Show WilliAMS Will iLL i iS S SOON ON KNOW FATE fAn Penalty for Intoxication n II to Come Early I SAN DIEGO Cal Gal April 20 AP P Colonel Alexander S S. S Williams will know within a week or two whether he Is to be dismissed from the marine corps reduced in rank or dropped to lower altitudes s on the prom promotion list for for being drunk on th the night he gave gave a a. di dinner ner party in honor of Brigadier General Smedley D D. Butler The colonels colonel's conviction on a charge of Intoxication preferred by General Butler was revealed yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- when the court martial trying his case adjourned without saying what If it a any y verdict It it had reached COURT METHOD This officers familiar with court martial procedure explained was merely the courts court's delicate way of breaking the bad news to the de defendant defendant defendant de- de with the utmost courtesy permissible under naval regula regula- After After the findings of the court have been perused by the judge advocate advocate advocate ad ad- general of the navy and and a a 1 on Ull to 10 Secretary Wilbur the defendant has had a week or two to become accustomed to his conviction he will will be Informed what the dinner party and Its aftermath aftermath aftermath after after- math at the Hotel Del Coronado Is going to cost cot him hint In the way of a sentence Dismissal from the service Is the maximum penalty assessable under naval regulations but In a case such as the present one In hi which h intoxication on on duty Is not Involved the punishment usually does not exceed reduction In rank or numbers REDUCED NUMBERS Reduction In numbers would not in the opinion of officers here bere strike a mortal blow at the colonels colonel's career for tor there are only ten colonels junior to him on the promotion promotion promotion pro pro- motion list Colonel Williams declined to comment on the o outcome of his trial tria 1 General Butler Issued a statement statement statement state state- ment but confined its circulation to a newly established S Sin n Diego daily and such newspapers and press associations as as cared to apply apply apply ap ap- ap- ap ply to It for permission to use what the general had said It Is the only newspaper which has given me mea a square squar deal since the trial began he explained Rear Admiral Thomas Washington Washing Washing- ton president of the court was expected to meet with his colleagues colleagues colleagues col col- leagues for a few moments today to togo togo togo go through the formality of signIng signIng signing sign- sign Ing the record of yesterdays yesterday's proceedings proceedings proceedings pro pro- after which the members member of the tribunal planned to return to their stations |