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Show CHIEF ATTENDED BIG CONVENTION Chief of Police Browning returned yesterday from Birmingham, Alabama where he attended the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Mr. Drowning said last evening that he Lad a most Interesting and Instructive In-structive tri p and felt much benefited theieby. The convention was attended attend-ed by chief of police from nearly every ev-ery Hate in the Union and the many side trips which the delegates were enabled to take ihroufch the state proved prov-ed a source of much valuable Information Infor-mation as well as adding materially to the enjoyment of the occasion. Mr. Drowning went by the way of St. Louis and following the close of tho business sessions of the convention, conven-tion, took a trip to Montgomery and thence to Pensacola. While indulging In a steamer eicnrsfon on PensacoU bay, the boat sustained what might have provni a disastrous accident, ac-cident, caused by ramming the wharf at full speed. The boat was quite badly damaged and the passengers were saved from a general panic with considerable difficulty. At the time of the accident, Mr. Drowning was below In his stale roo-n and by the time he was able to gain the deck the crowd of passengers was In confusion and bordering on panle. Cooler heads prevailed, however, tho Ogden man doing his share in quieting quiet-ing the frightened passengers until the damage to the boat had been ascertained, ascer-tained, after which everyone was landed without Incident. A number of important topics were brought up for discussion before the convention Including Improper moving mov-ing pictures, social evll3, reckless automobile auto-mobile driving, newspaper publicity regarding re-garding the so-called "sweat box" and "3rd degree" Investigations In police departments. The caricaturing of police in moving mov-ing pictures was condemned by the convention, which expressed itself to the effect that uch pictures did not tend to breed a wholesome respect for the law among the young. Moving Mov-ing pictures which show the triumph of crime over tho law also came in for a general condemnation. Pictures which sliow a trjef meeting with success In his raid, or making good his escape from the jollce, were not considered proper spectacles for child ren to witness on the grounds that it encouraged crime and petty acts of lawlessness. The necessity for civil service In police departments was discussed as a means of ridding the same pf politics. One speaker asserted that the pollco of a city should he divorced from politics poli-tics and that the force should become In reality the "peoples' army" and not the "chief asset )of the municipal politician." Auto-driving was taken up and it was agreed that more stringent regulations regula-tions for the Issuance of licenses should be formulated. It was also desired de-sired that tests of ability should he made under the most trying conditions before inexperienced persons are allowed al-lowed to drive automobiles. A heavy penalty should be provided for driving driv-ing while intoxicated and machines should be furnished with illuminated numbers (it night. "Some of my young friends," said Mr. Drowning, "will be Interested, possibly, to learn of Miss ncssle Moody who made her home in my family for several years after the death of her mother in 1S03. Dcssle Is now 17 years of age and is a fine girl. Sh? Is attending the Montevalln. State School for girls near Birmingham and is now In ber Sophomore ear. The school has a capacity of 1,000 btudents and more than half that number are now in attendance at the Institution. Bessie, accompanied me to Chatanoga. Tennessee, where we were entertained by President Callis of the Southern Stales mission, and before leaving to return to her school, wished to be remembered to all her former playmates play-mates in Ogden, many of whom will undoubtedly remember her." |