The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1923, Page 1

° ===] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [tuna ERIE VaR SPE a i SOUR cree cee SPO ebee el go Ne DSU ae ROSE eh ca sa aD A hs Oe eM yt TERMITES INET SEE, J ESTABLISHED 1873 ‘ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1923 é PRICE FIVE CENTS HARDING DEATH STUNS NATION | CALVIN COOLIDGE SWORN IN AS NATION’S PRESIDENT a ) FALLEN PRESIDENT AND SUCCESSOR ; . : (i ,_ Awakened To eer a ‘Burial Will Be Take The Oath pe, In Marion, Ohio Vice-President Coolidge Who Succeeds Mr. line Wi mts oinecms |SUdden Death of President, Due to Cerebral (By Associated Press) time (11:30 Eastern daylight time) | Harding Was Sleeping in House Across, “Telia Tt Herding wes reading! Anonlexy, Came While Mrs. Harding was Street From That of Father in Small Ver-' mont Town of His Birth — Takes Oath of | Calvin Coolidge took the oath a Phomcat, Yette pare set} Reading to Him at Bedside and After Phy- Office at 2:47 a. m. and Few Hours Later Leaves‘for Washington to Take Charge of, day, the ne sing sworn axe y in by hie father who ts a'notaty| Sicians Declared Him Well on Road to Re- Reins of the Government — Few Present’ public. “That's good, go on, read some} COVery — General Sawyer Only Physician more.” These are the last words __ ken by the" Pretdent toe Present at the Time of Death—Trip to Washington Begins Tonight Mrs. Harding, brave and strong, faithful to the ‘end did not break | ix eae eee : lown in the hour of her greatest P ASHINGTON WEDNESDAY At, Simple Ceremony | grief. Washington, Aug. 3.—(By the A. P.)—A telegram to Calvin Coolidge declared “the, the White House today from San Francisco announced that world has lost’a great and good| the train bearing the body of President Harding would ar- man. I mourn his loss, It will be rive in Washington at 1:30 p. m. next Wednesday. my purpose to carry out his pol- eRe a _ PHYSICIAN'S STATEMENT . } San Francisco, Aug. 3.— (By the Associated Press.) — Body of President Harding will The five physicians who attended President Harding in a are aueut 7 uciock Feidag’ ove. Statement issued today said they all thought that the chie! ning and will go direct to Wash-| €xecutive “died from apoplexy or a rupture of a blood vessel an by ae a aa in the axis of the brain near the respiratory center.” Sécretary “Hughéd in thibute ‘vo San Francisco, Aug, 3.—(By the Associated Press.) —A the dead president said “a quiet,| Nation today mourned the passing of its leader. brave, strong aay ies gale, The American people from coast to coast and from lake ee y the burden he was! to gulf, and in the territories beyond the seas bowed their p heads in grief, for their President was dead. ones of President eau ie f In he early ee ore evening after a day which had special questions on the last day; brought renewed hope of recovery death came suddenly and f his lif “how did the Cin- ‘i eee an come ‘ou 3 yesterday?” Sr Warren G. Harding with a stroke of cerebral, nahe car carrying negeaeay i be end came snstantansgiely and without even a sec- larding’s body will be lighted at/ond’s warning at 7:30 o'clock. ‘There was no time to sum- aaa ane at iart alll stand ae et.(mon additional physicians, no time to call the members of tention guarding the casket. his official family and no time for medical skill to exercise Re ee ae its knowledge. It was ajl over in the twinkling of an eye a have faith that on oil direct we lees Harding: the Feist ratpannion: of her disting e destinies of our Nation.” id 1S» * a is 5 rea ch eee mu ecu wines sree ee lah She ee reading mt an rs. Coolidge to him a few minu ‘ore 7:80 o’clock when she noticed gent tfis message to Mrs Her'/a shudder through the frame of the men she had loved. ‘sympathy. May God bless and keep| encouraged in adversity ard praised in success. Before sh: _you,” eau rare) ea aie Ce Mr. Harding collapsed in his be: ‘ ; and she rus! 0 his and then to the door calling for Hendra death wes vend to. Mr.