TRADING WITH ENEMY AGT President Delegates Broad ‘Powers to New War Trade Board. Bri s— IMPORTS TO BE RESTRICTED Washington, Oct. powers conferred upon the President by the Trading With the Enemy Act were put into operation under an execu- authority under the law to various gov- created War Trade Board. bers of the Exports Administrative Board, a representative of the Treasury Depart ment. It will continue to license exports, and will exercise & similar control over imports as soon as the President proclaims under authority of the Trading With the Enemy Act, the articles to be so restricted Trading or commercial dealings of nature with any enemy company or agent in thix country or abroad is forbidden, ex cept under license of the War Trade Board, which also Is authorized to license enemy or “sally of enemy" companies doing busi ness in the United States, except insurance companies whose supervision Is intrusted to the Treasury Department, Censorship Board Named, of mails, cables, - radio telegraph messages passing out of the United States is placed in the hands of a Censorship Board, consisting of repre sentatives of the War, Navy and office Departments, the War Trade Board and of George Creel, chalrman of the Com wittee on Public Information. To the Treasury assigned the regu lation of transactions In foreign exchange and exportation of gold or sliver coln under license, and enforcement of the law's pro vision against transmission to the enemy of information by any other means regular mails, The Treasury thorized to license Insurance or reinsur ance companies of the enemy or ally of the enemy doing business within the United Btates, Regulation controlled Censorship and is than also is an of the use of or patents for the war, and of the granting or f enemy owned ‘ publication of patents con taining Information valual'e to the enemy, Is given to the Federal Trade Commi sion Foreign Language Papers, The Post supervision o language this authority has been receiving application and n issuing them before 1 day, Orctol 16, date the law becomes effective. All such except those granted licenses are required under penalty to file with thelr local post masters before publication true translation of all matter peralning to United Govermmnent or the Governments of any other nation at war. The same section of the law makes it unlawful to eclreulate in any manner matter made nnmallable by the Espionage The President's order defles powers of the allen Property Custodian to act as trustee for all enemny property within the United States or to issue licenses exempt Ing enemy companies from his supervision An appointment for this position will be made soon. The Secretary of State is empowered to Hicense the transportation of enemies to or from the United States through the existing passport means. The Becretory of Com merce will retain his present authority to review the decisions of customs collectors refusing clearances to vessels carrying car goes In violation of the Trading With the Enemy Act. Personnel Of War Trade Board, The new War Trade Board is to cor sist of Vance C. McCormick, chairman rep resenting the Secretary of State: Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor, rpresenting the Secretary Agriculture; Thomas D. Jones, represent Ing the Secretary of Commerce: White. representing the Food Administra tor; Frank C. Munson, representing the Shipping Board; and a representative of master-General is entrusted with ver and f foreign g of newspapers anticipation of 1H nein mneensis In 8 for | CORON wi hegl es or the the provisi f Mi © papers Ntates act. the AE —————————————— ——— ———————— the United Btates through «8 agency of branch office, or otherwise, whick shall make application within 30 days of Octo ber 6, 1017." (The date the act was ap proved.) Censorship Power Complete, The Censorship Board is entrusted with the “censorship of communication by malt cable, radio or other means of, transmission passing between the United States and any foreign country from the to time specified by the President, or cartded by any vessel or other means of transportation touching at any port, place or territory of the United States and bound to or from any forelgo country,” Among the most important and far-reach ing of the provisions of the eneiny act, says an official statement explaining the law, “are those dealing with the taking over by this Government of the custody and control of ‘enemy’ property within the United States, | "The property affected by these provis- fons is that which is located in the United States and belongs to any person or cor- poration that is an ‘enemy’ or ‘ally of enemy’ within the definition of the aél re. ferred to above, except those licensed to continue doing business in the United | States. German subjects and the subjects | of her allies resident in the United States do not, from the