THE FULTON COUNTS NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG. PA.
ALIEN ENEMIES RESIDENT IN U.S.
PUT UNDER DRASTIC RESTRICTIONS
President Wilson Issues Proclamation Restricting Evcrv
Alien in the United States
Washington. President Wilson
eU a smashing blow to .the enemy
lien -within the boundaries of the
United States.
AJ1 alien enemies are required to
register and to obtain permits for
travel under a proclamation issued by
the President.
Enemies also are prohibited ap
proaching within 100 yards of water
fronts, docks, railroad terminals or
storage houses and are forbidden to
tnUr or reside In the District of Co
lombia, Only Germans will be affected by
Ik proclamation, as it specifies "ene
taiet" and not "allies of enemies."
The proclamation, Issued as a sup
tement to the one declaring a state
ft war with Germany,, provides fur
ther that an alien enemy shall not,
except on public ferries, be found on
Vny ocean, bay, river or other wa
' rs" within the United State. They
V forbidden to fly in aeroplanes,
tsUoons or airships and to enter the
anama Canal Zone.
The proclamation orders registra
tions as follows:
"All alien enemies are hereby re
Wired to register at such times and
places and In such manner as may
fce fixed by the Attorney General of
the United States, and the Attorney
Ceneral Is hereby authorized and di
rected to provide as speedily as may
be practicable for registration of all
alien enemies and for the Issuance
of registration, cards to alien enemies
and to make and declare such rules
and regulations as he may deem
necessary for effecting such registra
tion. "AH alien enemies and all other per
sons are hereby required to comply
with such rules and regulations; and
, the Attorney General in carrying out
such registration is hereby authorized
to utilize such agents, agencies, of-
' fleers and departments of the United
States and of the several States, Ter
ritories dependencies and municipali
ties thereof, and of the District of
Columbia as he may select for the
purpose, and all such agents, agencies,-
officers and departments are
hereby granted full authority for all
acts done by them In the execution
of this regulation when acting by
the direction of the Attorney Gen
eral, and after the date fixed by the
Attorney General for such registra
tion no enemy alien shall pa found
within the limits of the United States,'
Its Territories or possessions without
having his registration card on his
person."
The restrictions were Imposed on
frete travel In the following section:
"An alien enemy shall not change
his place of abode or occupation or
otherwise travel or move from place
to place without full compliance with
any such regulations as the Attorney
General of the United States may
from time to time make and declare;
and the Attorney General Is hereby
authorized to make and declare from
time to time such regulations con
cerning the movements of alien ene
mies as he may deem necessary in
the premises for the public safety,
and to provide In such regulations
for monthly, weekly or other period
ical report of alien enemies to Fed
oral, State or local authorities; and
H alien enemies shall report at the
times and places and to the authori
ties fixed."
Germans will be barred from em
ployment on all vessels on the ocean
or the Great Lakes and even from
traveling on private motorboats of
their own, under the following pro
visions: "An alien enemy shall not, except
on public ferries, be found -on any
ocean, bay,, river or other waters
within three miles of the shoreline
of the United States or Its territorial
possessions. ... or on any of the
waters of the Great Lakes, their con
necting waters and harbors."
The section forbidding alien ene
mies to approach shipping centers is
a follows:
"An alien enemy shall not approach
or be found within 100 yards of any
canal, wharf, pier or dock used di
rectly by, or by means of lighters by,
ay vessel or vessels of over 600 tons
rross engaged in foreign or domestic
trade, other than fishing, nor within
100 yards of any warehouse, shed, ele
vator, railroad terminal or other ter
minal, storage or transfer facility
and adjacent to or operated in con
nection with any such wharf, pier or
cock."
The Attorney General Is given addi
tional authority to declare prohibited
ones about other establishments
whenever he deems It advisable to do
o. The proclamation does not inter
, fore, however, with existing regula
tions forbidding enemies to live with
in a half mile of munition plants,
shipyards and other Government es
tablishments, though all previous
peclal permits to allow aliens to ig
nore toe zone restriction are revoked.
Where It Applies.
The proclamation applies to con
tinental United States and to the
Philippines, Porto Rico and Alaska.
LOCKED CASHIER IN VAULT.
Armed Men Then Take $3,600 From
V Bank Near Kansas City.'
