Coolidge Plunges
Into Problems of
Guiding Nation
New President at Tasks Early
in Morning—Calls Cabinet
Members into Con
ference.
n.v I'nlTfrnnl Service.
Washington, Aug. 11. — Before
Washington was astir today President
Coolidge plunged into the first actual
day of official work since he took the
oath of office 10 days ago.
„ No longer restrained by the proprie
ties, he went about his executive du
ties with a snap and decision for
which hlB administration promises to
become noted.
Wasting no time, but striking at
the heart of every matter, by the
time the capital sat down to dinner
tonight the new president had a com
plete picture of the situation in which
the government passes into his hands
and a firm grip on the questions of
' policy he must determine.
Calls Cabinet Members.
Mr. Coolidge suddenly appeared in
the temporary executive offices on the
same corridor with the "Hotel White
House" at S this morning. He
started off the routine machinery
with a rush a*nd broadcast a call for
the cabinet members to come in and
go over important matters pending
in their departments.
The conference with Secretary of
State Hughes evidently was very sat
isfactory to that official. He an
nounced. on emerging from'the presi
dential suite, that his public confer-.
,! ences with newspaper correspondents
would be resumed at the State de
partment next we*k. These daily
v meetings with the press were sus
pended a week ago when it was un
derstood Mr. Hughes did not feel in
a position to discuss foreign affairs
because he had been unable to ascer
tain the new chief eexcutive’s atti
tude on pressing questions.
Denby Resumes Vacation.
The other cabinet members who
called were Secretary of War Weeks,
Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace, Secre
tary of the Interior Work and Post
master General New.
Secretary Denby has returned to
' Michigan to complete his vacation.
' President Coolidge also cabled Sec
retary of the Treasury Mellon not
to hurry home from Europe. It was
understood at the temporary White
House, however, that Mr. Mellon
planned to sail today. „
Secretary of Labor Davis is due to
land at New York Monday night or
Tuesday morning. He is expected to
reach the capital in time for the cab
inet session.
Old French Art
Going to Pieces
Church of St. Chapelle Soon
Will Be Ruined Unless
Repairs Are Made.
Paris, Aug. II.—Time is cruel to
many of the art treasures in the old
world.
The beautiful Church of Saint
Chapelle will be going the way of the
palace of Versailles if steps are not
soon taken to prevent decay. Large
areas of its stonework are crumbling
and should be replaced.
La Saint Chapelle is undoubtedly
one of the most exquisite specimens
of gothic architecture in all of
France. Built by Saint Louis as the
repository of the holy relics of the
cross recovered in the crusades of
1238, including a fragment of the
cross, a nail and a portion of the
crown of thorns, it is one of Paris’
most important historical monuments.
It was in the nave that the ceremony
of canonization of King Louis took
place, and one can still see the little
"cell” where he listened to mass in
those dangerous days.
Two Persons Are Killed
During Storm in Chicago
International New* Service.
Chicago, Aug. 11.—A severe rain
and electrical storm which vented its
fury upon Chicago and suburbs to
day killed a man and a woman, forced
an airplane to earth, leveled twro
buildings, flooded hundreds of base
ments and' crippled elevated transpor
tation for several hours. Property
damage is heavy. Mrs. Anna Gas
kin, 35, was electrocuted in the base
ment of her home by a short-circuited
power line. An unidentified man
about 40 was killed by a bolt of light
ning.
Heavy Damage Caused
by Wind in North Dakota
By Amoclitfd Prr^x.
Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 11.—Tor
; nado like winds sweeping through Kid
der county. 70 miles east of here, did
great damage, not yet estimated, to
| crops and buildings, according to re
’ ports here The storm centered at
' s Dawson, where a number of buildings,
* including the Catholic church, are re
' ported wrecked.
New Herald Trumpets
Will Be Used in Final
Park Concert Today
The City Concert club band, Arthur
E. Smith conductor, will play in Han
js( >m park this afternoon at 5. Herald
ttumpets sent by Lyon A Healy,
I Chicago, for the Concert club band to
'use In the AkSarBen historical
|parade, will be used to feature the
march numbers today. This will prob
ably he the last concert by the hand
in the parks, ns funds are exhausted.
