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WARREN G. HARDING
Tim LATH fKESIDENT
CALVIN COOLIDGE
THE NEW PRESIDENT.
ated Prt'ss). —Senator Hiram .Johnson,
of (’afiforuia. ittsuetl a statement today
dei-laring the nation ltad sitflFertal an
"irreiMtrable loss" iu the death of Presi
dent Harding.
"The death of the President is a ter
rible shock to everybody and partieular
]y so to those who have bet'll associated
with him." suit! Mr. Johnson. “His lov
able, and high qualities endeared him to
all ‘who were privileged |to know him and
enshrined him iu the hearts of the whole
people. . In his death the nation, indeed
the wh de world, suffers irreparable loss.
All Americans are mourning today." j
Capitnl at Raleigh Closed.
Raleigh. X. <’.. Aug. H. —The State j
capitol dosed this morning and will re
main closed until after the funeral of
President Harding, it was announced by
Secretary of State W. X. Everett, y
Baseball (James ('ailed (MV.
Chicago. Aug M (By the Associated
Press). —Baseball Commissioner K. M.
Landis today issued the following state
ment :
“It is the sentiment throughout base
ball that no games be played either to
day or on tin* day of the - funeral of the
late President, and as a further mark
of respect to his memory Hags at all ball
parks will be displayed at half mast
until after burial.”
Message From King and Queen.
-London. Aug. 3 (By tlie Associated
Press!. —King George anti Queen Mary
today sent the following messaget con
dolence to Mrs. Harding:
"The Queen and I are much shocked
and' grived to hear of the irreparable
loss which has befallen you jirid assure
yoi\ our heartfelt sympathy in your sor
row. The whole British people will
join with those, of their sister nation
who mourn the death of their President
at tin* culminating point of his dis
tinguished career.’’*
Senator Cummins-Grieved.
. Des Moines. Aug. 3.—Senator A. B.
Cummijjs, of lowa, who by the elevation
of Vice President Coolidge automatical-*
ly becomes President of the Senafe until
tue next regular session, issued the fol
lowing statement today :
“My one thought tit this moment is
that I have lost one of the best and dear
•"H friends I ever had. He gave to this
| country a pure exalted mind, a devoted
heart, and finjtlly Iris life.’’
Loss Cannot Be Overestimated.
Murray Bay. Quebec. Aug. 3 (By the
Associated Press). —The loss of Presi
dent Harding cannot be overestimated,
Chief Justice Win. Howard Taft, former
President of the Cnited States, declar
ed today.•
Message From Queen Mother.
I.ondon. Aug. 3.—Queen Mother Alex
andria sent Mrs. Harding thi.T message:
"I offer you my heartfelt sympatny in
“the great sorrow which has befallen you
and the American people; in the loss
, of the great and strong President.”
Had Premonition.
San- Francisco, Aug. 3.—President
Harding had a premonition that his last
illness was to be fatal, according to a
statement by Elbert E. Remsberg, his
borther-in-law, to newspaper men.
Mr. Remsberg said the thought of
death had been present in the executive s
mind very often since he was brought
\ here last Sunday, and that he several
i times, spoke of the fact that seyeral mem
bers of his family had died about his
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American League Games Cancelled.
Chicago. Aug. 3 (By the
Press).—All games yfceduled for . today
l in the American League were cancelled
by B. B. Jlohp sou, President of the
League, because .of the death of Presi
dent Harding.
Officials in London to Wear Mourning.
London. Aug 3 (By the Associated
Pre*s)jr—The fallowing a nMuu upem o:|t
was issued from Buekingliam Palace
this morning:
"The King commands that the Court
shall wear mourning *fnr one week for
the late Hon. Warren G. Harding, Pres
ident of the Cnited States of Amewt«&\
The mourning is to commence from this
date.”
No Gaines in Southern league.
Memphis, Tent).. Aug. 3 (By the As
sociated Press). —John P. Martin. Pres
ident of the Southern Association of
IWebnll Clubs, announced this morning
that all games scheduled for this after
noon had been cancelled on account of
tlu* death of President Harding.
Will Inlays Shocked.
New York. Aug. 3.—President Hard
ing was another victim of the cruel sys
tem snrrounding anti controlling the of
fice of Chief* Executive, declared Will
H. Hays, the man who as chairman of
the republican committee in ID2O. sent
Mr. Harding to the White House.