Kansas City, Mo. Armed men en
tered the Liberty State Bank, at Lib
erty, eight miles southwest of here,
locked the cashier In the vault and
aacaped in a motor car with $3,600.
Fosses were immediately formed and
t chase began. The bank's vault was
Mown open and robbed seven years
. ago-
The penalty for violation will be in
ternment for the war.
Officials explained that the Govern
ment's action Is not intended to be
vindictive and that Germans who
mean no harm to the United States
will not be molested. Under regula
tions now being framed by the De
partment of Justice all Germans may
not be 'required to report periodically
to officials. The regulations will be
promulgated within a few days, but
the terms of the President's proclama
tion become immediately effective.
The administration of the restric
tions will be under John Lord
O'Brien, special assistant to the At
torney General for war work, and
the enforcement will be carried out
largely with the assistance of the De
partment of Justice's Bureau of Investigation.
WOMEN TO GET PAY OF MEN.
War Department Ruling Favors Those
Working In Arsenals.
Washington. Women who do ' a
man's work in government ordnance
and quartermaster work should have
a man's pay, the War Department has
ruled. Suggestions forwarded to
arsenals by the chief of ordnance rec
ommend the eight-hour day for wom
en, suggest at least 30 minutes' lunch
time with two ten-minute rest periods
per day; the Saturday half-holiday,
and further declared that women
should not be required to lift over
25 pounds in any single load, while
their tasks should be adjusted to their
strength.
3 U. 8. SOLDIERS DIE IN FRANCE.
Wound Kills One; Accident And Dis
ease Cause Others' Deaths.
Washington. The War Department
announced the death on November 13
of Valentine H. Newton, of the Head
quarters Company of the Marine Corps
in France, from a self-inflicted gun
shot wound. His next of kin. is his
mother, Mrs. Margaret Newton, of
I Arkville, N. Y.
Other deaths reported are Corporal
Samuel Parrott, Marine Corps, died
November 16 of "mylltls transverse,"
of Newbern, N. C; Sergeant Oeorge
E. Merkle, Signal Corps, accidentally
killed November 17, of Philadelphia.
WARNS OF FOOD CANVASSERS.
Hoover Calls German Agents Crooks
And Confidence Men.
Washington. Agents of the German
propaganda, who have been going
from house to house and posing as
representatives of the Government to
commandeer food supplies, were de
nounced by Herbert Hoover, United
States Food Administration, as
"crooks," "thieves," and "confidence
operators."
' Mr. Hoover advised persons upon
whom these pro-German agents call in
the future to notify the nearest po
liceman and have the man arretted.
265 PASSENGERS RESCUED.
Taken Off Steamer Mariposa, Wrecked
Off Alaska.
Seattle, Wash. The 265 passengers
of the steamship Mariposa, wrecked
on Straight Island, off the Alaskan
coast, were rescued by the steamship?
Curacao and Ravelll. Removal of the
passengers from the wrecked steam
Bhlp was accomplished without the
loss of a single life.
World War in Brief
General Pershing reported that two
men were killed, three severely
wounded and three slightly wounded
In action on November 13.
Berlin announces that Quero and
Monte Cornelle, on the northern
Italian front, have been taken by
storm and the Italians have been
driven from Monte Tomba, the War
Office announced.
.Italian forces have begun an of
fensive on the Aslago Plateau and
have occupied advanced elements of
trenches, the Italian War Office an
nounced, adding that further attempts
of the Austro-German troops to cross
the Plave have been stopped.
Artillery fighting of great Intensity
Is in progress along the northern and
western front from the coast to the
Ypres sector, according to the German
Army Headquarters.
Fedor F. Foss, mining expert on the
Russian mission to the United States,
has requested that firms making labor
saving machinery for use in mineral
industries send catalogues and descrip
tive literature to him.
An anti-smoke campaign in Pitts
burgh Is reported to have reduced its
famous smoke by at least 75 per cent.,
thereby saving on property alone $7,
500,000 annually.
MOLLY MAGUIRES AFTER MAYOR.
Threatened Because He Aaked Cashier
To Leave Town.
Coatesville, Pa. Mayor Albert H.