The music Is supported by gifts of
Individuals and firms to the City
Concert club, Miss Edith May Miller,
3418 Burt street, treasurer. Today s
f program Include*:
M»rrh_“.--o|.npr« Of Fortune" •• Fry™;
^Overture—•William Tell • •• •
WslU-'/VI.IO". of » .B*"Ut,fU?. K.rb.rh
■ Idyll "The Glow Worm" .Verdi
• (Action— Trovntors • • •• --Venn
Intermission 1ft Minutes.
March—"State Millets. Review ' . .Knnnlts
' Descriptive Kmnteste—"Jn a C °‘ kort|,
Voc/t’ n8ol*s^-((»V’"".Wb«i"‘>io''aoM
Turns to Grey; i<b) i
{-very party" O D. Temple, with
bund eccompelnment.
Ko,t^,U.e/.^*raCr*r Von Blnn
Galop '<le i nneeri—"infernal" Ke|» Relu
J'inle—"The Ster Snensled Benner _
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Mammoth Crowd of Omahans Assembled at Ak-Sar-Ben f ield to Pay Final Tribute to Warren G. Hai ding
BosTwijaMaa^ifiP
Mother Saves
Crippled Child;>
Three Drowned
Woman Forced to See Off
spring Swept to Death in
Stream 'When Auto
mobile Stalls.
Portsmouth, O., Aug. 11.—A dramat
ic story of how a mother, through
frantic efforts, saved -the life of a
crippled child while she was forced to
watch three other of her children
drown in flood waters of a swollen
creek 15 miles from here In the hills
of Kentucky, reached this city today.
Mr. and Mrs. Wales Greathouse
and four children and Mrs. Albert
Greathouse and one child, were driv
ing In an automobile near Greemfh,
Ky., when they attempted to ford a
swollen creek, where the machine
stalled. Mr. Greathouse went for
help.
While he was gone, the stream
rose higher and higher. His wife at
tempted to save all of the children,
but three were swept out of the car to
their death. The mother held tight
to the fourth child, a cripple, while
Mrs. Albert Greathouse managed to
save her one child.
Both women, still clutching their
children, were swept 50 feet down
stream before the returning husband,
with the aid of a nearby farmer, res
cued them.
The dead children are Ida. 4; Mil
flb-d, 2, and William 1. One body had
be»n recovered.
English Stadium Scats
Over 126.000 Spectators
London, Aug. 11.—England boasts
the finest sports arena in the world.
It is the great new stadium at Wem
bley which opened recently with the
final for the English football cup. It
accommodates 126,500 spectators,
which Is almost twice the capacity of
the famous Greek stadium at Athens,
and Is considerably larger than either
the Yale or Harvard bowls. This
huge arena is literally a stadium In
the Greek and Roman sense of the
term, an oblong without corners.
The site was cut out of a hillside on
an old golf course. The turf Is except*
tionally fine, being suited not only fot
football, hut also for baseball, cricket
and lawn tennis. On first view It sug
gests a modern vision of the Colos
seum of Rome, with vistas of a clean
er sport activity than that ancient
shambles afforded.
The stadium is only 15 minutes
from London. It will he the scene of
Amerlcan-Ilrltish lawn tennis matches
and national cricket and football
games. A large lake within thcenclo
sure will be used for International
swimming contests.
Rank Force Stands 45 Minutes
With Arms Folded in “Strik<
Paris, Aug. 11.—Because they re
sented the presence of policemen In
their places of employment, the em
ployes of the Credit Lyonais, one of
the largest hanks in Paris, folded
their arms, and without leaving their
stations remained idle for 45 min
utes, thus creating the first "folded
arm bank strike" In the country.
Fifteen hundred workers took part
in the strike, which was held with
out Incident of any sort. At P:30 In
the morning a note was passed from
oue service to the other stating that
at 10 o'clock all should fold their
arms and remain that way until 11
The note elated that those \<ho had
charge of cash should lock up their
money and keep strict watch, but not
to serve any clients.
At 10:45 the clients nt the win
dows had parked the lobbies and word
was passed around that work could
now he resumed, as it was thought
the demonstration had served Its pur
pose and siiown the directors that the
employes were of one mind.
Coclidge’s Stand on Pacific
Merger to Be Announced
Fly Jntrrnntionnl New* Service.