"I am fnexpressably Mr.
Hays said this morning. "The Presi
dent gave his life to lii.s country. The
sacrifice of this great man should not
have been. He is another victim of the
cruel system surrounding the office of
the Chief Executive.”
Wilson Wires Mrs. Harding.
'Washington, Aug. 3. —Former Presi
dent Wilson lias sent a message of con
dolence to "Mrs. Harding at Sau Fran
cisco. The telegram, however, was not
made public. *
Death Came Wftliout Warning.
Presidential Headquarters, Palace Ho
tel. San Francisco, Aug 2. —Warren G.
Harding. President of the United States,
died instantaneously and without warn
ing tonight at 7:30 o’clock, a victim
of a stroke of apoplexy, which struck
hitii dovvff in his weakened condition
after an illness of exactly a week.
The chief executive of the nation, and
by virtue of his office and personality,
one of the world’s leading figures, passed
away at she time when his physicians,
his family, and his people thought that
medical skill, hope and prayer had won
the battle against disease.
The disease had been conquered, the
fire was out, but seven - days of silent,
though intense suffering had left their
mark and a stroke of apoplexy came
without an instant’s warning and before
physicians •could be called, members of
his party summoned, or remedial mea
sures taken, passed from life’s stages
after having for noary two and a half
yedrs served his nation and for many
more years hdonative state of Ohio.
With the passing of Mr. Harding, the
office of President devolves upon Calvin
Coolidge, vice-president of the ‘United
State, a man silent in nature but demon
strated as strong in emergencies. He
was notified of the death of Mr. Hard
ing at his home in Plymouth. Vermont.
The suddenness with which the end
came was shown by the fact that only Mrs.
Harding and the two nurses. Ruth Powj
dely and Sue Dausser. were in the room
at the time. Mrs. Harding, with her
■ characteristic faithfulness and constant
tenderness, was reading t<\ tin* President
at the time.
Then without warning a slight shud
der passed through the frame of the chief
executive, lie collapsed and the end came.
Immediately the Indications of distress
shhwed tliemsel Harding ran to
the door and, called, for' Lieut. Com
ma ifder Boone and for the other doc
tors to come quickly.
I
Only Doctors Sawyer and Boone, the
hies and assistant physicians, were able
to reach the room before the nation’s
leader passed away. They were power
less to ’do anything.
Brave in the faee* % ot the President’s
illness, Mrs. Harding remained brave in
realization* of his death and did not
break down.
.Milestones in His Life.
Here were the milestones jn Warren
G- Harding’s life: - .
Born in Blooming Grove. Moifiow
county. Ohio. November 2, lHd“.
Began career as newspaper publisher,
November 2(>. IMX4.
Elected to Ohio state senate, his lir.-t
political office. November (?, ISPS.
Elected lieutenant governor of* Ohio,
November 3 r 11)03.
‘>dppfeated as Republican candidate for
governor. November 8. 1010.
Elected to United States senate.
November 3. 1014.
Nominated for (he presidency, June
12, IS2O.
Inaugurated March 4. 1021.
Died August 2, 1023.
The iJist Words of President Harding.
San Francisco. Aug.- 3.—" That’s
good! go on! read some more.”
These were the last words uttered by
President to Mfs. Harding.
Mrs. Harding was at his bedside read
ing aloud when *he paused and looked
at the President, according to Alfred
Holman, San Francisco publisher and
close personal friend of the President,
who visited the sick room a few
moments before the end came.
Mr. Holman told interviewers that
the President halad raised as he asked
\Jrs- Harding to (mtinue reading, In
stantly liis expression changed. He was
dead.
f Terra Cotta Finns FineA
Chicago. Aug. 4.—-Six terracotta man
ufacturing concerns* charged with viola
tions of the Sherman anti-trust act en
tered pleas of guilty today before Feder
al Judge ClifEe nnd fines ranging from 81,-
300 to $3,000. each were imposed. The
firms are located at Chicago, St. Louis,
Kausas City and Denver.
The Eighth District Meeting of the
Improved Order of Red Men will he held
in the Pythian hall today at 3 p. m.
