New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-05

Offices and the other TO the Hamburg
American Offices. After a brief stop
there they reversed their march, plea
into the Patrol and steamed away
Chief HAYES. of Hoboken, who had
learned Of their arrival, was Just IN
time TO bid them goodby when he ar
rived at tho piers, breathlcss, to IN
quire about the invasion.
Inspector Ryan led about 100 police
men I'm plain clothes TO the piers AT
i33d Street and the Hudson RIVER,
where other German liners lie. Police
men also visited the boats in the Bay
belonging to German or Austrian lines
and Austrian steamers moored OH
Eighteenth Street, Brooklyn. The sc-
tivity Of the police was said TO constr
tute kind of patrol TO guard against
violence.
The real reliance of the government
is believed 20 rest on the work OF the
immigration inspectors. No German or
Austrian seamen will be permitted to
leave tho piers without submitting to
the usual course of aliens. including
examination before the Special Board
Of Inquiry at Ellis Island.
The whole course of the government
in this matter has been brought 10
head by complaints that members OF
tho German crews have been disappear
ing from the ships Of late.
Captain to Test Law
. Captain julius Gebauer, OF the Penn
sylyania, formerly commander OF the
Vaterland, probably will be the flrst
TO test the efficacy of the new order.
He sought to leave his vessel last nlgnt
and was stopped by Daniel Schwartz,
an immigration inspector. captain
Gebsuer declared that he had taken out
his first papers and still desired to be-
come an American citizen.
lie produced the papers. Schwartz
inspected them and discovered that
CAPTAIN Gebaucr had not reported TO
an American consul every five years
as required Captain Gabauer thought
that he ought not to be thwarted IN
his zeal TO become an American by
mere technicality. Schwartz agreed
with him, but said that 1t was
a matter for the Special Board of In
duiry 10 decide. The captain said that
he would go before il to-day.
The order restraining aliens to their
ships is not TO interfere with the visits
which friends and relatives have been
accustomed TO make. They will be per-
mitted TO come and go as heretofore,
except that they will be subject TO the
surveillance of the customs and lmml-
grafton men. When it was first pro-
mulgated the order caused some con-
fusion because of the number OF Sun
day callers on the vessels who lmme-
dately made haste to get of. thinking
that all on board we're TO be interned
1t is estimated that German and Aus
trian sailors in this port number be
tween 1000 and $500. The neutrality
squad contains from 500 to 1000 men.
Engines Made Useless
The engines Of the Kaiser Will
helm III, in Hoboken, have been dam
aged so seriously that it will require
months 10 repair them, according TO
deck steward, who contided the m
formation to a newspaper man OUTSIDE
the pier yesterday afternoon. Inc
steward. Henry Meyer, mlstook the re-
porter for a former employe OF the
North German Lloyd Line. lie was
hurrying away with trunk and satchel
because he believed the United states
marines would seize the steamship to-
day.
Flows the machinery on board the
Kaiser Wilhelm" asked the reporter,