Evening star., 1924-02-11
9WOMEN LICENSED
ASLAWYERS IN D. C..
5
Daughter of Justice Bailey
Among Those Admitted-160
Pass Examinations.
ADOPT NEW PROCEDURE
Three Days to Be Devoted to Ad-
ministering 0aths to Increase
Impressiveness.
ADOPT NEW PROCEDURE.

Miss Elizabeth NJ Bailey, daughter
OF Justice Jennings Bailey of the
Supreme Court of the District Of Co.
iumbfa, was amonn nine young woman
graduates of local law schools admit
ted to the practice of law before
that tribunal today.
MISS Bailey was admitted on mo-
non of John Paul Earnest, chairman
or the examining committee. Miss
BAILEY Is native of Tennessee and
came to Washington when her father
WIS appointed to the local bench.
She Is acting as secretary to the
Justice and has found time TO attend
George Washington law department
The young women were admitted
at general term OF the court, over
which Chief Justice Mccoy presided.
FortS-three men who passed success
tully the recent examination for ad-
missions also were authorized to
practice law here.
Tho court and examining commit
tee adopted an innovation today in
the matter of admission to the bar.
Instead OF calling. in at one time
The total number of $50 students who
were successful III the examination
FOR admission, it was decided to de-
vote three days to the admissions.
in the nope of making the exercises
more impressive to the new lawyers.
Accordingly only fifty-three names
were called today for admission; to-
morrow sfty-tivs more will be ad-
mitted and the remainder Wednes-
day. A total of $50 applicants took
the examination, but only leo passed
with the required mark.
Alice NJ. -Dodd and. Esther T.. Dodd.
sisters, who took the law course at
George Washington University, were
among the successful candidates and
were admitted today. They are ma
tives of New York. but have been
residing in Washington since 1918.
They hoped soon to hang out their
signs as ''Dodd Sisters, attorneys at
law" they said.
Other women admitted today were:
Texas; Grace NJ. Duncan. District of
Columbia: Kathleen Duggan. Georgia,
and c. Virginia Diedel of the District
of Columbia.
ted today includes: Phillip Ward
Austin. Pennsylvania: Thomas J.
-Ahern, District of Columbia; John
Henry Ashman. Washington. state;
Joseph Nelson Anderson. Virginia;
Lawrence w. Brady, Iowa: Frank
Brazner, Wisconsin,; Herbert Harold
Brown District of Columbia; Robert
Frederick Beck, District OF Columbia;
Richard y. Brooke, North Dakota;
George a. Bachc, Connecticut: Adolf
diana, William T. Black. New York;
Howard Fairfield Bresec. Illinois:
Lloyd G. Bates, Virginia; Harry Q.
Barron, District of Columbia: Adel-
p ~, r,rT 'r,l,, h
Thomas. y. ,,Baane, Oklahoma; Isadore
Becker, Connecticut: James NJ. Burke.
Connecticut: Byron G. Carson, Massa-
chusetts; Walter Il. Cupp. Idaho,
j.. Carney, Massachusetts; Thomas VI.
Curran. Rhode Island, and Ronald
Edward Gates. Iowa.
Wesley Earle Craig, District of CO.
lumbia; Charles Abrahams Cohen,
New Jersey;aJ. Bradley Colburn. Dis
trict of Columbia; John Joseph Car
mody, District of Columbia Ben b.
Clark, Michigan; Arthur L. Cook,
Michigan; ]. Herman Cutting, Yer
mont; Thomas J. Clary. New York;
yord c. Devoe. New York; John 4.
DAILY. District of Columbia; Harry j.
Daniels. Pennsylvania; Howard =.
Duell. North Dakota: John J. Donnel-
Ian, District of Columbfa: George A.
Dcgnan, District of Columbia; En-
iuetl L. bOneTty, Montana, Peter Du-
Euid, New Jersey, and L. j. Doyle,
Illinois.
Mr.. Earnest also moved the admis-
sion of :, eight lawyers from other
Jurisdictions. They are: Harmon o.
Acuff, Tennessee: Frederick Bogue,
Mainei Eugene V. Bullet, Indiana;
Isaiah, j. Fetterhoff. Indiana: Karl
Knox Gartner, Tennessee; Arthur T..
u homas, Utah: George c. Thorpe, Mas
sachusetts, and Frederick Werber,
South, Carolina.
Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War
under President Taft, was on the list
OF outside lawyers to be admitted to-
day, but word was received by Mr..
Earnest that the former War Secre-
tary was detained in New York and
could not come to Washington today.
His admission will be moved later.