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Show "SLOPPY WORK" ON NEW COUNTERFEIT Washington. Oct 10 "Sloppy ork ' is the general if slangy verdict of the treasurv department In announcing IU opinion of new counterfeit $1 silver certificates that has made its appearance ap-pearance The bill Is of the issue of 1899 and besides being printed on one piece of onion ikln paper, makes no pretense of Imitating th- silk fl bre that characterizes the genuine notes. IS "The thirteen stars," adds Chief I Flynn of the secret service, "that ap- I pear on the genuine above the eagle H on the face of the uoto, are emitted I In the counterfeit." The spurious bill also Is declared to be of a generally laded appearance I and the secret service officials sar I that "It should not deceive the ordi- B narily careful handler of money." |