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Show . : THE QGDEN STANDARdIex A MINFA FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1921. - . ...... , o 'SHOO K B L''ORD ER'T (I MAKE'TJ S:M AIL INVIOLATii Photographs' showing how postal employees arc being armed in a determined effort to end wholesale mail robberies and slaying of Government workers. Wholesale Arming of Postal Employees Puts Them on Even 'Basis for First Time With New and Most Desperate Types of Criminals .Whose Ranks Include ers Surprising Number of Assist in Training Three Recent Murders and Uosses of Millions Havss Emphasize Perils Postmaster-Genera- l Forces Faced , Before He Provided Riot Guns and Revived 'Old Time Command . , . j i Relies 'Also on Aid of Public in Hunting Down Robbers Women--Ex-Soldi- PEARLY in February last newspapers - throughout the country printed strik-in- g interview, with William II: Mgran, chief of the United Stiffs Secret Service, in which be said that the year 190 bad been the greatest crime' year in our history from the Federal point of view. Bulking large in the offences against the Government were post ofSce robberies. y there is presented in interesting story- - of what Will H. Hays, the Postmaster-Genera- l, is doing to stop the of wholesale rifling .the mails. "Shoot to kill," his order, o tho armed postal employees, promises to make inviolate once more anything bearing the label "U. S. -A- -: "i ',,- -: '..,.- , Mail." :.:. . ii4:''-W,iW,'7)l"-- if M M ? - ' ' " 's ' " ' ' 1 "' r '. . 4 4 V . ,! D. C.. - arount - s.r rnails ' -- tueh ne 1l .a, menting upon his order to arm all essential employees of the department, "I have been astounded at the facts which I have discovered relative to mall robberies. . In the last yea tkere, ba.ve.heeA thirty-thre- e major robberies, with a known loss cf $ 6,204,000.. with a known recovery of' OSO.OOO,' An Interesting criminal phenomenon which Is being more frequently .noticed by post office- inspectors in the present crime wave Is the large number of women Involved, either as accessories before or after the fact. Within the past three month a acore of women have been involved In mall robberies in one way or another and a 'considerable number have ibeen apprehended and con- ; - - ..'.'"' ' . victed. ' The Pof tmaater-Generhas the ttmost confidence iv the department's regular organization for the apprehension of those guilty of crimes. against the United States man hut hm ta rnnvtnc that tvi an unuflua.1 one. which must h cttiiation met with unusual methods, Accordingly, on few weeks after he assumed' ofApril fice he decided upon the policy of arming pnst office employees, ' and Chief Inspector time in putting the Wesley Simmons lost no . order into effect, al , rrant . j ii ;1 -' .j-.---:- y .. then' seized several sacks of refletered man, and escared In' a- high powered. automobile, which, waa .waiting at the door with Its engine running1. Th machine raced through crowded street to the outskirts of the city, where It was overturned in taking a curve too rapidly. One of the holdup men wis. to badly hurt' that he died and another was severely injured. The remaining members of the gang were caught a few days later. V The second of the trio of murders occurred at Pittsburgh on February It of this year. J. K. McCullough, a railway mall clerk of many years, service, was at work in' a mall car in the railway yards, when the robber crept up behind him and fractured his skull with an iron bar. ' The clerk never regained consciousness long enough to ex plain the circumstances of the assault. The robber or robbers took the registered mall bags and disappeared. The third murder also occurred in a railway mall car, but in this Instance the robbery was perpetrated while the train