The Detroit times., 1911-12-22
= Operations of These Sleuths
Always Yelled With the
Deepest Secrecy.
$50 IN THE U. S. CORPS
Other News of Interesting Hap
penings Inside and Outside
the National Capital.

vice force OF the department OF JUS
tice loose on the trail Of the dynamite
suspects. This Is the real secret
service corps OF the United States.
Its operatives are altogether the most
silent, least advertised, least known,
most efficient set OF detectives In this
country, and probably more efficient
than any foreign body OF secret agents.
Il Is the policy of the government
never to give out the number or the
names of the department of justice
secret service agents, never to re-
count their exploits or reveal their
methods. Chief WILKES corps In the
treasury department catches counter
letters and guards the president, and
the deeds OF Its members are widely
known. The postofflce inspectors are
quiet when at work, but after an ar
rest Is made they become court wit
nesses and the stories OF their ex-
ploits are told.
But the Justice departments detec-
tives always remain hidden. They
have the widest range OF activities OF
any government force Of sleuths. To-
day an agent may effect the capture
Of some wretched thief in an outlying
government ONCE; tomorrow he may
start on the track OF q red-handed
murderer on the high seas next
spring he may be the suave club
man and society favorite.
One day q tau gentleman, impec-
cably clothed In hard-weave gray
trousers, fr0ck coat and silk hat,
gloved and gathered, enters the de-
tpartment OF justice building, swing
ing a slender walking stick. A clerk
may whisper to you that he Is so-and-
80, secret agent And II gives you a
glimpse of what the service Is. This
agent can play the society man or
Aforeign nobleman II necessary to his
purposes. Or he can get into a jump
er and overalls, crop his hair, and be
able 70 catch some desperate fugitive
from justice. It's all in his line OF
work.
The headquarters OF the kid-glove
service Is In an upper room In the de-
partment OF justice building. II is
Spartan-like room, rugless and with
cheap oak furniture, entirely unlike
the luxurious Offices in the rest Of the
building. Stanley W. Finch Is chief
OF sthe service His desk is Uttered
with reports and photographs OF men
wanted. He receives constant
string OF kilograms and long distance
telephone messages from his agents.
The number of his force is not known,
but II Is probably about 150.
The federal suit fled against the
National Cash Register Co., Of Day
ton, o., il the second time the cor
poration has been brought into court
charged with violating the Sherman
antitrust law The first suit was filed
in the u. 8. court of Massachusetts
In. the spring of 1893.
At that time indictments were
brought against President Patterson,
Or the company, and other officers.
The company filed demurrers, and in
the hearings on these won partial
victory, and certain counts OF the in
dictments were quashed. In the de-
Rartment of justice files is letter
ffom Acknowledgement Olney, dated
Oct. 16, 1898. showing that the cases
lapsed because the complaining wit
ness consolidated with the National
Cash Register company.
1.-THE whispered tales OF cruelties,
which for months have drifted in
from the desolate bays and creeks
along Chesapeake bay where the
feet OF $500 oyster-boats rake the
beds during the winter. were verified
when A. Lincoln Dryden. skipper OF
the customs yacht "Old Glory, sent
out to patrol the oyster heet, made
his report.
In its first three days OF work the
patrol boat arrested Fl men for shock !
ing violation Of the navigation laws.
Ono captain was arrested FOR attack
ing a crew-member with a natchet.
The man jumped overheard, and was
lifted from the icy water just In tlme
20 save his life.
The government put patron on the
feet after John Mcnamara, a FAMILY
man of Williamsport, Pa, was drug
ged and shanghaied In Baltimore ana
drowned when he leaped oVerDoaru
to escape Three weeks later Capt'
Aide Dorsey OF the sloop on whlcn
Mcnamara was held prisoner was
set upon by his crew. lie was muir
dered. but in the fight ne INJURED TWO
of the crew so badly they died Deiore
their trials.
A chair In the literature Of the |
!, rrnited states has been established |
IN the IHlNcTbity VI ps'A
Lima. Peru, the state department has |
been informed. This is the first in |
stance OF a South American Univers-
Nv Including the study of the litera-
ture of this country in its curriculum
. The University of San Marcos was
the first university established In the
New World.
The installation Of the new chair Is
the result of few lectures on the
subject delivered last year by Prof !
sgelipe Barreda Laos, which proved
40 popular that he has been designat-
ed to take charge Of the new course. |
Experiments OF the department OF
agriculture in "ditching with dyna-
mite" have proved successful and II
is expected will result In the general
buse of this explosive for ditch con-
struction in the future. The depart
ment recently blew. with dynamite,
bitches six TO twelve feet wide and
three to six feet deep.
The Source.
'The climate OF Heaven. has been
determined by two youthful philoso-
piers" announced George Arliss.
sevKyhtIa naeaing aIonQ n muddy street