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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22
New York Aliens
In Panic Over
NeW Zone Order
By BRIGGS
Continued from page l

hidden territory about this plant, which,
incidentally. employs a large number
OF workmen of Teutonic extraction,
would bar enemy aliens practically out
of the city.
If this did not suffice, il was asserted,
similar zones would be established
about the Lackawsnna terminal. in the
southern part of the city. and about
the warehouses and industrial plants
Of the HobOken Development Company,
in the northern section.
Establishment of these zones awaits
the PRONUNCIATION of the regulations un-
der which Representatives of the Attor-
reg General will register enemy aliens.
Thereafter Hoboken will become, as
far as Germans are concerned, a mill
tary reservation. Meanwhile the Sc
cret Service will continue it's search
for agents of the Kaiser among other
elements of the population.
Until more definite instructions are
received. Federal Attorney Lynch last
night established l00-yard zone about
the waterfront. The territory covered
is from Sixth Street to the river, and
includes the plants of several large
employers Of labor. a part OF the
well-to-dO residential section, boarding
houses, where approximately a thou
sand persons live. and. among other
hostelries, Meyers Hotel, at Hudson
ana Third Streets, which has a coun-
try-wide reputation among Germans.
As result Of conference yester-
day between Mr.. Lynch AMI a repre-
sentative of John Moje. proprietor Of
Meyers. four walters and two guests,
all unnaturalized Germans. were asked
by the management to leave last night
Mr.. Lynch made it plain that to-day
will witness n rigid enforcement of the
l00-yard zone order
Only one CLEAN of cheer came to the
Germanic element yesterday. 1t was
given out that the Federal authorities
would establish Spy sitter" to-day
at Ellis Island, and that among those
10 90 through il would be the enemy
aliens of Hoboken bagged Monday
night. Those who may not be regarded
as dangerous and who can induce
American citizens of unassailable 10y
atty TO act as guardians or supervisors
20 guarantee their good behavior will
be allowed TO return TO their homes.
This information was cheering chiefly
to the wives. children and other de-
pendents of the informed men, some OF
whom have been in this country for
thirty-fve years or more and who. in
some instances known TO the Federal
authorities. have relatives in the mill
tary service of the United States.
Only one man was arrested yester-
day in Hoboken as an enemy alien.
Henry Heninger. a barber working in
e. shop within the barred zone about
the army piers, was the man. A Secret
Service agent arrested him as he was
shaving customer.
Charles FELTON,, a nsturalized German
living opposite the army piers, was
fined 800 for having said ITO hell with
America"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22
Stevenson Plans InstantD.
lection of Enemy Alien,
in Barred Zones
Present System Fail,
Wilson's Order Compared ;,
"a Nail Without
Hammer"

A. E. stevenson, lawyer, Of CON-,
sau Street, who is chairman q, a
committee on aliens of the Mayor, n
fence Committee, yesterday adyo,,,..
a plan for dealing with enemy ,g,.
which. il enforced, would regi,t,, -.
identify not only every alien, but .y,,
citizen in the country.
Mr.. Stevenson declared thu, !.
favored internment Of every Germ.
alien and all others who were hos,r. !.
this country. He said that this wa,I,
personal opinion. and that in mi, a.,
point he did not speak fc. "a ;O.
mittee which h represented.
Last June" said Mr. Stevenson n
ventured to offer a method Of S,r.
tication Of all aliens and citizens VIII.
would effectively provide all govern
ment officers with a plan By which H.,
could instantly detect all aliens or u
desirables. The plan was suegest,dl,
a system of identification now in v,,,
in our Police Department namely. ay
OF finger printing. Ny suggestion ..
that time met with a storm OF er,
sism. IL was called too prussian.
"Now that the enemy alien situ,t,.
has become one of the most critical /,
the war developments throughout a,
country, | feel justified in Offering Nm
plan to the public again. 1: is sinp,
but il must be adopted not only in N,
York but throughout the eoun,r
otherwise il can do no good
at is this: Pass a law making 4
mandatory upon every alien. wheth,
enemy or not, and all citizens, woms,
as well as men. 10 carry identifea,c,
cards which will bear their signature,
photographs and finger prints.
Then any person can be stopped 4,
any time or place and be quickly and
positively identified. n the sigrs,g,,
and photograph DO not satisfy 4,
authorities there can be no doubt abcIl
the finger prints.
UNLESS this order is enforced n,
barred zone order Of the President i
as effective as a nail without a hammer
For instance, suppose policeman q
post stops person who looks and at.
suspiciously in a barred zone. He sa
whether he is an alien ard the suspect.
replies that he is an American citile,.
The officer may arrest him and the nan
whom he has taken in custody may
prove his citizenship. Then the oEtsr
is prosecuted for false arrest.
Last summer when ! suggested tbs
procedure Mayor Mitchell wrote A..
torney General Gregory. and reeeiysti
reply which was tantamount 10 q
ahead No active support followed ar
the matter dropped into oblivion.
while such an order 10 be enforced
would require a great amount Of wo's
there are ample means 10 accomplish Il
In the larger cities and towns the fnge
printing and photographs could y
made under the supervision Of the %.
lice. In rural and outlying districts i
could be done by the reg:tra,ln
boards or, if necessary the Board d
Elections"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22
Reprisal Plank
Is Withdrawn
By Suffragists
Continued from page I

