Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1930, Page 35

GRAND JRY RIGHT OF WOMEN UPHELD Rule That Bailiff’s Presence Does Not Make Indictment Void Is Also Passed. Two pleas in abatement of indict- | ments, indirectly affecting the T. H. | Bmith Co., were decided in the Dis-| trict Supreme Court yesterday which | Justice Luhring ruled that women are | entitled to sit on grand juries and that | the presence of a bailiff in the grand jury room does not invalidate an in- dictment. | ‘The same points were raised by at- forneys for the officials of the Smith | company ‘> were indicted by the De- | cember grand jury on a charge of using | the mails to defraud. Justice Luhring, | however, is not quagjified to rule on a matter directly affecting the Smith company, as he was in charge of crim- | 1nal prosecutions for the Department of | Justice when the indictments against :‘m company and its officials were re- irned. The pleas determined yesterday were Faised Dy Attorney Crandall Mackey. representing former Policeman Ardie Swortsell and John C. Elgin, who were indicted for conspiracy to extort money from Rose M. Foster. Justice Luhring had no hesitancy | ruling with the Government represent- | ed by Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw on the question of the legality of women grand jurors, but said that the presence of the bailiff in the jury room was “a more serious matter.” He decided, however, to concur with Justice Peyion Gordon, who previously had decided in favor of the Govern- ment on this point. Mr. Mackey was allowed exceptions. Cliff Edwards’ Wife Ordered to Pay Own Alimony From Fund By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 25. stage as “Ukulele Ike,” to pay her $250 weekly. Edwards asked his wife be com- pelled to return to him a $104,000 “a high personal moral standard.” ‘The court ordered the alimony asked, but told Mrs. Edwards to take it from the fund. FINED ON LIQUOR CHARGE Washington Man Also Gets Jail Sentence in Alexandria. Special Dispaten to The Har ALEXANDRIA, Va. September 26.— Arrested following an accident at Wash- ington and Prince streets when he is said to have collided with a park car, B. B. Morales of 1505 Seventeenth street northwest, Washington, was fined $250 and costs and given three months in jail on & charge of possession of part of 1 pint and 4!2 gallons of alleged whisky, and 325 and costs on a charge of colliding. FOR RENT 2 Rooms, Kitchen, Bath and Reception Room Electric Refrigeration Reasonable Rental THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road N.W. THE EVENING ST WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 1930. \ Notice the number of cars in the SHELL Service Stations along the road. Hundreds of SHELL Stations—hundreds of cars . . . more every day. Every one of these cars means one more motorist who has changed to SHELL. If these motorists hadn’t felt a real differ;nce,' you wouldn’t see them pulling in to SHELL pumps. If SHELL were ¢ $2* Invested in Vogue * A day fraction of your loss on one ill-chosen hat or gown Will Save You $200 The gown you buy and seldom wear is the really expensive gown. Gloves, shoes, hats, that miss be- ing exactly what you want, are the ones that cost you more than you can afford. Why take chances again this year when by simply sending in the coupon below you can insure the correctness and economy of & whole season’s wwardrobe? ‘ogue suggests that before you spend a single y on new clothes, before you even plan your 'season’s wardrobe, you consult its great Autumn and Winter Fashion numbers: Special Offer §@ ISSUES OF VOGUE for $9 , Heven if you mail the ecupon now merely “just as good as the rest” it wouldn’t be good enough to make a man change his buying habits. : : It always takes something better than the ordinary to draw a crowd. Re- What te take if you go South—a pro- of what will be worn next summer Everything for winter member #hat when you hear someone say that “gasoline is just gasoline, no matter what it’s called” Isn’t it just possible that jou’re missing something—if you haven't tried SHELL? In the next few weeks, during the very period in which Vogue's special Fashion Numbers appear, you will be selecting your E fifin wardrobe for the com&g Fall and Winter, and spending . indreds of dollars for the suits, hats, gowns and accessories that you select. ‘own clothes, or bas them made by a dress- b o i i oramtson thous sow ‘materials and colors. Consider then, that for 82, a tiny fraction of your loss on one ill-chosen hat or gown, you may secure Vogue at this impor- tant buying season—an assurance of valuable and new ideas, and an insurance against costly failures. Sign this Conpon NOW! This Offer Limited te New Subseribers Omly \The Condé Nast Publications, Inc., Graybar Building, New York City Eaclosed find $2 for which send me TEN issues of Vogue. If this order reaches in time, you will send me without charge a complimentary copy of the et s iy ETEVEN 1a i wnee sibacsites. | & O _State, Washington Star 9-25-30 “ b