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Newspaper Page Textmail Tribune The Weather Maximum yesterday 44 Minimum today - Predictions Toniuhr and Thursday, I'air uutl colder. i V Dally Fourteenth Yew. Forty-ninth Year. L' U 'irrTTM,x- Mm-1 u... ii II A 1 CALIFORNIA mSBk i If iffilllS mm MHK TO INDORSE -4fM(te iwcfieatt KiHed If tf9e WeWrt 'AMI1. 117- &&a fitiKttr-s KeuoiB Yi amtoj-ate Bawl es "WABftllWfOK. Jwh. 7. fiii'Wri"! Fr, it .iirict cilicn in M !.! (if tllC Pc(t.-eX Cffll-U-Pil'l-I i that jikl Mlfrd 11 Mexican M w irttf wtiier ft Tuxpnui on Pi- i hi. 'i 1 1 21. tecordi ndicos no- re'wtti Vf sltU deirtt today iWH osiil l Turn ff'.t MMIMKTO:. J. 7. flie Mx- xi tRhnfiwt ft wilirisd Hint. Ptar kail idsrllv tt bv f vfMipKiiinn in I niv wfurniii tmm . iUiu'. Pois lnoit as in uWKi(.t. Cal. TV (MM! iBintdimttlT Was or- to ms l'ir in forma tio,-i lil if .isoiiiiistunces wiwr-nnlcd U xmm t'M locll UUtllHl'lHes in the 9a distik to awes-t mnI mm j.sV tfce Swiltr u.'r-son. Tiis siiUtf total of 20 Ameri- cni ktt'n-i i ti Tunim-co district bv "4'ii'is sies Aixil 7, 1!)17. Einh tin of tVm wfw daployeH of Aium- M oil (iV. WAWUWO'fON. ,ln. 7. Tlii! Mcx i'M. .wveunet lias been citllcd ill""" It tho'slnle dcmi'i-l'iiion-l. to use every - wins possible to iipnrehend niul pish Rio murderers of l' J. Honey rtfii Eirol Bowles, American oil men in ' tl Tampieo field. Imniediiilelv. upon receipt ves-tcr dv of the report of the murders, the AmericvMi embassy at Mc-xico City s instructed to urnc the Mexican covernnvent to tnko prompt steps to kmwr the munderers to justice. The American consul at Tauipu'O was um ed to net action bv locul anthori ties. . The dispn'tch to the state depart ment said the two men were murder cd near Port Loboe and flint their bodies were discovered January 5. They were employes of the Interna-' tional Petroleum company and were supposed to have had the company's payroll when thev were killed. SAN ANTON'IO. Texas. Jan. 7. Earl Bowles, who with V. .1. Honey of Houston, was killed bv Mexicans in the Tampieo oil district several days aco, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Bowles of liauskiss. Tex. advices received here todav said. LENINE NEW PEACE OFFER STOCKHOLM. Jan. 7 Nikolai Lenine. Uussian 3bolslievik premier, lins made a new peace'olter to tn allies, which is beinu taken to Lon don bv Colonel Tallents, British rep resentativc m tiie Baltic states AmonL' other conditions included in the offer is a promise to abolish tcr Torism and the activity 'of revolt!' tionarv tribunals, according to an Ksthonian newspaper. LONDON. Jan. 0. A bolshevik communication dated Tuesday and received here this evening savs: "In tho Vinnitsa (covernment of Podolia) rcirion we have occupieo. the town of Litten, Vinnitsa and Lip avels. In the direction of Kherson we have occuiped the station and dis trict of Pintikhatki. In the -direction of Melitopol (eoverument ot laurida) we have taken the town of Alenan drovsk. ''We have captured Mauripol feov ornment of Kkaterinoslav with law ciiiantities of booty, ihe encmv fled pnrtlv on steamers and partly alon the coast. "In the direction of Novochcr kassk (province of the Don Cos sacks) we have broken the enemy resistance and continue to nilvaiK successfully to the Tsaritsvn reaion. We have taken San-pla and a limn licr of villnso from 10 to 3d vert south thereof." f S ffi 8 S I'OlttLAXl. Jgth ot- ithstandin!! i$e lit flntt t i day of the salocibi in Portland its ft' ! fou-r yea-ra removed a-nd ntion- ft al prohibition too ellwot Jul 1, las'.t year, theii Were more M aT-rests here for druiifceinu'SB 4 duriiiR the'ycfi)i- jmst eruted IhtSui in- eiMier. 