Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1931, Page 24

r MRS. MLEAN ASKS LATVIA DECREE BAN Wife of Publisher Seeks In- junction to Forestall Divorce in Riga. Charging that her husband, Edward Beale McLean, publisher of the Wash- ington Post, has fled the jurisdiction of the United States “to evade and avoid the penalties prescribed for the trans- portation in interstate commerce of a woman for immoral purposes” and to deprive her and her three children of the support directed by the District Supreme Court, Mrs., Evalyn Walsh McLean, 2020 Massachusetts avenue, to- day asked the court to enjoin McLean from secking or prosecuting a divorce action against her at Riga, Latvia. Chief Justice Wheat took the applic tion for the injunction under advise- ment. Mrs. her husband started 8 divorce action in Mexico against her, charging incom- Elhbfllty. and Justice Jesse C. Ad- ins, on her petition, granted an in- unction against McLean, and the case n Mexico has been halted and remains undetermined. Plot Is Alleged. ‘The wife charges that in January, 1931, McLean plotted with Rose Douras Van_ Cleve, formerly Rose Davies of California, to establish a residence in Mexico so that he could institute a suit egainst his wife, and following the in- junction returned to California and | later brought the woman to his home et Friendship, on Wisconsin avenue. After the wife last month had filed a suit for a limited divorce against McLean, she avers, he fled to Virginia to evade service, where he was joined by Miss Davies, and journey to New York, where he contracted bills total- ing $17.000 for coats and lingerie to equip her for a European trip. ‘The wife says McLean paid the ex- penses of the woman to Europe and cabled her $1,000 on the voyage. He met her in Paris, it is alleged, and now is with her in Riga, where he has em- ployed counsl and is said to be seeking a divorce from his wife. i Doesn't Know Rights. Mrs. McLean tells the court that un- der the mainienance decree awarded her and the children by the court, she has received only $30,496.89 and that there remains due $109,000. During time McLean has received from the es- tate of his father, $45,745.33, the wife Unless granted an injunction, Mrs. McLean says her interest under the maintenance decree will be irreparably injured in the event that a divorce be granted in Latvia. She says she does not know what rights she has under the Latvian law and is not able to travel the many thousands of miles to that place to defend her interests. The wife is represented by Attorneys Frank J. Hogan, Albert W. Fox and A. A. Hoehling. REGA, RENO OF EUROPE. Latvia Slips Knot for $1.50—Grounds Easy to Find There. RIGA, November 13 (#).—Riga is fast becoming the Reno of Europe. Wives who feel that their style is cramped and restless husbands are flocking here from all over the Contl- nent to get the knot slipped for about $1.50, which is all the Latvian court charges. ¥ The Latvian law presumes that there 15 no longer any desire for a continu- ance of married life on the part of a couple who have lived apart for a pe- riod of three years o~ more. Either Can Get Decree. In such circuristances either party is permitted to claim a divorce without the other party's consent, Ignorance by cne party of the where- abouts of the other partner in the mat- rimonial enterprise is sufficient ground for divorce. And the law of Latvia also grants di- vorce by mutual consent—with a some- what wistful proviso that the couple shall, after a perod of two months, ap- pear in person before the president of the court. The oresident then makes an_earnest appeal that they snould up, and 1: they don't see it that shrugs and pronounces them d most_“important” case recently the decision of the Court of Ap- peals to reject the appeal made by the wife of Max Reinhardt, the theatrical against the divorce granted lier this year. Gossip Follows Arrivals. Gossip like Reno's now follows the arrival of any interesting foreigner who takes up residente here. A famous French composer and a forelgn princess are Wintering here—with that in mind, Tumor reports. Older Riga has a charming medieval appearance, but the newer city is strictly modern. Needless to say, the money and the excitemert added to the Baltic sea- port’s life are welcomed. There is even the suggestion that a minister for foreign affairs of the heart should be appointed produce to him Theater Strike Averted. CHICAGO, November 13 (#).