was in motion. This attack, which was one of" the most daring in the history of the Post Of- : ' A lone bandit boarded a ..rt. Northern Pacific train at Bt, Cloud, Minn., Introducing himas an employee of self to the ,the Post. Officb Department, presenting forged credentials. "Without a warning the bandit, who was a mere youth, shotone of the clerks and compelled another tq bind and gag the ether employees in the car. The robhr then took tha reeistftred mall hair- and left the train at the next atop. . iris loot Included gome 1500,000 in liberty bonds. In a few days, however, he was arrested and mueh o? the property he had siolen was re- ? . - mail-clerk- s ce . - le-i- o -- -- : ,; .Z,Ti.M' , st mess-enjrer- u' " - ; "..'..' r m m m ? r w s . ji rotbr r" f lrtiw ere h and Uxurr. even Unitr th rf In thp Inexc.rKe t$Y.$ to c prU; to rrev:;, a ftwffj Vi ftf rletcj tn ! 1 trutr"! cf comrnttIpn f'$orri lw y rrTre. ihe ru'e f I rln which tbfjr rf. ;trty to e , k.!cm. It waa large and mighty sable rranean atrtam g laser'! ther.. which tons and sons a '. to enter the tntrir.ee uhtU it was cut Mimnvilh Cave chare cf a rrpe. It Just a without th u Cc'.tlea western diverawn ne the cf ef rav. way course young By after complalir.g ' and then just a little t : and begin ch'.st. went In ervery ry-.worlu'e grandest . i cne day he wr;d ch cr.Hl further day ilng a great new channel thre sh th limetw n.ilea and the family look revir. vriU.b! fi'.ry-Ustone strata of Hart and Edmosstm coantita, reported the t wa'.'.a lnrrut-and wfird ancrwy w;;h Is g th Thit query eologlatssr Kentucky? . . m r.a 1 0 r hanging frctn tha c'.i rf ' thrta : V .V. - . mkirg tinea lbs d!cevry cf . lna. Tji reported zl rpread to Cave Cty. tiered cavern cf gigantic proportions three ten miles away, and ernrryo ereciritet went Through th to the afne. A mi'-- more of 'gsJtertea wer miles, from ths great cave. bul here where ihe w alia showd lower tttr there rushes a river cf such e xi ' cf a rr.'grTty stream sme catath passage 's ' volume that Ha 'force carrt? a "stream ot had shaken down the areha cf ntvr clysm current cf Green ard Mocked th raaiar cold water scresa th This mt.r.tA JUver when it emerge, showing up black the fnd. Un 2 ur. ted. tha father and his two and aembrs against th placid .tmersJJ of ' '' ' . : Marshall and Hcyd. t.cwly removed 1 U r. a stream. thr . , parent f t s after atone. Only a few yards of treken l Only such a river, say they, could havs cown natural masonry removed, and tourMecca of a cave wondroua was cpped to their th , avenue the feated great ' . :, d' On rri'e further they f o ur. d anU ha--! and a with over vials. Hi for ist century ' . , . cathedrals.' pits and domes, aialactitea and other blocked pajtsage. Th's h e never been " c.pteM, but in the new area way they foard alalagtr.ltes avenues cf entrancing I and moui the hoi that led to ths lower rare. Oa llmeatona cnyx. and Iti gypsum, -' .' ..' f ... ....... ' j conctivabla Into tauch eerr with wing' which they rpened up as he uncanny ,. ix ?i , t'veaied what may alens t c'.&aitd as en form and snaps. j ef the wonders of AmerSf a, "Th Grand Subof terranean Canyon. Her thf water has cut SceVj Beauty DaxtUag 2 O rnQvoz (mu. nun: cxvitjz In Great Crystal Cavern It way wdown sheer perhaps 179 ff ft. The ila r'.f abrupily cn each tids In waters? acrntre who waa Intrusted with Its execuWhither went those turbu'-en'I Flmmoni, and iTienl Ths rays cf ths tion, divided the United States Into dUtricta, Echo River, the bewitching stream ttuf a?mrref-- r)cl-ibarely light penetrate te with central distributing points In each dis- tltes and falii t1th ths tids cf Green River, the TJ"!h!y carved ar.d there reef. Her trict. Utsder a Congressional statute Of thy say Is not the answer. Hurfae rivr r'gantlo ,Ufed r ar March. 