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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, FRI DAY MORNING, AUGUST .xAillEIHIA 3, 1923. "M Harding Administration Is Significant in NATIONS FIRST LADY ' Arms Conference, 7 ' Treaties, and Allaying of Industrial Unrest Achievements. Far-reachi- Extens- ng ive-Reconstruction President Harding Death Believed to Have Resulted From Apoplexy. Commander of Transport Henderson Is Received by Mrs. Harding i X, WASHINGTON, Aug. J (By ah Associated Press.) Ths Washington arms AN FRANCISCO. Aug 1 -- Mrs. Hardmg tonight received Captain Alien Buchanan, commander of the navy transport Henderson, at- - which the president sailed to Alaska and returned, to . the continental United States, who came to offer his condolences After the meeting Captain Buchanan Said Mrs. Harding ts a woman of remarkable qualities. She is bearing-u- p with great bravery and courage Captain Buchanan said the sailors and marines on the Henderson would march, without arms In the procession when the president s body is taken from the hotel tomorrow, beThe ginning the trip to Washington ship will march every man of its perWe said. Buchanan sonnel, Captain couid not do leas for the commander-in-thie- f, was one who particularly as good as Mr Harding was to us of the Henderson all the while be was I aboard ' Mrs. Harding has a firm gvip upon aatd Herbert C. Hoover, secherself, retary of commerce, when questioned by interviewers as to her condition as he emerged from the presidential suite Mrs Herbert Hoover, wife of the secretary of the commerce department. was with Mrs Harding almost continuously for hour after the president drath She declared that the 1 besrfng iw well under the rttock of the tragedy. Mrs. Harding is perfectly well, said Mrs Hoover Of course, she cries, but there U nothing Hke a colShe Is gmng to be terribly lapse. upet if she sees the newspapers that she collapsed -S- Reported, to Havy Died Suddenly in Same Way BAN FRANCISCO, Calif, Aug The - flva physicians who attend Ml President Hording, In a statement Issued early today, said that all be- ileved that the ehterexeciitlve"dled (rent apoplexy or a rupture of a bleed vessel in the axis of the brain pear the respiratory center ' His death earns after recovery from the acute Illness was in process, the physicians! statement said. It might have occurred at any time. One of his sisters died suddenly in the same manner. , ' The physicians statement follows' REASONABLY QOOD HEALTH. Last spring fotowing a long po-- ) Hod of overwork and great strain, t President Harding was confined to his bed with an sits ok of tnfluenaa, which was followed by a few nocturnal attacks of labored breathing His recovery was slow and ha had not normal strength fully regained lus health , whex-h- e started' tha trip to Alaska. Hs had also had some attacks of abdominal pain and indigestion and at times he had some pain associated with a feeling of oppression in the chest. For some years Ms systolic blood pressure hod ranged around lH and there waa evidence of some arterioof the sclerosis, enlargement heart and defective action of tha Except for fatigue and the fact that hie heart Snd blood vessels were some years older then the rest of his body, he was la reasonably good health. KEEPS SEATTLE PROGRAM. On the return trip from Alaska be athad an acute tack, associated with abdominal pain and fever. In sple of Ms lUnes, he insisted on putting through his program of speaking in Vancouver and Seattle. He had considerable difficulty in completing hie addresses in Seattle because of weakness and pain Because of this he was persuaded to come directly to Ran Francisco, and hotel Sunday arrived at the Palace morning. July 18. v He dreaSed and walked to the automobile from the train Sunday evening, a consultation waa wiled because his temperature had risen Jo 102 and hie pulu ami. respire-ttloWere abnormally rapid. The abdominal difficulty had by this time become localised In tha gall bladder region, but there was a general toxemia, with fever and ieuoocytoels. , A central bronchopneumonia soon developed an tha left aide. It was accompanied by abort circulatory col-Irlapses with cold sweats and an regular pulse. Most disturbing of ail was the rapid snd Irregular breathing of the suggestive of brain vessels in the region of the respiratory center. ktd-ne- gastro-lntestln- ai ni arterto-scleros- DEATH is INSTANTANEOUS. Under treatment marked improvement in the pneumonia and circulatory disturbances took place, snd Thursday. Asguet t. be was free from fever and pain; the scute lung condition was practically gone. Ha was resting comfortably in bed and eon-- versing with Mr Harding and General Sawyer when he died instanwithout word or gron --taneously, Vfe All believe he died from apoplexy