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BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 HARDING DEATH STUNS NATION CALVIN COOLIDGE SWORN IN AS NATION’S PRESIDENT Awakened To Take The Oath Vice-President Coolidge Who Succeeds Mr. \ Harding Was Sleeping in House Across Street From That of Father in Small Ver mont Town of His Birth Takes Oath of Office at 2:47 a. m. and Few Hours Later LeteVftrior Washington to Take Charge of Reins of the Government Few Present At Simple Ceremony Troy, N. Y., Aug. 3.—(By the A. P) —President Calvin Coolidge and party arrived here at 12:40 o’clock eastern standard time en route to Washington * President Coolidge declined to make a statement as to his future plans which he said would be held in abeyance until his arrival in Washington. He let it be known that the wishes of Mrs. Harding would largely govern his immediate course. Plymouth, Vermont, Aug. 3.—(By the Associated Press.) ln a little living room of his father’s home here, Calvin Coolidge early today took the oath of office as President of the United States. The oath was administered by his father, John C. Coolidge, at 2:47 a. m. Eastern Standard time A telephone had been installed in the Coolidge farm house within an hour after word of the death of President Harding had been received and by communication with Washington the exact form of the oath was obtained In clear voice the Vice-President repeated after his father the words prescribed by the Constitution: “I clo solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and I will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitu tion of the United States.” Then although the Constitution does not require it he N added: “Soto Me, God.”, . ... The witnesses of the dimple ceremony were Mrs. Coolidge, Congressman Porter H. Dale of Vermont, Efrwin C. Giesser, Mr. Coolidge’s secretary, Joseph H. Fountain, editor of the Springfield (Vt.) Reporter, Joseph Mclnerney of Springfield, a federal officer, L. L. Lane of Chester; president of the New England Railway Mail Association and Herbert T. Thompson, commander of the Springfield post of the American Legion. As soon as the brief swearing in testimony was over the President and Mrs. Coolidge retired to gain a little rest. The swearing in formally was short and simple. In Living Room In the little sitting room of the • farm house furnished in homely style the President stood with right hand up raised at one side of a little •table with Mrs. Coolidge beside him. Across the table, his face beaming, his father read the few words of the oath/“to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” The father’s voice trembled as he read. Mr. Coolidge repeated the words distinctly and calmly and at the end Ridded the simple affirmation “So Hblp Mu God.” ..<) ,Krlj *• i • MAY MEET BODY New York, Aug. 3. —Though his complete plans have not been known it is learned that President Coolidge may prdt’etfiQjfioMittew York or Wnah / ington wcßtffto-iMwLthe train bearing the body of President Harding to the nation’s capitol. CABINET CHANGES SEEN Washington, Aug. 3. —Although / work in all government departments is at a standstill today the death of President Harding is expected to bring about few immediate changes in the administration organization. President Coolidge has expressed a wish that all those who Served under Mr. Harding remain in office. At in the case, however, when Theo dore Roosevelt succeeded to the Presidency after the death of William McKinley 'gradual changes in the 4 cabinet are expected as a matter of course. It would cause no surprise if the first to sever his relations were Harry M. Daugherty, Attorney-Gen eral. Mr. Daugherty has been in ill health and some of his friends Bay only loyalty to his chief has caused )»im to remain. Mr. Daugherty perhaps to a' greater degree than any of the other men Mr. Harding called to advise him was a personal appointee of the late pres ident. There long had been a close and intimate friendship between the two and it was Mr. Daugherty who t managed Mr. Harding’s campaign for the presidential nomination. While the present members of the cabinet remain in office such is not the case with the diplomatic missions abroad. They stand without legal au thority to conclude in the name of th* President the business tliey Way have in hand. , On' arrival of President Coolidge it is expected confirmation in his name of the letters issued to ambassadors and ministers to Pres ident Hardiog will be sent forward by cable without delay. • Ift Hull, Eng., 60,000 people are dependent Upon the f ishing indus try. , POLITICAL SITUATION . NOW_UPSET President’s Death to Turn G. O. P. Convention Into Mighty Party Struggle RENOMINATION CERTAIN Leaders of Special Groups in Party Expected to Make Bid in 1924 Convention (By 'the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 3.