Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-31
LEGAL lights
TO CONFER


Montreal, Aug. 30.-Men who make.
interpret and %expound laws, men who
have served their country in the
highest executive. judicial, Legislative
and diplomatic positions: men who
bear on noble foreheads and furroWed
faces the indelible marks of intel.
l~ectuality, and whose thoughtful
glances and positive speech betoken
the trained mind and judicial ten.
| perament--these are the component
parts Of the distinguished company
now assembling in this city for tho
annual meeting of the American Bal
association and the conferences of the
| several affiliated organizations.
This VIII ne the first occasion on
! which the convention of the American
| Bar association has been held outside
| the United States. Great importance
is attached to this fact, in calling at.
tention to, which the announcement
| Of the executive committee says: Tho
meeting undoubtedly will tend to &c,
ment more firmly the already warm
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bar OF the United States and Canada.
and will be a fitting f%ourrunner OF
the celebration in February, 1914, of
the centenary OF peace between tho
two great English speaking nations
of the world
The association has been fortunate
in securing as speakers and guests
| .e Tho onnCnp&inpN ihr-anF ,,Gp whn, ~ yn
eminent as representatives of the
bench and bar of tire Of the leading
nations. These men are the RI. Hon.
Viscount Haldane. lord high chan.
cellor of Great Britain; William II.
Taft, former president of the United
States. and Maitre Labori, batOnnier
Of the bar Of Paris. famed for his de-
Tense of Major Dreyus and Emile
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The convention will hold its open
ing session Monday morning in tho
assembly hall of the Royal Victoria
college. The opening address will
be delivered By the president, Frank
B. kellogg of st. Paul. Monday at
ernoon Lord Haldane will deliver the
annual address before the association
at the Princess theater, being intro
duced by Chief Justice White of tho
supreme court Of the United States.
The session Of Tuesday morning
will de devoted to the reports OF
standing and special committees. Tues
day evening there will be a sympo'
SUM on 'The Struggle For the Simpl''
tication of Legal Procedure" dis
cussed under three s%ub-topics, as fol-
lows: Some Causes" by Judge w
C. Cook, of the federal circuit court
Of appeals. Kansas; Legal Proceed
ure and Social Unrest" by judge
Charles Burke. of the Maryland court
of appeals; "The Goal and It's Attain
ment," by William "A. Blount, Of Pen
sacola. Fla.
The feature of the Wednesday
morning session will be a paper by
former President William Fl. Taft
The Tuesday and Wednesday sessions
will be hello at the Royal Victoria
college.
The convention will be brought to
a, close Wednesday evening wish a
grand banquet at the Windsor hotel
Senator Elihu Root of New York will
preside and former President Taft
and Maitre Lahori will respond to
. toasts. ....~. ~.
i In addition to the sessions of the
convention proper there will be meet
ings OF the Comparative Law bureau,
the sessions of the Legal Education
and Patent Law, The Association OF
American Law schools, and the
American Institute of Criminal Law
, and ~Criminology.
, Nortz Lumber Co. are giving the
best service on coal. All kinds.
Phone 77.--(Adv)