South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-06
COURT MAKES 1865
NEW CITIZENS
Prominent Men Are Among
Those Who Swear Allegiance
10 Uncle Sam-NeW Federal
Law Cause of Great Rush.

AS a result OF the three days ses-
sion OF the circuit court devoted 10
the hearing of naturalization petitions
which closed Thursday evening. st.
Joseph county has 166 new citizens
OF the United States.
There were 2O5 applications on file
for hearing this term. Twenty APP
plicants, however. failed TO appear,
several cases were dismissed for va
riOus causes and many more were
continued until next term. Most
cOntinuances were granted to allow
the applicant time 10 become ac
quainted with United States institu-
tons and history while most OF the
dismissals were the result OF incom
potency OF witnesses, the require
ments in this respect being particu-
larry rigid.
This was by far the largest num-
Der Of naturalizations in one term Of
the local court, and was due TO the
fact that a federal statute which
went into effect last Septem Der out
lawed all declarations Of intention
which were not followed by petitions
for second papers within seven years.
Inasmuch as voting was allowed in
Indiana on first papers scores of per
sons never took the trouble TO go fur
Their in naturalization When the law
threatened to destroy the validity of
these papers. declaring them void
for all purposes" after the seven
years. there was a scramble to get
under the wire in time
Among the we'll known South
Benders who were naturaliZed this
term were Rev. p J. Carroll, rector
of st. JOseph's church. who renounc-
ed allegiance to George V. king Of
England and Ireland; Donald Mac
GregOr who renounced he same
sovereign of Scotland. and Herman
Tohulka, who severed his fealty to
Emperor William Of Germany.
Six cases were continued and three
were dismissed. The case of George
SzabO whose papers, issued in Nov.
1913, were in danger of revocation on
petition of the government on the
ground that Szabo had violated the
Indiana liquor laws before being ad-
mitted was also continued until the
next term.
According to an affidavit made by
SZabo he peddled liquor to househ olds
after being forced to give up his sa-
loon at 1902 w. Thomas St, when the
commissioners refused him a license.
He also renewed his internal revenue
license after having lost his county
and city license, affidavit sets up al
though on the witness stand at the
nearing IN November ne denied TINS.
Here is the list of those admitted
Thursday
Jens G. Rasmussen, Amiel Van
Hare, John Hulaerkopf. George Simp-
son, Pendel POledor. Arthur Levarder.
John r. Nelson. Andrew =. Johnson,
Charles A. Olson, George KasOl. GeZa
Vargo. Edward Zuelka. Valerty Nee
mer, Wladyslaw Jarozenwski, LOUIS
LaF'Ortune, Herman TOhulka, Jthn
Parker, William DOmke, Thomas
Miller, Blasius Kruysa. Felix Went
land, Peter Kreczmer. Wilhelm Chaser,
Charles Meunick. August Dutoy, Otto
Miller. Michael Ries, TheOphel Drob-
ny. Carl Hoffman, Joseph Kruger.
Peter Rogalenski, Peter BeckiewicZ.
Michael Kazmarek. Robert Miller,
Arthur DeRue, Karl Berchedsmeck,
Martin Roesch. ErhaTdt Riedel. Nor
ris Albert. Joseph 10th. AlphOne De
Schepper, Emil Rodts Emil Goethals.
Leo Maenhout. August Zeleide. Kasi-
mier Donielonitz. Gust Peterson. Ig-
natius LiszeWski, John LOTrick. Peter
Schanbroeck. Joseph Honyzewski,
Michael Meyer, Julian Strychalski,
bartholomew Jarozewski. Rasmus y.
Rasmussen, Julius Muszck, Emil
Magnusson. Julian Goralski. Frank
Paprocki. Frank LuZny Jacob Urban
ski Robert SchelleSberg, Charles
Weiss. John Tschida. Valentine Kacz-
marek. IgnatZ kacZmarek. JOnu
CvidaI. Anton Slusarek. Anton Kovics.
Michael Szarward John CerpenslSi,
Charles Icket, Stanislaw GaGaCz.