Washington, Aug. 11. The attitude
of the Coolidg® administration toward
the merger of the Southern Pacific
find Central Pacific railroads will be
announced Monday, Attorney General
Daugherty declared this afternoon,
following a conference with President
Coolidge. A statement will be issued
nt that time by the attorney general 1
setting forth what further action the
Department of .Justice will take ini
enforcement of the United States su
preme court’s dissolution decree.
Jumpa Out of Window.
Chicago, Aug. 11.—Mm. Beulah
Hogue, 2S, Chicago, It wa* learned to
day, Jumped from a third story win
dow of the WindHor-Cltfton hotel,
where a man had regletored a* "E
M. Burton nnd wife, 8iOUX|C'ity, la ."
Thu/eday. The extent of her Uljurtc*
are unknown.
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The top picture shows a cross section of the mam moth crowd which assembled at \h-8ar-Ben field Frida?
afternoon to pay Omaha's final tribute to the memory of Warren Gamaliel Harding, late president of the l nited
States, at the call of The Omaha Bee.
Below is shown about one-fourth of the automobiles parked outsidp the grandstand.
Declaration of Independence
First Great Historical Event
By I.ETA MOOKE MEYER.
PART II.
Mr. John Lee Webster deems the
first vital event in our history to lie
the Declaration of Independence. Vir
ginia nnd other colonies had pro
claimed declarations of the rights of
man, parts cf which were later draft
ed into the Declaration itself. Con
gress did not wait for the adoption
of I,ee's resolution, hut on June 10,
177G, selected a committee to draft a
formal Declaration of Independence,
consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John
Adams. Dr. Franklin, Roger Sherman
and Robert R. Livingston. The story
is best taken from Mr. Webster's pub
lished speech:
"So weighty was the duty Assigned
to these men. who were then Impor
tant personages nnd who afterwards
became preeminently eminent as the
result of their work and in their
country's history, that It is not nmiss
to take a glance at their respective
characters. Jefferson, horn to inde
pendent fortune, always an Indefa
tigable student, of a calm tempera
ment nnd philosophical cast of mind,
was 33 years old. He had a delicate
organization nnd was fond of ele
gance. music being his chief recrea
tion. He took great delight in the
beauties of nature and built a home
In the loveliest region of his nativf
stivte.
The range of hie knowledge was
wide. He was not unfamiliar with
the ltterature of Greece and Home,
lie had great power In mastering de
tails ns well ns In searching for gen
eral principles. He was a methodical,
painstaking and successful lawyer,
studying law as a science. Hy the
general consent of Virginia, he stood
first among her civilians. He had
great equanimity and command of
temper and a hospitality which left
him tn his old age In unexpected pov
erty. He was fitted best for the more
silent duties of legislation
John Adams "Luther" of Revolution.
"John Adams of Massachusetts had
a Puritan upbringing which fitted
him for the sturdy business of life.
A hard workigg lawyer, his thinking
hours were given to the future pros
pects of his country. He was among
the first and most aggressive cham
pions for independence. He had s
grasp of the logical result of events,
displayed a wide range of learning
and was In his happiest mood when
arguing for the Independence of hls
country. He had weaknesses of van
Itv, hut neither meanness nor dis
honesty nor timidity. He was the
hammer and not the anvil and it was
for ontera to fear hls prowess and to
shrink from ii.i blare. Jefferson said
he was She 'Marlin Luther of the
American Independence,' and the
ablest debnter In congress.
“Benjamin Franklin! What shall
we say of him? Every reading man
knows hls history. From poverty and
the lowliest walks of Ilf" he rose
slowly and surely by hls own exor
Hons and constant apjilicstiotv -to
places of rank and trust and eonfl
denes, lie was not only widely known
In A merles, but Europe received him
as an honored guest, and he later
bri into the tnshlon of the cultured
city of Paris. He was famed not only
as a patriot and statesman, but as a
philosopher.
"I know nf no more touching inci
dent than when, at the French Acad
emy of Sciences, he and Voltairo em
braced affectionately and he present
ed his grandson for a benediction.
Voltaire placed his hand on the head
of the child and with patriarchal so
lemnity said: "Cod and liberty. This
is the only devil e that becomes the
grandson of the great Franklin.'
Iloger Sherman n (irrat ladder.
