The Washington times., 1917-04-04
NEW AMERICANS
DISOWN KAISER
German Expatriates overwhelm
Force in Office of Natural
ization Bureau of Court.

Applicants for American citizenship
are overwhelming the clerical force Of
the naturalization division of the Dis
trict Supreme Court. Since the Presi-
dents message to Congress, declaring
state Of war with Germany, subjects
Of that monarchy have Aocked to the
office Of John r. Young. in the Emery
Building, and renounced their allegiance
to the Kaiser.
Subjects Of many other foreign coun-
tries likewise have fiocked to the court
house to make their first declaration of
intention to become citizens, and the
rush has been so great that Clerk Young
has designated Deputy Clerk Charles
B. Coffin to devote all his time to reg
istering the desires of embryo Ameri-
can citizens.
Among the twenty applicants for
citizenship the first two days of this
month. seven were women. One fifth
of the number gave Germany as their
birthplace. Austria, Italy. and Ire
land furnished three each and the re-
mainder were natives of Greece. Scot
land, Prussia, and Belgium.
SehwarEmann In Eldest.
John Schwarzmann, the eldest in
years and length of time in this coun-
try. was the fourth former subject of
Germany to apply for papers. He
gave his age as sixty-nine, and de-
clared he came to this country In
1868. He is a blacksmith. living at
40s Adams street northeast
Matilda Adeheid Sigl, born in Ger
many, a hairdressef at 929 Second
street northwest. and Walter Ruben
stein, of Russian birth. laborer. iii
Sixth street northwest. tied for youth
fulness among the applicants, each
being twenty-one.
i.Other applicants included:
Elizabeth Altheimer, As, seamstress,
443 Fourteenth street northwest, born
in Germany.
Louis Johen Mandes. %, laborer,
$50 Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
Greece.
John McGinty, 30, slate roofer. 116
D street northwest, Scotland.
Emma Miller, "a. milliner, 9OS K
street northwest, Austria.
Betty Effenbach, %, embroideress,
1910 Sixth street northwest. Russia.
Joseph huO"h dc JO-
seph George on, 33, teacher. Marist
Seminary, Brookland, d. C., Prussia.
Emilio Palumbo. IS. laborer, 132
Scott alley southeast, Italy.
Anna Johanna Henrietta Kalpack-
jan, 55, housekeeper, 1347 Meridian
street northwest, Germany.
Paul Raggio, "a, grocer, 1922 Fifth
street northwest, Italy.
Arthur Minck. 81, chef, 1105 Eighth
street northwest, Belgium.
Galtano TartagIia, 35, barber, 1O7
G street northwest, Italy.
Mary Ellen Graham, 81. trained
nurse, Thirty-ffth and n streets
northwest, Ireland.
josephine Mary ODonnelI, "a. stu
dent nurse, Thirty-fifth and N streets
northwest, ireland.
John Schwarzmann, 80, blacksmith.
40s Adams street northeast, Ger
many.
Joseph Krajicek. "a. confeetioner.
1872 Thirteenth street northwest,
Austria.
Henry Brill. As. blacksmith, 1920
A street southeast. Russia
Jacob Within; 50, tailor. 1914
Kramer street northeast, Austria.
Thomas Francis o'Keefe, 2s. clerk.
100 Seventh street northwest, Ire
land.
EIghty-seven Seek Haven.
Eighty-seven men and women of
foreign birth, thirty-six of whom
named Germany as their native coun-
try, sought first papers during the
month. In February there were
eighty-five applicants and in Janu-
ary twenty-eight.
In March. 1915. only twenty ap-
piled for naturalization.
In applicants for citizenship in
March German-Amerfcaps led the list
with 80, Italy was second with IL,
and Russia third with 8, Canada was
fourth with 4. and fifth place was a
tie between England, ireland, France,
and Hungary. with each. Practical |
ly all the European countries, as well
as Nicaragua, were represented.