The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-02-17
Present One VIII Retire after
Serving the Country
Seven Years.

fee. on January IL, 1913, the French
Senate and Chamber Of Depnties VIII
convene In solemn session at Versailles
to elect his successor.
Although the election date Is distant
the discussion OF the question Of the
next CHIEF executive OF France Is betns
taken UP animated4y. It seems gen
orally accepted that President Fat
Heres has no wish to succeed himself,
He Is represented as cling well salts
fed with his long term in office, which,
rif 1t has brought him a succession OF
!, highest honors leads him to feel
that he may now seek repose from
Ae oftentimes arduous duties. He
VIII retire. 1t Is stated, to southern
France, where he Is the proprietor Of
a large area of vineyards.
Manynames are brought forward in
discussion as possible successors to
Mr., Fallieres. The most familiar is
that OF .Geor Bourgeois. whose dis
tinguished parliamentary record and
long public service for his country
must hGve suggested him as a worthy
candidate. However. MI, Bourgeois,
has entered the new Poincare cabinet
and, should he decide to remain there,
1t might influence his candidacy for
the presidency Another much talked
Of candidate Is Antonin bnbost, the
president OF the French Senate. Many
believe that the presidency is a nptur-
al step from the leadership Of the
Senate. Other names tal4Sed of are
president Brisson. of the Chamber Of
Deputies. and Paul Doumer, one of
the younger Frenchmen. who has
made a strong name for himself in
French national life.
There Isl OF course, always the
chance for the dark horse.r The next
president of the republic may be a
man who is little known now in the
political world.
The concluding year Of PRESIDENT
Fallieres's term will be filled with inn
portant engagements. AT Belfort he
will unveil the monument to he erect
ed to commemorate the three sieges,
and he will also be present at the
fetes to be given in the frontier re-
gion. A tour OF several weeks in
Algeria is being arranged.
AT Paris the president will receive
the king and queen of England on
their official visit and will probably
return visit to London to-
wards the close of the year. Queen
and the Prince Consort of
the Netherlands are also awaited in
Paris this year. Finally, there is an
other visit calculated to be of q polft-
lcal and picturesque nature. MouIay
Hand, the Sultan of Morocco, which
has recently been made protectorate
Of France, will be the guest of the re-
public in the month of July, and will
be present at the great military review
at Longshamps on July n.
Willing masculine hands prevented
a fire disaster short time ago in the
little town of LePuy, where was sit
uated the convent of the Elarist sisters
one of the most vigorously closed or
ders in France. Despite the assocla-
tons law, which dissolved the organ
lzatlon a few aged nuns were permit
ted to remain at their old nome. The
aged sisters, rather than break their
rule which expressly forbids that a
man should set foot5within their walls.
would have allowed themselves to die
a horrible death rather than summon
help.
When the fire broke out in the con-
vent the sisters fought it desperately;
then, not wishing to solicit masculine
assistance, took refuge In. the dormi-
tory, the door of which they barrl-
caded. The fire made rapid head
way. and in few minutes their refuge
would have Inevitably burned unless a
policeman. aided by eourageons towns
people, had broken down the door. re-
moved the barri6ade and carried the
aged nuns already partially asphyxi-
ated, to a place of safety. 7
An examination of the fortunes left
by inheritance in France in 1910 shows
thirty-nlne fortunes Of over million
dollars. Ten of these were between
two and ten millions. BY far the ma
jority of the legacies left on death
were between four hundred dollars
and two thousand dollars. The total
amount of property admitted to pro-
bate exceeded billion dollars, divided
among 373ySO1 estates.
The packing-case manufacturers Of
Paris have petItioned the government
to take some step to stop the grow
ing practice by French exporters of
importing packing cases from the
United states.
The american customs not only i'm
poses duty on goods but also on the
crates in which they are packed. 1t
was to avoid paying this that French
exporters conceived the idea of order
ing cases from America. which on re-
turn to the United States were admit
i ted free as re-imported matter. This