Evening star., 1912-01-25
CANDIDATES
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Seventy-0ne Men and One
Woman Presented to Dis
trict Supreme Court.

One woman and seventy-one men were
admitted to practice today before the
District Supreme Court at special ses-
sion of the Court in General Term held
for that purpose. The new lawyers
passed the recent examination for adj
mission to the bar. Attorney William
Henry Dennis, on behalf of the examin-
ing committee, presented the applicants
to the court.
The newest Portia to be received into
the legal fraternity is Mrs. Charlotte Il.
Worrall Of Illinois, an employe of the
Library Of Congress. Mrs. Worrall may
60 to California to take up practice.
The new lawyers are Edgar w. Adams.
Illinois; David A. Baer. District of Co.
lumbia: Harry A. l.. Barker, District of
Columbia: Robert L. Barnes, Kentucky;
Clarence A. Bateman, District of CO.
lumbia: James William Berry, District
Of Go,umoia; n:wtPr Frank B. Bombergsr
ma: Comfort s. Butler, Illinois: William
A. Coleman, District of Columbia: Charles
p. Cotterill, Michigan; Arthur ]. Decker,
District Of Columbia; J. D. Dodson. Dis
trict of Columbia; Stuart H. Elliott.
Ohio; Frank o. Everett. Missouri: Ed
ward Howard Fisher. Pennsylvania;
Clarence George Fisher. New York Will
liam w. Fraser. MARYLAND: e. b. Frey.
District, of Columbia; George E. Gar
Tennessee: Homer E. Gels. Nebraska; !;
Selbie d. Grove, Michigan; Leon
ard T. Haney. District Of Columbia:
Ringgold Hart. District Of Column
bia; Birch Helms, Pennsylvania:
Maurice D. Herman. Minnesota: Juan
N. Herrero. Porto Rico; Frank Willard
Hoover, District of Columbia: Harris
Monroe Humason, Connecticut; Thomas
J. Hurney. District of Columbia: David
Illinois: John J. Keenan,. Maryland NJ.
D. Kiefer. New York: Arthur Lauren
Maltby. Connecticut: Samuel Swayze Mat
tison. New Jersey; John r. Milburn, Dis
trict of Columbia: Robert Ingerson Mil
Ter, District of Columbia; j. Louis Mon
arch, Massachusetts, John w. Morrison,
Virginia; Samel II. Meyer. Pennsylvania;
Edward. Murphy, Maine; Percy e. MUIR
ray, Ohio: John DashieIl Myers. District
OF Columbia; George +. McCanna. Rhode
Island: J. Clemson Mcfarland. Okla
homa; Joseph NJ. Nelson. Illinois:
Richard Blakelock Owen. District OF
A. Mob. Peoples. South Carolina; Michael
A. Rattigan Rhode Island; Charles C.
kReif, Ohio: Andrew Bryant Reavis. Ten
| nessee; Merton w. Sage. Massachusetts,;
Charles o. Shaw. Maryland: Ralph A.
Smith. Maryland Thomas Peachy Spen-
Ger. Virginia; Fred N. Stone. Massachu-
setts: Arthur r., Swan, New York; George
c. Taylor, Virginia.; s. Jay Teller New
York; N. Coy Turnage. District of Column
ba: James Fillmore Warder. District OF
Columbia: Harold Griffith Watts, District
OF Columbia: r. Hanson Weightman, Cali
fornia; Benjamin w. Wells. Illinois: Rog-
er J. Whiteford. Maryland: Howard o.
Winslow. Rhode Island: Harold p Woer-
tendyke. New York; Charlotte B. Wor-
rail-, Illinois.
An Innovation.
Chief Justice Clabaugh presided at the
| general term. Associate Justices Gould.
Wright and Stafford sat with him.
An innovation In admissions was made
today. and the applicants were called to
| the bar in the presence of the court and
there took the oath. Heretofore the
oath has been administered by the clerk
in his Office.
| In addition to the successful candidates
there were admitted to practice In this
jurisdiction three members Of the bar o.
other states. Among the latter was Thom-
| as c. Mcdonald an employe Of the House
| Of Representatives and q member of the
bar Of the state Of New York His adj
| mission was moved by Attorney f. A.
1 Fenning. The admission of Henry H.
| Palmer OF Rhode Island was as ed by
Attorney d. w. O'Donoghue. Herman ID.
Reeve, member Of the bar Of the United
states Supreme Court. WAS proposed by
Mr.. Dennis.