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SUNDAY HAttOE 7 1909 R THE WASHINGTON HEBALD z I Items Personal and General Of Interest to G P O Workers CHARLES M RICHARDSON Popular preesman Obarles M Richardson is one of the most popular men In the press room of the Government Printing Office where he has been employed for about fifteen years Coming from Buffalo N Y where he served his time with the Slat thewsNorthrup Company an establish ment that ranks with the host In world for doing printing of the highest class he took high rank ag an allround workman and when the office put in the card web for doing that class of work for the Poetoffice Department Mr was selected to run It and has had control of that job for the put twelve years Mr Richardson Is an conscientious member of the Press mens Union serving as secretary for one term served terms as a member of the executive committee and in MW rep- resented No 1 as a delegate to the con vention of the International at Wls being appointed chairman of the committee on subordinate unions his work receiving the highest commenda tion Alexander W a wellknown compositor In the day document section has been detailed temporarily to the National Museum Jesse 3tf Taylor temporary compositor is a recent transfer from the monotype section to the night document section Quite surprise awaited the employee of the bindery when upon reporting for duty Monday morning they found that an exchange of foremen had taken place Charles T Malpas who has been in charge of the forwarding and finish- ing section for about two years has been transferred to the Congressional Library bindery and H C Espey been in charge of the library bindery its establishment is now In charge of the main bindery Both of these are deservedly popular with their subordinates and carry with them the best wishes of their old associates as well as the sincere good will of their Mrs Charles Messse f St Paul Minn is vtalting her soninlaw Del daughter Mr and Mrs A J Dress Giesman Is rather accustomed to severe weather and says she thoroughly en- joyed what to most people oa March 4 was very uncomfortable Mtes Anna Starke of Detroit and her sister Mary Starke are visiting their brother Lewis Starke of tile bind- ery Martin Dreis who has been detailed to the National Museum for several weeks past reported for duty in the bindery morning series of games of checkers be- tween George Whlttford of the bindery and Mr Entriken of the time room resulted IR Mr Entriken winning ties championship Mr Entriken taking X games to Mr Whltfords 33 with 32 ties David Smith R laborer in the docu- ment section one of the oldest and most active employee and a G A R man with a brilliant record had the misfortune to slip and fall on the icy sidewalk on the evening of inauguration day while watch log the fireworks sustaining fracture of one of his limbs Pop has the sym pathy of all his Charles E Morton Imposer in the doc- ument night section has been granted six days leave without pay Abner W Bentz compositor in the day section has been summoned to Carlisle Pa owing to the serious ili nose of his mother as well as a brother After several weeks absence due to aioknoee Miss Mary Blor of the docu- ment day section was warmly greeted upon her return OB tho hope that his health may be speedily improved Henry C of too day document section will sojourn Atlantic City X J for thirty days A batch of New Yorkers took in the sights of the biggest printery on Wednes- day ooBSp4cuon8 among thorn being Kate Newman Billy Durkin and other well known members of Big Six O S Webster H C Evans H A Mc Pike John ONeili and H a Shearer were on the document section sick list the past week During the week Mr and Mrs John S Buraslde and wife 41 R street north- west had as Inauguration guests Mrs Youagbiood and daughter Carrie of the La Belle Inn one of the popular houses in South Carolina avenue Atlantic City N J They entertained at the same time Messrs Cunningham and Nash two prominent of Altoona Pa Jesse F Grant accompanied them while sight seeing on this their initial trip to Wash ington and added much to their enjoy meat during their brief and wintry so journ Harry S Slater proprietor of the Cen tennial Hotel Pottsville Pa visited the document section one day during the week renewing old acquaintances Mr Slater was former employe of the old document room and the job room At the closing hours of Congress Chief Frank Morgan in charge of bills tor getter with Pressman Kelly and two as sistants were on at the office for twentyeight straight hours This record has nover even in the old handset days Col Tlbbetts formerly an of the Government Printing Office came for the In igrural ceremonies The colonel is looking as brisk and youthful as ever in foot more so which is due no doubt living in the salubrious climate of Tennessee Immediately after the inau- gural ceremonies the colonel returned to Johnson City where he occuplesa re- sponsible position the a gen- tlemen new ones MIL Miss Friday TIM a dO- cument aged ldey