most bitter enemies Of suffrage, who
defeated il in Michigan and Ohio, and
whose ruler, the Kaiser. believes in
suppressing women everywhere it is
not likely that these pro-Germans are
suddenly going to swing around and
indorse the Federal amendment. | re-
fuse to answer such camouhaGe."
At the business session terday
morning Mrs. Thew Wright, Of Buff
falo, offered amendments 10 change
the purposes for which the organiza-
ton is founded. It's object now is not
to work for suffrage in New York
State. but to work for Federal woman
suffrage and 10 collect and dissent
nate information on political and So
clal problems. and to work for laws
beneiiting women and children espe-
cially"
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait was the
chief speaker Of the afternoon session.
Her plea was for better education for
citizenship. She said:
AT no time has either the state or
the national government done one thing
to qualify American boys or foreigners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22

for the sacred duty of citizenship.
Other women have said that they would
be interested in getting better laws for
children and for women as soon as they
had the vote That has not been my
ambition. | hope that the time will
come when we shall see established
schools of citizenship, from which every
citizen must present a certificate Of
graduation before he or she can vote.
We should have civil service for citi-
zenship.
IL trust that this movement OF yours
TO educate the women voters for their
responsibilities in government will
spread all over this country and in
clude the men. too. so that in that way
we can redeem our country from the
charges of corruption and misrule. II
is the greatest thing we can do, and we
must give TO it the same conservation
which we have given 10 our cause
All the officers of the association will
be reelected to-day with the exception
of Mrs. Raymond Brown, second vice
president, and Mrs. Henry White Can
X. Belknap and Mrs. Frank J. Tone
were nominated for these positions.
Few men took advantage OF the re-
taliatory invitation 70 sit in the gallery
at the woman citizen dinner" which
the Woman Suffrage party gave last
night in honor of its state chairman.
Mrs. Norman de f. Whitehouse, at the
Hotel Biltmore. Masculine habitues of
state dinners might have occupied those
seats TO advantage, for more cordial,
rollcking jubilee dinner was never
achieved.
Everybody Spoke
There were about three hundred
there, and the list of speakers was the
list Of diners. Speakers were limited
to two minutes at first. but Mrs.
Whitehouse, who was POSTMASTER.
speedily decided that one minute was
ample. Every speaker. by rule of the
floor, had to use her chair as a plat.
form.
Preliminary TO the one-minute
speeches, Mrs. Whitehouse called the
district leaders, one by one, to her
table and gave to each a laurel wreath.
The recipients donned the gifts at once
and wore them for the rest of the even
ing. When the laurels apparently had
been exhausted, Miss Charlotte Della
field came marching down the aisle.
bearing on red velvet cushion laurel
wreath every leaf Of which was golden.
With this she crowned the guest OF
honor
81 thank you all very much" said
Mrs. Whitehouse. "and I'm very proud
of my gold crown, but my real crown
was awarded on Election Day, and one
just like it is worn by every one Of
you who helped so much in the vic
tory"
Among the scanty masculine mural
decorations were Norman de K. White
house, James Lees Laidlaw and Gen
eral Frederick Edey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22
Freed on Charge of Mailing
Insult to Mrs. Wilson

