Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-11
CITIZENSHIP
MEASURED BY
LOYALTY TEST
One Applicant Fails TO Con-
vince Court Of His Intel
ligent Patriotism.

The acid ties. OF loyalty was applied
by Government Examiner H. X Doe
to a number OF applicants tcr United
states ci.ssenshfp who Appeared in,
coae. before District Judge Chas. N.
Cooley ais snosning, Ever recurring
Questions TO the applicants were
'sflave you bought Liberty bonds
Are yoa ready to so TO france TO
fight for your counuSs'
~Whaa. have you given to the Red
lCro@e
One applicant who confessed 10
know practically nothing whatscever
about the government OF. the Gnlted
States, although he was an English
speaking Canadian who had lived
here for is years, was told rather
sharply by Mr.. Doe as welt as by the
court thai he could not be admitted
to citizenship a, this tine.
Queer Ideas Aobut Z. s
Strange ideas about the Institutions
OF America were revealed in some of,
the questions OF Mr.. Doe. One said
tina. he wasn't sure what "constitu-
ton" was or meant, but thought i.
was some kind of a country" An
other had hazS conceptions of h
significance Of h Fourth of July.
why do we celebrate that day."
the examiner asked.
After some hesitation the applicant
answered..
4, seems to me that i, is because
we gol free"
Free from WHAT"
Il guess it was England"
"When?"
u oont remember-it wasn't in my
time"
Other applicants did not know who
Josephus Daniels is. nor who is the
United States secretary of AS
to h number of senators from each
state there was no great unanimi,v
among h applicants, and II of
them, while knowing that North Da-
kota sends two men to the senat at
Washington. said that he didn't know
how many Texas sends.
When asked to tell who William G..
McAdoo is. one Of the prospective cit
liens said:
why. ne is the secretary of the
United States railroads"
One Dollar to Rcd Cross.
The candidate for citizenship who
was reprimanded by the court and
the examiner was a man born in Can
ada who had lived in this country for
Is years He thought Secretary of
State Robert Lansing was the vice
president of the United States. and
other questions brought equally in
correct answers. :
When asked whether or not he had
bought Liberty bonds, the man said:
No." He said tina hi had contribute
ed n dollar to the Red Cross, and
that seemed to be the extent of his
financial support of the United States
government during the war cisis.
Mr.. Doe upon finishing his exam
ination addressed the court saying
that he. would recommend a continu-
II proper to admit the man to citizen
ship at this time.
In. complying with the recommen-
dation Judge Cooley administered a
severe rebuke to the candidate by
saying:
Il do not think any foreigers who
know as little about our country as
you do. should be admitted. This is
especially true when the foreigner is
English speaking, comes from Canada
and has lived here for many years.
advise you to go back and inform
yourself more thoroughly before you
come to this court with your applica-
ton once more"
Some Give Good Replis.
A few candidates were able to an.
swer correctly all the questions asked
them, and some OF them had pur-
chased Liberty bonds in two or three
issues. These men were quickly adj
mitted to the privileges Of American
citizenship. -.
Following is a list of the. new citi-
zens who received their complete
naturalization papers after this morn
ing's examination:
Christ A. Brestad.
Samuel Fschman.
SOrem Anderson.
William j. Shibley.
William Jensen.
Paul William Larsen.
Joseph Anstett.
Owen Jones.
William j. Maggie.
Gertrude N. Traynor.
William Toppin.
William Jones'.
Mathew j. Maher.
Ludwig Eostad.
The application of three subjects
Of the German and Austrian govern
ments were continued until after
peace has been declared.
The next naturalization hearing
will be held at the court house Oc-