The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-05

German alien females, the marshals
office has been notified by Attorney
/ General Gregory that the date set for
such registration in Alaska will be
during the period between August
and August IA.
The local postmaster. by virtue of
his Office, will act as the registrar
for this district. and to him those
who will be required to register I'M
der the provisions of the proclamation
must appear during the days named
Owing to the complex status caused
by the marriage of a woman to for
cigner, the complete rulings referring
to those required to register is here
with given, and any female who
comes within these provisions should
read carefully the following:
IAN natives, citizens. denizens or
subjects of the German empire or of
the imperial German government, be-
ing females of the age of IA years and
upwards, who are within the United
/ States and not actually naturalized as
! American citizens, are required to
register as German alien females.
Female natives. citizens, denizens
or subjects of the Austro-Hungarian
empire are not required to register
under the Presidents proclamation OF
April 10. 1919, nor under these regu
lations unless they come within the
provisions of the preceding para
graph. article l, Paragraph ~
This registration shall extend to
and apply to all land and water. con-
the jurisdiction of the United States.
"A German alien female required to
/ register who fails to complete her
registration within the time fixed
therefor or who violates or attempts
I to Violate. Or of whom there is Pea
| sonablo ground to believe that She is
Iahout to violate am regulation duly
promulgated by the president of the
| United States or these regulations. in
addition to all other penalties pre-
sCribed by law. is liable to restraint.
imprisonment and detention for the
duration Of the war. or to give secur-
ity, or to removal and departure from
the United States in the manner pre-
sCribed by Sections 1857 1859 and
1910 of the United States Revised
Statutes. and to all other penalties
prescribed in the several proclama-
tiOns OF the President OF the United
States and in the regulations duly
of the President
"A German alien female required
to register who shall, after the date
fixed for the issuance to her of
registration card be found within the
limits of the United States, its terri
tories or possessions, without having
her registration card on her person,
is liable to the aforesaid penalties,
Definition of Alien Enemies
Under Section 4067, United States
Revised Statutes. as amended by act
of congress approved April l6, 1918,
entitled An act to amend Section
4067 of the Revised Statutes by ex.
tending its scope to include women,
the statutory definition of the term
alien enemy includes all natives, citi-
zens, denizens or subjects of a foreign
nation or government with which war
. has been declared, of the age of IA
and upwards, who are within the
United States and not actually natur-
allied as American citizens. The
term. therefore. includes females as
we'll as males.
The following applications of this
definition are made for the purpose of
the present registration of German
alien females:
L Il. y female, irrespective OF the
citizenship of her parents, born in the
! United States. and subject to the jur-
isdiction thereof is an American citi
zen, and is not a German alien re
quired to register hereunder, unless
"(a) She has become naturalized in
or taken an oath of allegiance to Ger
many; or
"(b) She has married a citizen or
subject of Germany who has not &C
CURED naturalization in the United
States and the marital relation has
not been terminated by death or abso-
lutte divorce; or such marital relation
has been terminated by death or alb
solute divorce and she has not re-
sumed her American citizenship in the
manner hereinbelow stated (See
paragraph 81