Judge julius ". Mayer. in the Grim
inal Branch Of the Federal District
Court. directed the jury in the case of
ing letter TO Mrs. Woodrow Wilson at
the White House, to render a verdict
of acquittal.
The prosecutions own evidence es-
tablished that Haungs had been at
work in an engraving plant on Park
Place at the tine he was supposed 70
have mailed the letter from "A steam
ship pier some distance away. The
evidence offered BY the governments
handwriting expert5, Justice Mayer
ruled, was not conclusive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22
Thousands of Germans
Move in Washington

WASHINGTON. Nov 2l.-Ttosssrt'
of unnaturalized Germans weH forced
to move to-day from their homes rsn
docks, piers, warehouses, railway is''
minals and other establishments e.
clared barred zones By President VII
sons alien enemy proclamation. !"
many the new regulation meant ?"
only the actual moving Of the pa" q
residence, but the loss Of jobs IN ~
forbidden areas as well.
To those without work. lnelus-s
many with dependents. the fe'''s
employment agencies were open, -
officials were emphatic IN eHosh''
that the help OF these agenee,
finding new employment ior ths ~ ~,
enemies would not be withheld. -.
was only one evidence Of the se.slu
ment's anxiety 70 treat !a"-ags.,.
Germans with courtesy ana eo con- d,
ton, while applying the dfa 9i i,,,st
to detect the few with harml u H..
Private guards went on d1ly ar.
portant docks and piers 'o-Saic, ,.,ory.
ders of Attorney General oi,sy Il,
They will be replaced shorty hs,|
larger Atlantic ports by 'olols,s, 4.
in the meantime all pier Owners , ,j,
structed to supply their own "s ns,.o,s
and not allow unldentihed
either to enter or leave the w si,'.,,,.
John Lord O'Brian, specisl 80 80, h
TO the Attorney General N ehalss
alien enemy supervision, anno,' y,
that the registration OF GER l-Ihn ~ 81
dered by the President VII O ~, X
into effect first in ATLANTA, $50 ri
cities, probably next week. toN''
have charge Ct the Iegistrailon. ,,,l
The Department Of justice M Md
United States Marshal for we % ~ ii
Of Columbia have been besiss. So,
appeals from Germans seeslhs p,,s
ton from the provision o. he nsl
dents proclamation making ~ n
tr;ct of Columbia barred Io.s5 al
number of Germans are euiple,sss,s
experts in government s,,l
and it is understood depsriiaaeen.., \
are seeking exemption for l. ..S .sp
Department OF Justice rei'er4~sH X
ever, that no exceptions W.
made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22
Carnegie Fund to Aid War
Teachers May Count Time
Given u. S. for Pensions

The Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching will allow
teachers in the seventy-eight colleges
and universities affiliated with the
project 20 count in the time spent in
government service during the war in
applying for pensions at the end OF
twenty-five years service.
The trustees of the foundation at
their annual meeting, held yesterday
in $40 Fifth Avenue. made this de-
cision. II was said very large num-
Der OF the faculty members Of these
institutions were already in service.
Resolutions congratulating the col
leges of the United States and Canada
on the offerings which they are max
ing of their teachers, their sons and
their students TO the Great War
were passed unanimously.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22

