Show 4 AAi q 4 jM j Q r r x r g Ii 4 c Cb ilEN the announcement was first made J that thU tho the United States t te I I 1 Secret Service might be lie hilled lI by Congress as U a 1 sequel seul to to tot t the c Present controversy y between the tho dent and oDd tho ho 1 legislature the Ibe sug- sug f p provoked the niost widespread Interest throughout the country No t-o won won- der for the Secret ecret Service r has hns tong long been the most mysterious branch if t our na national ua- ua S the one federal ty r regarding willet which the public nt Dt large could very little and aud regarding which their curiosity naturally Increased proportionately This of or the rending reading public for V peeps behind the scenes at the ar tera of at the Black Cabinet In Washing Washing- tuu Is In part to the fact that tile the lie scope cope of ot activities of the tho Secret has lias Increased greatly since Theodore f t entered the White It was this broadening of ot Secret ecret Service operations that Congress 9 protested against last year rear and nod finally put a Q stop to by roe menus means ls of ot r restrictions placed pieced upon the tho use of ot the money provided pro d for the be main maintenance of or the Secret Sen Ice Sen-Ice It was Wall wan thu this curb In turn that lIst angered the tho Prell 5 dent tot and caused him to 10 make those thole statements state state- ments meats In his bIB recent message to Congress that precipitated the pr present ent Hi iii feeling The Secret t Service was cr created manly to catch oDd and punish counterfeiters tI and to protect the per ou of or the pre prel- prel l. l r at nt of ot States against cranks And tea assassins For or many years these reo re- re 5 comprised t tio o sum total of tho the duties of ot this interesting branch of ot ofte l tte te Treasury Department but dorm daring the thel l it decade deade th re tee rew up vp a practice e on ou I 1 c S. S I I o f av t tc A b L 7 1 I JIe aPe qZ c d J ff W V v H g t. t tJ ri tw vI jp t Ijiri ro c-c- c W l w 1 11 a 2 ay- ay J 1 t rr f. f Y 1 the part of or other Cabinet officers of ot from time to time asking the secretary of ot the tile Treasury to loan them Secret men to terr ferret t out matters In 10 their respectable departments Thus gum men from the Treasury's unique detective bureau were loaned to the secretary of ot the Interior id ud rendered render ed Important service In ta securing evidence evi evl dence deuce In Connection with the land hied fraud cases In 10 the tho West est Other Secret Service Servicemen Servicemen men DIeD bad a n. n hand band in to exposing the senea- senea cotton report leak In the Department De Dc of ot Agriculture and no so the tile list might be bo prolonged to Include practically practically call cally all the executive departments of the government not forgetting the part i played by br tb these so cleverest of ot plain clothes men inca In to Investigating ID charges charge against naval I To such extent had bed the hc practice grown ere Congress put a Q top stop to It n a tow fow months ago niO that the Secret Service Bureau was constantly carrying upon Its rolls at least lend 20 0 O more morn men man t U t would have bno been re required for tor th the tha work wok of ot tho service lu ID accordance with Its Hi purpose These luo extra Secret t Service agents nb when working for some ome department depart depart- t meet meat oth other r than the Treasury Mere ere sot not 1 1 paid out ot of the l tun fund which Con Coo Congress gross gress ress has bai each year set act aside for tor the maintenance of the S Secret Service but Iut received ell pay from whatever e department they served A At t the name e time line they continued con con- tinned to ho bo carried 11 on the hi of or the Secret Service le and were directed by hy tho the chief of ot the Secret Service Ser arid and made their reports J t. him Veteran members of ot Congress recall that once before some before some 2 years ngo ago ago- there re was vue en nn uproar because of certain In methods of at the Secret Service and aud nt Ut that time lime a limitation W was vas S placed upon it very err similar to that restriction which was renewed 1 nt at the tho last Jast cs loo of ot Con Con- I gress gregs ress anti which aroused the iro ire of ot President Pros Pres ident Roosevelt As ts matters now the Secret Service men cannot be he detailed de de- tailed for tor any duty other lieu that of ot acting as bodyguard to the or trailing suspected counterfeiters This h hedging about of ot the activities of the Ire Treasury's secret t police ha has inconvenienced en tho the Treasury Department Itself tel for forthe forthe the S Secret cret Service had ball been rendering ten ren dering doring sl signal service Ju lu keeping tab ul upon on suspected s and aud detecting et UD- UD frauds I un On tho the customs laws Jaws and also aio in te lu- lu attu robberies and Iries i 1 I K 1 m mi i l lI I 1 kl I t Ia I. I fJ I I. I I 41 II n fl f ln j 1 6 t t. t t MJ a c. c zeo of ibe n In branch mints assay deIbe etc de The Ibe nerve center of ot tho ho Secret Sen Ice upon Uron which public attention Is now not being co no strongly ly occupies n ii very unpretentious Unpretentious un Un- pretentious suite of ot on oa the second Oo floor Jr of ot tho ho Treasury ury nul Building nt the sent seat of or government Here ore are the vat rate o of oI the chief o 0 of the servie Mr Jr Join I 1 U. U WIlkie who receives a 4 hl- hl t. t cry of ot per year and nd tho ant chief WI J William Herman Mown Moran vrho wb Is 1 paid per De year Jear There Thero is U a n cler cler- ical iral division employing about bait half a dozen pr persons nJ nn an l Identification c b bureau where arc Dore kept on the rile detailed records of ot all and other un un- citIzen and and 0 a largo storeroom wb where re confiscated d counterfeiting