Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-02
ADMITTED TO THE BAR
THREE WOMEN IN LIST OF SUO-
CEssFUL APPLICANTS.

Associate Justices Ashley NJ Gould. Dan
Thew Wright and Wendell p. Stafford. sit
ing as Il court in general term, today adj
mitted To practice before the bar of the Dis
trict Supreme Court ninety-six applicants.
who passed the recent bar examinations-
Three of the new lawyers are women.
The admissions were moved by United
States Attorney u. w. Baker on behalf oc
the examining committee. who also made
special report showing that William +.
Columbus. aged nineteen years and Louis
Loefiler. who lacks two months OF his ma
Jority. had passed the examination. but a y
theN were not OF legal age the question OF
the'r admission was lel. to the court.
After consulting his associates Justice
Gould announced that the two young men
would have TO wait until they passed tina
twenty -hrst milestone OF life before having
the oath administered TO them. They woulS
be admitted, he said. without further cerei
mony when the legal age was reached.
Mr.. Baker also moved the admission TO the
bar of Porter w. Dent, a member OF the bal
of the supreme court of Tennessee Thu
motion was granted.
Several minutes before court was con,
Nened the general-term room was crowde,
with the applicants and their well-wishers
among whom was quite sprnkling OF thu
fair sex. These also followed the new -mahl
lawyers to the room of Circuit Court No i
where the oath was administered by Assist
ant Clerks O'Connell and Lemon.
Those Admitted.
The list of the successful ones iollowsi
Mrs. Lillian Is. Aveilhe, District of Co.
lumbia; Albert g. Agnew. Indian Terri,
tory; Samuel n Acker. District of co.
iumbia; Edward Hopkins Andrews. Mich.
igan: Bartholomew w. Butler Massachu.
sets: John Francis Byrne New York;
William b. Burlington, Pennsylvania; 10,
seph NJ. Bowyer, Pennsylvania: Il. r,
Braddock. Maryland; Paul A. BLAIR Com
nectlclt j + Rarth
Reed Ballard, Indiana; John NJ Burriss.
Kansas: A. Bruce Belaski Maryland.
Gorham Crosby, Massachusetts; Clyde +.
Clark Iowa; VIM. A. Coombe Maryland:
Edward J. Cohnan, Colorado: Edward NJ
Chace, Maryland: Frank II. Cottier. New
York; James NJ. Drysdale Colorado; Lus-
ter h. Deller. Indiana; Frederick II. Dali
ker. District of Columbia: Daniel A. Dun
ming. Utah; Donald s. Edmonds. District
of Columbia; James N. England, Vir-
ginia; George A. Finch, District of CO.
lumbia; Hugh }: Fegan, District OF CO.
lumbfa; Allan w. Foose, District of CO.
lumbfa; Samuel v. Gussack, Districl OF
Columbia LOUIS e. Giles. Michigan: Will
liam c. Gerdsen, Minnesota; william
Harry NJ. Hamrtehhouse. Maryiasd; Ralph
NJ. Hattersley, Ohio; Dickerson N Hoover.
1r., District of Columbia; Charles S. Hillyer,
District of Columbia; Henry Irion, Colo-
A. Jaquette, Pennsylvania: Clifford l..
Johnson. New York; Thurman w. Jessup,
Washington: William T. Jones' District o1
Columbia Chas. A. ketcham, New York.
Otis B. Kent, Texas; Mrs Edith Kingman
Kern, District of Columbia; w. ID. I.ena-
han, Pennsylvania: William j. Lewis. New
Hampshire; Fred Lees, Kansas; William
w. Lemmond. North Carolina; Maurice F.
Lennon, Illinois; Thos l.. Mead, jr., Ohio:
Robert l. Moore, Tennessee: w. Brown
Morton. District of Columbia Robert IL.
Meriweather, District of Columbia; Ward
low NJ. Mason, Maryland; Joseph F. Nor
ton. Washington: John H. Myers, Texas;
Charles w. McDermott, Massachusetts;
Donald H. Mclean, New Jersey; Edward
b. Mclean, District of Columbia: Daniel L.
]. McKenna. Rhode Island: George ii. Mac
donald. Maryland; Forrest b. MacNab, Dis
trict of Columbia; Isaac B. Owens, New
York; Thomas w. O'Brien. Pennsylvania:
Ralph T. O'Connell. Maine: \. Warner
Parke, Indiana; Jas. l.. Powell jr.. Virginia:
Albert II. Pike, Pennsylvania; Fannie |.
Peter Illinois: Carl A. Richmond, Calfor-
MIA; Herbert II. Smith. Maryland; X. IA.
Lyle Seaton Virginia: Nassil A. Shioley,
New York; George r. Storment, Mchigant
Oscar ]. Schmaltz, Pennsylvania: Edward
S. Stewart. Maryland; Walter A. Sommers,
New York; John A. Smith, Pennsylvania;
Cory NJ. Stadden. Ohio; William w. Spaid;
Ohio; John B. Schommer. Wisconsin; Wal
ter R. Tuckerman. District of Columbia:
Enfield H. Thomas District Of Columbia;
Frederick Transom Pennsylvania; William
E. Thomson, Illinois: Chauncey Trainer,
Maryland Frenk E. Tyler, Mississippi; La
Roy Weber, Virginia; Taylor b. Weir, Vir-
ginia Henry T. Williams, Massachusetts:
CLYDE B. Weikert. Maryland; Franklin IT,
Woodward. District of Columbia; Eugene
Young, District of Columbia.