you are in jail and don't find it so
"Do write If you can. Your father
saws he hopes you are getting big
salary, and probably it IS paid by the
Germans.
"Well. must mail Hen Terry's let
ter. so must stop. Loads of love.
MOTHER"
To whatever address this letter was
sent. it ultimately was. delivered
at the workhousc. and. ike all other
letters 20 inmates of the institution, 1t
was opened and read before delivery.
Il is probable that the letter would have
been given to Mrs. Johns, had 1t not
been for the reference TO her salary
and that probably il is paid by the
Germans" II NAV be that Mrs. Johns's
father is a humorist and that he was
having his little joke about the source
Of his daughters income. The District
administration. however, is taking no
chances with jokesmiths these days, and
so put the letter in he archives.
Letter From Turner
Enter. through the mails, one A.
Turner. Of the Rand School. $40 East
Nineteenth Street New York. The
Rand School is an institution Of ad-
vanced and highly iniiammatory
thought. founded by a lady much en-
numbered with riches. A. Turner evil
GENTLY is an old friend Of Mrs. johns;
They cal each other comrades.
Here is part Of his letter, too long
to be printed in full:
Rand School, 40 East Nineteenth
Street. New York.
Dear Peggy: Just inc 20 let
Won know that ! noticed the an
nouncement Of your arrest IN tne
Now York press last evening. IL dld
not altogether take me with surprise,
knowing YOU as ! do. You are ca
nable of almost anything, even OF be-
mo arrested. But. my dear girl, IL
is such a simple matter to get ar
rested at the present time. Almost
anv ono can do some silly thing 20
get in Jail. Where il requires the
brains is when YOU can DO some
thing TO get away with 1t.
"Of course, do not know the nat
IRE OF YOUR crime, but | am pretty
we'll certain whatever you were, DO
ing in Washington would nave
no great effect upon the capitalist
system. nothing TO do with the po-
litical game is going to startle the
representatives Of law and order
which in itself is an effect OF the
existing political, or capltalistic'
state Of society. My Gear girl, how
often have ! pointed out to you the
fallacy Of political action; IT IS
game which the leisure class dabbles
With. and as for obtaining any form
of freedom well. you might as well
try and stop the fish from swimming
Nv dear child. why kid yourself by
doing such futile work? There are
so many sensible things you can get
into prison for for instance, II you
attempted TO blow up the White
House. instead OF trying to make
room for more nuts. or lLnatics, as
they are called in England, ] would
say 20 ahead.
AZ you are keen upon carrying
some banner why did you not come
to the Office and get our banner,
which reads: We Demand the Re
lease Of A. Bcr<man in the Name Of
Humanity That would be some
thing worth getting a dose Of isola-
tion for.
81 am still yours for freedom.
"A. TURNER"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22
Ready TO Quit

Turner'S letter took the usual course
after il reached Cccoquan, and when
the authorities got 70 where he ad-
yiscd blowrg up the White House and
that Mrs. Johns shift the legend on
her banner from political freedom for
women TO freedom for Berkman, the
arch-anarchist and co-worker of Emma
Goldman. they put that letter in the
archives.
Come the ides Of November and
more pickets TO the gates Of the White
House and the arrest of those same
pickcts. Mrs. Johns and Miss Burns
were among the prisoners. They were
sentenced 20 Occoquan, for varying
terms. a week ago to-day. Both the
young women Immediately began hun
ger strikes. Mrs. Johns evidently was
getting in bad way sooner than she
expected, for she sent "A note TO Miss
Burns TO the effect that total absti-
hence from food might be heroic and
a good thing for woman suffrage, but
il wasn't comfortable and she wanted
20 quit. As soon as the workhouse
facilities would permit. Miss Burns
replied, exhorting Mrs. Johns to hold
fast" Both notes were found on Mrs.
Johns's person by female guard.
Lucy Burns's note to Peggy Johns
contains this very interesting para
graph:
About your work. the woman's
party will see that every one is fed
up and rested. after you get out,
till you are perfectly strong. Hun
dreds Of people. not alone in the
woman's party but in the whole la
Dor movement. and in the progressive
and paclhst groups. will look after
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22

you. for you are fighting for all of
them"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22
Letters Investigated

you. for you are fighting for all OF
them"
Letters Investigated
These letters have been turned over
TO the Department of Justice, when
will make such investigation of the
records Of the writer's, their relations
with each other, outside the National
Woman's party, and their affiliations
in New York and elsewhere.
At 90 Second Avenue, which IS a
meeting place OF East Side pactists,
Archibald Turner is known as con-
scientious objector and indvidualist.
He hasn't been seen thereabcut for a
month or so. but those who knew him
said he opposed the war because he
disbelieved in killing a man even in
battle and because he saw no way n
which the workngman would benefit
from the war, no matter which sidi
wins. As an individualist, Turner was
described as an anarchist. Other recol-
lections Of 80 Second Avenue regarding
Turner are that he seldom wore a hat
on the street, by occupation seemed 10
be a writer or poet of some kind. ana
though medium sized had a physique
that would enable him to put up a very
good fight il he weren't a pacifist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22
News in Brief

