Show F 41 I 1 fit I 1 t r t d 10 I amarles rans Hugu tir chief justuce of the united states supreme court to succeed 1 it am flow ard taft who r aped because of III health nall new capitol building in havana which cost and III be opened on february 24 3 gen berenguer who became premier and dictator of spain brimo de was forced to realm chief justice taft resigns and hughes sue SUC ceede him ct cx by EDWARD W PIC KArib U ILLIAM HOWARD TAFT TAM re JQ Wt W turning to washington from asheville a tery rick sick man sent in lis resignation nadon as chief austice of the supreme court of the united states it was at once accepted by president hoover with expressions of deep regret and of sympathy for mr tafts condition and charles jims hughes was appointed bl his successor mc cessor though the entire matter seemed bidden sudden it was wits learned that the president had been informer informed of mr tafts intention several weeks before and that mr hughes had conferred alth mr hoover several ates before accepting accept inc the appointment mr taft s physicians ad admitted mittet that be was seriously ill and though toward the close elm of the week his condition appeared to have hare improved they held out little ho for W recovery they eald said that for some yeara years he had had very high blood pressure associated with general arteriosclerosis and and also had a chronic cystitis president and mrs hoover called on him the day after his reton return from the south and so did leveral several of the supreme court jus tle there was a constant stream of other callers at the taft residence but of course most of them merely left messages of greeting cheer sir mr tafta retirement aled coed a public career unparalleled in this country ou for nearly fifty years he senad the people in office ringing from fin an assistant pro eer birg atto altoney Ticy to president vt of t the e republic and he head a d of its bliest ll iest jest tribunal he ile was the first cly lv I 1 governor general of the philippine islands and gild was secretary of 10 war under president roosevelt ile H ws ras appointed by president wilton us Is chief justice in 1021 1 in cc sc 1 cor corrance dance with a law pass passed ed at the aalt session of congress he retires lith his full salary 0 a jw sear ur mr hughes presumably will take 0 once mee when the tho supreme court re anes on february 21 his ap op Is the climax of a recon in he public ile service almost as remark remarkable able as that of his hir predecessor lie ile has held some of the 19 highest ligh est st on ts 3 within the reach of tn american 1 daren having fallen short only of the presidency for ie e was the unsuccessful re candidate in 1910 against ond ow eligon to make that an tie ie resigned as asio associate clate w ice of the supreme court to alch ilch POs tion he had been ap 16 led by pre president s ident roosevelt in i div about a year sear ago lie fie w ass cs se pe waed as 03 a it judgie of the world ot rt and nn pent spent last summer siti vi at it afe u e from aran 4 to march 4 1925 he was sec 9 warr 1 1 r 1 of ditc in the harding and 1 i idse e cabinets retiring volun volon airily al A a it mutter titter 0 of f F propriety charles Cli arle Il jr will now resign ho general of the united abil iu mateli and lt it hua ita been suggested eug hoover may select ubirt P hu Us K mr son U A taft tan who It Is now district turney at cincinnati P ki ORTIZ RUBIO was ill OCTta arsted ted president 0 of f I 1 lesico wit h simple P ceremonies f tun and t adlum as 8 he e wax le a ting S the national an 11 attempt was md made to tanae him which wo was i quite in mn S liell can tru llon A af mail sta standing behind a file aled at it tile gate K of honor his revolver into the pres thron u il car pall 0 kublo rubio was shot tb cl eek tha burat hodg 11 in the 1161 ift jaw ills wife and mace an I 1 his sti military aide 1191 aly were fur f ur wounded as was the gauf h aaril nevertheless 6 kte ste ivd oa on and da carried fits pas s A to a red hos few h ours later the th bur our dent akst that the ir rn as y out of dagge police the ia AS tied by the 11 ore sots and sold he 11 VM was daniel of san luis gotori state and 14 1 feared follower of 00 jose vasconcelos lenry e ncy candidate te to fo the prest lle ile refused bcd to a MV v why bo he had tried to kill ortiz bublo but the authorities were satisfied that it na was a plot of the Vascon colls task taa this was the view also of 0 P fortes gil retiring president who told newspaper newe paper men that senora de ortiz had find received an unsigned letter a it few day days ago which laid said her lius mand would not live to be inaugurated only a week before the hooting shooting the federal district authorities iti au noticed they had frustrated one ua sta plot with th arrest r est of binet nineteen en persona persons who al pl enned to awas assassinate both senor ortiz bublo and sear r port s gil and seize the gover ament it I 1 that was the plan in thia this instance events d dl I 1 not develop as hoped for lil mexico exico city except for aa an air of aneti ty for the president presidents safety was quiet with little or no indication indie ion that anything unusual had happened PaE preliminary negotiation among the naval conferees in london did not proceed very smoothly prime minister macdon aid old announced that great britain bought the abolition of submarines and immediately thereafter henry L stimson head of the american delegation made it known that tass was supported by the united states and that he rnald propose the abolition 0 underwater war craft at the plenary session set for february 11 the french delegation at once met and cum ined the question and thea then declared flatly that they would not consider the he proposal it was understood that mat premier mardlen at the plenary session would meet it with a speech in which he would say that france con alders alers the submarine a necessary emary tor for the defense of the french coast though france 0 does o es oot not want it aa as an offensive lv weapon and bellei believes es that warfare should be humanized italy Is willing to abolish sub 1 marines if france nil mill do so but it insists that italians must have tare submersibles it her northern neighbors haie them thus the italian tallar action aill vi III be gOTer governed ned by the french attitude the american delegation made public its plan for reduction ani and limitation stating tbt it provides ldes for immediate parity with great britain in every class of ship in to the nav day equality