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Show POINCARE IS CHOSEN I PRESIDENT OF FRANCE i i NAMED ON SECOND BALLOT The Premier Receives 483 Votes to 296 for Jules Pams. WILL TAKE OFFICE 18TH OF FEBRUARY Election Held in Ancient Palace of Kings at Versailles. VERSAILLES, Jan. 17. Premier Potncare waa elected preaident of tba French republic by the national assent bly bald bar today. Premier Polncare lad Jules Pams, his principal opponent, by mora than 100 rotea on tho first ballot and waa within Is yotaa of tha naceeaary absolute majority ma-jority for election. Tho details of tha ballot wars as follows: Raymond Polncare, 0; Jules Pams, 327; Marl Edoosrd VslUsnt, 63; Paul Deachanel, 18; rolls Elbot, 18; Leon Bourgeois, Alexandre llillarand, S; Alfred Maacuraud. 2; Thaophllo Dol-caaaa, Dol-caaaa, 2; Antonls Dubest, 1; Henri Boehefort, 1; blanks, 5. Tha number required for election Is 435. The result of the secosd ballot waa: Raymond Poincare, 483 (elected); Jolei Pane, 94; Mario Kdouard Valllaot, raUlavw' Tara xpLrsa rabruary It. Heoatora and dapntiea of Franca ar- rlveU throuffhoul tha forenoon today to take part in tha election of a new pres.-1 dent of the rapnbUc. - Preaidcut Fal- j licrea seven jear term expires en Feb-1 ruary 18. j Nominally SO 7 roprcKVotativea uf the people were entitled to vote today in the national amtembly, convened in the ancient residence nf the king of, France. These offirial electors include! 597 deputies and J0U senators, but the number wan reduced owing to tacauciea caused by deaths aud re.iiKnntious, or by i lines. .Most of the Hen a 1 or s aud deputies fame out from Paris on aiiecial trains provided by the government mid a fear arrived in motor n, or carriages. With .them came jome 1.300 relative aud friends. Polncara Arrlrec Early. Premier Kaymond Poincare aud the members of bit cabinet arrived together some hours before the voting- began. Jules Pams, the minister of agriculture, was tiot anions; them. He had sent to the premier early todar hin reaieuation and notification that be had accepted tha candidacy for the president of the republic. rremier mine a re fmmedjately deaig-nated deaig-nated Fernand David, at present minister min-ister of commerce, to take over also tho portfolio of agriculture. It was thought on this occasion, ow-ing ow-ing to tho multiplicity of candidate that had been mentioned, that several ballots would bo aoceaarv. Accordiug i to the constitution, if three ballutH are cant without a reMilt the. candidate then holding the highest total of votes i chosen ns president. , Out of the nine presidential elections I that have been held since tha foundation of the tlhrd republic In 170. seven have i been derided on the first ballot. Only 1 at the elections of lad!Carnot In 1S7 and of Felix Kaure In lt9U were two ballots necessary. Ballot Takes Tore Hours. 1 Ech ballot occupies almost three hours as the deputies and senators ate cMll-d upon separately In alphulictical order to pla.'e their ballot papt-rw In the urns. The Interior of the palace, which dates from the time of l-otiia XIV.. was brii-llanMy brii-llanMy decorated. The floor of the con-greas con-greas ball lleetf waa arranged with oo chairs, ouvered In dark leather. The members of the two chambera took their places In accordance with their political groupings. Outside tha palace In the' a pa ti one groups there waa great animation all day the nark being tilled with motor cars and ean-hicea. while many liveried domestics and tnoueanda of curious foreigners wandered wan-dered about. These were lnteriiptel with mounted troopers for the purpose of keeping keep-ing order. Twelve apeilal telegraph wires bad been laid ftum Yerealllee to I'arla, (or the uae of officials and newapaper cotTeepomJeritH. and doaena of apecial telephonea were Installed In-stalled to Insure rapid rommunlcatton. The buffet of the palace was heavllv stocked with food and thousands of bot-tlea bot-tlea of mineral water. Crank Causes CormnoUou. Considerable commotion was caused by a stranger seek In a to obtain entrance Into tha palace. When ha was etopped by g gendarme and asked lila businemj he pulled out a revolver and aboutttd: "This election should not t.ike place." H vaa at onoe dlearmed and a rreated. A number of other euapects were also taken Into custody. . - The government took unusual military precautions. Police were placed along the railway from Paris to Versailles, which waa guarded the whola dlatance bv military mili-tary men pirated at Intet vuls of ICO yards. A forca of ouo policemen drawn from all ettlea of France wiie brought here this morning, as well aa dctachiuenta of troop uf all arms, whllt the garrlstm of Ver-aaltlea Ver-aaltlea was con lined to Ita quarters. The national aaeeinhly waa upened paimpll' at 'X -o'clock this afternvon by Ablonin TJust, preaident of the senate. |