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BAKER IMPRESSED BY
THE AMERICAN VICTORY

FAIRS. sept. I5.-N"wton u. Rakcr'
tn" American secretary Of war. returned
Tonight from the American BATTLEFRONT
whcr,. he spent the last two days with
tn" American troops. accompanying
them ~ they marched INFO 81. Mihiel.
As the big army automobile stopped IN
front nf General r"rshinEs PARIS home
Tonight. the secretary aliGhtcd. covered
with mud from head tn f"ot. lie car
rI"d his gas mask in on" hand. and ms
steel helmet IN the other. His trench
coat was Smc4,rcd with mud and his Ics-
ginGs were COATED with il. and even his
eyeglasses were splashcd. secretary
Baker mad" only Il brief stay in Paris
Tonight. leaving on tho night train lot
an ahscnc" rf several days.
While deeply stirred with what he had
seen. Secretary Eakcr spoke IN modcrn-
ton. II" vas particularly Impressed
with tho splendid spirit and enthusiasm
Of tho American troops.
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, law as undesirable" and by some peo-
pl. as relatively innocuous. becomes in
war time an agency for protecting the
nation against the Incoming OF, alien en-
emics whose phrposts are Of the very
worst. and whose potentialfties for evil
arr limited only by their ability. Wa
have occasion 10 be thankful for the
highly perfected system and the thor!
GU ghly trained. efficient and conscicn-
tious corps NJ officials. which consti.
tu,es so effective barrier in this hour
| Of need.
In this connection. moreover. 1t should
nc pointed out that the number Of debar-
u.nts and dcportatlons Is not reliable
| index OF the total result accomplished
II is a mistake. very common in ordinary
times 10 regard il as such. People OBJ
| serve the one or two percent Of refusals.
| and compare them with the gross cost
of inspection and then proceed to query
whether II is worth while spending sn
much money in keeping out so few. and
whether the money might not be better
! applied 20 correcting some or the social
! evils alleged TO he due to immigration.
| Tho fallacy OF such reason lies In ignor-
| Ing the much larger number OF potential
migrants Of A highly undesirable type.
! who arc deferred from ever leaving bono
by the existence OF the seiectivc system.
| knowing very we'll tina, they could never
get by II would be just "a reasonable
| 10 judge the value OF a police system in
! crime prevention by the actual number
| OF arrests made.
So in wartime. the value OF our 1mm-
! grafton Service as barrier aEainet en-
| cmy intrigue is not TO be judged by the
total number Of debarments-only 7,2a7
: last year but by its far reaching tnflu-
! cnrc a. . deterrent to insidious attacks
; from abroad.
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DOCUMENT no 3
lReichsbank No. ?, Jan S. 1918
VERY SECRET.