in battleships would be secured by abandonment of five by the british and three by bf the americans the cruisers misers would be to apportioned that the british would have an a apparent advantage of 19 tone tons which the americana americans could equalize by increasing the number of their smaller cruiser cruisers cruca if lf fill thil pi q declared it was a surrender render ur to it the be demands of tle the british delegates from the british dominions protested to mr macdon aid old that the conf conference prence was dialing maling slow progress and he there therefore fere conferred with the other heads leads of dele delegations actions and they decider to aped d things up i the first e which ilitch includes all the took up on chars day the of the method of limitation seeking a solution for the tile conto controversy versy between the global and categorical methods london correspondent denar i ho however weier sail it wa was not riot likely any real prot ss would be cinde made toward fixing tonnage figures until near the end of the month this Is due to the fact that the japa japanese n ete have a general election on february 20 and alie lie japanese are stalling vIgo vigorously on the figures until the present soi gov eminent can get ret settled in the taddie or a new government this also explains why the jp nese have refrained from taking a alre part in 1 the conference COnfer MM and bave have refused to more then sta etie e their case la in most general teras maj gen herbert croby crosby WHEN chief of cavalry of the united states army retires on march 21 next he will aider tale the task of making the I 1 illy alty of washington a model for the of the to far for as liquor anil anti crimo crime are concerned he lie has wn relec elected ted by president HOOT er 40 direct the police fire ore and traffic dt parti vents of lie district of colam bit bla and mr hoo hoover yet said ald the tie appointment will bo be a guaranty to 0 o both tho the official and resl rest delfs of the district bad e especially to lie file nati matt at large diat it tie a capital shall be free of 0 anu anine tho the police all ire of the chrict of columbia have acm under fire from members of cons a resi for ahe last list year 0 or r go during diring that time ahert have been a wida variety of charges cb 5 Arges as including 18 lal lax cri cement of the prohibition laws general crosby win will succeed proctor L dougherty as commissioner S AMUEL H CHURCH 1 present president u the carnegie institute proposed at a dinner of the eastern dl di rectors fedors 0 of the association against the prohibition amendment that a new libe liberal ml party be formed by the wets and sibile ft bile the idea was not indorsed at the meeting it was decided that a cation nation wide convention should be W haid ld in baltimore in the pring spring lenders leaders of 0 the old partle parties and many prominent wets ae as well said the tw foes of prohibition would gain little or nothing Tio thIng by forming a new party those wets who are practical politicians be aleve they lan ton accomplish much more by marln abet et candidates in the field in three comerer contests fc s the pinate or the house they think this might result in the election of wet democrats and ani bring about bout a change in lie tie poll clet of the republican party h C L needy reedy of maine offered in the house an emen amendment dment to the act hableb would make possible the pad locking of places of business by public prosecutors in tho absence of their owners and it was generally accepted as an measure deeda bill provides that a dis I 1 trl art t state county or city attorney railing to locate the owner of premises alleged to be a nuisance may issue a substitute or dummy subpoena and witha serving it on the owner may go 90 into coutt and und have lave his place padlocked it also provi provides dej that the judge may speed up the case if it his docket Is con by referring it to a master malter for proceedings uner under equity rules rul es B Y A vote of 14 13 to 8 6 the german u helcl brath or nat national lonAl council of the states approved the young plan which lias ling now dow gone to the reichstag for final disc discussions ard disposition the council also pae raie its approval to 0 o the separate get german and american debt agreement Ra premier doctor held neld tried everything in his power to prevent tho froia from accept ing the young plan lie ile declared thit the foung plan was based on the assumption that germany was responsible for the war foreign minister nister julius countered by saying that germany never has ling and new nener will sign a pact adroit admit lira 17 fir gallt allt ITALY TALY greatly its position in central lurcie lasi last week by the signing of a treaty ot of friendship conciliation and judi clary regulation with austria this as a rome correspondent means that post war Aub inhabitants W will ill be add d to to the circle of friends italy 1113 been cultivating in the and which uhic h at present in hungary and bulgaria Hul garia plus plug the diminutive adriatic monarchy of Alba it means likewise that lie besides sides burying the hatchet in aduth tyrol italy estanis her range of influence to the border of the little entente austria on the other hand makes a noteworthy advance from her previous status of a political zero through this italian till alliance lance niga latvia the T THROUGH world has learn learned ed that recently recent ly nearly five hundred former officers of the old russian imperial navy have beai pot put to do death ath by the cheka cr or secret police this mas mag sacre was ordered by commissar chief of the chela and no reasons for his action have been given because 0 of f the tile crisis in diplomatic re relations lations between moscow and berlin anil and pai pari Is the soviet foreign trade monopoly Is COMM eluting t in a trade boycott of europe and concentrating its european purchases in the tie united states according to the soviet trade delegate in niga riga authorized the pros C ident ti to send a commission to haiti to study abero anil find mr hoover lai week was cens the m arke ke up of that body the commis commission lion the president eald bald will be charged with the sl st of Mom recommending mendIng when and how hov tle Is to withdraw ita its military nry forces from the republic it will mra 1 rc recommend negro the policy which h this country should fol follow low during the years that will elapse bafo before re amer lean icon occupation ends S 1 western b taros per union |