GREAT POWER GIVEN
WAR TRADE BOARD
EXECUTIVE ORDER CREATES
BODY TO ENFORCE TRADING
WITH ENEMY ACT.
WINCE M'CORMICK CHAIRMAN
New Law Foblds Trading With Enemy
Company or Agent at Home or
Abroad Without License —Foreign
Language Papers Get Attention.
Washington. Broad war powers
oonforrcd upon the president by the
trading with the enemy act were put
Into operation under an executive or
der delegating the authority under the
law to various government depart
ments and to a newly created war
trade l»oard.
The trade board Is composed of the
members of tho exports administrative
board which It will rn>l«ce. with the
addition of a representative of the
treasury department. It will continue
to license exports and will exercise
a similar control over Imports as soon
as the president proclaims under au
thorlty of the trading with tlio enemy
act the articles to be restricted. Trad
ing or commercial dealings of any na
ture with an enemy company or agent
in this country or abroad Is forbid
den, except under license of the war
trade, board, which also Is authorlxed
to license enemy or "ally of enemy"
companies dolnx business In the Uni
ted States excepting Insurance com
panies, whose supervision Is entrust
ed to the treasury.
May Censor Mail*.
Oenaorahtp of malls, cables, radio
end telegraph moesages passing out
of the United States Is placed In tho
hands of a censorship board consisting
ef representatives of the war, navy
and postofTlce department, the war
trade l>oard and of George ('reel, ciialr
' ~"||»an of the committee on public Infor
mation.
To the treasfury Is assigned tho reg
ulation of transaction In foreign ex
change and exportation of gold or sli
ver coin under license nnrt enforce
ment of the law's provision against
transmission to the enemy of Informa
tion by any other means than regular
malls. The treasury also must license
insurance or reinsurance companies
of tin* enemy or ally of tho enemy do
ing business within the United
States
Regulation of the use of the enemy
owned or controlled patents for the
war, and of the granting or publica
tion of patents containing Information
valuable to the enemy is given to the
federal trade commission.
Foreign Language Newspapers.
The postmaster general IH «ui»r\iHt««l
with supervision over and the llcona
lug of foreign language newspapers.
In anticipation of tlvts authority Post
nwvater Hurloaon has been receiving
applications for Hocuses and will begin
Issuing them before Tuesday, Oetobor
16, tho date the pulsion of tho law
become* effective. All such papers,
except those granted llcensea, are re
quired under penalty to file with their
local postmasters liefore publication
true translation* of all matters relat
lng to the United States government or
tho governmnt of any other nation
at war The same section of tho law
makes It unlawful to circulate In anv
manner matter made unmaliable by
the espionage act
Tho president's order defines the
powers of the alien property custo
dian to ait as trustee for all enemy
to issue license exempting onemy
property within tho United State* or
companies from his supervision. An
appointment for this iK>aition will bo
HMule HH>n
The secretary of state Is empowered
to license the transportation of ene
mies to or froni tho United—States
through tho existing paseport means.
Tho secretary of commerce will retain
Ms present authority to review the de
risions of customs collectors refusing
clearances to vessels carrying car
goes in violation of the trading with
the enemy ad.
Personnel of Board
The new war trade txwrd Is to con
sist of Vance (' McCorntiek, chairman,
representing the secretary of state,;
Or Alotuso K Taylor, representing tho
secretary of agriculture; Thomas 1),
Jones, representing the secretary of
LOMMCRC-E; IIIMIVIT While, repreient
In* the food administrator; Frank C.
Munnon. representing the shipping
hoad. and a representative of the sec
retary of the troaaury yet to be \yuned
The name of the present exports
council is changed to war tracfe coun
N (U with the secretary of the treasury
and Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board added to Its membership, the
secretaries of state, agriculture, and
commerce and the food administrator.
