The Washington times., 1912-01-31

a standard OF length from a London
Instrument maker when this nation was
young.
The man Of 4,:iene. called Kilograms,
lnultiples, platinum bars. meters, and
Troy pounds by. tteir first names. When
Dr. stratton alightcd from his hobby
horse he found the grandstand filled
with open-mouthed laymen, one of them
mo wonder the cost of living is so
high and the Ice man gives MS short
After tie lights were turned low ami
while the pianist used the tremulo
pedal. william u. Burns. eminent
s scmSiy ,,s"a Chief R iohr w Wili;ie, % Of the
Secret Service, glided noiselessly to.
ware front seat. Mr.. Burns told all
about detecting-except how you do 1t.
Frequently, admitted Mr.. Burns, he had
actually found it necessary to deceive
newspaper men who insisted upon print
Ing q story that he was In town on this
or that mystery.
Burns Tells Story.
Amateur sleuths In the room !chuckled
with glee when Burns related how
he and Chief wilkie had put one over
on Philadelphia city editor.
1--WE had been working for two weeks
on the Monroe head 500 certificate coun.
terfeit case" said the detective, in brief
"A young newspaper man got next and
gave me heart failure. I phoned for
Chief Wtlkie to rush over and stall the
city editor The chief told the editor
that we were really on the track of
some coal dealers who were selling coaH
to the Spanish fieet-it was during the
war-and that city editor fell for It."
.Groans from the far corner of the
After relating another anecdote or tive
Mr.. Burns continued:
I'm the detective business Il sometimes
happens that you gentlemen take the
| do 1t puts the detective In an awkward
| position, because sometimes the news.
! papers beat us to 1t. They did not In
the Mcnamara case. because II they
Namara case. But 1 want to say this
that while the newspapers may have
spoiled that, the newspapers have bull,
the sentiment that aroused the people In
this country. and has created a public
sentiment which will see to It that the
! men responsible for that are going to
bear the responsibility, and we hope
they will keep on with that
"peras which have charmed theater.
sners. brought forth his old cello
which had lain about the shelf for a
decade. 1t was a great reunion be.
sponsive Rugsicri INSTRUMENT. MIR
Saints -Saens' lie Cynge" There wa,
an insistent demand for more. and Mr.
,Ierbcrt obliged with scherzo, b,
roser played an enhancing compost.
! tinn by. his own grandfather. Samue
| Lover. the familiar. ''The Low Backd
| Car"
Hobby night, now a recognized insti.
tuition at the National Press Club, wa,
! again q pronounced success. Diplomats
forgot for the time the cares of state
legislator guests forgot the tariff. and
more than 200 active newspaper men for
| Among those who watched the riding
Of the restive hobbies were politicians
scientists, Government officials. news.
paper correspondents, and a number q
out t-of-town guests; ~
the lobbyists to the post. said in part
| Perhaps in no government In the
world, and certainly in no other city
Of this republic, do there exist suct
relations between public men and th'
day in Washington. Here are men who
| carry in their bosoms and within theiI
! heads the secrets and the safety of the
! republic; men who transact great al
fairs; men who carry the destinies Of
our own Government and Of other gov
ernments. and nowhere has there evel
been in history anything to equal thu
| superb confidence which public men o.
| our own and other countries have seer
fit to repose in the press and the news
''It is a beautiful expression Of conf
dence on the part Of public men. wor
/ by the ethical observance of the news
| paper men who gather here: and I an
proudest Of all that OF all the conn
| tatives Of the press in Washington. no
one single confidence has ever been be
trayed."