Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-01-25
!; ALIENS MUST REGISTER

aliens MUST REGISTER
CHIEF OF POLICE PROPER MADE
zREGIsTRAR HERE-REGIS-
TRATION STARTS FEB.
Joseph A. Vessel, United States mar
shal for the district Of Minnesota, has
notified Chief of Police Proper, who is
designated as "chief REGISTRAR Of
this city, relative to registration of
German alien enemies, as promulgated
by rules and regulations Of the attor-
ney general Of the United States under
the authority of the presidents proc
lamation, dated November 16, 1917.
Registration Of German alien enemies
sofa to commence at a. m. on Febru-
ary 4, 1913, and to continue on each
day successively thereafter between
the hours of 6 a. m. and p. NJ, up
to and including the 9th day Of Feb
ruary, 1918, at o'clock p. m.
a i natives, citizens, denizens or sub
jects Of the German empire or Of the
Imperial German government, being
males Of the age of "A years and up
ward, who are within the United States
and not actually naturalized as Ameri
can citizens, are required to register as
alien enemies.
An alien enemy required to register
who fails to complete his registration
within the time fixed therefor or who
violates or attempts to violate any reg
ulation duly promulgated by the presi-
dent Of the United States or these reg
ulations in addition to all other penal
ties prescribed by law, is liable to re-
straint, imprisonment, and detention
for the duration Of the war, or to give
security, or to remove and depart from
the United States in the manner pre-
scribed by section 4067, 1869 and 1910
of the United States Revised statutes,
and to all other penalties prescribed in
the several prQclanlations Of the presi-
dent of the United States and in the
regulations duly promulgated by or un-
der the authority Of the president.
An alien enemy required to register
who shall after the date fixed for the
issuance to him Of registration card
he found within the limits Of the Unit
ed States, its territories, or possessions,
without his registration card on his per-
son, is liable to the aforesaid penalties.
Females are not alien enemies with
in the present statutory definition.
A male native, citizen, denizen- or
subject of the German emp pire or of the
Imperial German government is an
alien enemy, even though he has de-
clared his intention to become a citizen
of the United States by taking out his
first papers Of naturalization, or has
been partly or completely naturalized
in any country other than the United
States.
Males born in or residing as German
Subjects in n~Alsace-Lorraine, subsequent
to May 10, 1871, and in Schleswig- Hol-
stein subsequent to August %, 1886,
and now dwelling within the United
States, are alien enemies unless natur.
allied as American citizens.
Any alien enemy required to be reg
istered who is unavoidably absent from
his place of residence on the registra.
tion day fixed for such place, must, in
order to relieve himself from the pen
alties hereinbefore prescribed for fail
ure to register, present himself at the
place and time prescribed for registra
tion in the district in which he tempo
rarily is, and shall then and there reg
lister himself in the regular way before
the registration officer Of such district
The registration Of an alien enemy
shall not be deemed to be completed
until registration card is issued tt
him in accordance with these regula
tions.
Suggestions to. Registrants
III Persons required to register should
fundenstaad that in so doing they are
gi*iate elpf oef1]6F' their peaceful disposi
tions afd--9f their jptention to conform
to the l&99;a dfakbAe United States.
do: EveEp+ registrant should read care
fully the form of registration affidavit
11aanded to him and ask the registration
officer for explanation on all points mo-
clear to him before attempting to fl
out the blanks. Registration officer.
are instructed to give registrants al
possible aid in the way Of explanation
and advice.
Each registrant is required to furnish
four unmounted photographs Of him
self, not larger than by inches il
sizs, on this paper, with light back
ground. All four photographs shoul(
be signed by the registrant across thu
,, face Of the photographs, SO as not t.
obscure the features, if the applican
is able to write.
The registrant is hereby Informed
that he must present himself befor.
the registration officer who took b..
oath after 10 days but before Is day
from the last day fixed for registra tio1
in his registration district to obtain ;
registration card, upon which he mus
sign his name, or make his mark, ant
place his left thumb print in the pres
ence of the registration officer.
WOULD SELL PINES Is
MADE TO SAVE THEM
According to a dispatch from St
Paul, an appeal has been made to tn
state auditor to save 200 acres of PIN