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CO WE IS NOWPRESIDENI Oath of Office Administered by His Father in Early Morn ing Hours. TO FOLLOW HARDING'S PLANS New Executive Make* Statement In Which He Promises to Carry Out Policies of Predecessor— Roused From Bed to Take the Oath. Washington,—President Calvin Coo lldge Is now thirtieth president of the United States, succeeding Warren O. Harding under the 'provisions of the Constitution. He tins retained the cab inet, at least for the present, asking the co-operation of those associated with his predecessor In office.. Calvin Cooltdge took the oath as President of the United States at Plymouth, Vt., at 2:47 a. m. Friday, August 8. The ceremony took place In the living room of the residence of the new President's father, John C. Coolldge. The oath of office was ad mlnlsteraa by the father, who Is a no tary ptfcllc. The text of the presiden tial oath had been telephoned to Mr. Coolldge at Plymouth from the White House. Statement by New Chief. President Coolldge received the news of the death of President Harding and Of his own elevation to the presidency at ten minutes before midnight, stand ard time, Thursday. Mr. Coolldge received the first news through telegrams from George C. Christian, Jr., secretary to President Harding. Mr. Coolldge Issued the following statement: "Reports have reached me, which 2 fear are correct, that President Hard ing Is gone. The world has lost a jgreat and good man. _ I mourn his loss. He was my chief and ray friend. It will be my purpose to carry out the (policies which he has begun for the ■ervlce of the American people and for meeting their responsibilities wherever (they may arise. "For this purpose, I shall seek the co-operation of all those who have been (associated with tbe President during this term of office. Those who have given their efforts to assist him I wish fto remain In office, that they may •assist me. T hare faith that God will direct jthe destinies of our nation." The following telegram was sent to Mm. Harding: "Plymouth, Vt., Aug. 8, 1923. "Mrs. Warren O. Harding, San (Pranclsco, Cal.: We offer you our (deepest sympathy. May God bless you (and keep you. "CALVIN OOOLIDGE, "GRACE COOLIDGE." Message Tells of Death, i The telegram announcing tbe death r ' Monarch's Golden Carriage. The most valuable carriage in the .world la preserved In the palace of Trianon at Versailles. It was con structed for Charles X of France. From pole to hind wheels the vehicle la thickly covered with gold, and It fast more than $200,000. j Ufa Principle In Few Words. : All we can do la to learn to do our work, to be masters of our material* Instead of servanta, and sever to be —Kipling. of the President was as follows: "Palace hotel, San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 3, 1923.—Mr. Calvin Coollrige, Plymouth, Vt.: The President dledi In stantaneously and without warning, while conversing with members of his family, at 7:30 p. m. Ills physicians report that death was apparently due to some brain embolism, probably an apoplexy. "GEORGE B. CHRISTIAN, JR., "Secretary." This telegram was brought to the Coolldge home at Plymouth Notch by W. A. Perkins of Brldgewater, who owns the telephone line running from Brldgewater to Plymouth. About five minutes later newspaper men arrived In Ludlow. A drive of thirty miles through tho mountains brought them to the Cool ldge summer home. Mr. Coolldge and Mrs. Coolldge had retired about an hour before the death messages were received. Ten minutes after the arrival of the newspapermen Mr. and Mrs. Coolldge came downstairs Into the sitting room of the Coolldge home. Mr. Coolldge was dressed In a black sack suit and wore a black neck tie. Mrs. Coolldge wore a black and white gown, white shoes and stockings. Mr. Coolldge was very pale and showed deep regret for President Harding's death. He seated himself at a table, while Mrs. Coolldge brought a lamp and read the telegrams he had re ceived. He then called his assistant secre tary, Irwin Gelsser, and dictated to him his statement and the telegram to Mrs. Harding. Mrs. Coolldge Weeps. In the meantime people were arriv ing from all directions. Mr. Coolldge, seeing the house becoming crowded, gave orders that an adjoining hotfse he opened for use as press headquar ters. Meanwhile, the new first lady of the land sat weeping softly and exclaim ing In sympathy for the bereaved first lady In San Francisco. "What a blow —what a terrible blow to poor Mrs. Harding," she said. "She had had such a heavy burden, in her own illness, to bear up under—and now this!" Finally Secretary Gelsser returned with the press copies of the state ments, and pushing back the old photograph album and the family Bible on the center table, Mrs. Coolldge busied herself with the work of help ing distribute them. The newspaper men had scarcely gotten out of sight when another tele graph messenger arrived with a copy of the presidential oath from Wash ington. In the same sitting room with Its hand-braided rugs. Its clutter of venerable colonial furniture. Its old wood stove and Its family Bible—Cal vin Coolldge received the oath of office from his father. President Coolldge left Plymouth early Friday morning by automobile for Rutland to catch a train for New York, where he Immediately boarded a train for Washington. He was ac companied by Mrs. Coolldge. He was mentioned as a possibility for the presidential nomination prior to the 1920 campaign, bnt he made a public announcement that he would not consider the nomination. Hla nomination and election to the vice presidency followed. ■asy to Filibuster. Experiments to determine the total sound energy flowing from the lips, Indlcsts that s United Btates senator speaking in a normally