Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-08-30
MEET AND CONFER
Greatest Legal Fights In the World
In Montreal Confer
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MONTREAL. Aug 3O-Men who
make, interpret and expound laws,
men who have served their country
in the highest executive, judicial, leg
islative and diplomatic POSITIONS
men who bear on noble foreheads and
furrowed faces the ndelible marks of
intellectually. and whose thoughtful
glances and positive speech betoken
the trained mind and judicial temper.
ament-these are the component
parts of the distinguished company
now assembling in this cinty for the
ANIMAL meeting of the American Bar
Associative and the conferences of
the several affiliated organizatinos.
This winll be the first occasion on
which the convention Of the American
Bar Association has been held outside
the United States Great Importance
is attached TO sthins fact, in calling
natoitetnn
attention to Winch the announcement
of the executive communities says:
The meeting undoubtedly winll tend
to cement more firmly the already
warm relations between the members
of the bar of the United States and
Canada, and winn be fitting forerun-
ner of the celebration in February
1914. of the centenary of peace be
tween the two great English-speaking
nations of the world"
The association has been fortunate
in securing as speakers and guests
of the convention three men who are
eminent as representatives Of the
bench and bar of three of the leading
nations. These men are the Rt Hon.
Viscount Haldane, Lord High Chan
cellor of Great Britain; William IL
Taft, former President of the United
States, and Maitre Labor, Batonnier
of the bar of Paris, famed for his de-
fence of Major Dreyfus and Emile
lola.
The convention will hold it's open
ing session Monday morning in the
assembly hall of the Royal Victoria
College. The opening address viii
be delivered by the president, Frank
b. Kellogg, of st. Paul. Monday after
noon Lord Haldane will deliver the
annual address before the association
at the Princess Theatre, being intro
duced by Chief Justice White of the
Supreme Court of the United States
The session of Tuesday morning
will be devoted to the reports of stand
ing and special committees. Tuesday
evening there will be symposium on
THE Struggle for the Smpliication
of Legal Procedure" discussed under
three sub.topics. as follows: "Some
Causes" by Judge Charels
Causes" by Judge W. c. Cook of the
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, Kan
sas; Legal Procedure and Social I'M
rest" by judge Charles Burke of the
Maryland Court Of Appeals; The
Goal and Its Attainment" by VIII
liam A. Blount, of Pensacola, Fla.
The feature of the Wednesday
morning session will be paper by
former President William H.. Taft.
The Tuesday ad Wednesday sessions
will be held at the Royal Victoria Col
lege.
The convention will be brought to
a close Wednesday evening with a
grand banquet at the Windsor Hotel
Senator Elihu Root, of New York, will
preside and former President Taft
and Maitre Labori will respond to
toasts.
In addition to the sessions of the
convention proper there will be meet
ings of the Comparative Law Bureau,
the sections of Legal Education and
Patent Law, the Association Of Amer