Evening star., 1925-01-11
WARREN SELECTED
TO SUCCEED STONE
President Names Former
Ambassador to Be At
torney General.

Charles Beecher Warren. Michigan
lawyer and former ambassador to
Japan and to Mexico. is to fill the
cabinet vacancy caused by the eleva-
tion of Attorney General Stone to the
Supreme Court bench.
His nomination was sent yesterday
to the Senate, where prompt action
is expected despite his selection over
Gov. GroesbecI of Michigan. who was
recommended by Senator Couzens,
Republican, of that State, and the
Michigan delegation in the House.
The appointment was referred to the
judiciary committee in the usual
course.
Pending Senate action on his
nomination to succeed Associate
Justice McKenna, resigned, Mr.. stone
will continue to hold his place in the
cabinet. Action on his nomination
has been held up temporarily while
examination is made OF court records
presented TO judiciary subcommittee
yesterday by James A. Ownbey Of
Boulder. Col.
Long An Public Service.
In the selection of Mr.. Warren the
President brings to his advisory
perience in the public service and who
for years has been one of the leaders
of his party. Appointed Republican
national committeeman from Mich
igan in 1912, he served for eight
years, assisting in that time in re-
vising the procedure of the party or
Sani2Stion. Also as chairman of the
resolutions So!pmittee he had a large
part in drafting the Republican plat
OF 10, 4 ln,
Mr.. Warren's public service has
been wide and varied, bringing into
play his skill as a lawyer and his
AttainmentS as d diplomat Besides
acting AS counsel for the Government
in controversies with Great Britain
and as AMBASSADOR to Japan and
Mexico, he saw service with the Army
IN the World War, and is generally
credited with having been the actual
author of the selective service act.
He was awarded the distinguished ed
service medal by President Wilson.
Service in Arms Farley.
The ambassadorship of Mr.. Warren
to Japan covered the period of the
Washington arms conference, and his
services in that time were understood
to have been regarded by the Harding
administration as of the highes
value. He was appointed in June,
1921, by President Harding, and re-
tired in March, 1923, for personal rea-
sons.
Called to the publis service again
within two months by President Har-
ding, Mr.. Warren, as commissioner to
Mexico, with John Barton Payne ini-
tiated the negotiations which led to
the resumption of diplomatic rela-
tions with that country Subse-
Quently, President Coolidge appoint
ed him ambassador to the Southern
Republic, and he served in that ca
pactty from May, 1924, to August,
1924.
Served in International Dispute.
Mr.. Warren was first called to the
service or his country in 1897 with
his appointment as one Of the law
yers to present to the high tribunal
at Halifax the case of the United
States in the controversy with Great
Britain as to the rights of the two
nations in the Behring Sea. In 1910
he was again chosen to represent the
Government before the Permanent
Court of Arbitration at The Hague in
the controversy as to the claims of
the United States and Great Britain
in the waters Of the North Atlantic.
Mr.. Warren is now senior member
of the law firm of Warren, Cady,
Ladd & Hill in Detroit and besides
his legal practice is connected with
business and financial institutions.
He is a native of Michigan and was
graduated from the University of
Michigan in 1891.