The League Family. Keep in Touch. Get Acquainted. Fraternize. Grant, Carroll & Kennedy of St. Louis is now Grant, Carroll & Grant. The firm has moved into new quarters in the Carleton Bldg. The following are individual members of the firm: Lee W. Grant, John B. Carroll, Barton N. Grant, Wilbur H. Close, Felix Cornitius. Herbert V. Barbour of Douglas, Eaman & Barbour, Detroit, Mich., is the author of an interesting article entitled "Suggestions as to the Origin and Remedy of Malpractice Actions," which was delivered as an address at the general session of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Michigan State Medical Society, held in Lansing in September. The article is published in the Journal of the State Medical Society, November issue. Editorially, the Journal speaks of the paper as meriting the consideration of every doctor. Mr. Barbour has had much experience in defending physicians in malpractice suits all over Michigan. Treasurer W. O. Hart's wide activities still continue. The Mississippi Valley Historical Association has appointed Mr. Hart as Chairman of a Committee to organize the La Salle Memorial Organization, whose purpose shall be to erect a monument to La Salle somewhere in the Mississippi Valley. Mr. Hart was appointed for the 20th consecutive year a member of the ComImittee on Uniform State Laws of the American Bar Association. Mr. Hart presided as Chairman at a large Sunday School gathering December 8th to organize the Orleans Jefferson Parish Interdenominational Sunday School Association. The activities of the association will be managed by an Executive Committee comprising representatives from all Evangelical denominations in the two parishes. Mr. Hart was Chairman of the Invitation Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Banquet Committee on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Louisiana Historical Society held in New Orleans, Jan. 20th. Hindman, Woodford & Sneed of Tulsa, Okla., have been succeeded by Poe, Hindman & Sneed. C. J. Hindman and Farl Sneed are League members. Randolph Henry, Roanoke, Va., and Princeton, W. Va., is attorney for the administrator of the estate of a boy killed in the discharge of his duty by an engine on the Virginian Railway. Mr. Henry has sued the Virginian Railway Co. for $25,000 damages. The suit is brought under the Federal Employes' Liability Act of 1908, for the benefit of the surviving parent of the deceased, and will be heard at the February term of the court. Edmon G. Bennett of Pasadena, Cal., has been making a visit of several weeks in the East looking after the interests of his business, and incidentally booming the Pasadena Convention. He spent three days in Chicago every moment of which he utilized to the best advantage. We have heard of him all along the line: New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Kansas City. On Jan. 1st the New York office of the Mercantile Adjuster was put in charge of Paul Doring. The Adjuster announces that Mr. Doring was chosen because of his well tested ability in this line of work, his energy, alertness and capacity for hard work. H. B. Humphrey has removed from Cleveland to Toledo and has taken offices in the Nicholas Bldg. Welton & Marks, Madison, Wis., is now Welton, Marks & Porter by the admission into the firm of Philip H. Porter. Rich J. Penney, formerly of Chicago, has accepted the position of Secretary of the Lane Publishing Co. of Milwaukee, publishers of Lane's Blue Book and Lane's Bank Directory. Julius Henry Cohen, with Mrs. Cohen, visited Richmond, Va., and Washington, D. C., in December. At Richmond they were the recipients of courtesies from Col. Jo Lane Stern and in Washington they dined with Past President Edwin A. Krauthoff, who was at that time at the capital. At Richmond they attended a meeting for the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education and at Washington Mr. Cohen addressed the meeting of the Washington Association of Credit Men. Many of our members are interested in the "million dollar case" being hand: led by Bennett, Turnbull & Thompson of Pasadena. A message has recently been received by the firm to the effect that the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County has decided the motion for change of venue in the case of Clarence D. Hillman VS. Estrella Rarch Corporation, et al., in their favor. While this does not affect the trial of the real question involved, yet it is of great importance in settling the question of jurisdiction of the court, in holding that the case should be tried in San Luis Obispo and not in San Francisco. Mr. George A. Doll, Blair, Neb., has been elected to the office of County Attorney. O. H. Wylie, Paxton, Ill., has been honored by election to the Presidency of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association. The League is well represented in the Walworth County Bar Association. In its roster of officers for 1914-1915 we find that Charles S. French of Lake Geneva is Vice-President, E. L. von Suessmilch of Delavan, Treasurer; Charles J. Sumner of Delavan, Secretary, and W. C. Norton of Elkhorn one of its three Directors. Skeen Bros. & Wilkins of Salt Lake City have dissolved. J. D. Skeen and D. A. Skeen continue the business under the name of Skeen & Skeen. Goldweber & Goldweber, 492 Broadway, Bayonne, N. J., have opened an office at 586 Newark ave., Jersey City. John D. Bohling of Sedalia, Mo., announces that he has associated with him Henry Lamm, late of the Supreme Court, and D. Sangree Lamm, in the practice of the law, under the firm name of Lamm, Bohling & Lamm. W. B. Spratt has associated his son H. L. Spratt with him in the practice of the law. The junior graduated from the University of Virginia in the Class of 1914. The firm name will be W. B. & H. L. Spratt. In our July Roll of Members Richard S. Otto was given as with the Furniture Merchants' Credit Association of the City of New York. Mr. Otto is the collection agent and actuary of the Fur Merchants' Credit Association of the City of New York. Many who were at the Cape May Convention of the League remember the daughter of Chester M. Turner of Cambridge, Ill. Miss Turner was in Europe at the time the war broke out and found herself considerably inconvenienced. Her parents were for more than a month in ignorance of her whereabouts. She returned home early in September, and while her visit was cut short, her experience, she says, was well worth having. Chandler & Robertson, Atlantic City, have dissolved. Eli H. Chandler of the League has removed to the Guarantee Trust Bldg. In the make-up of the Committees of the New Jersey Assembly two of our members received important committee appointments. Mr. Garfield Pancoast of Camden was made Chairman of the Committee on Boroughs and Borough Commissions and of the Committee on Elections and of the Home for Feeble Minded Children. Mr. Lewis T. Stevens of Cape May was made Chairman of the Committee on Incidental Expenses and of the Committee on Labor and Industries. Wade Millis of Millis, Griffin, Seely and Streeter of Detroit, Mich., has been elected President of the Addison State Savings Bank of Addison, Mich. Mr. Millis holds a controlling interest in the bank. He continues his law practice and firm affiliation as heretofore. George W. Kratsch has formed a partnership with Franklin L. Maier, under the firm name of Kratsch & Maier at Massillon, Ohio. Bibb & Scott, Marshall, Tex., has dissolved. J. H. T. Bibb, a League member, has gone into partnership with his brother, Robert C. Bibb, under the firm name of Bibb & Bibb, with offices in the City Hall, formerly occupied by Bibb & Scott. Llewellyn Aubrey, Waco, Tex., has moved his offices into the Peerless Fire Insurance Bldg. H. T. Dewhirst, San Bernardino, Cal., being prohibited by the Constitution from practicing law owing to his having qualified as Judge of the Superior Court, withdraws from the League. In going he says, "I appreciate the valuable service you are rendering." J. W. Lindsay and James W. Redden have formed a partnership at Port Angeles, Wash., with offices in the Kuppler Bldg. During the last eighteen months Mr. Lindsay has prosecuted over a hundred condemnation cases as attorney for the Seattle. Port Angeles and Lake Crescent Railway, which has just completed the construction of the first railroad on the Olympic Penin. sula. Milton B. Rose, Little Rock, is attorney and General Counsel for the Arkansas State Merchants Association. He is also manager of the Merchants Association of Little Rock. Bennett & Culison, Iola, Kas., have dissolved. Mr. R. H. Bennett and R. E. Cullison will practice separately. Both have applied for membership in the League. George H. Jackson has removed from Buffalo, S. D., to Aberdeen, where he has formed a partnership with W. F. Corrigan under the firm name of Corrigan & Jackson. Mr. Corrigan is a prominent attorney at Aberdeen with a large commercial practice. Mr. Jackson while at Buffalo served four years as Probate Judge and two years as State's Attorney. Roberson, Langly & Cooper, Pikeville, Ky., has been mutually dissolved; J. M. Roberson has been appointed Circuit Judge of the 35th Judicial District by Governor McCreary; John W. Langley was re-elected to Congress from the 10th District of Kentucky, and his time is entirely taken up with his duties at Washington. R. H. Cooper succeeds to the business of the firm, and retains their offices in the First National Bank Building. All business should be directed to him. A. G. Granger, Kadoka, S. D., advises us of the establishing of two new counties in South Dakota, namely, Jackson and Haakon. The county seat of Jackson has been fixed at Kadoka and the county seat of Haakon at Phillip. For the past six years Mr. Granger has been the only lawyer at Kadoka. He says that he anticipates competition but as the only member of the League in the county he is hopeful of retaining his share of the busi ness. Altman & Morrow, Tampa, Fla., have moved into the Citizen's Bank Building, Tampa's best office building. In our Roll of Members Joseph P. Duffy, Terre Haute, is given as the firm of Harris, Crane & Miller, Terre Haute, Ind. The firm of Harris, Crane & Miller is not now in existence. We were not advised of the fact until recently. Mr. Duffy is practicing alone with offices in the Erwin Block. Send us a quantity of rate slips and we will see if we cannot help in the campaign of education. We feel there is still plenty of room for work along this line.