mere fact of their na- | tionality, fall within these definitions. The i act makes it the duty of every concern within the United States issuing shares of | stock within 00 days after the approval of the act to report to the Allen Property Custodian the pames of such of Its officers, directors and stockholders as are known to be or reasonably believed to be ‘enemies’ or ‘allies of enemy,’ and the amount of stock or shares owned by each Tabs On All Enemy Business. act provides in addition, severe peunities, that every pérson in the United States holding a property for an ‘enemy’ or ‘ally of enemy,’ or for any per son whom he may have reasonable cause to belleve to be an ‘enemy’ or ‘ally of enemy’ must report the fact to the Allen Property Custodian within 30 days after the passage of the act Ro auy person in the United States indebted In any way to an ‘enemy’ or ‘ally of enemy, or to a person whom he may have reasonable cause believe to be an ‘enemy’ or ‘ally of engmy,’ must make a similar report.’ The Alien Property Custodian may re. {quire a transfer to himself of any prop erty held for or debt owed to an enemy or enemy aliy, and any person so holding any property or owing any money may transfer su property or pay such money to the custod! with his consent Property transferred “The under nlsg to ®ir 4 in or to money war and thew dealt with as direct, invested and held in such form The President has delegated torney General the power to dire ast enemy property todian, upon interested the end of the shall be Congress money may in Liberty to the At t the pay ini: claim ment of the con an “ens r Any person regard y resides within mi” o renan Empire or the terri eR, or that o« 1 @ F forces is expressly mad ¢ of vunemy” by f $ the & Le United States remain are regarded lies of an enemy.” ally of enemy” United ¥ for a license to the United States within November J may tinge to do Bome Aliens Exempt, fs of sent of German in the business oon “The slone,™ be to German which are doing States through anch such Insurance reinsurance Such an ‘enemy’ or ‘ally of enemy’ may con tinue doe business within the States until su applications are upon.” main these the provi. sya, i Con jusiness Uv or to eh apply to Germans, Austrians, Turks, Bulgarians doing business States and having no business connections with interests actually operating In Germany i or her aliled countries. Thus, thousands of alien enemies having small business es tablishments In the United States need not apply for license to continue operation un less they have dealing with companies bav- Ing connections io “enemy” or “ally of enemy” territory. The act authorizes the President to declare all these alien epemies subjet to license regulations, but has not extended the provisions to these persons by his order CHICAGO WINS WORLD'S TITLE. i in Captures Fourth Game From New York With Faber On Mound. named. All but the Treasury representa tive are now members of the Exports Ad ministrative Board, whose work hereafter will be done by the Bureau of Exports of the War Trade Board. The name of the present Export Counedl In changed to War Trade Council, with the Sceretary of the Treasury and Chair man Hurley, of the Shipping Board, added to ite membership, the Secretaries of State. Agriculture and Commerce and the Food Administrator. This body will act in an advisory capacity to the President spd the War Trade Board Power In President's Order. The President's order Trade Board power to rectiy or Indirectly with, to or from for, or on account of, or on behalf of. for the benefit of, any other person, with War “di or vests in the license trade that such other person is an enemy or ally of enemy, or Is conducting or taking part benefit of, an enemy or ally of enemy.” Only with consent of the board may agents of enemy companies do business in the United States after November 5. Enemy touipanies also may not change the names out special license, Secretary McAdoo Is vested by the Pres! administration of any investigation, regu- foreign exchange, export or earmarking or be executed wholly within the Btates) and transfers of evidences of in febtedness or of the ownership of prop erty between the United States and any foreign country or between the residents of one or more foreign countries, by any person within the I'nited States.” The He serve Board already exercises virtual con trol of gold and silver exports. Work For Secret Service, | authority to prevent transmission or in the United States, will be exercised by the Becrot Service, The Hecretary may permit this transmission when he wishes “I further authorize the Secretary the Treasury,” says the President in his law or to withhold or refuse the same ta any ‘encmy’ or ‘nlly of enemy’ {nsuranee or relnsarance compiny doing buelssss within New York.