Evening journal., 1913-12-10
FIRST POLICE
MATRON QUITS
Mrs. White on Pension List
After rs Years Ser
vice
INDIVIDUAL DRINKING
CUPS FOR DEPARTMENT

The Board Of Police Commission
srs yesterday afternoon granted the
request Of Mrs. Mary E. White, po-
lice matron that she be retired from
the police department on pension.
MIS-. White has served as matron lor
rs consecutive years. and is the first
police matron the city ever had, hav-
ing been appointed on July /, 1883.
She is about 20 years of age.
The board directed that Mrs. White
be retired on December 81 OF sooner
if she should SO desire. II Is under
stood. however, that Mrs. White VIII
remaiH until the first of the new year.
The salary OF the position is 5000,
N1d under the pension rules she viii
80 on half pay, which will mean $3.50
q year for the remainder of her lie.
sIrs White is the first person TO 20
on the pension list in this city un-
der the q year service clause. One
officer has previously been on the list
for having become incapacitated IA
the employment Of his duty.
General Wickershum remarked that
he understood that Mrs. White has
been a faithful woman 10 the police
department and be believed IT only
proper that the board should take
some action TO show her that her SER
vices had been appreciated BY them.
The board directed the secretary TO
draw up a suitable letter commanding
Mrs White for her faithful services.
Upon motion of Mr.. Stayton the board
then unanimously appointed Mrs. Annie
ID n A
Eighth street. to nh the vacancy caused
by Mrs. Whites rc-.gnation. For sew
efnl years Mrs. Opdykc has been identi-
tied with the Peoples Settlement a. n
resident worker, and her experiences in
this line undoubtedly will prove Of
value in her new work. She WAS highly
to the board
President William II. Bowers an
nounoed TO the newspaper men that the
matter Of the board employing an elf |
cheney expert, or, as he termed H. a
general supervisor, TO take charge of the |
affairs of the police department, was
progressing hut had not vet reached the |
.taec where the commission could give /
1ut any definite announcement regarding /
Il. Two amendments to the rules Of the ]
department. were adopted by the board /
70 tHt I'hN' sur itt'h-
Heretofore il as bcon against rule
oi the department for the surgeon 10
accept fee from any member of the
dephrtmeit whom he may attend while
sick The change makes It possible for
the surgeon to be retained by n police-
man VINO Is IN ii the officer desires 10
have him ss his regular doctor, and in
such eosc the patient will pay the
surgeon for his services. u prohibits
him. however. ON accepting fee from
n prisoner or witness The board
Thought fwaa asking too much Of the
sargeoD TO require him 20 attend al
sfiok policcmen for nothing. IL is be
1iefcd the city win eventually ohave e
thase permanent police surgeon.
= Jf G. w X Forrest, police surgeon
in his weekly report recommended that
the board install the individual drink.
ing cups in the police station, and Il
was decided 20 do this. The members
'of the force will be supplied with the
individual drinking cups, while cup for
general use will be kept in the water
room and for the use Of the prisoners. s
The commissioners decided 10 meet
with the IRE committee Of City Coun-
ell tonight relative to the installation
of a keyless fire box system in this city
The fines collected in the City Court
last week amounted to S373.l5. Dur
ing the week 25 prisoners were com.
mittcd to the wOrkhOusn