Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-31
BEWARE OF FRAULt|NS,
YANKEES ARE WARNED
Even Speaking to German Women
Will Subject Them to
Punishment.

Coblenz Dec. 81 An order has been is
sued To the American soldiers that an
officer or soldier who speaks to n Ger
man woman does so at the risk Of court
martial.
The dinner hour in Cobenz and
throughout the American zone OF occ,i-
patton has been advanced from one 10
two hours. In restaurants and hotels
the evening meal now is eaten without
music These changes are regarded ms
necessary because Of the recent Amer
ican order that the sale and glit OF light
wines hc prohibited except within certain
hours in the evening.
Several days OF the operation OF re-
stricted regulations has produced some
mumbling hy the Germans There has
hccn no open protest, hut many oi the
people appear TO be mystihcd ~ 10 the
reasons for tho change IN American at
tItude. rs II seems they believed that
the Americans would not he so strict
rs the British or French In addition,
propagandlsts have been diigcnt IN
urging the people, to be friendly to
the Americans in the apparent hope
that m attitude OF fricndliness might
lIa We some effect on tho peace negotiations.
Tho prohibition Of the sale OF alco-
holn liquors of any KIND and the re-
>trlctious on hight wines has upset the
ordinary routine Of the Germans and
has resulted IN some cafes closing, IN
the discharge 81 restaurant orchcstras,
and IN grocery stores withdrawing stocks
from thClr windows
The steadily increasing number Of un-
employed men IN Coblcnz and other
towns III tho occupied acra Is causing
Nncrlcan officers considerable anxiety
Many Of the iic men are dichnrged
r,adc TODAY hy tho hurgomastcr shows
-Oo lalor"rs idle and $50 skilled workmer
als-n without employment.
Those who cannot obtain work arr
cntflci to daily bounty Of three marks
- pfcnnlg from The city ncmplovc6
laborrr- have been offered work by th'
city a. torr marks day. but only a few
have accepted, as The ordinary wage !
IN marks Efforts arc hclng made
t. restore discharged soldiers 10 thel
prc-wAr occupations, replacing Il ncccs
sarv women now holding tho positions
Reports from the country indicate
! thcrc j. plenty 81 work there, but "i
hcials have found difficulty in lnducin,
/ llhorcrS t. leave the cities particularly
I IN tame ~ social rnr,st like the present
| More han 200. 900 wards of gray Ger
| man uniform cloth has come into Amcrl
| can hands from warehouses al Coblen
I and The Ancucans arc considering {
/ Isr i II may bc practicable 70 dye !
and release il for use In 4 warehouse 4
! Coblcnz Lutzcl across The Mosell
4 River from this city. Americans hav
! found $4,000 pounds Of shoe leather an
machine for repairing shoes. ! plan
under consideration 70 use this rcpal
/ factory for rcmaking shoes for the Arm
II Occupations The machinery can /
4 operated hy Americans and the lcafhe
I Is of good quality, showing that the Ger
/ mans had everything necessary IN III
line of footwear
In shop windows in Cohlenz. howe ve
| can bc seen shoes the solcs of which Al
! made Of from l5 To 20 sma
I mcccs of leather Its almost impossible
/ ~ buy a pair of shoes properly Soled
Material abandoned bv the German
includes harness made af paper and stet
hrrastplates worn by sulpcrs At Mu
hcm The Germans lift 81 MANY shell
hat tic work Of counting them i barrel
4 begun aithough Amercau soldiers haS
been bu-7 1t the task for more than
week
&. rman war material T. be formal
turned over To the Americans by Jan.
arv | continues To arrive here and .
places in this vicinity Among the arm
surrendered arc 100000 rifles, 10000 {
Winch we're captured from the Allie
4 The heavy artillery includes two s,
inch gun, manufactured in 1873, bu
used On the front during the latter day
Of The war Both guns were IN flrst-c. ~
] condition