Show FRANCE ELECTS I v PAUL P AUL DESCHANEL I President of Republic Re- Re I cn Chown b Ballot of r public hy by I lJ A cs J 1 tW 4 er Versailles mc Jan 17 Paul raul Paul of ot France b by tr trio n was is elected president here herc today M. M Des Des- assembly national 1 votes otes out o of oC a hmel received Hotal of ot 88 cast A A provisional pro announcement of oC the result ma made e shortly after tho the ballots had been counted while not changing tho total accounted for Cor only C CG 6 votes In all The vote follows Collos lu v Paul Charles Charlen 1 tift t Georges Clemenceau 56 66 Leon p Bourgeois C G Captain Jacques Sa scattering 3 I- I w Iw Paul Eugene Eugeno Louis Louts De states states- n mi and author is known as one of oC fj Tho most brilliant public speakers of or France lie He was born In Brussels in 1557 during the exile In Belgium of oC hl father Cather Deschanel senator and professor proCessor o of the Coll College Collego o of at aris Paul Jaul entered political life UCo I In as secretary to M M. do dc I minister of or tho Interior and In tho the following year car was VIas secretary to Simon president of tho rho council ron ln In he lie was elected to the ho chamber I It t deputies becoming Ico president o. o of that bod body in 1896 1596 i Veteran r M. M was elected president ot of the chamber in lS S and held that 1 office until I 1002 O when ho was WM defeat defeat- After Arter- relinquish relinquish- l cd 4 for r rc re of or the chamber M. M f. f frig In- Inthe the presidency f. f D was appointed president of tho parliamentary ry commission of for for- which position eign n affairs and colonies I tion he ho filled from Crom l 1903 1900 O to l 1908 OS Since May Ia 1912 w when ho succeeded Henri Brisson M. M L Deschanel has served ser continuously continuous as president of oC the chamber chamber chamber cham cham- ber of oC deputies Ho Ito la is a member o of tho French academy having h succeeded succeed- succeed cd ed to the scat of ot the halo lato Edouard I i Herve lIer e. e several M. M f. f Deschanel has written books bools on social and political 1 subjects This Is the second time M. M 1 Deschanel I has been a candidate for Cor tho the presidency of oC tho the republic In 1913 he entered tho thoI Raymond namond but butI I lists against I polled d o only IS 13 votes voles |