appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, and prior fiscal years on account of war expenses and for other purposes," approved November 4, 1918, to make certain orders such as that herein contained, which authority has been delegated to me by the Executive Order No. 3016 and signed by the President on the 3rd day of December, 1918, I hereby, in the public interest, make the fololwing determination and order: The Alien Property Custodian is hereby authorized to sell at private sale without public or other advertisement, one hundred twenty-four (124) shares of the common capital stock of the La Salle Portland Cement Company, an Illinois Corporation, provided, however, that the price of two hundred eighty-six dollars ($286.00) per share can be obtained therefor.. My reasons for the foregoing determination, order, rule and regulation, are: (1) Three thousand six hundred and thirty-seven (3,637) shares, being all but one hundred twenty-four (124) of the shares of this corporation held by the Alien Property Custodian, were by him offered for sale on the tenth day of March, 1919, at public sale to the highest bidder after public advertisement of the time and place of sale. The highest bid received for this stock was two hundred eighty-six (286) dollars per share. This bid, after careful investigation, has been held to be adequate and the sale has been consummated accordingly. (2) In view of the circumstances, a public sale of the additional one hundred twenty-four shares, conducted pursuant to the terms of the "Trading with the Enemy Act" relevant to such sales, would result in unnecessary and wasteful expenditures being made and in payment of avoidable costs, thereby reducing the net amount to be paid into the Treasury of the United States of America. Done in the District of Columbia, this 18th day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Nineteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-third. FRANK L. POLK. ORDER PRESCRIBING ADDITIONAL RULES AND REGULATIONS AND MAKING CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS RESPECTING THE EXERCISE OF THE POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN. By virtue of the authority vested in the President by an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to define, regulate and punish trading with the enemy and for other purposes," approved October 6, 1917, known as the "Trading with the Enemy Act" and the amendment to such Act in "An Act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and prior fiscal years on account of war expenses, and for other purposes," approved March 28, 1918, and the amendment to such Act embodied in "An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, and prior fiscal years on account of war expenses and for other purposes approved November 6, 1918, to make certain orders such as that herein contained, which authority has been delegated to me by Executive Order No. 3016 and signed by the President on the third day of December, 1918. I hereby make the following orders, rules, regulations and determinations: The Alien Property Custodian shall have the power, in and about the conduct, management and liquidation of any insurance company, or in connection with any retrocession or reinsurance contract, which he holds, manages, administers, protects, preserves or controls under, pursuant to, or by virtue of the Act known as the " Trading with the Enemy Act," as amended, and the Proclamations and Executive Orders issued in pursuance thereof, to sell at private sale, without public or other advertisement any stocks, beneficial interests in stocks, including voting trust certificates and all other rights appurtenant to the ownership of stocks, bonds, negotiable instruments or evidences of indebtedness, and maps, in parcels, lots or quantities having a market value at the time of sale not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each parcel, lot, or quantity sold. Any such sale may be conducted at such place and upon such terms and conditions as to the Alien Property Custodian, or his authorized agent may seem proper. The Executive Order of November 12, 1918, defined as "Executive Order prescribing additional rules and regulations and making certain determinations respecting the exercise of the powers and authority and the performance of the duties of the Alien Property Custodian," is not to be construed as modified or changed in any respect by this Executive Order, except that portion of paragraph six (6) of said Order which relates to the amount in which lots or parcels of stocks, bonds, negotiable instruments, or evidences of indebtedness, and maps can be sold. The reason in the public interests for the foregoing determination, order, rule and regulation is that the properties above described cannot generally be sold to the best advantage in lots or parcels not in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Done in the District of Columbia this 24th day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Forty-third. FRANK L. POLK. AN ORDER REJECTING THE BID OF JOHANNES MEYER FOR TWO HUNDRED TWENTYFIVE SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF VIGILANT MILLS, A PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION, OFFERED FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION ON JUNE 7, 1919, PURSUANT TO THE "TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT" AND AMENDMENTS THEREOF. By virtue of the authority vested in the President by "An Act to define, regulate and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes ", approved October 6, 1917, known as the "Trading with the Enemy Act", and the amendments to such Act embodied in "An Act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, and prior fiscal years on account of war expenses and for other purposes ", approved March 28, 1918, and the amendment to such act embodied in "An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919, and prior fiscal years on account of war expenses and for other purposes ", approved November 4, 1918, to make certain orders such as that herein contained, which authority has been delegated to me by the Executive Order 3016 and signed by the President under the third day of December, 1918, I hereby, in the public interest, make the following determination and order: Whereas, the Alien Property Custodian offered for sale at auction in the city of Frankford, State of Pennsylvania, at 11:30 a. m. on the seventh day of June 1919, two hundred and twenty-five shares of the capital stock of Vigilant Mills, a Pennsylvania corporation, of the par value of $100 per share, out of a total and issued capitalization of five hundred shares; Whereas, said property was held by the Alien Property Custodian, and Whereas, Johannes Meyer made the highest bid which was received for said property, having bid the sum of $60,000. It is therefore, ordered, that the Alien Property Custodian be, and he is authorized and shall have the right to reject all bids at said sale, including the bid of said Johannes Meyer, and to re-sell said property in accordance with the provisions of the said Trading with the Enemy Act" and the Executive Orders issued pursuant thereto. 