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Items Personal and GeneralOf Interest to G P O Workers
CHARLES M RICHARDSONPopular preesman
Obarles M Richardson is one of themost popular men In the press room ofthe Government Printing Office wherehe has been employed for about fifteenyears Coming from Buffalo N Ywhere he served his time with the SlatthewsNorthrup Company an establishment that ranks with the host Inworld for doing printing of the highestclass he took high rank ag an allroundworkman and when the office put in thecard web for doing that class of workfor the Poetoffice Department Mr
was selected to run It and hashad control of that job for the puttwelve years Mr Richardson Is an
conscientious member of the Pressmens Union serving as secretary forone term served terms as a member ofthe executive committee and in MW rep-resented No 1 as a delegate to the convention of the International at
Wls being appointed chairman ofthe committee on subordinate unions hiswork receiving the highest commendation
Alexander W a wellknowncompositor In the day document sectionhas been detailed temporarily to theNational Museum
Jesse 3tf Taylor temporary compositoris a recent transfer from the monotypesection to the night document section
Quite surprise awaited the employeeof the bindery when upon reporting forduty Monday morning they found thatan exchange of foremen had takenplace Charles T Malpas who has beenin charge of the forwarding and finish-ing section for about two years hasbeen transferred to the CongressionalLibrary bindery and H C Espey
been in charge of the library binderyits establishment is now In charge
of the main bindery Both of theseare deservedly popular with their
subordinates and carry with them thebest wishes of their old associates aswell as the sincere good will of their
Mrs Charles Messse f St PaulMinn is vtalting her soninlaw Deldaughter Mr and Mrs A J DressGiesman Is rather accustomed to severeweather and says she thoroughly en-joyed what to most people oa March 4was very uncomfortable
Mtes Anna Starke of Detroit and hersister Mary Starke are visitingtheir brother Lewis Starke of tile bind-ery
Martin Dreis who has been detailed tothe National Museum for several weekspast reported for duty in the bindery
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series of games of checkers be-tween George Whlttford of the binderyand Mr Entriken of the time roomresulted IR Mr Entriken winning tieschampionship Mr Entriken taking Xgames to Mr Whltfords 33 with 32 ties
David Smith R laborer in the docu-ment section one of the oldest and mostactive employee and a G A R man witha brilliant record had the misfortune toslip and fall on the icy sidewalk on theevening of inauguration day while watchlog the fireworks sustaining fractureof one of his limbs Pop has the sympathy of all his
Charles E Morton Imposer in the doc-ument night section has been granted sixdays leave without pay
Abner W Bentz compositor in theday section has been summonedto Carlisle Pa owing to the serious ilinose of his mother as well as abrother
After several weeks absence due toaioknoee Miss Mary Blor of the docu-ment day section was warmly greetedupon her return OB
tho hope that his health may bespeedily improved Henry C oftoo day document section will sojournAtlantic City X J for thirty days
A batch of New Yorkers took in thesights of the biggest printery on Wednes-day ooBSp4cuon8 among thorn being KateNewman Billy Durkin and other wellknown members of Big Six
O S Webster H C Evans H A McPike John ONeili and H a Shearerwere on the document section sick listthe past week
During the week Mr and Mrs JohnS Buraslde and wife 41 R street north-west had as Inauguration guests MrsYouagbiood and daughter Carrie of theLa Belle Inn one of the popular housesin South Carolina avenue Atlantic CityN J They entertained at the same timeMessrs Cunningham and Nash twoprominent of Altoona Pa JesseF Grant accompanied them while sightseeing on this their initial trip to Washington and added much to their enjoymeat during their brief and wintry sojourn
Harry S Slater proprietor of the Centennial Hotel Pottsville Pa visited thedocument section one day during theweek renewing old acquaintances MrSlater was former employe of the olddocument room and the job room
At the closing hours of Congress ChiefFrank Morgan in charge of bills torgetter with Pressman Kelly and two assistants were on at the office fortwentyeight straight hours This recordhas nover even in the oldhandset days
