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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

reau of the Chicago Times, and the
son accompanied him, each of them
sending several columns of cables and
letters every week. One day Storey
fired the elder Wilkie by cable, and
the son went to the head of an Ameri-
can commercial agency in London.
where he remained almost two years.
Returning to Chicago, he re-entered
the newspaper field and soon became
city editor of the Tribune. Frank E.
Vanderlip was financial editor Of the
paper at the same time, and the two
became chums. When Lyman j. Gage
was made secretary of the treasury
he took Vanderllp along as pSvatc sec
retary and in a short time made him
assistant secretary Of the treasury.
Nanderlip remembered his friend VIII
the government and succeeded In get
ting him appointed chief of the secret
service. This is the story of John e.
Wilkes rise as have 1t from the lips
of newspaper man who used to work
with him as n police reporter. While
much of 1t has seen the light, l think
1t has never been printed before in all
its details
"Secret Service" True to Name.
In office AIr. Wilkie is one of the
most democratic and easily accessible
of all government employees. There
are two rooms In the treasury building
With the legend Secret Service" over
ihe door. Anybody can walk right in
and will usually find Chief N'llkie In
his shirt sleeves going over reports or
considering some knotty case. In the
same room is his assistant, w, II. Mo-
ran, and in the adjoining room are a
number Of clerks. Nothing mysterious
about all this, hut the most prosaic
and matter of fact routine Of every
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
BY JAMES A. EDcERToN.

THERE is no government depart
ment concerning which less is
known than the secret service.
At the same time there is none
about which there Is greater public
curiosity, which is just now heighten-
ed by the row between the president
and the congress.
The secret service is Uncle Sans
Sherlock Holmes. 1t catches counter
feiters and now and then bags a con-
gresham or senator who has not been
content with making laws, but has
started to breaking them also, thus
working both ends of the line. 1t was
this feat Of getting a few legislators
into Jail that caused all the trouble
between Mr.. Roosevelt and the present
session. Congressman do not like to
be imprisoned, for which we can
scarcely blame them, considering the
other infections they have to bear,
such as associating with each other
and listening to each others oratory.
President Roosevelt charges in eff
feet that 1t was because the secret
service had exposed Senator Mitchell
and an Oregon representative in the
land fraud cases that congress cut
down the appropriation for the secret
service and prohibited its use outside
Of the treasury department, whereat
certain members Of the house, dignified
senators and others not so digpified
regard themselves as grossly insuited
Come to think of it, there is something
in the nature Of a personal insult in
sending a man to jail or even in intl-
mating that he ought to be there,
though most men do not base their
objection to Imprisonment on this
ground. Now, the president did not
say that all members Of congress
should 60 to JAIL but only that the law
they had passed helped nobody but
criminals. and the chief argument in
its favor was that it keeps members of
the two houses from being Investigated
aRd prosecuted.
He went further and intimated that
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
Child's Party Gown.

The sketch shows novel and at
tractlvely arranged model for little
girls frock. The underslip is of null
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
outaIde sIssve ErlII Gone.

The little frill on the outside of the
arm, which was feature of the shirred
long sleeve early I'm the season IL
no longer seen on the smartest frocks,
having had tendency to thicken tho
arm. while extreme length and slen-
derness are things desired. A line OF
gmall buttons or other ornaments set
along the outside seam il liked, and
on many OF the French frocks n plain
line Of trimming Ii set into the shirrs6
sleeve down the outer seam.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
REPORT OF THE CoNDIT10N|
OF THE II
RONESDALE NATIONAL can
HoNEsDALE. WAYNE COUNTY I
At the close of business. Nov. q, ian



Loans and Discounts. ..........$ 24s.d
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured
u. y. Bondsto secure circulation, M6
Premiums on u. s. Bonds.... 2.6
Bonds, securities, etc.. ... l,3Ol, q
Banking-house, furniture and fix
lures -. .......... ..... 40N
Due from National Banks mot
Reserve Agents) =. .. . 80. 3A
Due from State Banks and Bank
Due from approved reserve reserve
agents ..... ............... ia e.
Cheeks and other cash items -. III
Notes of other National Banks.
Fractional paper currency, nick
els ana centS..... 49,.
Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, Il
Legal tender notes II ,1SS % % sd
Redemption fund with U. s.
Treasurer, % per cent. Of circu-
Due from Il. s. Treasury other n
than o. redemption fund. .....
Total, -. ......... sl9Ol.4
LIABiI rIEs. /
capital stock & paid in.......:.."..$ l5O.d
Undivided profits. less expenses 'OO'
and taxes paid. ...... 80. S2.I
National Bank notes outstanding I'1
state Bank notes outstanding :.
Due to other National Banks. md
Due to state Banks and Bankers
Individual deposits subject To
:, check. -, .... ~ 1926 u
deposit. .... =. 25.lCg OO
Certified CheCks...... llSM
Cashiers checks out
:, standinG.... Sij "a l,i62. x.
Bonds borrowed ......,.. ....,
Notes and bills redlscounted 49,.
Bills payable. including Certifl-
Gates OF deposit for money bor-
n
Liabilities otherthan those above
stated .....,... ... .... . n
lotai'' '..'.. ..".......... $l,G0l A
state Of Pennsylvania, County OF Waynl
/, Edwin j.. Torrey. Cashier OF lie al
named Bank, do solemnly swear that
above statement Is true to the best Of
Knowledge and belief
e.,,, +. +. TORBEY. Cashi
Subscribed and sworn to before me
lst day of Dec, 1908.
Correct --aticSt:
II. u. RUSSELL,
Louis }, DORFLINGER. SDirecl
! II. II. MENNER
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

