The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-07-15
TO CURB BOOZE
in NORTHWEST
SECRET PLAN FRAMED BY PEACE
OFFICERS IN CONVENTION
AT COEUR D. ALENE

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, July 14.zSe-
cret plans for checking the LIQUOR
traffic in the Pacific northwest of
the United States and Canada, which
are based on definite cooperation
among all law enforcement officers
from local to federal, were adopted
here today at secret session Of the
Northwest Association of Sheriffs and
Police. This session was the most
important Of the three-day conven-
ton directory, special agents and Of
ficers of the three northwestern states
and British Columbia and Alberta, as
well as federal prohibition directors,
special agents and district attorneys
Immediate results will be obtained
under the plans, L. S. May, Seattle,
president of the association, said in
announcing the formation of plans
"This plan will mean at least 40
per cent increase in efficiency in the
enforcement of prohibition laws" Mr..
May said. "The information already
obtained as the result of the confer
4ence will put many liquor handlers
out of business Immediately. They
are as good as through"
Hazeltine VIII Direct.
While the police officials were care
ful not to reveal any part of the plans,
Mr.. May said that the coordination of
the local, county, state and federal
units will be under the supervision of
F. A. Hazeltine, director of the federal
mobile prohibition forces in the north
west. Mr. May also said that the plan
will be extended to permit more eff
cent dealing with violations of the
narcotic laws, making new system
for checking booze runners, bootleg
gers and drug peddlers.
Before organizing the system, the
police officials, of whom more than
20 per cent we're present, held what
was called ssthe first true criminal
house ever conducted in Am
erica" This was a secret study of
the faces and methods of all the
known professional crooks in the Pa
cific northwest, including bank rob-
bers, highwaymen, burglars, fugitives,
narcotic dealers and bootleggers
Pictures of the crooks were thrown
on screen and notes compared by
the officers. The study was stimu-
lated when Mr.. May declared that
"there are more than 400 known ma
jor crooks operating right now in
the Pacific northwest
Suggest sNarcOtic Clinics.o
The afternoon session adopted a
resolution recommending that the
states and Canadian provinces estab-
1ish narcotic clinics," where dope
addfcts may exercise, farm and Go
other forms of labor. The resolution
will be submitted to the legislatures.
The convention adopted resolutions
to prevent governors and parole
boards from granting pardons to Grim
inals before completion of minimum
sentences, favoring higher salaries
for peace officers commensurate with
the risks, and favoring state pension
to the family OF any peace officer
killed in the performance of his du-
ties. Suspended sentences and exces
sive use of parole laws were severly
criticised at the morning session by
Robert Jones, member of the Idaho
parole board; Harry D. Williamson,
Denver; Sheriff w. H. Rennie, Daven-
port; Police Chief W. J. Weir, Spo-
kane; Deputy Prosecutor Morton,
Spokane, and others.
Federal action to curtail trespass-
ing, especially against the riding of
trains, was urged by Joel s. Hind
man, special agent Of the Northern
Pacific railway, Spokane.
Tells of Hobo Menace
sThe hobo situation IS serious, Mr..
Hindeman said. "An average of 300
loboes day go in and out of Spo-
kane over our lines. They are in
:reasing and are becoming more des-
perate, and police do not deal with
hem because the jails won't hold ]
would be overcrowded. ,
rhe only remedy for the trespass evil
s strict federal law"
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