Col Tlbbetts formerly anof the Government Printing Office camefor the In igrural ceremonies The colonelis looking as brisk and youthful as everin foot more so which is due no doubtliving in the salubrious climate ofTennessee Immediately after the inau-gural ceremonies the colonel returned toJohnson City where he occuplesa re-sponsible position
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ExGuide Fred Rutter renewed oldthe past week Mr Rutter has
been happily located in the hotel business-at Mount Clemens Mich for the pasttwo years
Lieut Smyth of the MassachusettsCoast Artillery and a party of friendswere visitors at the office on TuesdayLieut Smyth is superintendent of themunicipal printing plant at Boston Mass
The wellknown and popular organiza-tion East Side Republican Club of NewYork City 100 strong with their leaderJohn S Shea is enjoying the sights attho Capital for a few days They all favortho changing of the date of the Inauguration Representatives Parsons Bennetand Oloott stood bravely in the storm andslush for three hours waiting fo he signal to fall in line with the New Yorkdelegation
Thayer E Melvin John F RosbroughLewis R Thompson James F StewartThomas F Harper Fred W Cole EugeneStrohmeyer W C Crowther Jefferson DHayden and Jesse M Taylor are thetemporary compositors who were
from the night side of thesection owing to the cessation of
Congressional work
Robert N Plymlre Edward H LawsWilliam Stewart Henry E TaylorHenry T McConvey Frederick G Whit-man and Monroe Hanna temporarycompositors were dropped from the rollsof the monotype section Saturday even-ing
Miss Ethel Fennor monotype operatorhas been summoned to her home in Iowaby the illness of her mother
The election of Samuel H Whey to thechairmap n7p of the night hand com-position chapel was a welldeserved
of merit Mr Wllley is not onlya line allaround printer sad proof-reader but is well liked on account of hisgeneral ability modest demeanor andgenial disposition He was secretary ofthe strike committee of Columbia Typo-graphical Union during the eighthourstrike and in that capacity qual
endeared him to the fellowcraftsmen with whom he had business as wellas making a good Impression upon suchof the general public as he met
At a meeting of the proof room shapeof the Government Printing Office heldon March 1 the following resolu-tkms of sympathy for the family of theirlate comrade Francis B Wa31aee wereadopted
whereas death Ian acme appwiwl aaMflg w Mdfrost our Bid MM of oar feUovwarifen
who had wdwnd bhaaetf to a by Ms stem lorable QttalitiM of Mart sad mind therefore be Jt
Rewired That fa the death ot Yfutets B Will
Prtetiac Offlee w lose Jolt a friend andaMocfcte who we beM te Mail wfiwd as a BMBwbo waa faitbM to late traps fa his friead-sbil and npricbt fa aa its frcMatt irith kkfellowman He was a loyal toUxr of ids c ai ya faMbnd mtmlx of his waft and a mttml ettauaof the MmmmiHy te tbfch be Mrt aNsalsa him item w rata but eberiah IrisititmorT sad afire re olteetion ef his manr-TktMC
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The immlwr ef visitors during the weekseen so great that several extra men
had to be detailed for duty as gulden
John W Hays chosen to succeed JohnW Bramwood as seeretarytreosarer ofthe L T U joined the union at FargoN Dak in MS After a few years onthe road he settled in Minneapolis withwhich union he has membership upto the present time He served that unionas secretary one term president eightterms and has represented Minneapolissix times as delegate to the internationalHe has served the I T TJ eight years asgeneral organizer and his promotion tewell deserved
Will S Waudby has been connectedwith the Labor Bureau for twentysisyears but still carries a union card
The great eighthour campaign wagedby the International Typographical Uniondemonstrated that there are many heartandout unionists who are not activelyengaged in the business as almost everylocal found former printers who insistedupon paying their assessments up tothe last moment Coluthbia Union hadquite a number several of whom weremen whose means did not warrant themin any Increased expenditures
Another old soldierprinter was laidin Arlington last Monday George
Brandon was a compositor and makeupin the Specification division for manyyears but retired to try farming over inVirginia a few years ago He was a-very likable man alwaysand sociable and his death will be
regretted