To the comnissar OF Foreign Affairs:
Information has today been received oy
me from Stockholm that 5eoeo.oe0
rnuble. Of gold has been transferred to
b. put at the disposal Of the representa-
lives Of tho peoples con1ntsSars. This
credit has been supplied to the Russian
government in order to cover tho cost OF
9Th. keep OF the Red Guards and aSi-
tstor< in the country. The imperial gov
erun,ent considers it appropriate 10 re-
mind the soviet OF peoples cornmi Ssars
tor the necessity of increasing their
; uropasRnd4 Ia the oDuntrS. AS the an
ftaRoutsr1c attitude OF the south OF Rus
5sta md Siberia to the existing govern
n<ent L. troubling tho German govern
lment. II rs OF great importance to send
lerpericsned men everywhere IN orner 20
set up D uniform governmcnt--tsepre-
sertsttSe Of the Imperial bank Won
| SchAnz.
NpTR-afembes Of the Red Guard
Eere pad from IL to Is rouoles Day
1xirrneas soldiers we're paid hardly that
nrrn4.r OF kppecks. This letter shows
vhere, cfae money came from. The Boil
also required factory
ovners to pay regular wages TO their
xorSers while the latter served IN tho
Red Guard The notation ON letter IN
d,ca4es TINT II was referred to MenSntn-
ski, the-46inancial minister. whose expert
councillor was the German. Won Toll
Menshins&l personally conducted the
wreckinx OF the Eusstxn banks ma
neuver that deprived all opponents OF
Boishe~ikisn Of their financial means OF
warfare. It wac classic JOB OF de-
strue,ion. done in the name OF recon
struction-
Have photograph this letter.
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The report Of the United States lmm'-
grafton bureau for the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1918. which has just become
available in preliminary form Is OF
great interest
AZ wa. In he expected. the total TB-
urcS both OF arriving and departing
aliens are very small as com pared WIN
normal years. before the war. only w.
6lS immigrant aliens were admitted. NJ
against over 4 million and quarter IN
1907 and over million in each Of me
years 1905 1906. 1910. 1915 and 1914.
Son-immigran, aliens 10 the number nj
Ihl.255 were admitted.
The number Of departures was. rnia-
lively high. amounting 10 at58' emf
grant aliens. and 1853 non -emigrant
aliens Tho distinction between IN" two
classes of incoming and outgoing aliens
should be clearly understood. An m
migrant alien is. in general. one who
comes hero for tho first time. with IN"
express intention Of residing h"r" per-
mnnrntly. \ non-imiGrant alien is eth
or ono who comes here for an intended
residence Of less thnn year. or else one
WHO has already established residence in
his country and has hccn abroad Tor
temporary visit. Nm cr1 grant alien rs
one who, having established residence IN
the United StatrS returns To Europe. or
his homo country. wherever II may Dr.
t. reside permanently. \ non-rmisranl
alien is either ono whose previous resi-
dnncr has been in this country and VINO
is going To Europe for a temporary Visit
or rlsc ono who returns tn Europe with
out ever hnving established rcsidcnc" in
the United States.
Fluctuations in the relative Sizr or
these various groups arc OF great I'M
7,ortancn as revealing industrial and
other conditions in the United States.
Wherever these four classes bccom" az
nearly identical in size as they were last
wear. il is a SURE indication Of abnormal
conditions.
The ne, increase in population through
immigration during the year was only
1888 Neither this small figure. nor
tho relatively small totals occasions
any surprise. The wonder s that so
many aliens found 1t desIrabl" and pos
S,bc to move back and forth"acro:s the
OCEAN during these prrilnuS times.
Proba bly, the most interesting feature
Of tho report is tho statement that "A
peace-tinlr Emigration Of one one half
million aliens could b. handled with less
administrative effort than that required
during tho past year with n fractional
part Of that number" and that every
alien now recorded represents the equiv
alcnt Of from five 10 ton alien arrivals
in time Of peace. so far "a the admins
trativc effort and detailed examination
arr concerned"
Probably few ~ us have thou Eht Of
our immigration Service as a part OF
tho great protective machinery Of the
government in tho war emergency. But
his is exactly what il is. The inspec-
ton which in peaceful times is merely
! tho means of wedding out from tho
general mass 4 few aliens regarded by
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Police Court Promises to
Be Lively Session Today

Til. morning vii see Il liEri! session
IN rn!i,.c .,.nurI when twenty prisoners
will ..rpr;: l,"G"r" his h"n"F' JUL
N,,,H;rs. when tn" roll Is called. ~,
.,,,.,.,.... w..r.. busy y"$t'rdh! ana h''
rounded up Il good number 10y mdiiiH"''
r,lnw,u. will to- the list:
\ Simpson. dIs"rd"rly. negro. r'S"'s
Nick Itaun,ias. dlSnrdcrly. ESK"F.
lnbn FIX. drunk flc!sncr.
Edward pnwncy. disnrd"riH. Nhu.
Earl I:lrgts. diSnrd"rly. Nan.
Al Erdn!an. drunk. Fl"lsner
Earl II. SIankr, disordcriy' flcher'o"'
t. T.. KalIrnbnuCh. traffic "rolhahcc'
IIuEginS.
Mike kuStr. drunk. l;"llnrr.
Nyr,,.. Tracey. ,'ufy Vest. William
Mann and l.: Thomas, vii! appear on
rha:so nf lettering for purpose OF pros
',lrution. They Wcr" arrested u! oli'-
Gers pucpke and Rlne, at The North-
wood. glass house NJ o'clock Hcstrr"a!
morning. an
Tho seven gamblers arrested at ~
Twonlv-siXth street. Will ais" b" gwen
thrir trials.
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MORE REVELATIONS Of GERMAN
INTRIGUE WITH THE .BOLSHEV|k|ll