This body will art In an advsory ca
pacity to the president and the war
trade board
The president's order vests in the
war trade board power to license trade
"directly or indirectly with, to or
from or for, or on account of. or on
behalf of. or for the benefit of, any
other person, with knowledge or
reasonable cause to believe that such
other is an enemy or ally of
enemy, or Is conduc ting or taking part
in such trade directly or indirectly for.
or on account of. or on behalf of, or
for the benefit of. any enemy or ally
of •Mm?" Only with Consent of the
board itoav agents of enomy compa
nies do business In tho United State*
after November B. Knemy companies
also may not change names they used
at tho beginning of 'ho war without
special license.
Affects Financial Transactions.
Secretary McAdoo In vested by the
president with and in expected to turn
over to the foderal reserve board "the
executive administration of any in
veatigullon, regulation or prohbtllon
of any transa tion In foreign exchange,
export or earmarking of gold or sil
ver coin, or bullion or currency trann
fers of credit In any form( otlier than
credits relating solely to transactions
to he executed wholly wltlil the
United Stated) and transfer of evi
dence of Indebtedness or of ownership
of property between t.he United States
aiid any foreign country, or between
tho resldenls o fone or more foreign
countries, by any person with the
United States" The reserve board al'
roady exercises virtual control over
gold nnd sliver exports,
Tho secretary of the treasury's vest
ed authority to prevent transmission of
information to any enemy either to or
from tho United States will bo exer
clsed by the secret Hervlce. The sec
etary may permit tills transmission
whon he wishes.
Enemy Insurance Companies,
"I further authorize tho secretary of
the treasury," 'he president "in
his order, "to grant A license under
such terms and conditions as are not
Inconsistent with law or to withhold
or refuse the name to any 'enemy' or
'aJly of enemy' Insurance or relnaur
anre cx>mpany doing business within
tho United State* through an agency
or branch office or otherwise, which
■hall make application within 30 days
vt October 6, 1»17." (The date the
act was approved).
The censorship board la entrusted
with the "censorship of communica
tions or mall orders, radio or other
means of transmission passing be
tween tho United States and any for
elirn country from time to time speci
fied by the president, or carried by any
vessel, or other means of transport*
tlon touching at any port, place or ter
ritory of the United States and bound
to or from uny foreign country."
"Among the most Important and far
reaching of the povlslons of the ene
my act," nays an official statement ex
plaining the law, "are those dealing
with the taking over by tills govern
ment »f the custody and control of
'enemy' property within the United
States,
Enemy Prop»r+y In America
"Tho poperty affected by those pro
visions IH that which Is located In the
United State* ami belonging to any
I person or corporation that IH an
'enemy' or 'ally of enemy' within the
P definition** of tho act, referred to
above, except those licensed to con
tinue doing business In tho United
Stilton German subjects and tho sub
jects of her allies resident In tho Unl
tod States do not. from the more fact
of their niitioiin'.Uy. tall within theae
, definitions
I "The act makes it the duty of overy
■concern within the United States Issu
ing shares of stock, within BO daya af
ter the approval of the act, to report
'to tho alien property citstodlan the
names of such of Its officers, director*
and stockholder* as are known to be
or reasonably believed to be 'enemies
or 'ally of enemy' and the amount of
stock or shares owned by each
| "The act provides In addition Under
severe pe>naltW*e that every poraon in
the UnlUnl State* holding any property
an 'enemy' or 'ally of enemy' or for
any person who he may have reason
able cause to believe to be an 'enemy'
'or ally of enemy' must T«port the fact
to the alien property custodian within
30 days after the passage of the act.
So also, any poraon In the United
States Indebted In any way to an 'en
eniy' or 'ally of enemy' or to a per
•on whom ho may have reasonable
cause to believe to be an 'enetny' or
'ally of enemy' must make a similar
report.
May Take Over Property.
The alien property custodian may
require iv transfer to himself of any
property hold for or debt owed to an
enemy or enemy ally and any person
SO holding any property, or BO owing
any money, may transfer such prop
erty or pay such money to tho custo
dian with his consent.
