The Washington herald., 1907-07-03
WOMEN ADMITTED TO BAR.
Three Pass Examinations with
Ninety-fhree other Candidates.

/ Ninety-siX applicants, who passed the
recent bar examinations, three Of whom
are women. were yesterday admitted to
practice before the bar Of the District
Supreme Court. The women are Mrs. Lii
Ian B. Aveilhe, and Mrs. Edith Kingman
Kern. both Of this city. and Fannie l.
/ Peter. Of Illinois.
The embryo lawyers were admitted by
/ Associate Justices Ashley VI. Gould, Dan
Thew Wright. and Wendell 2. Stafford.
sitting as a court in general term, and
/ their admission was moved by District
/ Attorney Baker on behalf Of the eXamin-
| ing committee. Mr. Baker also made a
/ special report. showing that William F.
/ Columbus. nineteen years old and Louis
/ Lceffier two months less than twenty-One,
/ had passed the examination, but as they
were not OF legal age the question Of their
admission was left to the court After
/ consultation with mis- colleagues. Justice
! Gould announced that they would have
I to wait until they were Of age before hav-
ing the oath administered to them. They
would be admitted. he said, without
further ceremony when the legal age was
/ reached
Porter ", Dent, a member Of the bar
[ Of the Supreme Court Of Tennessee, was
granted admission % the local bar upon
motion by District Attorney Baker.
The oath was administered by Assistant
I Clerks O'ConneU and Lemon 10 the fol
lowing named successful candidates:
Mrs. Lillian b. Av'i-he. District Of Columbia
Albert O. AEner, Indian Territory; Samuel y.
Acker District of Columbia; Edward Hopkins An
dreVs. Michigan. Bartholomew ". Butler. Massa
chusetts; John Francis Byue, New York; William
E Burlington. PCnnsrlvaHia: joseph NJ Bower
Penasyluuia: F. r Rraddocs Maryland; Paul a
Blair Connecticut. J. f. Barth Kentucky William
Reed Ballard Indiana; John VI. BuulSs Kansas
A. Prince BielaSki. Maryland. Gorham Crosby. Mas
. sschusetts; CLYDE F. Clark Iowa. William A.
Coomba Maryland Edward J. Cohuan. Colorado
Edward NJ Chsce Maryland, Frank H Cottler.
New York. James NJ Dysdale Colorado; Luster X
Dellsr Indiana. Frederick II. DalSer. District q
Columbia, Daniel A. Dunning. Utah; Donald
Edm0uds District Cf Columbia; james y. England
Virginia; George A. Finch District Of Columbia
Hugh J. FeEan, District of Columbia. Allan "
Toose District q Columbia Samuel Y. GussaCk
District n Columbia, Louis f. Giles Michigan
william C. Gerdsen. Minnesota; William s Graham
District Of Columbia: Harry NJ HumnChhouse
Maryland Ralph " Hatiarsley. Ohio: Dickerson y
Howe IT,. District Of Columbia; Charles 6. Hlver
District Of Columbia Henri lrion. Colorado; Franz
2. Jcual. Nebraska, Charles A. JaIuette. Pgnnsyl
kGula. llIlTI l. INtltl~NI New 1Nfh- AAtIDlaN W
Tesyup Washington. William T. Jones District Of
Columbia. Charles A. Ketcham, New York; Otis p
Kent Texas. Mrs Edith kinman Kern. District
q Columbia: " n. Lenahan Pennsylvania. WI
lam J. Lewis New HsmUshire; Fred Lees, Kansas
William ". Lemmond North Carolina: Maurice Z
Lennon Illinois: Thomas L. Mead IT.. Ohio. Rob
ert l. Moore, Tennessee ". Brown Morton, Distric
Of Columbia: Robert II Meriweather District Of
Columbia: Waldl0w NJ Mason. Maryland. Joseph r
Morton Washington John Il. Myers. Texas, Charle
W McDemott Massachusetts; Donald H. Mclean
New jersey; Edward r Mclean. District Of Colum
bia. Daniel T. J. NlCKenna. Rhode Island. Ce0TEt
/ II. Macdonald Maryland Forrest r. MacNah. Dis
1 trict u Columbia; Isaac B. Owens, New York
4 Thomas ". O'Brien. Pennsylvania, Ralph 7. 0'Con
| nell Maine. A. Warner Parker. District Of Colum
/ hia: Clarence L. Psfke Indiana. James !. Powell
r Virginia; Albert Il. Pike. Pennsylvania: Fannii
| l. Peter Illinois: Carl A. Richmond. California
| Herbert H. Smith. Maryland r. H. Lyle Seaton
Virginia. Nassil A. Shiblev New York; George +
/ Stoment Michigan, Oscar J. SChmaltz. Pennsyl
vauia: Edward s Stewart Maryland. Walter A
/ Sommers. New York: John A. Smith. PENNSYLVANIA
I CORY VI. Stsdden Ohio, William W. Sr3id, Ohio
I John r. SChommer. Wisconsin; Walter r. Tucker
man District u Columbia, Enfield H. Thomas. Dis
rict Of Columbia. Frederick Transom PENNSYLVANIA
William T. Thomson Illinois, ChaUncey Trainor
/ Maryland Frank +. Tyler, Mississippi; It R07
I Weber Virginia. TAYLOR B. Weir Virginia. HEM
/ T Williams. Massachusetts,. CLYDE T. Weikert
| Maryland Franklin T Woodward District Of Co
| lumbia. and Eugene Young. District Of Columbia