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FRIDAY MORNING, AUG. 18, 1922.
THK MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
MILLEDGEVILLE. qa.
B.Y.P.U. TRAINING SCHOOL
WARTHEN GA. AUG. 23-25, 1922
Three days will be given to study
Session open daily at 4 p. m. R. R.
time. Not less than 600 people are
expected to attend this school of
training.
COUNTERFEITING
IS ON INCBE8SE
Entry of Women Into Profession
of Making Spurious Money
Adds New Problem.
SECRET SERVICE IS WORRIED
Increase in Counterfeiting Began
Shortly After the Armistice and
Has Seen Growing Noticeably
Since—More Opportunity.
give 2 lecture courses on Parlimen-
tary Law each day, U'or all congre
gation).
esbs
Rev. E. C. Sheridan, Augusta, will
teach S. S. Manual, the first III Divi
sions S. S. workers especially invited
to class.
Washington, I). C.—Counterfeiting
of money lias Increased to hitherto un
precedented proportions in the United
States and is causing much concern
to the secret service of the treasury,
the federal agency charged with sup
pression of this species of crime. Of
particular interest is the fact that for
the first time In history, women have
entered the counterfeiting profession,
Dr. E. J. Forrester of Sparta will | presenting new problems for the gov
ernment experts.
The increase in counterfeiting began
shortly after the armistice and has
been growing noticeably since. It Is
regarded as a part of the phenomena
of crime which every great war brings
In its wake.
War Draft Thinned Ranks.
A curious effect of the war while it
was being waged was that it resulted
In almost complete suspension of
money counterfeiting in the United
States. There were two good reasons
for this. First, native-born Ameri
cans are seldom found in the profes
sion. It is a department of crime in
which foreigners, and especially south
ern Europeans, engage. Under the re
servist system of military service
which obtains in nearly nil European
countries, these foreigners, living and
counterfeiting In the United States,
were ’called to their home colors and
thereby forced to abandon their pro
fession here. In the second place, the
war upset the channels of distribution
of counterfeit money, and turned the
thoughts of ull men. Including counter
feiters, to other things.
But after the war the profession
came back stronger than ever with
many recruits. Four million Ameri
cans were under arms. They were
taken to the war from their accus
tomed vocations and pursuits and put
Into a life which, despite Its munifold
hardships and dangers, was a life
lacking in responsibility. No one In
the army had to worry about earning
money for his nest meal. It came
from the government, as much a mat
ter of course as the sunrise.
Also, the very idea of un army Is
the destruction of property and life.
To be sure, It Is the enemy’s prop
erty which Is to be destroyed, but
among many youthful nnd Irresponsi
ble persons the fundamental Idea of
contempt for property rights persists
and makes few bounds for Itself. It
was natural that among soldiers who
for a year or two hod followed this Ir
responsible existence there would be
some who lacked the force of char
acter to return to the drudgery of
hard work. They wanted easy money,
so counterfeiting as well us other de
partments of crime received fresh re
cruits.
More Money to Counterfeit.
Another strong reason for an in
crease In counterfeiting resulting from
j the war was that there was an In
crease in the number of kinds of
money and securities to counterfeit
When there are only n few kinds of
money In general use, the people be
come so familiar with tlielr appear
ance that they quite readily detect any
fault In design or general appearance.
But when there are many new and
unfamiliar kinds, the people are at a
loss to know whether,they have gen
uine money.
Twelve federal reserve banks were
established at the time the war began,
and all issued currency of two kinds:
federal reserve notes and federal re
serve hank notes. Also, the treasury
Issued billions of dollars in Liberty
bonds, Victory notes, war savings cer
tificates, thrift stamps and treasury
certificates of Indebtedness. These
were all new to the people and of un
familiar design. They constituted a
paradise for counterfeiters.
Reprint on U. S. Paper.
