Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1918 — Counterfeiter Shortage Another Result of War: [ARTICLE]

Counterfeiter Shortage Another Result of War:

Washington. The war has ; caused a shortage even of cqun- ; terfeiters. The spurious ten-dollar note, : the fashioning of which was the : favorite indoor sport of a group : of skilled imitators, has prac- : tically disappeared, it. was said : by secret service operatives, who : are inclined to the belief that : the slump is directly due to the : war. It was thought that the ■ foreign members of these bands : had been rounded up in the ■ mobilization of reservists, and j that the Americans had been ■ taken in the draft. However, ; secret service operatives are not : resting on their oars. On the : contrary, recognizing the possi- : bility of new talent appearing : almost at any time, they are : continuing to subject the na- : tion’s paper currency to the : closest scrutiny. •