If they did not want to be investigated
if they had records that would not
bear investigation, presume he meant
they might exempt themselves by
special provision, but should not Grip
ple the whole detective agency of the
government. That is talking some,
even for Roosevelt. Congress waited
u few days, and then the senate passed
some mild hammered resolutions, adopt
ed amid oratory not so mild and ac-
companied by thoughts positively un-
speakable, directing the committee on
appropriations to investigate the secret
service, the message and everything
else with handle on that looked as If
1t could be used to cause trouble. The
house merely asked him for the facts
on which the president based his state
ments, evidently wanting him to show
his hand before 1t did any blufing.
The head-on collisions the house has
had with Roosevelt on former occa-
sions have apparently taught 1t eau
tion.
Hunted Down Land Frauds.
The secret service proper belongs to
the treasury department, and Its chief
duty is to catch counterfeiters. For
twenty years, however, 1t has been the
habit of the chief Of the service to
lend his men to other departments
wherever needed. Among those so
borrowing Uncle Sans sleuths was the
secretary Of the interior, who used
them in hunting down land frauds, in
which they gathered In the United
States senator and congressman before
mentioned. 1t is also whispered that
the secretary of the navy used one Of
the detectives in hunting down an ab-
sent naval official, and the place where
he WAS found laid the basis for d.
vorce suit. That caused another row.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
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1t has invariably been the great effoI
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order that Ii may be an accurate reportd
what has happened. 1t tells the truth,
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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
Vast, Complicated System.

Mr.. Wilkie assigns these men much
as he assigned reporters when on the
city desk Of Il newspaper. The prin'
ciple Is the same, although the sys-
tom is infinitely more vast and COM
plicated. The men work under the di
rect supervision Of the various depart
mcnts to which they are assigned or
under the subordinate secret service
bureau in whose territory they hap
pen to be placed, although the Wash
lngton bureau keeps track Of them all.
In this way the head of the system has
Il more thorough inside view of the
workings of the entire nation thai
any other one man outside of the prehJ
ldent and his cabinet advisers.
What will be the upshot of the pres
mt Investigation no man can tell. The
most probable outcome, certainly the
most sensible one, would involve a
consolidation Of all the detective ngen-
cies Of the government under the de-
partment Of justice. 1t would do away
with the fiction OF shifting men from
department to department, would save
time and avoid confusion and would
make II impossible in future to Grip
pic this most important governmental
agency through congressional interfer.
encc.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
WOMAN AND FASHION
A Simple Street Hat.

The charm of this hat loses nothing
from the fact that 1t is extremely sim
pie. 1t is a delft blue felt. The brim
folds up on the left side to form
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

revers. 1t droops in the back and op-
posite side. Self tone blue velvet and
blue silk are crushed around the low
crown. Two large wings Of brownish
gray and white decorate the right side.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-02
Presidents Western Trim.

President Taft has indicated that he
expects to leave Washington for his
summer home at Beverley, Mass, the
end Of this week. and with II comes
the certainty Of his western trip ac-
cording to schedule. After the strenu-
Gus season Of tariff legislation, with
its annoying features, a period OF COM
parative rest and quiet for the rec
tive is desirable before starting on his
projected tour of the west, which will
be one OF the most extensive ever
undertaken by a president.
According to present plans, Presi-
len Taft will start September Is and
return November ~ and during the
interim travel $1,000 miles and make
no less than 300 stops, which means
at least 800 addresses, many of which
will have to be carefully prepared.
Such a trip, while II will be attended
by many pleasant features, is calcu-
lated to tax the physical capacity Of
even as robust a man as President
Taft, but he has demonstrated in the
past that he is equal to 1t.
The west has always liked Mr.. Taft
and when he comes out into this coun-
try he will see that he has even grown
in popularity since his entrance to the
White House. The tariff bill may
not be entirely satisfactory to the
west, any more than to any section Of
the country, but every intelligent per-
son recognizes the impossibility OF de-
vising a bill which would satisfy COM
pletely all the numerous and conflict
ing interests. No section, however,
appreciates better than the west, that
It would not be as satisfactory as 1t is
but for Mr.. Taft's firm stand. Be-
yond the personal reception which the
president will receive the most signifi-
can't feature of the trip will be the
proposed meeting between the two
presidents Of the United States and
Mexico. 1t has been a long cherished
plan to bring the executives of the sis
ter republics together, but difficult
ties have hitherto prevented. While
the meeting will be purely social, the
friendly interchange Is counted on to
go far toward creating a better feel
ing between the two countries, which
on the Mexican side of the border is
not the best at present.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-02
The Lazy Bug.

