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The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17
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where are kept on file tho detailed records
of all known eounterfciterS and other un-
desirable citizens. aud q largo storeroon
where connscated counterfcitiDg outfits.
etc. seized In Secret Service raids are
allowed to accumulate until such time as
st is convenient to destroy them accord
Ing to law
The equipment Of the Secret Service
headquarters embraces some interesting
features including specially prepared
maps, upon which are outlined In advance
the movements OF operatives, delicate
scales for weighing coins the genuine
ness OF which Is In question. and O
roSues gallery consisting OF n monster
nle OF photographs of offenders against
the law The Secret Service Bureau hAs,
In effect, % branch offices scattered IN
all parts of the country. on the Secret
Service map the United States Is d.
yidcd into 25 districts. aud In each OF
these districts there Is q resident agent
who is presumably always TO be found
In this terHtory, just ns patrolmnn
when on duty should be on n given beat.
However, perhaps the most picturesque
work of tho Secret Service is performed
by it's dying squadron"-the FREQ lance
Geld workers who may literally be sent
TO any plnce at any time. Most of these
men are not much above so years OF
age; indeed the average age of all Secret
Service mon Is under 35-and they are
alert, energetic, rcsourceful and capable
of assuming almost any disguise demand
ed. Moreover, tboy regard 1t ne all In
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ment sleutbs havo paved their way by
service In law offices. where certain kinds
OF detective work arc necessary, and yet
others have acquired experience in legiu-
mate private detective organizations
Perhaps the most valuable men on the
Secret Service roster are those who have
come from the departments OF public
safety in foreign countries. and who
have, in consequence. a knowledge OF
foreign tongues and mnnnerlsms that Is
essential for successful Investigations
among forcign-born anarchists and Black
Hand plotters- Two of the best mea In
the Secret Service were formerly heads
OF municipal police departments and sew
er0l began their careers as United States
deputy marshals
One OF the most mysterious phases OF
Secret Service work concerns the mnin-
tennnce of communication between the
central ONCE at Washington and It's neld
operatives OF course. the Secret Service
men are provided with the most boG1inS
Of secret codes for uso IN telegraphing.
but very often there is danger that sos.
picion would be aroused against Secret
Service man should be attempt any COM
municatlon whatever With Washington.
Even If a Secret Service operative does
consider II safe 10 transmit message
the real meaning OF which has been eff
fectuolly disguised. he never dispatches
II openly to the chief of the Secret Serv'
Ice. but instead addresses 1t to some pri-
vate individual. previously agreed upon,
who turns over the message to Chiet
wilkle or his assistant The go-between
Is not likely 10 violate confidence, Tor,
though he may know the origin OF mes
sage. be cannot decipher Its purport, be-
cause he Is not familiar with the code
In which Ii Ia couched
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the days work TO be ordered nt an
hours notice from New York to Texas
or from the mountains OF Tennessee 10
California.
1t may surprise many OF our readers to
learn that these government prototypes
OF Sherlock Holmes receive what are In
reality very modest salarlcs. II one takes
into account the hardship and danger in
yolyed. new recruit In the Secret
Service starts out as IN assistant opera
tive at So per day, and II he proves
worthy Is promoted In due course to the
rink Of operative at So per day. As an
operative his pay may increase TO 81 per
day-in addition. of course. TO travelling
eXponses-but ere Secret Service man
0ttHins this topnotch salary he must have
made good In no uncertain fashion and
acquired considerable fund of that prnc-
teal experience which ls the most valu~
able asset Of a Secret Service official.
The prominence recently given to the
Secret Service In the newspapers has had
the effect OF flooding Chief Wilkes desk
with applications from men IN all parts
OF the country who nrc eager TO enter
this fascinating field However. most OF
the ns?lrants confess that they are total
ly devoid OF practical experience In this
line of work, and there IL little prospect
but what the head of the secret police
will have to continue TO depend for re-
cruits upon certain sources that have
come 10 be recognized uuoiIicially as
preparatory schools for men ambitious TO
win places In Uncle Sans confldential
corps
The claim departments of the great
railroads of the country have graduated
a number OF men luto the Secret Service,
and NO likewise hive the big mercantile
agencies where investigation work Is re-
duced TO a fnc science. few govern
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tho supreme original short-story writer
of all time Is paid him by Conan
Doyle. who says
Not only is Poe the originator Of tho
detective story, all treasure-huntlnc,
crYptogrom-solyinG yarns trace back to
his Gold Bug Just az all pseudo sclcn-
tihc Yernc-nnd-Wclls stories have their
prototypes In the Voyage to the Moon
and the Case OF Monsieur Valdemar.'
