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OF ALIEN PROPERTY A; Mitchell Palmer Celebrates lYear as Custodian by An ? ?; nexing Still More. ? t m J ? URGES IT BE CONFISCATED ?! ??? iWith approximately seven hundred m|Mion dollars' worth of enemy prop erty in his possession, A. Mitchell Palmer, custodian of alien enemy prpperty. today celebrated the fi'st ai^fclversary of his appointment to his responsible position by annexing a fear more millions In good securities h<{Id by Germans. He declared that the pificess ?as going merrily on and he wiuld continue to "dig" until Industry In. America Is completely de-German Palmer made it known thaf if | lie has his way not a dollar of thS money *o be realized from the sale of prppertiy hitherto held by alien ene mas will be returned to them. He refcards himself something more than a .trustee for Germans who think at the close of the war they will be able to* dentind and obtain the return of their property or its equivalent in government bonds. Mr. Palmer wants Oojogress to authorize him to use the money to pay American citizens for lo^es inflicted on ^them through the ruthless submarine policy of the kaiser. ?Urges Confiscation of Property. The custodian intimated that pay ment in advance of any action taken at*the peace table would be like ob tateing a bird in the hand instead of depending on catching: a number of elusive birds in the bush. IfCongre^ adopts Mr. Palmer's views proper^" in!the United States will be confis cated and Americanized. This, Mr. Palmer said, is only just. Establish ment of great German industries here, dealing in absolute essentials, was fo? the long: premeditated purpose of placing the kaiser in an advantage ous position in case of war. livery movement of Germany in this country. Mr. Palmer said, was shrewd ly calculated long: in advance, with a vi^w to giving the kaiser an indus trial? l*old on the nation and "place it for absolute essentials at his in ere ^ Dyestuffs. mineral chem icals ?nd other commodities were cor- ; n^rediand their ownership skillfully j concellled, but their purpose was to Jive Germany a position in the in life of the nation from which j It would be impossible to oust her. j A bill to authorize him to pay out ' Of the alien enemy property fund the losiMrtto Americans through German I submarines is in process of prepara tioA^tfjfMr. Palmer. Mr. Palmer said he ?*Hs not concerned aDout the losses ! that???a%ht. b# sustained by indi vidni|k$>ermans. they Were working in tfea^jnterests Of their government ana ir they want compensation for their losses let them look to their ffo*mflflent for it. "I?fcope to be able to pay out of the funda~we seize every dollar that Americans have sustained through losj^fAT'lliflicted by submarines," said Mr,-J*almer. "These debts can be paid in liberty bonds bought with. monevv the proceeds of sales made of enems.j?wne<I property." y^ftloxa Controlled Dyestuffs. Until. Mr. Palmer got on the job the German government, through Its sub jects. practically controlled the essen tiar chemical Industries of the United Htafees fend had a monopoly of the ay*stufr?. gut seventeen chemical establishments have been taXen over 1 and German, interests In six more have been seised.. These have an ai ?aide of more than forty million ddll?t-s The Barer Compahy of New York, controlled absolutely by Germany, until Count v?n*Berh?*torfT ejected country* will be 9*ld at pub lic aiktftion early In December and tfie proceeds of Ihe sal? Invested In *ov ernmeft bonds. It Will be useleks for the original otonerb W ask for the return of thell- money or Its eqniva l?n. at Jhe ^ose of the war. It itr. Palmer has his way. . Investigation by Frahcls P. T5*K van former assistant aiStHct attorney for New York, discloses a comprehen sive scheme to control the coal mining 1 industry of the United States. One I tract alone covering forty acres oi i land was owned by Get-many. This has cotne into Sfr. Palmer's posses sion. Two hundred and more other flite'r trles. including drugs and medicines, potash and furs, have been seized from i Uerman hands by Mr. Palmer. He is administering all these and it is said; he is getting better returns from them than their original owners. * Plans to obtain control of large railways and other me%fis of transit were aiseovefed by Mri Palmer and his associates. Stocks, bonds and other property of the railroads were purchased Ih large blocks and thilt ownership cunningly concealed. About $150,000 000 