| Show I rHth HOW UNCLE SAM SAMIS SAMIS IS ROBBED Of COIN Smooth Clerks in Treasury DC Do Who Made a It Bus BusIn moss In Ss of Thievery GOLD nOLO BRICKS GOVERNMENT dl 01 T T f tt H Ih I Trill Ml III lie Tori I 1 ri pont Washington lInI D n I pt i You Yon Incle Samuel has ha been bavin h erable tough lou h luck recently gro yr 0 ng 1111 ii out of ot the loss mu 10 of f i ash a h ln Ii h b betit ii taken by trusted trucell officials o of thi tb rte s department of f th the government U of nf three Ih re matt mati pouches h on no n s fast tt t Ira ran of at the IhA a be Moo between Burlington and QUIny I tween Denver Den r Cob Colo and ped net O ford Sell Nell and nd said Hid to 10 contain 1011 lain bIK the thai latest peculation I which Is I sorely r h or postal officials Only a short while a l 6 otis one 0 of 0 11 III In the Ih SUb sul relieved Uncle Incle Sam lIam of S The Th I he hr of or 0 tl 1 In lit which red five fin months ago loCO In th the ch chUhI hl hi ig uS Is III still n ii profound mys mystery IlY tery IN to 10 the I h governments Ct detective tories force nr the lit chief nh sleuth uth of It lb tI II hav having ha ury Ut d col ol John In log ing hi en oi continually engaged In fer ferret ferreting r ret I out I the Ih criminals criminal who ho took tak the momuy mOil ever ver 1 since the th crime irime wa aal c urn im m milled And tin the then theft lb of frotH from the h f fit St t i Louis which 00 oo nearly a year yr ago ao Is III as 55 much lIch of It r ii a m tM now no so 50 III tar a R as the Ih hix ho hll II n knowledge a as It II was 11 when h the th theft was wa frt first discovered SOMa BIO Bm TEAL At cording to 10 a II statement nt 1110 nid d by byan b an lit n liti IH tal 11 of the Ihl treasury department Ih h suffered by reason of lion hone on Oti the Ihl part of or trusted mi int m pili In nine oases have Ita the th un lh l I Lw een robbed of ir it r mn mill In III It sU siX I of or which the Ibe thieves have barr barrIeri been Ieri 10 and punished ami atil considerable n I of the 1111 money mon recovers hH hi the I h greatest theft of gm gov money was as that of i I steal from rm the New Orleans Pu u Ir ur In n U j when hn nearly a mil mu million milI lion Ii I dollars was wu taken When hn the In thieves were wr apprehended but a smell part of the Ih money was wa recovered roe the th Pu government being belna still out I Inn on nn that bold Another big bl theft that took look ok place lae In tM city was nau s that of ot Harden and Johnson Warden Maiden Rot gut I Ia away a ans wa with lIh SILO and nd Johnson with will I The Th treasury Is I out on that enterprise Some ome om thirty years ago go an Wit employs of the Ih Interior department rapt Capt now flow nowa gate a got lIot away way with about li not nota a vent cent nl of ot which was ever ver recovered died about II btu I a year ye r ana alto In InNe Inow New Ne ow York In extreme poverty WINSLOW The Th theft which was 11 ac se accomplished e in isle was wa another big haul in an n honest boneet em loy In the I t I And d everybody wa wan surprised to discover that be II had haW helped himself U ie a p package ck s containing con PLuS Intended for or lo to a bank blink Winslow got Bot seared out of his hili wits vita U when some one said to 10 him himIn In fun caught you at tart la t Winslow That Thai night some one on an must mag the door doorbell doorbell bell of 01 the home hom of ot Ih thu secretary of th th lb i treasury A IT U Wyman formerly It resident of Omaha now an In tn the th department over which he pre presided hard haiti that the old oW sided as a chief so 1 hart gentleman tumbled tumble out of Ma hta hi