1S7J. the War Department wn au sometimes change their cour; why not aloft and teem to i Ja th glinting e of poiMi thorized to furbish arms and ammunition thos that How hidden from thi ' th to any other Government department upon man? noneerlng tneath the earth. lsy c!T to the light, he guliio-'- t cf request by the head of that Ierartroeni for Collins and his son. Floyd Collins, farmer, thelUghf ' tcy--sis Coilira you te what he In ;' ? U gCh weapona to protect Government propIn February what they believed to b found vcl,Tha Gates f f Hsb calls cnassumicg H t i ridd'.r after Thf erty. to ths pTple-sinanswer the one eees rt where the recently Postmaater-Genera- l llaya conferred .with thy dUroverol pit leading down .to a sr- - perhaps s million yean af rlvrr hade ai eu t Krerctary of War Week, and the litter 0.1 d gl!ery In a tae on their p"a-whiJi th A fU below. l rlarred of r; Shipments lo heartily agreed Cav cyperate. Great named Cryatal aiready tney limestone cf hrrculran locks t vf! effeetsallr J photguns, revolvers "and pistols bgan irn- -' rrn from th-- daaating white g yrurn which bars mm frem Its w:f.-in lading araenal all Government i from 1 I i rrediately from the rocf and courts, in fotls er.owy bangs ovei the country. Several thousand riot guns tirra of the underground p: the awM o.Tt repeatlnc shotguns so I with a Tastaitic Flower Garden A kerosene larap, which ahon and nearly ja.OOJ at abort range deadly I the Into darkness, v. , filjgian In the Mistral Kingiem pittola or revolvers wer distributed within jfllowtsh gleam V:. a few day to mvwnitw. chauffeur, watch-me- revealed avenue of beauty never before . ,. Tl n turrirg away cn?y a few yards tzi coliectors and railway mall e!rki, and trod by man, uniea th atrigirs knew this hsdien wi R : ." tr hide came ths overhaysglng crags, tha gldt frcm here and r arrangements were male to have armed p:ae tiocrm th a dispe'.a by irr.ojr,titp-- "ts they theyvwer. Hardy eip'.frer guar. escort all Important shipments cf were overrome heaven." ef rl'mrM sr.d frlfht with astonishment Many hava marreHei valuable. ' feuVs-T r.M urder- - st the feral rreaM-n- s th vegetal'. wor;g ef , did v. ... ; A which i at no's firat. they j lA re hidden J'3 feet tr.eath th but So end listened ers. their hacstg They :nd cajn Offers Reward cf Ss.oco Then rf men is strange fvr.tasti? Eotr it as th gurgl.ng cf !ti Mail Robber recci For Capture c? th mineral k:r r :tv. Beautiful accwy cautiouaiy.they tit 'ed on. A few days lster, T'oftmaiter-Genera- l whit lilies cf gyreun axdt !n p.!ot:f5l A round a turn the weirdly f.ickering light business In a cooler, more cautious way than h'.s in took another a lii; tream aa step Important cf daneed th sn throush a thin fins cf cnyx. srrsy lipplea the desperate youngster who has rnarfe "P . ordri forty feet A lelre en ona a'.i r.arrsey's Hoe? Osren It is ran-- , after his mind to get rich at one fell swoop or die campaisn against mail rohter. Tt an ll.CC" laucd May 3 he c.Tered s reward" of wr m s n w h ' we r.t 3 htrv' foctlrig. A m'-a- row lnl the !r the in the attempt. nfT-tin wT.ith a of etcept any with he:.!h pot. employe, nlUch gtislened alrot.at.ri light The professional burglar baa one very - In a e oTi'o Inspector, or any rjvil cfT.cer or nihrT crly a lants e depict, as the 1'att.ing crj down t, marked failing h? leaves what the pot of- citiren a ciiUxJdeliver who wouJJ Into tt a great ho'.i blow. as srr.octs as an asphalt walks ovr a drepped fice inspectors call "ear marks." Skilled in- m?Wl robber. precipitately -orderwa brought to tken tramps nrrr tfeorcughfare. dr spectors who" for years have made a atuiy attention of Thi office -.. , Torch HurUd Into the Abyts every Wpoi't emp'.ye. ttrr.es ar.4 at ethsr hiX of the records and works of criminals aro i? irj rotfd lo every post o?T.c and pubUhed s:r.?