The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-09
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Man, He Says-Big Jump in
Arrests Sayings Increase
The annual report of the police
department of the District of
Columbia was submitted to the
Commissioners today by Superin-
tendent of Police Daniel Sullivan. S
Recommendations include re-
quest that the source of payment
Of policemen stationed at street
railway crossings be changed from
the railway companies to the
public fund.
New Drug Law Urged.
The sixty-three men so employed
at the present time are receiving
their pay from the police depart.
ment which uses fund created by
the street railways, but the recon-
mendation requests that these men
be transferred to the rolls of the
Metropolitan police force.
Renewal Of the recommendation
for the enaction of a fugitive law
was also made. This law would
enable police of another city to-
hbId fugitive without charges.
II is deemed essentia! in the re-
port to request an enactment of a
law making drug addiction felony
in view of an increase Of the use
OF drugs in the District of CO.
Iumbia.
IT IS also recommended that chiro-
practors and osteopatl1s, now al
lowed to practice IN the District
without having demonstrated to
competent officials their fitness, be
required to pass an examination 10
fore a medical board before re-
ceiving a certificate.
Increase In Arrests
Submitting the report Major Sui
Ivan reported total OF 1853 men
now on the force, with 1856 short
patrols and special detail assign
ments.
Notation is made of the death of
six members of the force during
the past year, one Of which, Ray
mond c. Leisinger, met death by
violence.
The Others who died during the
past year were Millicent w. Cooper,
Harry N. EngIehart, Theodore Del
aVigne, Charles F. Giddings and
Benjamin f. Williams.
Arrests for the period covered by
the report total 76,021. against
1924 for the previous fiscal year.
OF this number more than ten
thousand were under the age of
twenty-one.
Specifying the various ways in
which murder was committed. it
was learned that death by revolver
led the list.
Murders in Washington increased
over the preceding year, with 81 for
1925 against 29 for 1924.
10000 Jailed as Drunk
A total of 5,73S arrests were made
In connection with violations of the
Volstead Jaw.
This is an increase of / 500 over
the preceding year. More than
70. 900 persons were arrested for be-
hg drunk.
Alcoholic beverages confiscate.
totaIed 21.S92 gallons. including
1855 gallons of alleged whiskey.
Raw alcohol ranked next, with
BATS gallons seized.
Twenty barrels of beer and 4,4S6
bottles of beer were also seized and
7,347 gallons of mash were confis-
Gated.
Arrests for violation of the traf.
fic laws were reported at $1,000
with arrests for violation of tia
speed law leading with 1851 y
total of 1884 permits were issue,L
to operate motor vehicles.
Deaths i'm Traffic
Deaths due to traffic accidents
were placed at Sc. of which 70 were
considered accidents and 10 persons
were held for the action of the
grand jury by the coroner's jury.
Several pages of the report dealt
with the ways and means of meet
ing the traffic problem in the Dte-
trict of Columbia.
A renewal of the recommendation
Of last year that a central police
station and police headquarters be
established.
1t also requested that SITES OBJ
tanned for additional police precincts
be utilized.
One was wanted on Nicholson
street, between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets northwest, to be mum.
bered the Thirteenth precinct, and
a new station house was requested
to replace the one now known ar
the Sub-T, or Tenleytown precinct.
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