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Show oo $20,000 IN BOGUS CHECKS FLOATED San Francisco, Aug. 13. Forged army paymasters checks, from a book of 10 blanks stolen from the post at St. Michaels, Alaska, are beginning be-ginning to circulato on the coast. The forger is supposed to be on his way to 'Chicago. Ten of the forged checks, totaling $2,000 havo been received by the San Francisco sub-treasury, It became known today. Altogether some $20.-000 $20.-000 worth of the bogus documents are supposed to ihave been floated thus far. The forger is known to secret service serv-ice authorities as a private who has be'en-advertised as a deserter by tho war department. The signature of 'Elllcot B. Brown of the Twenty-third Infantry has been forged, to all tho checks in possession of the local sub-treasury. |