The evening world., 1917-06-09
10000 GERMANS
TO FACE SEIZURE
IN BARRED ZONES
Rush for Permits on Last Day
Subsidies Early With Thou
sands Lacking Papers.

New York's big German population
goes under rigid war regulations with
the stroke OF IL o'clock tonight. with
every branch Of Federal authority
ready for enforcement.
Immunltles and special considera-
tions allowed enemy aliens during
the weeks since the nations entry
into the war will be cancelled and
every restricting order tending TO
prevent internal troubles from sub
jects Of the Kaiser will go into
effect
With this, the last day OF immunity,
q rush Of Germans who had neglected
10 supply themselves with the neces-
sary papers, was made upon the Fed
eral Building. After noon. however.
the number diminished gradually uu-
Ill at o'clock no moro than ATTY
Germans were in line.
This sudden let up in the rush OF
applicants caused United States
Marshal Mccarthy TO Increase his
original estimate of Germans who
would be without permits. He said
that OF $4,000 application papers is
sued. $4,000 were still unreturned at
, the opening hour to-day and ne be-
lieved that at least $4,000 OF this
number would fail to file complete
| applications. These men will be
given no consideration. but upon the
/ first violation of a zone order will
be arrested and interned. ne declared.
Marshal Mccarthy said to-day that
his office would officially close at
: o'clock tonight. when all doors 10
the Federal Building will be closed.
All Germans who are within the
building at the closing time will bo
taken care Of. said the Marshal, II 1t
takes until midnight. The same will
apply in Brooklyn, which is under
Marshal Powers. but there the doors
will be closed at 6 o'clock.
There was a rush at the Brooklyn
Marshal's office to-day. though not
so great as in Manhattan. Twenty
thousand application blanks have
been taken out in Brooklyn and 5000
OF these have not been heard from
since. During the morning 500 who
returned their blanks were sworn in
by Deputy Marshal Rothschild. They
sat at desks In tho civil service ex-
animation room and were sworn in
200 at a time.
Zones within n half mile OF armor-
les, naval stations and all other points
OF military and naval importance will
become barred territory at midnight
TO oil enemy aliens except those hold =
ing special permits OF entry. The en-
tire water front, with its miles OF
piers and docks. and the waters OF the
rivers and the bay will be forbidden
TO unnaturaliEed Germans uncondi- .
tlonally. Permits will be of no use
there,
The police and Home Defense Corps
OF $4,000 men Is ready for active CO.
operation with the Secret Service, the
Department OF Justice and the United
States Marshals once. In addition,
a citizen army OF more than 100 900
Americans Is being held under moral
obligations by the Government 10 see
that New York's Germans go
straight"
Hundreds OF Germans. who through
neglect or other reasons have failed
to provide themselves with permits
and put themselves on record with
the Government officials, will be
liable 20 arrest and internment i'm
mediately upon entry into any one OF
the barred zones. Scores more, at
present working for steamship COM
panies and concerns employing men
about piers and docks, will be forced
to quit this employment and look for
work elsewhere.
Armed guards will enforce the wa
terfr0nt orders with instructions 10
shoot in every case where a man
challenged makes an attempt TO es-
cape or otherwise refuses TO obey
commands. Other guards will keer
ctrict watch over all craft. large and
small. plying the rivera and any
German owned boat found in use will
be seized and held by the Govern
ment until tho end OF tho war
Steamship companies and waterfront
concerns were to-day notified that nc
Germans should be retained in theii
employ.
Zones extending about thirteen ar,
morles in Manhattan and the Bronx
about six armories IN Brooklyn ant
the arsenal at Seventh Avenue ant
Thlrty-fifth Street will be barred ter
ritory. Two naval militia station!
are also included in the order. one O.
them being in Manhattan and thu
other in Brooklyn.
It is estimated that az least 500
Germans with their families at pres
ent residing within these districts viii
have 20 move into other sections a
once or face internment Water from
lodging houses win be combed 70
aliens OF German birth.