—A strike of union stage hands and motion pic- ture operators in six theaters of the Fox chain here averted vesterday by an order from the New York head- quarters of the unions. The strike had been ordered for yesterdav. but Thomas E. Maloy, business manager of the local union. anncinced the matte: t issue had been settled. A McLean tells the court that | oP Nelson_T. Hartson, | #leagues. Famous Dissenter Has Pic- turesque 15 Years in Robe. Differences Concerned Chain Stoie, Press and Other Basic Issues. By the Assoclated Press. “Justices Holmes and Brandeis dis- sent.” e gl o et e 0 tuated throug) ye gfxpreme Court bench, might bring a chuckle today from Justice Louis Dem- bitz Brandels on his 75th birthday. When the court nowadays leaves its lasting impress on questions ‘which bring out fundamental differences of infon, he finds himself oftentimes with the majority. Changes which followed the deaths of Chief Justice Taft and Justice San- ford brought the new alignment. It was shown in such cases as the Indiana chain su:re '.lanx and the Minnesota press suppression law. %):uas_v lawyers who face the benchg where the nine black-robed justices sit look upon Brandeis as a model where attitude toward counsel is concerned. | He has pulled many a floundering bar- rister out of a legal pit by a softly | worded question. o~ The Minnesota case. however, brought | out some of the views which Brandeis | has carried with jgim since he grad- uated from Harvard Law School. Defense of the Press. His tone was sharp and his mass of iron-gray hair seemed to lift itself higher as he questioned counsel for the State. They were defending what he considered an encroachment upon the | freedom of the press. Court attaches looked at one another with surprise as the jurist spoke. The decision against the State that suit found Justices Van Devant Sutherland, Butler and McReynol objecting in vain to the majority | opinion. His liberal n outlook—his opponents call it radical—was well known when | Brandeis was named to the bench by | President Wilscn in 1916. A Benate group opposed his_confir- mation for several months. Various reasons were given, among them that he was lacking in the proper judicial temperament. -~ Wilson defended his choice. Brandeis’ friends answered his critics by saying the opposition feared | | his social philosophy was: The rich are | too_rich, the poor too poor. That might have stated his bellefs in part. He has expressed them time | | after time since in cases involving the | | rights of labor, freedom of expression, | the liberties of citizens and rate in- creases involving public utilities. | Many Social Contacts. _ Isolated to some extent as all the | justices are by his office, he has more al contacts than mcst of his col- He cares little for formel so- ciety but those invited to his home find the humor there that rarely expresses itself upon the bench. Each justice has his individua! style of delivering opinions. Brandeis is & | favorite with the spectators who at- —_— TR | Ratkas || One-Day Special i CHILDREN’S | COATS [| —selected from our own new 1 stock of better grade children’s (] coats., Values | to all - wool fab- rics, plain tall- ored and trimmed styles. 1 to 14 years || All Our $1.95 Dresses For Saturday Syt $7.59 2 for $3 Brother and Sister Coats [l Sizes 1¢0 6. Ex: $5'95 cellent values for Saturday. THE EVENING BRANDEIS AT 75 SEEMS ABLE TO - CONTINUE ON BENCH LONG TIME JUSTICE LOUIS DEMBITZ BRANDEIS. tend the court’s sessions regularly. His voice is clear; his manner that of a patient schoolmaster outlining a question to a class; his language un: STAR, ASSAULT TO KLL - CHARGE IS PLACED Dry Agent’s Attacker Jailed in Upper Marlboro—Con- fession Reported. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., November 13.—~Assault with intent to kill was charged against Audrey Harding of Spotsylvanis, Va., here today as a result of the shooting of & Federal dry agent who, with others, was raid- ing a still near Cheltenham yester- day. The formal filing of the charge followed a confession reported by police authorities to have been made by the prisone! r. Marshall Green and Nelson Patton are being held on charges of liquor manufacture. They, too, Were arr with Harding, and also are from the Virginia town. 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Hospital, Washington, his condition wnfi Te] un i today. - arding was arresied yesterday ai being implicated by a brother who had been arrested with two companions several hours earlier. ‘The brother, Eustice Harding, will now be released, it was said. Eustice, together with Nelson Patton and Marshal Green, all of Spotsyl- vania, Va., were arrosted in a housr near Rosaryville. Audrey Harcding and Green were actually at the still, Mr. Ford said, and charges of manufactu of liquor will also be placed against Green, while Patton will be released. Dry Agent One Year, McMunn, who is 39 years old and married, makes his home at Leonard- town, Md. He'has been a prohibition agent about & year. According to Mr. Ford, McMunn had placed hig men to close in on the still. He blew his whistle and turned on a flashlight as a . A single shot was fired at the flashlight and he fell wounded. The fire was not returned by the agents. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. 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