| Show COOLIDGE Is NOW oath of office administered by his father in early morn ing hours TO FOLLOW HARDINGS PLANS now new executive makes statement 1 in which he promises to carry out policies of predecessor roused from bed bad to take the oath washington president ident calvin coolidge Is now thirtieth president of the united states succeeding warren G harding the provisions of the constitution ile he has retained the C cabinet all at least tor for the present asking the operation cooperation co of those associated with his predecessor in office calvin coolidge took the oath as resident president of the united states at plymouth vt at a m friday august 3 the ceremony took place in the living room of the residence of the new presidents father john C coolidge the oath of office was administered by the father who Is a notary public the text test of the presidential oath had been telephoned to mr coolidge at plymouth from the white house statement by now new chief president coolidge received the news of the death of president harding and ot of his own elevation to the presidency at ten minutes before midnight stand ird time thursday mr fr coolidge received the first news through telegrams from george C christian jr secretary to president harding mr coolidge issued the following statement reports have reached me which I 1 fear are correct that president nording harding Is gone the world has lost a great and good man I 1 mourn his loss he was my chief and my friend it will be my purpose to carry out the policies which he has begun for the service of the american people and for meeting their responsibilities wherever they may arise for this purpose I 1 shall seek the operation cooperation co of all those who have been associated with the president during his term of office those who have given their efforts to assist him I 1 wish to remain in office that they may assist me 1 I have the destinies of our nation the following telegram was sent to mrs harding plymouth vt AUK aug 3 1923 sirs mrs warren G harding san francisco cal we offer you our deepest sympathy may god bless you end and keep you CALVIN COOLIDGE GRACE COOLIDGE message tells of death the telegram announcing the death ot of the president was as follows follow st i palace hotel san francisco cal aug 3 1923 sir mr calvin cooled cooledge e plymouth vt the president died instantaneously and without warning while conversing with members of t his family at p in ills his physicians report that death was apparently due to some brain embolism probably an all apoplexy GEORGE C B CHRISTIAN JU secretary this telegram was brought to the coolidge home at plymouth notch by W A perkins of bridgewater who owns the telephone line running from bridgewater to plymouth about five minutes later newspaper men arrived in ludlow A drive ot of thirty miles through the th mountains brought them to the coolidge summer home mr coolidge and mrs coolidge had bad I 1 retired about an hour before the death messages were received ten minutes after the arrival of the newspaper men mr and mrs coolidge came downstairs into the sitting room of the cool cooledge I 1 dge home hom e I 1 mr coolidge was dressed in a black sack suit and wore a black necktie mrs coolidge wore a black and white gown white shoes and stockings mr coolidge was very pale and showed deep regret tor for president hardings death ile he seated himself at a table while mrs coolidge brought a lamp and read the telegrams he had received ile he then called his assistant secretary irwin galsser Gel and dictated to him his statement and the telegram to mrs harding mrs coolidge weeps in the meantime people were arriving from all directions mr COOIl coolidge dge seeing the house becoming crowded gave orders that an adjoining house be opened tor for use as press headquarters meanwhile the new first lady of the land sat weeping softly and exclaiming lm in sympathy for the bereaved first lady in san francisco what a blow what a terrible blow to poor mrs harding she ehe said site she had had bad such a heavy burden in I 1 her ter own illness to bear up under and now this I 1 finally secretary galsser returned with the press copies of the statements and pushing back the old photograph album and the family bible on the center table mrs coolidge busted busied herself with the work ot of helping distribute them the newspaper men had scarcely gotten out of sight when another telegraph messenger arrived with a copy of the presidential oath from washington in the same sitting room with its larnol branded rugs its clutter of venerable colonial furniture its old wood stove and its family bible calvin coolidge received the oath of office from tits his father president coolidge left plymouth early friday morning by automobile for rutland to catch a train for new york where he immediately boarded a train for washington lie ile was accompanied compa compan nied led by sirs mrs coolidge lie he was mentioned As is a possibility for the presidential nomination prior to the 1920 campaign hut but lie made a public announcement that he would not consider the nomination nia 1113 i n and election to the vice priAl dency followed |
