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Of the District where the member OF
the police force may be on duty

Of the District where the member Of
the police force may be on duty"
PURSUANT to this new set-up,
William B. Webb became the FIRST
major OF police (now known as the
major and superintendent Of police)
He was a man Of unusual ability
and integrity. a college graduate and
an outstanding lawyer. An early
sketch Of him says:
William B. Webb was borp Sep
tember II, 1925, and received his
early education at the private schools
Of Washington and at a boarding
school conducted by the Rev. DR..
Austin. an Episcopal clergyman. in
Baltimore County, near the City Of
Baltimore, Md.
In 1910 he entered Columbia COL
lege (now Columbian University, at
Washington City, and graduated in
1874, taking the degree Of bachelor
OF arts. In l847 the same institution
bestowed upon him the degree of mas
ter Of arts. He studied law under
the guidance Of the Hon. Henry May
and was admitted to the bar of the
District Of Columbia in l847. Com
mencing the practice Of his chosen
profession Immediately upon his ad-
mission, he pursued it with success
and without interruption for several
years.
I'm 1854 he married a daughter
Of Henry K. Randall. of Washington,
her mother being the daughter of
Thomas Munroe. one of the earliest
Commissioners of the District of Co.
lumbia.
"On the breaking out Of the rebel
lion, in 1861, he was elected captain
Of company of volunteers and offered
the services Of himself and the COM
pany to the Government. There being
no organization Of troops at the time
to which his company could be as
signed, his offer was declined.
Mr.. Webb had previously held for
many years commission In the local
Militia of the District of Columbia
and was at one time in command of
a regiment. When the war began he
held major'S commission. With
several other gentlemen holding COM
missions in the Militia, he was drilled
by drillmaster deputed for the pur-
pose Of instructing such officers in
those portions Of the duty Of soldier
which were thought necessary to fit
them for emergencies that were soon
likely to arise"
MAJ. WEBB remained superintend-
ent of police for two years, or
until 1853, when he resigned to resume
the practice Of law-but maybe this
was not the real reason, though by all
means it should have been. He was
succeeded by A. G. Richards, who re-
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Top right Maj W. present
old police photographed
building which
Johnson command seated in center Of front Maj
shortly marriage
1872 Daniel Sullivan, succeeded l. Gessord
William Washington police
colonial the Washington Light Infantry Corps Below. at left
Harry Gesfo who succeeded Maj Pullman superintendent
B. Right
Mai Henry G. Pratt who followed Edwin B. Hesse In ONCE
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tendent of police and his appointment
to the higher oft1ce.
Capt. William G. Brock, who next
became chief Of police. was originally
a Virginian, but came here in Janu.
ary, 1865, and obtained position on
the force and was serving as captain
at the time of his promotion, which
under the circumstances, was no doubt
merited. However, though experience
should amount to about rs per cent
when your scalp is wanted, merit is
not considered, and so, manifestly for
political reasons, we find Maj. Brock
rendering his resignation to take effect
on April /, 1888, and, of course, it was
accepted. and Bvt. Brig. Gen. William
NICE. Dye, who had been a regular
and volunteer officer of the Army
during the Civil War, but then in need
Of a job, was appointed to the vacancy
HE WAS born to command" we
are told, and most likely looked
it, for 1t was said he was lover feet
in height, heavily built, with a frank,
open countenance and long flowing
beard" He graduated from West
Point with such military officers as
Sheridan. Schofeld and Hood, and
just prior to the Civil War he even
served under Gen. Robert E. Lee when
stationed at San Antonio. He had q
fine reputation as a soldier, but he
had never had any experience in police
matters or in running a police force
of big city. He was, undoubtedly, a
good man, and yet, in three years after
he took office, we find his resignation
being called for, and in his reply, he
said to the Commissioners:
II may, in passing, say that police
authorities are continuously assailed
by the bad elements of society. Where
they are not so aSsailed, look for cor
ruption. It seems, then, that it would
be unjust, to my own reputation, to
the good name OF the department ]
represent, and to our anxious friends,
were I at this time voluntarily to sur
render the Office have the honor to
hold. There are other considerations
affecting my ultimate action which it
is useless to 60 into"
However, the Commissioners had
determined upon a change, and after
waiting some time for the majors
resignation, determined to declare the
office vacant at IL o'clock, July 1. 1885.
and at that hour Maj. Dye took on
his little gold police badge and laid
1t on his desk and issued his last order.
as follows:
Headquarters, Metropolitan Police.
D. c.,
Washington, July /, 1886.
General Orders, No. 191. In taking
leave Of the members of the Police
Department, with which I have been
identified the past few years, thank
you one and all for your hearty CO.
operation with me in promoting its
discipline and efficiency. These can
only be maintained in the degree to
which they have been raised by your
giving to the incoming chief the same
cordial support you have always given
me.
"Your honor and interest, and that
of the department, demands this
Of you.i "WM. NICE. DYE,
Major and supt. Met. Police, D. G."
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Proceed Tyuth'
ofSaylng That
Patr0Iman' s
L0tIs NeUer
Happy One.
OMAuxiAary
Guard Served
Efficiently IN
It's Keeping of
Pence 4mid
Capital Days
and Nights Of
ActlUltles.
By John Clagett Proctor.