morning- In khans at tbens a t- his Rich- ardson act- ive MIlwau- kee Mc ta- i w- hat e Fin emD1 ho eye ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ExGuide Fred Rutter renewed old the past week Mr Rutter has been happily located in the hotel business- at Mount Clemens Mich for the past two years Lieut Smyth of the Massachusetts Coast Artillery and a party of friends were visitors at the office on Tuesday Lieut Smyth is superintendent of the municipal printing plant at Boston Mass The wellknown and popular organiza- tion East Side Republican Club of New York City 100 strong with their leader John S Shea is enjoying the sights at tho Capital for a few days They all favor tho changing of the date of the Inaugura tion Representatives Parsons Bennet and Oloott stood bravely in the storm and slush for three hours waiting fo he sig nal to fall in line with the New Yorkdel egation Thayer E Melvin John F Rosbrough Lewis R Thompson James F Stewart Thomas F Harper Fred W Cole Eugene Strohmeyer W C Crowther Jefferson D Hayden and Jesse M Taylor are the temporary compositors who were from the night side of the section owing to the cessation of Congressional work Robert N Plymlre Edward H Laws William Stewart Henry E Taylor Henry T McConvey Frederick G Whit- man and Monroe Hanna temporary compositors were dropped from the rolls of the monotype section Saturday even- ing Miss Ethel Fennor monotype operator has been summoned to her home in Iowa by the illness of her mother The election of Samuel H Whey to the chairmap n7p of the night hand com- position chapel was a welldeserved of merit Mr Wllley is not only a line allaround printer sad proof- reader but is well liked on account of his general ability modest demeanor and genial disposition He was secretary of the strike committee of Columbia Typo- graphical Union during the eighthour strike and in that capacity qual endeared him to the fellowcrafts men with whom he had business as well as making a good Impression upon such of the general public as he met At a meeting of the proof room shape of the Government Printing Office held on March 1 the following resolu- tkms of sympathy for the family of their late comrade Francis B Wa31aee were adopted whereas death Ian acme appwiwl aaMflg w Md frost our Bid MM of oar feUovwarifen who had wdwnd bhaaetf to a by Ms stem lor able QttalitiM of Mart sad mind therefore be Jt Rewired That fa the death ot Yfutets B Will Prtetiac Offlee w lose Jolt a friend and aMocfcte who we beM te Mail wfiwd as a BMB wbo waa faitbM to late traps fa his friead- sbil and npricbt fa aa its frcMatt irith kk fellowman He was a loyal toUxr of ids c ai y a faMbnd mtmlx of his waft and a mttml ettaua of the MmmmiHy te tbfch be Mrt aN salsa him item w rata but eberiah Iris ititmorT sad afire re olteetion ef his manr- TktMC K NlT d That we extend te Ills benared family our beaxtfett vnivtbr and tote aMKaaew ef ew 9tadee faadiU fo te thrfr great a4Hctk- eopr at airs MBhrti of tile Hienind ni be uaatailrtcd to the WILLIAM A DODGE OhateiaeJi CHOReS M IUM6BY- CHARLBB SPSKCXR- Qimmhtee The immlwr ef visitors during the week seen so great that several extra men had to be detailed for duty as gulden John W Hays chosen to succeed John W Bramwood as seeretarytreosarer of the L T U joined the union at Fargo N Dak in MS After a few years on the road he settled in Minneapolis with which union he has membership up to the present time He served that union as secretary one term president eight terms and has represented Minneapolis six times as delegate to the international He has served the I T TJ eight years as general organizer and his promotion te well deserved Will S Waudby has been connected with the Labor Bureau for twentysis years but still carries a union card The great eighthour campaign waged by the International Typographical Union demonstrated that there are many heart andout unionists who are not actively engaged in the business as almost every local found former printers who insisted upon paying their assessments up to the last moment Coluthbia Union had quite a number several of whom were men whose means did not warrant them in any Increased expenditures Another old soldierprinter was laid in Arlington last Monday George Brandon was a compositor and makeup in the Specification division for many years but retired to try farming over in Virginia a few years ago He was a- very likable man always and sociable and his death will be regretted Charles A Lucas temporary was an afterInauguration transfer from the press section to the document dy sec tion The following paragraphs from the sun- dry civil bill are of especial interest to office people having been enacted law jn eaabte the Public Printer to comely with tie leas to tile eawlajw of the GeverasMBt PrteUbg CMHee PMM or so awk thereof as aay be aecea T Tbe pam of It per oeBOMi ta addttfen te the x S bir rate ef par for watt petfcoMd OB Seadar from and tectatfee JAMMIT M te JUDe SO 1M9 by eactara not McoiTtec remit malaria is Mack Ute TtoaWo books rims emtate d in