| Show PRESIDENTS PRESIDENT'S PR ES IDE NT S 'S SON SO N GAllED BY DEATH CALVIN JUNIOR UNABLE TO WITHSTAND ENCROACHMENT OF POISONING End End- Comes After Five Day Battle at a Hospital Parents Are Present When Lad Succumbs 1 Washington Calvin Calvin Coolidge Jr son of the president died Monday night at Walter Reed hospital of blood poisoning The end came after niter the boy had battled with the utmost bravery and fortitude for five days against a disease disease dis dig ease which had racked his lis body with pain and sapped sipped the reserve strength of his frail constitution President and Mrs Coolidge who had maintained constant vigil at the hospital were at his bedside hopeful hopeful hope hope- ful and cheering and com comforting their son to the last A sinking spell spen the fourth he had suffered in hours 24 brought death Notwithstanding the use of oxygen and other restoratives the courage which had withstood crisis after crisis and had bad beaten death off repeatedly repeatedly re re- re p was unable to meet the thc at at- tack The collapse began at C 6 30 o'clock and he gradually sank into He died at 10 1030 30 Every resource of medical science was brought into play in the vain effort to save young Joung Coolidge's lift An operation was performed on tho the left leg last Saturday night to drain off the poison and blood transfusions and oxygen were resorted to in thi th latter days of his illness The natural strength of a boy of ot 16 however which was counted on onas onas as the most powerful resisting force to the creeping poison was waS' unable to meet the issue and after having fought a brave bravo but always losing fight he succumbed nfl Ono One nf of th trip the final finni and n n the one which the physicians were unable to meet was the formation of gas on the stomach The organ was waS' washed out repeatedly repeat edly in an effort to put it in condition condi tion to retain nourishment but the effort was unsuccessful Three sinking spells Sunday night brought him to the point of death A slight light rally Monday gave slight hope but soon therea thereafter ter he began again to lose ground and he never rallied again President and Mrs Coolidge bore up bravely Soon after the death they went to it the White House where the elder brother John was awaiting them |
