The Lucknow Sentinel, 1920-01-08, Page 54.11 •
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ABOUT COUNTERFEITERS
John F. Walker, former chief of the
United States Secret Servic, had the
following interesting article about cou-
nterfeiters in the American Magizne:
Among counterfeiters themselves
there is a sharp line drawn between
the :specialists in paper eurrency and
those in coins. The coiner is nut nc-
cessarilyt a men of ,any special unental
ability. And the process of manufae-
when base metal is used is corn-
- paratively simple. Plaster of paris or
some similar material is used ,to make
a cast from the genuine coin. When.
this cast has been ,baked, it forms the
mold into which the base Metal -usua-
lly of tin- and antimony -is poured. A
thin silver plating and a little work
with a file complete the process.
The ease and inexpensiveness of the..
Method are responsible for the fact
that ninety Percent, Ofthe counterfei-
ting
•ounterfei-ting eases are those of coiners. Yoti
tlitz-lt=thatF.4ehen.,}�ull'iern:....sily�er
was as cheap as. it •has been at times
get the genuine metal would be used.
and it sometimes wash We used to get
perhaps half a dozen cases of this
kind every year.
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Rtoreuver,, trnaei' the 4314 ii:athodt fill deSdrippivii of the bete i)'It '4U1
'But silver cannot be aueeegsfully there was an litdir.ltivaljty about sirup through the haws rlg ncie., So that the
Ian's work. An expert in the ,divi- public rtlay he on its guard and eash-
sion could look at a counterfeit and iers and • money handlers may be on
say (th reas"wiuble certainty that it the lookout.
was' the work of Ballard or of, ,Bon
re Soe tit'ie.i a single spt imen of a
or of •Ogle, or one,. of the other farnous counterfeit has peen placed in circula-
counterfeiters of forty years ago. But tion. These •`sinyl . no'e . issue," as
that camera has no individuality, and they are eallA, arc the only. ones
this makes 'it difficult now to 'fix. the where the perpetrator escapes. The
orifiin of the work.\ • , '. • only explanation of them is Unit some
At one time through F... es of in- • engraver makes 'a reproduction of a
quirics to thousands of 'tanks the note as a matter of curiosity merely
amount. of counterfeit money in cir- to see what he can do. Then either
culation at the time was pretty ac- accidentally or just to prove to him-
eurately estimated; and it was found self the eualityr .of his achievement,
that for every hundred thousand dol- the'hill gets .into circulation. s-: '
Fars in notes in cirtttlation, there Were . Usuelly,_.however when the, destyrip-
less thin' three dollars' of, spurious : tion: of a new counterfeit -has been; , • , sent. ,out,; scores of similar notes -are
An experthandler of money has al-' pick -ed' up wit!tiit' comparatively short
utost a £i'th .semis: which'enables him 'time.' - The work of-'40running out" a
even. when lir is 1sandlini; •hills at the eounterfeit, of tracim. i.t• to its tour e,
ratio of a hundred a niinlite, to throw covers the widest sort .of range. Ship-.
out a suspect one. • He may. net be menta, of paper and. of ink -,must be
.able:at rthe time to say why she does traced. If there are several • men in
it; but almost inevitably the discarded a gang. tliie paper may be sent first to
A, .who holds it for a time, then ships
it AO' B; after a while 11 sends it to
C, who may return it to A; and so
molded excpt under tremendous pres.
sure. It must be struck; and to do
this an engraved die must be used. 1
do not believe it possible for any en -
grayer no mattef how skilful, to re-
produce exactly u die for any coins.
The engraver *t the Philadelphia Mint
who cuts the urastei• die for, use at all
the Goverment mints euuld 4 not re-
produce his own work with a graver.
Iri, striking "all silver" counterfeits
a stamping press is used, and such.
machineryis too, extensive fur the or-.
dinars counterfeiter. The greatest
safe guard however against ,the cirtu=
lation of even :perfect counterfeit coins
is the fact that no great quanity of'
.such currency coluld be. marked with-
out attracting attention.