After the bqsiness meeting there will be
a public speaking at the Court House by
the Mayor and others. The public is
invited, to the meeting at the Court Qouse
at 4:§o,
•v **
THB CONCORD TIMES
WILSON WAS GREATLY
> FAVORED BY HARDING
Witlimit Ado, Mr. Harding Saw That
Grayson Was Near Mr. Wilson at All
Times. #
Washington. Aug. 3. —former Presi
dent Wilson has sent a message of con
dolence to Mrs. Harding at San Fran
cisco. The telegram, however, was not
made public.
Exactly 29 ago Warren Hard
ing actually helped lift Woodrow Wil
son down the steps of the White House
portico and into the carriage which took
both to the inaugural ceremonies at the
capital which made.one President Hard
ing and the other Mr. Wilson.
No one of the thousands who saw the
robust figure beside the waxen, drawn
and stooped figure ever dreamed that
the 'latter would be living to write a
message of condolence on the death of
the former but the fate which molds
men’s lives brought a fair measure of re
turning health to one and exhaustion and
death to the other.
Mr. Harding's gentle consideration of
his stricken predeeessod on that notable
day s excited the admiration of the thou
sands who saw it ttud won the warm reX
speet of Mr. Wilson himself, for when
the crowd along Pennsylvania avenue
cheered and applauded the healthy and
robust incoming President he silenced
them with a deprecating gesture signi
fying consideration and sympathy for
tlfe stricken, almost pathetic figure be
side him. At the capitol during the in
augural ceremonies his considerate atten
tion to tin' outgoing President was most
marked and it did not stop there, it
took practical form. Here follows a bit
of heretofore unpublished history.
Rear Admiral (’ary T. Grayson had
been President Wilson's physician eight
years, ns lie had been physician to Presi
dents Taft and Roosevelt before him.
Qe knew Mr. Wilson's case its probably
no other physician could and as time de
veloped, snatched him front the grave. Mr.
Harding brought Dr. Sawyer, his won
physician of years acquaintance, who
knew equally well (lie complicated and
long standing illness of Mrs. Harding.
Dr. Grayson's White House detail end
ed, and he was subject to assignment else
where.
But without a request or suggestion
from anybody and without any one know
ing it. President Harding personally
gave an order to the navy department
that Dr. Grayson was to be assigned to
duty in Washington w lie re his services
would be available to Mr. Wilson and
that in no circumstances was he to be
ordered elsewhere without the President’s
consent.
Wpodrow Wilson probably will get bis
firsf knowledge of Mr. Harding s action
if lie reads this dispatch.
GREAT CROWD PRESENT
AT CRESCENT THURSDAY
Estimated at More Titan 6.000.—-Monu
ment to Dr. LyerJy Unveiled.
The largest gathering of people ever
assembled at Crescent, the Reformed
people of the state visited Nazareth
Orphans’ Home, Thursday. They were
there from Burlington. Greensboro, High
Point. Wiiuston-Salem, Thomasville. Lex
ington and tht* country districts east of
the Yadkin river where the Reformed
Church lias thousand's of members.
They were there from Lesoiiv, Hickory,
Newton, Lincolnton and flu* country
churches west of the Catawba. The
crowd wtis estimated to be more than
six thousand. Rowan and\ Cabarrus
people were there iu great numbers.
The weather was ideal, a little cloudy in
the forenoon, and sunny all afternoon.
The Faith stand bad a generous supply
of barbecued pork, and wa* sold out by
mid-afternoon. It looked like all the
provisions and refreshments would be
sold. The total receipts go to the cur
rent expense fund of the home. Ev
erything is donated. ‘
Rev. Iyeorge Longaker, of Akron, Ohio,
was the speaker. His subject was
“The Child.” More than 800 people
crowded the auditorium and heard hint
with profit and pleasure. A special
feature was ,<the unveiling of a monu
ment at the grayv of Rev. Dr. J. M. L.
Lyerly. founder of the home and presi
dent of the Board of Managers. A
short address was made by Rev. W. C.
Lyerly. Dr. C. Banks McNairy, of
Kinston, was a welcomed visitor. He
spoke in high appreciation of the work
of Dr. Lyerly. speaking in terms of per
sonal worth while they were associated
in the beginning of Crescent Academy.
Dr. McNairy gave some valuable help
to the members of tin* board i\i planning
for (lie future of the building program.