THE Office of superintendent oi
police of the City of Wash
ington is, indeed very Ole
Il one, as we find by an ordi-
nance passed by the City
Council September 20, 1903, and ii
took Mayor Brent just eight days
from that time to select John Willis
10 fill the Office.
Just how many officers Supt. Willis
had under him to keep Congress and
the citizens of Washington in the
straight and narrow path history
does not record, but the impression
is that the whole force was embodied
n the one Office and the super
intendent was the patrolman as well
as the chief, and the law specifically
stated that he was to visit every part
of the city (which was not such a
big job in those days. at least once
a month and any particular part
thereof at any other time when re-
Quired by a householder.
AS we look upon it today, with pork
chops selling for 35 cents a pound
and everything else proportionately
high, and realizing you could buy a
whole shoat in those days for that
amount of money, the 5000 a year
paid the superintendent a century
and a quarter ago was not so bad
after all, particularly if he was as
energetic and resourceftl as was one
of our early school teachers, who, in
order to make ends meet, preached
GY1ndoHyc oVl d1Irirn thu vuanlr
when not otherwise occupied huck-
stored vegetables throughout the city.
But then the superintendent of po-
lice was a little better off than the
school teacher referred to, since the
Jaw provided that, in addition to his
salary he was to receive one-half the
penalties collected in cases in which
he was the informer.
NATURALLY, the present-day po-
nceman thinks he has a tough
Job, and surely no one would accuse
him of having a sinecure, but the
patrolman, the constable or the
you might wish to call the early
guardian of the peace of embryo
Washington-probably had a much
more strenuous lot than the police
man Of today-whose call for help is
responded to Immediately and who
does not have to tote his drunk to
the lookup on his back, as was once
the case, or to do many things now
foreign to the duties of the members
of the police force which were then
q part of his job.
In 1905 the Office of superintendent
was abolished and its duties trans
ferred to an officer called the high
constable. Again, this was changed
in 1907, the duties of this most worthy
being conferred upon the four ward
commissioners. But the evolution did
not stop here, for the following year
the city was divided into two police
districts, each district being presided
over by a police officer and each off,
Ger being given a salary Of 1925 a
year.
This act also provided against the
assemblage of disorderly gatherings
at night and contained stipulation
that in cases where slaves were in
volved the fine should be charged
against their owners, who, however,
could have the fines remitted, minus
SO cents, by giving directions to have
offending slaves whipped, for which
the constable was to receive the 30
cents.
BY 1911 the City Council had a
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about five months and probably wou
have preferred jail sentence rath
than TO have accepted the Office ol,-
apain
Montana labor news., 1935-02-28
Employers Stand On
Code Wages Challenged

