The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25
ALIEN ENEMIES
Must Register. RuIes Laid Down
penalties.


Marshal, for the District of Mime
sofa, has notified all chiefs of police
which are designated as "chief reg
| istrars" of cities having population
of five thousand or over by the fed
eral census of 1910, and Otto N.
Raths, Postmaster at st. Paul, who
| is designated as "chief registrar" of
all non-urban areas having a popula-
ton of less than five thousand Dy
the federal census of 1910, relative
to registration of German alien
enemies, as promulgated by rules and
regulations of the Attorney General
of the United States under authority
of the Presidents Proclamation,
! dated November 18th, 1917.
Registration of German Alien En-
emies is fixed within the District Of
Minnesota to commence at six A. M.
on FEBRUARY 4th, 1918, and to con-
tinue on each day successfully there
after between the hours of six A. M.
and eight P. M, up to and including
the 9th day of February, 1918, at
eight o'clock.
Persons Required To Register-Penai-
ties For Failure To Register and
for Violation of Regulation.
l. All natives, citizens, denizens or
subjects of the German Empire or of
the Imperial German Government,
being males of the age of ii years
and upward, who are within the
| United States and not actually
| naturalized as American citizens, are
required to register as alien enemies.
g This registration shall extend
and apply to all land and water, con-
tinental or insular, in any way within
the jurisdiction of the United States.
| 8. An alien enemy required to reg
lister who fails to complete his regis
tration within the time fixed therefor
or who violates or attempts to VIC
late or whom there is reasonable
ground to believe that he is about to
violate any regulation duly promul-
gated by the President of the United
States or these Regulations, in addi-
ton to all other penalties prescribed
by law, is liable to restraint, impris-
onment, and detention for the dura-
ton of the war, or to give security, or
to remove and depart from the United
States in the manner prescribed by
section 4O67, 1869, and 4070 of the
United States Statutes, and to all
other penalties prescribed in the sew
eral proclamations of the President
of the United States and in the regu-
lations duly promulgated by or un
der the authority of the President.
4. An alien enemy required to reg
lister who shall after the date fixed for
the issuance to him of registration
card be found within the limits of
the United States, it's territories, or
| possessions, without having his reg
istration card on his person, is liable
| to the aforesaid penalties.
s. Females are not alien enemies
within the present statutory defini-
ton.
6. A male native, citizen, denizen
or subject of the German Empire or
of the Imperial German government
is an alien enemy, even though he
has declared his intention to become
a citizen of the United States by
taking out his first papers of natural
ization, or has been partly or COM
pletely naturalized in any country,
other than the United States.
Z. Males born in or residing as
German subjects in Alsace-LOrraine,
subsequent to May 10, 1871, and in
Schleswig- Holstein subsequent to
August %, 1866, and now dwelling
within the United States are alien
enemies unless naturalized as Amer
lean citizens. ~
s. In cities having a population of
fve-thousand or over by the federal
census of 1910, registration shall take
place in all police stations, and IN
non-urban areas Cor cities and towns
having a population of five-thousand
or less by the federal census of 1870
shall take place in the post offices.
9. The following cities are desig-
mated as cities having a population
of five thousand and over, according
to the federal census of 1910, over
which the chiefs of police will act
as "chief registrars Albert Lea,
Austin, Bemidji, Brainerd, Chisholm,
Cloquet, Crookston, Duluth, Mankato,
Minneapolis, New Ulm, Owatonno,
Red Wing, Rochester, st. Cloud, st.
Paul, Saltwater, Virginia, and Win
ona; and in all other communities or
non-urban areas, the postmasters will
serve as assistant registrars.
10. Alien enemies who have here
tofore had permits issued to them un
der the Presidents Proclamation of
April 9Th, 1917, to reside, come with
in, pass through, be employed within
or conduct business within half mile
radius of any fort, camp, arsenal, air
craft station, government or naval
vessel, navy yard, factory, armory, or
work shop, for the manufacture of
munitions of war, are not exempt
from the above regulations. They
must again be registered.
II. Any alien enemy required to be
registered who is unavoidably absent