Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-13
SCORE OF NEW
CITIZENS MADE
About One-half of Applicants
Administrations Turned
Down Cold
TRAGEDY OF LAST
FALL is RECALLED
Widow of Deer Hunter, Accidentally
Killed, Sues Slayer For Large
Sum

sum
A lengthy calendar faced officers
and jurors when the May term of the
circuit court was opened by Judge
Wickham Monday afternoon.
Owing to the illness of the defend
ant in the one criminal case in the long
list, it was placed at the foot of the
calendar. 1t is the case Of the State
vs.. Harry Nelson. Nelson is charged
with the crime of bastardy.
Poles In Majority
Poles Outnumbered all other ma
tiOnalitieS in obtaining the benefits OF
American citizenship during the after
noon session of the circuit court Mon
day. lnversely, more Polish applica-
ti0ns for citizenship were refused than
those of any other nationality. Al
together. there were Al applicants for
naturalization in court that afternoon.
but of this number only 21 were accept
Ell and sworn in as citizens. OF the
number sworn in, 10 were Poles. two
were Canadians. three rcnounced ale
+.
two quit the new German republic
cold. having long since bid farewell to
eX-Kaiser Bill, and one each from Iiol-
land. Belgium. CZechO- -SlOvakia and
tAe from the former realm of the Gar.
now soviet Russia.
The application of Rudolph Fink.
Jr was denied. He had made appli-
cation for naturalization previously
but when the war came on he claimed
exemption from the draft on the
ground that he was not citizen. The
judge scored the applicant for chang
ing his mind when the country of his
adoption was in trouble, and turning
his back on it. The judge is strong
on the matter of loyalty in spirit and
action of applicants for naturalization.
Very different was the case of William
Fink brother of Rudolph. Jr Will
lam was also an applicant for citizen
ship. He was admitted and welcomed.
1t was shown that he did not claim
exemption from the draft: that he reg
istered and was placed in Glass ;,
though he was not called TO serve. An
other applicant. Joseph Galman, was
admitted almost entirely on his war
record, and without expense beca, Sc
thereof. 1t was shown that he had
served II months in the army. part of
that time in France.
Names and addresses Of those admit
ted to citizenship: Aug. Heft, Bruce
W.
Bruce John CZubin. Bruce; Anton so
hieski, Hawkins Mike J. Gierlach.
Hawkins: Jan Biela. Hawkins; Jo-
seph Erlci. Hawkins: Christian BOr-
seth. Sheldon Michal Kick, Chetek ;
Rev Stanley Topolski. Weyerhaeuser
John Larson, WeyerhaeuSer Thomas
Clark, Ladysmith: Richard Leblanc.
Murry: Andrew KmOsena. LadEsmith
HaakOn t. Wiik. COnrath John Skac-
zen. WeyerhaeuSer: Jules j. Chaltin.
Ladysmith: RenSe SpoOlhoff. Bruce
John ZdOncavetch. LadySmith; Joseph
Galman. Murry. The applications OF
four were not heard for the reason that
they did not appear at the proper time
When the jurors were excused for the
day, these men were under the i'm
preston that it was they who were eX-
cused and they left the court for the
day.
Judge On Loyalty
Some of the seekers of American
naturalization could seemingly nci
ther speak nor understand the Eng
lish language and the applications OF
such were continued. The judge took
occasion several times during the af-
ternOon 70 endeavOr to impress upon
the foreigners that they should become
American in spirit as we'll as in fact
that they should use the American
language at home in their daily life
and should read American newspapers
not cOnfine their reading matter tc
papers printed in the languages OF
their native countries. TO one Polish
applicant the judge said: BE al
American every day-at home and
away from home" The judge proved
to be q good booster for the county
papprs, not. however, for the benefit
Of the home paper, but for the benefit
of the new citizens. He told one appli
cant who subscribed for no home pa
per to go straight away and to sub
scribe for one and then come back
which the applicant did, and was ad
mitted. To another the judge said
Every man ought to have a newspa
per- Every man ought to be enough
interested in his country to take al
American paper" Another applicant
promised to speak English at home /
admitted to citizenship, and being
otherwise qualified. he was admitted
One applicant gave the Dominion o
Canada equal representation with ;
state of this Union in the Unitet
States senate. 1t was evident that th
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