bed bd In Ina Ina ina a hurry When hen he h opened tb door tor he found a bundle K the sto stolen at 1 lest len le money with wih a few dollars dollar missing AT A TIMI One On of nr the Ih mot most Ingenious and nd Pl paIns paInstaking e mol pl taking ta thefts was wa that of ot an un old and trusted colored m mn messenger of the Ir who hd had access to th the department tW ury treasury V vaults vaulti wh where r guM gold d and anti silver aliver 11 coin I 1 lie got wy away with about MO ISO sliver silver dollars 1 practically only one on to 10 Jour four at ata stored aw away y yIn time Sliver silver dollars are ae a In lit the treasury vaults In canvas wick sacks each II h sack uck 1069 10 silver dol dollars dolI I lars 1st The method adopted Uy by b Jack Jak JackIon Te Troy a purchased Ion on w M this He lie II Tr tn weight wale Ie and alt weighed a n 1 sliver stiver dollar and ascertaining Us Ua pta pre prec pc c ci 1 weight proceeded to 10 B gt get t a quantity tusks Uk of ot of 1 lead In abl anti nd made Ih the id Iad ot of the tz size cud and eight Ith of a sliver Ivr With these lead disk In ir HI HIlon hI hIn his 1 lh he h would as from day d to l day wol lon n dy during bin hta pre ted Itself 11 ii th the vaults or ot about the hours hour of f duty dUlY but ta seek sack k cos a carefully open on eO silver dIver dollars doll extract two 1110 or er ortt Teta lv I e thom bt with the t 4 disks disk tt Ik This petty pelly thievery went nl on onor O for or some osee years y slid and nd was wa only discovered b f the Ih sheerest ehe When a f t I R S I treasurer goes I out Bul of or oro oSler an 50 n accounting of nf LIst th cash cah 1 under o his hi control must mut be b wade made mAo and nd a hal bal balance bl bla ance truck struck Irla k before to the Ihl States a will relieve hU his hl Bondsmen and n a clean n balance turned lurna over to 10 hi successor The Th millions of nf sliver silver dollars dolt In the vaults vault vaul of ot the Ih treasury when hen a I ais count la is a male made necessary ner by b change re In I I I 5 Is I not hot made mad by actually luaU counting by b hand every evry vr piece of mon mono monbut 1 y but bul by b weighing the bags baas b Bach Ech seh bag baa containing 1000 1 ild hould weigh th jut just ut so e o much and nd If it short lor or oror over or the lb merest suspicion Pl would woud be b b at ones onre on 4 and ant the Ih each ack Ik opened ond to In find out nUl wai aut In La I wrong rn LIA DiSC oI The Th weighing process pr or Is a d by b a nf or trusted I rUI clerk 1 by b the Ih secretary of ot he the Ih ton tion th Ih the caslon H of the lb U f t tl Ih the thievery Ihl r of nt Mp en weighing of the Ih b MA g ba get JAIk n th lit of nf tr Silver had bern been n shOUt about bUI SnAil half hAi sit at atole When 5 serb k ant H Its cnn c n fl old broke brak in lii ih I h I In I ole lk h ii t letl toilet rollel I H ii ii b ml n I b I II n u of f r Nl Ot O cur course th having hl bet hg I barge chrt of ot the dire rl t that its Die 11 I coins ot ll b be ui Us Ul anuS anil w nn this ibis itt AI ci Ut 14 their gr grist St a tr thy they I tf fh Thai r lead INI disk In Sh h heel P P A ft 1 fr w wee II m mule mlp 1 nf nt lh t the h a I IK tl o hieb ni hn hoS i iSter K J peg from the n Ak k alit anI It liTt fm IM e I four horr hort nub nith t PoOr of t lead I I to in melts make the Ih von i I thou f EJi was bl ii n t In the tl lb treasurers om In I t Ii u t tn had d been b f rr for r U tir thi 1 silver art rt hd wa WAa R a might ha forever rr p pa lasS a 5 secret erret had not nol tl il Ii negro nr 11 tit Who wh turned tum lb he b trick tik lot loSt hIs awe HIS sled