the O wcu nt Printing Ottce Mbrary axcept tao wWeb in the judgment of Ute Public Printer should be retateed for refereaoe shall be tamed ortr to the Public Lfbnrjr of tie District ef Cbtenbia and that all anG rrkeabk book be ooedeswed and Old as waste The Public Printer aar bernfter la his discre Uoa poi printer tiootypa opentots and printer moaotype keyboard operators at rate not excetdteg 69 scale per hour provided that fffaen the ext formed en Sunday the Public Printer may in bis dfcavdon pay to emptofea net recdrlcc salaries sot ezcetdiag SB per ceatem in addition to the regular rate paid for soda work William Foster and W Lincoln two wellknown members of New York Typ graphical Union are naugural visitors The Ohio Court of Appeals has decided that the International Pressmens Union bad a right to strike for the eighthour day The sensation caused by tho sacrifice of Bill Dorseys mustache was mild to the ovation given Frank Wright when ho appeared in the proofroom on Monday morning wearing that red neoktie The Public Printer had notices posted throughout the office on Friday warning chronic delinquents that he would not stand for continual complaints from their creditors especially when debts are for the necessaries of life and that judg meats obtained against employes would bo considered sufficient evidence of the Justness of the claims ac- QuaIntance A rec- ognItion these tales for JIOCIC the Qenra mint We stilt keep s Tat w a farther uk d rasped a t- ore good umor6el gen- erally Into el tIN tiog tWrQ 11t a- nt taper a gender d Ute service rgnFre that wc be per A J dis- missed mono- type ties lint hoe coati Taos a radar is reacts Rescind hail Aces rsr Ill s d anus C 1 amw1 ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ° > AUDLEY IV REYNOLDS AwMaat dOef dearer eectk- wAndley W Reynolds was born in Cleveland Ohio March 4 ISiS and was educated in ties public schools He was brought to Washington by the Hon Theodore B Burton and pissed in the Government Printing Office where his Integrity and ability have always enabled kiln to hold a responsible po- sition the officials of the office hoM lag him In high esteem Mr Reynolds is a stanch Republican and takes an active part in the work of that party in his native city He organised the HarrisonMortonBurton Club of Cleve- land which has a membership of more than SO His mother made the first flag that was waved in Cleveland for Hon John C Fremont He Is i Uher of the Seltiez Tribe of the Independent Order of Red Men of Washington D C is married sad has a twelveyear old son of whom he is justly proud Mr Theophttus McCtare of the proof room has as his gueet his daughter Mrs ataua Holly of Chicago Mrs Holly has many friends here ia Washington and wUi quite aa extended stay MOo K Huatsberry sea ef the best known members of Columbia Union by advice of his doctor lam gone to Florida for tbe beneAt of his health lord Hyame formerly thnekeeper In the specification drrlsioa now m bueineaa at AshevWe N C was a welcome visi- tor the week Looks ne tbe loss of a government job WM a good thing for him George A R first president of Columbia Typographical Unto exhibited recently the account of a printers bent quet held in September 2874 among those present being Capt Brian Mr wood and other employes of the office to- day and of the employers Messrs Judd DetwoHer Gibson Beresford Pearson and others On that occasion Mr recited aa original posse by Frank West a printerpoet of censidershia re- nown The condition of Capt W R Ramsey who is at Slbley Hospital is still very serious Early in the week he tattled to suck an extent as to give hopes for tIM best but for the past two days be has lost ground PHILIPPINE PROGRESS Results We Have Achieved in Otir Ten Years Tit ere The following itemized answer to the familiar question What bustnese bas America in the Philippines is given ia the Atlantic by W Cameron Forbes vice governor of the Islands We hero completed the separation of church and buying oat from the religious orders their large agricultural properties which are now administered by tho government for the benefit of the tenants We have put the finances on a sound and sensible baste We have established a complete new system of auditing and accounting We have placed our civil administration on a strictly selfstipportiag basis re- ceiving BO aid from the United States government except in so far as Jt has elected to help us in charting ties coasts for naval purposes This charting which is being done at a rapid rate is at the joint expense of the L ruar and national governments We here established a uniform and stable currency on a gold basis Wo have established schools through out the archipelago teaching upward of half a million children and we find that the Filipinos are eager to learn and are rapidly learning the English language We have started a general and thorough system of road construction and main tenance in which the insular provincial and municipal officials cooperate We have established the policy of con- structing all public