Swing's life has been threatened be
cause he asked Arthur Hoopes,
Quaker bank cashier, who refused to
aid the sale of Liberty bonds, to leave
the city. Letters written to the mayor
saying the "Molly Maguires" are com
ing back, have been turned over to
the federal authorities
1
HINDENBURG LINE
III London Proclaims the Bril
liant Achievement
fAKE OVER 8,000 PRISONERS
British Now Believed To Be In Pos
session Of The Complicated Tun
nel Which Was The Feature
Of The Hindenburg Line.
London. In one of his longest com
muniques, Field Marshal Sir Douglas
Halg, commander of the British troops
in France, thrilled the British nation
with news' of perhaps the most strik
ing victory yet achieved on the West
a front, and certainly, ow'ng to the
novel phases of the British attack, a
victory reviving hope at very gloomy
period.
The Hindenburg or Siegfried line,
which was thus breached, was be
lieved by the Germans to be strong
enough to hold back the world armies.
Its triple cordon of three separate
trench systems had a central line with
t great tunnel, with openings at fre
quent intervals, making it unnecessary
for the troops to move above (found,
thus keeping the garrison safe under
the heaviest gunfire. It is believed
that much of this tunnel now is In the
possession of the British.
Pershing At The Front
General Pershing, commander of
the American forces in France, was
present at the British headquarters
as the guest of Field Marshal Halg,
the British commander, to witness the
British offensive. The American com
mander followed the novel battle with
the deepest Interest.
Haig's Report.
The report from Field Marshal
Haig's' headquarters on the British
drive in the Cambral sector reads:
"Important progress was made west
and southwest of Cambral, though
rain has fallen continuously.
"Reinforcements which the enemy
hurried up to the battlefield to oppose
our advance have been driven out of
a further series of villages and other
marked with evident success and
moved along regularly, according to
schedule..
The resistance offered by the dazed
Germans was negligible and by noon
British pioneers already were at work
laying roads across the old front line
trenches, while prisoners in consider
able numbers had begun to come back
from various directions.
The casualties of the attacking
forces thus far have been light. Great
numbers of German dead He before
the main Hindenburg trench, where
the bewildered enemy, taken un
awares, made a half-hearted attempt
to stem the onrushing Britons.
The battle v was an innovation for
the western front, for it was begun
without any preliminary artillery
work. Upon the army tonka rested
the responsibility for victory or de
feat, and they fulfilled all expectations.
The iron giants went through the tre
mendous line of barbed wire entangle
ments in front of the main Hindenburg
positions and on over the trenches, as
though they were on parade.
The tanks started forward at 6:20
o'clock and by 11:30 the British In
fantry, which had swarmed into the
holes made by the mighty engines,
was engaging the enemy in open
fighting along the Hindenburg sup
port line back of the main defenses
at many points.
O. K.'S HOME CANNING.
Government Expert Says Such Goods
Are Safe.
Washington. Reports that there is
danger of poisoning from vegetables
preserved by the cold-pack 'method
have been placed in the category of
enemy propaganda by Charles Lath
rop Pack, president of the National
Emergency Fo6d Garden Commission.
"The cold-pack method has been in
use for five years and neither death
nor serious illness has resulted from
food canned according to directions,"
Pack said. "Home canned goods are
safe and necessary."
MASSES EDITORS INDICTED.
Charged With Conspiracy To Violate
Espionage Act
New York. Indictments were re
turned by a Federal grand Jury against
the Masses Publishing Company; Max
Eastman, the editor; Floyd Bell, man
aging editor; C. Merrill Rogers, busi
ness manager; Henry Gllnterkanvp,
cartoonist; John Reid, Art Young and
Josephine Bell, the last three being
contributors. All were charged with
conspiring to violate the Espionage act
through the radical periodical.
MEDICAL OFFICER KILLED.
Illinois Man Falls In Fighting On
Flanders Front ,
Washington. One American Medical-
Reserve officer attached to the
British forces was killed and one
wounded in flghtln- on the Flanders
front on November 6, General Persh
ing reported to the War Department.
B DEATHS IN PERSHING'S FORCE.
Four From Diseases And Four From
Wounds During Week.
Washington. There were eight
fieaths In the American expeditionary
forces In France during the week end
ed November 9, according to a report
by the Surgeon General made public.
Three deaths were due to wounds re
ceived in action, three to pneumonia,
one to heart disease and one to ac
cidental gunshot wound.
