Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1923, Page 5

s COOLIDGE CLASSED | AN OF RETICENGE New Chief Executive Credited With 40-Word Inaugural Address as Governor. of admitted reticence and ¥. the writings and published utterances of President Calvin Cool- | re few rnor of forty-word Vieo Massachusetts he | inaugural ad- President he made tant public addr National Geographic ebruary 2. 1923, he pre- efully and revised for pub- in the National Geographic the title, *Ma on in the Life of the that { | Its Port of Public Service, 1 ming up significant f the colonial period he con- Aln he contribution which Massa- chuesetts has made has been on the of practical affairs. It has been demonstration of the method which the power of intelli- 1 wealth are to be dedicated public service. Always the ew has been the welfare of class her | hon no truly trially and hu- en not only cul- hut | professional. | ultural and trade used the wealth not merely to the few. but althful condi 15 been applied | { Publle Utlllties Regulated. It has st up a public tribuna jtil Mrs. Harding, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Crowd Pays Mute Tribute As New President Arrives Silently Raise Hats as Cod;idge Leaves Station--Conference Held With Hughes at Hotel. Br the Associated Press. Calvin Coolidge vesterday grasped the helm of the ship of state as it| fell from the lifeless hand of his cap- tain. Warren G. Harding Quietly he took upon duties of pilot Up practically all night receiving the news of his chief’s sudden death, he had taken in the sitting room of his father's farmhouse, in Plymouth Vt. the oath to perform the duties of thirtieth President of the United States accompanied by their close friend.| Frank Stearns of Boston ‘. Few Lined Street. Across the plaza washed by a s . the President's party, led by motor les, proceeded | to Pennsylvania avenue and the Wil- lard Hotel. Comparatively few per- sons along the mous thoroughfare recognized the presidential party. An| elevator quickly took them to their| rooms, after another flashlight taken under the portico. B entering their apartment Mr.| olidge greeted a few friends and acquaintances who had gathered. During the journey fro York to Washington the President had r entire time in his obse Small crowds walted to West Philadelphia and Baltimore, and on each occasion he stepped out on the rear platform with Mrs. Coolidge. At West Philadelphia he waved a friendly hand to the en- gineer of a passing freight conferred Wires to Pastor. with Secretary Hughes and & nator | Shortiy after leaving New York the Curt of Kansas, republican whip. | President dined with Mrs. Coolidg President Coolidge went diréctly to | Mr. Ste and B. F elt of Boston, his suite in the Willard Hote where | who B 4 Mr. he and Mrs. Coolidge will ren n un- also is an old friend of the Chief t her convenienc moves from the White House Those who came with the President 4 consider it unlikely that he will an- | Pierce, ounce ny important steps in his admin ation unti ter the country has recovered from the shock of the death of Mr. I The last trip fr ton was n four hours and a after he had boarded the spec in which awalted him at the Pennsylvania station in New York he stood in the newly | ! himself the Then, a visit to his mother's grave, nd he was off to Washington. He arrived in the capital at 9:10 pm., to be et at the railway st an official party. inc Hughes and Postmaster Confers With Hughes. before retiring he greet him at Then Amherst Washing- ' r fell and pastor of th which the ¢ Less than | Coolidge al |er, but spe A | > om Plymouth Awaits Cooltdge. | to "Rutiana, e boarded a Ther d through the gates to | train, reaching New York by way of al entrance, which was [ Troy, Motor cars escorted by motor nE fro £ the mind, r reforming or_ e court of Massa- 1 ' To Avoid Crowds in New York - tion for es its de- n those of “ourt ed the de- ¢ achievement mbined with dis- virtues, is a | . the people sull put | 3 do not suppose that all virtue | uth Rock, that all-pa- | Bunker Hill. From | very faith there | town and | ots. | countrys { ver | The word « been used to s bred deve lassachusetts has n n- 4un} ) c d: | I, Wa of | smouth Rock, Bunker | and Daniel Webster | tion that they glorify | thut faith Massachu | DEATH OF HARDING | DISTURBS MEXICO PR | Possible New Pelicy Under Cool- | idge Feared—Sympathy Messages Sent to Mrs. Harding. D the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August half-staff on ildi hov 4 —Flags all Amer- | and British and ‘ Many mes- | were sent to{ expres- | President American recogni- | John Barton | es B. Warren. n editorial on death of President Harding, sa Mexi an public b dolence ong them hy from nd the the | s the | an i ssion was that he was | ‘ous man, of simple ul and nobl virations—a good friend | of M ». as shown through his | sendin representatives to| Mexico After Harding giving the rules which Mr. established for his news. | ing his character, the death of President Harding | nscendental significance for Mexicans above all in the present lerstand the position of | delegates, Mr. War- is not clear, like | the position of an agent whose ex- ercise of authority ceases with the | death of his superior. Wi the new President of States accent the reports, rece lations and counscls given his predecessor by these representatives? Will Preside idge follow Pres- t Harding the | to answer such especially when we re- hat the new President an- unced recently in a speech that he | was antagonistic to the Mexican rev- olution and its radical tendencies. We will gain nothing through the change in the presidency, because Mr. Hard- ed his policy toward re- ment of relations between United States and Mexico. This proved by the duration of the ons of the recognition con- ) nd 1 vise through his San speech, delivered when no- was sure of the success of the | recognition conference. Painful uncertainly reigns both in 3Mexico and the United States, the new President appearing before both un- @er a most disconcerting incognito.” President’s Son To Keep His Job On Tobacco Farm By the Assoclated Press. HATFIELD, Mass, August 4— AWhile President Coolidge was. en route to Washington yesterday Calvin Coolidge, jr., was at, work under a hot sun in a tobacco field. Calvin, jr., fourten vears old, at- tired in khaki trousers, an’ old £hirt and well worn shoes, was working for $3.50 a day. The day 18 nine full hours. He sald that the elevation of his father to. the presidency should make no change in the-Coolidgs mode-of lifes last used by Mr. Harding when start- | evele police whisked th residential ing his Alaskan trip. Mr. Coolidge | party from the 1 ' ra is av:n“\m\\ d qm.