Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-07-14
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.
Judge n. l.. Warren Invited to Attend IL
Meeting at buffalo.

Judge II. l.. Warren Invited to Attend Its
Meeting ut buffalo.
Judge Il. l.. Warren has received All
invitation from John Hinkley, the secre.
tary OF the American Bar association, TO
be present at the twenty. second annual
meeting, which will be held at Buffalo,
New York, OH Monday, Tuesday and
"Wednesday, August y, 20, 30
The sessions OF the section Of legal ed
ucation will be- held on Monday and
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
and on Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
The session OF Tuesday afternoon will be
devoted to conference OF state boards OF
law examiners.
The sessions OF the section OF Patent
Law will be held on Monday afternoon
at 3 o'clock and Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
An excellent program has been ar
ranged for each days meeting OF the
association, and will consist Of the annual
address by Hon. William Lindsay, senator
from Kentucky, and payer by Hon. Sir
William X. kennedy,a justice OF the high
court OF justice OF England. together with
reports OF standing committees on
numerous important and interesting
questions, In addition TO the nomination
and election OF members and officers, and
other routine business.
Ia the absence Of the president OF the
association. Hon. Joseph II. Choate. now
Ambassador TO Great Britain. Hon. Chas.
r. MandersOn, OF Nebraska, will preside
over the deliberations OF the association.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the
three days following the meeting OF the
American Bar association. the Interna-
tiOnal Law association will hold its
eighteenth conference In Buffalo, which
will be OF unusual Importance this year,
owing TO the fact that the United States
has become power OF the first magnitude
In international affairs. This association
IL composed OF distinguished members OF
the bar, Jurists and pnblicists OF all
countries OF the world. Until recently IL
was known ~ the Association for the
Reform and COdillcatiOn OF the Law of
Nations. The primary object for which
II was organic ID at Buffalo in 1873, Just
after the work OF the Geneva Tribunal was
completed, was along the line OF interna-
tiOnal arbitration. Among the subjects
that have been very fully discussed at its
various conferences. In addition to inter.
national arbitration, are bills OF lading,
quarantine, slave trade. maintenance OF
sea lights, war Indemnity, territorial
waters, fishery rights, collisions at sea,
international copyright, international
patent rights, and especially general
average In its connection with its
formulation of the York Antwerp rules
on the subject.
One OF the earliest presidents was Da-
vid Dudley Field. who was also pres
ident OF tha American Bar association.
Other illustriOns presidents have been I:
Lord O'Hagan, lord high chancellor OF
Ireland; Sir fitzrOy Kelly. lord chief
baron OF England; Sir X. j. Phillmore,
OF the high court OF justice; Sir Charles
Butt, OF the high court of justice; DR..
Frederick sieveking, a very distinguished
iurist OF Hamburg
Sir Richard Davis, her Brittanic ma
Jesty's attorney general, is now presi-
dent.
Among the honorary vice presidents
for the United States have been Justice
stephen j. Field, Hon Carl SchurZ,
Judge Vim. c, kndicott. Chief Justice
" aite and Hon. John Jay.
Previous conferences OF the association
have been held in London, Brussels,
Cologne, Hamburg, Liverpool, Genoa,
Antwerp, Frankfort and Bremen.
Judge Warren IL trying TO arrange 20
that he can attend the meeting OF the
Bar association and the conference OF the
International Law association, and then
visit In the east until his distinguished
Annapolis naval academy chum, Admiral
George Dewey, arrives in New York,
whom he Ia very anxious to meet after
the long lapse of years; ~ we'll IA Ad-
miral hcNair, now the superintendent OF
the Annapolis academy, who was In the
same class with Judge Warren at that
institution.