or n rupture of blood veaeels in the axis of the brain near tha resdeath came afpiratory center. His ter recover-y- from- - the acuta illness waa in process It --might bave occurred at any time One of his sisters died, suddenly in the same manner t , a "(Signed) U. hi SAWTBR. M. D. -- HAT LYMAN WlbBUBi M D, . "C. M, COOPER. M D.. "J T. BOONE M. D., HUBERT WORK. M D." 4 Obregon Holds Loss to Nation Is Irreparable cm, New Head of Nation . Long in Public Work (Om tinted from meetings oi to act as a for those interested in having their view presented to the president. fql DAUGHERTY ASKS IMMEDIATE ACTION ot -- -- GOVERNOR SHOCKED ' BY NEWS OF DEATH l))S ANGELES. Cal.. Aug L The state of California, which was the scene of President Hardings death, will, of oouree, taka steps to show said its great regret and sorrow. Governor Friend W. Richardson of California tonight, when news of the president passing reached him at dinner la hotel at Irang Beach, near here, according to special dispatches to the Lo Angeles Times "I am Immeasurably shocked and grieved, said ths governor. Brookhart Cancel s All Speeches Until Funeral WASHINGTON, Iowa, Aug t Bv the Associated Pros) Senator Smith W. Brookhart heard the news of President Hardings death by radio shortly after the chief executive passed away He Immediately canceled all speakfuing engagements until after the s neral and burial services. -- Sends News Long Distances S Radio-Stati- on . KBW TORE. Aug 8 At t 3 a. m. r4to station at Newark, N J , transmitters threw on and bocsn broadcasting the story of to a death stations in ths president Europe, ships st sea, American naal based isolated forest patrols over the continent. (Continued aa Page Jtlnxtnoe.) NATIONAL LEADERS EXPRESS REGRET AT DEATH OF CHIEF PUEBLO, Colo, Aug. J Alva B. Adams, United states senator from Colorado and a Democrat, made the statement tonight on the following death of President Harding. I am very sincerely shocked and grieved at the death of President Harding. He was a lovable and an admirable man. ' He waa a friendly man who had many true friends and who stood loyally by them. Our country will be worse for his having died before the Snd Of his term." CHEYENNE, wyo.. Aug 1 United Slates Senator Francis E Warren of Wyoming attending the sheep growers' convention at Rawlins, was notified tonight of the death of PresiHe said dent Harding "it is the worst blow that the counst suffer this time. Personcould try 1 am deeply grieved and feel ally, the loss ot our dear president great. ly." OMAHA. "Neb , - Aug 2 'The-losof President llardmg is a great shock and will le a source of real grief and the nation." deep sorrow to Us. expression. Everyone in Washington admired and loved th president. His death is a terrible loss to the country. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Aug. 2 Cjiro OjHmt, Japanese consul general st San Francisco, paid official to the dead president here respects, on behalf v of the Japanese tonight government. . LOS ANGELES, Cal , Aug t The news of the presidents death overcomes me. said Major O M B&ld-inge- r. rt Mr. - Iran government that tha United States and Japan should tiara equitable and other communication rights gt Tgp."Orfr which Jsjven Had4 been given a mandats under the treaty of Calvin Coolidge wife of neif president, of the. United gtatse, Hardings Father Sobs His Grief at Sad News Harding Suite Wrapped in Gloom; Guests Converse in Hushed Voices 1 (By th - The-subj- ect , Secret Service Feel Personal Loss In Death The boys of the secret service on presidential detail feel president- - Har ding s death es a personal loss. paid Henry Taggart, in charge of the United States secret service office at Salt Lake, last night Mr Taggart 'returned last night from Sail Francisco where he had been with W. H. Moran chief of the secret service, with the president partv Wuen Mr Taggart left Ran Francisco th recovery of the president was ix WASHINGTON, Aug S (Bv the Associated Press) W ord of the death of President Harding was withheld tonight from former President B iison, who had retired before the news reached Washington Mrs W Iison expressed profound regret when told of the event, hut said thst because of the state of Mr. W iison a health she would, not awaken . him "The people of Ran Francisco have mighty good," Mr. Taggart 'Ths weather there has been a aiik man and felt suits in for ideal the Palace hotel had every known convenience for his rare. Th nation He waa all has lost a great man man. The secret service bove who I became very knew him loved him much endeared to- - President Harding 'amce his last trip to Ba't Lake. been raid VersaUle SITUATION COMPLEX. Limitation of world armament w inter only one of the many problem national and national, which claimed Mr Harding's attention when he took up the reeponeWiilltiee of pie office. 