1-918 Mr 1917, a-r-eord:- !) iii-B- to the a-n-n-u-a-l rcjjor-t o:f th-o !), I cli'lef of police, j-u-stt iikkI'.o pub- -fe He. The tii-ui'es for th'i-; offense h & Mi-e pe:por.t &lui'v-9, we'i'o l'.HHl for 4 las yvur; l.:i.0 in-v liJ'IS:, vmA 12-.12 to JB17. ; 1'IliXICO CITY, Jm. 7 llillidi'i.'C'1-s powilil ll-0'Uyli-l's of lives were lost s . res-ilk of the earlhquako whicli (xi tho slate of Vera Cruz Satur day nlKSt. So idespreiul was the dalitfge ad sw wild a-n? s-omu w-f tk'-j sections tnt tl siffurtna te hunt estii-i-Ki-L-e. Private i'1-ispa'trfies fain ViM-a CrHz ai-wd Jlapu said that 10ut peraHiis last their lives at Couztlan. Thirty lives were lost at Teocelo, where three churches and forty hs were dos'tro-yeol. Volcanic eruptions have oecwwnt at Cc'fre tie Perito from whlek paint to the volcano of Orizaba the B'h-ac-k seeiMOd to center, acconlinK ta ru mors. Flood wat'cps iioiiTi'ii'K down tliu l'escados river have l-iuindatod Islut-a-waw, iMah-au-axtla-n, and Tlapa- nala, while many ra-nches are under water. Iiarra-nea flrai-ide and l.c'3 Si mmies are also sul'feriiiK from floods, it is reported from Vera Cruz. Twen ty bodies have been recovered from tho I'ese-ados .kilcenwilco and Apaz-apa-n. There were I'hnee slight shocks yesterday, so feeble that they could be detected only by instruments. Suht-err-a-nean noises a-re s-til-1 notice able in the Pedreg-al, a rocky waste near this city and great eraeks have appeared in the earth. Travelers re turning here from Vera Cruz say somo streams are dried up as a re sult of the shock and it is feared that many mills near Orizaba which de pend upon waterpo-wor wl-1-1 be com pelled to close. Several oil wells near Tuxpam have been spcuting petro-leiw-n since the earthquake, according to advices from Vera Cruz. LARGE 2 YEARS Fl PHILADELPHIA, .lan. 7. Orover Bergdoll, one of the Iwc brothers ac cused of draft dodging and who have been sought by the police for the last two years, was arrested In his moth er's home here today. Detectives broke into the house by tho front and rear entrances. While one of the men wrested a revolver from Jfrs. Bergdoll, mother of the two accused men, the others went thru the house and found Orover wrapped in a blanket, hiding in a hex seat. Grover escaped two years ago in a high powered motorcar and reports reached this city that he was seen in various sections of the west. He sent impudent messages, written on post cards, to the authorities. Once he was Been in Mexico and again Cuba. He was provided with a large sum of money. His mother, Mrs Berkdoll, Is the widow of a wealthy brewer. ' Altho born In this country, the Bergdolls were of German descent and declared they would never fight against Germany. Mrs. Bergdoll was arrested soveral times on the charge of obstructing the draft. Later Mrs. Berkdoll was arrested charged with obstructing Justice. With a revolver, it was alleged, she had kept the-officers at bay for sev eral hours. Young Bergdoll was taken to the federal building and locked up. An officer of the department cf justice said it was the expectation that Berg doll would be turned over to the Lulled Stales military authorities. RULE MEXICO MED FORD, OHIXiOX, VKI)T,S)AY, JANTAWY mm &m.W. Itirft VilSW'S lni 9M .iTrea.t-v tt V0! Hft te f ttkial Gumwiltee lrtiMS iroba')ilitv of t?iakiq Tretv Ct iraidlf I'ssue tMieeS iSc -v tln Is JSos-t (pess". 9.nstiWr Bc-l'ar-aitii:o.!.i On MtSri'WS' t;'iM:vl o-m i-lw vh'-:v& inilv awl cowi-loi'i-'Wtiitiir l'l'isi (.'I fi-i-i't: (3sta'hH--'k k'-aa'wc of inytac; .s- to k kw(l I'M'-IWi-' ll.it cK'MioiTalic t ion al 'iwi u w-i't !(. at ifs i.i.u-ct-i'Miir 1w.m.i.w.iu:ov with tl-i'O foatwik-i'M-u of the coMiniiMt-'w on'ivKils. ''If I haw anvtliiHi.'- t do w-itth W. sni(.l ('hairHWi'H Cinniain-s todav, MlWr cnM-su-Ma-tiow with variMii--; partv k rub ers, 'Mho resolution will ho sw eh sir as t' It'jivc no i-lon-M a-I'Mowt wr i-mwi-taH. Wo arc' W'h-ind thi .rpti-iii-Li:,.wt Tho aniinuMccHiont (hat fw-n-wal w-'-Im-w hv tho t'oiHi-wittre Woiikl ho so nr h t was t a k cm a-s v 1 1 h a iw i'iir t h p prusiHM't tliat t'lu-' tn-xntr would ho coino an active oaHiiiaitiii istiw. Tho ironoral oxpoolation was that tho ooiniailtoo would adopt tho resolu tion, holpini." to onon tho wav for discussion of the subject at tho .lack son dav hanouot Thursday niirht. Both in a let tor from l'rosidont Wilson and in a speech hv William .Jennimrs lirvan. iiie troafv is expect ed hv coiiHuiUecMiou to he broiiirht nrounaii'tlv forward al the hanouot. W!ia-t Miov will sav and how far their view.'