- -' 1 Reveaia Awe Inspithg Thlegs yrrerywher often able to tell, at least to their own co r.t In the thfoutthout irtrr. vrsptpem M 3 Ve 1 rrest who "pulled" a particular "job nr ths sfvo-- l j m cea'td a nwnir.l -Only Tl.e this me,ve la a'.reaal rf exe"Tb, is j. In was ca"'d manner T.tar.!;' which e rcK the it by merely j and it yawning dafknea. then ar! Cutnir.g apparent. Hardly a day life the head cuted. great ship fret t re7lve-l retrea-Mlater Twr iJaya tkey te!egr.iir.l or letter b'inr rerlved Arctl-- seji, Meit cf tha tnt the The holdup man li an entirely different without rat tha at the chief Inspector's o"T,cn In Washington try agalc. Climbing through ar ennamsd. . bat sues ramss a ""Wh proposition. Investigations of post offic R".v!rtKr Information or clue concerning rob aperture wrsift leads from the urrr tlT, tr. cars rT foiBtaJna Glsclrrs have in that many food. and proved inspectors Ma they earriej lanterr.a and terthet !r.d rr lea when to he la without a previous criminal, btrle". and much of th. Information r r cf p. s'anMy great a moment the hr lnre.xnr only v.iliialje. not r.ty In arrhenj'.n; Awed r a ar cpene-to the pr. rrsma record. . Youn; men from th country . dis- "!. iM i t the water, they Itfht'd a tfrch and threw loot. tn recoveries but aio s f v ta of re Thf St rise wt r tricts who came to the tltios a n artr anchr tax It forward rver th PplraHr t a wl-1 tr:the war, eitherjas a result of enUring th Gtrtrai th f rtire. rrrnri'd the P')itm!r th.n r lantern s s'aht the i:ium:r.at!?if e.f dewnded. amount Hays concerning f an m eferh gypi-.th military rcrvice or because they were at-- " I n gives died and then anting a puldeny grw recovared were tai 'ate rudly are sett tractcil by th wages, g apparently additional loot has fallen rsgir.g w&ters. In that one brief motr.er.t amount one. of the most prolific sources of desperate lnto tho hir.d cf the freaks have e en x'.aye her never saw a UncAr.r.y wonder It say and they they of inspectors, and. fcrrxa cf there young criminals. The ahuttlng down of is expected In torches hy man. .other amounts will b inn by They lighted tht the., he? industrie-- s with rpaultlng- unemploys wa.U rn th dark llmeetena wh'.t ef the rrrt tha itnd llfMrg watched oroe of f the raomer.try the full f.rtaty. Increased a. tiger ha !n formed ment, found many young men with extrava- .icllnn the th be'.ow. In ef the gypum darkneta shap rstimjttlr.g gulf the makes felt Itself throughout gant tastes and no means of gratfTylnC them. . country. ' . distar.f at era hunred fret, they returned prlngtng for hi prey. Many ether 'V more The reckless and unscrupulous among can be pieturr-- in ti varies fcrma-ttor.- s wou.'d lUten. to tho who teil to their Mr. Hav?. with aemeth'.rtr of that eirr.e rtry tha-- with them turned easily and naturally to crime-IesthrsJ'.ed in by bcmt. they J, Tarry roost Instances theie amateurs observed genius for organization which he ahowe s venture-- only pxpsag-waywriter The with the Uak cf exploring other way none of the Tules of the game" which for lr. his management cf the Republican PresS srna t Vut saw no:'.rh' ta a In and uniVi ioal ef he';." labyrinth the tfnUal is enlisting campaign lat fall, years had ben worked out by prof fs! anal cooperation rtes c f r v rr,vr thst another udert ro.;n Then th e!der Covins d,rrere4 H ! rpeninfs. at larte. of th people on boldness of the f re thir on In criminals, depending th trppr UT. H?egr.d thtr pre their foctatp left an citiien that th that fo-- r attack and their wiliingne to take human striving to makcf every cn the ilmewtone of cv above gives .forth tv.e th ni ri I'ght H Htatea th the United pcstal servjee y. ' to carry