—Coming out of the West like Lochinvar of old, Americans won the world's baseball championship Monday after. noon, defeating the New York Nation. als, 4 to 2, in the sixth and deciding { game of the 1917 diamond classic. For the first time in almost a decade | fans of the Middle West metropolis next spring when the series pennant is raised at Comiskey Park, as evidence of the superiority of the White Sox in the great national game. GEN, JOFFRE IN SPECTS SAMMIES. French Marshal, American Field Headquarters in | France.—Marshal Joffre inspected the {| American troops Monday. General | Pershing was his guide. Everyone of the different units of the Sammies | went through their best paces for the idol of the French pollus, AMERICAN SHIP SUBMARINED. | Nine Of Crew Of Steamer Luckenback Missing. New York.-~The American steamer | Lewis Luckenback has been sub. | marined off the French coast and nine | of her crew are missing, according to | information received by the owners here. . A ——— — | WILSON TO BACK THE WEBB BILL Administration To Push Measure Legalizing Combinations. Washington-~The full power of the administration to secure early passage | of the Wabb Export Bill at the next | sassion of Congress was promised by President Wilson to Senator Myers, of | Montana. The Webb bill will legalize combinations of American exporters for foreign trade. [ROYER One Man Killed and Five Injured in U-Boat Attack. THE VESSEL NOT SUNK Damaged Warship Returns To Port. Gunner's Mate Ingram, Of Ala- bama, Blown Overboard By Explosion, Washington.—An American destroy- er on patrol duty in the war zone was torpedoed by an enemy submarine and had one man killed and five wounded. She managed to make port in spite of severe damage. U-Boat Probably Escaped, Vice-Admiral Sims cabled a report of the incident to the Navy Depart. ment. He gave but few details, but it is assumed there was no fight and that the U-boat made good her escape after launching a torpedo without showing herself. Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram was the man killed, He was blown overboard by the explosion and body was not recovered. None of the wounded were serfously hurt. In accordance Crecy concerning his with the policy of s« American naval op place of the encounter, First Warship Hit This the first warship has been hit since the war began voying troops and mer engaged to is by the enemy Destroyers con- chauntmen h and accounted for some submarines are have of patrolling the European them Hh ne i RGIS the st undoubts of an encounter been hen many has rd, pone { shot been il ii Naval gun crews on arn merchantmen ‘have not nate. Many of abandon their them Charges after gn boats, usualls a office; lives, while pedo attack, and men have men one lost their fs now are in German pri Navy Has Lost 17 Men. all sixteen on cami fra " 08 one only ng forces actually In the and America’s fig ed in action. Lieut, manding gun steamer Vacuum, were the first on list. In addition merchantmen navy has men-—the hti Clarence C. Thomas, crew the tan) and four of his mon the navy's casualty on In- } he of the lost Mate to men Gunner's and lives at the French front. Destroyer Taken Unawares. Naval officers do not doubt that the torpedoed destroyer was taken un awares by the chance to bring her guns into play. They think it probable that the U-boat, cruising in =earch of merchant tims, stumbled upon the patrolling de gtroyer and was fortunate enough to get into position to launch a torpedc and dive to safety more than her periscope. It Is believed, too, that the destroyer must have been steaming slowly over her beat, for at top speed these craft present an almost unhittable target to the submarine. FORMER ENSIGN HELD. Wm. J. Dunbar, Detained As Possible Spy, Dropped From Naval Reserve. Washington. Navy Department rec. ords show that Willlam J. Dunbar, ar- rested In New York as a possible EpY, was enroiled as an ensign in the Naval Reserve in the New York district until about when his name was dropped Department of Justice officials found he had made conflicting statements as to his place of birth. It is understood Dunbar said in his application for enrollment in the Naval Reserve that he was born in St Paul, when he was, in fact, a native of Hamburg, Germany. Immediately after he had been drop- ped from the reserve Dunbar sought to enlist in the army and his arrest followed, When war was declared, command. ants of the naval districts were author ized to enroll men up to the rank of ensign in that service for coast patrol or other work. Dunbar secured his rating before a new rule was issued requiring examinations and commis soning by the department. AMERICA TO PARTICIPATE. Conference Of Allied Nations To Be Held In Paris Washington, — While official an- nouncement fe being withheld, it is practically certain that the United States will be represented at the com Ing conference of all the nations at war against Germany, which probably