II every man who receives check for
q story which owes Ito springs to Poe
we're to pay tlthe to a monument for
the mnstor, he would have a pyramid ns
big as that OF Cheops"
The ollusion TO the cryptogrOm In "The
Gold Bug" recalls the fact that uurovcl-
Ing cipner messages was one OF Poc's
fnds. While In Philadelphia be chai-
lengcd his readers TO send him any cipher
message he could not readily solve, let
the keypbrnsc be In any language they
liked. About 100 clpbers were sent IN,
and he made good his boOst by solving
every one.
The Poe Cult.
Poe's salary during his editorial labors
on the Southern Literary Messenger"
where he first won prize OF 500 for n
story; on "Grahhm's Magazine" whose
circulation he rnlscd from 5000 to 10000:
on the Mirror" of n. r Willis, In
which "The Raven" appeared was prob
nbly never more than SO week Today
the slightest scrap OF his handwriting
commands higher price. His letters
have a market value twice that OF
Shelly's. I'VE times that OF Byron's. n
hundred times that OF Longfcllows. The
original manuscript of THE Bells.
bought for $275 some years ago, would
probably bring ten times that price to-
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dny. single copy OF Poc's frst book,
"Tomcrlane," printed In 1877, has been
sold Mt auction for S2.o5O 1t looks ns
II the admirers OF Poe might go as far
as did Lafayette 10 express hls venerntion
for Poe's revolutionary grandfather. aud
kiss the sod upon his grave.
During this week OF memorial ad.
dresses. monument dwellings. special
numbers, and even n Poe drNmn, IL ia
worth while to reread William Winters
noble poetic tribute. penned almost a5
ycnrs ago;
Cold Is the ps9n honor Enez
Ard chin 10 eloD's iey bFcath.
And PALE the earl1nd Memory briggs
To grace The iron door1 o< Death
Fono's ochoius thunde1s- loas md load.
The pomp Of pride that deeks Tho pan.
The plaudIts o! the racnnt c-ovd-
One word Of ioTo Is worth them all
With dOvs of gid our eye0 are din,
Ah. let tho tear of sorToT start
And honor in our=-lves and him
Tho ereot and tender human hearti
Through many a night Of want ard yos
Hi0 frcnlled spirit wandered Wild
Till hDd disaster laid hin lov.
And Heaven reclaimed its gsyvard child
Through many a year bis fnme hG, sroEn-
Like mIdDight vast. like starlight sweet,
Till pOa his gcnius Nils thropc. =
And rntions marvel a. bis feet.
One Dccd d Justice long delayed.
Ono crowpiug Eraee bis virtues cTay@
Al. take. thou great aod injured khade,
The lore that Sanctides tho g-aIoi
Gods mercy guard In percciul slecp.
The sacred dust that dInblFS here:
And while ar0und this tomb Ee weep,
Gcd b!eaA for U.s. the morner's tenri
Ard may bis Spirit hoTednS nigh.
Pierce the dcn=o Cloud q darkness thrOuRA.
And knoT. with famo that caD1ot die,
lie hOs the worlds Affection. tool
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich said that "his
lmpcrishablc famc Is In NIL lands" Swim
burnc declared, over quarter OF CEN
tury ago, that "Tlmc, the eternal enemy
of small ond shallow regulations, will
prove the constant md trusty friend and
keeper OF true poets fullgrown fame"
IL there another poem 80 popular. an
other more often quoted md purodled
thun Tho Raven" for which Poe re-
celvcd $40, while the owner OF the MSS.
some years ago demanded $4,000 for it1
Are there any other poems Ike 'Ulalumc."