them through. whS-te, AW life, if retracM their 2n met r s this) wwf rtepa they Esates Untied the cf citizens the cf this class 'of property It is particularly against th Vrtath. reached tier. upper every law aMding Individual has, they II ays' criminal that Postmaater-OenerIn four Kentucky counties Hart. Uarren, a who direct Interest in seeing that the vas a aimed. When it quesnew policy is Che RJye to fenw and Edmonson ther ar practl , Wajr?n th to punish-sttcck sirs .brought tion of matching skill agalast kUt the post ment. enta almost Tl creeks. drainax cAlly.ro SpeccUtios cf Ancfest Trtttiits office inspectors were more than a match V. n hi stream and these subterranean In addition, to the policy of arm'inr pontal tirely GrVt Cry-'Cavern Is a ca- forth professional criminal. But now It has rmjjloyeea, AI7 their waters Into Green andlUrren a pour departure-irvshown Mr. has Hayn The force of aaralnst force. a become matter in th form of sprtrse. The In th rr.aklrg. with the wpp f trs the hasten iwth in another loiportar.t ; Ttiverit, mostlysaucer Whfa this wrr k startej no cri can department,- of which Chief 'Inspector are ard f.ow to a sfeal v.nieys is the head, has through intelligence respect. The pc'.'.cy eT previous potsJ ad bufH th ,! say, but befcr the Errptian Into which the er.trv. Here are e'r.kh on cf ato:ute . C 1 and perseverance built up a reputation for minitratior. has h: ran-.'work th Is far a4 a r.at'-TunderI ii robteries. Th water diesp pears A Into . vano-defficiency which Is surpasse-- by no other tecrey with resrard to mallwas a nearly that to air ground syetm. similar body in- - the world. A Sherlock general theory apptrently tr S od f Lh e t vaul ted V.'hat s'rr'ee six in tt's regton f cf frm any rery Idea the matters to b cf put miht In Holmes or an Arsenu Iiupln, Washington r cf a rave. chmVr Cv.;d u" theycn have ferwver ' or New York or Fan Francisco, however, is ebbing thei mails lno the heads cf L f.irun teir.g ths keJt.m of On Co!l!n. who hid etplored reJd, ufffntin other day decided who without th no protection against a desperate fcoung in feet abav Its found Iff aid th lo rr.s rave, lnvetigal have initiatlv enough to think criminal in St. CJout Minn, who la deter- would tlrr-echokM cave with In h!s Jt'ier Rock home. thrrshnid th cf kt fieVi for their illegal mined to take a registered mail bag. from cf them s a ar. Whr th 'watecu ars r.e-;t and he rn.'.'e. ndcAvor. Thero, else a rrctt' dfnits rcd building vn wav an unprotected clerk or die in the attempt. n cutlet In tH dys WlWTd to fv;ml 1 elnkhet th that rrrr,rri? at least on the part of n.mr PoKtmater-CInerIlnys believes the cr.ly lea. aimcst r?.;;dr-- t to thr wher t'.ast the Jimeien by. buir.e outcrcpp4. gT none of the puMic's way tomeet the present eitoaUon la to rea, that it a Ur err tntrar a stolen from the The reult was to it that every mall clerk intrusted with whether Its money TIvmI was it jstriir.g- - up VKT.1I) .cd a. thtM. wer four d ye.ar to jnalla. valuable mall has a gun and knows how .ones Mr. . I fays takes the view that Uinkinr st courage, he dere.ndl with a, Isng rtr lio,l t sl cf ttm cre, use it. .When1 the order to arm all essential rixty feet below. bePtVy wtr fu&i facta "Tiewcr 'enred an unpleasant cond.w.cn. about hs employees was promuiratcd Chief ' lll-- ' e-J rr-.ch- re-c-n- v 1 ' - ma'.i heu.3 l I; - ex-servi- that th life cf-lh- " ID th Men fa Mail Service Training Others in Use of Wetpons Every weak spot in the handling of mail Is being protected. To tils end the War Department is cooperating' with the Post Office Department, and a large shipment of covered. .45 calibre pistols, with helstera and belts, and. repeating shotguns of the riot type, Holdups Rapidly Overtaking Burglaries in Point of Number