The counterfeiters o'f, paper cur,
rc'ney are the -aristocrats .amongthis
class Of Criminals. a t wenty=(ive years
ago the making.e►f ,a dangerous e•rnnit-
erfe t . -n a ...lnv i ' -its • -rt m:eltrti•on -
by. expert steel engravers. But with
the perfection of the photo -mechanical note will prove to be a counterfeit. •
process, the work of years is now .'When a new ani ,appears, +.ne.faets
compressed into weeks. £t ► orted to Wash gton. inti a -care:
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may, last the Secret Service never
gives up! '1 he officers ofthe dit•isipr►
may change, agents may come and go.,
but the aearch proceeds unrelentingly
until the offenders are brought to jus-
tice. There are scores of nien'•in Fed-
eral prisons or who have„ cutiie Mit
of those prisons with blackened repu-
tations end wrecked lives `who could.
'answer that firstt question as to
whether it pays to bea crook with an
even more emphatic negative than my
own.
Once in a while chance plays r a
curious ,part in the detection of these
crimes. A • -letter carrier in, Chiago
was making his ;rounds one day.. when
a -bright pew silver dollar fell onto the,
grass beside him just as he was leav-
ing a .modestapartment house. Hie'
.picked, it 'up. bat' dropped it . agaizl.
Or it was piping hot. Hewaited a
minute for it to cool off, then carried
it away *with, -him. As soon as he
could he took it to the local Secret
Service office, where he4old his story.
An investigation showed that , three
counterfeiters had a plant on the third
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D. A. McLachlin, Pres. Phone 166' Murray McLeish, Principal.
tloor'of the apartment house. Evident-
ly the coin had -dropped out of the
window without thire noticing its loss.
They . were arrested, pleaded guilty,
and -were sentenced. But things do
not often come as easily as that -
LUMBERING
It. is interesting to learn that many
young farmers attracted by the extra'
ordinary wages have kone to. . the
lumber woods for -the.. winter. The
Canada Lumberman says:"The• Coun-
try is erying out for more lamber and
larger production. .Operators . are
willing to, open up more camps.
Theyhave 'the virgin material but if
ati-not..xet „ant to fell. the stand-
ing Aitaber_'. the .quanities available
are of no use for' constructional . or
manufacturing Purposes. Inc'rease'd
output simply reselvets -itself into
getting the Men and in some centres
help is reported as decidedly ,scarce.
But everywhere there is one,. general
grievance. and that is the• elusiveness'
of. certain types of woodsmen Which
seriously internal administrations and
general efficiency in 'the camps'. The.
situation now 'and then has its minis.
plied...recently to an immigratiorr
centre for aSsistants in the bush. Back
came the reply: "We have no one we
can recommend. All around here
now are either theiVes or thusl.s." One
manufacturer, Whose mills are still
busy, inserted advertherients, in the
country newspapets to the effeCt that
he remiired men for flies— i:Oods..• and"
was *willing to pay them .$70 a motith
with board and transportatitni. 'and if
they remain three nionths, to, ..to 'pay
the fare. home. This has resulted in
calling forth a. rePres.enative class of
young farmers' who 'are. expert at
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they. are ready to ,learn. • They iire
content to receiVe tilts Ifffe.raf wage -
and come out in the spring with sev-.
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eager teassume the Weil: on the fierin
again. This is eliminating the for-
eigne-r arid resulting' in greater etli,
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MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMUI.SION
WALKERTON DOCTORS FINED
The Walkerton Telescope had the
following:
were fined by Magistrate James Tol-
1, ton on Monday _night. for _breaebe.s
"of the Ontario Temperance Act. Dr.
Stalker was charged with issuing
two prescriptions to one .man the
same day. It appears that he .dated
one of them a week ahead and gave
them' to a young man who was leav-
ing town. • The man succeeded in
gettircg both prescriptions filled at
-once. at, Stratford.. Ai a result he ,
got intoxicated -and wai iiirested Fre
Wi)1114In't tell where he got the Honor
until he spent 24 hours behind' the
f-biT;. .wticil he loosened up. Instruc-
tion were then sent to License In-
sPe(i; ); White through the Depart-
.melit. to lay a- charge. The elector
was assessed $50 and , costs. Dr.
.Porter was else fined $50 and costa
on each of two chargei of issuing an
undue number . of prescriptions to
two keine- ,men of the town one of
COLTS -IN "AlVELI.
The Elora. Enterprise bad the fel-
&irides-. afternoon lately that- he will
inteout' for e pail of Water, he noticed
that the item. of a building over a vis..
tern was- open ando on looking dis-
*triTieti,.Tilte plank co\ ,•
cistern. at, ha
"the horses, was not nitwit
Bester h al r.
It 'appears thr.t w' 4:0
and ,et. hacl trouble a
weeks 'or moreC'