The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-08
WOODS TO RUN POLICE
WITH MITCHEL'S AID
Appointed Commissioner for
"Full Term" and Will Take
, Charge To-day.
no BIG SHIFTS AT PRESENT
Binkerd and Rousseau Leading
Candidates for Mayors
Secretary.
40 BIG SHIFTS AT PRESENT

Arthur Woods. for three months the
Mayors secretary. will become Police
Commissioner At noon to-day He has
the ADMINISTRATIONS full support In his
attempt TO prove that regulations can De
made as we'll as lost In the Police De-
par;Tent
II appointing hin, yesterday the Mayor
sad that next to Col Goethals MIR. Woods
was his original choice for the post. that
the appointment is for the full term of
the Mitchell administration. that the
Mayor and the Commissioner will to.
eether determine police policies AID that
the task of administering them will be
wholly Mr. Woods's.
There are to be constructive changes
in the department, but not for the pres
emit The four deputy Commissioners will
stay II they want to. and Mr.. Woods
hopes they will. All were selected re-
Gently with Mr.. Mltchel's approval. Col
Augustus Drum Porter. Commissioner
McKay's secretary. rs to retire, but has
consented to work with Mr.. Woods until
his successor Is found.
Expects Force 60 Ala Him.
II realize the responsibility that the
Mayor has placed upon me in Apo! NJ ting
me to this position. l should not have
accepted II II had not believed that
the force as whole would be with me
IN the effort to give the city a good police
service"
Mayor Mitchell said ne would not Sc
lect new secretary for several days.
The choice apparently lies between Rob-
ert S. Blnkerl. secretary of the City
Club, and Theodore Rousseau, the Mayors
executive secretary.
Mr.. Mitchell announced Mr.. woods's APP
polntnent half an hour atter he returned
from Atlantic City yesterday. He said
that after again carefully reviewing the
field he was convinced that there Is no
one who fully meets the exacting re-
qu!rements OF this post as does Mr.
Woods. After Col. Cocktails. Mr.. Woods
vas my original choice for the Police
Commissioners hip.
His ideas OF police administration"
the Mayor continued. land OF the under
tying social problem more closely ap-
proxlInate my own than those OF any "
the available men whom l have con.
sidered.
Mr.. Woods Is appointed for the full
term Of this administration and will have
the full and constant backing and CO.
operation Of the Mayor.
Holds Him to Account.
" wish to make IL plain that the police
force through its Commissioner will be
held TO strict accountability for efficient
and honest service and for maintenance OF
order and the law. On the othsr hand no
policemen need seek influence to secure a
full hearing or a square deal or reward
tor good service. Suppos dly influential
friends will neither secure special consid-
Grafton nor favor. nor prevent punishment
for wrongdoing."
Mr.. Woods IL Al years old n tall. dark.
pleasant man with an active and inauir-
ing mind. After being graduated from
Harvard In 1892 lie took postgraduate
courses in chemistry and government. and
then studied at the University OF Berlin.
For several years he was teacher at
Groton School.
In 1905 he went 10 the Philippines in
the party of Secretary of War Taft.
Upon returning he became a reporter for
THE EVENING Sun. resigning to be secre-
tary Of the Citizens Committee on Po-
lice. In 1907 he studied police admins
traton In Europe. especially at Scotland
Yard, and when he came back Police
Commissioner Bingham made him Fourth
Deputy. In charge Of the detective bureau
and the bureau Of supplies.
He organized the system of branch de-
tectve bureaus governing large districts
which Commissioner Waldo afterward
abolished. He left the Police Department
With Gen Bingham and went TO Mexico
TO manage timber operations in which he
was interested. Returning to New York
about two years ago he became vice.
chairman OF the Progressive committee
of the Twenty seventh Assembly d strict.
Last year he was sub manager Of the
fusion campaign. He is unmarried and
lives at the Harvard Club. He is also
member of the Racquet Club.