Washington, June 13.
A counterfeiting plot in China revealed here to-day by the Tre tury Department.
According to a statement made at the Treasury, a Filipino recently arrested at Kowloon has confessed. to counterfeiting 1,500 United States ten-dollar notes.
'The counterfeits, it was disclosed, were apparently distributed to agents in a number of Chinese cities, 39 of the spurious notes being sent' io an accomplice in Shanghai Tt was stated at the Treasury that the alleged counterfeiter had. implicated four other Filipinos and a Chinese holding Peruvian. citizenship Popers—United Press curred were so seriously injured that they have not been able to give any details of the occurrence.
One of the five Chinese injured also died in hospital at Hoihow, it was disclosed.
Mr. Collier, his fellow officers said, visited the Hoihow magazine for the purpose of securing ammunition with which to carry out a raid against smugglers. After removing a quantity of ammunition and carrying it aboard the Customs cruiser, Mr.
Collier and five of his Chinese crew returned on a second trip.
Almost immediate after the party entered the magazine the second time, a terrific explosion occurred.
Mr. Collier was hurried to hospital together with the injured members hig crew, and died shortly after being admitted—United Press.
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