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arth brothers thought NU1THEY WERE €1TWBN8.Each Had Voted For Many Years Under Misapprehension*iosem-ait-ools'ewicwves-San^ercan ?ed-la\ rew tho om-fistry is at S by a pastry B.GraApeaj in 1slio-belc ure a d-Vici yea IByi vor her the hav wa £ the was tortalefolder.canforfor-oeuith-eiv-ofsedareredly'sid'sRaphael Ludwig Arth and Joseph Peier Arth, brothers, the former ol Collinsville and the latter of, near Troy, have been voting illegally in Madison county for the past thirty-six years. There will be no prosecution for the breach of the law, however, and the brothers are taxing s^eps to remedy matters.Discovery that neither is a citizen of the United States was made several weeks ago when they affixed their names to a petition for naturalization of a foreigner. In the questions asked by officials it developed that neither of the witnesses bad been naturalized.Their father, Ludwig Arth, presented his petition for naturalization before the boys became of age. Before second papers were issued toe boys attaind their majority and did not, therefore, automatically become citizens as would have been the case had they been under 21.Each labored under the misapprehension that the father’s naturalization made them citizens, even though they were born in Germany, and each has been voting and otherwise participating in community government aa(a citizen since he wastwenty-one.Raphael Ludwig Arth, who 1b a prominent Collinsville Jeweler, Is now 60 years oldi He was twenty three years old when, his father was naturalized. Joseph Peter Arth Is a well known farmer living near Troy, He is now 58 years old, having been of age only four months when his father became a citizen.Both of the Arth brothers appeared before Circuit Clerk Simon Kel-lermann, Jr., In EdwardsvilU Mon- Bh day and took out their fispt papers. a(j They will become citizens in two ye years, if they meet government re- j01I quireraents. * hanoibeeissiwaiingciawilmoamcirMrthelieiBofoxweba:mitreirrSSt | r?lt;*« Man Mav Strike.
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville, Illinois, US
Wed, May 26, 1915
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