will be held in Paris Secretary Lansing authorized the statement that KR had definitely been decided (hat there would be a conference and that the United States was considering participating In it with tha possibility that it would be decided t6 do so. two weeks ago, because Somewhere in the 1, 5. Lo - ys ——— sion Ey oe v A WAR ZONE OF U. 5. COAST ‘Germany May Try to Bring Her Submarines Here. —————— 'U. 3. WARSHIPS INFORMED { Reported Intention Of Germany To Declare Coasts Of the United States, Canada and Cuba a War Zone May Be Only a Ruse. Vashington Greatest importance he brief wireless age picked ug Berlin by the British Admi serting that is expected sh ts of ti United St: Can and Cubs p from | press mes: raity as fo declare AIA id) the coas ada have usually been follow announcement from the ment tl this fa ant of important hostile enti il mean nd arines many Coast Wa 1at possibly When the ton it was suggests ching Ad Atlantic ed conference reached ff +5 mir Battleship Fleet, who h London i may have brought with him soms inkling Germany's Secretary Daniels, when asserted that al Mayo, commanding as just return 1e naval con inten | tione com. municated this | press dispatch was his first inkling of i such an intention on part of the German government The wireless from Berlin may be a i naval bluff intended to throw a scare ! into public opinion on this side of the | Atlantic, or may be a war ruse thrown j out for the purpose of trying to inter with the steady movement of | American troap transports to France | Bo far as constant watchfulness Is | concerned, the threat will not greatly | alter the situation, for the warships | patroling the coast have been instruct dd to act 6n the theory that German | raiders or submarines may show up most unexpectedly. There have been repeated reports that submarines had approached the coast. These have never been substantiated. of with, the ow 4 { fere MAIL CENSORS NAMED. Robert L. Maddox and Edward Sisson On Board. Washington. —American censorship of mails, Postmaster-General Burleson announced, will be limited to mail pass- { ing between the United States and cer | tain countries to be designated by the i i and will not duplicate any { phase of the elaborate censorship sys. tem already ¥ the British and French Governments. President, operated by UNCLE SAM'S BIG SHOE ORDER. Contracts For 7,000,000 Pairs—Ex- penditure Of $32,550,000. Washington. — The greatest order ever placed for Army shoes has been given by the War Departraent through contracts just completed, $32,550,000, Thiz enormous order has throughout the country. U. 8. FLOUR CHE AP IN BRITAIN, America, Despite Ship Charges. Washington. -- American flour in England, despite the high transporta- $12.50 for a barrel of 280 pounds, or 57 per cent. less than the same flour in the United States. American flour in this country sells around $13 or $14 a barrel of 186 pounds, U-BOATS BAG 10 VESSELS. 12 Large, Six Small and One Fishing Boat British Loss. London. — Twelve British merchant vestels of over 1.600 tone were sunk by mine or submarine in the last week, according to the statement of the Delite ish Admiralty. Six vessels under 1.600 tons and one fishing vessel wore sunk. HARFORD SITE TAKEN OVER President Wilson Issues Froy- ing Ground Proclamation. —————— MAY CHRISTEN IT ABERDEEN Acres—Farmers In the Territory Will Be Given Ample Time To Harvest Their Crops. Washington proclamation Eeneraily know avd ail’ . " & and Mail's Crossing As a matier President and prociamation is only President, War, on next take possession 03 whose owners owder Neck purchased, a will 84 5 1 be in t 10 concentrated he hands of a few owners, who have been willing to sell have already and who given for: the War is and a officers of h permission to the Department to enter on 10 make ©37 the surveys 3 ailroad pur which will run from the Pennsyi vania tracks into the proving ground No name has been selected for the ground, but probably be known as the Aberdeen Proving Ground. It i= not a of the present plan to use the proving til i as vel it part i 3 ground as a training school for ar lery officers, but it may be done inc dentally as the general plan is develop ed War Department will be devoted and preparing testing grounds ranges for the munitions to be tested The tract includes about acres. It runs irregularly about miles from east to west, and i= about 35,000 of it is water. While the proclamation fixed Octo ver 20 as the date which cannot be procured by purchase will be taken over by the Secretary of War there ig no intention of dispossess] any residents sat farmer will be given on which Jland ia that time ample Every time to live stock, farming implement: household goods and all factories can continue at work on supplies on lands Indeed, it is promised by the War De partinent that many need not leave | their present homes before