The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25
MANY NOTABLES i'm
CONFERENCE HERE
AT BAR MEETING
Entertaining Centers
Around Legal Lights
Inn Capital.
MUCH of the entertaining of the


TACT, wasn't q meeting OF the
Bar Association at all, but Of a
group of jurists and legal lumi-
naries assembled to discuss the
establishment of an American law
institute. The object OF the new
organization, as nearly as 1 can
make out, is to work out some
scheme for harmonizing the d.
veEsity of laws and the conflict
in judicial decisions which OBJ
scure the administration of Justice
In these United States.
It was a brief meeting, the pre-
nminary work being done on
Thursday and the actual con-
ferences held on Friday. But
1t brought to Washington a re-
markable important group Of men
from all over the country. The
organization committee included,
for example, Elihu Root and
= George w. Wickersham, as chair
man and vice chairman; John W.
Davis, president Of the Ameri.
can Bar Association: Frederic R.
Coudert, Henry w. Taft, Russell
C. Leffingwell. Alexander Camp
bell King, Herbert S. Hadley,
former governor Of Missouri, and
q score Of others equally well
and favorably known" And in
addition to the Chief Justice and
the Associate Justices Of the Su-
preme Court, the presiding judges
of, each judicial circuit. and the
chief justices Of the high court
Of each State, 100 of the most
prominent lawyers in the country
were invited to join in the deliber.
ations-and most Of them came.
Cordenio A. Severance, once
president of the Bar Association,
was here. And Judge Jacob Dick
inson, sometime Secretary Of War,
who was the guest of his kins-
woman. Nine. Hauge. And Judge
Clarence Goodwin, Of Chicago,
who brought his handsome and
attractive wife with him.
Although the delegates to the
conference were urged to bring
their wives with them. the ladies
were distinctly in the minority
since the conference was of such,
short duration. There were. how
{ ever, enough women ana0ng the
visitors to give rise to q round of
informal luncheon and tea parties.
MR.. DAVIS came on in time to
Ava attend the Southern Society's
banquet on Tuesday evening, at
which he was the bright particu-
lar star and at which the in
cipient Davis Presidential boom"
was given impetus, rather to the
embarrassment of the victim, who
protested feelingly that he was
not inviting the lightning. Mrs.
Davis Joined him yesterday and
they remained over long enough to
have an informal dinner with
the Robert Lansings last night
before starting for Jeckye Island,
where they will spend a short
holiday. The Lansings and the
Davises are old and intimate
friends, you remember, and it was
said that Mr.. Davis appointment
to the post of ambassador to Great
Britain was the one diplomatic
appointment in which Mr.. Lansing
had his own way when he was
Secretary of State.
H0FFICIALLY" the most inn
portant social event in con-
nection with the conference was
the banquet given on Friday eve-
ming at which Chief Justice Taft
was the presiding officer and ad-
dresses were made by Mr.. Davis
and former Governor Hadley, of
Missouri.
There was also a big reception
at the Willard on Thursday eve
ming and before that many of the
notables attended the dinner which
Judge and Mrs. Clarence Goodwin
gave in honor of Chief Justice
Taft. Mrs. Taft is nat accepting
any invitations, as she is mourn
ing.
The Goodwins are becoming
regular visitors in Washington
and their arrival is always well
come. They were here for sew
eraI weeks last spring at the
time of a meeting of delegates
from the State and city bar as
sociations Of the country, of
which Judge Goodwin was chair.
man, and there was a lot OF
entertaining in their honor. This
time. too. they propose to stay
some time-if the weather IL
decent. Mrs. Goodwin rather
rails against Washington in win
ter, and well she may, having
just completed a stay Of severa
weeks in the South.
THE Southern Society's banquet
- the resumption Of a func
ton which was a hardy annual
IN the days before the war-was {
.Grmdumfa Evea Examined