The evening world., 1917-05-25
SLACKERS POSING
AS ENEMY ALIENS
TO ESCAPE DRAFT
Hundreds Falsely Claim Ger
man Birth, Barred Zone"
Permit Investigators Declare.

Evidence that so-ealled 'conscien-
tious objectors" to military service
are going 70 the limit OF posing as
Germans in order 20 avoid conscrip-
ton has come 20 the attention Of Fed
sral authorities here.
Preliminary Investigations by dep
uties under United States Marshal
Thomas d. Mccarthy were said to-day
20 indicate that hundreds OF weak
Rnosd pacihsts whose ''conscientious-
ness" ts not above perjury have
eiaamsd German birth and applied
for permits 20 enter barred zones"
ArnAd with these permits, they
would be able 20 represent them
selves AZ enemy aliens before con-
seription boards and gain exemption
from military ssrvics. In every In
stance where such deceptions have
been uncovered the men were OF an
are subjecting them 20 oonscription,
ableIbodied and without dependents.
Their only excuse for exemption from
military service was that they were
.,conscientious objeotors" 70 killing
people.
Tue rapid increase IN the number
Of snsmy aliens applying for permits
during the last week has aroused the
suspiolons of the Government officers
IN regard 20 the validity Of hundreds
n not several thousands Of claims.
When attorney General Gregory
placed armories and naval militia
,rainlnR. stations within barred
zones" Marshal Mccarthy. after a
survey, estimated that there were be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 aliens sub
1Sotto the order. The number OF ap-
piieants for permits had crowded the
40 900 mark before noon to-day and
the Marshal now estimates that II
viii reach ana possibly exceed 10000
before Juno wnsn the order goes
into effect
with ffty extra deputy mArshals AZ
work Il had been hoped that invest-
Eations Of permit applications would
bo completed by June 10. Because OF
the necessity of covering much wider
ground than at first expected the in
vestiSations viii not DO completed un-
IN well into ths GUNNER. Nor will
the granting Of permit for Use in
barred zones' after June imply
that the holder has satisfied the au-
thorities a. 70 the validity OF his
claim. II subsequent Investigations
disclose that the holder falsely repre-
sented himself his permit win be re-
voked.
These Investigations viii be into
tho birthplace OF the applicant, the
date Of his arrival in America and
as TO whether he OF bis father have
been naturaliEed. Tho statement OF
the applicant viii bo compared with
tho records of the Immigration Bur-
eau at Washington.
a case which came 20 the Atten-
ton of the Marshal to-day Is typical
Of the condition which the authorl-
ties believe to prevail in hundreds Of
instances. IL was discovered that
Frederic KornltE. employed as n
waiter In a Broadway restaurant. had
applied for a permit as an unnatural
ised German whlle in fact, he was
born in New York City OF German
parents. Kornitz gave his birthplace
A. Essen. Germany. and said he came
70 America when fifteen years old.
lie is now twenty -dour.
When taken before the Marshal 10
explain his deception Kornitz pro-
tested that as his parents are stu
German subjects he also - a German.
He said his three brothers are in the
German army and his sister Is a
nurse in military hospital. The
man admitted that he Is physically
~ for service and has no dependents
Marshal Mccarthy warned him "a
register on June 8 and then state his
ObJections 70 military service. When
asked whether he had ever taken ad-
vantage OF mis- birth here he admitted
that no had voted upon becoming OF
age and once since.
Another man who said he was a
pacifist went 20 the Marshal and, ad
mittlng his American birth, asked II
he couldn't declare himself In the
alien class and so become exempt
from conscription. Mr. Mccarthy told
him he should be placed in a first line
trench In the first army that Is sent C
France. He belonged to no religious
sect opposing war. he said. but
was real conscientious obiector" 70
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