Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-10-06
8 ADMITTED
To AMERICAN
CITIZENSHIP.
Native of Poland Rejected
Because He Asked Army Elk
emption on Grounds of Alien
Court Dismisses Three Appli-
cations for Final Papers
and Continues Two More


Eight applicants were granted U.
citizenship papers, by Judge w. n
Scales, in district court, Saturday, Will
three were dismissed and two wer
continued. G. w. Tyler, U. S. Natural
ization examiner, of Seattle, was pres
ent, and examined the applicants AM
their witnesses.
A sensation was sprung in the pro
eeedings, when Henry Overman, o
Newsome, witness for George Braig
native of Germany, who sough
naturalization, declared he was no
satisfied as to Braig's loyalty to thu
United States during the war. Hi
application for citizenship was de
MED without prejudice.
DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT
Because he had claimed exemption
from U. S. military service during the
war, for the reason that he was al
alien, the government examiner moved
that the application of Michal Kend
'Merski, native of Poland, be denied
with prejudice, and the motion was
sustained by the court.
Kendzierski, who resides at Cotton
wood, under oath said he had not
claimed exemption from the military
service on account of the fact that he
was not U. S. citizen, but Examiner
Tyler Immediately produced evil
dence that he had so claimed in his
draft QUESTIONABLE, and questioning
Of the petitioner ceased.
Application of Fridolin Baumgartner,
native of Germany, residing ct Cot
tOnwood, was continued, owing to the
fact that the petitioner is i'll in q
hospital in Nampa.
TIME FOR MORE STUDY
Samuel Gamble Rankin, a native Of
Ireland, and residing at Kamiah,
was given time for further study of
civil government before the granting
Of citizenship papers.
Application of Frank Pickolick, Aus
TRAN, of Orogrande, was dismissed
without prejudice, due to the fact that
Plekolick' 8 witnesses had not known
MN personally and continuously for
the required period of five years.
Louis Unricht, native of Germany,
and who lives at Ferdinand, was given
MS papers. He said the u. S. gov
eminent differed from that of Germany,
lnasmuch as in the United States one
could go hunting and fishing, the
government was much freer and he
mad better chance for farming He
said he had not read the constitution
Oh the United States Here the feder-
al examiner objected, to admission
OF Unricht as citizen on the ground
ne could not swear to support docu-
ment he had never read. Hs objection
was overruled by the court, and the
appleation was granted.
;, MAX Albin Dietrich, q German, of
ferdinand, said one of his scheduled
was a Seventh Day Adventist
ma would not appear to testify on
saturday. A substitute witness was
accepted and his petition was granted.
REGISTERS WITH KAISER
hugo Eric Eberhardt, a German, of
'pring Camp, asserted that at the out
'lcak OF the European war, in 1914,
le mad registered with a German consul
n the United States for military ser
nee with the kaiser's armies He was
= to citizenship when. he declar-
u ms loyalty to the United States.
raul Wilhelm August Ferdinand Self
NJ, German, of Sites, was granted
Us mai papers with permission to use
ue name of Paul A. Seiffert. Self
" SAID he had been before tire Idaho
."unty Council of Defense during the
'nn, but charges against him were
uosequently dismissed. He said that
y mad served thirty days in is.il in
uano eunty during the last five years
VI transporting liquor. The govern
,rn. objected to final papers being
.ah.ed HIM, owing to the fact that +,
/ nad been convicted of violation Of
ne prohibition laws. Judge Scales,
vmeVer, held that Seiffert had been
OSnd guilty only of a misdemeanor
y" NJ. MS papers were granted
1; MISS Alphonsine Morrison, Of Waite
~, native of Canada. was admitted /.
! !. ..i.tlzenship. One of her witnesses, NJ.
'aa55iigny, was 941h years old. ors
michael Joseph Fiannaoaii, a native
Ireland and who resides near
! I'sonwood, was unqualifedly accept
! as U. s. citizen. When asked
b "e'qer he was willing to fight for
v yon united States, he responded.
Gu pet. $780,.
nmante Albert Swanson, native off
a., ~uen' was granted citizenship pa
49, with permission to change his
aa e 10 Swante Albert Def1ong He
= 'een IN the United States for forty
CONTINUED ON last nape)