One of the most difficult obstacles
for the counterfeiter Is the distinctive
paper on which government notes are
printed. It Is made by u secret process
and has so individual an appearance
nnd feeling that almost every one cun
detect a substitute. All denominations
of American money are printed on
notes of a uniform size. Therefore a
favorite device of the counterfeiter
| is to take a SI bill and raise its
| denomination. He will bleach It
i and have a piece of nearly white dis
tinctive currency paper on which he
will print a note of a higher denom
ination. Such notes are hard to de
tect, especially if the counterfeiter
prints a $50 or $100 note of a new nnd
unfamiliar series.
Another scheme is to take a note
nhd change only the llgures. Tills
proves a snare to the counterfeiter if
he gives such a note to n man famil
iar with the designs of money. Such
a man knows that a $20 note has a
buffalo on its design, hut no $50 or
$100 issue has. Tills sort of counter
feiting has Increased with tile new
money because the counterfeiters know
that few people are familiar with the
Intermediate Manual (For Jr.’s and designs of the various new Issues.
Intermediates) taught by Miss Lucy The same Is true of the Liberty bond
Rushi,,, Macon, Ga., president Reho- Issues. No two Issues ure alike, and
both Association. a counterfeiter changing the denomina
tion of a $100 bond to $1,000 could
readily be detected by one who has
studied bond designs.
Experts In 8ecret Service.
The secret service at Washington
hns many experts who are very hard
to fool with even the cleverest coun
terfeit, und while counterfeiting lias
increased to a great extent, the circu
lation of counterfeit money has not
done so. The new counterfeit issues
ure detected very early in their ca
reers nnd the source discovered and
stopped. It meuns more work and
constant vigilance for the government
agents nnd greatly Increased investi
gative work.
The appearance of women In the
counterfeiting profession has caused
the secret service tnuny difficulties.
The women are not engaged in the
actual manufacture of counterfeits,
hut are confederates in the passing of
the spurious currency.
Counterfeiters seldom work alone
in spite of the fact the records show
that only the counterfeiter who plays
a lone hand meets with success for
nny extended period. But it is hard
to practice the profession singly. The
great difficulty is In getting the coun
terfeit money into circulation. To ac
complish this the master counterfeiter
PRINCE AIDS BLOW TO SNOBS
Interested in Summer Camp for Brlb
ieh Boye of High and Low
Dogreo.
London, England. — The duke of
York, second son of the king, will re
peat this year the experiment he made
last year for what has been called
"the discouragement of snobocracy and
the encouragement of democracy.”
So thorough an understanding was
then established between boys from
Westminster school nnd boys from a
Welsh steel works, following a football
match, that a summer camp was set
up by the duke to encourage good feel
ing tietween boys of different social
planes. Two hundred public school
boys with un equnl number from con
gested nnd Industrial nreas were In
vited to share the camp.
The selection of the hoys nnd the
arrangement for the camp this year
are In the hands of the Industrial
Welfare society, of which the duke of
York Is president, but beyond that'the
society will have nothing to do with
the project.
In order tlint the boys meet on terms
of perfect equality, cricket, football
has accomplices. The general prac- j n,1( T kindred games will not lie played
tiee Is for tlie counterfeiter to sell his * "" '* 4 ’"'*
spurious money sit n substantial dis-
Rev. J. Fred Eden, Jr., will teach
courses in Stewardship—(One of our
enlistment workers).
count. He will sell a $100
felt bill to a passer for $50 of gen
uine money nnd of course no one is
more expert in detecting spurious
money than a counterfeiter. The
passer then may make another snle.
getting perhaps $75 in real money for
his $100 counterfeit.
Great rare is taken not to let many
f them get into circulation at the
same place.
Women Plead Ignorance.
It is in tills passing brancli of the
profession that women are being em
ployed. They make valuable confeder
ates because when detected they fre
quently escape arrest by claiming to
know little about handling money nnd
therefore nre easily Imposed upon.
A curious psychological mystery
nhout the whole profession of counter
feiting is that a really good counter
feiter requires skill of such n high or
der tlint he could eurn a better living
by honest employment of his talents
thnn by the manufacture of spurious
currency. Counterfeiting Is a long,
tedious process, beset with hard work
nnd difficulties nnd It Is rarely Indeed
that a counterfeiter makes as much
money before he. Is apprehended as
he could from regular honest employ
ment as an engraver.—Frederic J.
