South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-04

at Cincinnati. o.. May 90 to rs inclu-
sive, 1915.
Mai. sylvester retires as head Of the
association after serving FOR IA years
and Is made a life member OF the as
ISOLATION.
Chief Michael Regan Of Buffalo. y.
Y, was unanimously elected president
OF the association. other ofncefs
elected were First vice president
Chief w. j. Peterson OF oakland, Calif.;
second vice president, Chief II. W.
Hammu of Kansas city, No; third
vice president. chief Patrick of Plain
field. y. j.; fourth vice president,
chief William CopolaD % Cincinnati,
O.. fifth vice presI6en., Commissioner
OF the Dominion Police 4. +. Sher-
wood OF Ottawa, ont; secretary'
Chief G. G. Kizer Of Norfolk, Va. {;
treasurer. chief Frederick G. Roach
Of Jacksonville. Fla. and sergeant-at-
arms, Chief Iona 3. Day OF scranton,
Pa
Newark, y. j.. was selected as the
place of meeting for 1916.
Edward Foster, Inspector Of Otta-
wa, ont, read an interesting paper,
showing the advantages Of a bureau
OF Identification. and the good il did
in the dominion. he said this bureau
was entirely supported by the Cana
uldU EQAtlnilcuA.
Detective w. a. PinkertOn's paper
on finger prints proved interesting. He
said that all travellers should have
prints OF their fingers made and ne
gave a short history of the method OF
identification. He also stated that
when he was i'm China and japan, he
noticed that families when they were
about to separate, exchanged finger
prints.
Discusses Constructive Work.
Chief Peterson read a paper on con-
structive police. in which he declared
the capturing Of crooks was not the
only duty Of an officer. He referred
to the British prison ship success now
on the western coast, showing the old
time mode of Furnishing criminals. lie
declared officers of the law in those
days were brutes and he pointed out
the Improvement since that time.
Chief Nichols Of oklahoma City was
heartily applauded when he said ~ es
we should address the boys, and we
should address the mothers who dress
the girls, SO that Gods sun undresses
them every time il shines on them. "
He explained how crime can be traced
to the lust of man, and after referring
to the fact that mothers clubs were
usually made up of women that had
no children, he strongly urged the
I
if they cannot make their daughters
dress more modestly. At the conclu-
sion OF this talk of Chief Nichols, il
impressed his audience 20 such an eX-
tent that a unanimous vote was taken
to have his talk printed in pamphlet
form, and mailed to all the chiefs OF
police and mayors of the cities
throughout the country.
Charles c. Mealey, superintendent
OF the ChicaS" notice department, eX-
planned the peculiar features of the
traffic situation in Chicago.
Chief Lorg Of the Newark, y. j.,
police department read paper on the
drug habit, its effects and cure.
Police Chief Daniel Wolff OF Yon-
kers, y. Y, read the report of the
committee appointed at the last meet
ing of the organization to draw up a
set OF uniform traffic regulations that
might be used in all cities Of the
United states and Canada. one of the
strong points brought o. { was the ne
cessity Of the drivers of vehicles being
instantly obedient 10 any direction by
voice. hand, whistle or other signal of
the traffic policeman. Chief Wolf
took up all possible points regarding
the movements of vehicles. The re-
port advises pedestrians to cross the
street at regular crossings and at right