buildings as well as bridges and wharves of durable material preferably reenforced concrete In order that our work may endure We have given the Filipinos almost complete autonomy in their xnnuicipalltled We may not as yet have given inde pendence to the Philippines but we are certainly giving independence to the Fili- pinos In addition to these ten achievements Mr Forbes continues there are the Im- provements made in the sanitary con ditiona The lepers are now concentrate on one Island where they will In the course of time die out leering the Island perfectly free from that taint Smallpox has been robbed of Its terrors the whole population Is now vaccinated and Instead of losing hundreds of thousands of lives by this disease the loss Is so small as to be no longer a factor in the problem Under the precautions adopted by the board Of health bObonic plague has been successfully kept out of the Islands for years and recently several threatened Invaslons of that disease from Hongkong have been warded off Cholera while appearing and reappearing from time to time Is not allowed to gain the headway which It had before and is no longer a menses to those who observe the simple rules of health Advocate Curfew Inw San Antonio Tex March 6 A curfew law to keep the boys of San Antonio off the streets at night Is being advocated by the club women of this city They have submitted an ordinance to the city council which will doubtless be passed They are also working for the of a juvenile training school The men of the city aro assisting them in this praiseworthy public wqjk Its Only ifonor Man Fran tie Baltimore American Do you know there is one college in country which never gives a degree except to one No I dont What college Is ltd The Electoral College iicA eIr Me- N elr state establ- ishment this man make driving Spot 1 ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ TOO FAT TO HIS PLEA Convicted Man Malc3 Novel Conten- tion for Sew Trial White Plains N Y March t A novel plea for a now trial was made by WMttsja Green convicted of robbery and now in Sing Sing When a map was submitted to County Judge Platt in court showing an alley way between two brick dw lti ffB in which Green is alleged to have drst his victim Greens lawyjr BBjs l gin declared that the prisoner was too fat to get in the passageway Green weighs 2 sad Lawyer Pagin said a tat trait could not get mto inches wide and that the newly discov- ered evidence should be saOtelent to give his client another trial for Ids freedom Judge Platt took tbe matter under con- sideration LANDMARK MUST GO Vernmendi Palace nt San Antonio Juts Too Par Into Street San Antonio Tex March tAnother of San Antonios famous old landmarks must be removed to make room for the march of prowess for the dty coun- cil has decreed that a portion of Vera mend Palace which Juts out into Sole- dad street must be demolished in order to widen the street several years this old building tas blocked traffic Veramendi Palace is one of the oldest structures within the city limits having been built about MO years ago Prior to the revolution which resulted In Texas independence it WM occupied by GoY Veramendi who ruled this province- It was in this building that the famous Bowie tIN Jnventor of the Bowie knife and one of the hoes of the Alamo wooed and won Ursula Vera mea the governors daughter and it WM in this building that gruff old Ban MUan met his death in that fines hand tohand fight when he lid the valiant band of Americans wrested the city of Sot Antonio from Gen Coo and his Mexi- can veterans WHERE WOMEN PROPO- SEs the Mother Say Yes or Xo Without Consulting Him Snail women propose is the question which does not bother the Hopi Indian maiden who not only invitee her chosen one to matrimony hot if necessary drags him ta the altar or its Hopi substitute by main force When a girl lam selected her victim this ungallant way of patting it Is that of a writer in tile Travel Magazine she simply calls upon his mother and talks business If the old lady a ear the matter is settled forthwith aDd the young man has no course left open to bow to ties inevitable At times it is said violence has been re to to drag an mtwiltta youth te ties altar Once the matter been settled to the satisfaction of the women concerned the girl goes to work to grind steal for her prospective motherinlaw for a period of thirty days while tbe maa to ties ease ta set to work to weave his future brides w44tog garments At the expiration of the period the ceremony takes place Whenever a Hopi maiden feels that the tine has arrived when she should begin to think serioasiy of choosing a unhand she does ufT her hair in two gigantic whorls lie over each ear These are of the community that she Is gvanlng for a husband Sometimes t happens ball a docen or more young treed will take to the tall timber oa teaming that the whorls have appeared upon the heaiTW a young woman Flight ta their only hops as the mothers are w jealous of tile prerogative of their sex that tney rarely interpose on behalf of