New Britain herald., 1921-12-15
JOHN LIKELY TO
 HAVE WIFE HERE
Way Also Possible to Become
 Citizen Of US.

Within Is minutes after yester- days Herald was on the streets, con tainng the story of Absolom John, of lG9 Grove street and his efforts to get his starving wife to this country and to have himself adopted as q citizen of the United States. q way had been found whereby both objects probably will be accomplished. Al way was found through the efforts of former Mayor George A, Quigley to get ticket to the unfortunate woman in Russia, and through in formation received from Attorney Emil J. Danburg, it has been found that there is large possibility of the last obstacle to the mans citizenship being removed.
 As was stated in last nights Herald, John is a son of an Assyran father and an Armenian mother, both of whom were murdered by Turks or persians in their home country seN eral years ago, because of ther aftilia- tions with the allies in the world war. Ills wife, to whom he was married at the age of 16, fled with her m oth- CT to Tiflis, Russia, where she now is. For five years he was unable to get any communication to her or any word of her whereabouts. Finally, just a short time ago he received a letter from the wife, saying she and her mother were on the verge of starving, thanking God that she had heard one last message from her be loved husband before she died, and concluded by saying that unless she received aid shortly she would perish, as she was practically starving then.
 The heart-broken husband tried every effort he coulH think of to get aid to the wife. He tried cable of fees with no results. He tried the postoffice and was advised there was no money order exchange with the Soviet government. He tried the banks and met with the same result,
 Writes To New York
 Finally he wrote to the Assyrian relief committee in New York and that organization also failed him. All hope was gone. The future looked dark for the starving wife and the lonesome husband, thousands of miles apart. Then there was a rift in the clouds and faint-but very faint glimmer of light began to shine through. Americanization Director James E. O'Brien, with the aid of former Mayor George A. Quigley and treasurer of the Commercial Trust company, John c. Loomis, organized the Assyrian- American society of New Britain and the question of Assyrian and Armenian refugees was brought up. The result of that meeting was the appointment of a committee with Mir. Quigley at the head, to go to Washington to ask President Harding to issue an executive order permitting the refugees from these countries to enter the United States and permit ting those now in, under limited time privilege, to remain
 Makes Appeal To O'Bricn
 Mr John wondered whether the in fluences which could send a commit tee to the capital of the greatest country in the world to interview the great American president could not do something for him. He made his appeal to Mir. O'Brien and to a rep resentative of The Herald. He stat ed that he had tried various times to become a citizen and that he was re- fused every time because he did not have his wife in this country. He fur ther stated that all efforts to get his wife out of Russia had met with fail ure because he was not a citizen here.
 Judge Klett To Act
 1o Ind George w Klett, who will preside over the next session of naturaliza- ton court, by the Herald representa- tive. The judge agreed to consider the case on it's individual merits. In the meantime Mr. O'Brien got hold of Attorney Danburg and ascertained that there was no law, against man becoming a citizen here if his wife happened to be in another country, but that matters of policy had made it almost a universal custom to in~ sist upon a man bringing his family to this country before being admit ted as a citizen.
 It was decided that the merits of this mans case would be laid before the court and an investigation re- quested.
 George Quigley's Aid
 A Herald representative interview ed MT QuigIey within Is minutes after the paper with Nr. Johns story was on the street yesterday, and MT. Quigley finally said he could find way to send money to the unfortunate woman in Russia, or send her trans portation to this country. He further added that MT. John, being a resident alien, who has filed his intentions of becoming a citizen, need not be bona fide citizen Of the United States to get his wife away from Russia just so long as he is not a subject of the Soviet government. Russia is permit