Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-29
Nebraska
ATTACK ON NATURALIZATION
United States Attorney Files Action
Against Sixteen Nebrsskans.
PAPERS SAID TO BE FAULTY
Lincoln v. NJ. C.. A. Raises Eighty
Seven Thousand Dollars of the
Hundred Thousand Desired
and After remainder.
(From a Staff Correspondents


LINCOLN, Sept. ~2S.-(Special. )-Because
Of various irregularities In obtaining
naturalization papers. sixteen Nebraska
residents OF different n%ationallties will
probably have to go through the process
OF being made citizens a second time.
Papers have been completed in the office
OF United States Attorney A. w. Lane for
filing In the federal court attacking the
validity of their certificates. Most OF those
whose citizenship is thus called into ques-
ton live at Omaha and South Omaha, but
others are scattered over the state. The
list includes Germans. Bohemians, Scandi-
n~avians, Italians. an Irishman or two and
others Of miscellaneous nativity.
The suits to have the DEGREES Of rnatur-
allzation set aside will be commenced in
the districts where the persons respectively
live. Only two Of the number will be filed
in the Lincoln division. In some cases IL
Will be alleged that the Individual was
naturalized illegally before he had been In
this country five years. Another ground
will be that some of them were more than
IS years old on arriving in this country
and did not make a formal declaration Of
their intention to become citizens. which
is required Of all except those coming here
as minors. In one or two instances the
claim will be made that the certificate Is
defective because witnesses for the person
naturalized we're not themselves citizens.
-DeSpondeut Woman Hangs Self.
Crazed by a lingering sickness, Mrs.
Klaus Peterson. Of College View. q pa
tient at the Nebraska Sanltarium, COM
mitted suicide by hanging herself to an
apple tree some time last night. The
woman was 81 years old and had been all
Ing for some time, so that It was necessary
for her to be almost constantly attended.
Mrs. Peterson has had the attention Of
a trained nurse for some weeks and was
also cared for by her daughters, Anna and
Edith. Last night the woman got up, dur
ing the absence of her attendants, and at
9 o'clock she was discovered to be missing.
A search was made OF the premises and
an alarm was sent forth to all Of the build
ngs connected with the sanitarium, to be
on the watch for Mrs. Peterson, who was
thought to be wandering about the
grounds. She was stopping at one Of the
annex buildings Of the institution.
After a earch which extended through
out the entire night the woman was found
dangling from an apple tree this morning.
Coroner Matthews was notified of the
death and after an Investigation he pro-
bounced the cause of the woman's death
as suicide and did not order an inquest to
be held. DR.. o. A. Rockwell, the attend
ing physician, stated that the woman has
been i'll for a long time and he said that
the hanging was the result of a weakened
brain, caused by sickness. Mrs. Peterson
formerly lived at Elm Creek.
". M. C.. A. Wants 100000.
With a rush and a whoop the Young
Mems Christian association building fund
moved up over the sS7, 900 mark today, and
with a day and a half left the committee
men decided to postpone the proposed race
for the 800 o prize until tomorrow.
Young women pledged to the Alpha Omi-
cron ri sorority at the University OF Ne
braska were: Misses Nina Froyer, Edith
Hall, Helen Fiske, all Of Lincoln; Mollie
Waters of Sanford, Neb., and Miss Harper
and Mabel Harper OF Wallace, Neb.