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Show 'TILLMAN D. JOHNSON F011MP0IED Bench and Bar of Utah Will Honor New Federal Judge Tonight. The name of Tillman D. Johnson to be United States ju.ige of t he district court of I' tali was presented to the senate In Wa.-hiuiuon esterday by President Wilson, Wil-son, accord ins to advices received here last niyhl. Judpc .Johnson was appointed to the bench during a congressional recess re-cess and the president now asks t he senate to confirm the recesa appointment. appoint-ment. To celebrate his appointment to the federal bench in this district, the bpnch and bar of Utah will join tonight in 'lioii-t 'lioii-t oring Judge Till man I . Johnson at a banquet which, will be served in the New-house New-house hotel at 7 o'clock. The committee in charce has announced that the dinner will be strictly informal and lias expressly express-ly asked those attending to wear business busi-ness suits. It is the hope of the committee commit-tee that every lawyer in the state who can be present will attend as a mark of honor to the new .jurist. Following the dinner an attractive programme pro-gramme of toaMs will be given, with Ju litre William H. Kin? acting as toast-master. toast-master. . N. Straup. chief justice of thv supreme court of Utah, will be the first speaker. "Uphold Him" is the title of his toast. 30. S. Furring ton, judge of the United States district court of Nevada, will follow fol-low Judge Straup. "Th Lawyer and the Judge" Is the topic upon which the Nevada Ne-vada jurist will speak. Judge J. A. Unwell of the Second judicial judi-cial district of Utah, at Ogden, will tell of Judge Johnson "As We Knew Him." It was by appointment of Judge Howell that Judge Johnson had bis first experience on the bench. Judge Howell, in a recent case in Ogden. appointed Judge Johnson, then an attorney in Ogden, to preside during the former's absence. A short time later President Wilson appointed Judge Johnson to the Utah federal bench. Attorney Mathonihah Thomas will represent rep-resent the lawyers of the state in extending extend-ing congratulations and felicitations to Judge Johnson. The title of his toast will be. "A Daniel Come to Judgment." Judge Johnson himself will respond to the toasts as the closing address of the programme. It is expected, that fully 200 of the leading attorneys of the state and city will be present to do honor to the. new jurist, who has been a widely popular attorney In the state for so many years. The committee requests that those who have not yet made their reservations do so today by calling R. A. Broom, chairman chair-man of the committee on invitations, at 903 Boston building, telephone Wasatch SS9. The committee endeavored to issue invitations to every lawyer in the state, but the chairman said last night that if anyone was overlooked he should make his reservation today, as all members of the bar are invited. |