WASHINGTON. (FPD - En-
ployers' contention that code wages
minimums do not tend to become max
imums, made at the NRA hearings on
code labor provisions, were challenged
by Pres. David Dubinsky of the Inter
national Ladies Garment Workers
Union February /. Reports of the CO.
ton garment code authority, he stated,
prove that in that industry the less
speedy workers were weeded out from
the factories and the basic minimum
was being paid only to the more
skilled workers"
Dubinsky also challenged employ
ers' statements about the impracticabil-
ity of wage classifications, pointing to
his industry, where these were main
tanned through collective bargaining.
He declared that "the first essential
to compliance with code regulations is
that labor be represented on every code
authority and that a labor representa-
tive be given power equal to that of
the industry representative.
Mary Dewson of the Consumers
League, New York, protesting against
home work, stated hat over half these
workers in the United States were
found to be earning less than 81 a
week." last fall.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-28
OMITS
INJURY TOLL
Continued from page y

to keep the shale from decomposing,
and it is really hard on the men.
There are several in the hospital at
Glasgow. 1t causes the men to have
sore Threats and stomach Irregular
ties. There are also lots of men with
and fingers cut off in the tun-
nels caused from too much speed.
The spillway was let TO the Contrac-
tor, Massman Bridge Co. They are
working four five hour shifts, seven
days a week, making the total Of IS
hours for the week. Skilled labor is
drawing $1.2O an hour, a total OF $42
a week. The helpers, oilers, and truck
drivers draw 75c and Soc an hour max
ing a total OF S2625 and $500 a week,
and the laborers SOC per hour, a total
of $3.50. The Government men that
are working on the dam proper work
40 hours a week and their lei receive
the same rate Of pay as the contrac-
tors. The inspectors and subinspec-
work 48 and SO hours a week but
are paid on the yearly basis.
Officers from the International I'M
ions and organizers should be sent in
to Fort Peck as there are lots of the
men that would gladly join any type
or kind Of union hat would protect
them, and although some OF the fore
men of the contractors seem to be
opposed to any such move, it could
easily be done. There are just as many
men from outside of the State work
ing here as there are Montana men,
if not more. While Missouri seems to
be a very wonderful state they have
had to send a large part of their popu-
lation here in order to have them EN-
The dredges are spoken Of as a
because of the time of begin
ming the operation with the dredges
was not over four men that really
understood the machinery on the bred
ges.
1t is not estimated as to how many
of these men working on this dam
have been injured and how many have
killed but it is a known fact that
sixteen to twenty men have been
in tunnel No. 4 alone. The
tunnel No. 4 is the safest of the four
conversion tunnels.
They drilled around, barred down
and blasted it out. Mucked it out,
set a set of timber in three hours and
fifteen minutes.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-28
LEGION FIGHT
TO BE SELL OUT

Johnny Stanton, Minneapolis light
weight, is working out daily at Legion
hall The tall youngster, who by the
way is but Il years old, is in perfect
condition for his bout with Leonard
Viditich OF Denver at the Fox theater
Monday night. He handles himself
very well and has the appearance OF
being a real ring general.
Large crowds watch the men train
every afternoon and interest in the
fight is developing to a high degree.
He has been donning the gloves with
Ray Cote, who is fighting the six
round semi-windup to the Young Fir
po-Tiger Jack fight at Spokane,
March s.
Due TO business connections Tommy
OLoughlin, Stanton's manager will not
arrive in Butte until the day before
his prodigy steps in the ring with the
Denver boxer. Denver reports say
that Viditich will be in much better
shape than when he fought Dennis
here a while back. The tickets for the
show are going fast and the Legion
boxing authorities believe that this card
will be a sellout.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-28
Blewett Endorsed by
Street Car Men Union
DIVISION NO. 3S1
Amalgamated Association

VI
Street and Electric Railway Employees
Of America
Butte, Montana
February %, 1885
Montana Labor News,
Butte, Montana.
Gentlemen:
Enclosed find a communication from
the Street Car Mems organization
which we would like to see published in
the Montana Labor News.
Dear Sirs:
At the last meeting of the Street
Car Mems Union which was held the
'21st Of February at the Musicians Hall
Alex Blewett a member Of our union
was unanimously endorsed for the Re
publican candidate for Mayor. Mr..
Blewett was a charter member of our
union and has continued that mem
bership to the present time. The St.
Car Mems Union is an industrial or
ganization including within its juris-
diction, office workers, barn and track
men, platform men and all others con-
nected with the industry with the ex-
ception of those officers having dis
culinary powers. Under this rule,
Alex Blewett, although cashier of the
Butte Electric Railway Company re-
tanned his membership in our union.
Alex Blewett has been secretary of
this union, executive board member
and delegate to the international Con-
vention. He is held in high esteem by
every member Of our union for his
fidelity to the union work and for his
integrity in the usual activities of life.
Fraternally yours,
NEWELL EVANS, Sec.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-28

