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ffiSMKT IWUNG PASSfS
AWAV SUDOENLV Of IWIHY
Stricken While Listening to His
Wife Read—Burial in Mis
Hiuie Tbwn Friday
Tha chief txecutive of tha nation,
and by virtue of Ms oAm and person
ality, one of the world's Issiltnt fl«
iin, piind my at the ttae whon
Ms phye*ri4na, Ms famUjr. u4 h*
\j»'opie thought that medical skill,
nope and prayer bad won the battle.
Tha diseaae had baan conquered, the
1 ire *u out, but seven day* of silent
though intense suffering had left
their mark and a stroke at apoplexy
came without an instant's warning
and before physicians could be call
ad, Btsbm of hie party summoned,
from lift** atafe after baring for
nearly two and a half year* aerrad
Ilia nation and for many more yeara
Ilia native state of Ohio.
With the paaaing of Mr. Harding,
tha office of President devolves oyoa
Ca'vin Coolidge, vice-president of the
Stataa, a man silent is nature
Ha was notified of tha death
of Jfr. Harding at Ma horns in fly
frs's.a,.,'
came was shown by tha fact that
only Mrs. Harding and the two nureee.
Roth Powderty and Sac Drauaser,
wore in the room at the time. Mrs.
Harding, with her characteriatic faith
fulness and constant tenderness, waa
reading to the President at tha time.
Then without a warning a alight
shudder paaaad through the frame of
the chief executive, he collapaod and
the end caasa. Immediately tha indica
tiona of distreas showed themselves
Mrs. Harding ran to the door and
called .for Lieutenant Commander
Soone and for tha other doctors to
«oane quickly.
Only Doctors Sawyer and Boone, the
chief and assistant physiciaas. ware
tion's tauter puiad »w»jr. They were
powflaai to do anvthin*.
Brare in the fact of tte President's
illnen. Mr*. Harding remained brave
te realisation of Mo death and did
not hr—Ir down.
The death of the nation's chief exe
dted instantaneously
(on, bat no such train e*er ptuad
ov#r m long a wrtl.
Ninety and a half hour* will bo «•>
quired for the trip, whoa It is ended
at liW p. m. Tuesday. The body of
WarreirG. Harding will reot a white
in tho Whit* Homo whoro ho wnd
tho American pooplo for nearly two
and a half years and then in tfeo capi
tal whoro, aa a nana tor from Ohio
he represented Ma native state for fix
year*. Funeral service will ho hold
in the Capitol rotunda late next Wed
nesday afternoon after the body haa
lain In state all day, and than wffl be
fgin the final Journey to Marion, Ohio.
At Marion Tharaday
Arriving on the morning of Thurs
day at Marion among the homo folka
tL. J.. J _ I J — » |-„.J L a Aa
vfaff Qvflfl IO▼ 0O Dv9Cf Ww
body will be given the tender awl
lorlng can of neighbors and friends
■ntil the following day when funer
sl services will be held and a national
day of mourning obaervad. Than it
will be laid to rest in the Marlon cem
etery.
San Franciaoo waa afforded the
first opportunity to pay respects to
the dead leader when the body was
taken from the Palace hotel, where it
had rested since the end came last
night, to the Third and Town send
street station. Bat before the long
trip actoee the continent is ended al
most countMss other communities will
be allowed the privilege, though to •
pacted that people win gather along
the route the entire way and wtth un
covered heads pay not only their own
personal respects bat those of the
whole American nation.
The arrangements for the trip to
Washington were made by the grief
xtricken members of the President's
party today while literally thousands
stood about the hotel or walked slow
ly through the lobbies. The plans all
were submitted to Ms*. Harding for
final approval, and she was able to
give them her attention for she still
waa bearing up well under the load of
sorrow.
Mra. Harding's Fortitude.
Mr* Harding
laU night, retiring at I o'ekx-k and
sleeping fitfully an til morning.
Throughout the day she moved about
tkt presidential suits, always, aceard
Ing to thaaa d» mat. Mora mindful
of other* than at heraetf. Ska re
mained xteadfaat to Iter daiermina
tion made laat night not to break
dawn, but whether aha could to
to do ao daring the long trip
only ttme will tall.
The schedule for the funeral tenia
to Waahington aa announced prior to
Ha departure.
Leave San Franciaao, Friday. Aug.
t, at 7 p. ml; arrive at Ogdan Sat..
4, at liN p. arrive at Ontk
. August (. at S:U a. m.; ar
rive at Chicago Mogday, August «, at
•:M p. m.. and arrive at Waahington
via Baltimore and OMo railway. Tuee.
August 1, at ldt P- m.
The traia Haelf Is much the sas
as that which Ml Washington aa the
of June SO, carrying the
full of haps, ea the trip
aeroaa the continent to Tacoma, Wash,
where the 4M sassatlvs, Mrs. Har
lng and msribsrs of their party heard-J
ad the naval transport Henderson A
the voyage to Alaaka The private |
car M8uperh,H which carried the Presi
dent then and from which he gn'ilid
■HMp ■ ■
Is being uaad to cant Ma hady back
UH Gaarja WUI
Toronto, Aug. t-David Lloyd j
hie piupnid visit to I
the United States and Canada
SfftS.'
ia this c% October li, *t
«r ths Baptist church aanomc
today Cities whMl Uoyd
I viak include Winnipeg, Detratt]
I New Tart,
' Ji.
