The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-01
CENSORSHIP NOW
As WAR MEASURE
REGULATIONS OF CoMMUNICA.
TON WITH FOREIGN COUN.
TRIES NOW I'M EFFECT.
FOR MEXICAN BORDER
Telephone and Telegraph MESSAGES
Are Under Control Of Brgader Gen.
era yre-lnstructions in Re.
gard to Codes, Etc.

BdIu 10 NOueSt EtC'
| Washington May Am executive
order signed by President Wilson pro.
|Niding for the censorship of cables out
/ of the United States and of telegraph
and telephone lines into Mexico. TO.
gether with regulations governing the
anne were made public by tine commit.
tee on public information. The object
| of the censorship is to prevent the
sending of information which might be
/ OF value TO the enemy.
The committee announced today that
| arrangements have been made to nut
the executive order into effect immedi.
Iately
Executive Order.
The order, dated April 2S, is as fol.
lows:
Whereas, the existence Of state
of war between the United States and
the imperial German government max.
es 1t essential TO the public safety that
no communication Of character which
would aid the enemy or its allies shall
be had;
Therefore, by virtue of the mower
vested in me, under the constitution
ana by the joint resolution passed by
congress on April 6. 1917. declaripg
the existence Of state of war. Il Is
ordered that all companies or other
persons, owning, controlling or oper.
atlng telegraph or telephone lines or
submarine cables are hereby prohibit.
ed from transmitting messages to
points without the United States and
from delivering messages received
from such points, except those permit.
ted under rules and regulations to be
established by the secretary of war for
telegraph and telephone lines, and nv
the secretary Of the navy for submar.
Inc cables.
ITO these departments respectively.
is delegated the duty Of preparing and
enforcing rules and regulations under
this order to accomplish the purpose
mentioned.
This order shall take effect from
date.
(SigneD WOODROW WILSON
Secretary Daniels has assigned Com.
mander ID. W. Todd. director Of naval
communications, to have charge of
the cable censorship and Commander
Arthur b. Hon will be I'm control of the
New York division. Brigadier General
Mcintyre has been selected by Secre.
tary Baker TO direct the telephone and
telegraph supervision on the border.
The censorship Of telephones and tele.
graphs will affect the Mexican border
only.
lhese cable censorship regulations
are issued for the guidance of the pub.
nc. the text Of the regulations is AS ,
follows:
Authorized coces.
The following authorized codes may
be used conditioned on the acceptable.
lly under the censorship regulation,
IN effect In the foreign countries cnr.
cerned. The name of the code shall
oe written In the check and be slp.
nailed free:
A. b. c., 9th.
SCOTS, 10th edition.
Western Union mot including five.
letter edltion). e wv
Lieber's mot including hye.Ietter
edition..
Bentley's complete phrase code mot
including the oil and mining supple.
mentsl. 'PP''
Broomhalrs imperial combination
code. ''''''''o''
Broomhars imperial combination
code. rubber edition
Meyers Atlantic cotton code. 99,,
edition. ''''
Riverside code, fifth edition.
Az.
Further Regulations.
Ihe address must be complete Int
properly registered addresses may h.
used where permitted by the censor.
snip abroad. However. code addressos
registered subsequent To Decemh,r
H. 1916 may not be used in messages
TO and from Central and Soutb Amer.
lca, Cuba, Porto Rico. Virgin Islands
HAITI san Domingo. Cuaracao. or I'M
messages transmitting over the Com.
mercial Pacific cables, or via trans.
Pacific wireless.
Cablegrams without text will NOT no
passed
All cablegrams must be signed bv
The name Of the firm, or in case of an
individual by at least the surname.
code addresses as signatures are NOT
permitted.
All code cablegrams and cablegrams
written In the approved foreign Ian.
Euages will be- deciphpred or trans.
lated by censors.
All canIograms are accepted at the
sender's risk and may De stopped. de.
stroyed or otherwise dealt with n,
the discretion ot the censor and with.
out notice 20 the sender No nforma
ton respecting the transmission. Do.
livery or other disposal of any cable.
gram shall be- given by paid service.
and request, made hy mail must be-
addressed TO the telegraph or cable
companies and must be passed upon
by the censor TeIegraphic and post