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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1911)
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, EDFOED, OREaOX, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1911. PXGE three K35? V y 15 V HOW SECRET IE I WOK From One Small Room Orders arc Flashed Dally Which Lead to Ar rest of Desperate Criminals the World Over. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. In a small, scantily furnished and out . f the way room on the third floor of the treasury department here, there sita. from t) until 4:30 o'clock daily, a man whoso frequent orders are flashed over the telegraph wires to cities, small titwus and hamlets in all parts of the country, in a code so complicated that, to the laymen, it is utterly lmfi'linjr. More frequently than othorwise these orders, which are obeyed to the letter, mean a prison sentence to .someone; for the man is Chief Wilkio and his messages go to the members of that silent, deadly efficient force known as the Secret Service. To the law abiding citizen the Secret Service is perhaps only a name. The government intends that tills shall be so, for should it become 'generally known that a certain peivson wiui connected with what is probably klloi mW efficient organization of "Mouths" in the world, his useful ness as a catcher of criminals would be gone. These agents are forever and con tinually traveling about the country. They are suave, magnetic, well ed ucated and well bred men., with no apparent business save to enjoy (limiimilvuri. vet. ihov are ready and Hiviiii'T ' --. ,. 'able to assume any role at a mo nAint's notice. Such an agent, fol lowing the reception of a cryptic mes sage. uay seem to disappear from the fae(j of the earth, his place be ing taken by a ragged, illiterate hobo, who will steal out of town on the clinkers of a freight train, lie has lii'on sent on a mission which will throw him with tramps, from whom he knows he can best secure results 'by being one pf them. ' The duties of the men of the Secret Service arc almost as many as they are varied. They participate in raids on houses whe'ry opium is stored. When there is a great public functijn attended by statesmen and foreign diplomats, they nijngle Avith the crowds, seemingly listless, but in reality on the lookout for a would be ns..ab.sin. All this and more they do, but their chief duty lies in pro tecting the government and its citi . zuns against counterfeiters. The average American has little or no idea as to the magnitude of counterfeiting operators which are being carried on in all parts of the county, perhaps within a stone's throw of his own residence. Hardly is one plant broken up and its opera ' tors sent to jail before the discovery of a new spurious bill proves that another one has been started. Then comes intricate planning and tracking, so arranged as not to frigh ten the quarry, and to insure the gathering of enough evidence to make conviction certain. Karely indeed do the plans of the Secret Service mis carry. Few persons arrested by Wilkie's men are acquitted. S0L0NS MEET BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN CALIFORNIA SAl'KAMKNTO, t'ul., Feb. 18. Floundcring in a maze of technical procedure in connection with the pro posed investigation of the state su preme court, and divided among theni-elves over the question of no cuhsity or making any investigation whatever and fearing to make them bolves ridiculous through the exposure- of their indecision, the assembly nnd senate commit tees on rules met again today behind locked doors. "The members of the eonuailtee do not know where they are at," re marked a momber of the assembly rules committee. "The only reason 1 fawn- an executive session of the committees today so that the predi". anient of their members may be not exposed. Here wo are- called to meet at 'J o'clock, only to learn that Sen ator Hoynton, a member of the sen ate committro, has departed for San Francisco for the declared purpose of onnforrihtr with the Mipremo court justicQk. It looks took much a though wo were begging the supreme court for the privilego of invctigut itiK thciu." Ttw itttondjiiico at the -cnate coqi tiiiUen meeting ta limited to Sena tor Keagun who had not been ia furmod of IJoyntou's depnrture. "We will give the court a full iu wstigMtion," said Speaker Hewitt of tho assembly committer at the con clusion of the meeting. Nevada lands, said to have been il legally obtained by the old Cent ml Pacific railroad, had been deeded back to the government through the efforts of Mrs. H. II. llarrimau. Since it acquired the lauds, the Southern Pacific has absorbed the Central Pacific, and it is reported that Mrs. Ilarriman ordered attor neys to effect a. compromise. Negotiations looking to tho return of 200 ncrcs of valuable mineral land near Hcno arc also pending today. LEGISLATURE ORGY DURING NEXT WEEK WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 18. Either an extra session of congress or a legislative orgy for the next eleven days with big governmental supply bills passing with scant con sideration is tho congressional pros pect hero todny. Six appropriation bills, carrying $100,000,000. are pending in the houso ami several which tho house has passed arc pending in the senate. Yesterday not a singlo bill passed in villi jr chamber. hit tie consideration is being given reciprocity in tho senate, and it is predicted that if the hill is passed at this session it will be only after the application of the drastic methods. -FAIL SAVES OKLAHOMA EARNS OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Feb. 18. Farmers throughout Oklahoma to day are smiling today because- of a downfall of rain. For the first timo since Inst August tho ground is wet enough to be plowed. 4r4 rfrNr'rr'rrrfrrrsr . Complete Line of Victor and Edison Machines Roads Deeds Back Land. DKN'VKR, Pill., Feb. 18.--Official i irii'Uoratioii uus isp- lid ! tin-1 .IM ''ill' I II. 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