Charles A Lucas temporary was anafterInauguration transfer from thepress section to the document dy section
The following paragraphs from the sun-dry civil bill are of especial interest tooffice people having been enactedlawjn eaabte the Public Printer to comely with tieleas to tile eawlajw of the GeverasMBt PrteUbgCMHee PMM or so awk thereof as aay be aecea
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Ute TtoaWo books rims emtate d in theO wcu nt Printing Ottce Mbrary axcept taowWeb in the judgment of Ute Public Printer shouldbe retateed for refereaoe shall be tamed ortr tothe Public Lfbnrjr of tie District ef Cbtenbia andthat all anG rrkeabk book be ooedeswed and Oldas waste
The Public Printer aar bernfter la his discreUoa poi printer tiootypa opentots and printermoaotype keyboard operators at rate not excetdteg69 scale per hour provided that fffaen the ext
formed en Sunday the Public Printer may in bisdfcavdon pay to emptofea net recdrlccsalaries sot ezcetdiag SB per ceatem in addition tothe regular rate paid for soda work
William Foster and W Lincoln twowellknown members of New York Typgraphical Union are naugural visitors
The Ohio Court of Appeals has decidedthat the International Pressmens Unionbad a right to strike for the eighthourday
The sensation caused by tho sacrificeof Bill Dorseys mustache was mild tothe ovation given Frank Wright when hoappeared in the proofroom on Mondaymorning wearing that red neoktie
The Public Printer had notices postedthroughout the office on Friday warningchronic delinquents that he would notstand for continual complaints from theircreditors especially when debts are forthe necessaries of life and that judgmeats obtained against employes wouldbo considered sufficient evidence of theJustness of the claims
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wAndley W Reynolds was born inCleveland Ohio March 4 ISiS andwas educated in ties public schools Hewas brought to Washington by theHon Theodore B Burton and pissed inthe Government Printing Office wherehis Integrity and ability have alwaysenabled kiln to hold a responsible po-
sition the officials of the office hoMlag him In high esteem Mr Reynoldsis a stanch Republican and takes anactive part in the work of that partyin his native city He organised theHarrisonMortonBurton Club of Cleve-land which has a membership of morethan SO His mother made the firstflag that was waved in Cleveland forHon John C Fremont He Is i Uher ofthe Seltiez Tribe of the IndependentOrder of Red Men of Washington DC is married sad has a twelveyearold son of whom he is justly proud
Mr Theophttus McCtare of the proofroom has as his gueet his daughter Mrsataua Holly of Chicago Mrs Holly hasmany friends here ia Washington andwUi quite aa extended stay
MOo K Huatsberry sea ef the bestknown members of Columbia Union byadvice of his doctor lam gone to Floridafor tbe beneAt of his health
lord Hyame formerly thnekeeper Inthe specification drrlsioa now m bueineaaat AshevWe N C was a welcome visi-tor the week Looks ne tbe lossof a government job WM a good thing forhim
George A R first president ofColumbia Typographical Unto exhibitedrecently the account of a printers bentquet held in September 2874 among thosepresent being Capt Brian Mrwood and other employes of the office to-
day and of the employers Messrs JuddDetwoHer Gibson Beresford Pearsonand others On that occasion Mr
recited aa original posse by FrankWest a printerpoet of censidershia re-nown
The condition of Capt W R Ramseywho is at Slbley Hospital is still veryserious Early in the week he tattled tosuck an extent as to give hopes for tIMbest but for the past two days be haslost ground
PHILIPPINE PROGRESS
Results We Have Achieved in OtirTen Years Tit ere
The following itemized answer to thefamiliar question What bustnese basAmerica in the Philippines is given iathe Atlantic by W Cameron Forbes vicegovernor of the Islands
We hero completed the separation ofchurch and buying oat from thereligious orders their large agriculturalproperties which are now administeredby tho government for the benefit of thetenants
We have put the finances on a soundand sensible baste
We have established a complete newsystem of auditing and accounting
We have placed our civil administrationon a strictly selfstipportiag basis re-ceiving BO aid from the United Statesgovernment except in so far as Jt haselected to help us in charting ties coastsfor naval purposes This charting whichis being done at a rapid rate is at thejoint expense of the L ruar and nationalgovernments
