The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-07
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Mother Will Hale Ethel Into
Woman's Court as ''lncor-
rigible' Offspring"

NEW YORK, July Ethel Hal
lor, pretty eighteen-year-old Wash
ington showgirl, is scheduled to be
arrested today by her mother. Mrs.
Annie Hallor, 407 West l45th street,
and be hailed into Women's Court
on a charge of incorrigibility.
MOTHER WON'T GIVE HER UP.
The grsy-haired mother appeared
in Essex Market court yesterday a
few minutes after Magistrate w.
Bruce Cobb had dismissed a charge
of disorderiy conduct which she had
preferred against her daughter.
81 will not give her mp until have
exhausted every means of saving
my dsuGhter," said Mrs. HslIsr today.
She is the silly. fooiish type of
gtrL She has ability, but she never
will be able to make the most OF II
unless she is made to see the utter
folly of going around the way she
has been. going" .-.-
Three mea especially, the mother
said, she objects 10 as associates Of
her daughter. =, q
II demand the right to choose
my own company" said Miss Hallor
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs arthur 7.
Eagan, Fifth avenue, where she is
staying as the personal guest of Mrs.
Eagan
There is such difference in ages
between mother and myself" said
Miss Hellor she does not seem to
understand. love mother but she
is getting unreasonable. ] have been
away from home before and returned,
hoping to get along. but each time II
has turned out wrong"
Mrs. Hallor was accompanied TO
court by her son Raymond, her
counsel, II. S. Heckheimer. and
Cyrus Lowenberger. They appeared
shortly after the summons had been
disnissd.
Counsel was advised to proceed
through the women's court. At the
women's court, however Miss Anna
Smith, probation officer. said no
disclosed by the mother.
TO ARREST OWN CHILD.
The mother then proceeded to the
Thirty-seventh street woman's po-
lice station. 1t is understood she
was informed she may make the ar
rest herself. the woman's police
station to furnish a policewoman to
give any assistance that may be
called for.
Ethel was in Essex Market court
promptly at 9 o'clock yesterday, as
directed in the summons charging
her with disorderly conduct, sworn
out by her mother last Saturday.
with her were her lawyer, Melvin
II. Dalberg. and the friends with
whom she is living, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eagan. They arrived in one of Mr..
Eagan's automobiles.
They waited while Magistrate w.
Bruce Cobb heard other cases until
1870 o'clock. Then Ethel burst into
tears. Mr.. DaIberg told the court his
client was on the verge Of hystep1a
and that her mother, the complain
ant, hadn't sho>~n up.
COMPLAINT DISMISSED.
The magistrate had Mrs. Hallor
PACED in the halls. She didn't re-
spond. So he dismissed the COM
piaint. So far as occurrences in
court are concerned he was entirely
of the nature. of the charges.
Miss HallqI and her party were
entering the automobile outside, and
Mr.. Dalberg was telling newspaper
men what "a shame and disgrace"
1t had been to bring an innocent
girl like this into court" when Mrs.
Hallor and her party arrived in a
taxicab.
Il never have been so embarrassed
In my life" said Mrs. Hallor.
Miss Hsllor said:
+. IT couldn't understand this action
of my mothers from the beginning.
can understand II less now. am
heart-broken over the whole miser-
able business would have gone
home, but not after my mother took
her case into court. I have been
self-supporting since was eleven
years old, and always have con-
tributed to tho support OF my family.
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