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 The Legal World Court for the Settlement of International Difﬁ culties." Edwin Ginn. At a banquet Saturday night, with General Stuart L. Woodford as toastmaster. the speakers

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California Bar Association, who offered “A Study of the American Union." Myron L. Learned was indorsed for United States Circuit Judge to succeed Judge Van Devanter. The new oﬂicers elected were: president, B. F.

were President Taft, Joseph H. Choate, Major General Frederick D. Grant, U. S. A.; Re resen

Good; vice-presidents,

tative Richard Bartholdt of Missouri,

Scott and W. H. Thompson; secretary and treas

homas

Nelson Page, Martin W. Littleton and W. Bourke Cockran. President Taft, addressing the Society, said

his purpose in outlining the preparedness of the United States for war "at a peace meeting" was to show by contrast the great worthiness of the movement for a permanent court of arbitral justice and universal peace. The President summarized the condition of the national de fenses and urged that a policy of "wise military preparation" be pursued. Speaking of the achievements of courts of arbitration, he said: "if now we can negotiate and put through a posi tive agreement with some great nation to abide the adjudication of an international arbitral court in every issue which cannot be settled by negotiation, no matter what it involves, whether

honor. territory or money. we shall have made a long step forward by demonstrating that it is ible for two nations at least to establish, as tween them, the same system of due process of law that exists between individuals under a government."

{Bar Associalions American Bar Association.—-Boston has been chosen as the place for holding the 1911 conven tion of the American Bar Association. The date has been set as Aug. 29-31. _ Michigan-The Michigan State Bar Associa tion ‘will hold its annual meeting in Battle Creek in the latter part of July. Pennsylvam'a.—The annual meetin of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association wi l be held at Bedford S rings, June 27, 28 and 29. Ex Govemor A. . Montague of Virginia is to make the principal address. Ohio.—The annual meeting of the Ohio State Bar Association will be held at Cedar Point during the week following the Fourth of July. it is hoped that President Taft and Governor Harmon will attend as the principal speakers. IUi'nois.—-The Illinois State Bar Association will hold a semi-annual meeting at Springﬁeld, on February 16. for the further consideration

of Reform of Practice and Procedure. The afternoon will be devoted to the ceremonies attending the unveiling of the portraits of the exjustices of the Supreme Court in the Supreme Court building. There will be an in formal reception and banquet in the evening.

D.

O. Dwyer, E. H.

urer, Alfred G. Ellick.

Massachuselts.-The Massachusetts Bar Asso ciation held its second annual meeting in Boston Dec. 17. President Richard Olney gave a résumé of the past year's work of the association and called special attention to the work of the committees. The principal business of the meeting was the consideration of the extended report of the Committee on Legislation. This report was mainly concerned with the recom mendations of the Massachusetts Commission appointed to investigate the causes of delay in t e administration of justice in civil actions. The report showed some difference of opinion. as the committee could not concur in all the recommendations. The Association was not repared to accept all the proposals of the report, avoring sixteen and opposing fourteen, while there was a division as to many others. The proposal that the jurisdiction of libels for divorce be transferred from the Superior to the Probate Court excited a good deal of debate, Secretary Robert Homans and Lee M. Fried man favoring the change and E. H. Vaughn, George P. Drury, Judge William T. Forbes and W. H. Niles opposing it. This sub'ect, together with some others, was referred bac

to the com

mittee. The proposition that sittings of the Supreme Judicial Court be in future held only in Boston was endorsed. The officers elected include: president. Alfred Hemenway; vice-presidents, William J. Brooks,

Charles W. Clifford, ames E. Cotter, James R. Dunbar, Samuel K. amilton and John C. Ham mond; secretary,

Robert

Homans; treasurer,

Charles E. Ware. Cahj'omia.—At the ﬁrst annual meeting of the

California Bar Association, held at Los Angeles Dec. 6-7, the proposition to call a convention to frame a new state constitution was voted down. The recommendation of the Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure, which advocated a three-fourths verdict in all cases where a life term is not the penalty, was adopted, by a vote in the proportion of three to one. The report of this committee advocated reforms in proce dure under the California code substantially identical with those favored by a committee of the San Francisco Bar Association (see 23 Green Bag 21).

President Curtis H. Lindlcy in his

annual address considered "The Tendencies of Modern Legislation," saying: "I share the con viction of a number of thoughtful and earnest members of our profession, that modern legisla

Nebraska.-—At the annual meeting of the Nebraska State Bar Association, held at Omaha Dec. 28, the two chief addresses were delivered by George Whitelock of Baltimore, secretary

tion, at least in the English-speaking countries, foreshadows in its tendencies the breaking down

of the American Bar Association, who chose as

of the old system of individualism, and the enforcement of the collective principle. Whether ent, and right or wrong, demands theattendency least serious _is direct consideration. ‘and insist;

his subject, "Precedents in Eat-Presidents." and by Lynn Helm of Los Angeles, president of the

05w T. Trippet of Los Angcles aroused “‘erm