Property or money transferred to
the alien property custotian will be
held until the end of the war nnd then
dealt with as congress shall direct. All
funds or ready money may be invested
in Liberty bonds and held In such
form.
The definition of an "enemy" or
"ally of enemy" Is explicit. Any per
son, regardless of nationality, who re
sides within the territory of the Ger
man empire or the territory of any of
its allies or that occupied by their mil
itary forces Is expreesly made an
"enemy" or "ally of enemy" by the
act. Even cltlxer.s of the United
States remaining In such territory are
regarded as "enemies" or "allies of an
enemy."
Control of Corporations.
Any person doing business within
such territory Is placed within th«
definition of "enemy" f»r "aJly of
enemy." So also, is any corporation
created by Germany or its allies, or by
any other nation than the United
States and doing buiineaa within suoh
territory.
THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA
MRS JGSEPHUS DANIELS
MKir- x • • v
The North Carolina Division sf the
«Jnlted Daughters of the Confederacy
will present the name of Mrs. Jo
sephus Daniels, wife of ths secretary
of the navy as ■ candidate for presi
dent general at ths national sonven
tlon.
UNUSUAL DEMAND IS CAUSE
COAL PRODUCERS HAVE DONE
THEIR BEST, QEOLOQICAL
SURVEY ANNOUNCES.
Due to Increase in Manufacturing
and Transportation Activity.— Coal
Being Mined at Rate Never Equaled
Before.
Washington.—(existence of agential
oal shortage was admitted by the geo
logical survey, which attributes the
situation, not to the failure of produc :
ers to do their best, but to the unprec
ed«nt>d demand.
"The tremendous increase In mun i
facturli.g and transportation activity
thin year," nul(1 it stuUMUem Issued
today, "has created a demand for soft
coal In excess of any In the past, an
Increase In demand that is difficult
to measure in terms of tons, but that
la certainly more than the 10 per cent
by which the production has Increased.
To meet this demand the operators
have been mining coal at a rate never
before equalled."
A serious coal shortage eiAn In
Ohio, fuel administration olTI lare were
told by a delegation of consumers
beaded by Attorney General McQhee,
who came to Washington to protest
against lifting the embargo on coal
shipments to Canada of 200 towns
In the state reporting more than 100,
the delegation declared, are entirely
without coal and are unable to obtain
supplies because virtually all coal min
ed in the state In going thruogh lake
porta In the northwest and Canada.
The people of the state, spokesmen
for the delegation said, are suffering
and cannot wait until Iho northwest
Is supplied under the fuel administra
tion's priority order before laving Ir.
winter stocks Mayors of some towns
have seised carloads of coal en route
to the lakes and have apportioned it
among the inhabitants. Doctor Garfleld
insured the delegation that Ohio
would be adequately supplied under a
plan to be announced within a few
days.
The fuel administration's first move
toward a general apportionment of
coal was made in an order directing
that mines along the Pennsylvania
system supply under a pro rata plan
all the coal the road needs Later
other roads will be supplied in the
name fashion and the final intention is
to distribute coal among domestic
users at.d industries where It Is most
essential
LEGAL OBSTACLE OF AERIAL
PROGRAM IS CLEARED AWAY
Washington. Legal approval has
been given the agreement between the
aircraft production board and the Air
plane Manufacturers' Association,
clearing away a possible serious ob
stacle to the government >640.000,000
aircraft program. Attorney General
Gregory has held that the patent pool
ing plan to prevent patent litigation
does i.ot violate the Sherman anti
trust law.
APPROPRIATION FOR
RELIEF OF BELGIANB
Washington—The American Red
Cross war "council appropriated $689,-
930 for the relief of Belgians not un
der German rule, the work (o be car
ried out by the new Ked Cross depart
ment for Belgian organized under the
Red Cross commission to France. Com
prehensive plans for relief work have
been worked out as the result of con
ferences between King Albert and
Major Grayson M. P. Murphy, head
of the commission to France..