1 the International field were the reestablish mm t of peace with Germany and Austria, Mexican relatione, tha Russian question, disposition of th former German cables In the Atlantic, equal rights mandate territory. In which was Involved the greater proposition of world petroleum supplies, and many other. 'W agriculture was Hi th worst condij tion, perhaps, in the history of th country. Industry was stagnated , ut employment was general, end th nation waa staggering undeg a burden of taxeuoo f., TJverg" also waa widespread fndutt trial unrest, and. to complicate tha situation, solution of th diLLieultLen of which wer sought, there were a humber of strike including the waiter outs in ths ooal mines and on the railroads On fi th first step in th rrene struct Ion program waa the enactment of the emergency tariff law. affect mg, agricultural product and th recreation of tha war finance corporation to aid in financing not only the farmer, Later but export business as welL cam permanent leglnlatton designed to provide more extended credit Mg th farmer and on mors liberal terms. NORMALCY HELD IN VIEW. To help relieve unemployment, the was btU restriction hmmigratioa passed and aa unemployment conferMeanence was held In Washington. time, revision of tha tax and tariff lew was undertaken with a view to hastening a return to that normalcy which Mr. Harding had set aa h a guiding otar. Ths tax bill out 000 year from tha burden oa business and tha public generally, while it eras claimed for tha tariff act that It removed th snssme of a flood of the products of cheep European labor and enabled business to go ahead , confidently. Another acoompH shment waa rim creation af Hiwbndget boraan. three riv which instrumentality tha preeldent put into effect the drive for economy In hi pubiie expenditures which constituted g high spot In hi dometiio l&uh.-W- O j Hardings outstanding effort, however, waa in behalf of a (hip subsidy law, which, he argtwd. mould, bit th on hand, out hi half tha cost of tha government operation of the imlt mense merchant marine, and on the other hand hwuro a balanced oommerrial find, ereen Pal alike in peace and In war. FavoraMe action waa obtained la the bourn, but such determined opposition waa encountered in the senate that th measure failed of paareg 53 war-bui- Death of President Shock to Citizens 00 00 00 00 00 Theater Crowds Stunned Yhen Told 00 00 00 Tribune Extra Meets Large Demand New of the presidents death T Harding of thla city received word dumbfounded Marion H0 Before extra editions of the newsof the death of his brother, the pres- papers reached the streets small ident, through a neighbor whose groups of people began gathering in home is equipped with radio. He had front of the Marion Star office to read the bulletin CH0 the message within a few minute (Hf Churches were notified and holla CH0 after new of th president' death toiled. , On of the first towns notified of was flashed from Ran Francisco. of the preeldent waa Cale"Ye I have heard that brother Is the death where Mr. Harding spent hie donia, he said dead, and I am very sorry, Other towns In th boyhood. early when railed shortly after the news county were notified by telephone the theater many left tho houno-"Ah! Marlon the presAt the was flashed. dub,on where After tho shock which was th re- soon a the flash on th screen . hi ident visited home, always trip th president' passing. so useful "It seems too bad thst the news was received with sult of President Hardings death, a CROWD IHOWg RESPECT. a man had to be taken That is aB silence. It was here notableprofount figures reverent calmness spread over Bait In public life were gueets during tie At tha American theater thtwe I can say " KM Lake's eitisenry, which began to know present, after reoelvtng the shock, of "front porch rsmpaign Member of th wer most aad the last In erne at 8 oclock word dub atoed solemn promiHarand tribute Dr MARION. Ohto, Aug f night. In the entertainment of delega- FYom that tlm until nearly mid- while th organist played "America. ding did not collapse when the news nent 1820 and their time tions gave him was broken to When th throng waa again aeassd during Shortly after the messenger notified the aged fath- and money to further the interests night throngs war on th principal sob worn heard coming from ft few It le business street a, th great majority woman. er of the president of his son s death of the late chief executive U a few friends called and found him the members of this dub that were of them easterly reading th saws of Th Ptuitagoo patrons, almost tor the closest to Mr Harding, th death in Th earns a "Ah!" Then exclaimed sitting In a chair, repeating "Boy perhaps unit, oxtra. Tribunaa Warren has gone. as many of them