- will eouincido was the yi4iiect of spirited discussion today. The committee resolution is under- dood to uo no further than indors uir the position of the president, i voiding any direct derlara t ion for rat'fieat ion without reservations. The fii-lit' over the place of this vears national convention also to be (looidod tomorrow, has beetVme more spirited. Of the six cities askinir for the honor, only three seemed to ho serious contenders. Thev were San Krancisco, Kansas Citv and Ohiejiiro, with the two former mak ing the most vigorous fields. F ffiPIS DEMPSEV PAK1S, Jan. 7. Georges Carpen- tier and Jack Dempsoy probably will meet In America for the champion ship of tho world as a result of tho acceptance last night by Descamps, manager for Carpentior, of a offer of a $400,000 purso fcr the bout by James Coffroth. Dompsey has al ready accepted Coffroth,'s terms and all that remains to ensure the meet ing is the settlement of tho number, of rounds the men will fight untl di vision of the purse. Coffroth's offer was for a bunt go ing 4 5 rounds but objection to a fight of this length is expected In the Carpeptler camp. Carpeniler would rather have the fight limited to fif teen rounds or even ten. Descamps declared last night that if the issue Is not settled In less than firteen rounds "neither Ilempsey nor Car pentier is worthy to bo champion of the world." It was indicated Dcscampss would ask for an even break of tho purse, holding Carpentier was as great a drawing card as Dempsey. JURY FAILS TO AGREE E SA FRANCISCO, Jan. 7. Fur thcr action In the cases of Floyd Leo McCl.ire and William Chastuin youths accused of the murder of An ton Schoembs, San Francisco police detective, and the attempted mil filer cf William Condon. Santa Clara county deputy sheriff, were put over todav until Monday, when the cases will be handled by .Matthew Brady. incoming district attorney. The Jury which tried .McCinre failed to agree last night, reporting that It could not determine whether McClure had com iuitted first or second degree murder. win sons v PAIMEBnT I an m ws f if If cliinv. nsOftivi-lv ni fourth ul si-th si- fo KQ) iiftrop Willing? oi' U.flinv. kav z bronah't suit fv (livOos. Qr- j Wat:. 4 .. T'l-iin'i'ss A1'eX'."i i-kI !. 'i'lo'iii-a of "JJ. lilOS. llu Im'.iI-m.-i's wwir- ri.r, d.t Pr- t wiws Mil..) Aw!'WS- 11. li'tiri. B-V Bi Vote of I406 RatM RfciR bens N'. Y. Uetrislatiire Rct'iised Setts Pendinq I'livestiiiation ol Their Eliaiuiliiv and Qualif ieations Sneaker Leads in Attack. ALBANY. X. Y.. .Inn. ".The live socialist members ol' the assi'iulilv, in a resolution adopted .1 -III to (i latr todav. were denied seals peiiilinir nu invcstimilion ol'thcir eliiribilil v "nil (iiialii'icaliiins. This action was taken nCter a de nunciation Jiv Sneaker Sweet ul' the sovialist parly. He declared the so ninlisis were elcclcil mi a pint form "absolutely inimical lo the bes! in- tercsls or Ihe stale ol .New l oru ami Ihe I'nitcd Stales." Socialist Assemblyman I.oins VYnld- maii Hid not vole, ins coueaaui's, AiiL'ust Slacsscns, socialist leader, and Samuel A. Dewilt, Samuel Orr ami Charli's Solomon, voleil against the resolution. The only other voles in opposition were cast bv William S. F.vans and J. Fairfax XlcI.oiiL'hlin ol' Ihe liroiix. Solomon attempted to speak after the vote was announced, hut Speaker Sweet rilled that he hail no privileges and that unless he and his fellow so cialists left the cnclsure the serirennt at arms would be asked lo escort Ihcni from the chamber, rump ol the five moved. Serirennt at arms