Can't you do better than " s'ss VIZ
pubruski. thirty two years 90, s'c ,y cor.
trats Clarke, OF the Lone lslsha S.y. % y
who had sentenced him 10 thlrv rssssrtt,,
workhouse FOR vsgraney. me DE- ~
then doubled the period. m9ea 'sNks -
faction OF the prisoner. Who - q 80
yearning for free food and p-'''
AMENIA. n. Y.-It Georse
no, been 80 polite he might su.A. ~
man. lie sent a letter 10 toh' ,ss hsrr-..
Kctchum here apolosiling Tor as
did The town jail in breaslns SO md 80
letter was traced 10 Milleroos ss,lsi"
rearrcs,ed. The original ehsns
was disorderly conduct. NJ
There are twenty-five reois l,,,ssi -
Maurice Combes. an artist has ghiru<f
building at io7.lO9 We'i
Street. o.
HUNTINGTON. Ions =. ~ ~
whi,msn's birthplace here In. q >"
asain. This time John -
York. hes purchased IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22
Drouth Loss $500, 900, 600

CHICAGO, Nov. 2l.--Charles McCsr-
thy. special aid 20 Herbert c. Hoover,
who has just returned from investi.
eating the drouth-stricken district OF
Texas, said to-day the drouth had been
SO severe that all cottonseed cake and
forage in the state had been comman-
deered. lie said the losses already
had reached 00,000,000. and that un-
less relief on huge scale was rushed
Immediately. hundreds Of thousands OF
cattle would die.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-22
Department of Justice
Probes Activities OF
Woman's Party
Tip in Letters
To peggy" Johns
One of Notes Suggested
Prisoner Burn Down the
White House
[Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON. Nov. 21.-The De-
partment of Justice is now loking into
the relations Of certain members OF the
National Woman's party with pacihsts,
anarchists and anti-war agitators.
Picketing has been tainted from the
beginning with the suggestion that
camouhaged disloyalists could well al
ford to interest themselves in move
ment so embarrassing to the govern
ment. That is obvious.
No one has ever thought the Ma
tional Womans party disloyal as an
organization. Its roster shows many
Of the finest old American names.
Among the members are women whose
sons have gone to war. Mrs. o. II. T.
Belmont. Mrs. H. o. Havemeyer, Mrs
Abby Scott Baker and Mrs. John WIN
ters Brannan all have sons in the ser
vice. But there are women in the
movement whose associations do not
scan so easily.
Seven Are Pacifsts
Seven Of the officials Of the National
Woman's Party and the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage are ayowed
naci6sts, who either have taken part
in recent pacifst and anti-war agita-
tons or who nave been identified with
peace organizations.
CRYSTAL Eastman is a member OF the
executive board of the National REQ
rIe's Council. She was until recently
secretary Of the American Union
Arainst Nilitarism. whose literature
the government barred from the mails;
She spoke at the peace conference
held in Chicago last September WINE
Inc Governor Of Illinois was sehdihg
troops to break up the meeting.
Sara Bard Field also ATTENDED we
Chicago peace conference Nneh inc
notice entered the building 20 dlSpeIse
tbo pacifsts Miss Field attracted at
tention by openly defying them 10 ar
rest her. ,,.-oe Con
ator La Toilette, participated IN Ihe
deliberations Of the Emergency Tcace
Conference reld in Madison Square
Garden last May. She was one oil me
supporters Of the plan to change lne
name of this organization to the REQ
pies Council. .,.-.,;.
has been identified with the antl,War
movement from the beginning. Nida
Miiholland is an avowed paclhst' out
has made her paciism incidental TO her
work as a suffragist.
Mrs. Amos PinchCt has been asso-
cIated with the peace movement
through the activities of her husband.
Jov Young until n few months ago
was an executive member OF the Amer
ican Union Against Milltarlsm.
Intercepted Correspondence
The Department Of Justice is par.
ticularly interested in some intercepted
correspondence Of Lucy Burns and
Peggy Baird Johns. two members OF
the National Woman's Party who are
now in Jail for picketing the President.
Both have been sentenced TO Deco.
ouan twice, once last September and
again last week. Before she was sent
TO the workhouse last September, Mrs.
Johns's mother, at Babylon, Long Isl
and. sent to her daughter a letter, Of
which the following is a copy:
Babylon, Sept. 2G, 1917.
"My Dear Peggy: got your let
ter after / had sent yours last night.
You speak Of the tapestry and ma
hogany in your room. ! don't see
why you don't put some in your
pocket.
81 can only hope by this time that