO require common carriers to make
monthly sworn statements of all par
ties to whom liquors have been de-
livered, these to be posted In public
places. This was voted down, &C to
"a. Then the bill on third reading
passed, 20 to II, roll call being had on
demand OF Kellum. of New Hanover.
The House adjourned to 10 o'clock Sat
urday morning.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-15

expressed that he doubtless would per-
sist' as he did formerly when serving
ior Il time as provisional President. in
refusing TO permit his name to he con-
sidercd for the nomination for perma
hent heao OF the government. On nc-
count of his ability as II diplomntist
ms broad knowledge Of foreign affairs
ana intense love of his country Senior
nc III Barra, as ambassador here be-
came one of the best liked members
OF the diplomatic corps.
Throughout the night Ambassa dor
Wilson'S dispatches on the progress of
the conflict in the streets OF the Mex
lcan capital continued to pour into the
state department. These messages all
had been filed before the abdication
oil Madero and confirmed details of
the closing engagements between the
Madero and Diaz forces. These belated
messages drew only casual interest
from officials. who waited until late
INTO the night for word from the am
bassador of the fall OF the Madero
regime.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-15
Remarkable Christmas
Present

Among the curious Christmas pres
ents Of this year will be one for man
OF national reputation. which has been
all year In the making.
Way last January the present was
decided upon. and n friend OF the prom
tnent gentleman requested the Burrelle
Press Clipping Bureau, OF New York.
TO watch every paper In America and
to take up every Item which appeared
concerning the man.
The clipping bureau people followed
Instructions. and now present the his
tory OF ono year in the life OF this
especial man,
The history ends Just after election,
and the 2o,642 newspaper items found
include everything. from a three line
editorial mention TO full-page illus
ed on $500 great sheets or Irish linen
paper and bound into three massive
volumes.
AT the head of each stem is the name
and date OF paper clipped from. this
information having been put in with a
book typewriter. The words thus in
serted amount to 1925.
In actual time. very strict record
of which has been kept. the work has
required sixty-four working days
throughout the year. and has kept In
employment during that time thirty
people. rs readers. clippers. sortcrs.
mounters. and binders. Every news
paper OF Importance is represented
This Is merely "a specimen OK some OF
the unique orders which get into the
surrelle Bureau. for the extent to
which clippings are used by individuals
and by business concerns seems to be
remarkable.
There are many people in private as
we'll as In public life who need press
clippings and don't know It. It might
be we'll for them to look up this man
Burrelle, who is said to be so we'll
known that letter simply addressed
'Burrelle. New York" VIII reach him
With no delay. (Advertis ement.