an unwilling SOB and the fathers are not consulted CRAB One of Many Curious Creatures that Come from Bermuda Remarkable are the white stair now at the aquarium not long since salved from Bermuda says the New York SaIL Tnznkback crabs they call them down there because of the fancied of the upper part of their body to the top of aa oMfashieaed round top trunk but pure crate they might more ness in snaps to that of a ehunehett parse White m color mainly toe snub has across its hack brown markings that pve It there the appearance of brown veined white marble Its two Mg claws are of curious shape and very broad at their tips When the white crab closes these two dawn together in front thofr broad tips meet red the claws fit snugly to the body of which they now almost seem to be a part while ties crabs smaller claws when folded tit up against tile body with tike snugness So when its claws are all held dose the white crab presents a shape and outline not unlike that of a uig egg somewhat flattened ROB IS h the at all It oath a few dearer WaIIIIIIIs ties men that THE cwateb be called tier their dset tpte wade alleyway as ih FAMOUS v For James Mans lends wl excepts sifted bas signals young WHITE rearm daS i tao ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ From Vassalage to Freedom Concerting Aliens Into Citizens That Pttteborg huge seething mass or eaergy that H down on Uncle Swats adffthristrattve as the headquarters of the mart Important headquar- ters of that most Interesting nf aH en- franchtotef preeessos the one by whisk men of foreign birth born subjects te kings and emperors are molded into free American sidecar seems a fact unknown except to the comparatively few eatim- mlgraats who come biro contact with tits process says the Pittsburg Dispatch But the methods used to transform a kings subject one of our own tel kMreitfanas la not at all taring m in- terest to those who wet Dora into the real purple of traditional liberty lid f ho what it was to toad pennies on a foreign shore and to walk as an alien for ties first time on the laud which you mean to adopt as your own but which receives you coldly and without the welcoming shower of dollars you were taught to expect when of that earthly paradise Amer- ica in your darkasnight roost ta a pov ertystricken slum of a pttues European city or if you spring from tile sot ta your humble hovel of mud and sod vet te the bleak landscape of a barren lead But Pttteburg s place te the scheme ef- aatiirallateg foretellers to a meet impor tant one The naturalization bureau oa the fourth fiber of the Federal Building ta on of the busiest offices m that center of activity which contains tIM postoffice field of kfi ork ta a tremen dously wide one Filing cases of peat capacity ta tIM office have ta them rec of foreigners whose naturalising ta not yet completed by the thousands and these tools originate ta many great ibex smaller towns and country districts of Pw Wfrranta Western New York Ohio West Virginia and Western Maryland for Pittsburg is the headquarters to all naturalisation affairs of those States sad parts of States Making American Citizens Rather a big work to be going oa con- tinually even fa this metropolis of work that ta welt accustomed to big things done oa a intro seek and pees alment unnoticed Isnt It But whether ties It has been gulag oa for several years now aad its full fruit te found fat the tact that the standard of tile fttreftguborn voting popu- lation ta bcfag raised to aa extent con- sidered beyond ties bounds of pOssflHttty before the law which htereased tbe pow- ers of the bureau of naturaUzation aad made It a realty effective wing of the ua- tfonal Department of Justice west htto effect only a few years ago One of the Pittsbnrg members of Ute naturalisation former states positrreiy that the standard has been raised easily S per meet but that the improvement ia the caliber of the foreigners who are becoming American dtiaens ta probably just as rear per WIt as it ta 25 over former conditions At auy rate tile Ares the grossly ignorant foreigner from situ tag in an the pHyfleges oAMerlcaa cttl- aenahip sad to let in only the man capable of appreciating his new status end of se lording a soKrespeetntg citizen with ability to make a dean honest living in the of his adoption Field I Hit en si ve One hundred and seventyfive courts r- mduded m tile territory of the Federal Bufldlng aaturattiaUon oOoe and several ctttas of first Importaaee are included m acopo of Its operadous In Pmnsyi rams its field to eoextoasive with that of the United States Court tor the Western district of Pennsylvania hi New York with that of the Untied States Court tOt the Western district In Maryland tbe western part of tits State Is covered also but m both Ohio and West Virginia tile Ptusowrg office has jurisdiction over the State In the smaller lilies the Courts of Com- mon Pleas or the county courts caged m New York State the Supreme Courts have jurisdiction m naturalisation sad the dart of county courts has the power to fiH out