The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13
They Visited the Treasury and Held
S1OOO000O0: "Kidded" President
Wilson, and Talked to BetWeen
$4,000 and 10000 Per
sons In NeW York

bundle Of bills. each bin having 49,
600" engraved on it's face, and tht
whole packet being about the size
of a brick too short but too thick in
to Charley Chaplin's hand. That lit
tie bundle OF bright new yellow
backs was worth just s10,00O,000 in
regular gold coin.
Smiles WouIdn't Wear OF.
Charley Chaplin smiled smile
/ that very plainly said, Pooh; oh
| pooh!" Assistant Chapman tossed a
similar little bundle into Doug Fair
| banks tanned init. Plainly the teethy
smile of Doug said. Pooh, and a
| couple of blooies!" All the treas
| deputy assistant treasurers thereupon
| plainly got sore. So feverishly they
opened one cubby hole after another
doubling the guard around Doug and
| Charley as he did so; and in a few
| seconds Charley and Doug each were
| holding on their palms and crooked
forearms eight of the bricks" of
bank notes.
Some slight sign OF interest might
now be noted in the eyes of Charley
Chaplin and of Doug. as each began
to realize that he was clasping $780,
10000 to his painting bosom.
Make it 500. 900 while you're
at it,, what?" cried Charley. whereup-
on the sub treasury folks. seeing that
they were beginning at last TO make
some sort OF dent upon the non
chalance of even Charley Chaplin,
reached toward another shelf and
took down $4,000, 900 more, 500, O00,-
900 for Charley and another $40, 000,-
90 for Doug, thus permitting each to
hold 100000. 600 for a few minutes.
"Oy!" cried Charlye Chaplin, UNI
able any longer to preserve his
his tousled head gently, lovingly to
one side and downward and rested
his boyish cheek fondly against the
monneh. 10Y, yoi-yoi-yoi!" he Groom
ed and he kissed the 100000, 900
fondly before he passed 1t back to the
United States Of North America.
Trick Hat Stays in Vault.
The little party came out of the
vaults then, Charley Chaplin bringing
up the rear. Doug Fairbanks was
the first to notice that Charley car
ried no hat with him as he passed
out of the vault. Doug called Char
ley's attention to the fact that he was
hatless.
Sure enough!' cried Charley, with
every semblance of surprise. Yes, I
must have left the little old trick hat
back there in the vault room. Doug,
you and Mr.. Vogel, and all you
guards go on right up to the main
floor and I'll join you as soon as I've
stepped back in the vault and found
my hat. Go on--all the guards and
everybody, don't wait for mel
couldn't think of OBTAINING you. gen.
tlemen."
But they wouldn't let Charley Chap
I'm go back into the vaults to get his
hat at least not unaccompanied. And
despite the fact that Charley's pub
licity bureau issued sCreed last
night to the effect that Charley had
left his trick hat back among the
monneh quite by accident, Doug
Fairbanks was authority for the con-
Trajectory statement that he had seen
Charley deliberately place the trick
hat on top of 100000 in a dark
corner Of the vault room when no
one was looking.
Charley and Doug started out from
the Ritz Carlton early yesterday
morning to preach to all Manhattan
throughout the day on the text:
Loans, these three; and the greatest
OF these is the third" They had Just
come from California, via Washing
ton, in their Three Star Special"
which was not brand Of hard liquor, |
but real train. The third of the |
stars was our Mary Pickford.
"ereatest Actors in World"
All across the continent Charley
and Doug had piled off at stations |
and had mingled with the throngs, |