The Board of Managers received the
resignation- of Rev. A. S. Peeler as su
perintendent, and elected Rev. .W. H.
McNairy, of Hickory, for that position.
Rev. McNairy will be given time to yisit
the orphanages of the state and study
the work. It is hoped that he will
take charge by September 13th. The
board was organized by electing the fol
lowing officers: J. \V. Peeler President,
L. Peeler Vice President. Rev. W. C.
Lyerly Secretary, and G. H. Moose, of
Gold Hill. Treasurer. The • board is
making plans for a new building for
girls. J. T. Hedrick being chairman, of
the committee.
AV. C. LYERLY, Press Agent.
Tuttle Granted Bail; Jones’ Condition
Bad.
Greensboro. Aug. 3.—F. Clyde Tuttle,
who shot his father-in-law. C. A. Jones,
here at the home of the latter Wednes
day night, was today granted bond of
$3,000 and given freedom from Guilford
county jail, where he had been since the
shooting. He is charged with assault
with a deadly weapon. A warrant
charging Jones with like offense awaits
him when lie gets out of the hospital, if
lie gets out alive. Jones was reported
late tonight as’ still in a serious condi
tion, with his intestines pierced by the
pistol ball
Before the advent of the American
revolver, the Scottish cities of Perth,
Stirling and Dundee were great centres
of the pistol-making industry. Scottish
pistols were famous as far back as
1913. and were exported to many coun
tries. There were at one time nearly
one hundred concerns in Scotland en
gaged in the industry.
A Milwaukee woman celebrated her
eighteenth wedding anniversary by pre
senting her husband with a small pack
age of legal palters, a summons and
complaint in divorce proceedings she
had instituted against him.
The historic fight arena at Vernon.
Calif., is to "be replaced with a new one
which wjll aqcomnjodationa for
9,000 spectators." i
SKETCH OF THE DEAD
PRESIDENT S CAREER
*
Born on Faring Mr. Harding
Grew Up In Newspaper
Office and Managed Paper
For Many Years.
SERVED IN THE
SENATE FOR TIME
Came Into Offipe of Presi
dent With Country Facing
Complex and Very Serious
Questions.
•Warren G. Harding brought to the
Presidency an infinite patience and kind
ness in dealing with public questions and
men, which' enabled him to handle the
problems of government without the
stress and worry which had handicapped
many of his predecessors.
Whatever else historians may say of
hint there probably will be little dispute
that few chief executives came to office
in peace time facing problems more
complex hi their nature or greater in
number. All international affairs were
unbalanced as never before, with many
principal settlements'of the Great War
still to be effectuated. At home the
work of reconstruction had only just
begun, with business depressed, agricul
ture prostrate and unemployment gener
al.
How MrNHarding measured up -to the
task before him must be left to the his
torian. but his friends said thajt coming
to the Presidency as he did with an open
mind, a desire for counsel and an inti
mate knowledge of the proees'ses of gov
ernment acquired in hit# services in the
Senate, he was the type of man needed
for the job at such a time.
Preaching upon every occasion the doc
trine of Americanism, he set his face
resolutely against “(Entangling Alli
ances." While thus adhering to what
he was pleased to term the principles of
the founding fathers, he nevertheless
lent the- moral assistance of the govern
ment in the efforts to bind up the wounds
of the world.
That influence was once declared by
him to fie not inconsiderable, and so Am
erica under his guidance had it part, si
lent though it was in the main, iu ef
fecting the settlements of many vexing
world questions. Its chief contribution
was the Washington Arms Conference at
which the principal powers covenanted
to limit the size of their navies and "thus
lift from tax-wear.v peoples the burden
of maintaining the race for naval su
premacy.
Along with the proffer of counsel in
effecting world settlements went an as
sistance that American rights be recog
nized. In polished phrase, but with a
directness of expression that was not
to be misconstrued, the world was given
to understand from the very first i of the
Harding administration that the United
States, freely respecting the rights of
other nations, asked for herself only that
to which she was entitled in simple jus~
ticej and that she could accept nothing
else.
While in his dealings with Congress
Mr. Harding preferred the role of coun
sellor rather than dictator, he speedily
removed any doubt that his gift of pa
tience denoted any lack of purpose once
he had charted a course. Thus he told
Congress that soldiers’ bonus legislation
either should carry the means of financ
ing oF be postponed, and when the leg
islators put aside his advice he prompt
ly vetoed the bill they sent him. x.
