The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-08
Sewers Agency Connection.

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and will come to Washington and de-
vote his entire time to the service. It
is the policy Of this department, well
understood by Mr.. Burns and highly
recommended by him, that the depart
ment of Justice establish the most cor
dial relations with police officers
throughout the entire country, and, in
fact, throughout the entire world, to
the end that there may be cooperation,
and that life, property and the rights
Of the people may be preserved and
| protected.
mo partialitys will be shown in CO.
operating with police or other law ell
forcement officers, public or private,
but the best plan that can, be con-
ceived will be adopted and carried out
to see that the law is enforced and the
best order possible prevail throughout
the country, in so far as the govern
ment and the department Of justice
are concerned. Tile President and
have known Mr.. Burns for many years
and know his ability and efficiency"
Mr.. Daugherty believes plan for
co-ordinating all the investigating
agencies Of the government under tile
department of justice can be worked
out but said the appointment of Mr..
Burns did not necessarily mean this
would be DONE. E:%> :
Complete Reorganization Forecast.
Mr.. Burns will receive $500 year.
According to the attorney general he
is expected to make complete reorgan-
ization Of the bureau, reduce the force
and bring it to high point Of etti-
cheney.
Mr.. Burns served with the secret
service from 1880 until 1907, and was
considered during a great part OF that
time the star man of the force. His
first big job, and perhaps the biggest
that he has to his credit, came in 1898,
when he solved the mystery of the
Monroe-head 500 silver certificates.
These bills were so expertly counter
feited that government officials ut first
declared them genuine. Burns discov-
cred that they were made by splitting
81 notes, washing them and photo-en-
craving them into certificates OF $lOO
denominations.
He sent four men to prison for coun-
terfeiting these notes and a fifth TOR
attempting to bride him.
Mr.. Burns work in connection with
the dynamiting Of the Los Angeles
Times in October, 1910, when twenty
one persons were killed, is considered
his second greatest feat. He was re-
tanned on this job by the mayor OF Los
Angeles. After seven months OF work
he caught and convicted the two NC
Nalnaru brothers and two other men
implicated in the dynamiting. = Il:
1t was Mt the request of Secretary
of the Interior Hitchcock in 1903 that
President Roosevelt assigned Burns to
the land fraud investigation. AS re-
suit of his discoveries many sensation
al convictions were made and the land
fraud game was put out Of commission.
!, Battleships Win the Verdict.
According to the joint army ana
navy board that observed and has re-
ported on the aerial bombing tests by
the army and navy off the Virginia
capes, the battleship IS not obsolete,
but must still be considered the back
bone Of the navy. r ''~'", ;:
The report, approved by Secretary
of War Weeks and Secretary Of the
Navy DENLY, says the bombing tests
demonstrated the Importance Of avia-
ton, but the battleship still is the ma
TONS chief reliance at sea-. despite the
development Of airplanes as weapons
| Of offense and defense:
Analysis Of Bombing Tests.
The board, as to the effect of air.
craft on future naval construction
finds as follows: z
CAY The mission Of the. navy Is to
control vital lines Of transportation
upon the sea. If no opposition Is met
from enemy naval vessels, this mission
can be accomplished without entering
IN enemy's coast zone, within which
aircraft based on shore or in sheltered
[harbors are effective. +
(B) Without an, effective navy IN
time Of war. nation, must submit to
an economic blociiadcfatnl to its trade
and the importation of necessary mate
rails for the production Of war sup
! plies. g. 4 +
.(C) If heavier than air craft are to
be effective in naval warfare, they
must have greater mobility and since
their radius of action is not great, adj
'litionnl mobility must be obtained by
providing mobile bases--i. e.. aircraft
carriers. - 90 y "h.~la e.
D) So far us known, no planes
large enough to carry bomb effective
against a major ship have been flown
from or landed op an airplane carrier
at sen. 1t Is probable, however, that
future development will make such OPP
erations practicable. .rrs r
(E) Even in the present state Of de-
velopment the aircraft carrier, as ex-
empltied by the Argus Of the British