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Show oo JOHN W. DAVIS TO GOTO BERNE WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. John W. Davis of West Virginia, now solicitor general of the United States, has beon selected by President Wilson to succeed suc-ceed Walter Ilincs Page as ambassador ambas-sador to Great Britain. Since he came to Washington seven years ago as a member of congress from 'tho First West Virginia district, Mr, Davis has been an active figure in tho capital. Hardly had ho begun his second term when President Wilson Wil-son appointed him solicitor general in August, 1913.' His name hardly had been men tloned in connection with the ambassadorship. ambas-sadorship. Mr. Davis is 45 years old. Beginning Begin-ning life as a lawyer in his homo town of Clarksburg, W. Va. After graduating graduat-ing at the Washington and Lee university uni-versity and the Unlvorslty of Virginia he became prominent in Democratic politics and served in the West Virginia Vir-ginia legislature before coming to con-gross con-gross and was a delegate to tho Democratic Demo-cratic national convention of 1904. The decision of Ambassador Pago to resign on account of 111 health was announced an-nounced three weeks ago. The announcement of Mr. Davis' selection today disclosed that he had arrived safely in Switzerland where he is to head tho American delegation ;t the Borne conference between American Ameri-can and German missions on the treatment treat-ment and exchange of prisoners of war. |