The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-20
GERMAN OPERAS GO
INTO ALIEN BASKET
Plays, Books, Songs and All
Taken Over by A. Mitchell
Palmer.
PHONOGRAPH DISKS TOO
Royalties on Works Of Genius
Will Be '!Gesunk" in
Liberty Bonds.

Berlin probably will discover Grim
II al plot TO cheat the world OF the r.pest
fruits Of German thought and invention
in the activities o. A. Mitchell Palmer
Alien Property Custodian. who has be-
gun an investigation into the wide ne'd
Of enemy owned literature. music and
patented ideas He announced yester-
day that he had taken over large
number OF operas. operettas. books
plays and songs which are the brain
children OF Germans and subjects OF
the Dual Monarchy.
Mr.. Palmer believes that when II
became their duty under the law for
enemy aliens to file declarations OF the
property owned by them in the United
States many OF them did not understand
clearly that the rule included their lit
erary and o;hsr artistic property. AT
all events q number Of them forgot,
and now Mr.. Palmer Is reminding them.
The royalties which he collects Will back
up our fghting men in the form OF
Liberty bonds. Thus does the American
merce. replen!sh its war chest from
every source, even from the bottom OF a
German ink pot.
OF course the going will not be good
very long, for this greedy enterprise OF
Uncle Sans will have the effect of re-
firing a number o. German masterpieces
from the American market. On the
other hand Mr.. Palmer considers that
his plan will stimulate the inventive
powers OF some OF our own producers,
authors and composers who have here
tofore been content to revamp for
American consumption the musical and
dramatic compositions Of Vienna and
Berlin.
Here Are the Masterpieces.
Included in the list which Mr.. Palmer
tas already taken over are many light
operas which have enjoyed long vogue
in this country. Among them are Her
Soldier Boy alone at Last" The
Star Gazers." Gypsy Love- The Dol
lar Princess" Pom Pom" THE Gay
Hussars." "Sari." Little Boy Blue"
The Chocolate soldier" Miss Spring
time" and Tine Riviera Girl" Among
the lays on his list Is THE Concert"
The grand operas include ''Salome," THE
Jewels OF the Madonna" and The Secret
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Into ~. .ams di.c,rd nm .Das pa,se,
Weib" which the long haired boys Of
Milwaukee and WILLIAMSBURG described
two Years ago as the most sprioh,Iy
thing in problem plays since DER Webb
s,eufel" In 1915
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Phenoxraph Records Included.
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heus OF I'VE Jerome avenue SUBWAY take
near OF grace IRON 'ne pho,osraph rec
oros ihc'uaeu IN MT, faiIhet ps' OF en-
ehlS .uheS some OF 'nehn are Feheraoie
-sucn as various OF me time honotsd
ss.eo' o"s loni nai''lhauser ana 'ne
Masc fmte' lhese. whose authors
long are uust, would nave been exempt