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THE BANNER-HERALD. ATHENS. GEORGIA
t ’t.i.J'm? *?tv-.'r?- r irr
rnroAT, august a. 1923.
ice President
jCoolidge Given Oath Of
Office By His Father At
2.47 A. M. Friday At
His Home In Vermont
THIRTIETH PRESIDENT
I
[|1 Former Governor of ^Massachusetts
Now Thirtieth President. Father,
Notary Public, Administers Oath
N Has Run For Office Seventeen Times and Been I
\ Elected Every Time. First Came Into t’rorni- ,
ncnce During 1 Police Strike in Boston.
Graduate of Amherst College.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Calvin Coolidge took the j
" at I
„ notary public, and ..
|i 'the time President Harding died.
“ The text of the oath as prescribed by the consti
tution of the United States was telegraphed to the I
"Vermont home of t.he new President’s father before:
5he oath was administered.
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY
AS PRESIDENT LISTENS
AS MRS. HARDING READS
Chief Executive Was Listening As Wife
Read When Slight Shudder Passed
Over Him. Death Followed Almost
Immediately, Before Physicians At j
Door Could Ee Summoned. ,
The Harding Home
(Bv Associated Press.) -»
PRESIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS, PALACE 1
HOTEL, SAN FANCISCO.—Warren Gamaliel Hard-1
ing, President of the United States, died instantan-l
icousiy and without warning Thursday night at 7:301
jo’cliek, a victim of apoplexy, which struck him down; , rhe hom „ of (hc !ate |> rrli( | ( . nt and Mrs. Warfen g. Hardin* »t
in ill's weakened condition after an illness of exactly Marion, Ohio. The president and his wife lived N hrre fer many years
preceding his death and always was the home thrown gpen to his
Short Sketch of His Life Intent of the
i President Coolidge, the thirtieth president of the | ,1<)mc of
United States, was born in the town in which he took
lhe_oath as the nation’s chief executive, Plymouth, U N jfyH [)
-Vermont, July 4th, 1872. Borr. to a life on the farm
ie helped with the chores around the home and at-
inded the little red school of his home town. Later j
e went to the old Black Rock River Academy at!
lUdlow, Vt.gand later to Amherst College.
In 1891 he wag admitted to practice law in the
itate of Massachusetts and began practice at North- {
mpton, and in 1906 married Miss Grace Goodhue, j ——
then a teacher in the Clarke school of Northampton, j (Conti«i«ii from p»g.
0 sons have been born to them. ( bin providtn* for tin' ehnn*e.
During the President’s political life he has run' Attorney croudey, teiemun
stroke
peaceably and
skill, hope and prayers had won the battle against!without warning.”
[disaster. j The death of the nation’s chief executive was an-
The disease had Won conquered, the fire was out, |n^uiiced in these words. The Piesident died instan-
but s»ven days of silent, though intensive suffering, | taneously and without warning and while conversing
had left their mark and a stroke of apoplexy came' With the members of his family at 7:30 p. m. Death
I without an instant’s notice and before his physicians! was apparently due to some brain evolvement, prob-
Calvin Coolidge, who took the oath of office as Pres- | C0ll i,] p c called, members of his party summoned or I ably an apoplexy.
"i"-’* Ar IT " 5f “i <*''*•'■> mrt.nimr of remedial measures taken, he had passed from life’s “During the day he had been free from discom-
! stage after having for nearly two and a half years fort and there was every justification for anticipat-
|nerved bis nation and for many more years his na-
*’• ; five state of Ohio.
IT
"Henry Culp,
Committee reported adverse*
ly on bill. Unfavorable state
ments of representatives cause.
"CARL CROSSLEY.”
Ie first came into national prominence when he took
. 1 firm stand in the police strike in Boston, Mass.,
(while he was governor of the state. He was r.omi-
jnated for vice president with Harding at Chicago in
'1920.
At the time of his election to the vice presidency j
he was living in a home in Northampton that h -! . .
ented for $32 per month. He is said to own but! flsht between opponent. and pro- , '"" K ' n ™ <he rommllteo when the
little real estate and has never owned an automobile. | S," nont * ° ( ‘ ho bm ln Atimth
The decision of the committee
ITIETH PRESIDENT OF
UNITED STATES GIVEN OATH
(Conttnusd From Pass Ong)
I he lived most of the time ho/was
. j Vice-president.