Haines ap proached t laessens nm! ntler a unci whispered conversation the lender of the "minor m i itr p rit v" accompanied Ihe senreant at arms lo Ihe door. Haines made a second trip for YYnld- niiin and on his third trip Dewitl. Orr and Solomon wenl with him in a bodv. There was exeat applause as I be last of. tho suspended members left the chauibei. . BIG BILL 1 OUT AGAINST TREATY WASlllVfiTOK. .Inn. 7. Sen- ator Underwood, democrat, Aia- hama, serveil notice in the sen- ate todav that unless the dend- lock over the treatv of Ver- failles was hroken within a tew dnvs. he would presM his reso " hition mllinir t or the appoint - ment of a hi-paftisan eonunit- tee of the senate to work out some agreement. Meantime in- formal conferences numm: re- puhlieim and democratic semi- ' tnr (tn ('iiimirmiiisp itroiiusil inns continued, but without apparent results A t,.1.ri-,.m ' fmm MilVi.r 4 Tl ..( i"!.;,.,,,,,. ainst ratif icntion of the h treatv and itruinu that the peo- lde he L'iven an opporf iiuil v to express an opinion on it was placed in U14- ('onresHnuitl Ree- ord todav hv Senator Walsh, democrat, of Montana. Women to Plav at Oak Park. ClIICAfit). .Jan. 7. Awardiic.' oi the womenV wc.-tcrli coif cliiifnivon--hiii ti Oak Park country club here w'iii annoiui'-ed todav. The vonrncv will be held the week of August Xi. oSbfri ii assembly fnw iilfeiylil General &no& torn- f ilths lb IW;Pqji(f B0- t'li'CtiSft ift god Prvw as G8nlt 8? QiS'U'tiA ,M,Wiaoat - &t 8i ftysiiS Cdfi JKBSb"('0 at k9ss TiiS8 8f HtbftocrtP'fc W AKIUMiTUN. .Inn. 1. No pnun i-.-e of immediate redact ions in food pri-ees as the result uf 1 hi dissola tinii jitireement hetweeii tin1 i;oveni I'leat and the packers is seen hv At ti.riiev (icneral rahuer. he luld the MMiatc nvi'icnll lire eoiiniiitlee todav in explaining the eircnnistances leadini! up tn the -settlement. "There is reat slrenuth," said Mr. I'almer. 'in the ai'irttnieiit lliat these urcut eiHiceras with their eflicieiu-v methofls do handle husiness with less rxocTwe llutn maav smaller units. I ait if so. Ilia I is if I ieienev trained hv auloeracv. We shall have lo de rend on i;ettiiiLr results in this direc tion from competition ami if thev are not ohtained, then our whole lliorv of ellic:enev iijiined hv dcaiuerafie competitiuii is wromr '' "A'l the 1 hinirs which the oern ment could poss'Mv accomplish h ohtaiuiutr a decree adverse to the packers after hrninuiiiir a ease to (rial in the courts we accomplished with that utrrreuient," .M r. 1 'aimer JiddcfK "Indeed we L'ot manv thinus that I dotiht eould have been ob tained bv such a decree. "We have a perpetual in junction airaiusf monopolv bv the packer against, untawful Ira tic oraci ices, and all of the matters at issue, without anv ltrovisMias which would prevent the irovcrnmeiil from re-openinLr (lie case at anv time." The packers were not. precluded from handlimr butler, cirirs. cheese and poult rv, throuuh their rel'riirfral inir Kvstems, Mr. I'ahaer explained, because, he concluded, that this prac tice had ''economic value," hut In added that the decree irave express Iv power to renew prosecutions ill Unit field if it is fmin! desiralde. Senator France, repuhlican, Jtarv Iand, suiri:ested that the department of justice was "sendimr out aircnts to stv upon labor unions and leaving itself open to the clinnre that it is not pushing criminal actions airaiust mul timlilionaircs." "I had tlu? choice of briiiir:ntr the packers before the courts 011 (lie civil or the criminal side." lhe attorneV ircneral retorted. "Mv decision was that the interests of justice were best served bv civil proceedings. f call 011r attention to the fact that when a similar ouestion was raised in Ihe coal strike, I brouirhl procecdinux acainst the niiners' union on tho civil side and enforced Ihe court's decree hv contempt proceedings." 