Gradually scientists are convincing
us that what our p~rogenitors thought
were bad habits are diseases. This is
consoling, for it relieves humanity Of
much responsibility which 1t has been
assuming all these years. Through
sympathize with people for all their
shortcomings except laziness and now
the lazy man may find consolation in
the hope that his popularity is due
to the lazy bug.
OF all the strange things which in
habit the earth the lazy bug must be
the most peculiar. He plays M favor
ties and attacks all classes alike. The
sight of a lawn mower so enrages
him that he will strAngle the best in
t%entions of his victi the minute the
machine comes in sight. While he
sometimes works overtime on ball
players he persistently declines to at
tack the fan in the grandstand and
bleachers. He will cause the laborer's
limbs to drag all forenoon, but speed
lily release his victim when the whistle
sounds for dinner. He will keep busy
all day on a clerk with a desk heaped
with correspondence and suddenly
knock off when the aforesaid clerk
thinks he is due to take a party of
friends out boat riding. His original
victim is the Tennessee mountaineer
whom he absolutely prohibits from
strenuous labor in the fields, but
kindly permits to walk five miles for
a jog of pinetop. Cold weather does
not affect the bug, for he is at his best
when there is snow to be shoveled
from the sidewalk.
Doctors are busying themselves try
ing to devise something which will
free mankind from the baneful grasp
of the lazy bug, but II they can do no
better 1t would help some If they
could only put the bug in the reverse
motion and change his hours of &C
tiVity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-02

approve Of his veto OF any bill that does
not conform to his construction OF the plat
form pledge which, he has said. means
revision downward within the limitations
Of the protective principle" To this Ia
added: W look to our senators and rep
resentatives In congress to sustain the
president in this position. and we commend
them for their efforts in support Of the
party pledge"
The convention should have been pretty
thoroughly informed as to the sentiment OF
the republicans Of Nebraska at the present
time. 1t was a representative assembly
speaking for them. There are the best Of
reasons for believing, moreover, that It's
resolution is In accord with the public senti-
ment Of the middle west. The endorsement
VIII be approved in many states, and Il
should be given due weight by all the rep
resentatives Of the republican party In
washington. including even the most pro-
nouneed OF standpst statesmen.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-02
Democratic Testimony.


Tn nonpartisan judiciary law has been
declared unconstitutional by the supreme
court OF our state. We do not pretend to
be able to discuss the opinion from a legal
standpoint, but as a citizen and voter the
decision suits us. We have no use for any
nonpartisan nonsense. Such laws are de-
signed for the express purpose of landing
a class of men in office who could get there
in no other way.
This is from the Howells Journal,
which is, and has always been, one Of
the staunchest and n of the most
uncompromising Of the democratic
newspapers in Nebraska. When the
Howells Journal says 1t has no use for
"nonpartisan nonsense 1t is doubtless
voicing the sentiment of the rank and
file of its own party, although at vari-
ance with the purposes of the party
bosses, who have an Idea they can fool
somebody into voting for democratic
candidates by labelling them "nonpar-
tisan."
According to reliable information
the so-called nonpartisan judiciary act
was introduced into the legislature
free from the Objectionable and uncon-
stitutional features which worked it's
undOing. but was loaded down in
transit with amendments in clear vio-
lation Of the constitutional guarantees
of free assemblage, free speech and
free elections. 1t is limited that these
questionable provisions were added
with the deliberate intention OF invali-
dating the bill. and with the sly de-
sign of putting the judges of the SUI
preme court in a hole when called on
to pronounce the Law unconstitutional
and void, as It clearly is. Instead Of
being a measure in the interest of non
partisanship It was, from It's inception,
a strictly partisan scheme ito land"
as the Howells Journal says, "a class
of men in office who could get there in
no other way" Yet the democrats
are appealing to the voters to elect the
democratic candidates in order to vim
dictate the "~nonpartisan nonsense
which is repudiated by this ~outspoken
democratic organ.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-02
Tariff Bill Progress.

