The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-24
MEN TALK; JUDGE
SELECTS WOMEN
FOR GRAND JURY
Court in California Defies 0pin-
ion of Attorney General in
Making Change
WOMEN DECLARE THEY
CAN KEEP A SECRET
Go Further and Say They Can
BE Trusted in That Respect
Better Than Men

SAN MATEO, cal. Feb. elaine
Adams theory that municipal gov
eminent in its last analysis is only
a big housekeeping job and that
women are needed In It because they
are born housekeepers, Will be tested
In San Mateo county this year.
Control OF the new grand jury.
which will investigate many things in
the house OF San Mateo, Will be in the
hands OF women, as a result OF the
action OF Superior Judge Geo. Buck, OF
Redwood City. In putting IL women on
the grand jury yenire. Only l3 men
were named.
The grand jury is limited TO 10 mem
bers, so the men have chance yet
Judge Buck selected married
women. the majority OF them plain
housewife in the voting register.
Prominent in the list are Leila l.. NJ,
McRoskey poet and clubwoman OF
Hillsborough, and Mrs Mary Miller,
who is responsible largely for the
dry" condition OF Burlingame. Mrs.
Miller may be forewoman OF the in
! Quisitorial body Other women named
are Cora A. Glidden, a school teacher
OF Easton, and Diva Belli, a clerk in
Colma.
II has been one Of Judge Bucks am
billions TO get jury that would not
gossip on the streets about the secrets
that We're unveiled before IT,
There his never been a grand jury
| in San Mateo county that, could keep
-
viii see how the women can behaYe in
this particular.
Mrs McRoskey said that Judge
Buck need not worry bit about this
feature
But | must say that | do not like
the appointment a bit" she said, when
told that her name had been present
ed
A grand jury for what" she asked.
is IL something political? What do
they do? ! really know nothing about
lit. | am not a suffragist. you know,
and am not in favor OF political activ-
tiles for women"
! DO | have to serye?" was her next
question. Really, you know.
couldn't think OF accepting. could
not leave my home How often dc
they meet? Once a week? oh, thai
would never do | could not spare
the time shall certainly go TO Judge
! Buck I'm the morning and ask him 70
let me OF.
| Interesting developments are ex.
pected when the women grand jurors
actually got 10 work The full list OF
THE yenire is as follows:
First township. which includes Daiy
! City, Colma, South san Francisco, San
Pedro San Bruno and Easton-James
Calan. VIM. Fahey. Cora A. Glidden,
Diva Bell. Julia NJ Hawes, Della F,
Spelman. Helen Hickey, Henry Baker,
Maria s. Brown.
Second township includes Hillsboro,
San Mateo, Burlingame, Beresford and
lBelmont--Carrie A Jury. Martha +.
Billings, Mary p. Mcclellan, Mary NJ.
Miller, Elizabeth Vickerson, Leila j..
NJ McRoskey. j. H. Hatch, J. e. Casey
VIM. r. Turnball w. II. Toepke.
Third township includes Redwood
City, Woodside. Anterior, Menlo park,
portola and La Honda-Nellie NJ.
O'Keefe, Mary II. Fletcher, Dora VIII
son, Augusta Geary, Walter knight,
w. j. Plump.
Fourth township consists principally
OF Half Moon BAY. V. Azevedo.
John Fink.
Fifth township comprises principals
lis San Gregorio and Pescadero--Ed-
gar NJ Shaw, Jas. A. Bell.
BY stating women as grand jurors,
Judge Buck has defied recent opinion
| OF Attorney-General Webb TO the eff
feet that women cannot qualify as
Jurors under the present state laws
Most every body is wondering how
the chattering end is going to work
out whether women jurors will talk
! less than men