Show gigantic task faces palmer his duty to locate funds and property belonging to enemies ASKS HELP OF PATRIOTS uyal loyal americans must decide whether to 0 o keep confidence of friends or stop flow of money to help enemy washington one of the busiest departments part ments in washington D C just at this time Is that of the allen alien property custodian kwilose duty it Is under lie ilie trading with the enemy act to locate and take over all fund sor prop airty in ia tills this country belonging to enemies lie ile la Is making pencils in new jersey chocolate in n connecticut brewing beer in chicago sawing lumber in w A mitchell palmer florida mining metal in new mexico running real estate and retail stores conducting commission houses ind and public utilities in all parts of the country all this does not mean that our gov is confiscating outright the property of oc allon alien enemies but just now A k Al mitchell itchell palmer alien property properly custodian hie the task of locating all such property and so it that its income may be turned into the treasury of the united states for the purchase of bonds to help prosecute the war mar against germany and her allies adlle tills this property may be a partnership in hach persons residing in the territory of the german allies are fin financially ancl interested but whatever it Is real estate life insurance railroads mines stocks or bonds it must all b be reported also all debts owed to germans or to her allies by americans must be reported and paid to the allep alien property custodian little or big an accounting Is necessary one president of a trust company Ierson personally ally admitted to him mr an paltrier said that lie he held worth of german securities in ills his vaults and asked why lie had not reported it naively offered the excuse that lie he did not know there was any law which required report another significant case was the statement made by a friend of a bank clerk who said that eliat lie he knew where there was a bundle of bonds owned by a former german consul which were regularly clipped and secretly sent to fin an address in sweden and from there relayed into germany berc the owner now resided when naked why he did not report these bonds the friend of the bank blank clerk replied that lie he could not betray a confidence fi chance to prove loyalty the time ahrie lias ins come colne said sir mr pill ial iier when every citizen lias has got to daie wl NO ether to keep the coli confidence fidelle tit hlll 1111 lone ll ll f arid and remain silent or com come for vord ford arid give information that will bap tile etow of money ironey helping our enemies in III their efforts t to er cruski asli the united states persons holding it ill ng any nich inch information are el cither th er I 1 loyal kin erlean or they are enemies to america alere they have a chan chance C e to prove which all those who have any such information and report it will be protected their names will not be made public nor will their identity be revealed in any further proceedings which may be instituted by this office 1 I herewith call upon all elti citizens zeng or friends of the government who have any knon knowledge ledge of property being feltl by any person for or on account of an alien enemy or of a n transfer of such property to another or of anny debts owing by any person to an alien enemy or of persons who are officers or directors of corporations of which chic h any of its capital stock Is owned by anyone defined as an enemy or who wv have custody or control of any property either cither alone or with others who may be classed as alien enemies to come forward and make a fir full 11 report or give this office any clu clues Cs that may locate such property in doing this they will not only be performing their duty but will be rendering valuable serille sen ice to the united states and the men of the army and navy who are to fight tor for us and our institutions the bureau of investigation which has charge of preparing the cases case a against violators of the trading with the enemy act has been quietly gathering evid evidence once on a large number of cases for the past six sis weeks the taking over by the government of the large german plant of the Koert ting company of philadelphia pa recently was lone done at the instigation of this bureau who Is an enemy who Is an enemy every person or corporation having the custody or possession of any property or having a beneficial interest in tiny any property belonging to anyone living within the boundaries of austria germany bulgaria or turkey or within any territory now occupied by the military tary forces of these countries is an alien enemy such persons must report such property or interest or lay themselves open to the penalties provided by the act which ire are a fine of not more inore than or imprisonment for not more inore than ten years or both an american citizen in germany may be an enemy under the act thus thing american heiresses who married german husbands have their incomes from the united states cut off A citizen of germany on the other hand who peacefully resides in this country obeys the law and does not engage in correspondence or trading with persons within the enemies lines or in per oi MS activities against the U S A escapes play any interference with liis his property all aliens interned by the war department however are enemies |