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Show MANY LIBERTY BONDS ARE LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN Ilctwcen twelve nnd thirteen thousand thou-sand liberty lionds, valued at to'no hundreds of thousands of dollnrahnvu been lost or destroyed or stolen, according ac-cording to estimates compiled by tho treasury department nt Washington, D. C. Tho wry latest .official figure showed soveu thousand five hundred nnd sixty-three person lost lionds. Of thoso more than six thousand wcro holder of omiion Ininds. Owners of such lionds have, liltlo chance to recover re-cover them, us (hero is no motius of identification. Owner of registered bonds, who mnko prompt roiiort of losses, havo nn excellent chance to recover, as the finder or thief can easily he deoteeted whon he trio to sell lite bond. The tendency of persons to secrete bonds in their homes, ospeeitilly in cupboards, closets and chests, where the j are exposed to theft and fire, instead in-stead of de)Mtiting t bei in banks, is given as tiie principal cuuse of Iimw. Where coumhi bonds are biirnetl it is often impossible to produce sufficient suffi-cient (irmif of the facts to oiinhlo the owner to recover. Treasury officials are urging holders hold-ers of coupon bonds to exchange them fur registered bonds us promptly as possible. The number of tho register ed ImiiiiI is recorded in Washington, I). C , nnd u check for tho interest li sent to Hie holder every six months. |