"It was essential in this Important
crisis to commit the Interests of the
colonies to the charge of able and
prudent, hut firm and fearless repre
sentatives. Such a man was Roger
Sherman, than whom few possessed
more solid attainments. What he
lacked in the display of rhetorical em-%
bellishmenls, he amply compensated
by dose reasoning and convincing
arguments, aiming rn^er to persuade
th" reason than to triumph over the
passions of men. He may he classed
among those extraordinary men who.
surmounting the disadvantages of
education, have risen to eminence
through tne superiority of their go
nlus. There were few in tliat as
semblage of eminent chai o tors whose
judgment was more respect# or
whose opinions were more influen
tial.
"Rohert R Livingston was a lawyer
A D V ERT1AKM F. NT.
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Preserving Health and Beauty.
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
is the safest and most efficient disin
fectant and purifier in nature, hut few
realize its value when properly prepared
and taken into the human system for the
same cleansing purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more you
take of It the better; it is not a drug
at all. hut simply absorbs the gases and
impurities always present in the stomach
and intestines and carries them out of
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It absorbs tha Injurious gases which
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All druggista sell charcoal in one form ,
>r another, but probably tha best char
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composed of the finest quality Willow |
charcoal powdered to extreme fineness,
then compressed in tablet form or rath-r
in the form of large, pleasant tasting
lozenges, tha charcoal being sweetened t<>
he smooth and palatable.
The daily use of these lozenges will
soon tell in a much improved condition
of the general health, better complexions,
sweater breath and purer blood, and She
beauty of it Is that no possible harm can
result from thfrir continued iikc, but on
tha contrary, great benefit.
Many physicians idvise Stuart's Ah
sorbent Lozenges to patients suffering
from gas in stomach and bowels, and to
rlear the complexion and purify tha breath
mouth and throat They aie also lie
lieved to greatly benefit the liver. These
lozenges cost but thirty cent, a box at
drug stores, and you get more and better
charcoal in Stuart’s Absorbent L'V.enges
thnn in any of the ordinary charcoal tab
lets
of 30 fiom New York. It was fitting I
and almost essential as a matter of
expediency and the part of wisdom,
that New York should be thus recog
nized, as that colony was the lust
to yield consent to se; nation from
the mother country. 11 is ability was
recognized and his future life of ex
tended usefulness became proof that
he was not overestimated by his as
sociates, lie became the first chancel
lor of New York, lie administered
the oath of office to Washington when
he became first prtsldent. lie was
the minister to France who nego
tinted and signed the treaty for the
purchase of thti Louisiana territory.
‘‘Perhaps nowhere else, and at no
other point in history were five men
of such eminent parts ever selected
to act In conjunction in drafting a
state paper or in determining the
basis of a revolutionary movement.
Two of them became eminent jurists.
Ihree served as ambassadors to the
courts of Europe and two became
presidents of the United States."
Jefferson Made Chairman.
Fully comprehending the serious
ness and danger of their action, ami
apprehensive of the. future, the com
mittee worked on. Jefferson having
received the most votes and being
chairman, it fell to him to reduce the
deliberations to writing, a task he did
not seek. For four days the congress
tat in deliberation. John Hancock,
in elegant attire, young, vigorous and
courteous, was president. "Chivalrous
and aristocratic in spirit, he rules
over the assembly with becoming dig
nity and equal justice." Here were
m»n of all ages, many very young.
There was Hamuel Adams, "that
strong man who has led his country
men up to this day's possibilities, one
of the master spirits of the times."
Most of these men afterward filled
emin* nt stations in the new govern
ment.
Most of them were lawyers. Mr
Webstar remarked in lsoj that
“every great and substantial and
statesmanlike movement that has re
dounded to our national honor, has
sprung from the brain of men who
were eminent ns lawyers. In con
trast to them, the names of the
'business mill' in congress have iti
no lasting memorials of the pla: s
they attempt* d to fill. The science of
government is not a matter of bus!
mss, but of a & teamans hip."
Deelarat' >n Agreed to July 4.