The following documents. $rc"nd or I
series being given out by m" United
States committee on public Information.
show in detail how the German govern
rnent financed the Russian HolShe"i&
through the German Imperial
bank
They show what rewards tn" German
financial and industrial interests de-
handed in return for the ';ernian sup
port Of the Bolsheviki. And they SHOW
how the Bolsherik leaders betrayed their
own followers and Abandoned the
preaching Of their social revolution
wherever the Germans ordered that 1t
should BE- abandoSed.
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DOCUMENT. 80. IA
tGr. General Staff. Nachrfchtcp Bureau.
Section r. No. $50. Feb. IS. 1879
+. cH-PET


Section r, No. $50. Feb. IS. 1879
{" SECRET
TO the Chairman of the Council Of
rPeopie.s Commissars: After comforting
with the Peoples Connunissar Trosky.
have the honor to ask you to urgently
inform thu agents Of the secret service
at Starfka. CorunisSars t'eieraocnd and
Kalrninavich. that they should WORK as
formerly in complete Independence and
without the knowledge Of tho official
staff at Stafka and the General Staff in
Petersburg. aud particularly Cen Bonch-
Bruevich and the secret service Of the
northern front communicating only
with the Peoples Conmissar Lieut..
Krilenko-For the head Of the depart
ment. R. Bauer adjutant. Bukho!m.
Nete-Across the letter is written In
form Moshlov. " e. tGorbunot's in
:tials) In the margin is written
Passed on 20 the t'ommiSar of War. II.
Skripnik" Tho Significance Of this let
ter is that /, is to Lenine that The TWO
chief secretaries Of himself and the
council passed il on for acton: and that
Trotzky and Lenine on February y were
continuing to hamper the Russian com
rnander at q moment when the German
army vas threateneniS Petrosrad. No,
Sholor was one Of the cou1uisSars on
thu, sta Of Krilen&o. the comUisSar rep
rcsentinG the Council OF CommiSSars in
the command Of the Russian military
forces His achievements as d disorSan-
izer were notable. This letter Indicates
that he had the confidence OF Germany.
Hav> original letter.
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IS PLAYERS REPORT
FOR W. V. u. PRACTICE

Special Dispatch 20 TIL" lnt"lIig"ncrr.
MORC;ANTDH-N. W. Va. Sept. Ii
About s. mon were on hanrl Tonight for
West Virginia fntv"rSIty's initial tmut-
ball practice in-morr"w morning. :tti !"
or l. others arc expected carly t'!-rnor-
rrw. Those herr. now ar. I~entz. N'H'H".
Mullen. EaiIey. Latt"rn"r. t:mSw"llcr.
Dawson Parker ami l'uling. Of last
years squad. and Murphy. S"trnn. Ak
ms. r.r"wlry. Mullen. f'urcy. Rankin.
kiE"r NoNary. Potter. W"Stgat". Ash
ton. Shoemaker. White. -Nleman. L"ar,
Graham. Sab". lIaltrill"r. S"ib"r!. ''ur-
renee, Lewis and several others.
Assistant Coach Mull"nrX ais" arrived
yesterday and Coach MrIntir" has hr"n
hero for a week Tw" prar' i''r:: p'r day
Will L.. held this week.. as only an hour
WILL bc allowed whcn school starts.
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DOCUMENT 30. IA.