THE Bells" The Haunted Palace" An
mabel Lee" and "Lenore." poems with
such uncAnny wiznrdry of word music7
No other poet In the world, except, per-
hnps. Grny and Soppho, has built so high
and enduring u fame upon SO few and
brief poems.
His Theory of Poetry.
This is quite In harmony with Poe's
own theory OF poetry. He has written an
elaborate essay on the subject, telling
how be composed his own Raven" to
illustrate the theory. The fundamental
principle Is TINT a true poem must be
short; long poem Is a contradiction in
terms Words were chosen for their
musical value, not for their definite mean
ing One might describe all of Poe's
poetry as silver trumpets sounding through
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chief of the Secret Service and made their

chief of the Secret Service and made their
reports 10 him.
Veteran members of Congress recall
there was an Uproar because OF certain
'mothods OF the Secret Service and at that
time a limitation was placed upon It
very similar to that restriction which
was renewed at the last session of Con-
grcss aud which aroused tho Ire OF Pres
idcnt Roosevelt AS matters now stand
the Secret Service men cannot DO de-
tailed for any duty other than that of
netting as bodyguard TO tho President or
trailing suspected counterfeiters. This
hedging about OF the activities OF tho
Trcosury's secret police has inconven-
fenced the Treasury Department itself, for
the Secret Service sleuths had been rem.
dcring signal service In keeping tab upon
suspected smugglcrs and detecting frauds
upon the customs laws aud also iD In
ycstigatlng robbcries and Irregularities
In branch mints, subtrcasuries. assuy
Offices, etc
The nerve center OF the Secret Service,
upon which public attention Is now being
focused 10 strongly. occupies a very un-
prctentlous suite OF Offices on the second
floor OF the Treasury Building, at tho
seat of government Here are the prl-
ynte Offices OF the chief OF the service
Mr. John T.. WiIkie, who receives n snI.
0ry OF $4,000 per year aAd. the assist
ant chief. William Herman Moran. who
IS puid 5000 per year. There Is a cler-
icul division employing about half n
dozen persons; an identification bureau,
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''Hc Ind no faith In man nor woman"
"Hc was naturally unamlnblc. irasclble.
cnylous;" "He displayed reckless alb
scnce OF oil the qualities OF social rccti-
tude:" "Self-wllled. proud. passionate,
with mcngcr moral sense. he forfeited
success by his pcrvcrsity and his Vices"
on the other hand, there hns been cx-
trayOgant dedication. Sarah Helen Whit
man. whom he was engaged TO marry,
declared that even IN the dellrlum OF drink
"hS words were the words OF n princcly
intellect oycrwrought, and OF n heart
only too sensitive and too finely strung"
There is nlso something humorous In the
nncodotc that he would never go to bed
Mt night without asking his mother-in-lnw
for her blessing. aud II be had displeascd
her 10 any way he would kncel at her feet
and humbly implorc her pardon. There
can be no doubt. however. Of his chiv.
airy toward woman. his purity OF heart
and his tender and sensitive spirit
And there Is even less doubt about his
poetic genius, although Emerson. In
conversation with Howells, called him
the Jingle mnn" Mrs. Browning told
Of people who wcrc haunted by the 'Nev-
crmoro" Of Poc's "Raycn." and one OF
her ocquOlntanccs, "who has the mlsfor-
tune OF possessing n bust OF Pollas, can
not bear to look at 1t in the twilight"
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HeHEN the announcement was hrst
EAE made that the United States
w Secret Service might DO investl-
gated by Congress ns sequel to the
present controversy between tho Pre5i-
dent and the national legislature the sue-
gestion provoked the most widespread
Interest throughout the country. No won
der. for the Secret Service has long been
the most mysterious branch Of our ma.
tlonnl government, the one federal nctlyl-
ty regarding which the public at large
could learn very little md regarding
which their curiosity naturally Increased,
proportlonately.
