The Washington herald., 1913-06-10

| should be imposed upon proprietors who
permit their employees to sell liquor 10
| those under the legal age, The police
should be represented at these places
| without protest from the proprietors or
! cries OF persecution from the stockhold-
ers. The police should have the same
| control over undue hilarity there as they
have in places of a similar kind, though
| frequented by patrons of different So
| ciaI class
Uniformity of Police Attire, Equip
| ment, and Statistics was the subject
of a paper presented by Wentworth K.
Griffin. chief of police OF Kansas City,
| Mo. Chief Grimm advocated the use OF
| white gloves by policemen throughout
the country. He told of the evolution of
the police uniform, explaining that those
used N the United States were designed
for utility rather than for display.
Chief Griffin spoke at some length con-
corning the Kansas City Police Depart
ment, declaring IL to be at the mercy
Of a Legislature which might rightfuIly
be called corrupt, He said that one
State Senator introduced bill prohibit
ing the police from holding a suspect
longer than two hours. Another mem
Der of the Legislature introduced a
measure prohibiting the police from pho
tographing arrested persons unless con-
victed of felony. Both bills were de-
feated. due to the efforts of Chief Grit
fin and representatives of the Burns
and Pinkerton agencies
Crime on Decrease.
In the presentation OF a paper. which
was regarded with much interest by
delegates to the convention, coming. as
II did, from one of the nations greatest
authorities on the subject, Joseph NJ.
Quigley, Chief of Police Of Rochester,
n. Y, declared that crime had decreased
slightly throughout the nation during the
four years ended in 1912. Chief Quigley
said this was remarkable. when it is
considered that the last political cam
paign was the most stirring since before
the civil war. He said that one of the
factors which aided in the suppression of
cril-.e was the recent NATIONWIDE crusade
against gambling and prostitution.
Chief Quigley explained that his as
sertions were based on statistics obtained
from seventeen States and thirty-five of
the country largest cities during the
years 1879. 1910. 1911. and 1872 He said
that murders showed an increase of 10i
per cent. assault, an increase of 5 per
cent: robbery. an increase Of ) per cent
burg,lry. an increase of per cent, and
larceny, a decrease of 10 per cent. He
explained that, although there was an
apparent increase in most OF these types
of crimes, the increase was onset by the |
corresponding increase in population.
From a careful investigation of con-
ditions, / would say that crime is not
increasing; IL it has huctuated at all, |
the tendency has been downward"
Chief Quigley declared ignorance, idle
ness. gambling. and laxness of public |
sentiment to be responsible in large part
for crime. He also spoke Of the public |
dance halls. and said It was there that
girls got their first lessons in immoral |
ity. |
Gambling is one Of the largest factors |
which tends to increase crime. he said. |
THE deplorable fact Is that fathers and |
mothers are encouraging the gambling |
instinct in their children. Slot machines |
are found in many cities, and il is at |
these that many children get an idea |
that gambling Is an easier way of max
ing money than working"
Mai. Richard Sylvester, chief of the
local Police Department, and president
of the association. said that he was
greatly interested in Chief ouigIey's re-
port. as II refuted in convincing manner
the statements frequently seen in maya
zines and newspapers to the effect that
crime was on the increase. He said Ii ,
was the first authoritative statement that
had been made on the subject for sew
eral years.
Talks Of Police Pensions.
J. ]. Downey, chief of police of Detroit.
Mich. delivered a paper on Police Pen
sions and Retirement" He described the
system now in operation in Detroit. He
said that in many cities there was vast
difference in the amounts which privates
and which officers received. He said that
This was unjust and unreasonable, and
should he almost II not quite as great
as that of the pensioned chief of police
He said II was the private who faced
peril day after day, while the higher Of
icials sat in safety in their easy chairs
II headquarters. II
There was much discussion from the
ioor following the presentation OF the
paper. Among those who spoke were
J. Regain, chief OF police of Buff
'alo, n. Y; William Copelan. chief OF
,olice of Cincinnati Ohio; James NJ. Carl,
,hief Of police of Cedar Rapids. Mich.
". G. Austin. chief Of police OF Savan-
lah. Ga, and James L. CantwelI. chief
II police of Charleston, S. c. They de-
cribed the pension and retirement sys-l
ems now in vogue in their respectivel
tiles. Chief Carl said Iowa had State
vide pension laws, the policemen payingl
tax of l mill for the purpose of sus-
aiming the fund. He explained that
'olicemen serving twenty-five years and
eaching the age of fifty-five were en- {
tiled to retirement on half pay. He I
aid that the widow OF a policeman
Tiled in line of duty received so a
month while she remained unmarried, a
hildren under sixteen years OF age re- I
Giving IS per month. c
At o'clock yesterday afternoon Presi- 4
ent Wilson received 200 delegates at the a
White House. After the reception, mo- a
ion pictures Of the sleuths and police n
hiefs were taken on the White House a
,wn by Tom Moore, the local motion. n
icture manager. Later Maj. Sylvester h
osed for the machine in front of the a
taleigh Hotel. The pictures will be n
hown at the Garden Theater the latter
art of the week, delegates to the con- a
ention being extended a special invita- I