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Show C. P. TAFT AT TOP. WHITELAW REID BELOW. C. P. TAFT LIKELY LIKE-LY TO BE SENT TO COURT OF ST. JAMES. Xyvj Hi Cincinnati. Jan. 10. It was re-. re-. ported today that Charles P. Taft millionaire half brother of the president-elect, will be appointed ambassador ambas-sador to tho court of St James, With the millions of the late David Sinton to back him, Taft will have the capacity ca-pacity of making tho social splurge in London that many seem to think indispensable in-dispensable to the ambassadorship there. Taft declared today that he knew nothing of the proposed appointment, appoint-ment, but local friends take this ro-port ro-port as explanatory of Taft's graceful withdrawal from tho Ohio senatorial contest If appointed, bo w ill succeed White-law White-law Rold, who has made himself very popular with the Engllsn people. |