December The government fully appreciates the sacrifice it is demanding, and will exer | cise the greatest forbearance and pati ence, The President’s proclamation makes | provision for acquiring the land whose | owners are not able to reach satisfac tory prices with the government. A commission will be appointed by See | retary Baker, before which all per | sons whose interests are affected may | appear to obtain compensation. The | government's agent: will be instructed {10 deal generously with such claim ants. When the House of Represen: i tatives struck the original appropria- | ton of $3,000,000 from the bill, Sen. | ator John Walter Smith had it restored | and Increased in the Senate to $7,000, { 000, in order that every one who suf. | fered loss or injury of any kind would {be amply compensated. In the event { of irreconcilable differences between (the claimants and the government's | commissioners, the latter will fix a» i | price, of which threefourths will be ' Immediately paid to the claimant, and | the claimant will be permitted to sue | the government in the Court of | Claims for the settlement of his claim. SAILORS MUTINY Refuse fo Serve on Them and ' Throw Officer Into Sea. | GERMANS FIGHT AUSTRIANS and Clashes Between Austrian Sailors and the Crews Of the German Submarine Fleet At Pola. Mutiniee In the Austrian Navy { Amsterdam. —A mutiny among Ger | man the Belgian port of | Ostend who refused to go on board | submarines is reported by the Bel | giech Dagblad. The NeWEPADEr Says | an officer was thrown into the sea and that 20 mutineers in | handcuffs to Bruges, rallnre at were removed % received here report mutinies n the Austrian Navy and clashes be tween Austrian the German s Pola, i have and of ubmarine fleet which officers on both sides been killed and who are have been sailors Crews based at in said to ” § $9804 0 COLEBION over the a decision the German attempts of to change | flotilla {| Aus news, it base of Despite the the trian Admiralty to the reached t of Berne. The said to have oft | the clash wi revolted ment of Crews was caused by conduct of the latter The dispatches ween the Aust became so alar EUres currencs move the German from the Austrian ba » (¢ submarine crews-—created a _ sensation among A am or among ail officials who uation with mutinies i merican nav 4 and rs other have been watchin expectation since the German fleet days ago The first signs of mutiny in tl man fleet were nificant, since, endured little paigning however, the first were in a few Tse reported e Ger. gig- as ship of cam- from abroad, ie opinion of Ameri- can naval officers that it probably was due, In part at least, to the drafting of seamen for submarine Crews, a service which has come to hold terrors for the German seaman because of the inflexible British policy of never mak | ing any announcement whatever of | the fate of captured or lost crews of the German submersibles his sus- pense ag to the fate of comrades who | 80 out never to be heard of again was | expected to undermine the morale of {| the navy. {| Clashes between German and Aus- | trian crews are regarded in naval cir { cles here as adding much sagnificance to the situation, particularly when con- sidered in the light of the extreme situation of Austria, whose fighting forces are at the point of exhaustion. =a unlike ie re rded as most the army, it na F ¢ . of tk rd Dispatches r nfirm t} coni I & GERMANS SOON RECAPTURED. | Two Escaped From Ange! island De- tention Camp In Boat. San Francisco.—Two German aliens | who escaped in a boat from a deten- { tion camp on Angel Island, in San | Francisco Bay, were captured within a few hours after their disappearance. | The men, officers of seized merchant vessels, were returned to Angel Island. | They were Capt. C. Brauch and Lo {| renzo Lau, an engineer. WINTER HITS THE NORTHLAND. | Railroad Traffic and Wire Communica. tion interrupted. Fargo, N. D.—Railroad traffic and telegraph and telephone communica tion in North Dakota was seriously hampered as a result of the snow, whipped by a strong wind. Trains were reported from four to twelve hours late. The shortage of coal in some cities was declared to be acute. CONGRESSMEN GO TO EUROPE. Ten Leave For Unofficial Visit Te Allied Capitals and Fronts. Washington.—Ten members of Con- gress, traveling in unofficial capacity, but carrying special passports ar ranged for by the State Department, are on the way to Europe to visit the war fronts and fraternize with the par. Hamentary representatives of the Allies, ne nisms, U. 8, ARMY PATROL FIRED ON. Mexicans Shoot Across Rio Grande. : No One Hurt. Marfa, Tex-Armed Mexicans fired upon an American army patrol at San Jose, 60 miles south of here on the Rio Grande, according to a report here. The fire was returned, but no one was known to have been hit.
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