of residence during said years: Provided, however, that such presumption may be overcome on the presentation of satisfactory evidence to a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States, under such rules and regulations as the department of state may prescribe; and provided also, that no American citizen shall be allowed to expatriate himself when this country is at war. Any American woman who marries a foreigner shall take the nationality of her husband. At the termination of the marital relation she may resume her American citizenship, if abroad, by registering as an American citizen within one year with a consul of the United States, or by returning to reside in the United States, or, if residing in the United States at the termination of the marital relation, by continuing to reside therein. Any foreign woman who acquires American citizenship by marriage to an American citizen shall be assumed to retain the same after the termination of the marital relation if she continue to reside in the United States, unless she makes formal renunciation thereof before a court having jurisdiction to naturalize aliens, or, if she resides abroad, she may retain her citizenship by registering as such before a United States consul within one year after the termination of such marital relation. A child born without the United States of alien parents shall be deemed a citizen of the United States by virtue of the naturalization of or resumption of American citizenship of the parent: Provided, that such naturalization or resumption takes place during the minority of such child; and provided further, that the citizenship of such minor child shall begin at the time such minor child begins to reside permanently in the United States. All children born outside the limits of the United States, who are citizens thereof in accordance with the provisions of section 1993 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (see above), and who continue to reside outside of the United States, shall, in order to receive the protection of the government, be required, upon reaching the age of 18 years, to record at an American consulate their intention to become residents and remain citizens of the United States and shall further be required to take the oath of allegiance to the United States upon attaining their majority. Any alien of the age of 21 years and upward who may, under existing law, become a citizen of the United States, who has served or may hereafter serve for one enlistment of not less than four years in the United States navy, naval auxiliary, marine corps or revenue cutter (coast guard) service and received an honorable discharge with recommendation for re-enlistment, shall be admitted to become a citizen of the United States upon his petition without previous declaration of intention to become such, and without proof of residence on shore. (Act of June 30, 1914.) NATURALIZATION LAWS. Exclusive jurisdiction to naturalize aliens resident in their districts is conferred upon the United States Circuit and District courts and all courts of record having a seal, a clerk and Jurisdiction in actions in law or equity or both in which the amount in controversy is unlimited. An alien may be admitted to citizenship in the following manner and not otherwise: 1. He shall declare on oath before the clerk of the proper court at least two years before his admission, and after he has reached the age of 18 years, that it is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce allegiance to any foreign state or sovereignty. Such declaration shall set forth the same facts as are registered at the time of his arrival. 2. Not less than two years nor more than seven after he has made such declaration he shall file a petition, signed by himself and verified, in which he shall state his name, place of residence, occupation, date and place of birth, place from which he einigrated, name of the vessel on which he arrived, the time when and the place and name of the court where he declared his intention of becoming a citizen; if he is married, he shall state the name of his wife, the country of her nativity and her place of residence at the time the petition is filed, and if he has children, the name, date and place of birth and place of residence of each child living. The petition shall also set forth that he is not a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government or a member of any body of persons opposed to organized government, and that he is not a polygamist or a believer in polygamy; that he intends to become a citizen of and to live permanently in the United States, and every other fact material to his naturalization and required to be proved upon the final hearing of his application. The petition shall be verified by the affidavits of at least two credible witnesses who are citizens. At the time of the filing of the petition there shall be also filed a certificate from the department of commerce and labor stating the date, place and manner of his arrival in the United States and the declaration of intention of such petitioner, which certificate and declaration shall be attached to and be a part of his petition. 