Estate of GEORGE /. FORsYTHE. De-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed Executrix of the estate OF George |.
Forsythe, deceased, to the creditors of and
all persons having claims against the said
deceased, to exhibit them. with the neces-
sary vouchers, within ten months after the
first publication of this notice to the said
administrator at the law office Of Earle N.
Cenzberger, 205-206 Lewisohn Bldg, Butte.
Montana. the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said estate,
in the County of Silver Bow, State of Mon
tana.
MINNIE VICTORIA FORSYTHE,
Executrix of the Estate of George
|. Forsythe. Deceased.
Dated Butte. Montana, this 27th day of
February, 1885.
First publication Feb. 20. l935.-4T.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-28
A. Hour Week for Auto
Service Code Workers

WASHINGTON. - The determine
ton OF the National Industrial Recov-
cry Board to yield to the long hour
demands Of reactionary employers was
again illustrated in the boards ap-
proval Of the code for the maintenance
and service of automobiles industry.
Although the unemployed army num-
bers over 100000, the code with some
exceptions provides for the 44-hour, O.
day week and S-hour day. About $4,000
workers in 100000 establishments are
affected by the code. Employers in
the trade do repair and maintenance
work for more than 100000 automo-
biles now operated in the United
States.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-28
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate OF GEORGE PITTS, Deceased
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed Administrative OF the estate of
George Pitts. deceased. to the creditors of
and all persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers. within four months
after the first publication of this notice to
the said administrator at the office of Will
liam B. Frame, Sc Owsley Building, Butte,
Montana, the same being the place for the
transaction of the business Of said estate,
in the County OF Silver Bow, State of Mon
tana.
ELIZABETH PITTS. administrator
of the Estate of George Pitts, De-
ceased.
Dated Butte. Montana. this Goth day of
February, 1885.
First publication, Feb. rs, l935.-4T.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-28

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah.-(FP)-
Children still have the right to work in
Utah. The child labor amendment was
defeated in the lower house of the
legislature, through pressure from the
sugar beet industry, by a vote of %
to 81.
Montana labor news., 1935-02-28
T. B. Admitted AS
Poverty Disease
Continued from Page y

man at a table under the charts fin
ally showed a statistical study at the
end of a pamphlet which, though in
complete, was amazingly instructive.
The statistics referred only to oc-
cupied males but they were roughly
classified on an income basis through
their occupations. This is what they
showed
Occupation Of Males Mortality from
in 1880 TB per 100000
in Group
Professional Men.-~.----.... B.2
Proprietors, Managers, Officials. 43.2
Whitecollar Workers..-.~.-..-..-... 65.8
Skilled Workers & Foremen........ 72.l
Semiskilled Workers..-.-.-----...l02.1
Unskilled Workers..~.-~-.-..-..l84.9
For farmers and farm workers, where
natural conditions are against TB, the
death rate is 46.5 per 100000 of popu-
lation.
Significant to labor men and women
is the fact, admitted by DR.. Emerson,
that the death rate from TB for the
whole population is only about 60 per
100000 though it was 200 per 100000
in 1900. This makes plain that the
death rate from TB for unskilled work
ers is still just about where it was for
the entire population a third of a cen
fury ago., being lS4.9 or over three
times the rate for the population as a
whole.
The organized physicians of the
country, speaking through the Ameri-
can Medical Associations house Of
delegates at a special session in Chica-
go Feb. 1916, proved again that they
are more interested in preserving what
an outsider might call their private
rackets than in improving the health OF
the nation.
By unanimous vote they condemned
even the bidding steps toward socializ-
ed medicine and adequate medical care
through state health insurance pro-
posed by the Roosevelt administration.
They condemned the plans because
they would be compulsory and because
it would permit nonmedical men to
have a say in the administration Of the
plans.
And the poor continue to die of TB
at a ten times greater rate than the
rich, merely because they are poor.
Even in death there seems to be no
democracy.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-09-23

