The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-09
OFFICERS IN MEET
Kansas Peace Officials in Ses-
sion at State House.
One Hundred Expected to At
tend Annual Convention.

Registration of sheriffs, deputy sher-
ifs, police officers and railroad de-
| tectives started at the Representative
hall, in the state house, at o'clock
this morning. The peace OFFICERS are
in Topeka to attend the sixth annual
meeting of the Kansas Peace Officers
association, which is usually held in
connection with the meeting of the
Kansas Official Council.
The meeting of the peace officers
was called to order at IL o'clock this
morning by the president, W. T. Clark
of Hutchinson, sheriff of Reno county.
Paul Edgar, assistant county attorney
| of Shawnee county, welcomed the
peace officers to the city. The re-
sponse was by the president of the
/ association. The remainder of the
| morning session was taken up with
the appointment of committee and the
| reports of officers of the association.
At noon there were fifty officers
! registered, and others were arriving
On every train.
ST think there will be hundred
| members of the association here be-
| fore evening" w. Z. Clark, of Hutch
inson, president of the association,
said
Clark appointed the resolutions
committee this morning. It consists
! of Sheriff Brother Bass, of Meade
county; Sheriff D. C. Simmons, of
Sedgwick county, and Sheriff Robert
| Miller. of Shawnee county.
Four members of the association
have been killed at duty during the
past year, Clark said. They were:
Charles Hoffman. Robert Fitzpatrick,
Albert Young. all of Wichita, an1
Sheriff Roy Blizzard. of Elk county
Officers who have died during the
year include Sheriff Fred Baker. of
! Wabaunsee county; Sheriff Herbert
Dexter, of Pawnee county, and City
| Marshal Miller. of Ellis.
Four Wounded at Duty.
Officers who have been wounded
! at duty during the year include Ed
ward Bowman and Roy Casner of
I Wichita; Roy W. Stewart, of Newton
and Lee Bowler. of Ottawa.
/ I'VE are going to start hammerirg
again on the law against gun-toting,"
/ President Clark said this morning
That law passed the house last ses-
! sion and was allowed to die in the
senate. We are going to keen after
I that law until we get it passed.
Most of our work this session will
be discussion of means of securing
, the cooperation of all agencies in
preventing the wave of crime which
! is sweeping over the United States az
/ the present time"
Asked how serious the crime wave
| is in Kansas, Sheriff Clark said that
1t is not serious compared to the con-
ditions in other portions of the United
States, but that it does exist.
! Crime Follows War
at is natural thing, and is SINH
lar to the waves which have struck
| the country after every war of the
past" Clark said. I'VE have not had
a panic, but there has been a period
| of depression, with many men out of
employment, and that always means
more crime.
added to that, there is always a
certain percentage of the young men
, who are discharged from the army
and who have a spirit of unrest within
them. I say this without in anyway
wanting to discredit the service men,
| but it is a fact that a certain type of
J them has less respect for law and
, order after military service. It is
! these factors which are making it hard
for the peace officer at the present
time"
This afternoon the peace officers
listened to a talk by Prof. o. f. Deere
OF Bethany college. Lindsborg. Deere
told the peace officers Of a most
been perfected for protection against
! bank robbers and other bandits n
Lindsborg, among the citizens.
Reports of special committees and
discussion of papers by me'nberv oe
the association completed the after
noon program.
To Banquet Tonight.
Tonight the peace officers will ban
quet at Pelletier's. DIR. Edmund ].
Kulp will address them after the din
ner on THE Disa -mament Confer
ence'' A. H. Skinner of Topeka, as
sistant United States district attorney,
will speak on Crime and Automo-
biles." and Richard J. Hopkins at
torney general of the state, will speak
on Law Enforcem ent."
Governor Allen will address the
officers at their morning session Sat
urday. Justice John Dawson of the
state supreme court, viii be ano. her
speaker on the Saturday forenoon pro-
gram.
| The officers will go to the State
Boys Industrial school moth of To-
peka. for luncheon Saturday. and will
be entertained with a program by the
| boys after the luncheon.
| The NEE. ing. win close with a busi-
ness session. the nomination and
election of officers. the appointment of
standing committees and the report of
the resolutions committee Saturday
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