BRITISH
ROUGH
Reason Enough J
I tils wm- wmm
LEADERS
CONFERENCE
The American and British Com
missioners Meet
GOOD PROGRESS IS MADE
Earnestness And Unity The Keynotes
Of The Gathering Lloyd
George Thanks United
States.
London. None of the numerous Al
lied war councils which have occurred
in the past three years have occa
sioned the same Interest as Tuesday's
historic meeting of the American War
Mission and the British War Cabinet
for tightening the links that chain the
Anglo-American war efforts. The scene
was the dingy old residence in Down
ing street, which has served the Prime
Ministers of many generations as both
home and office, and the room was the
council chamber where the cabinets
meet and where the destinies of the
empire have been shaped since the
days of the American Revolution.
The conference lasted an hour and a
half, the members having frequent re
course to the mass of statistics and
official documents at their command.
There was little formality about the
proceeding. Lord Reading, the Lord
Chief Justice, who was the presiding
officer, started them by explaining the
purposes of the meeting and a general
discussion followed. At the close the
conferees reported that satisfactory
progress had been made.
Premier Lloyd George opened the
conference with a speech which the
conferees described as having been an
important statement The full speech,
like the rest of the proceedings, is be
ing kept secret, but one conferee said
the spirit of greatest earnestness and
unity permeated the meeting and that
the most important practical results
were achieved.
The American representatives were
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, chief of staff;
Admiral William S.' Benson, chief of
naval operations; Thomas Nelson Per
kins, members of the priority board;
Dr. Alonio Taylor, representing the
Food Controller; Bainbrldge Colby, of
the United States Shipping Bonrd;
Oscar T. Crosby, Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, and Vance McCor
mick, chairman of the War Trade
Board. Colonel House was not 'pres
ent The British representatives were
Premier Lloyd George, Foreign Minis
ter Balfour, Viscount Mllnex, George
Nlcholl Banes and Earl Curibn, of
Kedleston, constituting the War Cab
inet; Lord Reading and Lord North
cliffe, the Earl of Derby, General Sir
William R. Robertson and Lleut.-Gen.
Jan C. Smuts, representing the army;
Sir Eric Geddes and Admiral Sir John
R. Jellico, representing the navy and
Major John L. Balrd, Baron Rhondda,
Lord Robert Cecil, Walter Hume Long
and Dr. Christopher Addison, repre
senting, respectively, aviotlon, food,
blockade, petroleum and munitions.
FROWNS ON ALIEN SLACKERS.
A. F. Of L. Favors Deporting All Who
Refuse To Fight
Buffalo, N. Y. The American Fed
eration of Labor went on record as
favoring the deportation of all Allied
aliens in the United States who re
fuse to enlist here or under their own
flags. During the two-hour debate of
this resolution Delegate Black, of
Toronto, denounced the United States
Conscription Law as "that dastardly
act" and brought upon himself a sting
ing reply from President Gompers.
$300,000 FOR REVOLT IN MEXICO.
German Agents Seek To Incite Upris
ing Against Carranza.
Washington. Felix Diaz has been
offered $300,000 personally by German
agents in Mexico for a counter-revolution
against Carranza, it was learned
authoritatively. Additional sums were
promised for his followers. Diaz is re
ported to be hiding In Mexico.
SETS KNITTING RECORD. ,
Mlsa Hancock, Of Baltimore, Make
Sweater In 18 Hours.
Atlanta, Ga, Of Interest to the vast
army of women knitters throughout
the country is the record established
here by Miss Jennie Gwin Hancock, of
Baltimore, who, within 18 hours, knit
a regulation army sweater. The only
record here that approaches Miss Han
cock's is 25 hours. MIbs Hancock is
the guest of Mrs. Wallace Boyd.
SHIPMENTS TO '
RUSSIA HELD UP
No More Supplies Until Situa-
tion Clears
KALEDINES COMING FRONT
Hetman Of Don Cossacks Holds The
Master Hand In Control
Of Coal And
Bread.
Washington. No shipments of sup
plies will be permitted to go from the
United States to Russia until the sit
uation In that country clears. The
American Government, before allow
ing the export of goods already on the
docks, wants to know Into whose
hands they will fall on their arrival.
