The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 3, 1923, Page 1

‘ a nv TRAIN HEADS WEATHER Fair tonight and Saturday, Mod. erate southwest to west winds, oe Entered as Gecond Class Matter May 4, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash, under the Act of Con: The SeattleSt March 3, 1879, Per Year, by Mai 25. NO, 187. VOL, ae SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, AU! NEW CHIEF'S FOR CAPITAL tion Are Suddenly Thrust, Refuses; to See Crowds on Way; Takes Oath in Vermont Backwoods NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—President Calvin Coolidge | left here for Washington at 5:35 o’clock this after-. noon, on the Pennsylvania railroad. At no time did the crowds gathered at the Grand Central and Penn- sylvania stations get a glimpse of the president. Ar- riving at the Grand Central at 5:15, the president was taken to a government automobile thru an under- | ground passage. He was whisked to the Pennsylva-| “nia, where, thru another underground passage, he was taken on board a special train. * 8 & BY PAUL R. MALLON ABOARD PRESIDENT COOLIDGE’S SPECIAL | TRAIN, En Route to Washington, Aug. 3.—Avoid- ing all ceremony, in reverence to his departed chief, President Coolidge sped down out of his familiar Green mountain hills today to take over the office of | chief executive in Washington. Mr. Coolidge, practicing his natural. policy of) New England steadiness, refused to go out to greet the crowds of farmers and their wives who awaited him at every station. He even refused offers of the Rutland railroad of a special train until the local to which his private car| was attached had almost reached Troy. The pres dent does not intend to go to the White House upon his arrival in Washington tonight. Hegfeels the be- reaved Mrs.-Harding should return there first. PLYMOUTH, Vt., Aug. 3.—By the dim light of a flickering oil lamp, Calvin Coolidge took oath as president of the United States at 2:47 a. m. today. He started for Washington at once. Just a few hours after word of the death of War- ren. G. Harding had aroused him from his bed, Coolidge stood in the old parlor of the family farm house in this isolated hamlet, deep in the Vermont mountains, and was sworn in by his aged father, John Coolidge, who is a notary public. Other presidents have taken the oath on a high rostrum before the capitol at Washington, with the chief justice of the supreme court administering it, with troops drawn up in glittering arra: crowds of witnes: Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated in a small room, just across the road from the house where he was born, in the | republican party's whole 1924 pollt!-| reactionary spirit, ew ideclared, and ) not interpret the early hours of the morning, with his father, unshaven and collarless, handing him the well-thumbed family Bible, in é of his wife, Jim McInerney, a chauffeur, Con- Porter H. Dale, L. L. Lane, president of the Rail- ssociation of New England, and Secretary Geiser hington offi , These are all that witnessed the solemn, simple ceremony made all the more solemn by the knowledge that death had just taken his predecessor with shocking suddenness and by gloomy, somber surroundings. There was no mu the lonesome chirping of crick- % outside, no acclai the whispers of a few of the , neighbors “who gathered near the house and murmured to one another, “Cal is being sworn in as president in there.” A Friend Is Dead BY A. J. 8. {member of our profession, has died. 3. Brew"') | The men from The Star who went ing is dead ©|up to Vancouver to meet the prest- t\dent, and who Inter came down on mn with him, and the men who '‘covered’’ the presi- a vis Seattle, feel an almost the death of the na- a masa i. v Yor it was impos- Wilson Telegraphs sible for anyone to como In contact toH pt § 4 with Warren G. Harding and not be © Harding’s Widow | wvayea ty his grnucious manner, his WASHING! . G-~Wooa.| Kindly tact and his warm, generous row Wilern to «. | 8ympathy. rsonal n's ox ¢| To the rest of us, who in our yarl- apacities, commented or joked +|on the presidential visit, the loss is “| hardly less personal. For President ‘s most striking characteris. s his essential simplicity, his aunch, loyable democracy, It waa *|Impousihle to write about him with- out a feeling of affection for hin very Harding. leged the W in an effort t atement on t Word of tt ng of President Harding a Fe at Nabe human qualitien, early today effort PE cont Along with the reat of the citizens fats, Wileon to yy made by | of Seattle, the nen of this office ten- ties eae 10 Hews trom | der their sincerest condolences to he arone th in morhing Was unsucceasfyl