etc tc 8 In Jo Secret ral raids raId js Ue are re 0 S I allowed to accumulate until such time as us asIt It is convenient to destroy them thew according accord log ing to la law The equipment of the Secret Service I j headquarters embraces somo some interesting i features including specially prepared i upon which are arc outlined In advance I tin tilt movements of ot operatives t delicate scales s for lor weighing coins colus the tho genuine genuine- genuineness I D ness Sl of at which la is In Ii question nod and n Q rObn gallery aller consisting of ot a monster tile file of or photographs Iboto of Dt offenders n against tho the law mw The Secret Service Sen Bureau ha lies has lu In effect 23 branch scattered lu lunil lunil lunil nil parta of tho country On tho Secret Service map the thu United States Is divided dl di vided Into luto 2 25 districts distrIct and In each o of ot these districts there fc Ii a It resident D agent who Is presumably QI to be ba found In thia thle territory ju Just t as zig a n patrolman when on duty ho bo on a given gl beat However cr p the moet picturesque work wort of or tue Secret Service is performed by hy Its Itu flying squadron the tree free ro lance lanco Held field workers worker who may literally be sent Bent to on any place at nay nuy time Most of ot these men not cot much above c 80 ro O of ot age nile indeed tho average vera age t of ot all Secret Service ervice meu Is under and 35 and the they ara aro alert energetic resourceful and aid capable of or assuming almost any demand demand- ed Moreover they regard it as 4 c au all in Eu the tte days day's 11 wor work to b be ordered at an D hours hour a notice from fron N New 7 york to Texas or California from the th mountains or of CO o to Jt It T rAIla of oar eec rod rodera IP tv tvr r i f r mm t rj I T 1 miA mi A L fj 1 oom learn that tb these se government prototypes o of Sherlock rock re receive vo what are In reality very ery modest salaries If It ODO ono takes Into lato account the hardship and danger In In- oh ed A t new recruit in the Secret Service starts out an nB a aa ll assistant operative opera opera- tire tive at a t 3 per day end and If It be bo proves worthy is promoted In due clue course to the tho rank of or operative at nt 5 per day As a aa an op operative his pay py may Increase to 7 1 per por day In day In addition of ot course to traveling expenses but but ere a 1 Secret Service man attains this lila topnotch salary he must have c made good In no uncertain fashion and acquired a considerable fund of ot that practical prat experience which i la IJ tho most valuable valuable able a asset et of ot n a Secret Service Ser The prominence recently given g to the Secret Service In the newspapers has had the lie effect of ot flooding Chief Wilkie's desk with applications from men In all cli parts of the tle country Wo who UfO nto eager to enter fascinating tin field However most mOlt of ot the aspirants confess that they are ore totally total total- ly Iy devoid dc of ot practical experience In this line lino ot of work and there Is little prospect p but what the head bead of at the secret police polle will bavo to continue continuo to depend tc tot fur recruits re to upon certain Sources that have 0 cot como tc te bo be recognized recognised unofficially as preparatory schools for tor men meo ambitious to win places In n Uncle Sams Sam's confidential corps The Tho cIal claim departments o the great t railroads of tho the countr country bare bavo graduated gr u number of or men into tb the Secret Service Se and BO so hv hC EI the big hie mercantile le where work worl l ls 3 reduced reduced re re- to a fine ne ae science A A. few govern govora- meat ment sleuths have bavo paved their theft way by t bei bervice eLvce in ltv law oi offices ce where here certain kinds 01 ot work are and nd nd y yet Jet t buy bUT II acquired experience in J c. c mate private oto detective organizations Perhaps the most valuable men on the Secret So-cret Service roster raster arc are those the who have haTe come from the departments of at public safety In foreign countries and who ho have hITe in Ia consequence a knowledge of ot tord foreign n tongues s and mannerisms mannerism that tbs t Is ise e essential for tor successful In Investigations among foreign born anarchists and Black Black- Hued Hand plotters Two of ot the best but men In Inie lc Ie Secret ie lea ice were ere formerly heads of ot municipal police pollee departments and s. s sev eral began their careers as 11 United States deputy marshals One of or tho the mo most t mysterious p of or Secret Heel Service work concerns concern the tha th maintenance maintenance main main- or ot communication between t 7 Q the central oCke Oce at Wa Washington and Us its field operatives Of Ot course tb the Secret Se Service men ar are provided prodded with tho the most mOlt of at secret codes for lor use ue In telegraphing but very often ofton there hero la Jo danger donger that ens ans- ns- ns would be aroused against a Secret Service ers man should he attempt any com corn whatever with Washing Even it if n a Secret operative does It safe to transmit n a message th tb real m meaning ot of which baa been et cC- ed he n never ner er It openly to tile the chief or of the Secret Set Ben lee but Instead addresses It to pr pet Individual pro Previously Agreed who upon turns over o the message to Chief Wilkie or his assistant La 10 The go not likely to vIolate confidence for tor though ho bo may know the of sage h be cannot decipher R a s. me-s. its purport because be- be cause ho 10 is s not famIliar lu 11 which It 1 Is couched with the tto co code e The bible pre o of Oxford J OJ OZI an 0 average copies ot of the bIble tt not to mention P prayer bOOks overT every Ibo day dar skIns tit tf tp arc used evey eny I eer r for fot- the or of Ibl coer OJ |