The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-28

HU career has been meteoric He first
came into prominence during the slfsRr.
! Ing given by the District Commissioners
to Samuel T. Kalbfus. deposed member
OF the board of assistant assessors.
Mr.. Hogan represented NJ. KaIbfus both
at the hearings and later in litigation in
the courts. After a long battle the
courts ordered Mr.. Kalbfus reinstated, d
signal victory for Mr.. Hogan.
Mr. Hogan again come into promI-
nence as attorney in the contest case
over the will of the late Stilson Hutch
ms. former millionaire newspaper
founder Of the city. The case lasted
several months. during which time Mr..
Hogan gave numerous evidences of his
legal talent. One hypothetical question
which he put to an alienist witness was
so long that it required two days to
state it.
Prominent in Civic Affairs.
Henry B. F. Macfarland is prominent
by reason of his active interest in civic
and municipal affairs. He was born in
Philadelphia in 1861. He read law and
attended lectures at Columbian (now
George Washington University and SUBJ
sequently was admitted to the bar He
was president of the Board of District
commissioners from 1900 to 1910, and h
January of the latter year became a
member of the law firm of Tucker, Ken
yon & mcfarland.
He was chairman OF the citizens COM
mittee of the National Capital centen-
NAL in 1900 and delivered the centennial
address at the Executive Mansion IN De-
Cember, 1900. on District Day at the Buff
falo Exposition in 1901, at the ST. Louis
Exposition in October. 1904, and at the
jamestown Exposition In June, 1907 He
Is president of the international conven-
ton of the Y. NJ C. a.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey is among
the most prominent OF the women attor-
neys of Washington. She was born in
Ohio in $50 and read law in the office or
Gen. Reuben Delavan Mussey. whom she
married in 1871. Later She studied law
at Cornell and received the degree of
master of laws from the Washington Col
lege OF Law
She brought about the enactment by
Congress Of legislation giving mothers
in the District the same right to their
children as fathers and also giving mar
ried women the right TO do business and
to control their own earnings. She Sc
cured the first appropriation for the pub
lie kindergartens of the District. Mrs.
Mussey is one of the founders of the
American National Red Cross and is
past president of the Legion of Loyal
Women. She is a former vice president
general of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution. For a number OF years
she was member of the Board of Edu-
cation. In September 1911, she was a
delegate to the international Council of
Women at Stockholm. She has Travelled
extensively both abroad and in the Init
ed States. She has been frequent con-
tributor OF articles on legal topics to
we'll known magazines.
Jackson II. Ralston, OF the firm Of Raj
ston Richardson, has had an interest
Ing career. He is a native OF California
and was born in 1851. He has been en-
gagged in the practice of law since ls7S
For a number of years he was a member
II the faculty of the George Washington
University. He has long been legal rep /
-esentative of various labor organizations /
with the interests of which he is deeply .
n sympathy. In 1873 he was delegate TO !
France and Italy for the International |
Union of North America
Mr.. Ralston Is an ardent exponent of
he single tax theory. He was president
" the board of commissioners of Hyatts- I
lille, Nd. in fe92, when for the first time
the single tax system of taxation was
applied for municipal purposes.
He was counsel in Washington for
Felipe Agoncillo. representative OF the
Filipino republic. before war broke out
n 1891. He was American agent and one
If the attorneys in the case OF the Pious