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Show uj ATTEMPT TO FORGE A CERTIFICATE Washington. Oct 13. The first attempt at-tempt to forge a postal savings certi-cntc certi-cntc of deposit has mot with failure, according to advlcos to the postofflce department from Seattle, Wash., whert- Sahih Sin Amat is under arrest charged with forging a certificate be-j be-j longing to R. All, of San Francisco. I A few days ago All reported to the postmaster at San Francisco that he had lost a ?100 certificate of deposit and askod for a dupllcte The application had been forwarded forward-ed to the central office here and tho duplicate had been prepared and was ready to be forwarded when word came of the arrest In Seattle of Amat while attempting to collect the money on tho lost certificate. The promn't apprehension of Amnt is taken by officials of-ficials here to Illustrate the safety of the certificate idea upon which tho system is based. All tho foroign governments operating operat-ing postal savings banks uso the old bank passbook Idea, which ia more Intrlcato and expensive. |