The cessation of shipments Is tem
porary, if a stable government Is
formed which the United States can
recognize. If the Bolshevik! gain con
trol and pursue their program calling
fdr a peace with Germany, the em-
fbargowlll be permanent. A protract.
ed civil war would also work to keep
the embargo tight, ns the United
States would then fear that supplies
might go to the Bolshevlkl faction.
The Provisional Russian Govern
ment was given credits amounting In
all to $325,000,000, of which $191,000,
000 already has been advanced.
Much of this money has been spent
for supplies now awaiting shipment
and the Russians have been given
vessels for its transport. Shipments
will be held up by denial of bunker
coal to the ships.
Thomas D. Jones, vice-chairman of
the War Trade Board, called at the
White House and conferred with Pres
ident Wilson. No statement was
forthcoming, but it was believed the
Russian situation was discussed.
Conditions in Russia still arc far
from clear. The State Department
had no additional dispatches from
Ambassador Francis at Petrograd, but
unofficial messages coming from
Sweden were that General Kaledinen,
hetman of the Don Cossacks, who
held the mnster hand in Russia
through domination of the country's
coal and bread supply in the Don
Cossack region, was marching with
an army on Varonez, 200 miles south
of Moscow.
Passengers arriving at the Swedish
frontier from Russia also reported that
soldiers were parading the Petrograd
streets bearing banners demanding a
constitutional assembly of all Russia
and declaring that the BolshevikI
regime was more tyrannical than that
of Nicholas. The passengers believed
the present revolutionary government
must fall Thimigh lack'of support of
the principal parties.
$49,209,411 FOR "Y."
War Council Gratified Expects Final
. Total To Exceed $50,000,000.
New York. The National War
Work Council of the Young Men's
Christian Association announced that
the grand total of the nationwide War
Fund campaign is $49,209,411. This
exceeds by nearly $15,000,000 the $35,
000,000 goal set at the beginning of
the campaign on November 12.
President Wilson, on being informed
that the fund was greatly oversub
scribed, telegraphed congratulations
to Dr. John R. Mott, general secretary
of the council.
"My heartfelt congratulations on the
remarkable and gratifying results,"'
the President's telegram read. "I
think It is a national blessing."
The Eastern Department, with head
quarters in this city, collected $20,091,
6G5. Its quota was fixed at $15,500,000.
The Central Department, with head
quarters at Chicago,' according to in
complete returns, was second with
$18,380,733, as compared with a quota
of $12,500,000.
' The totals and the quotas'for the
other departments are as follows:
' Northeastern, Boston, $6,368,925,
quota, $5,000,000; Western, San Fran
cisco, $1,773,500, quota $1,250,000;
Southwestern, Dallas, $1,387,000, quota
$1,000,000; Southeastern, Atlanta, $1,
207,688, quota $1,500,000.
NEARER TO JERUSALEM.
London. The British forces in
Palestine are now 12 miles northwest
and 15 miles west of Jerusalem, the
War Office announces. The announce
ment follows. "General Allenby re
ports that our mounted troops occu
pied Belt-Thhta, 12 miles northwest of
Jerusalem, on Sunday. Yesterday our
Infantry, advancing Into the highland
of Judav, reached a line 15 miles west
of Jerusalem."
SHELLS Rl ON
: U. S.
Fighting More Lively and Amer
icans Again Suffer Losses
15 AMERICANS ARE LAUDED
Sammies Pay Foe Back With Interest
French General Cites 13 U. 8.
Officers And Men For
Bravery In Raid.
With the American Army in France.
The artillery fighting in the sector
held by the American troops has be
come even more lively and there have
been ' further casualties, shrapnel
wounding some men in the trenches.
An enemy shell hit an American
gun and caused casualties., . Soma of
the men wounded in the last two days
have died.
The American batteries have been
firing rapidly in return. The visibility
is becoming better and it is consid
ered certan that more damage and
casualties have been caused in the
German lines than the Germans hare
inflicted on the Americans.
The American . troops witnessed
their first aerial encounter. Three
enemy airplanes appeared overhead.
Soon all of them except one fled at
the approach of five French machines.
One of the French' outmaneuvred this
German and "got on his' tall." The
German aviator then bolted. The
rattle of machine guns finaUy died
away as the two airplanes disappeared
to the westf
The French general commanding
the sector has mentioned in the dis
patches 15 American officers and sol
diers including three who were killed,
for excellent military qualities and for
bravery displayed in the recent trench
raid.