were his boyhood this is terrible silence. The vaudeville program which was circulated at I U o'clock. Warren had the interest of the coun- companions completed after the news reached th 8 never M been There has T. heart. to At ram at Frederic The not characterised by th Rev, was th flash Jone o'clock try paster theater, a president since Abraham Lincoln ot SL Paul's Episcopal church, an- Th Tribune over th Associated usual enthusiastic response from the that had the interest ot th country nounced tonight that early tomorrow Press audience, which had realised wbst wire that th president Oral had st heart like Warren morning be will conduct a requiem happened to th country In th Th service for the dead preeidsnL The dead. . .Miss Abigail Harding and Mr motion picture th eaten loss of the chief executive. . Carrie Votaw, sisters of the presi- church stands immediately east ot wer Immediately notified and each "Ah! and then the shock waa h dent. who have been traveling in the the Star building and it was in the flashed th new on th screen. given th aad news st 4a east, were located in Washington by shadow of this house of worship that With aoores leaving the theater al- reception Paramount-Empres- s, Kinema, Cosy, Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, son of Briga- the dead president Worked for eo most news th Gem, laia, Hyland, Photoplay, Prinspread immediately, dier General Chares E Sawyer, per- many years and built the Sear from rapidly on ovary slda Many persona cess and State theaters. Prom wJi sonal physician of the president They Its modest beginning to one of th who eouid reach a telephone eaHeil theater streamed th crowds onto the wired that they would take the first beet papers in this tecthm of th their home and broke th sad news streets eager to get more detailed instate train to Marion to their families- formation regarding th president a of Wnhtn an hour tha time the death This was obtained through first newt of the president death The Tribune extra. reached th city Salt Lake was bowed The shock experienced by all was in sorrow That each person waa greater than It might have been Sedeeply affected could easily bo seen re use the last word from th presiin th tuber countenances of tha dent's bedside had brought cheering news that hs wa greatly improved pedestrians Th The new wee received end precity and all Utah, for that matteivno doubt feels a peculiar grief pared for the printers by Tribune emover the president's death, du to hit ployees, the copy set In th composrecent visit to th city and state ing department, term mad up by It has only boon thlrty-oi- g day sine th foreman, prase foreman sumNEW YORK, Aug 2 Preeldent ton. April J4. 188S, dying the next th At that moned from his, home, stereotypes had president visited her on He served dny four year president month and eleven Harding, the twenty-nint- h of he state time tha Utah th made and all other paid detail incident en day of the United States, was the sixth that the James A Garfield was shot whll roust auspicious visit, perhaps of the extra carried Beehive state hag ever known .out publication of forty live the within president to die in office and the In the Pennsylvania station at Wash- the period President Harding was the first presi4 July 2, 1881, and died at third executive from Ohlu to die so. , ington, N. dent to acclaim th grandeur of Utah's minutes. , September 18, 1881 H J William Henry Harrison was the had served six and a half months Zion National park, wonderland first to die while president He died RECENTLY CHEERED HERE. William MeKinley was shot twice, 8. 1801, while In th Tern-pi- e It a with a clear, distinct mental April 4, 18il,- - at Washington, after September of Music at the picture ct th president ee he apnerving but on month of his term. exposition at Buffalo, N. Y He died peared lest June 28, when thousands Zachary Tsvlor died at Washington eight da later, havlhg served four of Utahns cheered him es he drove six months and ten days I in an automobile with Governor July 8, 1850, after serving one year, years, President Harding, who died to- Mabey over th state highway from four months and five day. ' San Francisco, had been Ogden and through some of the prinat night Abraham Lincoln was shot bv an chief executive RAN FRANCISCO. Aug 2 litrre two years, four cipal streets of Balt Lake, that Balt assassin at Ford s theater, Washing month and twenty-nin- e Lakers last night mourned th death prominent in thi city, leaders of Inre day west and othere whose names jt of tha nations chief Those wbo weie throumumt )be fortunate chough to' hear him speak household ' word In the tabernacle were also naturally oouotry passed through the hush of on floor th corridor of th a eighth heard deeply affected, they aayind Preeldent Harding