This kecuucss of the reading public for
peeps behind the scenes at the headquar-
ters OF the BLACK Cabinet" in Washing.
ton is attributable in part to the fact that
the scope OF activities OF the Secret Service
has increased greatly since Theodore
Roosevelt entered the White House. 1t
was this broadening of Secret Service
operations that Congress protested against
last year aud finally put stop TO by
means OF restrictions placed upon the
use OF the money provided for the main
teunnce OF the Secret Service, II was
this curb In turn that angered the Prosl-
dent and caused him TO make those state
ments 10 bis recent message to Congress
that precipitntcd the present Ill feeling
The Secret Service was created pri.
morlly TO catch and punish countcrfeitcrs
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17

and to protect the person OF tho prcsi~
dent Of the United States against cranks
and nsSnseias. For many years these re-
sponsibilitles comprised the sum total of
the duties of this interesting branch OF
the Treasury Department. but during the
past decade there grew up q practice on
the part OF other Cabinet officers OF
from time to time asking the secretary
OF the Treasury TO ''loan" them Secret
Service men TO ferret out matters 10 their
respectable departments.
Thus gum-shOe men from the Trcasury's
unique detective bureau were 'loancd" TO
the secretary OF the Interior aud render
ed Important service 10 securing owl
dence io connection with the land fraud
cnses In the West. Other Secret Service
men had hand In exposing the scnsa-
tlonuI cotton report leak" In tho De-
partment OF Agriculture. md 50 the list
might he prolonged to include prnctl-
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again md again brought him to the brink
OF destltution, II not starvation. his
death was one OF the saddcst OF moral
tragedies. Barrett Wendell gives the gen,
orally accepted version OF 1t In the fol
lowing words.
"Ho was passing through Baltimore,
either on bis way to see his betrothcd or
on his way from n visit TO her, 1n that
city an election was about to take place,
and some petty politicians. In search OF
'rcpeaters, picked him up, got him drunk
and made him vote all over town. H0y
Ing thus exhausted his political useful.
ness, they left him In the gutter. from
whence he found his way to the hospital,
where he died"
In recent yenrs the rehabilitation of Poe
has been going forward with vigor. but
there is no use blinking the facts OF bis
folly nmd weakness, aud there seems no
doubt that his misfortuncs were mostly his
own fault The most that can be said In
condonatlon is that an appetite for liquor
wns implanted In him as q child by
nurse, who gave him gin to keep him
quiet and later by bis fosterfathcf, who.
to show OF the clever lad. would often
place him upon the table TO drink tonsts
to the guests.
The Poe Controversy.
1t would hardly pay TO go into the un-
cdlfylng subject of Poe's habits had not
so much exnggerGtion provoked so fierce n
controversy.
on the one hand. the foulest lies and
llbels were given uttcrnDce and credence.
His life wns one Wild debauch;' HE
starved bis wife and broke her hcnrt;"
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banker, he is playing fast and loose
with the peoples funds and as crooked
lawyer be Ia making big fortunes In many
parts of the country. Tho big criminolc-
gist who claims this is true. also states
TINT there are but few OF these really
ing millions OF dishonest gains.
The crooked bank officials lend millions
Of the dcposltors' cash to their ONCE
boys. They discount paper for their busi-
ness friends They make money IN many
crooked ways, When the bank examiners
come around they swear 10 many lies
and thus keep covered up their evil
schemes to rob their deposltors. But the
day of these big criminals Is becoming
cloudcd over. A public opinion so terri
bic that IL VIII overcome all opposition
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cally all tho executive departments of
the government, not forgetting the part
played by these cleverest of plain clothes
men In investigating charges against naval
officers.
To such extent had tho practice grown
ere Congress put stop 10 1t q few
months ago that the Secret Service
Bureau was constantly carrying upon its
rolls at least 20 more men thcl would
have been required for the work OF the
service III accordance with It's Original
purpose. These extra Secret Service
agents when working for some depart
ment other than the Treasury were not
paid out OF the $4,000 fund which Con-
greSS hns each year Get aside for the
maintenance Of the Secret Service but
received pay from whatever department
they served At the same time they con-
unued TO be carried ou the rolls OF the
Secret Service and were directed by the
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hns alreody shown itself. The officers
OF the law have already ceased to regard
the back robbers who do their crooked
work on the inside OF tho bank Az any
better than the moro common thieves.
They lock them up now promptly when
they arc caught and jurles and Judges
no longer hesitate to send them to the
penitentinry.