—President Harding’s death threw new complexi ties into the political situation with in the Republican party which un doubtedly will haye far reaching re flection in the national convention next year. It probably will turn what many expected to be merely a ratification meeting into a contest for the Re publican presidential nomination with stalwart conservative Republi can forces aligned on one side pnd forces represented by special lead ers such as Senator Johnson of Cali fornia, Borah of Idaho and LaFol lette of Wisconsin on the other. Six months ag6 the nomination of President Harding without any sub stantial convention test seemed as sured. '' ,Y, One! of the men regarded as his likely principal opponent for the nomination had confessed to a col league that he found himself with out an issue. The President’s pronouncement for entry of the United States into the World Court, however, altered the sit uation materially and during the last few weeks there has been some nite information that all was not go .ing to be clear sailing as had been expected In the Republican National convention, qnd that there might be a convention test after all. LABOR N^EDS NOT PRESSING Labor njeeds are not pressing in the northern part of the state, according to J. A. Kitchen, lpead of the state federal employment bureau. Re turning from a trip during which he visited Grand Forkfc, Michigan, La kota and Minot, Mr. Kitchen said that harvest labor at the present time In those territories met requirements. J ' . PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE AND MRS. COOLIDGE * * KING GEORGE VENTS GRIEF ' ' . !■ ' Telegram to Mrs. Harding Conveys Condolence (By the Associated Press) j London, Apg, 3.-f King George and Queen Mary today sent the follow ing message of condolence to Mrs. Harding: “Mrs. Harding,* White House, Washington: “The Queen and I are much shock ed and grieved to hear of the irre parable loss which has befallen you and assure you of our heartfelt sym pathies in your sorrow. The whole British people will join with those of their sister nations who mourn the death of their president at the culminating point of his distin guished career.” r (Signed.) " GEORGE, R. L / BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1923 FALLEN PRESIDENT AND SUCCESSOR WARREN G. HARDING MRS. HARDING BEARS UP WELL San Francisco, Aug. 3.—Mrs. Har ding, although greatly shocked by the death of her husband, rose early this morning after a short sleep di recting all affairs and looking after the welfare of the party. Mrs. Harding retired at 1 o’clock this morning and slept fitfully, it was said by members of the official party, who added that she this morn ing as always was considering others before herself. One member of the .party said she was facing the fact of the President’s death with heroism. WANT BODY TO LIE IN STATE Columbus, 0., Aug. 3. —State offic ials of Ohio, the home of PresidenjL Harding, today telegraphed George IS.'- Christian, Jr., the President’s secre tary, asking that. President Harding’s body be permitted to lie in state in the state capitol. DEPARTMENTS ARECLOSED Secretary of State Hushes, Rankins Official, Issues Order Washington, Aug. B.—Shortly be fore 11 o’clock Secretary Hughes' as the banking official present in Wash ington issued an order directing that all governmental departments and bureaus be closed during the re mainder of the day in token of mourning for President Harding. Ac tion was taken on the precedent es tablished by Secretary Hay at the ‘death of President McKinley. Later an order will be issued clos ing the government departments in' Washington, probably for three days, during the period of the funeral next' week LAST WORDS OF PRESIDENT TO WIFE (By Associated Press) President Harding died without warning from apoplexy at 7:30 o'clock last night Pacific Coast time (11:30 Eastern daylight time) . while Mrs. Harding was reading to him. Calvin Coolidge took the oath as President of the United States at Plymouth, Vt. at 2:47 a. m. to day, the new president being Bworn in by hiß father who is a notary public. “That’s good, go on, read some more.” These are the Inst words spoken by the President to Mrs. Harding. Mrs. Harding, brave and strong, faithful to the end did not break down in the hour of her greatest grief. Calvin Coolidge declared “the world has lost a great and good man. I mourn his loss. It will be my purpose to carry otit his pol icies for the service of the Amer ican people.” 