Show ti Attempt to Kid Judge Fatal to Fr Fraternity ter ity Party O Dinner for Justice Sutherland Called Off Orf in Vj Vie v w of Rumpus Caused y 1 Vol- Vol Summons w WASHINGTON ASHI GT March Merch 24 21 1 Because n attempt to kid kI the Judge about prohibition turned out disastrously the Washington in ton chapter chapter chap chap- ter of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Legat fraternity fraternity fra fra- will not hold tonight the dinner at which It had planned to entertain a a. company of distingUished distinguished distinguished distin distin- Jurists and attorneys The guest of ot honor at the affair was vas to have been Justive Justi Sutherland Sutherland Sutherland Suther Suther- land Who vho rec recently took Jook ook his seat on the United States supreme court Justice Stafford of 0 the District of Columbia supreme court was delegated delegated delegated dele dele- gated toastmaster and more than of the leading lights of the legal profession were to be present But when the formal invitations were Issued they were phrased in inthe inthe inthe the fashion of a legal summons demanding that the defendant state among other things whether he believed in the act whether he had his cellar well vell stocked and how much he expected I Ito to brin along with him to the din din- ner nero Thero also was as a suggestion I that those who have no cellars not be forgotten I A hurricane of ot protest descended on fraternity officials as soon as the invitations were in circulation and although they declared the language language lan Ian guage used was intended to be purely facetious they decided In view of ot all nIl the circumstances s to call ot off the dinner entirely Justice George Sutherland Is former former former for for- mer United States senator from Utah He He was defeated def for re reelection reelection reelection re- re election at the general election n in November 1916 by Senator VillIam Wilham William Wil Wil- liam ham H H. King He Ic Is a a. personal friend of President Harding J He lIe is recognized as an able lawyer and when hen a vacancy developed on ott the supreme court bench It was generally generally gener gener- ally aUy thought that he would obtain the app appointment a fact which materialized materialized ma ma- a little later He Ho Is a native nathe of England He came to Utah when a bo boy and his party part Republican nominated him for congress congress congress con con- gress following his building up of ofa a large practise |