The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18


they allow the child of the poorest man
an opportunity exactly equal to that Of
his rich neighbor in getting an educa-
tion.
Urged Citizens to go to School.
Mayor Charles Pfennig commended
the work of the continuation schools
and asked his hearers to make use
Of them.
He said it was the wish Of every
good American to build up the finest
nation on earth and to maintain the
government entrusted to them in as
splendid form for their children as
that in which it was received from
their fathers.
The Rev. G. Buenger made an adj
dress in German in which he emphasiz-
ed the thought suggested by Judge
Belden, and urged that the German
American remember always to love
Germania as his mother, but Columbia
as his wife, with his first allegiance
always to Columbia.
Spoke in Italian.
He was followed by the Rev. Father
Peter Perardi, who made similar
address in Italian.
Mr.. Thompson of the continuation
school, who acted as chairman for the
evening, then announced that promis-
ed address in Polish by the Rev.
Father Cezrwinski would not be given
because of the illness of the priest
He introduced Fred J. Sehlotfeldt,
Chicago, federal naturalization examin-
er, who was sent to fill the place of Mr..
Sturgis, head of the federal naturaliza-
ton examiners in Chicago, who had ex-
pected to come but was called away.
Wants to Find Cheaters.
Mr.. Schlotfeldt gave the procedure
necessary to naturalization and expos
ed some Of the attempts at fraud in
connection with it. He said some
foreigners had been made to believe by
unauthorized persons that the second
papers cost as much as twenty-five or
fifty dollars for witnesses. He asked
that report be made to the naturahza-
tion examiner s Office Immediately by
everyone who knew Of any attempt on
the part of any to extort amounts from
prospective citizens on the ground they
would not 60 into court as witnesses
after signing as witnesses on the sec
ond application, unless exorbitant fees
were paid. He said the office is find
ing out that this is being done and it
wants to get information, and added
that witnesses would be forced to go
into court without big fees. He as
sured the prospective citizens that the
only fees chargeable are one dollar for
filing the first application and four dol
lars for the registration of the grant
ing of citizenship, plus maximum of
one dollar and ten cents as a witness
fee where it was demanded by the wit
ness, but that the applicant could
usually find two witnesses who knew
! him and were themselves citizens, who
would do that service without charge.
He explained that the naturalization of
married man included with it the
naturalization of his wife and of all
his children living in America who
were under the age of twenty-one.
The musical numbers furnished by
the Girls Glee Club, the Boys Glee
Club, the Mixed Glee Club, and the or
chestra of the Frank and Lincoln High
schools, led by Miss Edna Cameron, di-
rector of@music in the public schools,
were delightful in every detail. The
enuneiation of the young singers would
put to shame that of most professional
choruses, and their time and express
sion showed the care and study they
have gite1 to their work as we'll as
the painstaking of their teachers.