HUGHES, CHARLES EVANS

(1862); American jurist and executive; b. Glens Falls, N. Y. He studied at Madison (now oleate) University, 1876-78: and - graduate id at Brown University, 1881, Graduating from Columbia, Law School in 1884, he entered at once on the practice of law in New York City. He first came into national notice when in 1905 he acted as special counsel for legislative committees investigating gas and insurance manugement, his remarkable worl resulting in the adoption of immensely valuable reforms. In 1906 he was elected Republican governor of New York State and was re-elected two years later. His career in that office was one of notable achievement, In 1910 he was appointed by President Taft an a ociate justice of the U. 8. Supreme Court, and served on that bench for six years. He was nominated for President on the Republican ticket in 1916, but was defeated by Woodrow Wilson and returned to the practice of law. By _ presidential appointment he investigated the alleged irregularities in the building of army and navy planes during the war. In March, 1921, he became Secretary of State in President Harding’s cabinet, He presided at the Conference on the Limitation of Armaments held in Washington, 1921-22, and created a sensation at the first se ion by his proposal for the ‘scrapping’ of capital ships and the establishment of the ‘naval holiday.’ Other important problems handled by him during his administration of State affairs have been those relating to the German treaty, the question of mandates, the oil controversy and American participation in the World Court, 1923.