We here established a uniform andstable currency on a gold basis
Wo have established schools throughout the archipelago teaching upward ofhalf a million children and we find thatthe Filipinos are eager to learn and arerapidly learning the English language
We have started a general and thoroughsystem of road construction and maintenance in which the insular provincialand municipal officials cooperate
We have established the policy of con-structing all public buildings as well asbridges and wharves of durable materialpreferably reenforced concrete In orderthat our work may endure
We have given the Filipinos almostcomplete autonomy in their xnnuicipalltled
We may not as yet have given independence to the Philippines but we arecertainly giving independence to the Fili-pinos
In addition to these ten achievementsMr Forbes continues there are the Im-provements made in the sanitary conditiona The lepers are now concentrateon one Island where they will In thecourse of time die out leering the Islandperfectly free from that taint Smallpoxhas been robbed of Its terrors the wholepopulation Is now vaccinated and Insteadof losing hundreds of thousands of livesby this disease the loss Is so small as tobe no longer a factor in the problem
Under the precautions adopted by theboard Of health bObonic plague has beensuccessfully kept out of the Islands foryears and recently several threatenedInvaslons of that disease from Hongkonghave been warded off Cholera whileappearing and reappearing from time totime Is not allowed to gain the headwaywhich It had before and is no longer amenses to those who observe the simplerules of health
Advocate Curfew InwSan Antonio Tex March 6 A curfew
law to keep the boys of San Antonio offthe streets at night Is being advocatedby the club women of this city Theyhave submitted an ordinance to the citycouncil which will doubtless be passedThey are also working for the
of a juvenile training schoolThe men of the city aro assisting them inthis praiseworthy public wqjk
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tion for Sew TrialWhite Plains N Y March t A novel
plea for a now trial was made by WMttsjaGreen convicted of robbery and now inSing Sing
When a map was submitted to CountyJudge Platt in court showing an alleyway between two brick dw lti ffB inwhich Green is alleged to have drsthis victim Greens lawyjr BBjs lgin declared that the prisoner was toofat to get in the passageway
Green weighs 2 sad LawyerPagin said a tat trait could not get mto
inches wide and that the newly discov-ered evidence should be saOtelent to givehis client another trial for Ids freedom
Judge Platt took tbe matter under con-sideration
LANDMARK MUST GO
Vernmendi Palace nt San AntonioJuts Too Par Into Street
San Antonio Tex March tAnotherof San Antonios famous old landmarksmust be removed to make room for themarch of prowess for the dty coun-cil has decreed that a portion of Veramend Palace which Juts out into Sole-dad street must be demolished in orderto widen the street several yearsthis old building tas blocked traffic
Veramendi Palace is one of the oldeststructures within the city limits havingbeen built about MO years ago Prior tothe revolution which resulted In Texasindependence it WM occupied by GoYVeramendi who ruled this province-
It was in this building that the famousBowie tIN Jnventor of the Bowie
knife and one of the hoes of theAlamo wooed and won Ursula Veramea the governors daughter and itWM in this building that gruff old BanMUan met his death in that fines handtohand fight when he lid the valiantband of Americans wrested the city ofSot Antonio from Gen Coo and his Mexi-can veterans
WHERE WOMEN PROPO-
SEs the Mother Say Yes orXo Without Consulting Him
Snail women propose is the questionwhich does not bother the Hopi Indianmaiden who not only invitee her chosenone to matrimony hot if necessary dragshim ta the altar or its Hopi substituteby main force
When a girl lam selected her victimthis ungallant way of patting it Is that ofa writer in tile Travel Magazine shesimply calls upon his mother and talksbusiness If the old lady aear the matter is settled forthwith aDdthe young man has no course left open
to bow to ties inevitable Attimes it is said violence has been re
to to drag an mtwiltta youthte ties altar
