| Show uku uw ir iff iafe f 3 good work of abe secret i ice of abe govern meni F foreigners tha chief offenders 1 the annual report ot the operations of tha secret service division for the fiscal year ending june 30 was made to secretary of the treasury shaw re bently by chief wilkle among other things reference is made to an effort on abe part of the division to secure an estimate of the amount of counter felt money la circulation la the united states thousands of letters of inquiry were sent to baalas in every city of drapor tance in the country more than 2 of the national banks reported that they had not seen any counterfeit money during the period covered by the inquiry jannary 1 to december 31 1903 fifteen hundred banks a decrease in the amount they had re calved as compared with previous years and reported an increase in order to be certain that the esti mates should be over rather than un der the actual facts the figures were doubled both as to coin and notes even with this liberal allowance the figures indicated about three dollars in counterfeit coin tor each of gold and solved in circulation and a attle less anan one dollar in counter felt notes for each of paper circulation there were 25 new counterfeits de scribed in the official circulars issued by tho division during the year but only a few of these notes fell in ana Is termed the deceptive or dangerous class the makers and passers of 18 of the 25 counterfeit issues were ar rested and in nearly every case tha plant was captured and destroyed the total arrests for abe year were and of the were born in the united states the larges foreign contributor was italy in the number of arrests new york led with si |
