The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-03
WOMAN JUDGE IS FOR EFFICIENT
 COURTS

efficient, DuSlnGSS-llk6 metHOQS III Cue courts and more active and general interest in their functiOning are seen means to speed up justice and do away with the laws delays.
 Miss Allen is the first woman in the world to be elected to a court of last resort, at least since that day long past when POrtia apportioned even-handed justice to the high, the middle and the low. In attaining her new position she continues her prece- entbreaking record The Cleveland woman has been first in so many things that blazing new paths has become to her merely routine. She was:
 1. The first woman to act as full fledged prosecutor in the Common Pleas Courts of Ohio.
 2. The first woman to practice be- fore any department in Washington.
 8. The first woman to be elected a Common Pleas Judge in the United States and, as such,
 4 The first woman to sentence al convicted murderer to the electric chair
 5. And last, the first woman to be elected to court of last resort-the Ohio Supreme Court-which position she took January l.
 Wins Hard Fight
 In securing her last election, Miss Allen defeated the sitting judge - Judge Benson w. Hough, of Delaware, who commanded one of the regiments of the Rainbow Division overseas, and as such was an idol of the States ser vice men and strong candidate of the Democratic party.
 She left for Columbus the first of the year, there to take her place with six men 'Iearned in the law and pass final judgment upon the work of other courts and the states law making body.
 A soft voiced, pleasant hammered woman of medium height and propor- tions, with light brown hair, combed simply and becomingly off her ears, and wholesome, ruddy complexion, wearing a black canton crepe dress made on straight lines, trimmed with a white filet collar, with her gray eyes looking through judicial spec tacles-that is a fairly accurate pie ture of the new judge.
 Would Ban War
 War should be outlawed, just as murder is, she believes, and voices her view with emphasis Certainly war should be outlawed!" she said. "Whether by calling conference of all the great nations or by mutual agreement among the great powers, this is the next great step forward in world politics. America, I be- lieve, will have to take the initiative, and it will take time. It was centur- ies after the first Thou shalt not kill!' was enunciated before the pres ent criminal code was evolved and methods of enforcement worked out, but murder is no longer legally tol- erated, and it is just as certain that war, too, will be outlaWed.
 "Of course," and the judge smiled, this is not part of my job I expect to be quite busy with my own affairs, as have been in my last office"
 Judge Allen thinks women jurors all right. "Women jurors, as a rule, feel their duty keenly and are less given to casual judgments than men" she said. "However, the ideal jury is one composed of an equal number of men and women.
 "I hope also to see more women, we'll trained and capable, taking their places in public offices" she added, but not because they are women, but because they are qualified"
 The newly honored jurist has three hobbies-walking music and poetry.
 She ordinarily walks to the court house from her home every day, dis tance of five miles, and in her girl hood she for a long time contemplat- ed a musical career. She is also a judge of good poetry and has herself written a number of poems which have received high praise from the critics.
 Her platform, in the late campaign, which resulted in triumph, advocated, among other objects, law enforcement, business methods applied to the courts and respect for law, order and the courts.