3. He shall, before he is admitted to citizenship, declare on oath in open court that he will support the constitution of the United States. and that he absolutely renounces all allegiance to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty. 4. It shall be made apparent to the satisfaction of the court admitting any alien to citizenship that immediately preceding the date of his application he has resided continuously within the United States five years at least, and within the state or territory where such court is at the time held one year at least, and that during that time he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of applicant, the testimony of at least two witthe constitution. In addition to the oath of the nesses, citizens of the United States, as to the facts of residence, moral character and attachment to the principles of the constitution shall be required. 5. He must renounce any hereditary title or order of nobility which he may possess. 6. When any alien who has declared his intention dies before he is actually naturalized the widow and minor children may, by comply. ing with the other provisions of the act, be naturalized without making any declaration of intention. Immediately after the filing of the petition the clerk of the court shall give notice thereof by posting in a public place the name, nativity and residence of the alien, the date and place of his arrival in the United States and the date for the final hearing of his petition and the names of the witnesses whom the applicant expects to summon in his behalf. Petitions for naturalization may be filed at any time, but final action thereon shall be had only on stated days and in no case until at least ninety days have elapsed after the filing of the petition. No person shall be naturalized within thirty days preceding a general election within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. No person who disbelieves in or who is opposed to organized government. or who is a member of or affiliated with any organization entertaining and teaching such disbelief in or opposition to organized government, or who advocates or teaches the duty, necessity or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers of the government of the United States, or of any other organized government, because of his or their official character, or who is a polygamist, shall be naturalized. No alien shall hereafter be naturalized or admitted as a citizen of the United States who cannot speak the English language. This requirement does not apply to those physically unable to comply with it, or to those making homestead entries upon the public lands of the United States. IMMIGRATION LAW. Effective since May 1, 1917. The word "alien" as used in the act includes any person not a native born or naturalized citizen of the United States, but it does not include Indians of the United States not taxed or citizens of the islands under the jurisdiction of the United States. The term "United States'' means the United States and any waters, territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction thereof except the Isthmian Canal Zone; but if any alien shall leave the Canal Zone or any insular possession and attempt to enter any other place under the jurisdiction of the United States he is not to be permitted to enter under any other conditions than those applicable to all aliens. There shall be collected a tax of $8 for every alien, including alien seamen regularly admitted, entering the United States. Children under 16 accompanying father or mother are not subject to the tax. The tax shall not be levied on aliens who enter after an uninterrupted residence of at least one year preceding such entrance in Canada, Newfoundland, Cuba or Mexico for a temporary stay, nor upon aliens in transit, nor upon aliens who, having been law. fully admitted, shall go from one part of the United States to another, although through contiguous foreign territory. Excluded Aliens. under any of the provisions of this act, and who may again seek admission within one year from the date of such deportation, unless prior to their re-embarkation at a foreign port or their attempt to be admitted from foreign contiguous territory the secretary of labor shall have consented to their reapplying for admission; persons whose ticket or passage is paid for with the money of another, or who are assisted by others to come, unless it is satisfactorily shown that such persons do not belong to one of the foregoing excluded classes; persons whose ticket or passage is paid for by any corporation, association, society, municipality, or foreign gov. ernment, either directly or indirectly; stow. aways, except that any such stowaway, if other wise admissible, may be admitted at the discretion of the secretary of labor; all children under 16 years of age unaccompanied by or not coming to one or both of their parents, except that any such children may, in the discretion of the secretary of labor, be admitted if, in his opinion, they are not likely to become a public charge and are otherwise eligible; unless otherwise provided for by existing treaties, persons who are natives of islands not possessed by the United States adjacent to the continent of Asia, situate south of the 20th parallel latitude north, west of the 160th meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, and north of the 10th parallel lati tude south, or who are natives of any country, province, or dependency situate on the continent of Asia west of the 110th meridian of longitude east from Greenwich and the 24th and 38th parallels of latitude north, and no alien now in any way excluded from, or prevented from entering, the United States shall be admitted to the United States. The provision next foregoing, however, shall not apply to persons of