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Show i y. s. snare s TO STDP MAIL .. FRAUDS Washington, Aug. u (By A. P.) Th United State government govern-ment takes considerable car In , protecting th bank accounts of Its i cttlsens, and many and varied are th schemes It Is called upon to loss In order that th gullible will - ' not loe their savings of years. But perhaps th moat Interesting of all m 1 la th method of the poetofflc de-- de-- - partment, which Issues "fraud or-T.. or-T.. dors" to eliminate from th msils - th circular and advertisements of th gst -rich-quick swindlers. How much this system actually saves Investors during a year It Is almost Impossible to estimate. ' In on recent Instance, as th result -, of a slngl fraud order, 21, on let-jtsrs. let-jtsrs. each believed u contain a 'dollar bill, were Intercepted and re- turned to th senders. r When Investigators of ths post-office post-office suspect sn lndlvldusl or company of sending through the , i mall letters or advertising matter I of a fraudulent nature. Inspector an given th ease to gather evidence. evi-dence. Bhoald suspicions be backed . . by facta, th parsons ars cited to ,.Jguva. reason .why . aXraud order v. should not b Issued against them. A bearing Is conductsd, and, if th charges are sustained all postmasters post-masters are ordesed to return to the sender all mall addressed to ths person or company In question. ques-tion. Thoss not bearing return addresses ad-dresses find their way to th deed Setter office, snd th money In-oloaed In-oloaed Is turned Into the national treasury. Very oftn th fraud order 1 followed by court action 'against th offenders. . In recent month Postmaster ' General New has instituted a de- termlned campaign against mall frauds. Especially have his sfforte been directed ftgalnst purveyors of worthless oil stock and lands In th Southwest. A a result many ' operators hava been tripped up In their promises of thousands of per cent of profit to their dup Investors. In-vestors. - Fake stocks ar th principal commodity dealt In by those who milk gullible reader of circulars and advertisements, but many unique and Interesting schemes to market other . eommodltle have j been uncovered by th depart -I mant's activities. On of th most ; recent was ths case of a man who I advertised blooded hunting dog at vary low prices and delivered mongrels mon-grels picked up at random, with faked pedigrees. Anothsr advertiser boasted of navlng found a sur cur for tu-, tu-, . bsrculoals, but whsa government chemist discovered th brown, ' yrupy liquid was mainly orsosots and maltose, a fraud order speedily put him out of busmss. Schemes to beat th prohibition , lw oftn come to th - attention tof th postal authorities. Beveral ' . cne'eted nf Ttowrters tn which . . wstsr was te b added to produce wines, beers or other alcoholic, drinks. Officials bsld that If th. materials actually contained alcohol alco-hol they violated th dry la we, whereas If they did not they violated vio-lated the powtal fraud resnlsMftns. , |