New-York tribune., 1918-10-12
"Bla ck Book" of
Hoboken Lists All
Good Bad Germans
Names in 1t Those of leu
tons Who Are for the
United States
BY BRIGGS

Hoboken has "Black Book" Social
.ly speaking, it is not so exclusive as
New York's "Blue Book" yet many
Hoboken citizens would far rather pos
sess the distinction of having ones
name inscribed in the "Black Book" of
Hoboken than in the softer-hued VOL
ume across the river.
To get ones name in the book of New
necessary standing and wealth.
But to break into print inside the
covers Of the Hoboken edition one must
be person of German descent who has
unquestionably qualified ar regular"
American. One must be a person who
buys Liberty bonds and subscribes to
the Red Cross out of sincere motives,
and one who sends his sons across to
help snuff out that Prussan thing, even
though ones ancestors did come from
the land of Bismarck.
The existence of HQboken's "Black
Book" was revealed yesterday at the
examination of F. William Stocker. an
alien enemy, before United States
Commissioner Stanton. Stocker was
summoned that the government might
inquire into his relations with Walter
Loehmer, former German army officer,
who is being held with Miss Margaret
O'Sullivan, Of Hoboken, on the techni-
cal charge CT supplying liquor to a
naval officer.
Divulged Sailing Plans
Federal officials charge that a navy
petty officer, while under the influence
of drinks in Miss O'Sullivan's home.
divulged to Loehmer the sailing time
Of an American troop transport fleet.
one ship of which was sunk by U-boats
with the loss of fifty-seven lives.
"Some German citizen in this town
has been collecting the names of bad
Germans in Hoboken," spoke Commits
sloner Stanton. "By bad Germans are
meant those persons of Teutonic ex-
traction on whom the Kaiser was under
the deluslon he could count in the
event this country entered the war, but
who, since April s. 1917 have shown
themselves to be as thoroughly Ameri-
can as the descendants of the Nav
flower passengers.
Some German citizen has been tell
ing about that he was collecting the
names OF these poor Germans with the
view of handing them over to the
kalser's representatives when they got
to New York. Now, Mr.. Stocker'
want TO ask you whether you were tho
person who was collecting these
names ?"
Before Stocker could answer. Com
missioner Stanton added parentheticallv
ttat there was time when several
Eoboken residents confidently ex-
pected that the Crown Prince would
make New York his next stop after
Paris and London.
Stocker Makes Denial
Stocker denied emphatically that he
was either an editor, collaboration or
contributor to the Hoboken "Black
Book" n
Stocker also denied that he was tho
cne who furnished Loehmer with the
money TO stage wine parties for army
and navy officers. He insisted that ~
only financial aid he had rendered
Loehmer was the payment of doctor
pills tor the treatment of disease
from which Loehmer will die within a
year physicians said yesterday.
otocker denied further that he had
ever treated a sailor in Hoboken
ssaloon' that ne had ever sought in
iormalioh from sailors after entertain
ing them; that he had ever entersd !.
navy yard under the guise Of uI sall;r.. q
goods to the government: or ,hat e.'',e II
had ever spoken against the ;ntaraate ~ ne
OF this country in it's war on StocLan,s sass
Vaterland '0> Aer
The testimony of Stocker and ev;
oence collected by secret service aqsr+c
jury III grand