Evening journal., 1916-08-02
NAME nine MEN
AS Police OFFICERS
Applicants Undergo the
Physical Examinations
Today; Take Mental
Test Later
NO APPOINTMENTS
TO SERGEANTS' RANKS

Following the weekly meeting OF
the Board OF Police Commissioners
yesterday afternoon. the commission
named nine men for positions on the
force. The men were instructed to
appear at the police surgeons Office
in the City Building this morning to
undergo the PHYSICAL examinations.
Those instructed to undergo the ex-
animation are: William A. Hunter,
No. 1921 Rodney street; Joseph l..
Curlett. No. 7OS Washington street;
Charles (. Potts, No. 500 Vandever
avenue; Paul Ryan, No. 511 East Sixth
street; Fred Grier. No. 90 Lancaster
avenue; Alfred H. King. No. 1915
Scott street; Edward c. Williams. No.
No. $50 Spruce street; Oscar T. Ward.
No. 5O4 South Head street. and Ar
thur l.. Gross. No. 61S Bayard ave-
nue..
One more applicant is to be named,
and it is likely that this will be done
today.
The commission at their session
yesterday made no reference to the
hlling of the vacancies now existing
in the department or to the two va
cancies in the positions OF street SER
geants. Several patrolmen are appli-
cants for these positions.
Disposition OF the 500 reward Of
fered by the authorities of Durham.
n. c., for information leading to the
capture Of George Webb, wanted there
for murder. a check for which sum
was received recently in this city,
was made by the commissioners. At
the suggestion of Detective Sergeant
Francis Green, $50 was ordered turn
ed over to Stephen Goodloe of this
city, who furnished Detective Riley OF
the local detective force. with the in
formation which resulted in webb's
capture, while the balance goes into
the police pension fund This ar
rangement, Green stated in his COM
munication TO the board. was agree
able to all the parties concerned.
The meeting dealt largely with re-
ports for the month just ended. There
were forty prisoners cared for IN
the women's department of the city
Jail during July, according TO the ma
irons report The sum, S10s.40, was
reported collected as dog taxes.
The report Of the patrol service
showed that there had been 125 box
calls and 29S telephone calls; total
AIS; 207 Of these day calls. 211 nigh
calls: that the patrol had covered 79l
miles. that 352 prisoners. forty-nin,
patents and forty-four witnesses ha,
been carried. The smaller machin,
covered 462 miles during the month.
The report Of the house sergeant
for the week gave eighty-two arrests
S3sS.33 collected I'm fines and forty.
four as having been sent 10 the county
workhouse.
The new table at which the com
missioners sit to transact their bust.
ness. was used for the first time al
Yesterdays meeting. Il is ten feet in
length. two feet longer than the com.
missioners ordered. There is also q
new table for the newspaper men. The
brass railing. which is to be erected
to separate the members OF the board
from that part Of the meeting room
reserved for the public. is not yet in
place. The r. L. Foord Furniture
Company was recently awarded the
contract to furnish this for $3.50
The Smith-zollinger Company viii
furnish the rugs to be used in the var
ious Offices of the police department
in the new public buildings FOL
S352.50 They have not been received
vet