1 KAN I'lfANCISCO, Jan. 7. Two biif wine seizures toilnv followcil the announcement vestcnlnv thnt I be in ternal revenue ilcimrtiuent woiibl ucr mil the ilisnosal of wine iimicr an oi tion tilan evolvcil bv Tlieoibnc A. Hell, nttornev for - rifms liinior inlercslH. One seizure resulted in the scaling of thousands of 'm lions in tho ((. Inrs of n local( liniior establishment niul the other in the confiscation of it L'l.lill(l wine shipment to Weed, Sisljivon county. , An intirinetation of the ontioil n'.'in wbereliv the person dinosinc of the wine cannot secure it from un othcr but must ;elv on stocks tmr ehiiscd hv himself before wartime nrohibitinn became effective, was an nounced bv Ihe collector of internal revenue loiluv. It' was held hv the collector thnt in bolh of the seizures mentioned the wine hail been nur cliased from 11 third uailv for de livery to the ultimate corixiiincc. roilXI.AM). Ore. Jan. 7. -Two unioiiskcd rohbers cnlcicd an all niulit ilriiu store in the downlowrt dislrict here earlv todav. held an the nulla cer and u customer and tniide nwav with lllll in ciisb, taken from the eiisli reL'isti-r and the two victims. The robber then forced the ilrueuiiit mid customer to l'o to Ihe basement i. i.i remai i. accoruimr to ti... version tk int uiiii r ioiu io me ponce DRESSED AS A WOMAN FEDERAL PRISONER S.F. B EUJOES U. S. GUARDS ft B (B ffi SAN l-'UANCISCll. .Ian. 7. (lariu'd ii: v.iiNuinV atliii'. ir- i:il 'rilliv'r. a IVdrnil pri-itMcr at till' I'nitcil Slate- ili-cillin- ai'v barracks on Aba Ira. s- land in San l-'raln-'si-o llnv. bolil- Iv walked iia-I the anard.- and ...,1c I in I'scainn on crnnit'iit lil.j- la:,t lliijllt ll was i- Ml.'d to tbi' luili.-c carlv to- 0 ilav. 'I'lic lii'-r lanili-d :il Kurl Miiscm iind 'I'l.ltivfi- is rcitiirii'il In have ualkeil past the scc- oiul line id' unanls. $35,000 A YEAR WSIIlXdTOX. .Ian. 7. - Minimum salaries of "rltli.OOO for ambassadors and $!", mm for ministers with uov erumenl ou unl embav buildings ami allowances for upkeep were rec ommended to the hoiiM' foreign a I -fairs committee todav bv Secretary La ns nir, '1'he commit lee is hudin.r hearings on the annua) diplomatic and consular service appropriat ion hil. AiubassadiU's now receive ?M,;l)U and ministers $12.o()0. ('onccrninir the reorganization of the state department Mr. lainsinr said Ibis had been abandoned until the peace treatv was disposed of hv the -senate. 1 "The slate department must be re organized on a better business ba sis," lie said. "The reorganization of tin1 diploma t ic and consular service is demanded bv the American pub lic. Adeouale compensation is es sential lo the enla ruemenl of the ser vice, America has ten times more interest nioncv in Kurope than ever lie fore. American tonnage in for eiuu wnlers lias increased 'A')7 per cent since the bcirinninir f the war." ABE" RUEF FREE MAN FIRS! TIME IN TWELVE YEARS SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. A f tor havinir been al liberty on parole since Auirust l!)."i, Ahraliain Ueuf, former political boss of San Kran cisco who was convicted of hribei v after a sensational attempt to over (lirow the district attorney, was freed of all the parole prohibitions today. Todav marked the completion of liuef's 1-t year term which his credits reduced to einht vears and ten nMinths. lie was committed to San Ouentin penitentiary March (i, !)11. For the first lime in approximately .12 vears, coimtiinr (he period of his incarceration iii the county jail while awaiting trial Unci" may visit a cafe where liquor is permitted, may leave the city without n permit and may siuii u contract. NKW YORK, Jan. 7. A gift of $100,001) from Sir Oeorgo Watflon, noted British manufacturer, for the establishment of u traveling profes sorship In American history In the various universities of tho United Kingdom was announced yesterday. The purpose of tho donation is to ce ment more firmly tho friendship be tween the United States und Great Britain. SI. PAUL FLIER FALLS