together with over, i,00O,00O rounds of amto been sent have all the post munition,, Post office inspectors divide the criminal offices handling valuable mail and to emattacks upon the mails and the post office ployees throughout the railway mail servjej. service Into two general classes, burglaries, Many of the employee are holdups. The records of the department men who have tested their skill In the use and show of firearms on the battlefields of France, more -that In the past burglaries have been frequent than holdups, though with and they are only too eager to be enabled to the situation t two classes" present . meet the robbers half way, A number of of crime areunuaual now with practically the. found these experienced men are Instructing other same ' frequency.less experience In the handling employees! The post offlco burglar Is, as a general of weapons, and it la expected that a regular a professional criminal ordinarily on coyrpe of training will be worked out such rule, been in prison. He works at night who has as is provided by many cities for Its policeaVjd stealth, entering a. post' office and by t men. v ;" . nitroglycerine or For nearly eighteen months it has been blowing open the safeis with one.- lie a technical dynamite.. Ills. job apparent that a great crime wave la sweep must use of the must be know explosives, ing over the whole world, and that the United the amount for Ws necessary been States has particularly subject to the see to be' careful must the and that epidemic. Experts appearing before Con- -, purpose is so will that it accomplish placed gressional committees have testified that the charge desired result without unduly wrecking year ,just past was the greatest crime year the more noise than since 1897. A variety of causes have been the establishment or making " ' ' is absolutely necessary. assigned for this outburst of lawlessness, ' own manufacture their cracksmen Many ranging from prohibition to the unsettled to conceal it easier finding nitroglycerine, conditions following the war. This crime wave, hitting banks, transpor- -' their trail in that way than if .they bought the explosive. Others use the acetylene lamp tation companies and business establishment . to cut their way into the strong - box, and In of all kinds, has been particularly, strong. the West and middle West. The attache have though this method is less dangerous in ;been made by armed criminals upon both some respects it require a considerable mail trains and post offices, often by young knowledge of the working of iron and BteeL. and Inexperienced men, who were all the There are on record a number. of instances more danger oua because of their reckless-aee- s. of cracksmen being killed by the Ignorant handling of. the explosives.' These criminals held up trains, entered post offlces In broad daylight, held up em- - Post OSce Inspectors a Few 'Jimmy Valentines' ployees and robbed them of valuable mall, ' and even held up messengers between post WhUe post office Inspectors are nclincd offices and railway atations. In some In- smile a little at the Jimmy Valentines of .to stances they carried their depredation to -who are able to open the moat mod-pofiction, or etationa landing platforms: at railway t ma n safe and vaults with no other tools offices, compelling ' to sur- - than their supersensitive fingers and an ab- chauffeurs at the point of revolvers normal sense of hearing, they freely admit render valuable mail bags. there have been instances of unusually that - Three Mail Employees Killed ' gifted criminals who could open the simplerBy Bandits in Last Few Months types of strong box without the aid of exAney pomi uui iu.i Th Htm of mm nost nfflce emnloveea Plosives. considerable-foundatiofor the reparently have been put in