The adoption by the house Of rep
resentatives Of the conference report
on the tariff bill, in the opinion Of
these best posted, settles the fate Of
the measure. The smaller republican
margin in that body. together with the
fact that some schedules decidedly dis
tasteful to several republican mem
bers in that body will not be in con-
troversy in the senate, made the real
test OF the bill come In the lower
house. The ~closeness Of the vote is
not surprising, in fact, earlier tests in
dicated that it might be ever closer.
While the senate will hardly dispose
of the bill quite as expeditiously as
the house there Is ample reason to
believe that the debate will not be pro-
longed. All the issues involved have
been threshed out during the long de-
bate preceding the conference and
nothing is now to be gained by de-
bate, in fact, obstruction is more likely
to add TO the final strength Of the bill
than to detract from Il. There Is NJ
other business pending in the senate
and no necessity for adjournment At
any fixed time which would render
purely filibustering tactics OF doubt
full efficacy.
The bill as It comes back to the
senate is more satisfactory to the So
called insurgents than before 1t went
to conference and several of them
have announced they will vote for It,
which takes from the opponents any
lingering hope Of defeating It. The
end of the week therefore in all prob
ability will see the tariff bill in the
hands of the president. and he has in
dicated Enthusiastically that he will sign
it. Thus in August will end a strug-
gle which In its earlier stages was
expected to be concluded by the mid
die of June.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-02

in the comparatively high prices which
wheat m in every commercial
center of the world. Whether it be in
the rich Eranary of our great interior
wheat states, or in the heavily set Growths
Of central Europe, or In the small yield
ing acres OF North Africa, or in the re-
mote plains OF Damascus, where the Amer
lean reaper and thresher have begun to
influence the output, the grower Of wheat
generally is getting from Is to 10 per cent
more this year for his product than a year
ago.
From now untn the snow flies the har-
vest line will move more rapidly north
ward. It's extreme limit will this year go
somewhat farther north, thanks TO the
Saskatchewan wheat grower, than ever
before, For wheat is a pioneering crop
and lays the foundation for the firmer
grasp Of man on the problems OF develop
ing the resources OF nature. Higher values
have pushed out the domains OF wheat
growing and the harvest line this year
will be flung out a little farther than in
any earlier year OF the worlds wheat his
tOFy-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-02
PERSONAL NOTES.

When a United States soldier marries a
native woman in the Philippines he must
bring her along on returning to this
wife in every port,
At a celebration to mark her seventy
fifth birthday and the fiftleth birthday OF
her son. William P. Montague, a New
York manufacturer, Mrs. Anna c. Mon
tasue danced with her son at Great Bar
ringtou. Mass. ,r
The appearance OF Count witte at Pc
king as the special commissioner OF tho
car, instructed to conserve the Russian
interests in the far east, indicates a re
viNal in the diplomatic game that formerly
centered in the Chinese capital. -.....
Senator La Toilette could not lave ex-
pected such attention in conservative
quarters, but the fact is that Harper'E
Weekly honors him with two pages, de.
scribing how valiantly he has fought tho
battle OF the ultimate consumer" in the
senate.
a young man in New York left f4o
In cash with another young man. a stranger
to him, to keep awhile for him. He re-
turned and got his money. Now the
metropolis is pluming itself on possessing
two modern human miracles Of trust and
honesty.
Roscoe Conkling Bruce. colorsd. a Har-
ward graduate and son OF the late Blanche
X. Bruce (who was once a United States
senator from Mississippi and later regis.
ter OF the United States treasury Ia now
the assistant superintendent Of schools Of
the District of Columbia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-02

they should be travesties upon justice.
Doubtless most, and possibly all, the
condemned we're guilty, but the denial
Of opportunity to prove their limo
cence is repugnsnt to all our Anglo
Saxon ideals.
II the Spanish government shows as
much energy in prosecuting the war
against the Moors as It has in re-
pressing its own disconnected people,
there is reason to expect that the mis-
adventure in Africa will be successfully
ended, though it should teach Spain
the lesson all others who come in con-
tact with the wild tribesmen have
learned, that tact as we'll as firmness
is needed in dealing with them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-02

New York Commercial.
The Nebraska republican platform has
a plank approving. commencing and I'M
qualifiedly indorsihg the stand taken by
President Taft in the matter Of tariff re-
vision, expresses confidence that the SEN
ators and representatives from Nebraska
Will sustain the president in this position
IND commends them for their efforts in
''upport of the party's pledges and the
Presidents policies. I'VE are counting on
the president" it says further, ito see
TO it that the party's platform promise
tf revision is redeemed by the enactment
Of a tariff bill acceptable to the people;
and we would approve the exercise OF
his veto on any bill that does not conform
to his construction OF the platform pledge.
which he has said means revision down
ward within the Limitations of the protec-
tive principle" This means, OF course,
that the bill in its present shape is un-
satisfactory to the Nebraska republicans
and ought to be vetoed-a proceeding, they
no doubt understand, that would leave the
Dingley law just as 1t stands today.