Evening star., 1925-05-23
POLICE OF THIRTY
NATIONS TOUR CITY
Visiting Chiefs Fail to See Cool
idge to Urge Federal
Bureau Plan.

Headed by Police Commissioner
Enright of New York City. a delega-
ton of police officials from 80 countries,
who have been attending the Inter.
national Police Conference in New
York, are in Washington over the
week end, in the interest of inter
national peace" and cutting crime In
half"
1t had been planned for the delega-
ton to be received at the White House
at noon by President Coolidge. who
has indorsed in an annual message
formulation of national police
bureau, fostered by Commissioner
Enright. Indisposition of the Presi-
dent today, however. prevented his
receiving all callers.
The delegation, which Is on a tour
of the Eastern United States. follow
ing business sessions of the Interna-
tional Police Conference in New York,
ending last Monday, arrived in the
Capital this morning aboard the spe-
cial train which is their home during
the tour. They were met at the sta
ton by a delegation Of District off,
cfals, and will be escorted on a pro-
gram of sightseeing and entertain
ment lasting until Monday morning,
when the special train leaves for Balti-
more, Philadelphia, Atlantic City and
New York. The party has already WIS.,
tied Buffalo, Toronto, Niagara Falls,
Chicago and Pittsburgh.
Tour City Today.
Honorary Police Commissioner
George Macdonald of New York has
represented Commissioner Enright on
the tour as head OF the party, with
Special Deputy Commissioner Douglas ;.
I. Mckay of New York second in COM
mand. The train is in charge of Gen.
William Egan of the Pennsylvania
lines, which takes charge of the tour
from here on.
At the station the party was cor
daily received by District Commission
ers Rudolph and Bell, Former Com
missioner Gen. John VI. Johnson and
Asst. Supt. H. G. Pratt of the Wash
ington police, representing Maj. Dan
lei Sullivan, who is i'll.
Headquarters for the delegation is
at the Mayflower Hotel, where
luncheon was held at l o'clock. A
sightseeing trip is on the program for
this afternoon. Tomorrow the delega-
ton will go by automobiles to Lorton
and Occoquan, will take luncheon at
Lorton, and return by way of Alex
andria. Assistant Supt. Pratt is in
charge of arrangements for the party
while here.
Urge National Bureau.
How far the police officials might
go during their visit here toward
asking for Federal aid in solving
police problems was not revealed
when they first arrived.
But 1t is known that Commissioner
Enright and the conference of which
he is leader are strongly urging the
proposed National Bureau of Police
here in Washington. Commissioner
Macdonald said on arrival that the
conference on it's tour had found that
all cities visited had approved the
plan for the national bureau. Such
a bureau was said to have been the
inspiration that led Commissioner
Enright to organize the conference
and the tour. President Coolidge ap-
proved such a national bureau in his
last message to Congress
The captains of the worlds peace
guardians had come together" said
statement on their behalf today,
because they feel the need of awak-
ening the nations to the need of TAX
ing measures to further check the
rising flood of crime, particularly
youthful crime"
In discussing the National Police Bu-
reau. a statement for the police chiefs
declared: Every other country has
such a national police bureau, or CEN
trail, through which it's municipalities
work and through which ii connects
with other nations. The only link
missing in the chain of police security
about the world is that which Amer
lea can supply. This plan has been
approved formally by all the mem
bers of the conference, the 700 or
more police chiefs of America and the
leaders of the great foreign forces"
other things accomplished within
the week by the conference, repre-
sented here today, were said to be
the completion of a new radio police
alarm, by which one station or a thou
sand stations could be signaled by
bell and light for the communication
of police alarms.
This was originated by Commissioner
Enright in New York. and is being in
stalled in that city. Other features for
scotching crime brought forth at the
convention included a secret police
telegraphic code for the simple trans
mission of complex police messages, a
distant Identification system by which
flngerprints can be identified at a dis
tance by wire and who's who OF
criminals or directory Of crooks.
There was recommended at the con-
ference. It was said, uniform system
of traffic lights and signals, and a
uniform system of traffic laws and
regulations, already adopted by 500
cities.