Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
ALEXANDR|AAFF
Bar Association Holds Its An
nual Banquet.
MANY ADDRESSES MADE
President Taft to Attend Meeting of
Washington National Masonic
Memorial Association.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, January H.. 1918.
Law books and office practice were cast
aside this afternoon by those compris-
ing the Bar Association of the Sixteenth
Judicial Circuit, including lawyers from
this city and Alexandria. Fairfax and
Prince William counties. the occasion be-
ing the annual banquet of the aSsocia-
ton at the Hotel Rammel. About 100
members sat down to an elaborate ban
quet. presided over by Capt. Crandal
Iackey, commemorative attorney of
Alexandria county. who acted as toast
master
Those called on for speeches were S. P.
Fisher, Robert S. Barrett. John NJ. john
son. Judge G. E. Nicol, Lewis H. Machen,
Robinson Moncure, Douglas Stuart.
George IL. Rucker. William c. Cloth,
Charles E. Corgan, James E. Clements.
James r. Cation, John S. Barbour, Frank
Lyon James 3. Richardson, r. c. l..
Moncure, Marshall Mccormick. ]. A. c.
Keith. II. B. Cation. ]. Randall Cation, r.
Gordon F'inney and Leo p. Harlow.
An elaborate menu was served. The
tables were handsomely decorated. pink
and white being the color scheme Be
fore the banquet the annual meeting of
the association was held at the Office of
Col F. l.. Smith. when paper entitled
1.-The Ideal Judge was read by Judge c.
+. Nicol, the retiring president OF the
association.
1t was decided to hold the next meet
ing of the association the second We'd
nesday in May at Manassas. when the
members will be entertained by Judge
Ncol.
Officers Are Elected.
The annual election of officers for the
year resulted as follows: r. Gordon Fin
ney, president, Alexandria county; James
r. Cation, vice president for Alexandria
city; Wilson Farr. vice president for
Fairfax county; William G. Cloth, vice
president for Alexandria county: III.
Thornton Davis. vice president for Prince
William county; G.. Washington Lewis,
secretary, Alexandria city; II. Noel Gar
ner, treasurer, Alexandria city.
The following We're elected members of
the executive committee: l.. z. Harlow,
Alexandria city; Charles I. Simms. Alex
andra county; Thomas r. Keith, Fair
fax county; c. A. Sinclair, Prince Will
liam County.
Members of the local press association
were guests of the lawyers at the ban
auet together with the clerks of the
courts of the counties represented in this
circuit
President Taft today declined the in
vitation extended him by a delegation
of local Masons. who called at the White
House to request him to attend the an
nual banquet of Washington
Lodge of MaSons, February %. PreSi-
dent Taft, however, promised to come to
Alexandria February II to attend the
annual meeting of the Washington
National Masonic Memorial Association.
This associat ton is composed of the
grand masters of the various grand
Jurisdictions in the United States. They
hold annual sessions in this city. The
object of this association is the erec-
ton Of permanent temple to Washing
ton the Mason.
The delegation which called at the
White House this afternoon was intro
duced by Representative G. c. Carlin,
and consisted of S. w. Pitts. worship
full master: c.. b. Swan, senior warden:
Charles H. Callahan, district deputy
grand masters: Donald T. Aitcheson,
Howard Todd and Claude Fletcher.