papers and the county judges may convert the foreignborn host American ctttaens or dismiss their cases ag the evidence directs But in Pitts burl and the other large cities of tip district in which United States District Courts sit the ease is different In these the United States commissioners receive applications and the judge of the Court has the final word that admits the applicant or leaves him out hi the cold There are in the whole of the United States but eleven naturalisation districts That one with headquarters in Pittsburg t one bite knoT dreaming aad the stir pub- lic Is or k Ot the welt 0 big to effext system here dose made to keep oat lend an Isis aR an- d never gold e aware net s on sad sued enL the ill case Distil ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < > + WIDOW OF MILLIONAIRE TRACTION MAGNATE I bI MRS ADELAIDE YERKES- Site U suing to have Louis S Orraley of Chicago removed as executor of heit estate Picture shows Mrs Yerkes and her counsel John M lloacbf la court husbands Is considered third Importance those of New York and Philadelphia ranking above it largely because those cities are ports of entry This heists Ptttsburg with dispute into first place among tile districts away iron the seaboard The field of operation of each of the sieves districts Is most extensive a great sjnmers as they are celled in Undel pbraseoiogjr heirs necessary the far West several States each of huge are included In each district hot level because many of the Southern States hate no for the bureau ac- cessloas ta population being pined there without the aid of foreignborn Considering the extent of the territory which indndes such peat population cen- ters where the foreignborn figure as Buffalo Rochester Cleveland Columbus Youngstowa Canton Akron Charleston W Va to say nothing of the multitude- of towns te which foreign laborers flock generally included ta the magic name District the force which lam charge of the eramhitng of eximmi grants for fitness to become citizens is snail one United States District At mey Palme- rS Chambers who the govern- ment before tile courts W N Ragsdate Is chief examiner the other examiners being R A Weatherbee sad J A Q Stttzer A huge mass of office routine ta tIN shape of records of canes ta also In ties charge of the of applicants under ties micraseope fishers of being an examiner to ny o mesas a sinecure Any ono can find that out for himself by glassier Into tae busy 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 condom him that tbe population of the Pitubuig district owes much of ver uerens evidence to that effect bud not pene- trated of Maturalteutlon enters lees tbe of things it ta t ssnij to mow a aspirteg Immigrant Into a etttoeo and It to Pow many people know Bttta of and second papers are the written ta- strusMnts of prime tanportance ta tbe system The newly arrived may tike out has first pepsin at the mo- ment of landtag It he wishes but he can- not apply for the second pepsin until be is able to prove a asideneis ta the Untied States of five years But titers ta a strict nmltattsn on tbe value of the first paper After seven it becomeg valueless and fit gatae- an immigrant lands with tuB tat pers immediately after leaving ship but pays no further attention to ties matter untn eight years later his ease ta aha M further consideration He must go through the mill an over again this bta favor On rernanl of his petition be can take out new first paper appear tbe dart of courts or at tIM end and titan stand rood for alma to cittaenship Leek Up Sack Case Flea years residence ta the eountry and male dttesns of OM World birth and it ta to tenure thin that tbe KaturaUantlon Bureau bends hs efforts Its work eom when tIN seemed palters have beta srauted the prospective dtbwn for I ninety days between the tavnlgrnnTs tak- ing out ala second papers and bin appear that three months space of tn that ties bureau becomes busy with eerie lid vldual ease careers overlooked by tile naturaBxatlon exam iners after the second papers have been granted Tbe examteers are kept oa tbe lease looking up bearing eredkabte boalnMB or when fraud te nunmcted guilty Alter an applicant receives hte papers he must appear before the ex- aminers with two witnesses and trace his career on American soil also be tenet prove his ability to rend and write te English and must pass satisfactorily a crossexamination on the American form of government This appearance before the examiners to usually made oa the day of the granting of the final papers espe- cially in Pittsburg where both commta I sinner and examiner are in the same building In other cities certain days are set aside by tile examiners oa which they meet applicants and their witnesses Qualifications of Witnesses But too great credence te mot placed te the sworn testimony of either ir witnesses A personal knowledge of citizenship are necessary quaUnea- trms of witnesses Tfeltty In proving tlte truth or falsity of the conteyrtag of applicants has been at tIM tho naturalization examiners J when by