modulated voles could filibuster for an entire day with the expenditure of less than s single foot-sound of energy. World Belongs to the Brave. The world Is to the bravs. It wfll hart you if you are afraid of It; stand up to It and It adjusts itself marrsi ously to your wants. THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C. Brief Sketch of Warren G. Harding's Life Wnrren Gamaliel Harding, twenty ninth president of the United States, was born November 2, 1865, on his grandfather's farm Just outside the vil lage of Blooming .Grove, In Morrow county, Ohio. He was descended from two pioneer American families, hardy Holland Dutch on the one side and lib erty-loving Scotch on the other, pis father. Dr. George T. HaVdlng, Is still a practicing physician in Marion, 0., despite his advanced age of seventy nine years. Ills mother was Phoebe Elizabeth Dlckerson Harding. Mr. Harding was a self-made man In the best sense of the phrase. He worked on his grandfather's farm and attended the village school until he was fourteen' years old, and then he entered the Ohio Central college at Iberia. He worked his way through that Institution by cutting corn, paint ing his neighbor's barns and helping on the grading of the roadbed of the T. & O. C. railroad. He also played In the village band and was editor of the college paper. When he graduated from the college, Warren went to work in the village printing office. At the time he was nineteen years old, his father moved to Marion with the family and there aided Warren financially in gaining control of the Marion Star, of which he was publisher until after he as sumed office of president of the United States. Already he knew how to set type and to do all the other duties of a printer, and when the linotype was Introduced he learned to operate that machine. Always he carried as a pock et piece the printer's rule he used In those days. The Star was his Idol and he was very proud of it and of the more than friendly relations that existed between him and his employees. There was never a strike on the paper, and about 14 years ago he instituted a profit sharing plan whereby the employees received dividends that were paid them in the form of stock in the paper. Mr. ■ Harding was Identified also with the industries that sprang up In Marlon as it grew from a town of 4,000 to a city of more than 30,000. He was a direc tor In a bank and In several manufac turing companies, and was a trustee of Trinity Baptist church. Hit Rise In Politic*. As editor and publisher of a lively Republican paper it was Inevitable that Mr. Harding should take an ac tive Interest in politics, and his attain ments brought him to the front in the state. He was a member of the Ohio senate from 1900 to 1004, and then served as lieutenant governor of the state. In 1910 he was the Republican nominee for governor, but was defeat ed. In 1915 he was sent to the United States senate, serving until 1920, when he resigned to make the campaign for the presidency. In the preconvention campaign that year he had been looked on as one of the possible nomi nees for the high office, but his defeat in the primaries for election of dele gates from Ohio seemed to spoil his chauces. However, the conservative leaders of the Republican party pre vailed in the gathering In the Chicago Coliseum, and Mr. Harding was nomi nated. His campaign was bnsed large ly on opposition to American partici pation in the League of Nations, and was so successful that in the election of November 4 he received 404 elec toral votes to 127 for James M. Cox, the Democratic nominee. He was in augurated March 4, 1921, with a de gree of simplicity in the ceremonies that pleased the American people. Classed, when in the senate, as a conservative, President Harding did not depart markedly from conserva tive lines when in the White House, though his supporters always said he was as progressive as the good of the country warranted and as conditions permitted. He, like 1 President Roose velt, had a great coal miners' strike on bis hands, and labored hard and with a measure of success to bring it to a peaceful and Just end. Arms Limitation Conference. The outstanding accomplishment of his administration was the great Inter national conference for the limitation of armament held In Washington, open ing on' Armistice day, November 11, 1921. At his Instigation the confer ence was authorized by congress and after feeling out the big powers and finding them agreeable he Issued Invi tations to Great Britain, France, Bel gium, Italy, Japan, China, the Neth erlands and Portugal. Each country sent some of Its most eminent states men as delegates, those of the United States being Secretary of State Hughes, chairman of the conference; Senators Lodge of Massachusetts and Underwood of Alabama, and ex Secre tary of State Ellhu Root. The conference adjourned February 6, 1922, after negotiating these treaties: EMBROIOERY IS ANCIENT ART Hes Been Practiced for Age* Among Both Civilized and Savage Peoples. Embroidery la the art of ornament ing cloth And other materials with the needle. Most of the embroideries made today are usually copies of the ancient one*. Embroidery la believed to have been applied to skins almost as 8008 as needle and thong were Ant employed A covenant of limitation to naval armament between the United States, Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy. A/ treaty between the same powers as to the use of submarines and nox ious gases In warfare. A treaty between the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan re lating to their Insular possessions and their Insular dominions In the Pacific, with a declaration reserving American rights In mandated territory. A treaty between the nine powers In the conference