A a vult 1 the U millions of lt P dol dolI I ht I were all an al recounted by hy hand MM Ms by 1 P ee and nd ress k 1 the Ih P occupying p a force for le nf n f 5 1 ex cx x Mt 1 It nearly a year yr r And d Mr bY b tm Weans sans n H It w a that J ix Ft had bad stolen Io I some x 0 dIrer iier dol Is l 11 Seed a l disks dl k for fir MM hit ti U V dollars dollar doUa abstracted lCK SWINDLE whereby 8 Sam m hu theft 8 lo Ins t considerable sum sum nr if f mon lO ft a UI mU tM v y truth be e called a S aTi gold bJ Ti Th fl chief eliW elt ser fer I In th Ih the Philadel h I t Irn this Ihl trick some years Ihl g appears that cold uld Intended for form to m l La Into shape ha shOUt bl tit II led the Ibm th he Z of the 11 common red brik brick of sf shout about bo I and alid each fh if is worth a 0 These gold bricks are rr r stored In it JI OA tL lat 1st by 17 the thousands thousand awalt wl dot elsie tl as is he the government de do desires de sires to 10 colts coin nn the lb metal The mint conceived a aIr titan At intervals he h wor ln Ir t one 0 of these tb real 1 gold 11 1 bricks blk I and 1114 erected a I retort at al lila his home hime lit Ja n one I of ot the th suburbs of ot f th Ih the QI City CI proceeded to tG work the golden 10 Metal ft loIn Into email la ingots which h Ii had hat no trouble In selling to 10 gold ld millie In thIs manner he h gut gil awny wa nearly Iy lOON 0 worth nf oP Uncle Undo am KT gold M Id before 1 his bitt hl thievery was Wis 1 The Th discovery was wan a mauls mad I the process of ot Ihl th usuAl u ul an annual nual nusi of ot stock IOk made md In every el U UH H tt mint mintA 1 mint mintA A CABINET Olal traveling In is I a as contagious M H as yellow fever It 1 KOCH gee et through an sit al household like Ik a prairie Are arid add at oddly odly enough nouh the th more nOI of ot otI It I that IhA Is I done the more of it n seems ems em emT ry This T comment was wu m mad dr by b on one of ot the th oIlIest and nd most mol of ot government officials In connection With wih the tle world tour on which Secy h Tuft Datt An h he has s tart d lie II noted that thai from the tl president nt down through all allor graces prod of or officials the Ihl extent of o the HI traveling dons dOle during durin the past p six a or right years n exceeded that thai of ot the I past quarter of ft A century Ired nt Int Hoo J vI cabinet he ha continued might well 1 bo be b known as a athe athe the cabinet Its I members have hv ben been away AJ from Washington more ft mo e frequently have hav traveled IrIle farther and ami nt on o 1 more mar extensive Journeys Journey than thu Iho of ot any ally other olber cabinet In Inthe inthe the th history of the country In a way wa thin thu l La III only II the Ih natural result of the development of ot the country No So cabi cabinet cabinet net nel orr possibly bl ran can ln famIliarize familiarise himself thoroughly with the work of 01 his hi deportment department without coming Into Intimate touch loud with wih It I In all U of ot Its I detail Thee The TI details are ar widely Idely seat scat scattered al alIe Ie and as a they Ihy cannot be brought to 10 I him n It I Is I necessary ner that Ihal he should go I to la them TAFT ii R TOUR Take rake Tae scry Sy Tafts Talt case as an In Instance Instance stance Ho lie Is i naw n about abu to tG make mJ his hi second tp trip to Ue tie the Philippine sIne since anc he ho was te ar tary 1 of Ut o war lie be made nad a ti trip trill iii around aund the world before This Thill time Uma he h ac an actually will wil encircle the globe From Prom the time h Ste Ifft Wellington Washington until his hi return Md he will wl have