His tenacity of purpose was further
exemplified in his continual pounding
for economy in public expenditures and
again ip his insistence that Congress pass
the merchant marine aid bill with a
view to curtailing the' continual drain
which the operation of the war-built
commercial fleet had become upon the
Treasury. His greatest single effort iu
the* field of domestic legislation was in
behalf of this measure.
Not infrequently Mr. Harding was
called upon to play the role of peace
maker in governmental affuirs. He inter
vened in a dispute between Congress and
the Treasury as to the form general tax
revision was to take, and the program
he approved was carried out in the main
with 'ar' reduction of more -than half a
billion in the nation's tax burden.
Likewise, his counsel settled the long
controversy between the House and Sen
ate on the question of American valua
tion rn the tariff law. He proposed in
its place a flexible tariff arrangement un
der which the Tariff- Commission was
given authority with his approval to in
crease or lower rates within prescribed
limitations. Upon signing the bill, the
President declared it constituted ' the
greatest tariff .reform in American his
tory.
Mr. Harding came of hardy pioneer
stock. He was born at Blooming Grove,
Morrow County. Ohio-. November 2.
18(>3. the son of a country doctor. George
T. Harding. Like moss country boys he
went to country school between morning
and night chores aud later attended col
lege at Iberia, Ohio. He tried school
teaching for a year, but having, had a
smell of in-inters' ink while sticking type
for his college paper, the lure drew him
into the newspaper field.
His - family meantime had moved to
Marion, in an adjoining county, where
he obtained bis first newspaper job. and
where his life interests were centered
thereafter. Mr. Harding's ambition was
to become a publisher, and it' was real
ized at the age of 19 when he bid in the
Marion' Star at a sheriff’s sale. The pa
per was purchased under a heavy mort
gage! and his friends have often said that
the struggles' and hardships which were
his in making this paper a success had
much to do with fashioning his charac
ter and developing a broad patience, and
tolerance which were his chief character
istics.
Whatever his other attainments, Mr.
Harding’s greatest pride was. in his pro
fessional accomplishments and traiuing
as printer, editor and publisher. Nor did
the interests and exacting duties of his
high office serve to dull his delight in
pottering about a composing room. On
his first trip back homo after bis inaug
uration, ht» went to ti|e St*r office, pull
ed off his eoat, 5011e4 qp hif> sleeves, bor
rowed h chew of tobacco and helped
“make up” the paper. His luck charm
was a printer’s rule, carried always in
a vest pocket:
As his ambition had carried him into
the -ranks of publishers, so his fancy
took him into the realm of politics'.
From the first he was an ardent partU
sail, and Ids insistence upon wearing a
“stove pipe” hat, the badge of support
of .Tames G. Blaipe, while a reporter on
a Democratic newspaper brought Jjim a
sharp reprimand from his chief, who held
it to be inconsistent for a worker on a
Democratic papere to so prominently dis
play the symbol of his Republicanism.
The future President’s ability as a
stump speaker won him early recognition
from his local party leaders. Marion
County then was in the Democratic col
umn and he undertook to switch it to
the Republican party, but his first ef
fort at office on his party ticket resulted
in'a defeat, though he Commanded an un
expected vote.
iVIr. Harding's first, political office was
that of Ohio State Senator, to which he
was elected at the age of 34. He served
t\yo terms and later was elected Lieu
tenant Governor of his State. In 1910
he sought the governorship, but was de
feated. Four years later he was elected
to the United States Senate, where he
served six years, much of the time as a
member of the important Foreign Rela
tions Committee. From this place he
was elevated to the Presidency, tlie first
Senator to be elected Chief Executive.
Early in his years of itolitical service
he met William McKinley, to whom his
close friends have most often likened him.
and with whom he had in common, a pre
dominant passion for obliteration of
class and sectional lines. A friendship
sprang up between the two men. Mr.
Harding also was close in later days to
Theodore Roosevelt, Senators Ft>raker
and Penrose and others high iu his party
counsels.