&C. G.. S.. Sachrichten Bureau, Section
Z, No. .27$.61l. Feb. j.
To the Comtssnr of Foreign Affairs:
According TO information Of the secret
service department it has been asccr-
tanned that the promise given person
ally by you. Mr.. t.ommlssar. in Brest-
Litovsk that socialiStic aEitational ut
,raiure would not be circulated among
the German troops IS not being fulfilled.
Toll me what steps may be taken IN
this matter-For the head of the de-
oartment R Bauer: adJutant. Heinrich.
Note-SruSaue words to the foreign
minister OF the Soviet government OF
vorkmcu. soldiers and sailors OF the
Russian Republic delivered not by an
equal in official rank. but by the da%uty
OF a German major AT tho head OF IN
information department ~ the German
government. Did Trotzky resent or
deny thu !nputation? Instead he wrote
with his own hand in tn" margin. Il
ask 20 discuss til. r" Thus he adj
mits that he did give the promise nj
Rrest-I.itovsk. The question raised
concerns only tho measure Of obedience
To BE- required.
Have original letter..
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nErA1,E Fo1 cHANoIABLE
,AT"A

Many expensive doctors bills arc say
cd BY prompt action with reliable faInI-
IL remedies. Folcys Honey and Tar
has been successfully used in thousands
Of homes in cases Of coughs. colds.
Group. hay fever and asthma. Fl. 3.
Miller. r. +. D.. 10. Wooster. O.. writes:
:.Ry the changing Of beds and the
weather. 7 took a very had cold and sore
throat. Four doses OF Foley'* Honey
and Tar put me right in days time. J
never took any medicine that gave sucn
splendid results It pays to get the
genuine Foleys. Contains no opiates.
Sold everywhere.
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Twas a. Merry Party

Officers Hinklcman. ESk"y and WORKS
Swooped down on a certain house at 2S
Twcnty-SiNth street some time ycstcr-
day afternoon" upon Il merry little par
ty Of sever Greeks WIN rwrrc rafting
the chips and ."runnIn' the cards in
Il quiet Sunday afternoon poker game.
and as 2 result tho following men will
appear In police court this morning to
face his honor: Steve Gau1in. Jim Mike
John Pctnreskio. Tom PashaliS George
P;ltnpus. Mix Xacaritis and Nick Stama-
talks.
All the mon had the money to put up
for their appearance This morning and
were released
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ITALIANS RAID THE
FOE; CAPTURE 343

ROME. Sept. l5.--A war "tii'ee COM
munication issued Today follows:
Infantry and artillery parties. after
q short bat "ffcctiv" artillery lombard
mont and assisted by lnw flying aero
planes. yesterday morning attacked and
captured tho whole Of an enemy dcfrnS-
I've system on I'll" Cror"lla southwark
~ Corte. The prisoners taken number
a t47 and included IL officers. \ NUM-
her OF machine guns. hundreds Of rifles
and abundant war material were cap
,ured.
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DOCUMENT NO. 13-
Ger. General staff. Eachrictten Bureau.
Section II. No. I52. Feb. 2S.)
VERY SECRET


Section r. No. I52. Feb. 2S.)
VERY SECRET.
TO the Chairman OF the Council Of
Peoples CommisSarS: According TO re-
ports OF our secret ssrric" in the dctach-
ments operating against the German
troops and against the Austrian ClIain-
lar corps. there has been discovered
propa 6anda for national rising and 4
struggle with the Germans and their al
lies. the Ckrainians. I ask you to In
form me what has been done by the
Government TO stop this harmful agi-
tation.-For the head Of the department.
r Bauer; adjutant. Heinrich.
Note.--tcroSs the top ~ written "Cr-
gent to the CommissarS Of War and
Special Staff. NJ. Skripnik.' The last
sentence is undcrscorcd. and in the mar
gin appears Il question marked. initiated
1T. T." The first ~ Lenlne's order
through his secretary and the second
may possibly o. taken as Trotzky's OPP
position, to any action. The loss Of the
Ukraine BY counter German intrigue was
4 sore point in prestige wiki him. But
his essential obedience to Germany was
not leSsened.
Have original letter.
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nor Schlesvtg- Holstein, nor even Of the
border stations which she had wreBtcd
from Russia and she feels that tho
surest way to MAINTAIN her holdings to
defeat this proposition Of self-determin-
alton by making the independence Of
Ireland and India condition Of &C
ceOtnnce
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End OF Austria.