{ Physicians to come quickly. rn Coolidge by his father while the \ Sawyer in Room Rileeatrastent wed) Me ped By a Brigadier-General Sawyer, chief of the staff of physicians theapot where he was bor.” lhe voom and the twa nurses present; Miss Ruth Powder) Marion, Ohio, stricken by thejand Miss Sue Dausser, did all they could but it availed ° news, heard its church bells toll. | nothing. ane Aeeeea ee a ftther stood ub) ‘The President had fought and won one victory against since Lincoln had the interests| disease but it appeared in a more insiduous form and he los’ of the country at heart like War-|the battle. f ‘| Troy, N. Y., Aug. 3.—(By the A. P)—President Calvin Coolidge and party arrived here at 12:40 o’clock eastern standard time en route to Washington ‘< \ President Coolidge declined to make a Statement as to, \ ~ his future plans which he said would be held in abeyance until his arrival in Washington. He let it be known that the | wishes of Mrs. Harding would largely govern his immediate course. \ Plymouth, Vermont, Aug. 3.—(By the Associated Press.) | —In a little living room of his father’s home here, Calvin “«: Coolidge early today took the oath of office as President of the United States. The oath was administered by his father, | { John C. Coolidge, at 2:47 a. m. Hastern Standard time i A telephone had been installed in the Coolidge farm house 4 within an hour after word of the death of President Harding , i had been received and by communication with Washington the exact form of the oath was obtained In clear voice the; “i Vice-President repeated after his father the words prescribed by the Constitution: | “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the} office of President of the United States and I will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitu- tion of the United States.” Thon although ‘the Constitution does not require it he added: |“ Ip Me, God.” ‘ eS “The ate of the simple ¢eremony “were Mrs. Coolidge, Congressman Porter H. Dale of Vermont, Etwin C. Giesser, Mr. Coolidge’s secretary, Joseph H. Fountain, editor ‘of the Springfield (Vt.) Reporter, Joseph McInerney of Springfield, a federal officer, L. L. Lane of Chester; president of the New England Railway Mail Association and Herbert T. Thompson, ¢ Aa commander of the Springfield post of the American Legion. : F ‘As soon as the brief swearing in e 2 testimony was over the President and Mrs. Coolidge retired to gain a little POLITIC AL WARREN G. HARDING rest. The swearing in formally was short and simple. G SITUATION In Living Room {In the little sitting. room of the farm house furnished in homely style] NOW UP E the President stood with right hand aN ee i i een, Great as was the shock to all who dwell under the Amer cas eRe ae na 5 ican flag and-to people in many lands for Mr. Harding b) ‘Across the table, his face beaming,| President’s Death to Turn G.; BODY MOVES |virtue of his office, his kindly and loveable personality ha! 4 become a world figure, the greatest shock came to his wif: his father read the few words of the) ©, P. Convention Into ‘oath: “to preserve, protect and defend Mighty Party Struggle the Constitution of the \.United ighty Party ge! States.” The father’s voice trembled as he RENOMINATION CERTAIN read. Mr, Coolidge repeated the words distinctly and calmly and at the end ae: added the simple affirmation “So Help Me! God.” Leaders of Special Groups in MAY MEET BODY Party Expected to Make tid New York, Aug. 3—Though his! Bid in 1924 Convention complete plans have not been known it is Jarred jet President Coolidge foded = may prédeéiyitoiai Mew York or Wash. Washington, ug. | 3.—President 4 (By th ed Press) that she will. ~/ ington weet fo; meaetthe train bearing A a 3.