Paris, Oct. 15.
'M, Raymond Poincare, President of France during the World War, died fat 4 am, to-day after a brief illness which physicians had not believed to 'M. be serious.
Death, at the age of 74, came so Jsuddenly and unexpectedly that the doctors were barely able to reach his bedside before life finally expired.
Hils wife was the only member of his family in the room at the time, 'M. Poincare was staying at_ his residence In Rue Marbeau in Paris.
was feeling slightly Indisposed on Saturday but was reluctant to call In a. physician. His wife prevailed upon him to do so, however, and the: doctor said the illness was not serious.
On Saturday night, he became more!
-and other physicians were called attendance. On Sunday his con dition improved but on Sunday night he suffered a relapse.
In his final illness, he was entirety helpless. His entire left side was, paralyzed and his right side. was Partially paralyzed. Rapid weakening of the heart after the Kidney complications, brought on the end.
'M, Poincare, will be given an un pressive state funeral at a date to be announced later—United Press.
He was called to the Bar in 1880, and, in a few years, began to make hhis mark in the courts. "He soon became bitten with polities, and, in 1887, when he was twenty-seven, he was elected by a large majority as Deputy for Commercy, near Bar-lo-Due. He held the seat without a break for the next thirteen years—though, for his first three years, he never delivered a single address in the Chamber. But his maiden speech made a deep impression. twas lucid and. distin= guished in style, lofty in conception, Poincare was marked down as a coming man.
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