Ilaskln In Chicago Dally News.
because it is felt that public school
hoys, having more opportunities for
counter-! practice, would hold an advantage over
the other boys at such games.
They will be divided Into sections of
20, ten being public school boys and
ten Industrial lads. They will share
the sameJiuts, eat the same food and
engage in the same sports nnd recre
ation.
BEAUTIFY Cin OF BELGRADE
U.S. COINAGE FOR 1922 DROPS
United States Mints Produce 350
Million Pieces Less Than for
the Year 1921.
Washington.—Total domestic coin
age of the United States during the
fiscal year Just ended fell off by more
than 350,000,000 pieces, as compared
with the previous year, according to a
summary of operations issued by the
mint.
During the fiscal year 1022, there
were 105,996,175 coins turned out by
the vurlous mints of the country,
with a total value of $145,712,742,
ngntnst 462,420,140 coins for the $38,-
580,540 In 1921.
WOMAN SURPLUS 25,000,000
Feminine Majority in European Coun
tries Greatly Increased by
the War.
Berlin, Oermany.—Man's minority i
on earth os compared to women, a
fact even before the war, has been In
creased by that conflict until today it
is estimated there are 25,000,000 more
women than men In Europe alone.
Official statistics published here
show that the surplus of women in
Europe hus Increased by 15,500,000.
Before the war there were 1,038 wom
en to every 1,000 men; now the pro
portion Is 1,111 to 1,000. Tlic rising
surplus hns been most marked in Rus
sia where the number of women lias
grown from 1,042 to 1,299 for every
1,000 men. Tills Is on the basis of
figures for 52 provinces.
The situation lias also been notably
changed in Germany, Austria, Jugo
slavia, Great Britain, Luxemburg,
France und Italy. In Germany, exclu
sive of Upper Slleiin, there are 1,100
women to every 1,000 men, whereas
before the war there were about 1,026.
The number of surplus women lias
decreased in Denmark, Norway,
Sweden and the Netherlands, how
ever.
An outstanding feature of the sit
uation is that girls of a marriageable
age arc in the minority in the surplus,
most of those in the excess classifica
tion are of elder years and many of
them widows.
Zion City Whistler Fined $5.
Zion City, 111.—William Hasten was
fined $5 and costs by Justice W. E
Sehmalfuss of Zion City on a charge
of “making a loud and unusual noise
at a late hour of the night.” Police
man B. Fisher testified that Hasten,
who lives In Zion City, was whistling
loudly at 11:90 p. m., while In a resi
dential section.
He have a complete assortment of
high grade Milo Brand Typewriter
Ribbons and Carbon Papers. Phone
312, The Milledgeville News.
Berbs Rush Work to Make Capital
Worthy of New Nation—Many
Naw Building*.
Belgrade, Jugo-Slavla.—To make
this capital a worthy setting to the
magnificent territorial patrimony to
which they have fallen heir the Serbs
are working swiftly. They ure cutting
new streets, paving them with asphalt
Instead of cobblestones und erecting
new dwellings and public buildings. A
prize of $75,000 was awarded recently
for a new city plan. Fourteen hundred
new buildings went up In 1921 and
4,000 nre going up this yeur. A new
hotel has Just been completed opposite
the station. It was begun before the
war and used for barracks. But Its
walls have been replnstered and the
building was completed nnd opened
two days before the wedding of King
Alexander.
The city Is still overpopulated. Res
idence 1ms been refused to 40,000 per
sons. Prices In the city nre very high,
nnd should the local money improve
In value Belgrade will rival Constanti
nople us u city of huge expense for
living. House rents nre prohibitive
for the native, and for the foreigner
they range upward of $100 monthly.
Farm land within 30 miles of Bel
grade sells from $100 to $300 an acre,
a big price when converted into the
dinar currency of the Country. Hotel
Moscow, within the city, recently sold
for 14,000,000 dinars, or Upward of
$206,000, a price that astonished
strangers.
