The Washington herald., 1917-12-04
'P0LICE CHIEFS
ARE IN CAPITAL
FOR CONVENTION
Guardians of Peace Come
from Many Cities
Of Nation.

II there is a man with a record IN
town these days, and that record is
shady or even of color. he will be
very uncomfortable today and to-
morrow and the day after, for the
chiefs of police of the nation are in
session here.
From every important center in
the land these fearless guardians of
the peace have come to Washington
to attend the twenty-fourth annual
convention of International Associa-
tion OF Chiefs of Police. Many others
who are members of the association
and who have international reputa-
tions are here-among them BILLY
Pinkerton-looking as hale and hearty
as he did twenty years ago.
The chiefs will meet this morn
ing at the Raleigh and the sessions
will continue until Wednesday, and
on Thursday a trip will be made to
Mount Vernon.
City Cares for visitors.
The arrangements for the care of
the visitors has rested with the Com
missioners and with Mai. Raymond
w. Pullman, superintendent of police.
This morning the body will be well
coined by Louis Brownlow, president
of the Board of Commissioners of the
District of Columbia. and he will tell
the assembled guests how he as a
police reporter ran the department in
Louisville. KY, a dozen years ago.
Maj. Pullman will exchange a few
condolences, and William G. McAdoo.
secretary of the United States Treas
ury. will make the closing address.
At the afternoon session a serious
effort will be made to lineup the
heads Of the departments Of various
the duration OF the war" There will
nc papers, Effect of War on the Police
Service" which will be discussed,
and on Wartime Need of Central
Bureau OF Criminal Identification"
by Maj Pullman, and the afternoon
session will close with a discussion
on Cost Of Living and Sufficiency
or Insufficiency of Police Salaries"
In the evening there will be motion
pictures on police first-aid. police
w
f. Longfellow on the Washington
police.
Baker VIII Re Heard.
Wednesday will be devoted to ad-
dresses by Newton d. Baker. secre-
tary of war; Raymond b. Fosdick.
and discussion. At the afternoon
session a distinguished program has
been prepared. The speakers in
c!ude Van II. Manning. director
United States Bureau of Mines; Col.
T. II. Van Deman. chief of military
Intelligence division of general
afr. United States army; Capt.
.oger Welles. L. 5. ", chief of Of
zee of naval intelligence. L. S. Navy
Department; w. j. Flynn, chief
jnited States secret service, Treas
ury Department.: A. Bruce Bielaski,
, hief. bureau of investigation, Unit
cd States Department of Justice:
John c. koons. first assistant post
master general. United States post
office department, on THE Relation
Between Police Departments and
the lnvestigative Services of the
United States Government"
Officers of Association.
The officers of the association are:
President. Michael T. Long. Newark.
y. J.; first vice president. w. ]. Peter
sen. Oakland, Cal; second vice presi-
dent, Millard f. Kerr. South Bend,
Ind: third vice president, Daniel
Wolff. ,YOnkers. n. Y; fourth vice
president, Garrett ]. Farrell, Hart
ford. Conn: fifth vice president, Col.
\. P. Sherwood. Ottawa. Can: secre-
tary G G. KiZer NOrfOlk Va traaS
urer, Fred c. Roach. Jacksonville,
Fla: sergeant-at-arms. Iona B. Day.
Scranton, Pa.
An interesting figure al the conven-
tion is Chief of Police John T. jan
sen. OF Milwaukee. who only last week
lost eleven of his police and detective
force through the explosion of a bomb
found in a church and which was
being examined at headquarters.
Another officer of national fame
present at the convention is John p.
Carney, of Louisville. whose ability
as detective and police officer is of
a high order.