Once the matter been settled to thesatisfaction of the women concerned thegirl goes to work to grind steal for herprospective motherinlaw for a periodof thirty days while tbe maa to ties easeta set to work to weave his future bridesw44tog garments At the expiration ofthe period the ceremony takesplace
Whenever a Hopi maiden feels that thetine has arrived when she should beginto think serioasiy of choosing a unhandshe does ufT her hair in two giganticwhorls lie over each ear These are
of the community that she Is gvanlng fora husband Sometimes t happensball a docen or more young treed will taketo the tall timber oa teaming that thewhorls have appeared upon the heaiTW ayoung woman Flight ta their only hopsas the mothers are w jealous of tileprerogative of their sex that tney rarelyinterpose on behalf of an unwilling SOBand the fathers are not consulted
CRAB
One of Many Curious Creatures thatCome from Bermuda
Remarkable are the white stair now atthe aquarium not long since salved fromBermuda says the New York SaILTnznkback crabs they call them downthere because of the fanciedof the upper part of their body to thetop of aa oMfashieaed round top trunkbut pure crate they might more
ness in snaps to that of a ehunehettparse
White m color mainly toe snub hasacross its hack brown markings thatpve It there the appearance of brownveined white marble Its two Mg clawsare of curious shape and very broad attheir tips When the white crab closesthese two dawn together in front thofrbroad tips meet red the claws fit snuglyto the body of which they now almostseem to be a part while ties crabssmaller claws when folded tit up againsttile body with tike snugness So when itsclaws are all held dose the white crabpresents a shape and outline not unlikethat of a uig egg somewhat flattened
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From Vassalage to FreedomConcerting Aliens Into Citizens
That Pttteborg huge seething mass oreaergy that H down on Uncle Swatsadffthristrattve as the headquarters
of the mart Important headquar-ters of that most Interesting nf aH en-
franchtotef preeessos the one by whiskmen of foreign birth born subjects tekings and emperors are molded into freeAmerican sidecar seems a fact unknownexcept to the comparatively few eatim-mlgraats who come biro contact with titsprocess says the Pittsburg Dispatch
But the methods used to transform akings subject one of our own telkMreitfanas la not at all taring m in-
terest to those who wet Dora into thereal purple of traditional liberty lid fho
what it was to toadpennies on a foreign shore and to walkas an alien for ties first time on thelaud which you mean to adopt as yourown but which receives you coldly andwithout the welcoming shower ofdollars you were taught to expect when
of that earthly paradise Amer-ica in your darkasnight roost ta a povertystricken slum of a pttues Europeancity or if you spring from tile sot tayour humble hovel of mud and sod vet tethe bleak landscape of a barren lead
But Pttteburg s place te the scheme ef-aatiirallateg foretellers to a meet important one The naturalization bureau oathe fourth fiber of the Federal Buildingta on of the busiest offices m that centerof activity which contains tIM postoffice
field of kfi ork ta a tremendously wide one Filing cases of peatcapacity ta tIM office have ta them rec
of foreigners whose naturalising tanot yet completed by the thousands andthese tools originate ta many great ibexsmaller towns and country districts ofPw Wfrranta Western New York OhioWest Virginia and Western Marylandfor Pittsburg is the headquarters to allnaturalisation affairs of those States sadparts of States
Making American CitizensRather a big work to be going oa con-
tinually even fa this metropolis of workthat ta welt accustomed to big thingsdone oa a intro seek and pees almentunnoticed Isnt It But whether ties
It has beengulag oa for several years now aad itsfull fruit te found fat the tact that thestandard of tile fttreftguborn voting popu-lation ta bcfag raised to aa extent con-sidered beyond ties bounds of pOssflHtttybefore the law which htereased tbe pow-ers of the bureau of naturaUzation aadmade It a realty effective wing of the ua-tfonal Department of Justice west httoeffect only a few years ago
One of the Pittsbnrg members of Utenaturalisation former states positrreiythat the standard has been raised easilyS per meet but that the improvement iathe caliber of the foreigners who arebecoming American dtiaens ta probablyjust as rear per WIt as it ta 25 overformer conditions At auy rate tile Ares