1 Body of President Harding will leave San Francisco on a special train about 7 oclock Friday eve ning and will go direct to Wash ington by way of Reno, Ogden, Cheyenne, Omaha, and Chicago. Secretary Hughes in tribute to the dead president said “a quiet, brave, Btrong leader has fallen, over-borne by the burden he was carrying.” One of President Harding’s special questions on the last dpy of his life was “how did the Cin cinnati Reds come out yesterday?” The car carrying President Harding’s body will be lighted at night and at all times two soldiers and two sailors will stand at at tention guarding the casket. President Coolidge further said, “I have faith that God will direct the destinies of our Nation.” PteskVent and Mrs. Coolidge sent tils message to Mrs. Har ding: "We offer you 'our deepest sympathy. May God bless and keep .you,” Telegram announcing President Harding’s death was read to Mr. £oolidge by his father while the Vice-President was in bed in a house just across the street from the spot where he was born. Marion, Ohio, stricken by the news, heard its church bells toll. The President’s father stood up solidly and said: “No President since Lincoln had the interests of the country at heart like War ren.” BODY MOVES EASTWARD AT 6:30 O’CLOCK First Religious Services For President Held Just Be fore Body Is Moved (By the Associated Press) San Francisco, Aug. 3. —The body of President Harding will start on its journey across the continent to the National Capitol at 6:30 o’clock this evening, according to the latest official announcement. Members of the President’s party will leave the Palace hotel in ad vance of the remains of the chief executive at 6:30 p. ni., and will await the arrival of the bier at the station. At 6 o’clock the body will be moved from the hotel to the station and will reach the railway carriage at 6:30. With the casket aboard the train will start on itß way. The honorary pall-bearers were an nounced as follows: Attorney-Gen eral Daugherty, Secretaries Work, Wallace and Hoover, Speaker Gil lette, Governor Richardson of Cali fornia, Mayor Rolph of San Fran cisco, Admirdl Simpson, commander of the naval forces of the Twelfth Navy district; Major General Mor ton, commander of the Ninth Corps Area. The first religious services will be held at the hotel just before the body is taken to the railroad station and will be conducted by the Rev. James S. West, pastor of the First Baptist church of San Francisco. President Harding was a Baptist by faith and was a worshipper at the Calvary church at Washington, D. C. MANILA FLAGS AT HALF MAST (By the Associated Press) Manila, P. 1., Aug. B.—All flags were at half-mast in the Philippine Islands today and Governor Leon-' ard Wood has requested all govern ment houses and business offices to remain doled as tribute to fP resident Harding and token of sorrow at his death. Burial Will Be In Marion, Ohio Sudden Death of President, Due to Cerebral Apoplexy, Came While Mrs. Harding was Reading to Him at Bedside and After Phy sicians Declared Him Well on Road to Re covery General Sawyer Only Physician Present at the Time of Death—Trip to Washington Begins Tonight IN WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY Washington, Aug. 3.—(By the A. P.) —A telegram to the White House today from San Francisco announced that the train bearing the body of President Harding would ar rive in Washington at 1:30 p. m. next Wednesday. PHYSICIAN’S STATEMENT San Francisco, Aug. 3. (By the Associated Press.) The five physicians who attended President Harding in a statement issued today said they all thought that the chieJ executive “died from apoplexy or a rupture of a blood vessel in the axis of the brain near the respiratory center.” San Francisco, Aug. 3.