The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-14

tE it..iI ttllt i' 4I' 1liI M 'Ai'''' had deliberately waited until his victim had all of his money on ms person, when he could have se- cured between $500 and $500 at al most any time.
 The Alaskan finally made his way up to Seattle There he found a friend who consented to "sca. him hack to Fairbanks And he now knows that appearances, pa ticularly as regards friendship in some instances. are very deceitfrl The Man This is not a reference Without A to Edward Everett Hala's Country novel The Man With
 out a Country" story widely read by reason of it's many dramatic climaXes Instead it has to do with the life history of a resident of Fairbanks as far as his citizenship under any flag is con cened And it is just as interest ing though it contains no thrilling climaxes unless Hal Bailey, the To- cal grocer, would tell of some of tho efforts he has made to find out whether he is a citizen of the United States or of Canada.
 MT. Bailey's story, already known to numerous Fairbanksans, cane out at the examinations conducted in district court last Tuesday morning by District Attorney Roth of MT. Bailey in regard to his qualifica- tions to serve on the grand jury during the present term of court The first question Mr Roth asked was, Are you a citizen?" to which Mr. Bailey replied in the negative In answer to the district attorneys further questioning, he then told his story. He was excused from jury service.
 ATr Bailey stated in the jury box that hc was 42 years of age. He was born In British Columbia of Am erican parents who went to Vancouver from the United States in 1852. His father, according to his statement, was never natural, ized in Canada and had never voted in British Columbia
 For the first 23 years of his life MT. Bailey lived in British Colum- bia. After he reached his maiori- ty he voted several times at Van couver his Canadian citizenship never being questioned. even though his father was an American.
 Coming to Alasta MT Bailey de ctded to take advantage of his American citizenship He contends that. being born of American par ents, even though on foreign soil and not having sworn allegiance to the land of his birth he remains the product of American parents and therefore an American Just here MT. Roth interrupted Mr Bailey
 
 an American citizen in the matter of the ballot and not a citizen when it came to serving on a jury For MT Bailey had answered in thc negative when asked if he was citizen. MT, Bailey told of the views expressed on the subject by Delegate Wickersham and ended by saying that he was not citi- zen for the reason that he had been excused from jury service on all regular panels heretofore, al though his name has been drawn from the box several times.
 Since he has resided in Alaai-e MT. Bailey has attempted to exe1- else his rights as an American citizen by the use of the ballot He has never voted a city election having always been challenged, but He has never voted at a city election, election
 Mr, Bailey hopes some day to clear the matter of his citizenship forever even if he has to take out his naturalization papers. In the meantime he is a resident of Alaska and citizen of Fairbanks And he has well earned the tide of Big Chief Bailey given him by the Indians of this part of the country
 Carl Selberg was another excused from jury service on account of the fact that he is not a citizen. Mr. Selberg stated that he has taken out his first papers only, but that he voted at the last delegate ,,'a iCn, having been assured tf"- could do so without taking out his final papers
 All of which recalls the story of the American woman in Mexico who, fearing that her child would be Mexican if born without the caused it to be born under a draped American flag.
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