the grossly ignorant foreigner from situtag in an the pHyfleges oAMerlcaa cttl-aenahip sad to let in only the man capableof appreciating his new status end of selording a soKrespeetntg citizen withability to make a dean honest livingin the of his adoption
Field I Hit en si veOne hundred and seventyfive courts r-
mduded m tile territory of the FederalBufldlng aaturattiaUon oOoe and severalctttas of first Importaaee are included m
acopo of Its operadous In Pmnsyirams its field to eoextoasive with that ofthe United States Court tor the Westerndistrict of Pennsylvania hi New Yorkwith that of the Untied States Court tOtthe Western district In Maryland tbewestern part of tits State Is covered alsobut m both Ohio and West Virginia tilePtusowrg office has jurisdiction overthe State
In the smaller lilies the Courts of Com-mon Pleas or the county courts caged mNew York State the Supreme Courtshave jurisdiction m naturalisationsad the dart of county courts has thepower to fiH out papers and the countyjudges may convert the foreignborn hostAmerican ctttaens or dismiss their casesag the evidence directs But in Pittsburl and the other large cities of tipdistrict in which United States DistrictCourts sit the ease is different In thesethe United States commissioners receiveapplications and the judge of theCourt has the final word that admits theapplicant or leaves him out hi the cold
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MRS ADELAIDE YERKES-Site U suing to have Louis S Orraley of Chicago removed as executor of heitestate Picture shows Mrs Yerkes and her counsel John M
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Is considered third Importance thoseof New York and Philadelphia rankingabove it largely because those cities areports of entry This heists Ptttsburgwith dispute into first place amongtile districts away iron the seaboardThe field of operation of each of thesieves districts Is most extensive a great
sjnmers as they are celled in Undelpbraseoiogjr heirs necessary
the far West several States each of hugeare included In each district hot
level because many of the SouthernStates hate no for the bureau ac-cessloas ta population being pined therewithout the aid of foreignborn
Considering the extent of the territorywhich indndes such peat population cen-ters where the foreignborn figure asBuffalo Rochester Cleveland ColumbusYoungstowa Canton Akron CharlestonW Va to say nothing of the multitude-of towns te which foreign laborers flockgenerally included ta the magic name
District the force which lamcharge of the eramhitng of eximmigrants for fitness to become citizens issnail one
United States District At mey Palme-rS Chambers who the govern-ment before tile courts W N RagsdateIs chief examiner the other examinersbeing R A Weatherbee sad J A QStttzer A huge mass of office routineta tIN shape of records of canes ta alsoIn ties charge of the
of applicants under ties micraseope
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o mesas a sinecure Any ono can findthat out for himself by glassier Into taebusy once on the fourth door of the
are kept for reference ta guaranteed u-
theory that life under tbe government
tag Such a Puce will also condomhim that tbe population of the Pitubuigdistrict owes much of ver uerens
evidence to that effect bud not pene-trated
of Maturalteutlon enters lees tbeof things it ta t ssnij to mow a
aspirteg Immigrant Into a etttoeo and Itto Pow many people know Bttta of
and second papers are the written ta-
strusMnts of prime tanportance ta tbesystem The newly arrivedmay tike out has first pepsin at the mo-ment of landtag It he wishes but he can-not apply for the second pepsin until beis able to prove a asideneis ta the UntiedStates of five years
But titers ta a strict nmltattsn on tbevalue of the first paper After seven
it becomeg valueless and fit gatae-
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pers immediately after leaving ship butpays no further attention to ties matteruntn eight years later his ease ta ahaM further consideration He must gothrough the mill an over again this
bta favor On rernanl of his petition becan take out new first paper appear
tbe dart of courts orat tIM endand titan stand rood foralma to cittaenship
Leek Up Sack CaseFlea years residence ta the eountry and
male dttesns of OM World birth and itta to tenure thin that tbe KaturaUantlonBureau bends hs efforts Its work eom
when tIN seemed palters havebeta srauted the prospective dtbwn for
