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Show RIGHTS OF WOMEN I MARRIED TO ALIENS I Washington, Nov. 12. Citizenship ' M rights of American women who niarry H foreigners but who continue to llvo H in the United States was placed today lM before the supreme court for decision. H Emphasis was laid on the importance M of the case because of the war. H Mrs. Ethel C. Mackenzie of Callfor- M nia, wife of Gordon MacKenzie, a f British subject, who has resided In 11 California over since his marriage. iM however, was attacking through at- tl tornoys that attempt to make appll- 11 cable to her the expatriation act pass- Sfl ed by congress in 1907. Election of- 11 ricials in San Francisco refused to n permit Mrs. MacKenzie to register on IH tho ground that sho had become a ffl British subject by reason of her mar- fl riage. She resorted to the state courts or writs to compel the officials to fl permit her to register, claiming that M tho act of congress did not apply to M women remaining in this country and M that if it did, it was unconstitutional. , M 3hc was denied the writs and appealed JM to the supremo court H In the brief submitted to tho court M In her behalf, it is said that the de- H :ision Is of vast importance to Amer- H Lean women because of the European H ivar, particularly in traveling on tho M scean. H |