Evening star., 1928-04-28
HUGHES RETAINED
ASLAWYERS' HEAD
EIihu Root Reelected Honor
ary PreSident--0ther Off
GERS Are Named.

Charles Evans Hughes was reelected
president Of the American Society OF
international Law at the closing session
OF Its twenty-second annual meeting at
the Willard Hotel today. Elihu Root
was reelected honorary president.
The vice presidents and honorary vice
presidents were all reelected for an
other year. They are: Honorary vice
presidents Charles Henry Butler. Fred
eric r. Coudert. John w. Davis, Jacob
NJ Dickinson, Charles Noble Gregory,
Frank B. Kellogg. Robert Lansing, John
RaSsett Moore, Edwin B. Parker. jack
son II. RalSton. George Sutherland, Will
liam Howard Taft, George Grafton Will
idents. Chandler p. Anderson. David
Jayne Hill and James Brown Scott.
Action on Code.
George A. Finch was reelected re-
cording secretary. William c. Dennis
corresponding secretary and Lester H.
Woolsey treasurer. Members named
TO the executive council were; Frederick
A MiddlehuSh. G. H. Hackworth,
Charles E. Hill. NJ Q. Hudson, Edwin
r. keedy. Charles Z. Martin. Leo S.
rove, ASAAAS W. ASAlhiS aaAN SAASAASS
Warren.
The society today continued its dis
cuSsion OF international claims. The
chance OF establishing All international
court OF claims. suggested yesterday,
was declared very remote, by Mr..
Hughes. who raised consideration of the
problem on the conception that "tlle
basis of international complaint is fun
damental injustice"
The American Law Institute approved
In the main the tentative draft of a
code Of criminal procedure submitted
by It's council. This code Is designed
70 eliminate much Of the delay in the
prosecution of criminal cases.
The draft recommended that prosecu-
ton of indictahle offenses be permitted
by information as well as by submission
to the grand Jury. 1t pointed out that
in "a States the grand jury has been
eliminated in great number OF cases
and study Of these cases has proved
the system to be less expensive, more
expeditions and more efficient"
Prosecution by Information.
It was found that fewer acquittals
resulted from prosecution by informa-
ton than by the grand jury system It
was recommended that the grand jury
manded II, except that it should meet
once a year and that Is States whose
constitutions forbid this practice amend
their constitutions to allow it.
Work on the new code has been carried
on through gifts by the Laura Spelman
Rockefeller Memorial, which donated
$50. 1000 for the original work and an ad-
ditional S57, 900 70 guarantee its COM
pletion William Draper Lewis reported
that the first half of the code should
be completed By next July.
Tonight at the annual banssxet' of
the institute M Paul Claudel, French
Ambassador. and Secretary Of State
Kellogg viii be the principal speakers.
Prof Philip Marshall Brown of
Princeton University at the meeting of
the Society OF International Law yes
terday afternoon recommended that
Washington be the headquarters for an
international court Of claims.
The suggestions followed reading of
a paper BY Prof. Charles z. Hi of
George Washington University, who
pointed out that the United States as
siImes responsibility for mob violence
done to foreigners and expects other
nations TO do the same.
States are responsible for the acts