THROUGH R. I BRIDGE MOIlltllK',1';, S. P., Jan. 7. A score of personn traveling In day coaches were Injured ubc'iit fifty miles west of here hint nlKht, when the wcHlbound Columbian passenger train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad broke thru a small bridge near YVutatiKu. Twenty-five victiniR were brought hero today. Ten nrc finite seriously Injured but all vromhly wm recover. MINIMUM SALARY U. S. AMBASSADORS NO. U. S, REDS GET BUSY SCOTLAND Soviet Centers Backed bv American Communists Established in Glas gow Arrest of Soviet Ambassador to United States Is Ordered Heariiuis for the 500 Aliens Held at Ellis Island Are Started Some Reds Released. I.OXDOX, .tan. 7. Soviet centers, harked by American communists have lieen established In G 1 11 ago w witli Hub-committees in varloua towns in the Clyde district, accord ing to the Glasgow correspondent cf the Daily Mail. NKW YOltK, Jan. 7. Hearings in the cases of more than five hundred alleged reds held ut KUia Island on deportation proceedings began today before Immigration lnspeetorH. They were taken Kingly frcin tho detention quart era to small hearing rooms where a stenographer recorded their testimony. Byron II. Ubl, acting commission er at the Island, estimated that tho force of inspectors could complete fivm thirty to forty hearings daily unless tho extromiHts prove recalci trant and interpose technical objec tions. At least three New ork lawyers who have mndo a specialty oC defend ing reds slnco raids began in Novem ber are ready to conduct protracted proceedings. When deportation Is finally crd orod an alien can Heek to bring his case before the courts by habeas cor pus procjedings. . j Many of those aircsicd In recent raids aro likely to Us released on ball 'soon. Sucretaiy Wilson bus decided lupui $100p each aa the amount. I Sixteen persons sent to Ellis Island thu result of recent raids have boon released by tho immigration authorities. In somo cases they wore found to be citizens and in others it developed that there had been im proper identification. To Arrest Mnrtcnft WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. A war rant feir the arrest untl depdrtatlon of udwlg C. A. K. Martens, Belt Btyled ambassador of the Russian soviet Bovernmont has been ordered execut ed by tho department of justice. Martens, regarded, officials Hay, as tho real leader of the communist par ty In the United Slates, was said to be in Washington. Ills arrest was expected soon. Determination on tho government to take, Martens into custody was definitely made after all evidence which had a bearing on activities ot tho Russian soviet bureau In New York had been assembled by Assis tant Attorney Generul GarvAn. Martens came to Washington near ly a week ago from New York and with his secretary and ether assis tants has occupied a suite at a local hotol. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. To pro vide n place of concentration for the radical aliens taken In the recent raids by the department ot Justice, the department of labor today took steps to re-open Ellis Island, New York, to Its full capacity. Assurances have heen received that sufficient funds will be forth coming from congress. J BE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE MY 17 PARIS. Jan. 7. Today's newspa pers uirree that Premier I'lemenccim will he elected president of France on January 17. although there lias beeu no official iicknowleilirciucut of hid acceptance of the cainliilncv. Kditorial opinion is for tho most part eiilotrislic, althoiich the extrem ists nre sarcastic. It is pointed out that this is the second time in tho his tory of the French republic that ll President has been chosen from ainomr the "outsiders." This refers to tho fact that .V. Clcnieneeau on Januiirv 17 will he neither tt deputy nor n Bonntor. The only other in stance of the kind was that of Mar shal MncMnhon, second president ot the republic.