—(By the Associated Press.) —A natiory today mourned the passing of its leader. The American people from coast to coast and from lake to gulf and in the territories beyond the seas bowed their heads in grief, for their President was dead. In the early hours of last evening after a day which had brought renewed hope of recovery death came suddenly and struck down Warren G. Harding with a stroke of cerebral, apoplexy. The end came instantaneously and without even a sec ond's warning at 7:30 o’clock. There was no time to sum mon additional physicians, no time to call the members of his official family and no time for medical skill to exercise its knowledge. It was all over in the twinkling of an eye and it left the nation juidf the* world shocked and in grief. Mtb. Harding, the. constant companion of her disting uished husband, was faithful to the end." She was reading to him a few minutes before 7:30 o'clock when she noticed a shudder through the frame of the men she had loved encouraged in adversity add praised in success. Before sh could arise from her chair Mr. Harding collapsed in his bei and she rushed to his bed and then to the door calling for physicians to come quickly. Sawyer in Room Brigadier-General Sawyer, chief of the staff of physicians who had been attending the chief executive who also wa; in the room and the two nurses present, Miss Ruth Powderly and Miss Sue Dausser, did all they could but it availed nothing. The President had fought and won one victory against disease but it appeared in a more insiduous form and he los the battle. Great as was the shock to all who dwell under the Amer ican flag and to people in many lands for Mr. Harding b;\ virtue of his office, his kindly and loveable personality ha become a world figure, the greatest shock came to his wif reading by his bed side. But she did not collapse. “She was shocked of course, and at first unable to realize that she had lost the husband who had made up all the ir terest in her life for so many proud and happy years,” sai l General Sawyer later. “But there was no collapse; no hys teria. Just a brave rally to meet her sorrows and the duties evolving upon her at this hour.” Brave Under Shock Mrs. Harding was standing the shock well early today but whether she could stand up under the grief that bore down upon her as the sad journey back to Washington is made Is another question. Those who know her best say that she will. ~ , When dawn crept over the mountains and lighted up the Golden Gate this morning almost all of the arrangements for this trip -j— the saddest trans-continental in the history of the nation—had been made. The trip will be started about 7 o'clock this evening and should end in Washington Tues day morning. From that point the arrangements have net been definitely made but it is expected that the body will ; lie in state in the rotunda of tjie capitol where a sorrowing i people have oftentimes before paid their last respects U their leaders and the heroes they have loved. Burial in Marion The burial will be at Marion, Ohio, the small Ohio city which Warren G. Harding made known around the world because there from poor and humble surroundings he stray gled upward until the American people awarded him 4)m highest gift and paid him the greatest honor within the ! power. > * - - News of President’s Death Stops Dance When the news of President Hard ing’s death was received by tf* Mc- Kenzie hotel authorities, J-.'f- Gardcn dance was discontinued out Uf respect for the deceased. With the announcement of the news the large crowd of dancers suddenly be came quiet and departed for their homes when it was announced the Roof Garden would he closed as a mark of respect to the president. The regular Saturday night dance Will be held tomorrow evening, however, as usuaL Britain’s only diamond cutting factory was established at Brigh ton in 1917. Whales measuring as much as 105 feet in length have been caught in the Antarctic. fItUL EMION PRICE FIVE CENTS Story of Death The story of the president’s tra. end was told in this way: “The president died at 7:80 p. :n. Mrs. Harding, Dr. Sawyer and two nurses, Miss Ruth Powderly and Miss Sue Dausset were In the .room at the time. Mrs. Harding was rend ing to the president when utterly without warning a slight shudder passed through his frame, he collat ed, and all racogntsed that the end had come. A atroke of apoplexy the cause of death. “Within a few minutes all of the president's official party had bet summoned." j The suddenness with which the end came was shown by the fact that.only Mia. Harding, Dr. Sawyfcr and the two -nurses, Ruth. Powderly and Rue Dausser, were in the room at tjh» time. MnK Harding, with bar char acteristic faithfulness ahd constant tenderness, was reading to the pre sident at U* time. (Continued on Page Three) ‘ F ‘iai'X ;