A note accompanying the citations
says that between 8,000 and 10,000
shells were used In the attack, which
had been in preparation for three
months down to the finest details.
The results obtained by the enemy
were very small, he having been un
able to penetrate more than the first
line, trenches because of the resist
ance of the American soldiers with
rifle and pistol fire and hand grenades.
The enemy had to content himself,
the citation continues, with carrying
off a few prisoners.
RED CROSS EMPLOYES.
Statement Iss.ied Showing Number
Who Receive Salaries.
4
Washington. Three employes get
$5,000, or more, 18 between $3,000 and
$15,000, and 402 other employes receive
between $600 and $3,000 annually at
National Headquarters of the Ameri
can Red Cross, Its war council an
nounced. In addition ' there are 88
volunteers working without remunera
tion. The staff at National Headquar
ters has been decreased from 700 paid
officers and employes four months ago
to 423 now. The reduction is partly
due to decentralization of administra
tion, which has transferred much
routine work to 13 divisional offices
whose payrolls are not Included in
this statement.
NOT EXECUTED, IN GERMANY.
Mrs. Couch, Alleged Pro-German In
Trouble In America.
Mount Vernon, 111. Mrs. Catherine
Couch, who was reported last summer
to have been executed in Germany for
criticizing that Government Is under
guard in the village of West Salem,
her former home, where she delivered
an address Sunday night which was
classed by local authorities as pro
German. SherifT Naylor, of Edwards
county, said ha anticipated no vio
lence, although feeling was high in
West Salem and that Mrs. Couch
would be guarded until Federal offi
cers arrive.
TO BUILD UNSINKABLE SHIPS.
Construction Of Score For French
Government Authorized.
Washington. The Shipping Board
has approved the building of twenty
4,000-ton nohsinkable ships by the
French Government In vthe United
States. By so doing it has waived
the rule that no foreign construction
should be permitted at this time.
The nonslnkable ship, developed by
French experts, is said to have with
stood torpedo attack in a test in which
four shots were fired into the hull and
the only effect was to destroy the car
go immediately surrounding the point
of attack.
BOMB IN CHICAGO POST OFFICE.
Found On Floor Of Parcel Post
Room.
Chicago. A bomb was discovered
on the floor of the parcel post room
in the Federal Building, starting Fed
eral agents on a search for its maker
and an explanation of how it came to
be In the post office. A fuse 18 inchei
long, wrapped around the cover,
burned slowly when it was detached
for inspection and a powder with
which it was packed emitted a nau
seating gas.
TO CUT TAILORS' SAMPLES.
Washington. More than 67,000 sol
diers can be clothed with the materia'
which will be saved by cutting the
sizes of tailor's Bample 21 per cent.,
and this has been arranged at confer
ences between the Council of National
Defense, the National Wholesale Tall-'
ors' Association and many large clotl
dealers. Nearly a quarter of a mlllior
yards of cloth heretofore used as sanr
pies will be devoted to elntblnc
TROOPS
STILL TIE TO
FORWARD GIRS
War Department Will Transport
vm louiids ravages for
Boys in France.
LAST SAILING DATE DEC. 5
pfflclal Statement 8,ue(, bv -
K...,cni io Elimlniu
Confusion Regarding Reg.
Ulationi.
By EDWARD n n
Washlngton.-From all 0Ver .k
United States queries come to Wat
.Ington concerning the exact rule. In,
ernlng the sending of parcel, to Z
members of the expeditionary force.
France Confusion seems o p i ,
everywhere. It Is due to a nunl
causes the principal one of which
iceras to be that the Instructions we
,k v""1 on that some of
. utco were amended
Here is the official statement 01
the subject which I have Just scare?
u yum omce aepurtmcnt:
Western Newspaper t:mn
Gentlemen: In answer to your lnnu
with reference to parcel post packai.
for the American Expeditionary Fore
I beg to advise you ai follow:
x-arcei post lor soldier and clvttlan.
i; "",pr,can EPodltloi
".nee, wncn carefully
packed and properly addressed will b.
accepted by all postmasters for direct
transmission through the malls, guck
im'vc. .i,jr wiKn up to seven poundi
i-nrucia lor me soiuiers and clvllltni
connected with the American Expedi
tionary Force may contain anythuu
that Is admissible to the domestic par
cel post except parlshnbles which may
.... .mu ' h juurney in Europe
Parcel post for the American c...
flltlonary Forcea need Hot be pneked In
wooden boxes, but should be carefully
cnncu ma mrungi'si Kind of paMf
uuaru dux 10 assure its lafe arrival i
me ironc.