relating to principles and policies to be followed In matters concerning Cbins. A treaty between the nine powers relating to Chinese customs tariff. France refusing to consider the limitation of land armament at the present time, that part of the confer ence fell through. But what It did achieve was considered a great step toward the attainment of world peace. The treaties were soon ratified by the United States senate and the British parliament, and the other nations fol lowed suit, though for a long time It was feared France would not accept the pacts. However, President Hard ing lived to see them ratified by the French chamber and senate. Favored Entering World Court. , Mr. Harding had not been long In the White House before it appeared that he did not favor entire Isolation WARREN G. HARDING of the United States from European affairs, but believed this country would have to do Its part In the res toration of Europe to peace and sta bility. This feeling became more evi dent early In 1923 when he proposed that America should accept member ship In the International Court of Jus tice which had been founded under the auspices of the League t>f Nations. The President was as Insistent as ever that this country should keep out of the league, but believed the court was or would be Independent of the greater organization. Against the advice of some leaders of his party, he reiterated tfils advice on several occasions, and his plan formed the subject of some of his addresses on his last and fatal trip through the West. He did not think it would split his party, and boldly continued to advocate It. Not withstanding this. It was assumed to be almost a certainty that President Harding would be nominated in the Republican national convention of 1924. Mr. Harding's home life was Ideal save that he ntflchlldren. He and Mrs. Harding, who was Miss Florence Kllng of Marlon, were devoted to each other and she was always his true helpmate, both In Ohio and In Wash ington. In the national capital Mrs. Harding quickly made herself loved by all with whom she came In contact, and during the Western trip she was more eager even than the President to meet and ml* with all kinds of people. , His Western Trip. President Harding's Alaska trip was originally planned for the summer of 1922. He inherited the so-called "Alaska problem." Alaska seemed to be on the down grade, with decrease In population and mining output, threat ened extinction of the fishing industry am) numerous other unfavorable symptoms. The situation apparently to Join pieces of skin* together into garmenta. In Lapland tbe natives em broider their reindeer akin clothing with needle of reindeer bone, three of reindeer sinew and applique of strip* of hide. Travelers say that In Central Africa, among the primitive tribes there, tbe glrla embroider aklna with flgurea of flower* and animals, supplementing the effect with sUells and feather*. Among the ancient Greek textile* exhumed from Crimean graves are both tapestries and embroideries BOW called for the establishment of a defi nite Alaskan policy. Various plans were discussed, Including a transfer of control to the Interior department from the score or more of governing bureaus. President Harding's plans for 1922 came to naught, but this year he determined to get first-hand Infor mation. He was accompanied by Sec retary Work of the Interior depart ment, Secretary Wallace of the Agri cultural department and Secretary Hoover of the Department of Com merce, all of whom are Immediately concerned In the Alaskan situation. The President left Washington at the end of June and Journeyed leisure ly to the Pacifld Northwest by special train, making beeches at St. Louis, Denver, Helena, Spokane and other cities. Incidentally he visited two of the national parks. First he went to Zion In Utah, the newest of our na tional parks, which is a many-colored gorge cut by the Rio Virgin. Next he visited Yellowstone In Wyoming, cre ated In 1872, the first national park In history and largest and most famou» of the nineteen pafks of our system. Here he motored, boated, fished, fed the bears and had i good time. His plans also Included a Tislt to Yosemlte upon his return trip, but that waa abandoned. Saw Much of Alaska. The President celebrated the Fourth of July In the United States and then started for Alaska on the 17. S. trans port Henderson. His Alaskan-trtp was extensive. He went the length bf the new government railroad and visited the capital, Juneau, and the principal cities. He also was shown the best of the majestic scenery. • On his return trip Mr. Harding stopped _ off at Vancouver, creating precedent in that lie was the first American president to step on Cana dlan soil. The President arrived at Seattle July 27 and reviewed from the brUlge of the Henderson a fleet of a o* so battleships under command of Ad mlral H. P. Jones, each of which gavft him the national salute of twenty one guns. Even then he was suffering from the aliment that resulted In hla death, and soon after that the rest of his trip, which was to Include a return to the East via the Panama canal, was canceled. President Harding made a public ad dress at Seattle, setting forth his views on the Alaskan situation. Some of hla points were these: "Alaska for Alaskans." "There Is no need of government managed, federally-pair-for hothouse development . . . must be no reckless sacrificing erresources." "Alaska Is destined for statehood In a few years." "Where there Is possibility of better ment In federal machinery of admin istration, Improvement should and will be effected." Other conclusions presented by Pres ident Harding were: That generous appropriation should be made for road building. That the federal government should be