—The bo c 7 0 i- is - Se y fe fe the body of President Harding to| Harding's death threw new complet ; fs . BeeRenlaehe iiarding: willl ateet i When dawn crept over the mountains and lighted up the ¢ nation’ ies into the political situation with- ; erpiarcg inthe “Republican Derty olen Ane its Journey across the continent to Golden Gate this morning almost all of the’arrangements for the National Capitol at 6:30 o'clock this trip-—the saddest trans-continental in the history ci CABINET CHANGES SEEN _| doubtedly will haye far reaching re- Washington, Aug. 3-Although| fection in the national convention . this evening, according to the latest the nation—had been made. The trip will be started about cork’ next year, official announcement. ( , A y i id / wore in al :koveramne deuaciiente Tt probably will turn what many ‘Members of the President's party 7 o'clock this evening and should end in Washington Tues eat 8 sans iH lay ene deat of expected to be merely a ratification will leave the Palace hotel in ad-|day morning. From that point the arrangements have net bring ubout few immediate changes| meeting into a contest for ee Re- vanes. of pls, remains ant Ane Splat been definitely made but it is expected that the body will in the administration organization.| Publican presidential ~~ nomination 220 ra aid gtation, He in state in the rotunda of the capitol where a sorrowins: President Coolidge has expressed a| With stalwart conservative Hepubll| / i . : Ae gacleck the body will be moved {People have oftentimes before paid their last respects | wish that All those, #ho @pyad under aera a antad ty agesla dead: j : ‘ from the hotel to the if ‘their leaders: and the heroes they have loved. r. Harding remain in office. i f reach the tailway cai + Burial in Marion ii .| ers such as Senator Johnson of Cal a At in the case, however, when Theo-| ¢Pnia, Borah of Idaho and LaFol- With the casket aboard the trai The burial will be at Marion, Ohio, the small Ohio cits jreading by his bed side. But she did not collapse. E ASTW ARD AT “She was shocked of course, and at first unable to realize that she had lost the husband who had made up all the ir 5 terest in her life for so many proud and happy years,” sai‘! 6:30 0 CLOCK General Sawyer later. “But there was no collapse; no hyr- Ld teria. Just a brave rally to meet her sorrows and the duties ‘evolving upon her at this hour.” First Religious Services For Brave Under Shock Be- Mrs. Harding was standing the shock well early today Breoident Held ips) but whether she could stand up under the grief that bore fore Body Is Moved down upon her as the sad journey back to Washington is made is another question. Those who know her best say (By the Associated Press) dora. Rosterally ten eas Witter lette-of Wisconsin on the other. : i : ; starecpm aie ay. which Warren G. Harding made known around the. world residency after the death o: lam, p ; H \- . le BS McKinley “gradual changés in the| Six months ago the nomination of PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE AND MRS. COOLIDGE Saas ris 7 neu Gene because there from poor and humble surroundings he strux President, Harding without any sub- stantial convention test seeme: ured. : reg One of the men regarded as his likely’ principal opponent for the nomination had confessed to a col- league that he found himself with- inet are expected as a matter of urse. It would cause no surprise if the first to sever his relations were Harry M. Daugherty, Attorney-Gen- eral, Mr. Daugherty has been in ill health and some of his friends say only loyalty to his chief has caused - eral Daugherty, Secretaries Work,|gled upward until the American people awarded him tli: Wallace and Hoover, Speaker Gil-: highest gift and paid him the greatest honor within thei- VENTS GRIEF os ar s,2ct0.05) ARE CLOSED) sr-ciis. S's sais] ° “Death Stops Dance Story of Death The story of the president's tra,~ end was told in this way: im to remain. out an issue. ” sat ; ding, although greatly shocked | ms ‘ime, Daugherty peel pa bid cpareater| ‘The President's pronouncement for ME deAth of Ha Reston rose carly rea, : Mrs, Harding, Dr. Sawyer and) ¢sc Ser avait called to advise him entry of the Unite