66 The reason for the foregoing order is that the price bid for said property by the said Johannes Meyer, to-wit: $60,000., is inadequate and not a fair value of the property offered for sale. Done in the District of Columbia, this eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the independence of the United States of America, the one hundred forty-fourth. FRANK L. POLK. AN ORDER REJECTING THE BID OF GUSTAV KREMER FOR SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY- By virtue of the authority vested in the President by "An Act to define, regulate, and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes," approved October 6, 1917, known as the "Trading with the Enemy Act," and the amendments to such Act embodied in "An Act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, and prior fiscal years on account of war expenses and for other purposes," approved March 28, 1918, and the amendment to such act embodied in "An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919, and prior fiscal years on account of war expenses and for other purposes," approved November 4, 1918, to make certain orders such as that herein contained, which authority has been delegated to me by the Executive Order 3016 and signed by the President under the third day of December, 1918, I hereby, in the public interest, make the following determination and order: Whereas, the Alien Property Custodian offered for sale at auction in the City of Paterson, State of New Jersey, at 11.00 a. m. on the 29th day of May, 1919, seven hundred and thirty-five shares of the capital stock of Pass-Kremer Hatband Manufacturing Company, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, of the par value of $100 per share, out of a total and issued capitalization of fifteen hundred shares; Whereas, said property was held by the Alien Property Custodian, and Whereas, Gustav Kremer made the highest bid which was received for said property, having bid the sum of $73,500. It is therefore, ordered, that the Alien Property Custodian be, and he is authorized and shall have the right to reject all bids at said sale, including the bid of Gustav Kremer, and to re-sell said property under the provisions of the "Trading with the Enemy Act," as amended, and the Executive Orders and Proclamations issued pursuant thereto. The reason for the foregoing order is that the price bid for the said property by the said Gustav Kremer, to-wit: $73,500, is inadequate and not the fair value of the property offered for sale. Done in the District of Columbia this eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and forty-fourth. 155906-20 FRANK L. POLK. PROCLAMATIONS. GERMANS AND AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT INCLUDED WITHIN THE TERM "ENEMY" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 66 A PROCLAMATION. [No. 1427.] Whereas paragraph (c) of Section Two of the Act entitled "An Act To define, regulate, and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes," approved October 6, 1917, known as the Trading with the Enemy Act, provides that the word enemy' as used therein shall be deemed to mean, for the purposes of such trading and of said Act, in addition to the individuals, partnerships or other bodies of individuals or corporations specified in paragraph (a), and in addition to the Government and political or municipal subdivisions, officers, officials, agents or agencies thereof specified in paragraph (b), of said Section Two, the following: "Such other individuals, or body or class of individuals, as may be natives, citizens, or subjects of any nation with which the United States is at war, other than citizens of the United States, wherever resident or wherever doing business, as the President, if he shall find the safety of the United States or the successful prosecution of the war shall so require, may, by proclamation, include within the term ' enemy;'' And whereas, under the provisions of and by virtue of the power and authority granted in Sections four thousand and sixty-seven, four thousand and sixty-eight, four thousand and sixty-nine, and four thousand and seventy, of the Revised Statutes, and in accordance with the proclamations and regulations which have been or may hereafter be made and established thereunder by the President of the United States, certain alien enemies have been, or may from time to time be, transferred after arrest into the custody of the War Department for detention during the war; Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, pursuant to the authority vested in me, and in accordance with the provisions of the said Act of October 6, 1917, known as the Trading with the Enemy Act, do hereby find that the safety of the United States and the successful prosecution of the present war require that all natives, citizens or subjects of the German Empire or of the Austro-Hungarian Empire who, by virtue of the provisions of Sections four thousand and sixty-seven, four thousand and sixty-eight, four thousand and sixty-nine, and four thousand and seventy, of the Revised Statutes, and of the proclamations and regulations thereunder, have been heretofore or may be hereafter transferred after arrest into the custody of the War Department for detention during the war, shall be included within the meaning of the word " enemy " for the purposes of the Trading with the Enemy Act and of such trading; and I do hereby proclaim to all whom it may concern that every such alien enemy who is so transferred, after arrest, into the custody of the War Department for detention during the war, shall be and hereby is included within the meaning of the word 66 enemy" and shall be deemed to constitute an enemy for said purposes. 66 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia, this 5th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-second. [SEAL.] By the President: FRANK L. POLK, Acting Secretary of State. WOODROW WILSON. CERTAIN CITIZENS OR SUBJECTS OF GERMANY OR AUSTRIA-HUNGARY INCLUDED AS "ENEMIES " FOR PURPOSES OF TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT; REPORTS REQUIRED AS TO THEIR PROPERTY. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. [No. 1454.] Whereas paragraph (c) of Section Two of the Act entitled "An Act To define, regulate, and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes," approved October 6, 1917, known as the Trading with the enemy Act, provides that the word "enemy as used therein shall be deemed to mean, for the purpose of such trading and of said Act, in addition to the individuals, partnerships, or other bodies of individuals or corporations specified in paragraph (a), and in addition to the Government and political or municipal subdivisions, officers, officials, agents or agencies thereof specified in paragraph (b), of said Section Two, the following: "Such other individuals, or body or class of individuals, as may be natives, citizens, or subjects of any nation with which the United States is at war, other than citizens of the United States, wherever resident or wherever doing business, as the President, if he shall find the safety of the United States or the successful prosecution of the war shall so require, may, by proclamation, include within the term 'enemy'"; Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, pursuant to the authority vested in me, and in accordance with the provisions of the said Act of October 6, 1917, known as the Trading with the enemy Act, do hereby find that the safety of the United States and the successful prosecution of the present war require that, (1) Any woman, wherever resident outside of the United States, who is a citizen or subject of any nation with which the United States is at war and whose husband is either (a) an officer, official or agent of the government of any nation with which the United States is at war, or (b) resident within the territory (including that occupied by the military or naval forces) of any nation with which the United States is at war, or (c) resident outside of the United States and doing business within such territory; and (2) All citizens or subjects of any nation with which the United States is at war (other than citizens of the United States) who have been or shall hereafter be detained as prisoners of war, or who have been or shall hereafter be interned by any nation which is at war with any nation with which the United States is also at war; and |