Washington, Aug. t-fiww !W
MmM Wllaon ha* ant • ■MHp of
eoadolenee to Mr*. Harding at 8m
•attly » Month* i|i Wmm
larding actual!? helped Hft Wood
row WUkm down tb* iMfi of tho
Whito Houm portico and into tho
carriage which took both to the in
aifinl i itwuiihlM at tho capital
which mad** one President Hunting
and tho ollwr Mr. WQaoa.
od that tho iattor would ho living
to writ# a n-agi of cndctsaaa eo
tho death of tho format but tho fata
which mould* mon'i three glM a
fair BMaaon of returning health to
one and exhaustion and death to tho
Mr. Harding'i imtlt consideration
•I kb stricken prsdocessor on that
notable day excited Um admiration of
the thousand* who aaw it and won
the warn rsepjet of Mr. Wilson him
self. for whan tha crowd along Penn
sylvania avenue chesrsd and apptaud
ad the healthy and robust incoming
President*))* silenced them with a de
precating gesture signifying consid
eration and sympathy (or tha stricken
almost pathetic figure beside Mm!
At the capital during the inaugural
ceremonies Ms considerate attention
to the outgoing President waa asoat
marked and it did not stop there. It
took practical form. Here follows a
bit of heretofore unpublished history.
Rear Admiral Gary T. Grayson had
been President Wilson's physician
eight years, aa he had keon physician
to President* Taft and Rooeeveit ha
ton him. Ha kaaw Mr. Wilaon's case
aa probably no other' physician could
and as Mm developed, snatched Um
years acquaintance, who knew equally
well the complicated and long stand
ing illness of Mrs. Harding. Dr.
Graysoa's White House detail ended,
and he waa subject to aasignment
elsewhere.
But without a request or suggestion
from anybody and without any one
knoaring It, Resident Harding per
sonalty gave n %rder to the navy de
partment that Dr. Grayson waa to be
aaaigned duty in Waahingtoa where
hie services would be available to
Mr. Wilson and that in no circum
stances waa he to be ordered else
where without the President's consent.
Jttluuoa Twio* P»»f to Kaock
Of OnMrtawty
Washington, Aug.4.—Three yeera
opportunity knocked twict it
the door of Sana tor Johnaon, of Cal
ifornia.
At the Republican national conven
tlon in Chicago, aha firat offorad him
eecond place on the national ticket U
ho would support Philander box, of
Pennsylvania, far tha presidential
nomination. Mr. Johnaon declined
the off or, and without hia assistance,
it m found topaaalble to nominate
Mr. Knox.
La tor, Mr. Johnaon ma offered and
declined aoeond place aa the Hardiag
ticket. Bath Senator Kaax lad
and Proa Kant Harding are dead.
Calvin Geettdge aacended to tha
Johnaon twiee declined, tha Republi
can nomination for vieo-pecsident.
COOUDGE TAKES OATH
AT HU FATHER'S HOME
Plymouth, Vermont, Aug. L-Ia the
little living room of ^ fathar'v hoaaa
here, Calvin Cootidge early today took
the oath of offk* aa Praiidant of the
United Statoa. The oath wae admbv
iateied by hia father, John C. Ceo
lidge, at 1:47 a. m. eastern atandard
I tone.'
A telephone had keen installed la
the Cootidge hnriape within aa
kour after ward at tha death of Pi eel
by communication with WMhingiea
the exact farm of the oath was ob
tained. In a clear voice the vise proa
id en! repeated after his father tha
weeds paaisrihid by tha eoaotftutle*.
"I do eolamely swear that I win
faitklMly execute tha odtoeafPreai
dent «f the United flUMs and I wM
piolenj and the tenstlliillaa
of the Mad State*."
Then, although the eonsUtatkm does
not require It, he added, "so help
Pwihi.H- Far Mi—1—
JW4 For Pn^r
Waahington, Aug. 4.—The «Me
nation will moutn tlx leea of to Mth
Preeident Friday, Am* W.
hwMirt Coolidge, to Me fte* offt
cial act haa set uUt by hrol p»
ciamatlen an a "day of mi am tog and
mrtr," (or Warren 0. Harding. whe
dM a martyr to Ma offlea.
C«wM to stetyie but w)iwili i
tolled Ma rirtuee and eatled a pan Ma
plat— of Plitoi marahiy and to fay
■Mir? of tba great and good Presi
It la on that day—Friday, Auguat
10—that tba body of President Hard
to* will bo told to eternal raat at
Marion, Ohio.
The test of tha proclamation foi
|mi
"By tha Praaidcnt of tha United
States of America.