In addition to this parcel post service
to the troops, the war department wl!
undertake to carry Christmas nnrr.i.
for the American Expeditionary Ynnn
provided such parcels are sent "car
the LorrmandlBfr General. Port of Em
barkatlon. Pier 1. Hoboken. New J.r
ey," and are packed In wooden hoi
not more than two cubic feet In vol
well strapped, and with a hinged or
screw top. buch Christmas hoxei may
pe sent to tne (bmmandlng Officer. Port
of Embarkation, either by expresi or
through the malls, and must not exceed
Z0 pounds In weight. The army will In
spect the contents of each box and un
dertake Its delivery from Hnboken to
the addressee. The war department will
receive Christmas packages up to De
cember Eth.
Tours very truly.
OTTO PHAEGER.
Second Assistant Postmaster General.
Parcel Post Limit Seven Poundi
It will be noted that parcels welfh
inc seven pounds but no more can be
sent through the post office department!
all the way to France.
The twenty-pound parcels which are
intended for Christmas gifts nnilwhk
nro f be delivered on Christmas w
are sent by the wnr department from
its Dort of emhnrkntion nt ifnboketi,
N. J. These parcels, which must notl
exceed twentv pounds In welctit. cm
lie Rent to the address given In IfoboJ
ken in' nny way that tlie sender
chooses.
Of course the Dost office depurtmet
has been handling the smaller Christ
mns pneknges all the way tlinmpn v
France, but In order to Insure tnwof
llvarv tin Christmas morilitlC it w
necessnry to mail them by Nnvembn
IR. However, the fact thnt the msnm
was too late for delivery on Christ
mrs day does not mean thnt pneknff
cannot still be sent by parcel post
They enn be sent nny day in tne j"
of bo rnto nt 19. rents for each po"11'
sent, and this rate holds from whit
ever point in the United Stales u
nnckace Is sent.
How Packages Must Be Adore
I'ucknges for the soldiers must
addressed to the Individual, with W
company and his regiment and ft
must be added the words "AmcrlW
urn Forces." It Is not. B
essnry to add the nnme of the country
It will be noted thnt In m
tlons given above and prepared In
uw..i nuuiatonr nnKinuister general
offlce nothing Is said specifically H
cernlng the kind of things m -
be sent to the soldiers and cl
connected with (he tWal"'""l
forces. It Is perfectly proper to w
sugar, provided It Is properly
tm." ' la loioken of "
Alio ri-Hmm mi."" ' j,
Is because there seems to have w
gome misunderstanding anmu u.
r-.i. .... ),. sent horjo
JMUICIies mum ii"i
. .,.i.... ..nut anjt&M
cumstances. m-min
Influmnmble, except, of 'A
nftry packing material, w
nor must there be any
rresii rruit in me
.1.. riroleced 11
enn go u proi'i-". ' - ,m
l.. .. i ni other v"uf
masning up nuu nrppfri
In the mall.- -.mrs " " , " ' m
sealed and protected ngalw j '
nge can be sent. NolWW 0
plosive nature must ie rl".
parcels. ne
It is necessnry that the I"'
packnges weighing P . 1( (,
pounds shall be wrapped w -post
offlce authorities may &
their contents. The rules
packages which tne "' 'he 8M
'sends are given explicitly
AmAt..1 MATvimimlrntlon. t. ill
to accentuate the fact tnnw M
to seven pounds In en, ()me
a it maI rn4i n . .
the year, but that
which are to go by tne tWi
department at the n,,(Irl:, art r
will not be forwarded ' pnj
celved at Uobouen ,
ber Q.
at.M..f
It is said that e'tr'ofH
Tented during the ean; - pe
XIV of prance. In 1V "
prlvte
Ivor ostnlillshed a
-r 01 1
t
placed boxes at
opes that were sow - t p.
llshed for that J
likely, however, that en", ?
use before this perl J
opes so used in FrnoC
fcost-pald envelopes- flrt W "J
what year Is marked W
tion of envelopes 1