-(_‘\_\" to | to th. 1 hin he which will brin its dignity and stlence Before enteripa the i | at material e choice is still Coolidge Uses F reight Elevator By the Associated Press. | | NEW YORK, au | calvin CoolidgeTwas whisked through W York late yesterday en route to Washington to t * the nation’'s {helm, relinquished Thurs night At the Grand Centra! Termir Preside olidge’s jour- | ¢ TYPE ERROR SPLT | CODLIDGE FAMILY, Cousin in - Georgia Tells of! Printer’s Mistake and Far- Reaching Results. By the Assaciated Pross. ATLANTA, August 4—An interest- ing story was unfolded here today by Fred J. Cooledge, jr., of Atlanta, a | cousin of President Calvin Coolidge There are seven relatives of the! Chief Executive residing here How the error of a printer caused the change in spelling of the family the ratlon of brothers to their fortunes in different se of the nation, the array of] r agal brother in the war, split in the | are some of the} Cooledge. H the Cooledge the Coolidge 1 was explained | - great grand- name, ser tions between the es, and a M1y ever polities, ts related by Mr relationship of grandfathe brothers. the name of the g the . and he ttlinz in the state moved to Geor- : northern section of the Birthplace of Senior. There Fred J. ¢ born. The younger his father Harding tion. but brothers. E. M lidge ticket i last ele t he and his twe T e straight democ i whieh was not discovered until Job was done Neither My nor the printer | Cre able small fin : fC. Coolidge. |t upreme Court, by President Harding. Sworn in by his aged father, John befo break terday morning. In the parental home at Plymouth. Vt, the new I'r motored to Rutland and there t ed a private car which brought him _’rrumr and landed him without b comr dent ! The | men path fiving wedge of that escorted him through the heavy motor cut a clean rush-hour | inci- dent aboard his Washingt n train | o e . into the Grand Central terminal at| pm. eastern even standard time minutes later he had been escorted, under heavy guard, through silent, bareheaded crowds, to the Pennsvivania tetminal and speeding toward Washington on a special train Grave and avoided all o here the was quiet, the President tentation during h ie rode a freigh street level at the leaving by the e to avoid dense d the Concours: Park avenue entrance. } a motor with Mr Gov. Proctor and form ent of Vermont Will Let Oath Stand. Asked whether it would be neces- ! sary for him again to subscribe to the oath of office before a justice of he replied indeed. ~Any person author- ized to administer an oath ar In_a President of the United States The exodus from Plymouth was so sudden that the President has not yet received messages of co atula tion from his two sons, John Calvin, jr. John, who is seventeen, attending the citizens military trai ing _camp at Camp Deve Calvin, jr., a few years younger, l¢ several days ago for the hcme at Northampton, M. ning to earn spending mone his vacation by working on a farm The President sald he rested during the n of the midnight hours. He appearec fresh and strong upon his arriva here. He had started for Washington shortly after dawn, driving thirt seven miles to Rutland to train. Private Car Donated. At Rutland he found the car of George T. Jarvis, vice pr dent of the Rutland railroad wa for him, and the car was attache ing Rutland at Y. the Rutland line car over to the New York ich brought it in to 3 York ‘as a, special. President A. Smith of the New York Central per sonally directed the handling of the train. "A bare ten minutes wa. sumed in making the transfer. On the New York Central, the en- tire railroad army stood at attention as the presidential speclal wenr through, orders for precedence and peclal attention having reached ¥ _branch of the service. Cross- towermen. train and ployes bared their heads assed, Small crowds were gathered at the yside stations watching for the al. These onlookers stood silent sober and undemonstrative, as the special thundered by. — RECOGNIZES U. S. LOSS IN DEATH OF HARDING Assembly of M. E. Church South Adopts Resolutions, Noting “Shadow of National Sorrow.” By the Associated Press. LAKE JUNALUSKA, N. C., 4.—Services in honor of President Harding were held here today by the Southern Assembly of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and resolu- tions ‘were adopted stating that “standing in the shadow of a national sorrow that knows no section, or creed, or party, we are smitten with the universal grief of our common country in the loss of its honored Chief Executive.” The resolutions also expressed sym- pathy to Mrs. Harding and the Presi- dent’s aged father, and added: “We extend to President Coolidge and his cabinet our sympathy and support amid the unusual responsibilities of this hour, and assure them of our pravers in their behalf that they may have divine guidance and support.” The resolutions, which were ordered sent to Mrs. Harding, President Cool- idge and Dr. Harding, stated they e: pressed the feeling of Southern Meth- odists from sixteen states and of its missionaries present at the confer- ence from eleven foreign flelds. 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