Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-10
TIMELY QUESTIONS \
PROGRAM ARRANGED FoRksTATE
BAR ASSOCIATION uNUsUAL-
LY INTERESTING.
Prominent Attorneys of Iowa to Meet
In ottumwa in July - Luther Latin
Mills Of Chicago to Deliver Annual
Address. ny

AL Unusually Interesting program
has just been completed for the annual
| meeting of the Iowa State Bar associa-
| ton which meets in this city Thursday
and Friday, July Ia and 15. The mem.
bers Of the program committee, e. E.
McElroy, Judge G. w. Wakefield Of
Sioux City, and Judge w. S. Withrow
Of Mt. Pleasant, met in this city sew
eral weeks ago to make the preliminary
arrangements and the complete pro-
gram was made public today.
Many of the most prominent men in
1 Iowa will be the guests of Ottumwa on
this occasion and Luther Latin Mills,
noted as a Chicago attorney, will de-
!, liver the annual address.
At the banquet to be held at Turner
hall Judge Wakefield will be the toast.
master and the speakers will be Judge
e. H. Stiles Of Kansas City, formerly
of Ottumwa, Jerry B. Sullivan, Creston.
Judge A. R. Dewey, Washington, d. D.
Murphy, Elkader, T. M. Stuart, Chart
ton, N. e. Kendall, Abba William Nc
Nett will deliver the address Of well
come.
Timely Topics.
| The committee endeavored to ar
range talks on topics Of the day and
, their success is evident from the pro-
gram Two of the subjects, the legal
| responsibility of labor unions for the
= acts of their members, and the control
: OF public utilities, are decidedly live
I questions and they will be ably dis
3 cussed, by M. L. Temple Of Osceola, and
; w. II. Bailey of Des Monies. The com
t plete program is as follows:
The Program.
Thursday, July H., IL o'clock a. m.
Invocation, Rev. A. E. Craig, D. D.
Ottumwa.
Address Of wecome, William McNett
n Ottumwa.
Response, ]. g. Cook, Cedar Rapids
Presentation of petitions, communi
\ cations and other papers to be refer
u red or disposed of without debate.
= Report of secretary. Sam S. Wright
;, Upton.
Report of treasurer Jesse F.. Stew
enson, Des Moines.
Admission Of new members.
Report of delegates to American
Bar association, c. A. Dudley, De
= Moines.
Enrolment of members present.
Q D. m.-President's address, Geo. w
! Wakefield, Sioux City.
: Paper, How far are labor union
liable for the acts of their members,
: M. l.. Temple Osceola.
Reports Of standing committees
general discussion and action there
d The Annual Banquet.
$3.50 p. manual banquet at hal
under Market street opera house
Toastmaster Geo. w. Wakefield, Siou
City.
ia "The OLD and the New Lawyer" +
II. Stiles, Kansas City, Mo
IA 1.-The Lawyers Fidelity to Hi
,e Client" Jerry B. Sullivan, Cheston.
k Error Without Prejudice" A. F
e. Dewey Washington.
1.-THE Lawyer in the Legislatures,
u d. D. Murphy, Elkader
n "rhe Laws Responsibility for Law
" lessness," r. M. Stuart, Charlton.
1.-THE Love of the Lawyer" N.
Kendall, Abba.
v. Friday, July is.
Paper. 1.-THE Control of Public Utili
x. ties,'' W. S. Bailey Des Moines.
10 a. manual address, Luthe
Latin Mills, Chicago.
re Election of officers.
x 2 D. rn.-General business.
aeI Section on taxation: Should Nor
IN eys and Credits be Exempted frol
oficers for 19O4-Geo. w. Wakefield
Sioux City, president; A. e. Swishe
Iowa City, vice president; Sam
Wright, Upton, secretary; Jesse
evil Stevenson, Des Moines treasurer.
The Committee.
:, Executive committee-First distric
~ Henry NJ Eicher, Washington; secor
OF district Fred Heinz, Davenport; thil
'x- district, S. M. Weaver, Iowa Fall
nd fourth district, II. T. Reed, Cresc'
he fifth district J. M. Grimm, Cedar RAJ
ids: sixth district, E. E. McElroy, o
20 tumwa; seventh district, w. H. Bale
VI Des Moines; eighth district, II.
on Evans. Corydon; ninth district, Hem
lB. Holsman. Guthrie Center; ten