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Show APPOINTMENT SURPRISES OLNEY Boston. March I. The definite an-nouncement an-nouncement from Washington that President Wilson had offered htm the V post of ambassador at Hi court of j St James took Richard Olney and i hie intimate friends by surprise to-day to-day 1 Mr Olney said "I have received no such offer and I doubt the accuracy of the report He did not Indicate whether he would accept the mission. Mr Olney was born in 1815 His last public service was as secretarv of state in the cabinet of President j Cleveland He has been occupied j since with the practice of law In this city When his name was first mentioned mention-ed in the present connection Mr Olney Ol-ney treated the suggestion as a joke, and those closely associated with him expressed the opinion that his advanced ad-vanced years would make his entrance 'o the diplomatic service Improbable. |