The Washington herald., 1917-01-23
2 WOMEN and so men
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Ceremony Performed Before Supreme
Court of District.

Two women and eighty men were
yesterday admitted to practice before
the District Supreme Court.
The two women are Marietta c.
Deehan, of Portland. Me-. who is en-
ployed in the Office of the Supervising
Architect of the Treasury, and Eileen
Sweeney, of New York City. who has
been employed in the customs division
of the Treasury for four years. Miss
Deehan won the prize for highest
honors at the Washington College of
Law, from which she was graduated
in June.
The ceremony of admission was held
before the court in general term, with
Chief Justice J. Harry Covington pre-
siding. Justices Gould, Siddons, Mccoy
and Hitz were also on the bench. 1t
was the first time that Justice Hitz
had participated as a member of the
court in admission of new members
of the bar.
Two members who passed the recent
bar examinations were not admitted
Henry c. Lank, because ne IS not Il
years old, and II. N. Branch, because
he is citizen of Mexico.
The new members Of the bar are:
Abraham Aaron, New York; George NJ.
Albrecht. Minnesota; James Atkins, Mary
land; Donald P. Ault, Pennsylvania; f;
Chester C. Baxter. Ohio; Jacob Berman,
Connecticut; Grover C. Boyd, Tennessee;
Omar B. Buchanan, District of Columbia !:
Robert D. Burbank. Minnesota; Huver 1.
Brown, Illinois; Vincent P. Clohisy. Wis
consin: W. ]. Conlyn. District of Colum-
bia; John D. Cox. Texas; Harry T. Do
mer, District Of Columbia; Jackson L.
Davis, Louisiana: T. Eugene Drury, Dis
trict of Columbia; Thomas A. Dover,
Indiana; r. Linney Deal. North Carolina; !;
Alex c. Downey. Indiana; James A. Da-
Wis, District OF Columbia: Joseph Dugan
District OF Columbia: Marietta c. Deehan,
Maine; Judah l. Emanuel, New York
Philip Ershler, New York; Stephen O..
Ford, District of Columbia; Morris L.
Friedman. Maryland; ]. B. Fitzgerald,
District Of Columbia; Chester X. Gould.
Alabama; Sheldon H. Graves. Vermont:
John T. Greene, Utah; Dwight B. Gait
Maryland; Lewis o. Hutchinson, Con-
necticut; Mortimer H. Harris, Alabama :;
A. Paul Hines, Virginia. George s. Hill,
Massachusetts,; Edwin B. Hunt, District
Of Columbia; B. F. Hunter, District Of
Columbia; c. E. Herring. Iowa; Andrew
Jordan, Illinois; Raymond L. Joy, Mis-
souri,; Mckinley w. Kriegh, District Of
Columbia: Frank J. Kelly, Wisconsin; :;
Thomas o. King. Maryland; Ben Kebesky,
Virginia; Kari W. Kindleherger, District
Of Columbia; George S. Kilgour, Virginia: ::
Alfred II. Lawson. District of Columbia; !;
Jonn Fl. Layne, Illinois: Edwin C. Lynch,
District of Columbia; Archibald Lindsey.
New York; Charles W. Mortimer, Missis-
sippi; w. F. McCray, Massachusetts;
George A. Ninas, Missouri; E. Pierce 8
Newman, District of Columbia: z. Lee
Noble, Virginia; Watson P. Newman, Dis
trict Of Columbia: Homer Phillips, Dis
trict of Columbia LIE Roy Pumphrev.
Maryland; William l. Rice, West Vir-
gfnia; David Rines, Massachusetts,: Ed =
win F. Rowe, Maine; Paul Rollins. South
Carolina; Oliver J. Robin, Louisiana:
Edward c. sasnett. Georgia; Herbert X,
schomet Indiana; Henry H. Smelling
virginia; James Austin Stone. District Of
Columbia; Morris Simon, District Of CO.
iCmoia; James r. Skinker Virginia; Lew
Wallace Springer. New Mexico otto A.
schlobohm, New York; c. A. sprague,
pennsylvania: James ]. Slattery, New
Jersey; Eileen Sweeney. New York: Man
ly @. Thompson. Iowa; Forrest II, Thomn-
son, District of Columbia: ]. Y. Under
wood. Kentucky; A. Nye Van Week, Dis
trict OF Columbia: Roger A. Vaughn. Dis
trict Of Columbia; Hermann L. Volker.
District Of Columbia; Edmund J, Wells
j.. Wyoming: Foster Wood, District of
Columbia