the following status or occupation: Government officers, ministers or religious teachers, missionaries, lawyers, physicians, chemists, civil engineers, teachers, students, authors, artists, merchants, and travelers for curiosity or pleasure, nor to their legal wives or their children under 16 years of age who shall accompany them or who may subsequently apply for admission to the United foreign born children who fail to maintain in the United States a status or occupation placing them within the excepted classes shall be deemed to be in the United States contrary to law and shall be subject to deportation. Literacy Test. After three months from the passage of this act, in addition to the aliens who are by law now excluded from admission into the United States, the following persons shall also be ex. cluded from admission thereto, to wit: The following classes of aliens are excluded from the United States: Idiots, imbeciles, feeble minded, epileptics, insane persons; persons who have had one or more attacks of insanity previously; persons of constitutional psychopathic inferiority; persons with chronic alcoholism; paupers; professional beggars; va. grants; persons afflicted with tuberculosis in any form or with a loathsome or dangerous conta gious disease; persons not comprehended within any of the foregoing excluded classes who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective, such physical defect being of a nature which may affect the ability of such alien to earn a living; persons who have been convicted of or admit having committed a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpi-States, but such persons or their legal wives or tude; polygamists, or persons who practice polygamy or believe in or advocate the practice of polygamy; anarchists, or persons who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence of the government of the United States or of all forms of law, or who disbelieve in or are opposed to organized government, or who advocate the assassination of public officials, or who advocate or teach the unlawful destruction of property; persons who are members of or affiliated with any organization entertaining and teaching disbelief in or opposition to organized government, or who advocate or teach the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the government of the United States or of any other organized government, because of his or their official character, or who advocate or teach the unlawful destruction of property: prostitutes, or persons coming into the United States for the purpose of prostitution or any other immoral purpose; persons who directly or indirectly procure or attempt to procure or import prostitutes or persons for the purpose of prostitution or any other immoral purpose; persons who are supported by or receive in whole or in part the proceeds of prostitution; contract laborers, who have been induced or assisted to migrate to this country by offers or promises of employment, whether such offers or promises are true or false, or in consequence of agreements, oral, written or printed, express or implied, to perform labor in this country of any kind, skilled or unskilled; persons who have come in consequence of advertisements for laborers printed, published or distributed in a foreign country; persons likely to become public charge; persons who have been deported All aliens over 16 years of age, physically capable of reading, who cannot read the English language, or some other language or dia lect, including Hebrew or Yiddish: Provided, that any admissible alien, or any alien here tofore or hereafter legally admitted, or any citizen of the United States, may bring in or send for his father or grandfather over 55 years of age, his wife, his mother, his grandmother or his unmarried or widowed daughter, if otherwise admissible, whether such relative can read or not; and such relative shall be permitted to enter. That for the purpose of ascertaining whether aliens can read the immigrant inspectors shall be furnished with slips of uniform size, prepared under the direction of the secre tary of labor, each containing not less than thirty nor more than forty words in ordinary use, printed in plainly legible type in some one of the various languages or dialects of immigrants. Each alien may designate the particu lar language or dialect in which he desires the examination to be made, and shall be required to read the words printed on the slip in such language or dialect. That the following classes of persons shall be exempt from the operation of the literacy test, to wit: All aliens who 1 ports issued by any foreign government to its citizens or subjects to go to any country other than the United States, or to any of its insular possessions or the Canal Zone, are being used ior the purpose of enabling the holder to come to the continental territory of the United States to the detriment of labor conditions therein, the president shall refuse to permit such persons to enter the United States or its possessions: Provided further, that aliens returning after a temporary absence to an unrelinquished United States domicile of seven consecutive years may be admitted at the discretion of the secretary of labor and under such conditions as he may prescribe: Provided further, that nothing in the contract-labor or reading-test provisions of this act shall be construed to prevent any alien exhibitor or holder of any concession for any fair or exposition authorized by congress from