’ He will have offices the*© In ad
dition to suites in the Senate and
Thursday. Five city officials apd
one private citizen went before
the committee In publli
and urged Its passage. Two citiz
ens, one now serving in council,
from the Third Ward, appeared In
opposition to any change In the
commission. Those urging favor-
ablo action on the hill were, Mayor
O. C. Thomas. City Attorney Carl
Croialey, Aldermen Henry Culp.
tee also wired Chairman B.
Mann that the measure would
i» throw the -police an.i tire .in- j With the passing of Mr. Harding, the office of
OTKo^'aiiverBe’action on^uw'i)in. n< * j President devolves upon Calvin Coolidge, Vice-Pres-
proponent. nt iho i.iu pointed, idcnt of tue United States, a man of silent nature,
mu that council ha» <.x-officio mp- demonstrated as strong in emergencies. He was
resrntation on the Hoard of Health , .. j? -nr rr v j. 1 • 1
and Hoard of Education and should notified pi the death of Mr. Harding at his home in
have representation on the clvl!Plymouth, Vermont.
mtvIco Commission' which con
trols the police and fi<re depart, j
ments. They stated that the civil ;
service rules would not he altered
but that the conduct of the two i - - _
departments woui.i continue nc- 'two nurses, Ruth Powdley and Sue Dausser, were in
chn'nge ’be.n^'Ln'Tn^aao "in ™!e tho at the Jtime. Mrs. Harding, with the char-
peraonnei no ns to niiow two mem- actenstic faithfulness and constant attendance, was
brrs from council to lervo durim: i reading to the President at the time when the stroke
their term of office in the parent 0 ,
body. • . I occurred. *
opponent, of the chance nnsert-1 Suddenly, without a single warning, a silent shud-
'der passed through the frame of the President. Ha
back into poiiticn. Tim commis^ collapsed and—the end came. Immediately the in-
"oLtcoTv"™, ."it V?” 1 ; 1'.lications of distress showed themselves. Mrs. Hard-
the city at iar K o. with two coun- mg ran to tne door and called for beiut. Commander
Boons and for the other doctors to come quickly.
It was announced in-an official statement, issued
at 8:32 that that Mrs. Harding had withstood the
mg a prompt recovery.
(SIGNED)
“C. E. SAWYER, M. D.
“RAY LYMAN WILBUR, M. D.
“C. M. COOPER, M. D.
• “J. T. BOONE, M. D.
“HUBERT WORK, M. D.”'
The story of the. President’s tragic end waS told
in this way: 1 ,
Mrs. Harding Present As End Came f, “The President die dat 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Harding
The suddenness with which^the ^end came was,'and the two nurses, Miss Ruth Powderly and Miss
~ Sue Dausser were in the room at the time when
death struck. Mrs. Harding was reading to the
President when, utterly without warning, a slight
shudder passed through his frame, he collapsed and
all recognized that the end had come. A stroke of
apoplexy was the cause of his death. ' Within a few
minutes all of the President’s official family had
been summoned.”
trrm of a commissioner expire*
they would appoint nrtyone suita
ble to them and then dominate
man. 1 mount his death. He
tmy hlef and my friend.
"It will be my purport* to carry t Capitol buildings. It will probably | Kent mil. J. H. Ruckkr and P. 8.
I the policies which ho had be. be sometime after the funeral of 1 Johnson. Those opposing any
| gun, for the service of the Anier-Jthe late President before hp will (change were Alderman George
[ lean people and for the meeting | move Into the White House. I Armstrong, nnd Hugh II. Cordon,
'of their responsibilities, wheraverf Whether Mrs. Harding will ro- j r> , Messrs. Johnson nnd Gordon
^they rosy arise. turn to the White IIouso often* the i are former mombes of the Coro.
"For this purpose, I shall seek j funeral at .Marion is as yet un-! mission. \
i the co-operation of all those who j known. .Y u. MttKlnoly remained at 1 The proponents of the bill car*
Shave been associated with the C’anton after the funeral of Pres* rird with them a petition which
•ldent during his term of office. Ident McKinley, because of poor»carried the signatures of several
1 tor those who havo given the.'r health, the Roosevelt family mov- ' hund/ed citizens.
