Arizona republican., 1912-09-27
HE'S AMERICAN
 SECOND TIME
Admission of F. M. Wilkin-
 son to Citizenship; Sev- eral Other Interesting i. Features of Naturalization Session of U. $. Court

Session of |. $. Court Yesterday was naturalization day in United States court and several in tereSting cases were presented. Among them was that of Francis M Wilkinson which is perhaps unlike any other that ever arose in this country. Wilkinson was an American born citizen and served in the Spanish American war Subsequently he moved to Canada and was naturalized there. Returning to
 this country he made application for restoration to American citizenship, without the usual declaration and with out waiting the required time that an alien usually must put in, the applica-
 ion being based on his military service The application was opposed on the
 part of the government on the ground that only aliens may take advantage of military service to acquire citizen ship. The government took the ground that that the applicant must have been an alien at the time of such service. It was the contention of the applicant
 that the applicant must have been made by an alien. The language of the statute may be given either meaning
 Judge Sloan ruled in favor of the ap- plicant
 The case of Robert Stout was also an interesting one His witnesses to the fact of his residence in the United States for five years preceding his ap- plication were his sister and his broth er-in-law but it was brought out that for a period of twenty-two months within that five years period they were living in the Philippines and did not see Stout They testified however that they were in correspondence with him with some regularity and that the letters they received from him were | mailed from the United States.
 Judge Sloan held that by reason of the relationship of the applicant to the witnesses and their opportunities of knowing of his whereabouts their eVl- dence was sufficient and Stout was ad- mitted The court though, took oc- casion to say that this was not to be considered a rule but that each case | of this kind shiu1d be taken up by it. self
 This view was illustrated in the next
  whose witnesses had not seen him for some period within the five years perl | cd though he had reason to believe that all that time, Mccullough was resi- 1 dent of this country. The court held 1 that the relations between the app1- cant and the witness were not of such | a nature that the witness could nave
 been reasonably sure of the where 1 abouts of Mccullough. His application 1 was denied
 If Abraham Spiller had been as in l tent on the study Of the American l government as he was of American l methods of collecting money he would l now be a citizen of the United states. l He is a subject of the czar. He said | that for long time he had worked Tn l Russia at the wage of twenty-five cents a day and finding himself. He 1 made his way to this country and in l two years after his arrival he was l merchant He did not stop there, but | at the present time. he is on his way 1 through the bankruptcy court.
 1 MT. Spillers examination was not l ouite satisfactory What he did not | know about the constitution of the | Tinted States would furnish enough | material to make another constitution l inst like it. But the progress MT. Spill | Ter had made in other lines had favor | ably impressed Judge Sloan who said | that a man who could get ahead like | he had done in so short a tune ought
 to he able to make short work of the | constitution if he would turn ms hanu to it. Accordingly he postponed his l further examination until october D. | Meanwhile MT Spiller is going to do | something beside money grubbing. l The character of MT. Spille"S replies
 to the questions relating to our form 1 of government indicates that even TOT 1 him the task is not an easy one For 1 instance when Jude Sloan asked nm | who elected the president of the Unit l cd States, Mir. Spiller speaking more l from casual observation than from an l intimate knowledge of the Sup1ect re- | nlied with promptness, The repupl- l cans" Judge Sloan looked as II ne | boned that was correct. Then ne | asked MT. Spiller who makes the laWs l for Arizona Governor Hunt repheo ] ,fr Sniller. It was then deemed that | ha had better ground himself a little l more firmly in the principles of gov l ernment. ... | Abraham Karp was admitted to citi- 1 xenship He has shown satisfactory | evidence of thrift. He is a time saver | for he had his name shortened rom | Korporoff | Others who were admitted were will liam c. Strubb, Hans Pedar Petersen
 .ndreas IT H. Thrane, Rudolph John Sf
 son. There was a postpole,ilen' v, the application of Nathan HerZoers ana | Anthony Nova was given a later neal 1 ing. Three of the new citiZehs were
 subjects of the king of DenmarN'