Ininety days between the tavnlgrnnTs tak-ing out ala second papers and bin appear
that three months space of tn thatties bureau becomes busy with eerie lidvldual ease
careersoverlooked by tile naturaBxatlon examiners after the second papers have beengranted Tbe examteers are kept oa tbelease looking up bearing eredkabteboalnMB or when fraud te nunmcted
guiltyAlter an applicant receives hte
papers he must appear before the ex-aminers with two witnesses and tracehis career on American soil also be tenetprove his ability to rend and write teEnglish and must pass satisfactorily acrossexamination on the American formof government This appearance beforethe examiners to usually made oa the dayof the granting of the final papers espe-cially in Pittsburg where both commta
I sinner and examiner are in the samebuilding In other cities certain daysare set aside by tile examiners oa whichthey meet applicants and their witnesses
Qualifications of WitnessesBut too great credence te mot placed te
the sworn testimony of eitherir witnesses A personal knowledge of
citizenship are necessary quaUnea-trms of witnesses Tfeltty In provingtlte truth or falsity of the conteyrtag ofapplicants has been at tIMtho naturalization examinersJ when by law tbe National Bureaur Immigration was ordered to keep arecord of each foreigner OK filen its Washington office
The Bureau and the Court
grafton bureau are of such greatar 3 to the naturalization examteerstier can prove of just as great serviceto the applicants for Ttwinshli them-selves They themselves write
cumstanees surrounding it wad erasedwith this valuable document andsecond papers charge the ranks ef tbeexaminers and wm their way to fewcitizenship without a struggle
But even when the flee years residenceIs proved wkh no hitch the work of theexaminers does not end Often the scru-tiny into the personality of the petitionerpart of the examteers with ties moralfitness of the men the point at lime Etameans of gaining a livelihood are examined into and no detail that mightbar him from the priceless boon of ctdzenship is overlooked Of course penalservitude Is an effectual bar
Because of the efficient operation ofthe naturalization bureau the work ofthe court Is these eases Len becomelargely a matter of routine No Peationer cornea before tile Judges withoutdue preparation and the resent ta praotially known before the case to called
The examiners turn over the evidence ob-tained to the district attorneys of thecounty in smaller towns and to theUnited States district attorneys mince tethe cities whore Federal courts lidon the showing of the evidence tbe pe-titioners frth r here their cases dlftnif ias uaftt or the powerful instrument which
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swearing of aflegtojaco to the gsveramentof the country of their birth
Questions asked by the judges XK-Btbnes brteg forth era that convulse
dents ft this son are becoming rarerand river nowadays for the mental
of the applicants te raised to ahigher point There is little in commonbetween them and The Man with ti e
Hoe who once was popularly supposedto represent the type Foreigners of extrenvly low brain power may tcountry but they no longer make rJoessful bidden for American citizenship
By tarns of this file the checking u
of the applicants statements iscomparatively easy The examiners drawfrom hire information as to the
of his arrival that is tae r1
on which he left Europe his port ofand port of entry here his hotr
abroad the date of selling and arrivalthe condition of his purse area a fewother personal facts then the examinerswrite the Immigration Bureau ta Wash-ington for a transcript of their record ofthe mans ease When ties transcriptarrives tIM statements of ties applicant-to the examiners are companed with theinformation contained te tt If tile twodocuments agree ta osenttaJ due allow-ance being siren tricks of memory inminor details and the appitorat has an-swered questions to the satisfactiontile examiner and his five years of pastrite bear aH tile scrutiny that can beplaced upon these his cue goes beforethe court for ratification
But woe betide tile poor tonerstatements are not borne out by the
tiouteriy te the matter of residence onAmerican aoOL He sand his witnesseswith him wn soon be facing a chargeof perjury and a probable term of pun-ishment as a consequence of such f lhors the path of truth Perjury ta tbmost common evil met with by the exmen and the tale witness is madalways on the question of residence The