[ efforts to assist him. I wish them . lug into the White House a few I
I to remain in office, that they may days later.
•aalst me. Mrs. Harding, though bearing up
"I have faith that G«»d will direct well under the loss had the ser-
] tk® destinies of our nation.” \’lct»s of a nurse throughout the
President Coolidge. when bo ar- night. The wives of the Cabinet
drives in Washington Friday night j officers who accompanied tho
k.- . * .... President on the trip alternated as Toombs Du Hose nnd Frank Holden
to oppose the bill. This commit-
will make his home tenuxirarily at
the New Willard Hotel here, wbero her companions.
WOMEN VOTERS
OPPOSE CHANGE
The League of Women Voters
through its executive committee,
recently wired Renresentatlves
denied that politics had anything
to do with tho change.
The bill, ns finally amended and
defeated, provided for Increase of
the personnel of the hoard to five
members. Three of these would he
shock of her husband's death and continued to be Manage
the “bravest member of the group.” Her first words,
when she realized that her husband had died .were, ! luff Wastage of steam.
“I am not going to break down/'
RADIATOR STETHOSCOPE IS
% NEW DEVICE TO SAVE COAL i
CHICAGO—The lenity radiator j
that sounds like a strike in a boil- |
er factory must go. Zfhe research
commitee of the .National Asmo- »
,elation of Huiiding Owners am' *
declares it has discov*. *
red means of saving thousand: j
t tons of coni a year by prevent* •
The committee has Invented
r% i t t i_ • . . , • stethoscope. It works quite like
General Jo ;n J. Pershing, accompanied by Rear! tho ono the .im-tor who,, h.
bo elected from council and nerve
while councilmen.
The commission is ijow composed
of three members, chairman W. D.
Hencham, John H. Griffeth, Jr.,
and J. If. Epting. Their terms arc
for six years. Mr. Kptlng’r term
exDires August 1, 1924.
The committee on mrnlclpil
government in tho house l» com
What Brought Death to Presidents
Prrs Idcnt
^George Washington
iJohn Adams
JThomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
-Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
*WI$a» Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James Knox Polk
•Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
•Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses Simnson Grant
Cause of Death
laryngitis
Debility
Chronic Diarrhoea
Debility
Debility
Paralysis
Consumption
Asthmatic Catarrh
Bilious Pleurisy
Bilious Attack
Chronic Diarrhoea
Bilious Fever
Debility
Inflammation of Stomach
Rheumatic Gout
Assassination
Paralysis
Cancer
Rutherford Birchard Hayes Paralysis of Heart
Abram Garfield
> Alan Arthur
* Cleveland
nin Harrison
Assassination
Bright’s Disease
Debility
Pneumonia
Assassination
Rheumatism
Apoplexy
Place of Death
Mount Vernon, Va.
Quincy, Mass.
Monticello, Va.
Montpelier. Va.
New York City
Washington
Hermitage, Tenn.
Lindonwcld, N. V.
Washington
Richmond, Va.
Nashville, Tenn.
Washington
Buffalo. N Y.
Concord, N. H.
Wheatland, Pa.
Washington
Carter's Depot, Tenn.
Mt. McGregor, N. Y.
Fremont, O.
I^»ng Branch. N. J,
New York City
Princeton, N. J.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Buffalo, N. Y. >
Oyster Bay, N. Y. *
San Francisco
PUc© of Burial
Mount Vernon, Va.
Quincy, Moss.
Monticello, Va.
Montpelier, Va.
Richmond, Va.
Quincy, Mass.
Nashville, Tenn.
Kinderhook. N. Y.
North Bend. O.
Richmond, Va.
Nashville, Tenn.
Springfield, Ky.
Buffalo. N. Y.
Ccncord. N. H.
Lancaster, Pa.
Springfield, III.
Greenville, Tenn.
New York City
Fremont, O.
Cleveland. O.
Albany, N. Y.
Princeton, N. J.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Canton, O.
Ovster Bay, N. Y.
•Presidents who died in office. Lincon, Garfield and McKinley were Victims of assassins' bullets.
William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor died from natoral causes.
