Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-16
LOCAL LAWYERS
BANQUET AND
HEAR SPEECHES
Members of indianapolis Bar
Hold Annual Meet
ing.

In an address on Obedience to the
Laws" before more than one hundred
fifty members Of the indianapolis Bar
Association at the associations annual
banquet at the. Columbia Club last night.
George T. Page, Judge Of the United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals Of Chi
cago and former president of the Ameri-
can Bar Association, declared "the main
reason we are not successfully combat
ing the crime wave that IS sweeping the
country is due to the fact the people at
large are ignoring the laws Of the coun-
try and that crime is being commercial
lied and syndicated."
Added to this and to make the problem
more complex is the ever growing prob
lem of the immigrant, Judge Page said.
IMMIGRATION
MENACE.
"1n an effort to escape the prosecutions
and the overcrowding OF the old world. -
Judge Page said Immigrants of all
nationalities have poured into this coun-
try for several years past, until the
United States has literally become the
dumping grounds for the viciouS OF
Europe and other foreign lands. There
are many among those who teach vicious
doctrines, which, IL accepted, would
mean the overthrow of all government
and authority
Theater managers and theatrical pro-
ducers came in for their share OF blame
in the wave Of unrest, Judge Page de-
clared that producers of theatrical pro-
ductions are, to a large extent, TO blame
for the immodest modes Of dress and
the looseness OF conduct by their ever
3ncrea sing efforts TO produce somethin
new and that will attract the people
to the theaters.
In answer to frequent charges that
the legal profession is falling into a
state Of decay, Judge Page emphatically
stated that 1.-The legal profession is not
falling into decline and it Is only by the
Efforts of the members Of the profession
beth collective and individual, that the
country is TO be brought hack to a real
izaton that It Is only through obedience
to law that nation can long endure"
JUDGE BAKERS
ADDRESS.
Following the address by Judge Page
Judge Francis +. Baker OF the United
Circuit Court Of Appeals Of Chicago gave
a short address. Judge Baker briefly
traced the ascendency Of human life from
the ne-celled being TO the intelligent
creature that is now the intellectual as
we'll as physical marvel of the animal
world, and he stated that there should
be no alarm in the ever growing volume
of laws and complexities of workings as
it is a natural result of mans growth
To go back to the more simple forms
Of living and to do away with many
laws, he said he thought would be an
effort to turn back the hands Of time
and that It could not be accomplished.
because 1t would be in direct violation
of natural laws
Both Of the speakers were introduced
by Lewis A. Coleman, president of the
indianapolis Bar Association.
WILL. START
LINCOLN ExHIBTT
Efforts are now being made by the
bar association, Mr.. Coleman stated, to
found a Lincoln exhibit in Indianapolis,
and further efforts viii be made to pro
cure permanent quarters for the exhibit
n the Statehorse.
TIE ze=t meeting ot the association
viii be held Wednesday, March s, 81
which time Charles W Moores, United
States commissioner and student and
wc.ter os lincoln subjects, viii 5cl.ve-
al address o.. "L1nco.4, tie MaE," as =
part of the campaign TO establish a PEI
manenr Lincoln exhIblr In Indiana.