at his beet that th Paiao hotel at th end ot wh,ih and chief their dead. leader Contributed lay Thee things r H0 OfO (HQ Admiral Hugh Rodman, who had 040 evening. to Balt Irak a grief on th occasion led the American fleet in battle array of !h death of Mr Harding waa in th world war and wno had been "My God' Can It be true" th exclamation of the first eltiten nailed from hi retirement to advie who called The Tribune to check up the president on naval mutter duron lhe authenticity at the report that ing the Alaska trip, stepped out. of elevator and, heed bowed, went spread over the city so rapidly. Sub- an many othara sailed The behind the Screen that marked Uie WASHINGTON. Aug 2 (By th exchanging a smile amt!a word with sequently. alconfine of th presidential suit. . and editorial Tribune department individual. Whits House off) Associated Press ) Massive in frame each General Pershing followed after h1 cere estimated that en averageoof most all made similar expression of comrade In arms of the war. shocked feelings. Major and raiure, a figure to attract g 1008 persona called upon him dally their The evening rain and coolnses had General Charie G. Morton, commansecond look in any crowd, that was He revived also th more formal func- filled of Ninth of th with the corn the theaters der ares, passed olty tions, such as the New Year recepWarren G, Harding, the men . large number of patrons immediately behind bis leader. Bek-rtions and th state and diplomatic unusually e were th flret to learn th The Mayor Rniph of Ban Francisco, Although slightly less than six feet dinner news. Those assembled invariably ter y Work and a number of other In height. He oa cried his 18 pound - Mr. Hdrdlntr was very fond of chll cam In and unison went. in And "Ah! and exclaimed then th eye pf Without any hint of obesity and hi dren, though he had none of his own. a deep ailence reigned. In some of all there was a stunned xpreeetnv and Easter rolling on the 18 hue unusually broad and high forehead House lawnseggWes made an annual and Heavy, square Jaw rounded out event. He and Mrs Harding mingled an impression of force and distinc- freelv with the little tots and ap4 peared to find much enjoyment in tion. watching them play most' a his with In his rest hours Mr, Harding liked Contrasting sharply eilver-gra- y hair were markedly ihlik to have around him his personaly 1CC3 black eebrows which almost masked friends and intimates In whose a pair of calm gray eyes In repo he could put aside the dignity hie face took on th aspect of seventy and cares of state and with whom he but tould swap stories and reminiscence so often seen in his photograph or listened; the- lines luwsa not surprising then that, like WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. (By the Associated Press.) Here werij when were broken by a smile that radiat- Cleveland before him. he frequently the milestones in Warren G. Harding life; ed cordiality slipped sway from the White House Bobu la 'Blooming Grove, Morrow eounty, Ohio, November 2. Mr Harding was both a good conin the evening 'to pay Informal nails versationalist and a good listener and upon former associate in th senate eureer as newspaper publisher November 26, 1884. Began hi feland other close friends he loied to ruh Hxiwa with Elected to Ohio state Senate, his first political office, Jvoven.bc? Oolf was Mr. Harding's low man. Hi flret officio I order was favorite 6, 1868. that the gates to the W hit House recreation and whenever public afEleeted lieutenant governor of Ohio, November 3, 1903 grounds be thrown oien and at the fair permitted he sought the link of start hs received visitors at almost e Washington country elirb HI Defeated as Bepubiienn candidate for governor. November 8, ID Hi any hour of the day. This took up friends ofthe senate frequently were . , Elected to United States senate, November S. 1914. so much of his time, however, that his opponents and In sqth matches Nominated for the presidenev, June 12, 1920. the establishment of a fixed hour for there always developed e keen, though this purpose was decided upon. Elected president November 2, 1620, poof his virtue By friendly nvajrj Each day after he had cleared his sition ms an editor rand publisher he Inaugurated March 4, 1921. desk and waa ready for luneh he participated also m the golf tournaDied August 2, 1923. received groups of visitors in tho ex- ments of the Washington ecutive offices, shaking hands and , . jl Ohio, Aug L Georg a Associated Press ) What amounted to an Informal session of Presidents Harding cabinet eras held tonight In the rooms of Secretary Hubert Work It was of the Interior department attended by Secretaries Hoover of the commerce department. Wallace of the agriculture departm.nL snd Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, close