WILSON NAMES OCT.
2410 LIEEBTY OH
APPEAL COMES FROM WHITE
HOUSE FOR LIBERTY LOAN
SUBSCRIPTIONS
URGE PEOPLE TO ASSEMBLE
President Makes Stirring Appeal for
People to Pledge to Support Govern
ment.—Special Word to Subtcrip
tlon Workers.
Washington President Wilson in
behalf of the liberty loan Issued a
proclamation setting aside October 24
an liberty clay and urging the people
of the nation to assemble on that day
In their respective, cotnmtiniti«s and
"pledge to one another and to the gov
eminent that.represents them th» full
est measure of financial support "
The President's proclamation fol
lows: V
"By the President of the United
States of America, a proclmation:
"The second liberty loan gives the
people of the United Staets another
opportunty to lend theier funds to their
government to sustain their country
at war. The might of the United
Stateo In being mobilized and organlz
ed to strike a mortal blow at autocra
cy In defense of outraged American
rights and of the cause of liberty
Billions of dollar* are required to
arm, feed and clothe the brave men
who are going forth to fight our coun
try's battles and to assist the nations
with whom we are making common
cause agai ist a common foe To sub
scribe to the liberty loan la to perform
a service of patriotism
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wll
noil, President of the United Btatea of
America, do appoint Wednesday, the
twenty fourth of October. a« liberty
day, and urge and advise the people
to assemble In their respective com
munities and pledge to one another
and to the government that represent*
them the fullest measure of financial
Hiipport. On the afternoon of that dav
I request that patriotic meetings be
held In every city, town and hamlet
throughout the land, under the general
direction of the secretary of the treas
ury and the Immediate direction of
| the liberty loan committees which
have been organized by the federal
I reserve banks The people responded
nobly to the call of the first liberty
Iloan with an over subscription of more
thnn 50 p#»r mnt L,«*t ihw to
'the second loan he even greater and
let the amount be so large that It
will serve as an nssurnnt e of unequal
led support to hearten the men who
are to face the fire.of battle for us
Let the result he so Impressive ami
emphatic that It will echo throughout
the empire of our enemy as an Index
of what America intends to do to
bring this war to a victorious eonclu
slon.
"For the purpose of participating In
liberty day celebrations all employes
of the federal government through
out the country whose services can be
spared, may be excused at 12 o'clock.
Wednesday, the twenty-fourth of Oc
tober.
"In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
"Done in the District of ColunC ia
thin 12th day of October In the year
of our Ix>rd, one thousand nine hun
dred ami seventeen and of the inde
pendence of the United States of
America the one hundred and forty
second
(Signed) "WOODROW WILSON
"Dy the President.
(Signed) "ROHKRT LANSING.
"Secretary of State
NOTED FRENCH EDITOR
ADDRESSES COMMERCIAL MEN
Declares Peafce for Humanity and
Civilisation la Goal for Which
France Is Strugnling.
New York.— Peace for humanity and
civilization —not one favorable alone
to France, or the United States, or the
entente allies -but peace that will
guarantee to nations, large and small,
universal respect for right and Justice.
Is the goal toward which war-torn
Prance is struggling, delegates at
tending the Southern Commercial con
gress In this city were told today by
Stephane I.auzane. editor of I,e Matin
of Paris
The occasion was "the press of the
allies' luncheon" in honor of the dis
tinguished journalist given by the con
gress.
We have suffered much and expect
to suffer still more," M. Lausanne de
cided. "We are fighting to save hu
manity from degradation, for human
ity would be degraded If Germany won
this war, France is in for all the
war."
Dr. Toyokichi Iyenaga. managing
editor of the East ; ana West News bu
reau, criticised "American and Japan
ese yellow journalists and German
propagandists who sought to weaken
the bonds of friendship and trust
which have ever bound Japan and the
United States."