LONDON, Sept. 23.-CUP;-
The TRANQUIL Mediterranean today
assumed the grim appearance OF
a possible theatre of war as nj
least six nations-Brltaln, italy,
Spain, Greece, Turkey and nus
sia-whipped up military and ma
val activities to the most teVerlsh
pitch since the World war. q,
Britain's unprecedented naval
concentration in the Mediterra-
mean continued last night with Che
arrival of several more submarines
and small surface craft, orihslns
the total strength up to an eS'i-
mated 200 war vessels.
Italy's maneuvering of her ar
fleet to counter-balance the strate-
gic disposition of British Vessels
apparently struck an apprenenSiYe
note in other nations when Dor
dered on the sea.
Significant developments IN
cluded; ,r.o.o
/. The British transport NeVasa
arrived at Gibraltar with more
than 1,4OO troops bound for duty
in Egypt. ,..,:.
2. Approximately 20 ltalians :
were dismissed from employ o1
the British air force at ADoukAlr'
Alexandria. H,
3. The British troop ship, Lall-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-09-23
SIX NATIONS CONCENTRATING
FORCES IN MEDITERRANEAN

cashire, sailed from Gibraltar for
an unannounced destination in the
Mediterranean with detachments
of artillery and engineers.
A. President Mustapha Kemal
Ataturk of Turkey, and other high
government officials interrupted
their vacations and returned to
Angora last night lowing to the
tense political situation"
5. Minister of War Gen. Othan-
els, Minister of Navy and Air De-
mestichas and the chief of the
general staff of Greece held an ex-
traordinary session to discuss what
measures they should take in the
eastern Mediterranean in event OF
an Anglo-Italian war.
6. Authorities of Bucharest were
informed that, Is units of the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet were ordered
to the eastern Mediterranean.
Meanwhile, the Greek navy was
being concentrated at the Salamis
naval base, awaiting develop
ments," according to officials.
Turkey repeatedly was fortify-
ing her coast, assembling troops
and building air bases. All Sicily
is being made ready for war,
which its inhabitants fear may
break out when the British fleet
enters Sicilian waters,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-09-23
39THDISTRICT
MASONS TO Be
TUESDAY
Kedron Lodge Will Be Host
To Grand Master, Other
High Officials

The Thirty-Ninth Distric ct
Masonic order, will meet here to-
morrow, Tuesday, Sept. "a, with
Kedron Lodge, No. 387, A. F. &
AM, as host. This promises to
be an outstanding gathering as
the Grand Master of Masons of
North Carolina, Chas. B. New
comb, of Wilmington, will be pres
ent, as well as Grand Secretary
John H. Anderson and John S.
McEachern, president of district
deputies. The meetings are un-
der the supervision of Guy H..
Morris, of Asheville, Thirty-nin-
tn district deputy grand master.
The afternoon session will be call
ed to order at 4 80 o'clock at
Hebron Lodge hall, corner Fifth
Avenue and Main street. Supper
will be served at the Skyland
hotel, just across from the lodge
hall on Main street, at $50 p. m,
with Kedron lodge as host. The
evening session will convene at 8
o'clock at the lodge hall
Officers of all the lodges of
the district are requested to meet
at 4 80 p. m. In the hall of Ked-
ron lodge, to attend lodge of
Instruction." to be conducted by
Grand Master Newcomb. Grand
Secretary Anderson and Mr.. Nc
Eachern, at that session will ans
wer any questions and discuss
matters of general interest to the
craft. 1t is desired that the off
GERS of the several lodges of the
district make an especial effort
to attend the afternoon session.
The s o'clock session promises
to De most interesting as grand
lodge officers will be in attend
predicted both from the visiting
lodges and local Masons. Grand
Secretary Anderson will deliver
an address and if any Mason has
problem to be solved or desires
any information relative to the
craft, this will be a great oppor-
tunity for him to do it is stated.
Other Masons will also be heard
on matters of interest to the
craft. All members of Kedron
lodge and lodges of the district
are especially urged to attend this
meeting and any visiting Masons
stopping over in the city are cor
daily invited.
1t is considered one of the
greatest honors that can come to
subordinate lodge to have a Wis
itation from the grand master.
As there are so many Masonic
lodges in North Carolina, it is not
possible for him to visit all of
them during his years term of Of
flee. This also is true of the
visit of the other grand lodge of
ficers and Kedron Lodge feels eX-
ceptionally honored to have been
selected as one of the subordinate
lodges for such a visitation dur
ing the series of district meetings
in progress at this time.