The President was a life-long Baptist
and was a trustee in his home church iu
Marion. He also had been a member of
the I£Jk and Moose fraternities for years,
and after his election as President he be
came a thirty-second degree Mason and
a Shriner. }
Golf was his favorite recreation, but
he also liked to fish, although his oppor
tunities for that sport were limited after
lie came to the White House. He play
ed hard and possessed the faculty of put
ting all his worries behind him during
his recreation hours.
GASTONIA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN
FOR LENOIR COLLEGE REMOVAL
Necessary Machinery S«( Up to Review
Proposition and Make Definite and Di
rect Offer for Lutheran School.
Gastonia, Aug. 3.—Formally deciding
to launch a campaign for the securing
of the removal of Lenoir-Rhyne College
from Hickory to Gastonia, the board of
directors of the Gastonia chamber of
commerce, at a leugtliy meeting this af
tenyon. formulated plans for the neces
sary machinery to 1 put over a definite aud
real campaign. With the setting up of
this machinery within the next week the
matter" passes from the hands of the
chamber of commerce to a broader or
ganization representative of all Gaston
county.
Within a week the entire proposition
will go before the people of Gastonia
ajul of Gaston county awl it-wilLbe for
tieiu to decide whether or not they want
ijjnns splendid A grade college, heavily
endowed and with full prospects of be
coming one of the leading universities
of. the South, located in Gastonia on
the plans proposed by the chamber of
commerce.
Following the report ('received fkom
Chairman A. G. Myers, of the special
committee named to meet with the com
mittee from 'the trustees of the college,
the board of. directors held a long ses
sion. going minutely ihto all angles and
phases of the proposition aftd its pos
sibilities.
Action was taken placing the strong
endorsement-of the board upon the move
ment for securing the college, and the
recommendation of the committee was
then adopted providing for the naming
of a committee of I(X>, 30 front Gas
tonia township and 30 from the balance
of Gaston county, to form the nucleus
of the campaign organization.
Wit If the naming of the general com
mittee the entire matter will be placed
before it in all its phases, and then the
campaign will pass directly into its
hands and the work-of organizing all
of Gaston county will be rushed.
The people of Gaston will then decide
the question as to whether or not the
proper offer will be made.
WILLIAM FARIES HANGED
' HIMSELF IN PRISON CELL
Was to Have Been Electrocuted for the
Staying of Fcur Persons Last Sep
tember. .
Columbia. S. C., Aug. 4 (By the As
sociated Press). —Wm. C. Faries. sen
tenced to be electrocuted on August 24,
was found dead iu his cell at the state
penitentiary here this morning.- Prison
authorities said he hanged himself with
pieces of sheets during the night.
The death of the G2-year-old cotton
mill workeV who was convicted of mur
der in connection with the slaying iu
September last, of four members of the
J. M. Taylor family at Clover, in York
County, was discovered when attendants
went to his cell about 7 o'clock to take
him breakfast.
A note was found in the death cell oc
cupied by 1 Fairies:
"Dear Friends,” it read. "I leave you
all in peace and hope to meet you in
peace. I want to go down iu peace, and
no one make light of me and my hope ! s
to meet you all in glory and peace.” .
Faires had tied his own hands before
he let his body fall with the noose
around his neck.
An old custom which survives in
many part# of Italy is that when a girl
baby is born in a peasant family, her
father immediately plants a row of
popular trees. The idea is that when
thejgirl reaches the age of seventeen the
trees will be'of sufficient size to cut -and
sell for her dowry.
Dies While Reading of Harding’s
Death.
New York. Aug. 3.—An unidentified
man dropped dead of hejart failure, in
the Times' Square subway station early
this morning as he glanced at the front
page of a newspaper extra announcing
President Harding's death.
Madoc. of a Welsh prince, is be
lieved by hla .’puntry men to have dis
covered America 3Cfl years before Co
lumbus.
PAGE FIVE
COOLIDGE TIKES DP
DUTIES IMPOSED BY
. DEATH OF HARDING
4l
New President Held Series
of Conferences With Ad
visers During the Morning
and Talked With Reporters
NO CHANGES TO
BE MADE NOW
Says Present Personnel of
Harding Administration
Has Done Well and Will
Be Kept on the Job.