more liberal In encouraging the technical, scientific and demonstration work In agriculture. That restrictions should be laid on the fisheries and on the forests. That the development of the coal mines must await time and economic conditions. That tbe government should retain ownership and operation of the Alas kan railroad. During the President's Illness the greatest concern was felt and ex pressed In all foreign countries, and their governments were constantly advised of his condition. > preserved In the hermitage at Petro grad. One of the embroideries la at» trlbuted to the Fourth century B. C. and la in colored woola on wool. Removing Scorch In Clothing. A alight dlacoloratlon in clothing caused by a scorch can be removed by rubbing with fine sandpaper. This does not mean sandpaper of the qual ity that la used to remove paint from wood or the amount of energy required In this feat, or ye« might as w«U koj a new garment. COOKE PROGUUOOS F*f OS I DM OF miIOIHL MOURNING Washington.—President Coolidge is sued a proclamation calling upon the people tq observe next Friday as a day for national mourning and prayer The proclamation follows: President's Proclamation; "By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation: "To the people of the United States: "In the inscrutable wisdom of Divine Providence, Warren Gamaliel Harding,. 29th President of the United States, has been taken from us. The nation has lost a wise and enlightened states man, and the American people a trUe friend and counsellor whose whole public life was inspired with the de sire to promote the best interests of the United States and the welfare of all its citizens. His private life was marked by gentleness and brotherly sympathy, and by the charm of his personality he made friends of all who came in contact with him. "It is meet that the deep grief which Alls the hearts of the American peo ple should And fitting expression. "Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, do appoint Friday next, Aug ust 10, the day on which the body of the dead President will be laid in its last earthly resting place, as a day of mourning and prayer, throughout the United States. I earnestly reocm mend the people to assemble on that day in their respective places of di vine worship, there to bow down in submission to the will of Almighty God, and to pay out of full heart the homage and love and reverence to the memory of the great and good President, whose death has so sorely smitten the nation. "In witness I have hereunto set my hand knd caused .the seal of the Unit ed States to be affixed. "Done at the city of Washington, the fourth day of August, 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 hunred and forty-eighth. "CALVIN COOLIDGE. "By the President. "CHARLES E. HUGHES, "Secretary of Stat^. "The White House, "Washington, August 4, 1923." miMMi FORjfSIOENI Washington. President Coolidge and other government officials pre paring for the state funeral of Presi dent Harding were guided entirely by the wishes of Mrs. Harding as ex pressed in messages received from the funeral train. Accordingly the ceremonies here will follow as closely as possible those held for the martyred McKinley, friend and mentor of the dead executive. President Coolidge, Chief Justice Taft, other high officials and the dip lomatic representatives of foreign states will defer their departure until Thursday evening, arriving in the Ohio city Friday morning to atend the simple services to be held there before the body is committed to the soil of Mr. Harding's native state. Soldiers, sailors and marines will be the active pall bearers at the ser vices here and men from these three services also will constitute the guard of honor for the body while it lies in state in the capitol rotunda from 10:30 a. m., to 6 p. m., on Wednesday. Honorary pall bearers include six senators and six representatives ap pointed respectively by Senator Cum mlngs, of lowa, president pro-tempore of the senate, and Speaker Gillette In accordance with a request transmitted to them by President Coolidge. Selec tion of the other honorary pall bearers will be left to Mrs. Harding. Former President Wilson authoriz ed the statement that lie "will as far as possible'' participate in the funeral ceremonies in Washington. Chief Justice Taft telegraphed President Coolidge from Canda that he would attend the services both In this city and in Marion. Oovernor Hyde, of Missouri, who presented Mr. Harding to the St. Louis audience which heard his first formal address on the western trip, and the executives of several other "states, also notified Mr. Coolidge that they would attend the state funeral. Invitations to the governors of all states were sent forward by the Presi dent. Formal requests were sent by Presi dent Coolidge to the ministers who have been seelcted to conduct the ser rices In the capitol rotunda, Freeman Anderson, acting pastor o! the Calvary Baptist church, where Mr. and Mrs. Harding worshipped, and Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chap lalp of the house of rapreaentatives and pastor of Calvary Methodist church. ' The services will be according ta the ritual of the Baptist church and It was stated they would be aa brief aa the dignity of the occasion permit*. Is what you want for your skin trouble —Resinol to stop the itching and burn ing Resinol to heal the eruption. Scratching makes it worsen-besides being embarrassing and dangerous, but the smooth, gentle ingredients or RESINOL OINTMENT often over come the trouble promptly, even if it is severe and long-established. Bathing the affected part first with RESINOL SOAP hastens the beneficial results. Resinol products at all druggists. 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