att Mra, Harding in the death of her i martyred husband. with bands and flags and vast cheering | | } ------At the Peak Point o HE knitting woman, History, clicks her need- les fast today. The shock- ingly unexpected occurs. Warren G. Harding, 29th president of the United Warren G. Harding States, is dead; Calvin Cool- idge heads the republic. It is futile and needless i] for anybody, elose under iW the shadow of this national DEATH UPSETS ~ POLITICAL PLAN Serious Blow | BY LAWRENCE MARTIN (Copyright, 1923, by United Preea) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3—The |cal program has been knock by the sudden removal of Preside: rd who, had he lived, would most certainly have been the nomi. | neq to succeed himself. One of the main hopes of the party for success in 1924 lay in the fact that prety chiefs did not have to wor- [ (EDITORIAL) bereavement, to attempt an estimate “of Warren 4G, Harding’s future position in our category of national lead- ers. It is enough that we here now recognize and express fully our appreciation of his fine human qualities, his sincere love for America and his untiring efforts to meet adequately the great problems that face the country. He will be remembered always by the present genera- tion for these homely, loveable virtues. He will be remembered, of course, thru other generations to come for the achievements of his conference on the limitation of armaments. And for his gradual turning toward a solu- tion of other international diffi- culties against the opposition of some of the short-sighted Old Men of Washington. In domestic affairs his record has been more subject to con- troversy and question, but this, at least, can be said: Mr. Harding’s western trip broadened him. His visit to Alaska gave him a new inspira- tion of statesmanship. And, as he confessed upon his return to Seattle, it converted him to the principles of conservation of the national resources. He was a bigger man, a man more competent of intelligent, constructive national leadership the day he spoke to us of the Pa- cific Northwest in the University of Washington stadium than he ever had been before. He had grown with his job. He died at the peak-point of his capabili- ties. In that fact, there is cause for LATEST FLASHES | /BERLIN PAPER Republican Party Receives| SCORES COOLIDGE | BERLIN, a “Boston. bookworm” jlin Zeitung a ldge is an ini machine and Harding and Coolidge means the risc Aug. 2 lvin Coolidge was characterized as|Taken from a train at Modesto and by the Berlin| provided with a special automobile Je much.” ‘The death of President failure to arriv the ascendancy of| Wit hthe depart of ths pro-|train. The pap: he four cab 2.—President Cal‘}] SAN | FRANCISCO, im Mittag today. C strument of the party |by the Modesto police agent is breaking all is dominated by alto reach San Francinc the newspaper official b added: “Which fossifs|eral Horry M, Daugherty, cont American peo- in the republican |* jOFFICIAL PAPERS SPEEDING TO FRISCO | gage of Attorney Gen- ing important official papers, t mombers sched: | Mr,|uled to leave today with Mr. Har. sto the re.|ing’s body, it was reported. f His Career additional sadness—and for a ertain measure certainly of sat- isfaction, too, Warren G. Harding is dead; a whole people grieves. No doubt our neighbor Canada and much of the rest of the civilized world joins in our sorrow. fe nip iy ‘alvin C oolidge And while it grieves, this na- tion prays that Calvin Coolidge may measure fittingly up to the high demands of the lofty posi- tion in which Fate today has seated him. jFLAG DROOPS FROM “FRONT PORCH” 3—| MARION, 0., [half mast on the famous Aug. poreh”’ a service | speed. laws | distinguish 0 with the| former home on Mt. Vernon ave: Harding sold the jold home after his inauguration to Millard Hunt. v|COX PAYS TRIBUTE DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 3.—James M. Cox, defeated in the last presi: the late jnue. President The! ry over intornal dissensions about | subiican party, the organ sald |Modesto authorities found — Mont-!gentiat election by Warren G. Har |the nomination. Now they will have| ee aoe Al “ veer? rene, ae aie today paid tribute to the |to worry. | Hideeies Teele xe 2 | dead’ preside: gnéd editor | hey are, in fact, little better oft HARDING FUNERAL [Seton chief. pete pap Fa ka ik fey dal eget n the democrats, who face a mad | "vital - concern| he dead p paper, thy News. |sorambte fa thelr norainating conven:|TO BE IN OLD HOME aunt nnd the departure of his train” |Cox a, in’ part nation | ‘epee : m1 at the n G jon. | oF SCTE 3.