Show FRENCH PORTFOLIO TO BACOM former secretary of state stat to replace henry im white the present ambassador Amb icador P who waa was secretary of atalo tor for two months last winter hae has accepted the po boitt of france lie ile will euc suc aeed denra af M whit white at present am cassador baa bas jador to france franco about the arst ft ri n nt tt year mr bir bacon was a member of 0 emst u dent a lennia tennis cabinet ho ilo entered the service of the govern ment as resistant sil stant secretary of state under secretary root and succeeded BUcce edol to that post when hoot waa was elected senator bom new york before that he waa was one of pierpont Pter pont morgan morgans able I 1 robert bacon lieutenants and a member of the arm lie ile direct directed dd the morgan interest interests in the famous northern pacific corner ot of 1901 lie ile arranged the british end ol 01 the great steamship merger which created the international mercantile ma rine company it ts to not generally known but mr air bacon was actually legally and con president for the space ot of about IS 16 minutes his tra tion coming in between those of roose velt volt and taft the urra tt rm of 0 roosevelt as president expired by constitutional limit at noon on march 4 so did that ot at vice president fairbanks but the han change in the inauguration plans the of the storm that made out door services in practicable caused a delay of 15 or 18 minutes in the ad ministering of the oath to the new offic officials during thai that interval mr air dacon baton aa as secretary of ot state with no limit to his term became under the constitution actually president nobody knew there had been a double shift of presidents until the attorney general called their attention to the tact fact next day even mr air bacon waa was not aware that the eun sun of great nesa ness had beamed hotly down upon hie his classic aesa for a moment |