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Show "DRING DflCli flY GOLD"--UNCLE SAM If the Man Who TooK $173,-000 $173,-000 From , Sub-Treasury Will Return It, No Ques- 1 tions Will Be AsKed. '.i CHICAGO. March 13. "If the man who J got the $173,000 from the sub-treasury will send It back through the mall or by ex- press, the chances are that he never will be detected." This observation was made yesterday by a high Federal official working on the disappearance of the money, and It represents repre-sents the hope of the Government authorities, au-thorities, so far as can be learned from any one engaged In the Investigation. The hope that the money would be returned re-turned In some mysterious fashion failed to materialize. Deputy Treasurer Bants admitted for the nrst time that there Is a remote pos-' sibllity that the cash In the sub-treasury is not $173,000 short. He made it with a reservation. "I have not made my official report to the Government that there is a shortage of $173,000," he said. "I cannot do so un til I have counted all the money $60.000.-000 $60.000.-000 In the sub-treasury. My four assistants assist-ants up to the present time have counted $12,000,000. The work proceeds slowly now, for we are weighing a large quantity of retired gold, piece by piece, to detect any shortage in weight." |