CHICAGO. Sept. lj.--'If there is 10
l." Freedom OF nations. Austria must
disappear" Roman Dmowski. president
of the Polish National, committee at
l'aris. declared today In 4 speech at
tho government war exposition.
Our victory will not be Xix" those
Of ancient wars" he said. Il, vii be
a victory of freedom and justice which
will bring freedom even 10 tho defeated.
We do not fight TO destroy the German
nation but 10 put an end 70 those who
want Germany To be the master Of other
nationS.3
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y" mater what YOU want. II Will
cav v"u tim" and money to use lntcili-
%"H,"T WANT Abs.
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tContinued from Page one.)
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A YEAR or IMMIGRATION
Interesting Problems from Wartime Travel OF ens-Oeor
barment Regulations Must Not Be Relaxed
Bv H. p FAIRCHILD

authoritv-professor of Sociology in Yale University
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LONDON, Sept. 1S--According to IN
Official news reaching London 100 guns
ware captured In the st. M1hlel salient.
American pxtrolS arc RpproacM hing
Pa&ny, on the MoSele-
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1.-THE names Of the intermediary gov
ernlnent and OF that addressed in the
particular note dispatched are left
iolank.l
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LONDON, Sept. l5-Powerful air At
eacts arc being continued around Metz
accurd1xx to tho statement issued by
thu air ministry tonight. The stations
and tracks 1T Metz-Sablons and Cour-
cellss have boon attacked. as well as
various enmy concentration points.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

the box O. K. and everything was
just dandy and just what | wanted.
Tobacco is very hard to get over
here in some places and what one
does get is not like what we get at
home. What do you think? | am a
brakeman now on a railroad some
where in France, but | can tell you
it is not much like railroading in
the U. S. A. | liked my former
work best, but this is alright as
long as am doing my little bit. |
suppose all the young fellows from
home are gone by this time. Morse
and Murphy from Island Pond are in
this same place, but in another COM
pany. | see them quite often and it
seems good to see and talk with
some one from your home town.
The weather here is just fine, and
that is one thing wish | could carry
back with me to old Vermont, for |
am sure you would all enjoy some
nice summer weather after such a
long hard winter. The Germans
have destroyed nearly everything of
beauty in this part, but thank good
ness they can't interfere with this
beautiful climate. When the farm
ers in this part of the country get
down to work again they will GER
tainly be busy for some time filing
in the holes made by the big shells.
We have all sorts of noises here and
it takes one some little time to get
used to them, but at best it is mo
place for nervous man" We have
funny little engines and cars to work
with. | wish | could write an in
teresting letter about the place and
the great doings going on here, but
of course that IS, not allowed, but
when we come marching home, as of
course we will, flying the colors and
victory too, we will have something
great to talk about.
Please give my address to the New
York cousins as they can write so
much of interest. I don't suppose |
have received all your letters yet.
Write as often as you can as it seems
good to hear from home, and when
the boxes arrive we have both a
panic and picnic.
| trust YOU and wife are real we'll
and as for myself am feeling fine.
Your loving son,
Harry.
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PROBATE NOTICE