friend and campaign manager of Mr. Harding in his rac. for the presidency three ears ago. Brigadier General Charlei E. Saw yer. President personal Hardings physician, and his assistanL Lieutenant Commander Joel T. Boons; Gen-er- al John J Pershing and severe) others were- called Into conference matter of the meetLater several ing waa not disclosed of those who attended emerged and went to the presidential suite. Later several high naval officers Joined the Conference. Ths-- hastily summoned members of tbe prewdent a cabinet, led by Secretary Hoover, had hardly left the room which now haj become a death chamber before the cry of newsboys the calling the extras rose from streets far below Mingled with those rails was heard the soft crying of a woman If was not Mrs Harding though1, for as much as she desired to give expression to the greatest grief that ran coma to a woman she met the situation calmly. Secretary Hoover was the first of the four members of the president s official family who were in the city to reach the side of . he. president after his death He was followed by Secretary W a lace, then by Secretary Work and finally by Attorney General Daughertv. who was stopping at - another hotel Secretary Hoover- lft the room just before ths new of ths was announced, and death president's in answer to the inquiries of a small group , of waiting newspaper men, said ' Boys, I can t tell you a thing He apoke in a voice that was choked and his expression denoted deep and hidden grief. ymckiy after the first announce Trent' was msde the 'corridors about the presidential suite became filled, near by with members of the press-dea official party and farther away with newspaper men and other mostly city, state and federal officials who fad heard of the new 'i hs hotel management made an announcement In the dining rooms hosand the ballroom add the great telry soon became quiet as guest moved about slowly and talked In hushed voltes The presidential flag also was hauled down, soon th entire became strangely quiet, as it, city like other cities and town snd hambowed Hs head in grief. lets, Iisns peeted. four-pow- placed the Anglo-Japan- es alliance, which long had been viewed with suspicion by a large section of the people and many of the nation's public men. Coincident with the arms assembly nd collateral to It wars negotiated settlement of th Shantung and Yap In th one case Japan quest lorn. agreed with Ohm to withdraw her troops from sad restore the province of Shantung to that country, whila in tha other It agreed with the Aroer President personal at the Whit Harding's House, when the Lot Angeles Times Informed him of the passing of the chief executive Oeorge B Christian. Jr, Mi1. Harding s secretary, and Major Ba Lunger cam here for the Knights Templar ceremony today. Major Baldinger. accompanied by Mr Christian, wife of the president s secretary, and her school friend. Mrs Carrie Kgiler of Marlon. Ohio left for Han Francisco late tonight. Members of the Marion. Ohio, commandery, h nights. Templar, who came here, expecting to meet the. president at the ceremony today. announced would start for Pan Franciscothey as soon as possible snd accompany the president's bodv east aide s Howell said when he heard of the , chief executive s death, , SHERIDAN, Wyo, Aug 2 "The death of president Harding is a national calamity, a tragic thing, the whole country will be broken with grief ' declared United States Senator John Kendrick of Wyoming when apprised of the death of the thief executive ' 1 am grieved and shotjted beyond Italy, and the peel. This dealt with the insular possessions Pacific of the U rated State Great Britain and Fraaoe, and re- COLUMBUS, Aug iniiir acy by sharply limiting ths strength Warren Has Gone Repeats Aged Man; Town of Marion Dumbfounded; Church Bells Are Tolled. SAN FRANCISCO, treaties of the sea power of the United States, Great Britain,41 Japan, Franc and a MEXICO Mexico. Aug 5 (By 'the Associated Press ) President Harding's death is a sad event, not only for the Untied States, but for When the Republican national conMexico, said President Obregon when vention was held in June 9920, only shown an Associated Press dispatch announcing that ths American chief executive had passed away. Mr. Harding a personality makes the loss difficult to fi'b' President Obregon continued believe that internet tonal 4 do-npolicies will be changed, because it but is not a question of person nr Mexico President principle Harding s death Is a sad loss. raITMttned On) few months had elapsed from the time when overnight Calvin Coolidge, then serving hi first term as governor of Massachusetts, became the talk of the nation for the imprts-ts- nt part ha had. plaved in breakthe police strike in Boston ing What he did in that gravg crisis