Coolidge Is Well
Equipped to Take
Harding’s Duties
Vice President, Who Now
Goes to White House,
Fully Posted on Re
sponsibilities.
By Associated Pm*.
Washington, Aug. 3.—Calvin Cool
idge is perhaps better equipped by
experience to take up his administra
tive duties in the White house than
was any of his predecessors who
have been called to that high office
by the death of a president.
Having won for himself in large
tneasure the vice presidential nomina
tion by his executive forcefulness as
governor of Massachusetts, particu
larly by his attitude in the police
strike, he has kept, throughout the
J larding administration, closely ad
, vised as to the problems of the fed
eral government and has assisted in
shaping administration policy by his
constant attendance at cabinet meet
ings.
Although vice presidents usually
have no other duties to perform than
that of presiding over the senate,
Casting the deciding vote when that
^ody finds itself in a tie, Mr. Coolidge
has absented himself from its ses
sions every Tuesday and Friday to
participate in the cabinet delibera
tions. Thus he became familiar not
only with all angles of the major
public questions, but also with the
reasons actuating the president in his
decisions.
Not only has he given his best
ability to work, but he has done as
much as any otheqr member of the
administration to place its accom
plishments before the people. He has
traveled a great deal, making ad
***dresses, and is said to have made
more public addresses than the presi
dent or any member of his cabinet.
His intimate touch with administra
tion affairs sometimes has brought
upon him considerable pressure and
some embarrassment from senators
and others who sought to obtain,
through him, information concerning
developments at the White house, or
to have placed before the president
particular view's on pending issues,
lie usually has remained reticent
under these trying conditions, how
ever, refusing to discuss cabinet meet
ings or to act as a go-between for
those interested in having their views
presented to the president.
411 Business in
Frisco Halted
City Given Over to Mourning
Death of Late President
Harding.
.San Fr&ndsco, Aug. 3.—San Fran
■lisco, having no heart for business
and no thought of pleasure, gave it
self over to mourning today. But
there was an atmosphere of stunned
ijiiuretf in the city. People still
thld themselves and each other: "It
he so.’’ The closeness of the
president's passing appears to keep
full realization of the great tragedy
at a distance.
All schools, Btock exchanges and ,
state and city offices and most of I
the business places closed. The
theater men met in special confer
ence to discuss the closing of the
theaters, but some of the individual
managers announced before the meet
ing that they would he "dark” to
day. The Chamber of Commerce,
through Leon Levy, acting president,
• announced that business would be
suspended both,by the chamber and
by its thousands of individual mem
bers.
Personal Comment
on Death of President
By AnnoflstH Frew.
Dumpers Shocked.
Washington, Aug. 3.—President
Samuel Gotnpers of the American
Federation of Labor, was called by
Ms secretary to be told of the presi
dent's death.
“'I ain profoundly shocked and de
pressed," Mr. Gompers said. "It Is s
sad word for the country. I can
hardly bring myself to believe that it
la true.”
Blow to Nation.
Denver, Aug. 3.—United States
Senator Lawrence Phipps of Colo
^ rado. made the following statement
"*%!*«^anilng of the death of the na
tion’s chief:
"The death of President Harding ts
a blow to the whole nation. No
president has been so popular with
the public In years. It Is hard to be
lieve that such a great, rugged, com
manding figure has gone.”
Warren Deeply Grieved.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 3.—United
States Senator Francis K. Warren
of Wyoming, attending the Sheep
t{towers' convention at Ilawllns was
notified last night of the death pt
President Harding. He said:
"It is the worst blow that the
country could suffer at this time.
Personally, 1 am deeply grieved and
feel the loss of our dear president
greatly.”
National Calamity.
Sheridan. Wyo., Aug. !>.—"The
death of President Harding is a na
tional calamity, a tragic thing; the
whole country will bo broken with
grief,” declared United Stales Sena
tor John B. Kendrick of Wyoming
when apprised of the death of the
chief executive. "I am grieved and
shocked beyond expression. Every
one In Washington admired and
ldved the president. His death Is a
terrible loss to the country.”
Terrible Shook.
San Francisco, Aug. 3,—Represen
tative Julius Kahn of Ran Francisco,
chairman of the house military af
fairs committee, made the following
^aggtement:
"The death of President Jlardirlg
has come as a terriltc shock. Every
body was hoping that he teas on the
tend to recovery. We are set stunned
over the death It Is practically Im
passible to talk nboiit It. I feel con
tinent that nil thorough going Amerl
• dtis will render all the support In
i hell' powei to the new prosld.nt.
Mi. t oolldge.”
President Coolidge and His Family
Omaha Churches to Hold Harding
Memorial Services on
Omaha churches have been plunged
Into mourning by word of the death
of President Harding. Nearly all
churches holding services Sunday
plan to devote at least one of them to
the memory of the president.
Baptists will mourn the passing of
a great member of tlieir denomination
at a union memorial service Sunday
afternoon at 3 p. m. iti Calvary Bap
tist church, Chirty-ninth and Cuming
streets. Besides this the morning
service at 11 a. m. Sunday in Olivet
church. Thirty-eighth and Ames, will
be a memorial for Harding.
