Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-22
ALIEN: RECORD
IS TO Be KEPT
Citizens of Germany in
Grand Forks District
Must Register Here.

Chief of Police j. w. Lowe has been
designated as chief registrar of Ger
man alien enemies in the Grand
Forks district and today received de-
tailed instructions from United States
Marshal S. j. Doyle at Fargo. Inc
attorney general of the United States
has prescribed a set of rules and reg
ulations governing the registration
and, according to these. February 4,
). &, I. s and 9 have been set aside
as registration dates for this district.
The Grand Forks district includes the
city proper and all the territory serv-
ell by the Grand Forks post office.
and the registration station here Will
! he the office OF the chief of police in
the Grand Forks city hall.
Who Shall Register.
All natives. citizens. denizcns or
subjects of the German empire or the
German government. being males OF
the age of ii years and upward. who
are living in this district and not ac-
tually natnraliZed as American cltl-
zens. are required to register at the
J police station as alien enemies.
Failure to register is punishable with
imprisonment.
J When the alien enemy has been
, duly registered. he. will receive a card
to that effect. and if he is found any
where within the United States with
out having such a card in his pos
session, he is liable to punishment.
The Method Of Registration.
1t is required by law that every
alien enemy read carefully the form
of registration affidavit handed to
him, and ask the registrar for instruc-
tons concerning points of which the
registrant is not certain.
Four photographs of the reGistrant
must be furnished to the registrar.
They must be unmounted. on thin pa
per with a light background and not
larger than 3 by 3 inches.
The registrant must submit to nav
ing his finger marks printed in &C
c%ordance with the methods of identi-
~tication now observed all over the
! military and naval service Of the
United States.
The registration afidavits are to he
made out in triplicate and must be
personally signed and sworn to by the
registrant before the registrar. All
blanks necessary for registration pur-
poses will be furnished by the police
department as Don as they arrive.
From the regulations. Il copy OF
which has been received in this city
it does not appear that personal no
tice will be given to alien enemie'
within the district. The publicity
given through the press is deemed
sufficient for the purpose. and 1t i:
expressly understood that Ignorance
Of the registration rules cannot b'
pleaded in mitigation where prosecu
ton may result.
Number is Uncertain.
At the present time. it has beer
found impossible to give n correc
estimate regarding the number o
, alien enemies in the Grand Forks dis
2 trict. 1t is thought to be compare
) lively small.
y Austrian citizens are not included
in the regulations, and no notice ha
appeared to the effect that they ar
U to he registered. The rule appertain
: to German citizens only. n evident
i. ly includes Germans who have de
clared their intention to hecom
American citizens. since the regula
tions stipulate that only German
who are actually naturaliZed a
American citizens" are exempt iron
the registration.