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Show SEVEN UTAH ENEMY ALIENS OIEIED Sausage Maker Uses Occupation Occu-pation as Ruse to Conceal Machinations. TWO ARE DYNAMITERS Rigorous Vigilance Exercised Exer-cised by Officials in Registering Reg-istering Germans. Actual internment in the war prison barracks at Fort Douglas was made yesterday of seven enemy alien prisoners prison-ers who have been held in the county jail for from two days to several weeks pending instructions from Washington, D. r., for the taking of their photographs. photo-graphs. The six are Alfred Frederick Hust, manager of the Monroe photographic photo-graphic studio, lZ-2',3 South Main street; Max Graeske, a sausage maker in the employ of the Success market; F. W. Babbel of Babbel Bros., ladies' tailors, 120 East Broadway; Erick Pohl. Louis Kesling, F. H. Fischer, alias Herman heifert, and Joseph Win-kelbanm, Win-kelbanm, an I. W. W. After a long period of surveillance it developed that Hust was an agent of tho German government, eugaged in recruiting Germans for the imperial arm, working in connection with German Ger-man agents in other parts of the country coun-try and Mexico, shipping his recruits to Mexico and paying their transportation. transporta-tion. Hust had as one of his accomplices F.rick Pohl in Salt Lake, also active in recruiting men for the German army, and who was generally known as an undesirable character and a menace to the United States. One of the most dangerous men in-lerned in-lerned yesterday is Max Graeske, sausage sau-sage maker, who was betrayed by a man to whom he offered, as an agent of the German government, $1.0,000 to assist him in dynamiting and destroying destroy-ing large buildings in the principal cities. His occupation as a sausage maker was merely a blind, and he is f-aid to have had deep seated plana for the wholesale destruction of property in arious parts of the country, F. H. Fischer, also known as Herman Seifcrt, is considered dangerous because of his utterances against the United States and various threats which he made, to do everything in his power to aid the German government in the war. Kesling Dynamiter. Another particularly dangerous enemy alien is Louis Kesling, who was arrested ar-rested in Price after a thorough investigation. in-vestigation. Kesling was found with a large epiantity cf dynamite and other explosives and was unable to satisfactorily satisfac-torily explain his intentions in regard lo them. Frequently he has expressed the hope that the United States "wonld be blown off the fa.-c of the earth" and that the kaiser would win the war. Leon Bone, special agent of the department de-partment of justice, decided to take no chances with an avowed dynamiter at large, and reported the. matter, to Washington, D. (J., with the result that Kesling was ordered interned. Babliel was restrained several days ago on the report of manv persons, some of tiiem his patrons, that he freely expressed hatred for the United States ami sympathy for Germany. Joseph Winkelbaum was notoriously active as a member of the I. W. Vt, and lost no opportunity to express his hope that the United' States government govern-ment worild be exterminated as a result of the war. Of tho enemy aliens interned yesterday, yester-day, Hust. Kabbel nnd Graeske, who had licen vouched for by reputable citizens, had been given permits allowing them lo conduct, business within the limits of the restricted districts in Salt Lake. Within a short time after accepting their permits they outraged the privilege privi-lege to an extent that lias landed them in the war prison barracks, where they will remain until the close of the war. Along well organized lines, the United Stales government, yesterday set in motion the machinery for registering every enemy alien in the country. I'm ted Slates Marshal Aquila Nebeker received a telegram from Washington asking for an estimate of the number of German aliens over 14 vears of ae in Utah, and the marshal 'at onco got in touch with the best sources of information, infor-mation, and late, in the dav advisod the department of jnstice at' Washington, It. V., that there are resident in Utah avm-oximately 150D persons of German nativity, about 1100 of whom are naturalized nat-uralized citizens of the United Stales leaving about -100 unnaturalized, who are classed an enemy aliens. Registration Plan. As shown by the number of permits issued to unnaturalized Germans, 33S having been issued to residents of Salt Lake, the number outside the larger cities is small and according to the1 best authorities less than 100. In the rural communities, according to the opinion of Mr. Nebeker. there are few enemy aliens, as in order to prove up on government gov-ernment lands or homesteads it is necessary neces-sary for all of foreign birth to become naturalized citizens. Outside of Salt Uake, Logan, Ogden and Provo, there are believed to be few who have not be, Mine citizens. In order that none may be overlooked, over-looked, however, nnd that' a record of all enemy aliens may be provided. Attorney At-torney General Gregory has directed that the greatest vigilance shall be ob-serod ob-serod to bring about the registration of all Germans who are not citizens. The contemplated plan is to have the registrations in cities and towns, which, according to the census of 1!10, had more than 6000 inhabitants, effected bv the police; and in all other communities communi-ties by the local postmasters. In such cities the chief of police will act as chief registrar, and the police captains, lieutenants or sergeants in each precinct will act as assistant registrars. Tn the other communities the postmaster of the largest city in the judicial district will act as chief registrar, and the postmaster postmas-ter in each community as assistant registrar. reg-istrar. The necessary registration affidavits, registration cards and other forms and full printed instructions are expected ex-pected to be received bv the United States marshal within a few davs for distribution to the chief registrars of cities and communities of more than o000 inhabitants. The registration forms to be used in j communities of less than 5000 inhabitants inhabi-tants will be sent directly to the postmasters. post-masters. When the registration is complete the chief registrars in all communities will retain one set of the executed registration registra-tion affidavits, and transmit to the United States marshal in each district the second set with a notification that the third set has been sent by them to the department of justice at Washington, Washing-ton, D. C. For purposes of information and record the United States marshal will Tetain in his office the set of registration reg-istration affidavits received by him. Quick Work Necessary. The chief registrars in all communities communi-ties aro instructed to seud to the United States marshal all information obtainable obtain-able concerning the German enemy aliens who may have attempted to register reg-ister under fatse or asumed names and addresses. In such cases, if it is the judgment judg-ment of the United States marshal that further proceedings are warranted, the latter will at once report them to the United States attorney, and such aetion on the part of chief registrars must be reported to the department of justice by telegraph or otherwise. . In Utah the cities of more than 5000 inhabitants are Ogdcn, Logan, Provo and Salt Lake. United States marshal Aquila Nebo-ker Nebo-ker has been advised by the department of justice at Washington, L. A, that it is desired to have the registration conducted con-ducted quickly and effectively, and that police officials and the pbstoffice department de-partment are doing the work voluntary. volun-tary. The department of lustico, it is stated, has no direct control over them, and will be guided solely by the relations rela-tions of the United States marshal Tvith them: |