States into the 3 this morning after a short slecp di- The first religious services will be When the news of President. Hard- Buth. Powderly and a personal appointos of the'late proa-] Were court, Rowever, altered th Telegram to Mrs, Harding| recting all otfairs and looking af(et/ Secretary of State Hughes, held-apiths Bote! Jost bef ing’s death was received by ifs Me- D i ‘ u e. welfare of the party, sken to the rai Val . Hardi Plane Leltadshtp tetwees, eed Conveys Condolence Mrs. Harding retired at 1 o'clock Ranking Official, Issues _| vill be conducted by the Rev. James Kenzie hotel authorities, the, ike tke Rous otha two and it was Mr. Daugherty who f this morning: and slept fitfully, it}, 8. West, pastor of the Fi Garden dance was discontinued, out ng kale haae? managed Mr, Harding's carapaign for |in€ < q nee Ged: Press): id by members of the official] . ~ Order church of San Francisco, President | ¢f respect for the deceased, With hi Phe presidential, nomination, i rls manne (By ens Eby 7" and | Part ee. added that aie Anis bars \ 3 Harding oe Baptist be fale and|the announcement of the news ‘the ' hat there mi 2 . | ing a8 always was considering others}. a _ | was.°a worshipper at the Calvary) jarge crowd of dancers suddenly be- caWhile the present members of the) .'coovention test atter all od seca un, | Before herself. One member of the gonaebington, Aug. 3-—Shortly be-|charch at Washington, D. C. "| Untne’ quiet, ond” departed: for. thelr |tat oate mm arieee nt AbOriSa met th ith the diplomati P ite facing the fact of tne yanking official t in Wash- | — homes when it was announced the| - ,,. 4 wee atonal They gtandl wtihodt lousl ane LABOR N EEDS # srarding,/! White House, ¢ President's death with heroism |sreson issued on oruer directing that | MANILA FLAGS Root Garden would be clored as a] Wann, * fom eetey hed bec “ thority to conclude in the name of th vs NOT PRESSING Washington: | c i a =Vall governmental departments and} ~ AT HALF MAST mark of respect to the president. The - party had been President the business they may have| ’ “The Queen, and/I are much shock- § reaus’ be closed during the re- ee Sefertay night heed will ‘ e hel jorrow evening, however, in hand. , On’ arrival of President met ed_and grieved to hear of the irre- Mtainder of ‘the day in token of Coolidge it is’ expected confirmation| Labor ngeds ate not. pressing in the | parable loss which Has ‘befallen you | aan 4 urning for President Harding. Ac- (By the Associated Press) as usual. in his name of the letters issued to| northern part of the state, according | and asgure you of our heartfelt sym- —— ‘taken: on the precedent es-| Manila, P. I, Aug. 3.—All flags D CEaEeraeDenammamed ambassadors and mii head. of the state- | pathies in your sorrow. The whole | “Columbus, O,,“Aug. 8.—State offi Secretary Hay at the|were at half-mast in the Philippine) Britain's’ diamond cutting cident Harding will federal. employment bureau, . Re-| British people will oun with those | ials of Ohio, the home ‘of. Preside! dent McKini Islands today Governor Leon-'| factory was es! at Brigh- “by cable without delay. [turning from a trip during which of their sister nations who mourn ing, today hed George BY @n order will be issued clos-| ard Wood has requestéd sll govern-;ton in 1917. omer errant er visited Grang Forks, Michigan, La- | th ith of: the: hristian, IJr., the President’s secre- | ii government departments in‘| ment houses and business offices to Wg th Hull, Eng., 60,000. kota and Minot, Mr. Kitchen said that ‘of. his di tary, asking that:President Harding's | ‘Washington, probably fer three days, | remain closed as tribute to/President| Whales measuring ‘as much ‘as sextpeens ‘upon the ind hi yr at the present time in body be permitted to lie ip state in: ve the périod of the funeral next Harding and token of sorrow at his ue te ie length Share been } wig reel y jeath, % caught territories. met requirementé.. GEORGE, B, L /|tho state cap! _dwesk, x n