| Show V 77 ig 5 A kg V jj nl 4 1 ff 4 g t s V X V fo 5 w r I 1 1 F r w a 0 os I 1 I 1 q E zb NOW j oath of office administered by his father in early morning hours TO FOLLOW HARDINGS PLANS new executive maves make statement in which he promises Pro mlee to carry out policies of prod pi ocessa r roused from bed bad to take I 1 the oath washington president calvin coo aldge Is now cow thirtieth president of the united states succeeding warren 0 11 hording ardIng under tho the provisions of the constitution no ho has retained the cab inet at least for the present asking the operation cooperation co of those associated with his predecessor in ollice office calvin coolidge took the oath as president ident of the tha united states at plymouth vt at a m friday august 3 the ceremony took place in the living room of the residence of the now new presidents father john 0 coolidge the oath of office was ad ministered by tho father who Is a notary public the text of the presidential oath had been telephoned to mr i at plymouth from the white house statement by now new chief president coolidge received the news of the death of president hording harding and of his own eleva elevation to the presidency at ton ten minutes before midnight stand itra time thursday mr coolidge received the first news through telegrams from george 0 christian jr secretary to president harding mr coolidge issued the following statement reports have reached me which I 1 fear are correct that president hording harding is gone the world has lost a great and good man I 1 mourn tits his loss he was my chief and my friend lit will bomy bemy bo my purpose seto to carry out the policies which he has begun for the service of the american people and for mol meeting eting their responsibilities wherever they may arise for tills this purpose I 1 shall seek the co operation cooperation of all those who have been associated with the president during his term of office those who have given their efforts efforts ton tm assist him blin I 1 wish to remain in office mitt they may assist nie me 1 I have faith that god will direct i the destinies of our ohr nation 10 the following telegram was sent to urs mrs harding plymouth vt aug 8 1923 mrs warren en G herding Hardt ng san oal cal wo 70 offer you our detest sympathy may God blesi you i anak ep you CALVIN COOL mOB GRACE amma tells tl of death tho telegram announcing the death of the president as follows palace hotel ban francisco cal aug 8 1023 mr carvi coolidge plymouth vt VL the president 1 died I 1 instantaneously n and without warning while conversing with members of hla his family at p m his physicians report that death was apparently due to some brain embolism probably an apoplexy GEORGE B CHRISTIAN JR secretary this telegram was brought to the coolidge cooledge homo home at Ily plymouth mouth notch by W A perking of bridgewater who owns tho the telephone line running from bridgewater to plymouth about five minutes later newspaper men arrived alved in ludlow A drive of 0 thirty miles through tho the mountains brou brought glit them to the coolidge summer home borne mr coolidge and mrs coolidge had retired about arbour an hour before the death mes messages mages were received ten minutes after the arrival of the newspaper meil mr and mra coolidge came downstairs into the sitting room of the coolidge homo mr coolidge was waa dressed in a black sack suli suit and wore a black necktie mrs wore a 0 black and white gown white shoes and stockings mr coolidge was very pale and showed deep regret for president hardings death he seated himself at a table c while mrs coolidge brought a lamp amp and read tho the telegrams telegram he had received he then called his assistant secretary irwin galsser Gel and dictated to I 1 him his statement and the telegram to mrs mra 11 ardIng mra coolidge weeps in the meantime people were arriving from all directions mr coolidge cooledge seeing the house becoming crowded gave orders that an adjoining house be opened for use its as press headquarters meanwhile the now new first lady of tile the land sat weeping softly find and exclaiming in sympathy for the bereaved first lady iq in san francisco what a blow what a terrible blow to poor mrs harding she said she had had such a heavy burden tn in her own illness to bear up under and now this ill 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 cooledge bulled herself with the work of helping distribute them the newspaper men had scarcely gotten out of sight IV when I 1 ien another telegraph messenger arrived with a copy of the presidential oath from wash ington in the same sitting ro room OM with its hand braided rugs its clutter of venerable colonial fum furniture iture its old wood stove and its family bible C calvin a coolidge received the oath of office fuce from ills his father president coolidge left plymouth early friday morning by automobile for rutland to zatch catch a train for new york where chero he immediately boarded a train for washington lie he was accompanied com compa panted nied by mrs he was mentioned as a possibility for the presidential nomination prior to the 1020 campaign but he bo made a p public bublic announcement that ho he would not consider the nomina nomination his nomination and election to the vice prAd dency followed |