cov coy covered coved tied ered ed approximately lely JO ml That trip will wl mean much not nOI to him hlDI per personally pr only oni but to t U the people of ot this Uti country Taft notwithstanding his h hi bulk auld and nd his hi Weight Ight Is I a prodigious worker and every r hour he h Is l away I he h will nih III be I working for tor America and nd for tor forIt torII It II A few years year el ago such a Journey would have M been bean wholly Inn now It In Is II an n ab absolute solute ne n It made Id eo so a by the con which America created rete HOOT nOOT A TRA Taft Tal however Is II not M the li only long distance traveler In the cabinet cabin Secy Scy Sy Root Hoot Rol has h already taken laken one on long trip longer than Ihan any n other cabinet officer except Taft TI over ever 1 undertook that to the countries of ot South anti and America Amr The Th goed c results result ul of that thi long end and an arduous Journey have not lot yet YI been benn bon appreciated fully tull but bul In Iii th tho years yr to 10 come tO they will wil be he b Ho J Ic Is I 1 Just ju t about to 10 togo toPO go PO f on Oil o another long trip not nor so extensive as the lb South American Aran trip but bt one on pregnant with wih Interest and Importune to 10 th the h 11 of the t lie I will 1 ill visit nut 11 In hI th the near future and aid al the Ihl rrt nature of ot hla hi has h nut nt l h hn n di dle It IH is I f that thai It I will Il result ut In and nd commercially between Mt beta the tM tilted 1114 tate State tn end and ad than tian hay have hll v vr ever r XII l 1 b It 1 U t I nut not unlikely that Ihal nut nUL of or y hoots 01 visit I to I Mexico will 1 grow rn a it I more mor and definite aji as 1 to Ii the I h situation ItU Ameria It I r err r 1 will Alit 11 bv be b fruitful of 0 g lo x result remit nul re the li Id tal tiie and the Ihl country over which Ir nt D pre pr prId presides sides Iden Id E V TOO TO TOMy Secy Siy af of a the Ih department of or and nod laker Isber Jb Is I ii ju joist r about bl cool com COn plating a tour lo Which h ln titi II Hied I I KIte the he northern and Ild border hurt of ut the UnIted States Slates and the li Hawaiian Ual Is Ia Islands 1 studs lands IIII lie n has h been n In II touch louch with parts part of ot Lbs h governments sc that thai no cabinet officer seer e before r eoma ae 11 into nu personal with and aid the tin Ih Journey will wi give ive ve him i l a and I nonn I to Im hit Impossible possible to t blain In I any way y I AND UD n at if o the 1 1 mi n of ot has ha ben M studying for fur two months forestry for lr grazing problems In the thu Ih rest 1 and ami ant l travelling hundreds of milS mil ov VI r almost Im un In roads road ra In Wn Wagon This Is I true tre alM al of f the of the tb II ne II Iary Interior Mi W I IWI Wb WIse has ha ha also a I is traversed I ra cereal all it of nr f the Ih public land nd slates slate Iatt together with wih the len Ito I lit In H a desire to have i hand han lit Ion as Ca I to 10 the I great questions with Stilt Ih the thu Interior de d 4 moat ul d I While h b be ha 1 i e of af th lb the navy un Mr U bus a moot lot of thu naval val I t of th Ih tho country OM on 0 both hoth st I lS of o mU by i 11 1111 ill sod ann M wales I i of It r th the h Indian ome om 05 bier r In hut hutor and Di Director rector or a a of Ute the t service k ice have been as go m 0 eon Iun Int 11 ii i the ts of a vm Cn tin Iress 1 god and Ild the I iii h ledge hk they hate ave a v wW wot he b b of Incalculable ae S ile ris I to 10 I laHr I ir d p when a b hn the thu thele Ih le legislation for I 55 future U I put Into lat last 1 1 K fonn tom to |