worth of this property is in the hands of the custodian. Banks and trust companies either owned ih part or whole by German* now are administered with profit to the country by Mr. Palmer. The Ham burpr-American Steamship Company, the North German Lloyd and the War ner interests, which masqueraded under the name of the Transatlantic Steamship Company, have yielded more than fifty million dollars to what Mr. Palmer calls the "huge in demnity fund." Breweries have given ufr quite a substantial total and a further search ?n this field is expected to add ma terially to the fund. Mr. Palmer said in some departments He had only made a beginning, but it was his intention to keep at the job until there is not a dollar's worth of enemy owned or enemy controlled wealth in the United States. Joseph P. Guffey of Pittsburgh has been appointed director of sales. It is expected the bare announcement that the proceeds of the sales of Ger man property will be used to swell America's fighting fund will give them new value and cause the public to bid as high as reason and business pru dence will permit. DEMAND UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER BY GERMANY United Mine Workers of America Present Peace Views in Tele gram to President. INDIANAPOLIS, October 24.?Noth ing but the unconditional surrender of Germany ought to be.considered, the United Mine Workers of America said in a telegram to President Wilson in stating views on the latest note from Germany. The message was signed by j William Green, secretary-treasurer of the organization. I The message says that the Germany i now denying the guilt of cruelty and wanton destruction is the same Ger-1 many which destroyed hospital ships and in bombihfe raids on London and Paris, killed innocent women and chil n**nu*n?'. ***e message read: The civilization cannot condone those offenses. The military rulers in Germany, realizing defeat Is inev itable. are attempting to save them selves. Nothing but unconditional surrender ought to be considered Fortified German towns and cities and >e.T \n ?also ought to be occupied by allied troops until after all peace treaties are signed. That would con vince the German people of the su periority of the allied forces." More than 60,000 members of the mine workers' organiaation are in the i Army. I HUMMED : DHDER ESPIONAGE ACf ? . /. Beldens Wfio Sought to Ditcredit giuon Revelations Are f'oand Guilty. NEW YORK, October 14.?Five of the six Russians who have been en trial ita federal court on charges of having violated the espionage act wert fannd guilty by the jury after an hour's deliberation last night. The defendants, all avowed anarchists; tried vainly to Introduce evidence de signed to discredit the Sisson revela tions concerning German and bolshe vik duplicity in RuSSia. i Th$ Six bolshevlkC one of whoifa was aKwoman, were charged .with Circulating pamphlets criticising tftfe United States government for sending troofrs into Russia. Pleading justi fication on the ground tnat the United States was not at war with that country, the defendants also, ta eUred that the "Slfcon paperg/^wS showed German snpport and eontfti of (he bolshevik rtfglmet were (M|M ies. At the requeit bf counsel Mor defendarits. the cburt charcM ' Jury ttptlft thirty-Tour special'MHi ThJ Jofy returne# with a *5fl Afealfcst thi fltfe defendants on four eii tints bf the indifetnuttts Those convicted wen Mbllli msr. skm Lipmin, JAebb AbfS"" maii LachowakV And, Fryman sky. The sixth defendant, Prosser. Mi' acqUittM. The eerririoffe of the federal build ing were DUed With fH8B8? ?t tfi? defendants, who 'became somewhat boisterous when the Jury retired and the halls were cleared by deputy maf shal&. Immediately Aftlr U?iWi announced counsel tot the. was on his feet fesklni that it-Si) ?et aside. Judge Clayton oSnieB 111? fflb tion, reminding the attorney that it was no time to question a decision wwcfi "occupied tt? (LtttBUaa 6f tae tOhblb World." "This is no time for soap-boT bra tpry." the Judge declared. "Sit ddwri. Tour clients hare bfeen convicted. That's ill." Gta. Btarr te Be StAtieaed H<te. Brig. Gen. Giorge W. Burr, brdiittnA department, hat befen a?slg-nid to duty in the office of the chief of ordnance in this city. 3g WOUNDED YANKEES SPURN BtftMAN PklERT BOMBS ?i * Hatatt INN CHMi Into Ongtftfl Wfcffa Afttfk li ftfected Aga?bt '. Mtfnrnt Moi&hl ? m*a amssucian xitut ftdftfkWattf Of VteHlmw, The* rta ? ## tib? 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