Bishop Shayler of the Episcopalian
church is making plans for a great
union metnorial service Sunday after
noon at 4 p. m. in Trinity cathedral.
Eighteenth street and Capitol avenue.
Masses for the dead were said yes
terday morning in St. Cecilia's cathed
ral by priests in black vestments.
The evening union meetings of the
Churches of Christ held in Hanscom
park at 7 p. m. Sunday will be a
service of mourning for Harding.
Many churches plan to use their
regular Sunday morning service to
honor the dead president. Among the
churches were such memorials will be
given at 11 a. m. are the First
Methodist, First Presbyterian, First
Christian. Dietz Memorial Methodist.
Uur Saviours Evangelical, Benson,
Clifton Hill and Lowe Avenue Presby
terian churches. Pastors of a num
ber of other churches express a desire
to hold similar services, but have not
yet decided on the hour.
Hartj's Statement.
Archbishop J. J. Harty Issued a
statement concerning the president's
death.
“Testerday the hand of God took
from us a man who occupied the
highest place in our country—the
president of the United States.” the
statement reads.
“President Harding lived a noble
life. He was unsurpassed in the com
plete - dedication of himself and the
excellent gifts w,th which God en
dowed him to the (service of the na
tion through the critical years dur
ing which he occupied the White
House.
“He had a noble presence and a
manly bearing. He had a strong
mind, and ho carried to his office al
most indomitable energy.”
In a letter written to all Catholic
churches in the diocese Archbishop
Harty urges suitable observation of
the president's death.
Obregou Pays Tribute.
By Associated I'rpw.
Mexico City. Aug. 3.—“President
Harding 3 death in a sad event not
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Mexico,” said President Obregon
when shown an Associated Press dis
patch announcing that the American
chief executive had passed away.
“Mr. Harding's personality makes
the loss difficult to fill,” President
Obregon continued.
"I do not believe that interna
tional policies will be changed be
cause it is not a question of persons
but of principles. For Mexico. Presi
dent Harding s death is a sad Joss."
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Christian Deeply
Affected by Death
of Nation's Chief
Secretary to President Unable
to Speak Vt lien Told of
Harding's Death—Due
in Frisco Today.
Bos Angeles, Aug. 3.—“I have lost
the best friend I ever had and so has
every American,” George B. Chris
tian, jr„ secretary to President Hard
ing, told the Bos Angeles Times to
night when informed of the sudden
death of the chief executive in San
Francisco.
The news was taken to Mr. Chris
tian at Glendale, a suburb, by the
Times. He stood with bowed head
as he received it. He was visibly
affected and for fully five minutes
did not speak, but stood still, bis hat
in his hand, his eyes on the ground.
All members of the Christian par
ty removed their hats and bowed
their heads. United States Senator
Shortridge was the first to break the
silence, exclaiming:
"Oh, my God—think of it”
Alfred E. Berinton, grand com
mander of the Knights Templar of
California, said the death of Mr.
Harding was a tragedy for the peo
ple of the entire country.
"I am moved almost beyond
words.” said Mr. Berinton. “It is a
terrible tragedy.”
The party had gone to Glendale to
board a train for San Fvancisco. Mr.
Christian came from there today to
represent Mr. Harding at the presen
tation of the international traveling
beauseant of the Knights Templars
to the Hollywood eommandery. Me
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Hughes Deeply Grieved
at Death of Harding
Hr Associated Pres*.
Washington, Aug. 3.—Secretary
Hughes, the ranking official of the
federal government in "Washington,
early today issued a statement ex-|
pressing hi* grief at the death of
President Harding and saying thrt
the country had suffered “an irrep
arable loss.”
“No words can express the grief
into which we are plunged by this
calamity,” said Mr. Hughes, "The
nation has suffered an irreparable
loss.
“A quiet, brave, strong leader has
fallen, overborne by the burden he
wall carrying, lie was not only an
able and faithful public servant, but
one of nature's noblemen; a true
hearted. generous spirit. He has left
with the people he loved a rare ex
ample of gentleness and high office
and of the most conscientious an 1
unselfish devotion to public duty."
No fewer than 30,000 horses are
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year. j
Sorrow and Gratitude
tTI N THE PRESENCE of the sorrow
II that has come to the American
gj people, we are all Republicans, we
S are all Democrats, we are all Pro
gressives, and we are all Independents!
The great American heart is stirred with
sincere grief for the passing of a genuine,
simple and upstanding man; with
tender sympathy for the sweetheart of
his youth and his years—“the bravest
member of the group” at San Francisco;
with loving understanding and concern
for the aged father “prostrated at Mar
ion.” Mingled with this great sorrow is
a sense of gratitude for the eternal fact
that the country which produces good
men like our beloved President is so
founded in Truth and Justice that, under
all circumstances and in all conditions,
“God reigns and the Government at
Washington still lives!”
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