Tlie 8t^thoHro|ii> ^l.- i
trap
BEAD
BANNER-HERALD
WANT ADS
The news of the President’s death swept through placed against the radiator
the hotel and out of San Francisco with almost elec- fji" d 0 1 f h ," h ” pf , r “ tor l, ^ cn " to ,h '’
trical suddenness. Hotel officials among the first to 1 mu™, dicin'Z’tpnunS* lit
whom the word of the tragic event was given, imme-! ,n ;” ' ,nc, " r k "' ,w "
diately had the greijt blufe Presidential Flag, with it’s| hi-
gold seal of the United States, hauled down and then ~
raised again 1 j half staff.
A minute or two later an assistant manager rush-
poMd »f thirty-one mombor. with in . to the Rose B ? wl , Room where a -Tinner dance
tho following known in Ath»n>-:, was in progress, raised a hand and then stopped the
c. °. stoven., ogic-horre; r. a. orchestras from playing. The announcement of the
John y. smith. Fuitlm; h. p. no- death of the President followed and the dancers,
i-aperriore. Jackin: a. k. sin.uiox |their gay dress a sad contrast to their expressions of
SpnlUmK! Dave Atkinson, Swan-j^^ gat J, ere( J j n[0 little gTOUpj, obtained their
Argument on tho bill begun nt j W^Sps mid Silently" filed OUt.
ESdSTSK St rlZZy. a, J ^cabinet officers, headed by Secretary Hoover of
| the Commerce Department, hastened down the hall-
!??* N0 | way to express their condolences t6 Mrs. Harding.
Hoover First in Death Chamber
Tho hill w.. introduced in th. Secretary Hoover was the-first of the four mem-
rz-w^ht it | ,J fru of the President’s cabinet who are in San Fran-
i» rofoiTod to tho poopio for n 1 cisco to learn the sad news. He went into the room
final vote, thev told tho.committee. • - -
HEARD ’FRISCO
ANNOUNCE DEATH
Howard Scott probably re
ceived the news of President
Harding’s death 'before .any
other Athcniun. 11c was lis
tening in on his radio and was
fortunate enough to hear the
station at San Pranebiahwhich
won broadcasting the J©ws to
the world.
Mr. Scott telephoned the
Ranrer-IIcruld that President
Harding w** dead before the
firrt message cam© from the
Ar.Hociatcd Press.
His death occurred at 7:30, ,
Pacific time, or at 10:30 stand
ard, ©astern time. . N *
! NEARLY, F0\JR
hnt ihom.tsr.VuZITHOCgAND People
VISITED THE BUICK
SHOW ROOMS IN AT
LANTA ON OPENING
DAY TO SEE THE 1924
BUICK MODELS.
iHPL ! , ! ;|at once and'in-a few minutes, came out, obviuosly
d took no part in the • u^cpiy clisti’esseu and m a lovf voice said to newspa-
J»hntnv.r. win* tim pe rnie n, “Boy’s, I can’t tell you a thing.” Secretary
uension of the committee W i,r ' % * .J , * * i ? ocubuuj
entimir ®n the arguments of the i Wallace was the second member of the President's
two faction., «o member, of the official family to learn of the passing of his Chief. •
rS P .Z : bcfnrp thc L. An official statement, issued at sfl5 p. nu^Pacific
»-z=- n -^rw..v ?) me ’ ai ‘ nounced that Vice-President Calvin Cool-
▼r> pc mpld in November next mpn who occupies the position of
new youk-a chnnee in thr! President of the United Stafcjs, had been notified of
President Harding’s death. The megsage was signed
enter each yenr nroun.i Ar- jjy Attorney General Daugherty and Secretarys Hoo
ver, Wallace and Work. It follows:
- _.vn.», Vice-President Coolidge Notified j %
... I -The following telegram, announcing the Pred-
eervnne* in l.ij nnd where For.’ dent’s death was immediately sent to Vice-President
i it« n promot'ion! lfP . conllnu< ‘* tf> ‘f* 1 ’|Coolidge, Chief Justice Taft and those members of
They then withdrew from the
mittee. nnd
argument
decision rtf the committee
mistlce Dnv. was endoreed
President Harding In a letter re*
HrM at the New York office** of
the International Committee. If,
M. C. A„ which orlrlnated the oh