With the crooked lawyers who hnve
oeen reaping n harvest. the public seutl-
ment Is not yet 80 thoroughly reused
This iS coming, however, aud tho thou
sands OF honest practitioners OF tho law
nre oven now mixing enrnest efforts to
nrouSe public sentiment against tho crook
cd members OF the profession who bring
snhino On the honorable calling they use
al cloak for their etenlluGs.
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HB HAT is the great criminal Of todHy
DR Iolng to Justify his title. The days
"" OF the great bank robbers tho per-
.'' when millions were made by expert
i".sers OF bonds. and the time when train
'o"ucrs lived III gangs nDd drank cham
n'Snc Hike water are all past and gone
nu' rue great criminal stll remains. He
- type OF tho race that has not been
Meeued OCT simply because society has
io'nu methods OF preventing him from
""'"s9'ns eoSy and dishonest riches
'"Iousn the several methods above.
o"e oi the greatest OF criminal hunters
""u .no most noted detective officer IN
NV iork city says OF the great crooks
81 Tue present era that the biggest Grim
iln'S , iounF arc managing crooked bank
III ''neiheS und also practicing law. As
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Cuba Wealthy Nation Nowadays.

larger surplus every year since then. de-
spite the tremendous drain on the treas-
ury from the enormous pensions paid a
lengthy list OF cx-patriots who fought In
the Cuban revolution against the Span
i0rds-
A bond Issue has been discussed for the
new Cuban regime. but 0nsncicrS declare
that the money can be obtained without
rcsorting to the issuance OF bonds. This
means that Cuba Is really richer than the
United States so far as being able to
pay all her ordinary running expenses and
even for important public Improvements
without putting out bonds and creating a
national debt
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n HE reports made from Cuba, both
A during the Palma administration and
" during the provisional government by
the United States. which has now come 10
an end. have proven That Cuba Gun afford
10 pay all the legitimate expenses of her
government aud stu have comfortable
surplus left over In her treasury. 1t Is
even planned for the national government
OF Cuba under President Gomez TO put
$5,0OO.o00- year into a sewerage system
under Havana and $3.O00.000 Into a
watcrworks system for Clcnfucgos
The Cubans had q surplus of over S3,-
100000 In 1904 and have had An even
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n HE mystery and miracle OF genius
n Hrc again brought homo to the
" worlds memory, as we are cclc-
brntlng the hUndredth anniversary OF
Edgar Allan Poe's birth. There nre those
who account him as our grentest man Of
letters In point Of influence only Hnw-
thorne md Emerson rank with him; in
POINT OF originality only Walt whitman.
who called him poor, wonderful Poe"
Seldom has m equal amount OF biography
and literary criticism been compressed
into three words He was one OF the
greatest of immortals and ono OF the
most miserable mortals that over trod
this earth. and his own words may 1T
tingly be applied to himself;
The fever called living
IL over at last
Poe was born IN Boston, Baltimore Is
tho city most closely linked to his life.
where he lies buried: Philadelphia Is MS
socioted with his 1nest literary achieve
ment. and with the posthumous dcfnma~
tion of bis character; New York saw his
deepest misery and contains the most IN
teresting memorial OF his cnreer. the cot
toge at Fordham. This poor shauty may
yet be the chief literary shrine CT Amer
lea. like Burns humble cottage Mt Ayr.
1t was here that his angelic Virginia.
whom he had married when she was but
II, died OF consumption on q couch of
straw. where she bad nothing but n
coat and cat TO keep her warm.
Poverty was the spcctcr that pursued
Poe through nll his days, Like most OF
the poets, he wns wretched hand Mt
business Improvidencc and lntcmpcranee
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The Secret of Human Growth.

m e. ERIC PRITCHARD. OF London,
MA noted specialist In diseases OF
~ childhood. has recently given to the
world some remarkable discoveries con-
corning the growth of the human body
In childhood, Just what did really pro-
ducc growth bas always been matter
of speculation, but Or. Pritchard has
conducted series of experiments with
the juices secreted by the human PAN
crcas which, he declares. has led him 10
believe that this organ and its function
ors most closely bound up with the Sc
crct OF human growth.
The paucreas is gland which lico be-