"The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Sunday, June 20, 1920 CITIZENS AFTER 50 YEARS. New Kansas Law Placed in Doubt the Legal Voting Status F. B. FRITZ, a Civil War veteran, 83 years old, and Joseph FRANCIS, who helped haul material for the Wyandotte County court house almost fifty years ago, both voters in Kansas for years, will receive citizenship papers at the commencement exercises of the Kansas side Americanization class at the high school building tomorrow night. Their presence in the class, as well as that of many others which make it the largest Americanization class ever graduated from the Kansas side night school, is explained by the recent Kansas law requiring every voter to have at least second papers. FRITZ came to America with his father when a child. His father's second papers were destroyed in a court house fire, and no records of his naturalization had been filed in Washington. FRITZ lives at 325 North Eighteenth street, Kansas side. He had taken an active interest in politics and voted without question until the recent law threw his citizenship in doubt. Twelve graduates will receive final papers. The nineteen other graduates, although they have completed the work necessary to pass citizenship examinations, will be granted a certificate only because technically they are enemy aliens until the peace treaty is ratified. Citizenship papers will be granted to thirty-four students and former students of the night school. ====================================================== (I have no connection with these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================