"To tha yeoylo of tba United Stetea:
"In tha inacrotabte wiadom of Di
vine Providence, Warren C. Harding,
baa baan taken from na. Tha nation
baa loat a wine and enlightened
■tateaman, and the American people
a true friend and romuaiior whose
mIiaIo vm«KI ||Ja mmm 1 n M11■ ■ (I m1aL
wnoie puDiic lllr wu inRptm] Wltn
tha deaire to promote the beat inter
eat* of tha United Statea and tha wel
far of ita citisena. Hia private life
waa marked by gentians sa and broth
erly sympathy, and by the charm of
hia personality be made friawda of ad
who came to contact with hia.
"It la meet that tba deep grief
which fills the boarte of tha Ameri
can people a boo id find fitting exprea
SMB.
"Now, therefor*, I, Calvin Coolidgs,
President of the United State* of
America, do appoint Friday, next,
August 10, the day on which tha body
of the daad President will be laid in
Ms last earthly rooting place, aaa day
tha United Stataa. 11
mend the people to assemble on that
day in their respective places of di
vine worship, there to bow down hi
submission to the will of Almighty
God. and to pay out of full heart tha
homage and love and reverence to tha
memory of the fieet and good Presi
dent whose death has sorely smitten
the nation.
"In witness whereof I have here
unto set a hand and caused the seal
of tha United States to be affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington,
the fourth day of Auguet, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand nine hun
dred and twenty- three, and of the in
dependence of the United States the
one hundred and forty-eighth.
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
"The White House.
"Washington, August 4, 1923."
Oath of Office is Administered By
His Father Four Hours After
Death of Harding
Aag. 3.--Cahrin CM
the Mr 9* the
•hip of ataU as It fad (
lane hand of hi*
0. Harding.
ha took
of pilot.
Up practically all sight after ha
of Ma
4«tk. ha had takan In
•ttttog mom af Ua father". I
PlyaMuth, Vt„ Um oath to
tha dutiaa of Mth Praaldeat af tha
Unitad State*.
Than a *Wt to his mother** grave
and ha waa off to Waahingtoa. Ha
aitivad hi tha capital at 1:11 p. m.
to ha mat at tha railway atation by
an official party inclading Secretory
Hughaa and PoetMaeter Ganaral Maw.'
Than before retiring ho
with Secvetatfy Hoghaa an
Cartia af Kaaaaa. Republican whip.
Tiaaomw tha now chief nactthn
planned a buy day. He Intend* to
remain in Waahington until tha body
of Mr. Harding arrive* from San
Franciaco, Tuaaday, and go to Maria*
Ohio, for the burial.
The new President planned to rise
hrifrht and early tomorrow morning
and be at hi* desk by • o'clock. Mall
accumulating durin* Ma vacation ill
New England, and coaferwes on Mr.
Harding'* funeral srrangement* will
Ms attention. Me will
m
tion for a day of
for Mr. Harding.
Thoae who came with the President
consider K unlikely that he will an
nounce any important stops in his ad
ministration until after the country
has recovered from the shock of the
death of Mr. Harding.
The last leg of President Coolidge's
trip from New Eng. to Washington,
was made in fast thne. Laos than
four hours and a half after he had
boarded the special train which await
ed him at the Pennsylvania station
in New York, he stood la the capital.
As he passed through the
the depot to the presidential
which was last used by Mr Harding
whan starting his Alaskan trip, Mr.
CeotMfe raised his hat and
quietly to the earned behind the
There wart no cheers,
but spectators raiaed their hate. The
recaption throughout waa marked by
its dignity and
kmi
PriM WlMMT
Tkm, to Ma easier jaar he wm ~
a pU m4I offered for Hw M
eeoay oa the prhKlpala of the K<t
to# open to til* undtrgraduatea of
•U American roDtfn. Ia UN k*
wm graduated with high honors.
In 1097 ha mu admitted to tka
Maaaachuaeetta bar and began the
practice of law at Northaaaptea. Fal
lowing two tanaa aa mayor of thai
city, two aa aoltcMor, two ia Um etate
legislator*, four to the senate, thane
aa lieutenant governor and two aa
fovarnor. hi* political atar shot into
the national conitfiUtion
.In person C*oUd«e typifiee tka
New England gentleman. He ha*
probably never alapped a man oa the
hack. He ia quiet to the point of taci
turnity to hie apeech and poeeeaoaa
a twinkling eye and a mouth and ekto
that, with all hia kindly *aile, arc aa
firm and inflexible aa Plymouth Rock
ML
In 19M he married Miaa Graea
Goodhue, then a teacher in the Clarke
school, Northampton. Two aons have
been bora to them. At the time at
hia election aa vice-proa ident. tka ■
Northampton for which they paid
132 a month rental.
He ia aaid to own no real estate, aad
ha* never owned an automobile.
How tiw Tobacco »mriiHil
is Soiling Tobacco
PmgiiwiWt Ptrwr.—The cooptre
thre marketing wneittisN vm or
ganised to sell farm products grad
ually and on a profitable baa is. They
war* not organised Just to diaop •
crop an the asifat regardless af
price. Farmers can do that withaak
organizing—and hart done so to their
infinite hurt for many year*.