Show UNCLE SAM LOOTE I Silver Dollars Missing From the Treasury Strong Box MAY REACH THOUSANDS I MILLIONS TO BE COUNTED PIECE BT PIECE h Task Will Consume Six Month and Will Cost the Government 25oaorTrusted t Employes Dis r E EnPlOy rCovered Extracting Silver From I Bags Beplacing With lead I I Washington Oct 23 Silver dollars are missing from the strong box of the treasury and may number many thousands i thou-sands Treasurer Roberts has employed em-ployed experts to count piece by piece the 1100000000 which ought to be in the vaults i Recently the coin was counted by the I weighing process but Roberts will not give a receipt to his predecessor organ or-gan until he knows the full extent of the robbery which he suspects has been carried on for some time During this count a trusted employee was caught opening bags which contain 1000 sliver dollars each taking out as many as he wished and making up the weight of the extracted silver wIth lead At the conclusion of the count all of the bags showed the required weight Upon the treasurers suggestion sugges-tion some Of the bags were opened So I much lead was discovered that a consultation I con-sultation was held with Secretary Gage and it was decided to employ a force of 50 clerks to go over the counting in detail This task will consume six I I months 25000 and will cost the government I |