"For a decade. Japan was a target
of malicious attack by American yel
low journalism—the sole target, 1
might almost say—among foreign na
tions, until recently Japan's ally, Eng
land. came to her rescue and shared
the unenvable position." he declared.
WILLIAM 6. McADQO
H Jl^^V
JA
Mr. McAdoo Is now speaking daily
In the interest of second Liberty loan.
REVOLT IN THE IMPERIAL NAVY
FEW DIBPATCHES HAVE CREAT
ED MORE INTEREST IN OFFI-
CIAL WABHINOTON
Indicates That Iron Discipline of Ger
man Military Systsm Might Be Los
ing Its Hold.—Declining Morale is
Noted by Allies.
Washington—Few dispatches since
tiie war began have created more In
terest at the navy department than
the reports from Amsterdam telling of
a revolt In the German navy Officers
unheslatlngly declared that the story
was one of the most encouraging
signs of the year for the allies and
probably one of the most ominous
from the German view. They pointed
out that while the allied powers have
noted repeatedly recently in their offi
cial statements that the morale of the
German troops was declining, and ob
servers have believed that - the end
would come In food and laf>or riots or
perhaps in a political revolt.
VIRTUALLY ALL FOODSTUFFS
, ARE NOW UNDER CONTROL
Washington. Government control
of foodstuffs is extended to take In
virtually all the essential article* of
diet by a proclamation issued by
President Wilson directing the food
administration to license after No
vember 1 the manufacture, storage,
Importation and distribution of some
20 prime commodities.
After quoting the food control act,
under which the action is taken, th»
President's proclamation says:
"It is essential. In order to carry
Into efiect the purposes of said act to
license the importation, manufacture,
storage and distribution of neceasa
ries to the extent hereinafter sped
fled.
"All persons, firms, corporations-,
and associations engaged in the busi
ness either of (1) operating cold
storage warehouses (a) cold storage
warehouse, for the purpose of thiß
proclamation, being defined as any
place artificially or mechanically cool
ed to or below a temperature of 4&
degrees Fahrenheit. In which food
products are placed and held fOr 30
days or more; (2) operating eleva
tors, warehouses or other places for
storage of corn, oats, barley, beans,
rice, cottonseed, cottonseed cake, cot
tonseed meal or peanut meal; or (.1)
importing, manufacturing (Including
milling, mixing, or packing); or dis
tributing (including buying or selling)
any of the following commodities:
"Wheat, wheat flour, rye or rye
flour; oats, oatmeal or rolled oats;
com, corn grits, corn meal, hominy:
corn flour, starch from corn, corn oil,
corn syrup or glucose; rice, rice flour;
dried beans; pea seed or dried peas;
cottonseed, cottonseed oil. cottonseed
cake or cottonseed meal; peanut oil
or peanut meal; soya bean oil; sova
bean meal, palm oil or conra oil;
oleomargarine, lard, lard substitutes,
oleo oils or cooking fats; milk, butter
or cheese; condensed, powdered or
evaporated milk; fresh, canned or
cured beef, pork or mutton; poultry
or eggs; fresh or frozen flsh; fresh
fmlts or vegetables; canned peas,
dried beans, tomatoes, corn, salmon,
or sardines; dried prunes, apples,
peaches or raisins; sugar, syrups or
molasses."
COLONEL HOUSE IS A
VISITOR AT WHITE HOUSE
Washington—Systematic collection
of economic, historical, political and
other information on European con
ditions to be used eventually in peace
negotiations was discussed by Col. E.
M. House with President Wilson, Sec
retary Lansing and other government
officials. Some announcement ia ex
pected soon concerning the organiza
tion of a staff of experts which Colo
nel House will gather to assist him.
MAY HASTEN GALL
SECOND DRAFT ARMY
OATE WILL LIKELY BE FIXED
80ME TIME IN DECEMBER OR
JANUARY.
816 DEFICIENCY IS EXISTIN6
National Army Divisions Formed Out
of First Increment Are All Short of.