bringotherwise inadmissible alien mechanics, artisans, agents or other employes, natives of his country, as may be necessary for installing or conducting his exhibit or business, under such rules as the commissioner-general of immigration with the approval of the secretary of labor may prescribe, both as to the admission and return of such persons: Provided further, that the commissioner-general of immigration with the approval of the secretary of labor shall issue rules and prescribe conditions, including exaction of such bonds as may be necessary, to control and regulate the admission and return of otherwise inadmissible aliens applying for temporary admission: Provided further, that nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to accredited officials of foreign governments, nor to their suites, families or guests. shall prove to the satisfaction of the proper immigration officer or to the secretary of labor that they are seeking admission to the United States to avoid religious persecution in the country of their last permanent residence, whether such persecution be evidenced by overt acts or by laws or governmental regulations that discriminate against the alien or the race to which he belongs because of his religious faith; all aliens who have been lawfully admitted to the United States and who have resided therein continuously for five years and who return to the United States within six months from the date of their departure therefrom; all aliens in transit through the United States; all aliens who have been lawfully admitted to the United States and who later shall go in transit from one part of the United States to another through foreign contiguous territory: Provided, that nothing in this act shall exclude,ing into the United States, under contract, such if otherwise admissible, persons convicted, or who admit the commission, or who teach or advocate the commission, of an offense purely political: Provided further, that the provisions of this act relating to the payments for tickets or passage by any corporation, association, society, municipality or foreign government shall not apply to the tickets or passage of aliens in immediate and continuous transit through the United States to foreign contiguous territory: Provided further, that skilled labor, if otherwise admissible, may be imported if labor of like kind unemployed cannot be found in this country, and the question of the necessity of importing such skilled labor in any particular instance may be determined by the secretary of labor upon the application of any person interested, such application to be made before such importation, and such determination by the secretary of labor to be reached after a full hearing and an investigation into the facts of the case: Provided further, that the provisions of this law applicable to contract labor shall not be held to exclude professional actors, artists, lecturers, singers, nurses, ministers of any religious denomination, professors for colleges or seminaries, persons belonging to any recognized learned profession, or persons employed as domestic servants: Provided further, that when ever the president shall be satisfied that pass FLAG OF THE Executive order It is hereby ordered that national flags and union jacks for all departments of the government, with the exception noted under (a), shall conform to the following proportions: Hoist (width) of flag, 1. Fly (length) of flag, 1.9. Width of each stripe, 1-13. (a). Exception: The colors carried by troops and camp colors shall be the sizes prescribed for the military service (army and navy). Limitation of the number of sizes: With the exception of colors under note (a) the sizes of flags manufactured or purchased for the government departments will be limited to those with the following hoists: (1), 20 feet; (2), 19 feet (standard); (3). 14.35 feet; (4), 12.19 feet; (5), 10 feet; (6), 8.94 feet; (7), 5.14 feet; (8), 5 feet; (9), 3.52 feet; (10), 2.90 feet; (11), 2.37 feet; (12), 1.31 feet. The importation of any alien into the United States for any immoral purpose is punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten years and by a fine of not more than $5,000. Violations of the contract-labor section of the act are punishable by fines of $1,000 or by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than two years. The act provides for the fining or im. prisonment of persons engaged in the transpor. tation of aliens into the United States who en courage or help persons excluded under the pro visions of the law to enter the country. UNITED STATES. Union jacks: The size of the jack shall be the size of the union of the national flag with which it is flown. The national flag of the United States now consists of thirteen alternate red and white stripes, representing the original thirteen states, and a blue field on which are forty-eight white stars arranged in six rows of eight stars each, representing the forty-eight states now constituting the union. The last two stars were added in 1912 when New Mexico and Arizona were officially admitted as states. Laws are in force in some of the states forbidding the desecration or mutilation of the flag or its use in any way for advertising purposes. A federal law forbids the use of the national flag on trade-marks. The national flag was officially adopted by congress June 14, 1777. Accordingly June 14 is now generally observed as Flag day. THE CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON. The corner stone of the original capitol | sions of the wings were begun in 1851 and building was laid by President Washington Sept. 18, 1793. The north wing was finished in 1810 and the south wing in 1811, a wooden passageway connecting them. The original designs of the structure were made by Dr. William Thornton. The two wings were burned by the British in 1814, but were immediately restored. In 1827 the original building was completed at a cost of $2,433,844.13. Exten completed in 1859. The dome, which is 287 feet 5 inches in height, was completed in 1865. The capitol stands in latitude 38 degrees 53 minutes 20.4 seconds north and longitude 77 degrees 00 minutes 35.7 seconds west from Greenwich. The area covered by the build ing is 153.112 square feet. Value of building and grounds: Building, $15.000.000; grounds, $10,400,000; total, $25,400,000. POLITICAL PARTY PLATFORMS OF 1916 IN BRIEF. The following summary includes the principal planks in the platforms adopted at the national party conventions in 1916: REPUBLICAN. Protection of every American at home and abroad. Firm and courageous foreign policy. Coherent and continuous policy of national defense with an adequate army and strong navy. Tariff for the protection of American industries and labor. Regulation and supervision of corporations. Federal control of transportation business. Establishment of budget system for government expenditures. Conservation of natural resources. Vocational education and workmen's compensation laws. Woman suffrage to be granted by each state. PROGRESSIVE. Protection of the rights of American citizens on land and sea. To guard the honor of the nation. To maintain the integrity of international law. The creation of conditions which will make for permanent peace. Adequate provision for the common defense. A navy restored to at least second rank in battle efficiency. A regular army of 250,000 men as a first line of defense. A system of military training adequate to organize with promptness, behind that first line of the army and navy, a citizen soldiery, supplied, armed and controlled by the national government. Universal military training. Full suffrage for women. Creation of a permanent expert tariff commission: a protective tariff. National regulation of industry. DEMOCRATIC. Tariff for revenue only; a nonpartisan tariff commission. The suppression of all alliances and combinations conspiring to injure the United States and advance the interests of foreign countries. The maintenance of an army adequate to the requirements of order, of safety and of the protection of the nation's rights, development of seacoast defenses, the maintenance of an adequate reserve of citizens trained to arms; continuous development of the navy. To assist the world in securing settled peace and justice, respect for the fundamental rights of the smaller states and the complete security of the highway of the seas. Close relations of amity with other American republics. Maintenance of the Monroe doctrine. Intervention in Mexico, but only as a last resort. Development of American merchant marine. Promotion of agriculture through farm marketing, farm credits and the establishment of grades and standards. A living wage for all employes. A working day of not to exceed eight hours. Adoption of safety appliances. Compensation for industrial accidents. Equitable retirement law for civil service employes. Protection of the rights of American citizens at home and abroad. Peace among the warring nations of Europe. Alteration of senate rules to permit transaction of business. Economy and the use of the budget system in national expenditures. Enforcement of civil service laws. Self-government and ultimate independence for the Philippines. Prison reform. Generous pensions for soldiers. PROHIBITION. Abolition of liquor traffic. Equal suffrage for women by amendments to state and federal constitutions. Peace and friendliness with all nations; promotion of a world court for the settlement of national differences. Disarmament of nations. Against universal military training. Promotion of reciprocity in trade; formation of a commission of trade specialists. Creation of merchant marine. Independence of Philippines when people are fit for it. Extension of civil service. Uniform marriage and divorce laws. Promotion of agriculture; abolition of boards of trade, chambers of commerce and stock exchanges. SOCIALIST. Opposition to war. Unrestricted and equal suffrage for men and Women. Further measures for general education. Abolition of monopoly ownership of patents. Collective ownership of public utilities. Acquisition by municipalities, states and gov ernment of grain elevators, stockyards, storage warehouses and other distributing agencies. Extension of public domain to mines, quarries, oil wells, forests and water power. Conservation of natural resources. Collective ownership of land. Money to be issued by government only; government to lend money at nominal rates to municipalities and counties to take over public utilities. Relief of unemployed by extension of public works. Conservation of human resources by- Freedom of political and economic organization, Giving rest period of at least a day and a half in each week, Securing more effective inspection of workshops. Forbidding child labor, Establishing minimum wage scales, Establishing system of old age pensions and Insurance by the state and by employers of workers without cost to the latter, and by Establishing mothers' pensions. NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS SINCE 1880. Place and date of each and names of nominces for president and vice-president in the order named: 1880-Democratic: Cincinnati, O., June 22-24; Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English. Republican: Chicago, Ill., June 2-8; James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. Greenback: Chicago, Ill., June 9-11; James B. Weaver and B. J. Chambers. Prohibition: Cleveland, O., June 17; Neal Dow and A. M. Thompson. 