law tbe National Bureau r Immigration was ordered to keep a record of each foreigner OK file n its Washington office The Bureau and the Court grafton bureau are of such great ar 3 to the naturalization examteers tier can prove of just as great service to the applicants for Ttwinshli them- selves They themselves write cumstanees surrounding it wad erased with this valuable document and second papers charge the ranks ef tbe examiners and wm their way to few citizenship without a struggle But even when the flee years residence Is proved wkh no hitch the work of the examiners does not end Often the scru- tiny into the personality of the petitioner part of the examteers with ties moral fitness of the men the point at lime Eta means of gaining a livelihood are ex amined into and no detail that might bar him from the priceless boon of ctd zenship is overlooked Of course penal servitude Is an effectual bar Because of the efficient operation of the naturalization bureau the work of the court Is these eases Len become largely a matter of routine No Pea tioner cornea before tile Judges without due preparation and the resent ta praoti ally known before the case to called The examiners turn over the evidence ob- tained to the district attorneys of the county in smaller towns and to the United States district attorneys mince te the cities whore Federal courts lid on the showing of the evidence tbe pe- titioners frth r here their cases dlftnif i as uaftt or the powerful instrument which lit deal ties of ties ex SaID In area tM number of dl5trkts at a low need I PIt a At the or the oeoe Is represents ta with their work of ties ca- reen and la ibis they aMed by The PeAepl Another at the sane where records of tqIpHu turn tile believer the cynical to qtllte another way of think its leg to tIN lbseirnt It Dfehedrs et Premedare To understand just tM little about tile aa practise use Two settled t years by tile the valve k III two Thar 1 to become nattrraliaed and titer be- fore fill two second IIIIII1CIa abft1t7 u peers that II wiIat tads Sam upon tram IdII advi Ute law has wleoir placed of once tW It Is wttIda No fa tile JUt d the for II doing detective wort Ia tile the aTpltcaut for Ave sad Ameri- can ot 1 if the WOIICIertal like tile for the record of their landing lid tIt fir goes so tar as vittlta to Ids borne OR the I I sit of traveling a par is kept g bad Assistant essaelsess cenec lion patile6 arc riaaoara busines giwsee irmast In Is easy mina bore who a I ed- hod is cosvrtisg met aw the 1s pyets boed1g m shown mints as until years old o ft with- In yeas for thence resideaoa haiats maw a hisaus betare court and ai fitest personal slietail appbeswa sli- ettiis p case saoovecbg moos pplIra lit years diaoa dace i It Ent id my thedi osstida schemes ltrst ftt tialeser d im d > > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ converts them into dtteens te signed by for swearing of aflegtojaco to the gsverament of the country of their birth Questions asked by the judges XK- Btbnes brteg forth era that convulse dents ft this son are becoming rarer and river nowadays for the mental of the applicants te raised to a higher point There is little in common between them and The Man with ti e Hoe who once was popularly supposed to represent the type Foreigners of ex trenvly low brain power may t country but they no longer make rJ oessful bidden for American citizenship By tarns of this file the checking u of the applicants statements is comparatively easy The examiners draw from hire information as to the of his arrival that is tae r1 on which he left Europe his port of and port of entry here his hotr abroad the date of selling and arrival the condition of his purse area a few other personal facts then the examiners write the Immigration Bureau ta Wash- ington for a transcript of their record of the mans ease When ties transcript arrives tIM statements of ties applicant- to the examiners are companed with the information contained te tt If tile two documents agree ta osenttaJ due allow- ance being siren tricks of memory in minor details and the appitorat has an- swered questions to the satisfaction tile examiner and his five years of past rite bear aH tile scrutiny that can be placed upon these his cue goes before the court for ratification But woe betide tile poor toner statements are not borne out by the tiouteriy te the matter of residence on American aoOL He sand his witnesses with him wn soon be facing a charge of perjury and a probable term of pun- ishment as a consequence of such f l hors the path of truth Perjury ta tb most common evil met with by the ex men and the tale witness is mad always on the question of residence The be ta legally ripef the privilege is thought to be responsible for tile wflllng ness to eoanmit perjury But how tbe ap- plicant te able to bring with hit wit- nesses who wffl render themselves Bah te the law to a question mighty pnzzlir to tile eian iuets wh n these witnesses are ptactes their own Jeopardy With tbe Idea firmly fixed te Ute popu- lar mind that