-S. Fred Wetzler, by H. S. Wollheim, Mgr. Commercial Dept., Milwaukee, Wis. NEW & KRAUTHOFF DISSOLVED. New & Krauthoff of Kansas City, Mo., have dissolved. Edwin A. Krauthoff will practice alone, with offices in the Republic Building. With the exception of Mr. Krauthoff, the organization of the old firm remains entire, under the firm name of New, Miller, Camack & Winger, the individual partners being Alexander New, Arthur Miller, Edwin Camack, Maurice H. Winger, E. J. Geittman, P. E. Reeder. E. J. Geittman will be in charge of the commercial end of the office. PAST PRESIDENT S. T. BLEDSOE REMOVED TO CHICAGO. Past President S. T. Bledsoe of Oklahoma City, having been appointed Assistant General Solicitor of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System, has removed to Chicago. His office address will be the Law Department of the Santa Fe, his home address 5234 East End boulevard. In addition to his general duties as Assistant General Solicitor he will have special charge of valuation and tax matters, supervision of proceedings before state commissions and of litigation resulting from their orders and from legislative rate acts, and will perform such other duties as may assigned to him. CHICAGO A REAL LEAGUE CENTER. Five past Presidents of the League now reside in Chicago: A. N. Eastman. E. C. Ferguson. F. P. Vose. S. T. Bledsoe. W. C. Srague. JOINED THE RANKS OF THE BEN. EDICTS. At M. N. Dunn of Drumright & Dunn, Tampa, Fla., has married Miss Viola P. Wallace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallace of Tampa. Personally the Secretary of the League is greatly pleased with this announcement. the Chicago Convention of the League Mr. Dunn haunted the Secretary's office with a request for letters from Tampa, which came at the rate of two a day. There will be some peace at the next Convention for the overworked Secretary. Mr. Dunn will hereafter make his. home at St. Petersburgh, Fla., where he will give especial attention to commercial practice throughout Pinellas County. He will continue to have supervision over the commercial department of Drumright & Dunn at Tampa, of which firm he remains a mem→ ber. Announcement is made of the marriage of Erl H. Ellis of Rogers, Ellis & Johnson, Denver, Colo., to Elizabeth Ellen Swann on Wednesday, December 2d. PAST PRESIDENT FLORANCE APPOINTED TO REPRESENT THE LEAGUE AT THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. The League having been invited to attend the ceremonies commemorative of the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans and the one hundred years of peace between Great Britain and the United States, President Brink acknowledged receipt of the invitation and appointed past-President Ernest T. Florance to act as the League's representative. Mr. Florance accepted the appointment in the following letter: "My Dear Mr. Brink: "I acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 27th of November, appointing me as a delegate of the Commercial Law League of America at the ceremonies commemorative of the one hundredth anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, and the one hundred years of peace, which began from the end of that battle. I will accept the appointment and will be pleased to attend the ceremonies in that capacity. "Thanking you for the compliment, and with assurances of personal regard, believe me, etc." A CHICAGO MAN IN THE WILDS. The following letter, somewhat personal in its nature, written the Secretary, will interest many friends of the writer, Josiah Cratty, of Cratty Bros. & Flatau, Chicago, Ill. It was written from La Pine, Oregon, January 9, 1915: "The season's greeting was forwarded to me here, where I have been spending a few weeks, naving left Chicago December 5th, and where I shall still remain for a few weeks. It's frontier plenty enough, reminding me of my own frontier life when we came to Illinois-Knox County-over 61 years. This place is situated in a jack pine forest, bounded on the west by the Cascade Mountains and on the east by some mountains the names of which I have not learned, as I have not called on them and have no map before me. They usually have two to four feet of snow, but it has not dropped yet, and they say they usually have mild weather hovering around zero or above, but the first thing old mercury did when I got here was to drop to 24 degrees below. That would be barely tolerable in a steam heated house, but in a shack with two board thickness and but little difference in the weather outside and inside, it's fierce. If you want to go to a pleasant place this season of the year dodge La Pine. Although the town is five years old they have no cemetery or a lawyer in the place. You can draw your own inference." A SMALL LEAKE. A postscript to a letter recently received from Samuel A. Leake of Dallas, Texas, reads: "For the past week I have been somewhat beside myself on ⚫account of an eight and a half pound boy which came to us last Tuesday. All three of us are doing well under the unusual circumstances, and I am sure the role of a father now borne by me will appear almost inconceivable to you." TEXAS BUSY. The following announcement from Wm. B. Paddock, Fort Worth, Tex., taken in conjunction with the preceding items in this column, indicates that Texas is on the boom: William Buckley Paddock, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Buckley Paddock |