—The |2nd was urged to d to San} mourns at t eedaiyin Coolldge becomes president, |, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. $—The| Toe, "ay fant will let | Harding : | vin. Coolidge p */funeral train will leave San Fran-| 0 T8? sobivea at (eoes’ ti and for the second time {n his life is! 7 é lyou” in the mi received at| goes to 8 cisco at 7 p. m. today, arriving} tapul into prominence by an| F | Modesto: in an ap for the faithful bg 7 at Washington at 1 p. m, August & ri Te Rhiesaevckanl 4 Mr, Coolldge, now that) no naing will be taken immediately ona De Sede ah LA Mire anh pecome: ne dyed Ap me : bee were’ maintained down to the very \t ‘logica! republican candidate. In fact, ho may become the refuge | of certain party leaders who, they have no great enthusiasm for Coolidge as a candidate, would much prefer him to Hiram Johnson, of Cal- {fornin, whose star today is brighter been in a long time. SITUATION 15 EMBARRASSING say the least. Mr. Coolidge, tho a man of sterling qualities and fine character, 1s admittedly not a man to fire the popular sentiment of the |country with any great enthusiasm. |Mr. Harding seldom aroused great outbursts of among candidates, “wot over’ with the people because he was a good fraternizer, a friendly, genial, human man who liked his fel low men and showed it. Mr. ¢ idge is handleapped by his New EF land reserve which Is developed {| his case to a degree that causes Washington to wonder how he ever got anywhere in polittes, In addition to that the restless pro- gressives in the republican party will not have the hesitation about tight: ing Mr. Goolldge In 1924 they would have manifested in opposing Mr, spontaneous but fervor he always (Turn to Page 7, Column 5) * The situation is embarrassing, to| |whence they | the rotunda of the capitol the next tho| * |morning, Thursday, [will be there |Then, after a }will be taken on tho political horizon than it hag|leaving Washington that evening, August 9. The train will reach ‘Thursday, | Onto. | Friday mornin, uneral will be | August 11. LONDON, torials on his Hitleal sale The FE chlet United States pletely ple.” "Wo ta flect unworthi sald the Byer armament con! est triumph.” |LONDON PRESS GIVES HIGH PRAISE for President Harding was expressed by London newspaper or of gr the regard of the British that the first Journalist to attain the presidency didn't go into of: will be transferred tol parts, Aug. 3.—Tho August 9. They in state until 5 p. m. funeral service they |gret the disappearance to a special train, | {friend of France,” for Marion, Marion is, August 10, and the » held there Saturday, jcournge and | honesty,”” our country and his deg 5 In the United States, WASHINGTON, Aug. jleaders here today were a confused question of Aug. 3.—High praise oday In edi. deat © Was A po t force and per. | ernme 1 the Pall Mall Ga.|of President Harding, vening Standard sald:|be no successor to Mr, the m- 00: ake pride in the fact of magistrates Mave webin th lar olections, as there for such a dent pro tempore successor, of to Fos ly ol his profession,” ning Star, “Tho dis: ference Wa his great |gres’ convenes will be vice president, today expressed deep regret at the| ident jdeath of President Harding, calling! realty |him a friend of France. said the Midi. “Mr. Harding was a man of great uncommon said L/Information. jshowed himself a fervent friend of cause the livellest regrets here as NO VICE PRESIDENT procedure in realignment of the gov- ax the result of tho death vice president until the vision by constitution or otherwise to be elected when the next con: president in tho vlace of Mr. lidge and will receive the salary of In the post-mortem Paris Press |analysis the supporters of the pres: find justification for thelr and political ad’ tos “We re-| recognize virtues and servi of a great eee PREDICTED HIS DEATH MARION, Ohio, Aug. 3.—Before leaving for Washington, president | Harding predicted he would never |itve thru his term of office, it was revealed here late today. George Van Fleet, associated with Mr. Hur- ding on, tho Marion Star for 2! political “Ho h can only , said the late president ex. pr his premonition of death 8.