Evening star., 1923-01-01

but at least one London paper de-
voted a column to the opinion and it
was noted in some French publica-
tions. More than 500 copies of the
opinion were sold.
Last year in the absence of one of
the justices of the court a decision
had been rendered upholding the law.
/ but on the return of this justice a
rehearin was allowed. Both de
cisions had been by a divided court
Hlc lormer being rendered by Chief
justice Smyth and Justice Stafford
with Justice Van OrsdeI dissenting
and the latter by Justices Van Orsdel
ana Robb with the chief justice dis
senting.
The work of this tribunal was ma
terially aided this year by the act of
Congress authorizing Chief Justice
IaIt TO assign Judges of the United
! states Court Of Customs Appeals to
Sit IN the local appellate division.
During the past three months these
Judges have been participating in
hearings
The court rendered 236 opinions
curing the year and has under ad-
ElSenent about Seventy-five cases. IT.
| ioftN OF which decisions are expected
shortly. In addition. the justices acted
on l32 original petitions. During the
year there were docketed PAT cases.
The establishment of an addit NAL
grand jury to investigate alleged war
a review of the District Supreme
/ Court. Congress authorized the new
grand jury and gave Attorney Cen
eral DauGherty 100000 to prosecute
| have been returned and a third pro
! ceeding dropped by the new grand
! jury. Indictments were reported in
the sale of surplus lumber from
chase Of the Old Hickory powder
plant at Jacksonville Tenn The
grand jurors were unable TO find any
| overt acts in connection with an al
legged conspiracy to mulct the gov
| ernment in the sale OF the Bosch
I Magnetic Company
The most important indictments re-
ported by the regular grand jury were
/ the knlckerbocker disaster man
| slaughter charge against the archi-
| tect and four others connected with
the building of the unfortunate struc-
turc. the collapse of which took a
| toll of 90 lives. and the indictment
| for conspiracy against Charles w
Morse. his three sons and eight others
/, \ demurrer to the [nickerbocker in
| dictment was sustained by Justice
/ Siddons and the government has ap-
! pealed. The Morse case is scheduled
| for trial February 6. total of 1247
F. indictments was returned by the
regular grand jurors during 1922.
/ The death sentence for murder in
/ the first degree was imposed on four
people during last year. None of the
F! sentences was executed because of
an appeal pending on the question Of
| the right of the Jail warden to hang
prisoners. Six prisoners were sent
to the penitentfary for life for homi
| cideS and Roy Gordon colored, got
| thirty years for standing guard while
his brother killed Stephen Miller.
| storekeeper. Alberta Garner, colored
received term of fifteen years for
| killing her husband Arthur.
Howard L. Holt, white, got thirty
years for intimacy with a thirteen
year-old girl pupil of his dancing
dier. fifteen years, for an attack on a
nine -year-old girl. ''Dapper Joe"
Lauzon. who is said to have looted
many residences and apartments to
the extent of 100000, is serving
term of twenty years, while Charles
A. Crock. sixty-five years old. drew
a sentence of ten Years for shooting
former Senator Henderson of Nevada
Among the interesting cases in
equity were the application of the
| International brotherhood of Elec-
| trical Workers for an injunction to
prevent the operation of the Daugh-
erty labor Injunction secured in Chi
cago, the injunction proceeding Of
the State of Louisiana against Sec
retary Fall relating to one million
acres of land in that state, and the
petition of James Mcdonald, jr. of
Palo Alto. Calf, for the Immediate
"
600 of the estate of his father, James
!; Mcdonald, Standard Oil magnate. On
the law side of the court the trial
OF the 100000 heart balm suit of
Lieut.. Lorimer c.. Graham, L. S. N,
against A. L. Humes, New York law
Yer, took six weeks, and resulted in
verdict for the defendant. Mrs
Constance Setback Oracle failed in an
attempt to establish an alleged lost
Will of her daughter. Edith Temple
Oracle Adams. The court refused a
mandamus to compel the Shipping
Board to sell the wooden fleet" to a
New York corporation. and Mrs.
Marr6ioeesS harlot5e ). J. eIt9n MeD9nald now the
to secure possession of $4,000 worth
of personal property held by her step
son, James Mcdonald, jr.
Estates totaling $7,116,50127 were
appraised by the Probate Court, where
$50 wills were filed during the past
filed with the register of Wills and
$50 applications for appointment of
guardians. The court signed 1884
orders and the office force sent out
copied 22.002 pages and sent out $50
summons.
There was decline in new 1itiga-
tion during 1922 On the law side of
the clerks Office only go cases were
begun and on the equity side 1.107
petitions filed. During 1921 there
were 1913 lawsuits and 1,152 equity
proceedings.
Marriages in Washington showed
failing off, in 1922. Only $500
bliss permits were issued, as compared
with 500 in the preceding year.
The extension of the Ball rent act
lrestored the appellate Jurisdiction of
the court in general term which was
Host in 1898, when the Court of
Appeals was organized. Appeals in
/ matters of law from determinations
of the commission now are heard by
the chief justice and two associate
: justices of the court. Only five such
) appeals were docketed in 1922, and
but one made ready for hearing.
Decision in that case has not been
rendered.
, The fight Of the Piney Branch Citi-
zens Association to prevent the Dis