jeopardy by bandits, and from cracksmen famous In the last four months three postal em- ported Instances of to taken San being Quentln Penitentiary ployees have been killed while in the perthe San earthquake after Francisco great formance of their duties. In two of these cases the perpetrators of the crimes have and fire, of 1906 to open safes and vaults been brought to Justice and in the third after experts from safe manufacturing eseasoi the untiring efforts of the post office tablishments had failed. They are agreed, himself Inspectors are expected soon to be crowned however, that Jimmy Valentine the safes with success. In" this as In practically all would have a difficult time openingthe .the other cases , the post office Inspectors which are now being manufactured for v metro-for and institutions of local the have the Cooperation police larger banking offices. officials. politan post .,4 The typical post office burglar goes armed, The first of these mttrders occurred In the Jackson street branch cf the .post office at to be sure, and he will not hesitate to shoot Dallas, Texas.' Five heavily armed bandits if shooting iameeessary to effect his escape. entered the building-- late in the afternoon He will not, as a rule, kill wantonly, howand forced their way into the registry room, ever, a characteristic in which he is different , shooting promiscuously at the male and fe- from the modern school of holdup men male employees. One old and faithful clerk which has developed In the last eighteen was shot arid almost Instantly killed ani mouths. He knows the seriousness of mur- waa severely wounded. Tha handita der.. consequently he proceeds abont his axnother - ' Ex-Arm- oulh tnformrd torn a cnml&alt Mammoth Cave Rivalled By Vast New Cavern tltir trvel ccn D u V U . f y - ; - k-- al mails. ':'.- ... "We simply have to go back to the old Weuls Fargo days end ehoot to kill, and we are going to do IV aald;3dr." Hays, in com- In apprehtr-dlP- iim 4tprt the ttxi thttr Whn auch condition fre turl4 phylral anltomntV taise ftt'i chr.rt, jir.t'r Jadl thttn end tht'.r capture rtr.l!t, Kvrn whn ra J'.! 1: - n - ml eni thry rrnl ficreb ircumitnct. IIth rinlrrt'Urg li!nf the note tht the rixora of of Ptrthfw tht rUi thir 1tp Ureter' il'pJkrtmfr.f N Saturaai, "T" HOUSANDS of repeating shotguns and I nearly. "20,000 automatic pistols are ..." now In the hands of postal employees throughout the United States, Porto Rico . and Hawaii, and the men are under Instruc"Will H, Hays tions from Postmaater-Generto shoot to' Mil If necessary to protect the p'frit U. tnd robriesHioccur. IJ-- y ; ' crnkt-nt- r i-- It wlU prove cf lr.?t!meb'. ait-inin hflplng to rcMry tf the5f th I,t M . orprthc44 rKirJi cf prt;fe'.criJil The al y. 1921. WASHEfGTQy, m HI train rotWre iUv tht thy f rr, J the pin. cf thtir lives sth.r in yriwrt trftr, n h!41nr. llaxsy ff thrm prer-UcdrJg this policy ata tion. IntM-r.uiltd'.cts. f nding- the erUf.del ttlmuls r.rfi-wAtrP1Sclln htntfd at fcrrtcfcre. naxn. vn-tnr- f. to rTve thm far tht'.r ly. thst whn the public lcmti ful yc 1 ; i r!m-Sni- ls rttUull.n !e bnvp true conrlitlon of stltlri ant what sups it rendiinvinti are taking tu rorwt thst the x ( cf ttcae wV c?mrr,!t rtn?ac cnmii etalnt UncU Fm'e mslU wtt ay with It. The rrf H:ery of the Uw It ccmplti asl fir rcaek'.nr. ar.l though the trtmjnl may ecp fcr a time he U almoit in te lcr.g ruo. lnvar:b!y lr.f!y trr.an y ta rtypon rrtmtr,t maliiout tha th He alta lho? attacks ctf. th know to a the putHa baa r!M eocnrr y; rm of th country tbit'the Tout Oce end crJminal attack At II ' mfr the 3wprate yourr a thai th r titm-- r prnt:y wrVlng ph Ih He if - U .. a - - i r; i - Copyright, :v ' , V ( . To-da- v. e ' t ': :' . ' . 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