F**r the benefit of the new d<le
gati s from N*w Jersey . John Adams |
rejieateil the arguments for Indepen
dence. About 3*) alterations were |
made in the original draft and about
one fourth stricken out. At last tha
declaration was agreed to on July
4, l.y all states but New York, which
tamo In la > r, but It was not signed
Vi,til August 2. “not by congress only,
but by the instincts and Intuitions of
the nation.” It has been the “aurora
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of f: me" to Jefferson, but he himself
has said, and many of the deb gates,
that to John Adams, “our colossus on
the floor," was due most of the
credit for it. Mr. Webster says that
it was not intended as a document to
bo us'd by all peoples, but one for
t ii time and conditions. Most of its
, arts were not new, Uj; "w* re mar
s’.fiiitd by Jeff rso.i vi tb masterly
a ell"
Many of these men lived to an ad
vanced age. Mr. Wit 'er says,
"Their days were lengthened like the
I at i .archs of old. Out of what other
assembly of about 51 members car.
hi found so many mm who lived su.-h
prolonged lives of li t.ns usefulness
to the human ra--? May we nut
javet to Inquire whether this did no;
mean something more than the mere
accident of time?"
Charles Carlos McCaffrey
Dies at Albuquerque, N. M.
Charles Carlos McCaffrey. 23. son
of Mr. and Mrs. John 1'. Mu effrey,
3314 Howard street, died yesterday
at Albuqterque, N. M . after a linger
ing illness. He was a former student
of Creigftton university and u mem
ber of the Knights of Columhu*. The
body will be returned to Omaha for
burial.
Besides his payents. he Is survived
by three brothers. Hugh of Washing
ton. Ji. C\. John jr., and Owen, both
of Kansas C.ty. and three sisters.
Miss Celie of Oakland. Cal . and Mrs.
Jean Smith and Miss Agnes, t ;h
of Omaha,
A school for the study of forestry
is to he opened in connection wit*
the University of Rangoon, Burma.
Army Officer
Injures Boy in \
Auto Accident'
Machine Plunges Onto Side
walk and Narrowly Misses
Pedestrians—Released
on Bond.
Unable to avoid striking a hoy, who
had run in front of his automobile,
I„ieut. J J. Catte, Fort Crook, lost
control of the car, and it Jumped onto
the sidewalk at Thirteenth and Wil
liam streets at 4:30 Saturday after
noon, barely missing pedestrians.
Sam Potara, 7, i251 South Thir
teenth street, received a fractured leg
and severe cuts. Lieutenant Catta
drove his car to one side in an at
tempt to avoid crashing lute the boy.
Afler the automobile ln£ hjm it veered
onto the sidewalk.
Potara was tak- ri to St. Joseph hos
pital. Lieutenant Catte was released
on $500 bond after his arrest «>n a
charge , f reckle s driving.
Creighton Hotif man, Wahoo, Neb ,
suffered a fractured shoulder and
lacerations, when his automobile
crashed into the rear end of a truck
driven by Robert Poff, 4249 Harney
street, at Forty-eighth and Center
streets.
Houseman was taken to Nicholas
Senn hospital. Poff was arrested on
a charge of reckless driving and re
leased on $500 bonds.
Omaha Doctor Gets
Appointment in West
Dr. Kins G. Camel, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George A. Camel, pioneer Oma
ha ns, has been appointed chief resi- 1
dent physician at the Alameda
c ninty nospital, Oakland. Cal., and
left Omaha Friday to take up his
new duties.
Dr. Camel spent 10 years at
Creighton university, ar.d was gradu
ated from the medical department ot
that institution with the class of 1922.
Follow.ng his graduation, he spent
a year as interne at the Al^neds
county hospital.
The hospital has 500 beds and r*
reives jwtients from the entire
county, with a population of about
400.000. Dr. Camel is 25. the young
est appointee to the office of chief res
ident physician in the history of the
institution.
Dur.ng his collegiate career, he was
prominent in athletics. He will be
joined at Oakland by his wife n
October.
Four Killed. Three Injured
W hen Car Cargo Shifts
C ulex.co. Cal . Aug. 11 —Two men
were instantly killed, two others died
from thetr injuries and three more are
believed to have been fatally hurt at
Ir.di -. Cal., t -day. by the shift.ng of
c : 1-ad of steel pipe. None of the
d* ad nor injured has been identif.ed.
']' e men are said to have been riding
..» one end if the car, when the load
suddenly shifted, crushing them.
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