Regular sessions of the Probate
Court for the district of Essex will
be held at Guildhall on the first
Wednesday of each month, in the
forenoon.
At Island Pond, the first Wednes-
day of January, April. July and
October, in the afternoon.
At Lunenburg, the second Wednes-
day of January, April, July and
October, in the forenoon.
At Concord in the afternoon of
the same days.
Special sessions will be held by
arrangement,
Communications should be sent
to Edwin O. CARL, Judge, Canaan,
or to George H. Hubbard, Register,
Guildhall.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
Essex County Men Called

Men called to report April 20, 1918 at
$50 p. m. to go to Camp, Devens Mass,
April 80, 1918 at a. M.
Albert A. Barnett, Concord, Felix Cas-
tonguay, Island Pond, Roy Herbert
Brown, Miles Pond, William J. Black
born, Maidstone, Fred John, Jr., Island
Pond, Henry L. Stewart Concord,
Irving W. Emery, Guildhall, Herbert F.
Day, Fort Fairfield, Me-, Grovenor w.
Boulds, Island Pond, Henry W. Young,
Miles Pond, Harold E. Mailet, Lunen-
bury, Alfred Pelletier, Island Pond,
Robert Williams, Victory, William M.
MCGOWAN, Lunenburg, Lawrence E. Holt,
Guildhall, Ernest Castonguay, Island
Pond, Wendall G. Holbrook, Lexington,
Vinton Irving Silver, Guildhall, Oscar
N. Nickerson, Lexington, David W.
Kimball, CRANKY, Ralph N. Shastany,
Concord, Walter E. St.Pierre Island
Pond.
Men called to report May 2, 1918 at
$50 p. m. to go to Fort Slocun, New
York, May 3, 1918, at am:
Austin Marsh Davis, Bloomfield, Oliver
Douquette, Norton, Ernest s. Page,
Guildhall.
The last call was for May 2. Tuesday
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
COUNTY COURT

April term of Essex County court
convened at Guildhall Tuesday with
Judge Leighton P. Slack presiding. AS
sitant judges Kyle T, Brown and E. j.
Nelson, and Sheriff Beattie we're in at
tendanse.
The case of Simon Stahl v. Jones'
Webster corporation was up for trial
but owing to the illness of Mr.. Webster
was postponed. The case of Joseph
Goupid v. Grand Trunk Railway COM
pany was called and trial commenced
Wednesday. Thursday after the plaintiffs
evidence was in the defence asked for
a verdict and Judge Slack ordered
verdict for defendant
Thursday afternoon jury was en-
paneled on the case of William Henry
Riggie v. Grand Trunk Railway Com
pany, and the case is now on trial,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

The following letter was received
by Arthur Danforth from his son,
Harry, who is in France with the
Railway Engineers:
Somewhere in France"
March 18th, 1918.
Dear Dad:
How are you? | have not heard
from you as to whether you received
my last letter or not, but | am writ
ing to let you know that | received
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
Congressman DSe to Speak on
War Conditions.

At the exercises Of Essex Lodge |. O.
0. F. in the opera house tonight, con-
gessman Potter H. Dale will speak on
war conditions in France as he saw
them during the summer OF 1917. This
is an opportunity for Island Pond peo-
pie to hear facts on this all important
question from one who has learned
at first hand of the great work this
county is doing and must do to win in
this, the most terrible Of all war time
The Man Without Country will be
shown at the opera house, Tuesday
evening" April 30. Rev. H. NJ. Simpson
will give talk explaining the Women S
National Defense society. Mrs. Ann ST.
Claire will render solo and the orchestra
will give several selections.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26
THE AMERICANS CREED"
By William Tyler Page, Which Won
$1,000 Prize.

believe in the United States of
America as a government of the
people, by the people, for the
people; whose just powers are
derived from the consent of the
governed; a democracy in a re-
public; a sovereign nation of
many sovereign states; a perfect
union, one and inseparable; es-
tablished upon those principles of
freedom, equality, justice and
humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives and
fortunes.
therefore believe it is my duty
to my country to love it; to sup
port its Constitution; to obey it's
laws; to respect it's flag, and to
defend it against all enemies.