Washington. I). V.. Aug. 4 (By the
Associated ljress).—l president (\x>lidge
took up his duties as Chief Executive
this morning at a series of conferences
devoted almost entirely to plans for- the
funeral of President Harding. He let
it be known, that the present personnel of
the Harding administration would con
tinue iu office indefinitely, and he could
not -see any reason for change or for
the interruption'of any negotiations now
being carried on with foreign represen
tatives by Mr. Harding’s appointees.
At the first conference with newspaper
men. however, the President declined to
discuss administration policies He ‘
would not comment on the possibilities
of an extra session of Congress. .
One of the first things President Cool
idge did today \ggs to prepare a procla
mation qf M r - .Harding’s death, calling i
for* a uaWoual day of mourning on the
day,of the funeral. It will be issued lat
er iu the day. /1
Next Friday to Be Day of Prayer. j
Washington, Aug. 4 (By the Associ- *
ated Press).—The first official act of i
President Coolidge as the new executive |
of the nation was his signature today on .fc
a proclamation announcing the death of j
Harding and calling upon the J
observe next Friday, August j|
10th, as a day of mourning and prayer, )
On that day Mr. Harding's body is tp j
buried at Marion. Ohio. !> " i
The proclamation was at 11.18 i
a. m. It was brougji| to the President's ?
hotel suite by J. “Butler Wright, third c
assistant, seftrbtary Os State, and then. |j
was returned to the State Department 3j
for the signature of Secretary Hughes. *3
Due of the suggestions made by the I
new- President to those with whom he 3
discussed plans for the funeral was that 1
Woodrow Wilson take a prominent part M
in the rites to be performed Wednesday
in the rotunda of the capitol over the 51
body of Mr. Harding. It was sgid an J
invitation would go forward to Mr. Wil- I
son at the S Street liable where he has 1
lived in semi-seclusion /since he retired
from the White House, but those in a
position to know thought it doubtful
wh>ther f *The‘ former President's physi
cal condition would permit his accept
ance. ,
The proclamation follows:
“By, the President of the United States!
of America, a Proclamation B
"To the people of the United States:!
‘‘ln this* inscrutable wisdom of Divine 9
Warren Gamaliel Harding,!
2Dth President of the United Stat«*s. has!
been taken from us. The nution has lost!
a wise and enlightened statesman, and!
the American people a true friend undj
counsellor, whose public life was inspired
with the desire to promote the best in
terests of the United States, and the wel
fare of all its citizens. His private life
was marked by gentleness aud brotherly
sympathy, and by the charm of his per
sonality he made friends of all who came
in contact with him.
“Now. therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge,
President of the United States of Ameri
ca. do appoint Friday next, August 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 recommend the people to as
semble on that day in their respective
places of divine worship, there to bow
down in submission to the will of al
mighty God and to pray out of full
hearts the homage aud love and rever
ence to the memory of the great and
good President whose death has so sore
ly smitten the nation. .
"In witness 1 have hereunto set my
hand ami caused the seal of the Uuited
Htates to be affixed.
“Done at the City of Washington, the
4th day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred twenty
three and iu the year of the independence
of the United States the one hundred for
ty-eighth.
“CALVIN COOLIDGE,
“By the President.
“CHA& E. HUGHES,
“Secretary of State «
“The White House,
“August 4th, 11)23.’’
Die at Same Moment.
Scranton, Pa., Aug! 2.—Mr. and Mrs.
John Perry, parent* of nine children,
died at exactly the same hour today on
a little form at Forest Lake, where thpy
had i moved iu an effort to regain their
lost health. Perry was al years old
and his wife was 4p . The woman died
of a complication of diseases. The
husband succumbed to miners' asthma.
The couple lived in Scranton until two
years ago. when Perry decided to move
to the farm near Montrose. Pa„ in an
effort to fight off the ravage* of his ail
ment.
The couple occupied adjoiniug rooms
during their illness and were nursed by
the children. At exactly the same mo
ment the child nurses emerged from the
two rooms to announce that both pa
tients had died.
Wet Weather Has Bad Effect on Cot
ing Crop. *
Wadesoro. Aug. 2. —The wet weather
of the past stweral days is thought to b«
having a. effect on* the cotton crop,
or foil ' weevil is more active timing
1 cloudy, wet weather and much appre
hension is eing felt regarding the crop
which had previously giren evidence of
being a comparatively gooti one.
were issued to British
infantry just a century ags; before that’
soldiers wore bfeeches. * i