—Political eW intimate friends, “I don't ‘aced with ber Mr. Harding's — exact the proper| words, but I do remember the pre- |diction,” sald Van Fleet. h era Goottdge as | AWAIT RUHR NOTE next regu} Is no pro: jis waiting for a reply from Britain regarding the French note on tho Ruhr situation beforo taking fur ther action, Semi-officlal, sources mado {t known that Paris regards the negotiations as “unbroken” and also that Poincare would like to continue discussions on the repan tions and Ruhr problems. ‘The presl- tho senate acting vice Coo- _ |arrive in Washington late in the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug- — Aes Oi |Sacramento, Reno, Cheyenne, Ogden, Omaha, Chicago and Ne tamoue "Pront| thence by the B. & O. to Washington, It will slow down in the only mark today to Ay a . i president's|D€ no stops except those incident to train operation. to the removal of the body to the funeral car. :|That will be its only farewell to its guests. president is dead. PARIS, Aug, 8--Premier Poincare}, TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE. PARTY READY | TO START ON | - SAD JOURNEY ‘Funeral Train Will Reach Washington Tuesday Afternoon; Casket to Be Placed in Car Former Executive Rode in When Touring Country | SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.—The following was announced as the list of key points thru which the |funeral train bearing the body of President Harding will pass while en route east: Leaving San Francisco, August 3, at 7 p. m. Ar- riving Ogden, 9:05 p. m., August 4, Arriving Omaha, 2:15 a. m., August 6; arriving Chicago, 3:30 p. m., August 6. Arriving Washington via B. & O., 1:30 p. m, August 7. | The president’s remains will be carried in the observation compartment of the car Superb, in which he has traveled on nearly all of his considerable journeys since he was nominated for president. j * » *% | BY LAWRENCE MARTIN PALACE HOTEL, San Francisco, Aug. 3.—All \that is mortal of the late President Warren G. Hard- |ing lay at rest today in the hotel room, where at |7:20 last night the living spark was snuffed out by ja stroke of poi ain | Smoothly and silently preparations were completed jfor the sad journey to the national capital, where \fitting honor will be shown by the nation. | Mrs. Harding, showing amazing fortitude under the crushing shock of her bereavement, was in personal charge of the final arrangements for the funeral journey. She saw ito it that the comfort of all the 80 members of the party would be assured aboard the special funeral train which will ‘leave San Francisco for Washington at 7 p. m. | She shows signs of her great grief, but no signs of weak- ness as she went about her tasks.e She was as poised as tho she were approving plans for some happier event, while she read over and gave her sanction to the railroad schedule |mapped out for the train. Under this schedule, the late president’s remains will ust 7. No detailed plan has yet been worked out for the, lying in state of the body in Washington nor for the funeral, ~ later, expected to be at Marion, Ohio, the former home of the Hardings. j TRAIN WILL GO OVER THE OVERLAND ROUTE The train will go over the Central or overland route, via where people gather to pay a last silent tribute. There will At 11 a. m. today no definite arrangements had been made regarding the brief funeral service, which was an- nounced would precede removal of the remains to the train. This service probably will consist only of a prayer offered’ by a San Francisco minister and then, escorted by a-guard of honor of four young United States marines, the casket | will be placed in a hearse and taken to the railroad station.! |HONORARY PALLBEARERS NAMED; | BAPTIST MINISTER TO PRAY ¢ All members of the presidential party who accompanied Mr. Harding in life on his fateful transcontinental and — Alaskan trip will follow the hearse to the train in a funeral - procession. There will be no ceremonies whatever incident San Frans! _ cisco has been asked to stand silent as the cortege passes. } In leaving the hotel for the funeral train, the honorary’, q jpallbearers will be Attorney General Daugherty, Secretaries’ |Work, Wallace and Hoover, Gen. Pershing, Speaker Gillette, the governor of California, the mayor of San Francisco, Ad-! miral Simpson, commander of the naval forces in the San |Francisco district, and Gen, Morton, commander of the-miti tary forces in the San Francisco district. : The Rev. James S. West, pastor of the First Baptis#: church, San Francisco, will deliver the prayer at 5 o’cloc! immediately before the remains are removed from the hotel, * * PALACE HOTEL, San Francisco, Aug. 3.—The Death, apparently balked by. medical ‘science, | cee suddenly and with no warning, at 7:20 last. 4 night. The president was definitely on the road to recov: | ery from ptomaine poison, acute indigestion and a _ pneumonic infection which followed them. ih But death found a way thru the armor—it struck into the brain with apoplexy, and without struggle or word, and only a shudder of his weakened frame and. the oe of one hand, the nation’s head passed be«. yond, Tonight they will take Warren G, Harding’s body home—back to the White House, where he lived and (Turn to Page 4, Column 2) ‘