Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-04-21

united State5-
Roosevelt, Taft
N Wilson-and on this subject he
Is a word miser, writes Lambert st.
Clair. in Golfers.
Now, II they would select baseball.
the weather or something like that for
discussion he would gladly consider
any fair offer. On such topics he con.
verses ably and arably. or living
first men of the nation he probably
knows more and say less than n
man In this country.
Wherever the president has been
during his term of office in the last II
years, at work or play, on land or sea,
afoot or horseback. Sloan generally
has been ct his elbow. Yet few PEG.
pie know him by sight, for his Job Is
to be never noticeable and to keep his
eyes pen and his mouth shut. In
Wa%shington's official circles. where he
is best known, he is Jimmie" Sloan,
a~ble-bodied gentleman. :
When l l~earned--not from him
that he had received fiattering offers
for lectures. I asked him why he did
not accept. He grinned and said:
It's not for me; I'm q working
man"
That explains why Sloan has made
so good on his job that three presi.
dents have retained him without ask
ing his politics. He Knows his work
and he likes 1t. He Is a born protect
or. His father before him was sheriff
of Vernilion county, Illinois, and when
he died he was in the employ OF a rail.
road as a special officer. A brother,
Henry, was a deputy sheriff, and later,
in the Illinois state fire marshal's Of
nee, he made an enviable record. The
hrst time l ever saw Sloan was back
in 1890, out In Danville, III. He was a
deputy sheriff, but wore only a small
star.
Within three years / began to read
In the newspapers that Sloan had
reached the White House, via the &c.
cret service, SO I Just naturally had
to Drag around our town about seeing
him face to face. Something told me
then that Sloan no longer was lacking
In regalia. / pictured him as being
dressed Xix a military aid with
sword swinging around when he
walked and making his left leg all
black and blue. Again, when I re-.
hected that he really was a high grade
detective 1t occurred to me that posi-
bly, he had six or eight sets of false
Whfskers to help keep his identity Sc
cret 80 hat he could slip into an.
archists' meetings and learn their
plans.
Time came when / saw him on duty
In the White House, and I never was
more surprised. I asked for Sloan and
he was pointed out right away. He
sat just outside the presidents ONCE,
and he was dressed like a business
man rather than a soldier or a Hawk.
shaw. He was the best tailored and
best groomed man In sight. II he wore
a star / did not see It.
A presidents protector does not
work union hours. When the presi
dent leaves the White House II IL
Sloan's duty to go with him.
There are other secret service men
detailed to the executive Offices. but
Sloan Is the chief staff and personal
bodyguard. Many times he works
every week day at the office and then
spends part of the night motor riding
with the president, or at q theater-
which President Wilson attends fire.
quently-and again is on duty on Sun.
day. He seldom is more than a few
feet away from the president in pub.
lie. Every move made by the execu
tive and those about him is noted
carefully by his bodyguard.
Sloan's life under President Wilson
ia quiet compared to what II was un,
der Colonel Roosevelt. Because Sloan
was Of the athletic type the colonel
admired him greatly and they were
boon companions. It was nothing un-
usual to see them trudging around
Washington In the rain late at night
or g%alloping v the hills In the day.
time. Under President Taft life for
Sloan was less strenuous, though he
walked may YRSas d sSTSss :eol' l.'s.
0iycerin 10 q good lubricant for the
meat or vegetables grinder, because II
Goes not leave an unpleasant odor n
eEoushH IA contact with the meat
Beyond conorstA Calculation.
A woman has beuueathsd $1,000 for
h support of each cat on the Island
OF Madeira. A similar provision for
every feline on the Island Of Manhat.
tan would involve an amount of money
too large for type to tell; enough. IN
fact, to buy ell the Christmas pres.
ents your relatives win hint AZ.