Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-08
NEW CITIZENS TAKE
OUT FINAL PAPERS
Judge Wakeley's Naturaliza-
tion Mill Grinds All Day, Turn
ing Out New U. s. Subjects.
GUS RENZE TAKES OATH
NATURALIZATION QUIZ.

"Who is the governor of Nebraska: Mr..
Dahlman."
who are candidates for the presidency ?"
Ford and Roosevelt"
what Is tho difference between the king
Of the land from which you came and the
president" ?" 1.-THE king hns steady job"
"Who would take President Wilson'S place
in case Of his DEATH" Somebody else"
"What Is the constitution" 1.-THE biggest
law Of the United States"
"The constitution Is the fundamental law
Of the nation. What do you mean by 'funda-
mental:'" "Ich yeis nicht,"
Who makes the laws Of the United
States "ConEress." Where does does congress
Omaha" Because they haven't got a
building big enough"
Fifteen dollars for a fish peddler's
license expended in his behalf by Max
Y. Faier, fish dealer, 2430 Franklin
yesterday opened the way to citizen
ship for Benjamin Schlanger,. 2420
Charles street and transformed him
from a subject of Gar Nicholas Of
Russia to a patriot who has pledged
his powers to the defense of the ma
tional honor of the United States
against all comers.
Schlanger appeared before Judge
Arther c. Wakeley for final citizen
ship papers, but when questioned by
United States Naturalization Exam
iner J. w. Gurnett admitted that he
had been peddling fish in the city
since July l, 1915, without a license
A worthless permit from a so-called
political friend convinced Schlanger
that he was within the law.
I'm too poor to buy license, p"
complained the fishmonger, but the
examiner refused to allow Schlanger's
final papers until he had secured six
months peddler's license The SIS re-
quired by the city was produced by
Max Faier one of Schlanger's wit
nesses. Schlanger, on the witness
stand, promised to repay the amount
and the former Russian Jew, erstwhile
of Antwerp, left the court house a
regular revamped American
Mill Grinds All Day.
All day long Judge Wakeley's
naturalization mill was kept grinding,
the applicants hurrying to and from
the court room to the offices Of Clerk
of the Court Robert Smith in steady
streams from $50 in the morning un-
til closing time in the afternoon. The
work will be continued today until all
of the liz cases have been passed
upon. The law requires that each ap-
plicant shall have two witnesses and
in addition to witnesses there is the
quota of curious friends. Preliminary
examinations in the federal building
before Examiner Gurnett have light
ened the labors of the final question
ing. ~ +
=. RENEE Takes Oath.
Gustave Adolph Renze of Ak-Sar-
Ben fame. who declares in his applica-
ton that he is designer and artificer,
appeared in midafternoon to take the
final step toward citizenship. Clerk
Robert Smith of the district court and
Deputy Clerk Ansel Steers vouched
for the character Of Renze, both con-
Tossing that they have known him for
more than twenty years. RENEE has
been a resident of the United States
since April 2, 1872, and a Nebraska
resident since June H. 1889. He was
born in Germany in 1861, coming to
this country on the steamer Abys-
sinia from Havre. His father neglected
to take out final papers and it was
but recently that Renze discovered he
was not real citizen. Despite efforts
of a photographer to secure action
pictures of RENEE taking the oath of
allegiance, he foiled all attempts.
Friends who have been associated
with Fritz Detlof Henry Moeller,
farmer of Florence, for more than
fifty years were his witnesses when
he secured his final papers after re-
siding in the United States since 1873.
Mr.. Moeller was the oldest applicant
examined. He was born i'll Germany
in 1851. Clan ]. Schmidt testified that
he had known Moeller for forty
years, while Carsten D. Hamann de-
clared that he had been a neighbor
for more than fifty years. Moeller
is the father of nine children.
Wants Passport for Wife.
Naturalization papers were required
in the case of Soren Kristian Lund,
ia North Sixteenth street, in order
that his wife, who is now visiting in
Scotland, may get passport to re-
turn to this country. Lund is a por-
ter in his brothers saloon, a Dane
by birth and since 1910 resident of
this country, coming here on the
Lusitania.
John Divornicki, 4l30 N street,
tripe man at South Side packing
house, came to the United States from
! Bremen in 1901 and does not yet
know the difference between a court
room and a base ball park, if his an
swers to questions of Examiner Cur
n q II n, " hn takea at faca ,,al..a fAa.