Quota—Room for Regiment at Eac*
Cantonment.
Waahington.—Discussion of the a/1
▼ Inability of expediting the call fr>r
the second Inclement of the draft army
now is in progress at the war depart
ment and it appears likely that the
date may be fixed for some time In De
cember or January
Mobilization of the first increment
of 687.000 men is now »ir enough ad
'vanced to show clearly that there will
be a big deficiency for the 17 national
army divisions More than 250,000 of
the first Increment are still to be as
sembled, but it already Is evident that
there will be available at the 16 can
j tonments quarters for an additional
regiment at each post and at some
for a full brigade of two regiments
The strength of the new regimental
organization Is 3,600 men With a
regiment lacking at each cantonment,
this alone would mean a shortage of
nearly 60.000 men. In addition, thw»
haii been authorixad a separate dlvl
sion of negro troopa, which maans
nearly 30,000 men withdrawn from the
original number aaalgned to th« 1«
cantonments.
The shortage Is due partially to the
necessity of taking out of the national
army men to All up national guard di
visions Two complete national divi
sions of southern troops have beea
absorbed In this way. The remnanto
of three other southern national army
divisions will be consolidated to form
a single divisional unit, and the sur
plus men from other camps will be
Bent south to make up the mlsslr.c
divisions.
Drafts on the national army force*
must be mado to All up the enlisted
personnel of the aviation service, the
meldcal corps and the service battal
ions needed behind the lighting lines
abroad. Eventually there will bo
260,000 men In the last named service
aloi.e, and the aviation and the medi
cal service will take nearly as many
more though not all of them will be
taken from the national army
MAIG'S ATTACK CHECKED
BY DELUttE OF RAIN
Already Swampy Region Converted
Into Quagmire.
2«'or Ihe first time since h > started
his series of attacks against the Ger
| man positions in Flanders. Field Mar
jslial Haig ha* had to cease ar. opera
tion before all the objectives were at
tained. It was not the German guns,
however, that stopped the British. It
was a more than usually heavy rainfall
which started during the battle and
turned the already swamp legion over
which the men were supposed to pass
Into a veritable quagmire from wh>rh
they could not ur.track themselves for
a forward move.
The drive, as has been cuslomry
in llalg's strategy was started In tha
early hours of Friday morning and
extended from near the Mouthotet
wood to below the Ypros-Menln road
At several points the British troops
succeeded in gaining ground over
fronts ranging up to a thousand yards
but here the rain intevened and »h«
fighting ceased for the tla>.
The struggle was particularly btt
te rto the north of Poelcapelle and
around Passachendaele. In the lat
ter region the German* apparently
have massed their strongest array of
! troops, hopeful of being able to stay
'a further presa forward by the British
toward the Ostend-LUle railroad
The Germans were expecting tha
battle for several hours prior to the
signal for the British to attack they
laid down a heavy barrage lire all
alon« the line, interspersing the rain
of steel and explosive sheels with as
phyxiating gas bombs.
EAST ST. LOUIS MOB
MEMBERS CONVICTED
Belleville. lU Herbert Wood and
I*eo Keane were found guilty of tb* %
murder of Scott Clark, a negro, who
died as a result of injuries received
In the recent race riots in East St.
Louis, and the penalty was fixed at
14 years' imprisonment. Wood and
Keene were the first white men to b«
tried on charges growing out of the
race riot. Ten negroes were ,f©un*
guilty last Sunday, and each wa*
given sentences of 14 yeaps.
POLITICAL SPEAKERS
MAY VISIT CAMP?
Washington.—Citiien soldiers in
national army training cantonment*
will not have to forego the privilege
of attending political meetings thi*
fall. Secretary Baker announced that
he had approved an order by Maj.
Gen. J. Franklin Bell, commanding at
Camp Upton, N. Y., permitting politi
cal gatherings in camp under prope
regulatlons. and that the ruling wonM
apply to all the camps.