foreigners ester this eoun try for the of gateteaj sssne hun- dreds of good aoBd American dollars f live upon te ease sad idleness ta the UuM of their birth on returning which it s commonly believed they intend doing as quietly as the money has been sot to- gether a refutation of this tboaLj from observations comes with startmag force The era miners states that fully 7K ffT te America and that this her percentage of a monster total realty remain Naturally an these the mal portions of course want to becom American cftteens And with the averag good years total of entering Immigrants far ta excess of a hundred thausami it can easily be appreciated that constant hard work is eat out for tile Naturaliza That Uncle Sam ta very select is herd teg the sheep of them taamlgranta ho are calculated to make good disuse from tile touts of iniii eti iblui te abewn from sufficient to itainoneuatc that tkere l considerable of what call teg tile fiscal year ended June m Ce applied for second papers Of these but SJGt wore granted the precious pri- lece of franchtoed rHtartiHnte TUm than 2IW ta excess of one third par of the total applying being refused for some cause or otter It Is Interesting note that BSs fortune applied fo first papers during that fiscal year PittsbHrfi a Important District TIle Pittsburs district to by far the most important ta tile territory te tbe keeptn of the Naturalteation Bureau located cbosot as headquarters seer Buffalo or Cleveland In a general average foreign- ers living te ties Pittsburg district to the number of IS a month are oa tile last lap to dttamsbto willie tile whole terri- tory of the bureau brings out between m and MM was a month this tedudin- Pittsburg In round numbers there were imt applicants from ronaiili LL by the bureau ta ties year ended June 3x and of those upward of 4t were ad- mitted There wore also SM first papers issued One of the most troublesome features H connection with ties nerorslteatien of for- eigners with which the bureau JIM to con- tend te the peculiar surnames of the appli cants To glance down a pare AIled with ties names of these applicants would b sufficient te ache the stoutest heed Ever nation of Europe te represented te the boots of the office and the length of family names to say nothing ef the pa ternatty donated ones te asteedebteg Im- possible to pronounce are tile majority but the examiners state that they accustomed to the unconventional spell and oonstantbr recurring eonsenants and after long precise teaks successful efforts to pronounce even ties msst hid MRT change Their Names Belief froBa too muck name CIlIa smelly be garbed and the examiners state that as many as two ta every hun dred take advantage of tbe opportunity and have their surnames curtailed to length ned pronunciation at time of most All that ta necessary Is for tile applicant to petition tile Judge for will head Iowa the aborevmtad handle with the BAXuraJfoatioa papers all at the same time It Is said tbat nmny for- eigners take It upon themselves te mod- ify tbehr sasses to American standards there btu no law against tbe practice and they may possfbty think they are saving a IK but te legal fees But the hitch hero cores ta tile in- heritance of mosey or mad of deceased relatives abroad A personally conducted charge ta surname Las no place in law sad an Inheritor who here stripped himself of his family name might be hard pat to prove his actual Identity particularly It theta were other MIa But K th change curse front tbe band of the court there ta no chance for inherited stoner or real estate slipping from eater fingers TIM most ordinary method adopted in changing a name winch sounds and spells pecnttarty to American ears and eyes is tile dropping of a syllable or so thus Robteski becomes easily QUO ugh our old American friend Robbins MaHakoffsky simplifies to Malakoff and others of na- tionality other than Ruastea eon be simi- larly changed to fit American customs But what hope to there for tbe poor man named Abesayaekt That met fa tile act real name and the owner of it received his netnralteatloa papers only recently Disinfectant for Cough geranten Pa March 4 Taking chl Tc en coop disinfectant to mistake coc- tjp Tienry Hear a shy firejnar rca y 1ei Wen other firemen kIn with warm halt water the preIIIdIac ludic after tile Mans Amusing Answers tIM ut tairthstirrtcg enter mail p o whose of tile Bur aDJdety oC the foreigner to Tote before Particularly dtt aIn in tM who speak test fJIl Immigrants inoend r d ties Borman the result ot one bean to our new teDowdtlae Dur y O- we t n berg whisk J ties IMIrg was PItt lat y JJII tOO8 ta however the el and t- it Teak I re s formal court roars Inc acu- men circum- stances de- parture r cord Immigration par i e merican sdairipr mad purpose ataaebera from penman per aerbosly w tatistics year heron dame Lax rew ea the become lire aDPeamsw eas- ed a shamans samq W5 J9osot 5i ned far cured ti ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > ¬ > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < °
