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Show ADVJSES REGISTRY OF 1TU1IZAT1 Warns the Foreign born Citizens Against Loss of Papers MAKES SUGGESTIONS Cites Case of Salt Laker Who Was Arreted as German Spy In order that a record of their natural zat on may be preserved al ens are be ng adv sed bj the gov eminent of the Un ted States to see that their certif cates are of record n the court where issued o pecially w th regard to those persons natural zed in any of the courts n San Franc sco pr or to the earthquake and fire n the spring of 1906 As there are doubtless numbers of former San Tranc scans now res dent In the lntermountain country th s ad vice is g v en out here th ugh Pa U Armstrong naturalization exan ner The case of E G O Donnell prom inent Salt Laker who was arrested and held in France recently because he had no proof of h s ident ty nor of h s Amer can c tizen'h p is one of bun dreds But Mr O Donnell was more fortunate than many for he finally got away from France and has returned to Salt Lake. Bat tnere are many still be ng held former res dents, of Lurope, who were natural zed n the United States and returned tor a v s t during the summer without taking the precau tion of obtaining passports or other documentary evidence ot the r citizen ship in this country Claims Verified This s particularly true of those per sons naturalized in ban Franc sco prior to the f re tor in such cases there is no record of their naturahzat on. In many instances where naturalized Amer cans have been detained in Eu rope during the present war, steps have been taken by the Tn ted States consular or diplomatic agents abroad through the state departn ent in this country to verify the claims made by the sorrowful pr soners who are over eager to get away from the war rid den countries here possible the ree ords of the court ment onel have been searched and the government advised of the truth of the cla ms of the per sons deta ned Such information is then cabled to the Amer can agents abroad, who present the proof to the off cials holding the suspected person and generally results n the release of such person Many requests of this character have come from persons who happened to have been naturalized in -San irancisco before the fire who were sojourning abroad and were being held In sev eral instances they had lost their cer tif cates Their pleas for help from the r adopted country could not be heeded for the reason that there was no record in the San Franc sco courts of the r ever hav ng been admitted to citizenship in this country Such per sons will s mply have to suffer for the r negligence in not hav ng made a record of their naturalization to take the place of that destroyed Advice Sent Out In the hope of aiding many others who are in a s milar pos tion though on the peaceful soil of the United States the department of labor has sent out the advice through the natural zation service that all persons naturalized in any of the San Franc sco courts before the fire and now holding such cert ficates of naturalization should communicate at onte with such courts and arrange to have the r natural zation again made of record n case the cert f cate is lost at some future date As cert f cates are es sential n making final proof on fil ing on publ c land or for a passport after the European war has ceagpd or for obtain ng anv g vernment jos tion or n manj cases for voting whero the elector s challenged it 1 ecomps of m portance to ha e a permanent repord from wh ch a cert f el popy can be obtanel n case the or ginal s lost S nee September " 1108 when the I resent at rill .at on law we t nto effect thp go ernn ent has kept a rep ord of ever certif cate of natnra za t on ssued n thp I n tPd States as ,a 1 rl cate of each pprt f pate s for IwarlPd to thp derartmpnt of labor when thp newl-) naru al 7P 1 person rece re-ce es bis copj Pno to that t me howe er no rerord of n a 7a on was kept br the go ernmpnt b t was kept h thp p k of eaph ourt |