to the forces of disorder, to uphold stay SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Auff 1 AmerUan Institutions fend vindicate Attorney General Iteugherty, shortly the principles of law won him comafter 11 o clock tonight, sent a telemendation from governors, United members of the gram to Vice Premdeht Coolidge at States senators, and from Pl mouth, Vt , suggesting that he take house of representative the oath of office immediately as host of men Prominent in and out Woodrow of life. Wilson, of the United Mates public president then president of the United States, the maof opposite political although Geography, not Infrequently a occasion to send a mesjor ooneideraUon m the nomination faith, totook Governor Coolidge in which of a candidate for second place on sage the ticket' played less part than his- he lavished praise upon him for the tory In the nomination of Calvin courageous stand he had taken in Coolidge of Massachusetts for vice that emergency, president of the United States by TAKES FIRM STAND. national convention in What has been termed the great 1920, his stepping stone to elevation in the pubtlc career of adventure as the thirtieth president. From actual observation at the time Coolidge that called for the exercise and scene of that selection, it may of those qualities of courage and decision that had been latent within be stated beyond fear of contradichim and only awaittng an opportution that there was leas talk of givin baling the necessary geographical nity to asnert themselvesthirty-seve-came n In ance to the ticket when his name September, 1919. counof in tha cities went before the convention than there different, parts was of the achievements of the man try unions had been formed within and what he stood for in American the uniformed police forces and had beceme affiliated with the American politics Federation of Labor. For some time In the commonwealth of Massachusetts, where he was best known and prior to the fateful feeptember orhad spent more than twenty years in ganisers had been at work within the Boston force Their efforts had been publle office before he achieved national prominence the name of Cal- attended with considerable success and early in the month a demand was vin Coolidge was a synonym for made by the unionised policemen on rugged honesty, simplicdePolice Commissioner Edwin M. Cur- courage, inflexible vtr-tuity of habit nd ee votion- to- duty-atie for permission to Jotie the Amer-- 4 tha austere v CommisFederation of the ican associated with generallyTrom wftich he sprang sioner Ctitrts immediately promulgatpioneer stock it had become a svnonm also for ed a rule prohibiting any union of success at the poll for he had never the Boston police force from affiloutside labor uhlon been defeated for offree and generaliating with an A strike of dissatisfied policemeh ly speaking in each successive election at which he was a candidate the was threatened when an .appeal was returns had shown increased plurali- msde to Govern tr Coohdgr to reverse the order f the police comties. OF RETIRING NATURE. missioner, coupied with s demand for removal of the commissioner himthe Politicians in Massachusetts marThe union organisers and the veled at this for Coolidge never was self unionised hand-shak- er policemen of Boston, it was He was admita at the time, had received understood of a kind the mixer poorest tedly a:d and comfort from the considerable and he appeared to shun rather than th. city, who liad tailed seek the publicity so eagerly aought mayor oteven moral support to the to give by most men in public life, apparcommissioner of police. ently living up to a homely adage ofSEEKS ADVICE, of hit own. Let men in public fice substitute the light that cornea In the emergency that nad arisen from the midnight oil for the limeGovernor Coolidge sought tdvire from a committee composed of prominent light conference and the growing out of it constituted the outstanding accomplishment of President Hardings administration. It was Mr. Hardings own view, expressed before the ptentpeaentiariee of the power oembled here November 12, 1881, in response to his invitation, that the conference would determine the place Which his administration ultimately would bo given in history. Five trestle and an even doses resolutions were approved end adopted by the Conference. Principal among these were the convention ending the long and costly race for naval suprem- 4 Im portent a were them mattef i however, those of reconstruction home proved the more pressing. HVf -- Harding the Sixth President to Die During Term of Office National Figures Visit Hushed Sail; o! Departed Cl: I: V ' Harding Pleasing Personally ' 00 Sociability Is Marked Traij 00 1 ' oom-pen- ed Public Life Activities Date Back to Ohio Senate in - Is' -- |