Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-30
PROGRAM IS OUT
FOR STATE MEET
Excellent Addresses for States Attor'
ney's Annual Summer Session
Are Arranged.
WILL CONVENE IN CHICAGO
F. +. Thompson is President Of Or
ganizati0n-B arristers viii March
in Big Preparedness Parade.

In blg Preparedness Parade.
Program for the Illinois States At |
torneys associations annual summer
meeting is announced today by State S
Attorney F. +. Thompson, Rock Is
land, who is president of the organlZa-
ton. The gathering will convene !
Wednesday and continue in session
through Saturday at the hotel La
Sale, Chicago. The Illinois Society
Of the American Institute of Criminal
Law and Criminology and the Illinois
State Bar association will convene at
the same time
Members of the association have
been invited to participate in Chicago's
create preparedness parade and will
be seen in the legal division.
Program Arranged.
Program in detail follows:
WEDNESDAY.
Afternoon Sessions O'clock.
Program furnished by Illinois State
society.
Presidents Address Causes Of De-
lay in Criminal Cases ......-.
Judge Albert C. Barnes, Chicago
Vocational Education in Relation
to Juvenile Delinquency" ......
$1,000. Miss Amelia Sears, Chicago
Brief Review of the Criminal Cases
in the Supreme Court for the Past
Year" Prof. VIM. G. Hale, Urbana
Dinner-6:30 p. m-HOtel La Sale
The states attorneys are invited to
join in this informal dinner with the
Illinois Society of the American Insti-
tute of Criminal Law and Criminology.
! Reservation of plates at $500
each may be made with Secretary c.
G. Vernier, College Of Law, Urbana,
Illinois.
Evening Sessions O'clock.
| Joint program with Illinois State
! society.
| Subject-"Probati0n and Parole in
/ Their Relation to Crime"
! Hon MacClay Hoyne, states attor-
ney, Chicago.
Hon Thomas NJ. Kilbride, clerk
board Of pardons, Springfield
| scussion-Bernard F'leXner, of the
| Chicago bar; John W. Houston chief
probation officer, Chicago; F. Emory
| Lyon, superintendent Central How
! ard association, Chicago; Lowell B.
Smith, states attorney, Sycamore;
David r. Joslyn, states attorney,
| Woodstock; Jesse L. Deck, states at
| torney, Decatur; Edmund Burke,
states attorney, Springfield; Oscar H.
| Wyie, states attorney, Paxton.
| THURSDAY.
| Joint sessions with Illinois State
| Bar association.
Morning SesSi0n-lO O'clock.
! Address Uniform State Laws-A
Means to Efficiency Consistent
| with Democracy" ................
/ Hon. Nathan William MacChesney,
| president Illinois State Bar asso-
citation.
! State bar committee reports.
Afternoon Session. O'clock.
/ Address Legislative Tendencies'
! Walter George Smith, Philadelphia
! Address-"The History Of the Mon
! roe Doctrine" Observation-Disclosures.
| William J. Calhoun, former Unit
| ed States minister to China
| General discussion Of charges and
amendments desired to the substan-
tive law Of Illinois 90 minutes each):
/ Thomas Worthington, Jacksonville.
John Faissler, Sycamore
| William l. Patton, Springfield.
| Oliver B. Dobbins, Champaign.
| II. NJ. Stone, Bloomington.
| Nels A Larson, Rock Island.
| j. D. Welsh, Galesburg.
II, S, Hicks. Rockford
! Isaac A. Love, Danyille
John r. Fitzgerald. Decatur
Evening Sessions O'clock.
| Program furnished by Illinois State
society
Subiect-''Practical Phases of Med
Psychological Work for Courts"
DR.. William J. Hickson, director
psych0pathic laboratory, municipal
court, Chicago.
Or. William Healy director psyche
pathic institute, juvenile court, Chi
cagO.
/ Discussion
Harry Olson, chief justice, munic-
ipal court, Chicago.
DR.. Herman c. Stevens, director
psychopathic laboratory, University OF
Chicago.
Robert H. Gault, editor journal OF
Criminal Law and Criminology and
associate professor of psychology
. Northwestern university.
Nathan William Mac Chesney. presi-
dent Illinois State Bar association.
Chicago.
General discussion by states attor-
neys.
FRIDAY.
Joint sessions with Illinois State
Bar association.
Morning SeSsiGn-l0 O'clock.
General discussion continued OF
changes and amendments desired &c
the substantive law of Illinois (10
minutes eachl:
Jacob W. RausCh. Morris
Franklin l. Nelde, Pekin.
James Reilly, Springfield
{. b. Chapman, Ottawa.
j. l.. O'Donnell, Joliet.
John +. Wall, Quincy.
States Attorneys
, Charles W. Hadley, Wheaton,
James ". Kern, Watseka.
Wayne Fl. Dyer, kankakee.
John H, Lewman, Danville.
Annual Addess-lI IL. m.
Irrespective Rights of Neutrals and
Belhgerents upon the High Seas"
I Charles j. Dorothy, X. C., NJ. P.
minister of justice. Ottawa, Canada
Afternoon Session , O'clock.
Address The Law OF Blockade and
the United States" ..........