The best buildings within the city nt
the present time are the two palaces
of tlie king, located centrally and ad
joining. A parliament building Is pnr-
tinlly constructed. Other offices for
public uses nre planned. Some por-
-if the new American lonn will
fra 1 projected public buildings.
Prevent
Outhouse
Odors
—and dry up outhouse
deposits with Red Devil
Lye. Used two or three
times each week it keeps
such places odorless and
pleasant, especially i n sam _
tner. So easy—you should
not be without it.
Always demand the genuine
peddevillye
Sure is Strono r
The best Buick mechanics
and the best prices at the
Buick service station.
W. T; GARRARD JR.
Buicks and Packards
Better \
than Pills
Y OU WILL NEVER wish to, take another dose of
pills sifter having once used Chamberlain’s Tab
lets. They are easier and more pleasant to take,
more gentle and mild in their action and more reli
able. They leave the bowels in a natural condition,
while the use of pills is often followed by severe
constipation, requiring a constant increase in the
dose. Every bottle guaranteed by your druggist?
Chamberlain’s Tablets
Note these New Prices
on U.S.Tires
Sr. B. Y. P. U. Manual taught by
our Atlanta B. Y. P. U. secretary, II.
L. Batts, Atlanta.
Girls Must Not Smoke There.
Media, I‘a.—Cigarette smoking by
young women has been banned at the
headquarters of the Media Swimming
club on Broomall’s lake here. Re
cently officials of the club discovered
smoke curling up in the air from be
hind the club house, and to their sur
prise learned for the first time that
members of the fair sex frequenting
the club had acquired the cigarette
hnblt. An order was immediately
posted banning the use of cigarettes
on the lake property.
Race to Lose Power of
Walking, Warns Doctor
Los Angeles.—The human race
Is destined to lose the power of
walking If the present tendency
continues to Its ultimate con
clusion, according to Dr. It.
Hendrick Smith, who rend a pa
per here on Friday at the na
tional Osteopathic convention.
Trolley cars began the retro-
gade process, he declared, and
automobiles, elevators and in
numerable other contrivances
conspire to keep human beings
off their feet. As a result, lie
said, we are becoming a race ot
weaklings from the hips down.
Back to the woods in hare
feet, with plenty of running,
would make over the race, I)r.
Smith said.
July 29,1922, the lowest
prices ever quoted on U. S.
Passenger Car Tires went into
effect—Royal Cords included.
These new prices should give
confidence to dealers and car-
owners that no lower basis of
quality tire prices will prevail.
Bear in mind that these prices
apply to the most complete
line of quality tires in the
world. Remember, too —
as you read the follow,
ing table — that U. S.
quality has been posi
tively maintained.
SIZES
Royal
Cord
Nobby
FABRIC
Chain Usco
Plain
30 x 3 Cl.
$12.55
$11.40
$9.75
$9.25
30 x 3>/ 2 ”
31x4 “
30x3>ASS.
32 x 3>/ 2 "
31x4 “
$14.65
14.65
22.65
26.45
15.60
23.00
13.00
21.35
10.65
18.65
J
20.45
16.90
15.70
—y
32x4 “
29.15
24.35
22.45
20.85
33 x 4 “
30.05
25.55
23.65
21.95
34 x 4 “
30.85
26.05
24.15
22.40
32 x 4V2 “
37.70
31.95
30.05
— —
33 x 4Vi “
38.55
33.00
31.05
— - /
34 X 4 Vi **
39.50
34.00
32.05
./
35 x 4V2 “
36 x 4V'2 “
33 x 5 “
35x5 “
37 x 5 “
40.70
4*1.55
46.95
49.30
51.85
35.65
36.15
43.20
45.75
33.55
34.00
39.30
41.70
S' :m M
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Federal Excise Tax un the abate has been
absorbed by the manufacturer
The dealer with a full line of U. S.
Tires at these new prices can serve
you better than you have ever
been served before in the his
tory of the automobile.
If there ever was any fan*
Cicd advantage in shopping
around for tires it disap
peared oa July 29,1922*
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