be ta legally ripef the privilege isthought to be responsible for tile wflllngness to eoanmit perjury But how tbe ap-plicant te able to bring with hit wit-nesses who wffl render themselves Bahte the law to a question mighty pnzzlirto tile eian iuets wh nthese witnesses are ptactes their own
JeopardyWith tbe Idea firmly fixed te Ute popu-
lar mind that foreigners ester this eountry for the of gateteaj sssne hun-dreds of good aoBd American dollars flive upon te ease sad idleness ta the UuMof their birth on returning which it scommonly believed they intend doing asquietly as the money has been sot to-gether a refutation of this tboaLj from
observations comes with startmag forceThe eraminers states that fully 7K
ffT te America and that this herpercentage of a monster total realtyremain Naturally an these the malportions of course want to becomAmerican cftteens And with the averaggood years total of entering Immigrantsfar ta excess of a hundred thausami itcan easily be appreciated that constanthard work is eat out for tile Naturaliza
That Uncle Sam ta very select is herdteg the sheep of them taamlgranta hoare calculated to make good disuse fromtile touts of iniii eti iblui te abewn from
sufficient to itainoneuatc that tkere lconsiderable of what call
teg tile fiscal year ended June mCe applied for second papers Of thesebut SJGt wore granted the precious pri-lece of franchtoed rHtartiHnte TUm
than 2IW ta excess of one third parof the total applying being refused forsome cause or otter It Is Interestingnote that BSs fortune applied fofirst papers during that fiscal year
PittsbHrfi a Important DistrictTIle Pittsburs district to by far the most
important ta tile territory te tbe keeptnof the Naturalteation Bureau located
cbosot as headquarters seer Buffalo orCleveland In a general average foreign-ers living te ties Pittsburg district tothe number of IS a month are oa tile lastlap to dttamsbto willie tile whole terri-tory of the bureau brings out betweenm and MM was a month this tedudin-Pittsburg In round numbers there wereimt applicants from ronaiili LL
by the bureau ta ties year ended June 3 xand of those upward of 4t were ad-
mitted There wore also SM first papersissued
One of the most troublesome features Hconnection with ties nerorslteatien of for-eigners with which the bureau JIM to con-tend te the peculiar surnames of the applicants To glance down a pare AIled withties names of these applicants would bsufficient te ache the stoutest heed Evernation of Europe te represented te theboots of the office and the length offamily names to say nothing ef the paternatty donated ones te asteedebteg Im-possible to pronounce are tile majoritybut the examiners state that theyaccustomed to the unconventional spell
and oonstantbr recurring eonsenantsand after long precise teaks successfulefforts to pronounce even ties msst hid
MRT change Their NamesBelief froBa too muck name CIlIa smelly
be garbed and the examinersstate that as many as two ta every hundred take advantage of tbe opportunityand have their surnames curtailed to
length ned pronunciation at timeof most All that ta necessary Isfor tile applicant to petition tile Judge for
willhead Iowa the aborevmtad handle withthe BAXuraJfoatioa papers all atthe same time It Is said tbat nmny for-eigners take It upon themselves te mod-ify tbehr sasses to American standardsthere btu no law against tbe practiceand they may possfbty think they aresaving a IK but te legal fees
But the hitch hero cores ta tile in-heritance of mosey or mad of deceasedrelatives abroad A personally conductedcharge ta surname Las no place in lawsad an Inheritor who here stripped himselfof his family name might be hard pat
to prove his actual Identity particularlyIt theta were other MIa But K thchange curse front tbe band of the courtthere ta no chance for inherited stoneror real estate slipping from eater fingers
TIM most ordinary method adopted inchanging a name winch sounds and spellspecnttarty to American ears and eyes istile dropping of a syllable or so thusRobteski becomes easily QUO ugh our oldAmerican friend Robbins MaHakoffskysimplifies to Malakoff and others of na-tionality other than Ruastea eon be simi-larly changed to fit American customsBut what hope to there for tbe poor mannamed Abesayaekt That met fa tile actreal name and the owner of it received hisnetnralteatloa papers only recently
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