The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-30
NATURALIzATIONOF
C0NSTABEL HALTED
proceedings n Case Of. Alien
" Enemy He'd UP In Court BY
Cable From Washington

Once more the government has halt
cd action on the petition for naturnii
@ntiOu of Ado!rh J. Cons,abcl, nm
alien Enemy formerly employed by II.
HackfeM 4 Company.
,Cabled inatTuc tons from the bureau
Of naturalization If, the dcpai tmcnt Of
labor TO District Attorney s. C. Huber
topped the cont WV r.n ~ his heating
before Judge Horace Caughan, after
the applicant his attorney Judge c..
+. Clemens, aud witnesses, A. j. Wirtz
and II. ,HnGn. were present in court
yesterday morning.
The district b to'ncv informed hc
court that he had been instructed by
cable to ask for postpomcme1t Of
the hearing until further instructions
were received by matt The court i'm.
mGdiately complied with the request
The cable to the district attorney came
in answer to n query to Washington
Regarding the naturalization of alien
enemies under Section IL of the recent
naturalization law amendments.
Under the provisions of this section
alien enemies who fled their declara-
ton of intention to become citizens
not less than two years before April
q, 1917, or more than seven years ago
may petition for naturalization. Con
stabel's petition came under this pro
vision, after an order reinstating his
application was granted by Judge
/; Vaughan about a month ago.
Was Refused Before
- Previous to that time his petition
for I'm
because of tho bar to alien enemies
becoming citizens during the continua-
ton of the war with Germany.
b Afterwards the amendments approx
ed on May o were received hero which
permitted the naturalization of alien
enemies under certain conditions. Judge
/, Clemons got Constabel's petition re
instated, and it was set for hearing
Yesterday, to be kept from final, dis !.
nosition again by the cable from Wash
ington.
K Judge Vaughan expressed the nnin
ion in court yesterday, says District
Attorney Huber. thpt it may he uuder
the new regulations the government re.
duircs ninety day notice for such
petitions before II consents to the hear
ing. This rpnmired provision was com.
piled whom tNC retitiOn first came up
for hearing in the feIcral court hut
it's SUBSEQUENT DISMISSAL and then the
;issuiug of the order setting aside the
Dismissal NAV mgkP j. necessary for
thelRinetv-dav notice to be given again.
Is Not Mandatory
While the new amondments to the
NATURALIZATION laws permit the grant
Ing Of citizenship to Germans under
the conditions specified, it is not man.
datoryN on q court TO do so. as the
oppftcar'.'9 81 qualifications for becoming
nm Ntne~i"aH. "i-'7"o are left entirely
to the court = discretion.
q. 'Three other applicants for nnturaIi,
Sation yesterday were more fortunate
than was Constabel Two of these
fnrcS".o~e allegiance to tho ruler of
Great Britain and Ireland and the other
to the "present government of Rus
STA -
Patrick Joseph Mulligan, an Irish
man who is now an American soldier,
was the first TO be given his citizen
ship papers. The second was Patrick
O'Neil Hughes, another .Irishman,
whose witnesses were Eugene V. Todd
aid John ,Conley.
Sergt. William J. Dobbin, former
subject of Russia. who is now an mr.
tiIleryman at Fort Ruger, was the
third person to be given American citi
zepship. His witnesses were Winsol
Jenkins and Frank Perry.