1884-Democratic: Chicago, Ill., July 8-11; Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks. Republican: Chicago, Ill., June 3-6; James G. Blaine and John A. Logan. Greenback: Indianapolis, Ind., May 28-29; Benjamin F. Butler and Alanson M. West. American Prohibition: Chicago, Ill., June 19; Samuel C. Pomeroy and John A. Conant. National Prohibition: Pittsburgh, Pa., July 23: John P. St. John and William Daniel. Anti-Monopoly: Chicago, Ill., May 14; Benjamin F. Butler and Alanson M. West. Equal Rights: San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 20; Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood and Mrs. M. L. Stow. 1888-Democratic: St. Louis, Mo., June 5; Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman. Republican: Chicago, Ill., June 19; Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton. Prohibition: Indianapolis, Ind., May 20; Clinton B. Fisk and John A. Brooks. Union Labor: Cincinnati, O., May 15; Alson J. Streeter and Samuel Evans. United Labor: Cincinnati, O., May 15: Robert H. Cowdrey and W. H. T. Wakefield. American: Washington, D. C., Aug. 14; James L. Curtis and James R. Greer. Equal Rights: Des Moines, Iowa, May 15; Mrs. Belva A, Lockwood and Alfred H. Love. 1892-Democratic: Chicago, Ill., June 21; Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson. Republican: Minneapolis, Minn.: June Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid. Prohibition: Cincinnati, O., June 29; John Bidwell and J. B. Cranfill. 7-10: National People's: Omaha, Neb., July 2-5; People's Party; St. Louis, Mo., July 22; Wil- National Democratic: Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. National Party: Pittsburgh, Pa., May 28: Charles E. Bentley and James H. Southgate. Socialist-Labor: New York. N. Y.. July 6; Charles H. Matchett and Matthew Maguire. 1900-Democratic: Kansas City, Mo., July 4-6; William J. Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson. Republican: Philadelphia, Pa., June 19-21; Wil lam McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. People's Party: Sioux Falls, S. D., May 9-10; William J. Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson. People's Party (Middle-of-the-Road): Cincin nati. O., May 9-10; Wharton Barker and Ignatius Donnelly. Silver Republican: Kansas City, Mo.. July 4-6; William J. Bryan and Adlaí E. Stevenson. Prohibition: Chicago, Ill., June 27-28; John G. Social Democratic Party of America: Indianapolis, Ind., March 6; Eugene V. Debs and Job Harriman. Union Reform: Baltimore, Md., Sept. 3; Seth 1904 Democratic: St. Louis, Mo., July 6-9; Alton July 4-6; Thomas E. Watson and Thomas H. Tibbles. Prohibition: Indianapolis, Ind., June 29-July 1; Silas C. Swallow and George W. Carroll. Socialist-Labor: New York, N. Y., July 3-9; Charles H. Corregan and William W. Cox. Socialist-Democratic Party of America: Chicago, Ill., May 1-6; Eugene V. Debs and Benjamin Hanford. Continental: Chicago, Ill., Aug. 31; Charles H. Howard and George H. Shibley. (Nominees declined and Austin Holcomb and A. King were substituted by the national committee.) 1908-Republican: Chicago, June 16-19; William H. Taft and James S. Sherman. Democratic: Denver, July 7-10; Bryan and John W. Kern. Socialist: Chicago, May 10-18; Eugene V. Debs and Benjamin Hanford. William J. Prohibition: Columbus, O., July 15-16; Eugene Independence: Chicago, July 27-28; Thomas L. United Christian: Rock Island, Ill., May 1; Daniel Braxton Turney and S. P. Carter. Socialist-Labor: New York, July 2-5: Martin R. Preston and Donald L. Munro. (Preston declined and August Gillhaus was named in his place.) 1912-Democratic: Baltimore, 3: June 25-July Prohibition: Atlantic City, July 10-12; Eugene Populist: St. Louis, Aug. 13; no nominations made. 1916-Republican: Chicago, June 7-10; Charles E. Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks. Progressive: Chicago, June 7-10: Theodore Roosevelt and John M. Parker; Roosevelt declined and party decided to support Hughes. Democratic: St. Louis, June 14-16; Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall. Prohibition: St. Paul, Minn., July 19-21; J. Frank Hanly and Ira D. Landrith. Socialist: No convention held; Allan L. Benson and George R. Kirkpatrick nominated by mail primary Jan. 10-March 11. Socialist-Labor: New York, N. Y., April 29-May 3; Arthur E. Reimer and Caleb Harrison. AMERICAN CITIZEN'S CREED. In 1918 the city of Baltimore offered a prize of $1.000 for the best "American creed." the several thousand offered the committee on award selected that submitted by William Tyler Page of Friendship Heights, Md., as the winner. It reads: in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sov. Ofereign states: a perfect union, one and inseparable: established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. "I 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 "I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it: to support its constitution: to obey its laws; to respect its flag: and to defend it against all enemies." |