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. V ' v " WASHINGTON, 'Aug. ' 3.--(By
J f i i Aasociated 1 lre88 Calvin
1 CoUidge tbday mrasped the helm
of the ship of state as it fell from
the lifeless haritf of his captain.
Warren. G. , Harding. Quietly he
took; upon himself the .duties of
piitJUy When, the funeral ,1s over
the. president of, the naton
wilt shoulder in earnest the heary
barden ot resppnslhillty fl, which
lias passed to his keeping.
n arriTed In the capital . at
9;C2 a. tL, to be met at the sta
tton by an official party including
SectrTH?Sh?I..ii.'Mv New.
Then turning, ; he "conferred " with
Secretary Hughes, and Senator
Curtis of Kansas, and Republican
Whip. Tomorr o w, . Ihe new
chief plans a busy day. ; He j in-
trail to remain In . Washington
tzta the body of Mr. Harding ar
P.Tes from Sah f randsco, Tues
iiy, and go to Marlon, Ohio for
18 burial. - I
. ' Receptloa Sotemn
None of the pomp and circttm-
; zees which usually welcome in
i ing presidents to Washington
waited Mr. 'Coolidge on his ar
r: -al tonight to take up hia new
r::-onsibilitles and eicept for the
t clean demeanor of officials' and
t-s sorrowing faces of . little
crcaps who gathered, before bul
boards to read details of the
traxedy on the far-away Pacific
ccist, there was .'little to show
tt:t one chief executive had pass-
el and another had 'taken his
I' ..- , - "
Hughea Kept Busy
Throughout the day Secretary
i: ;hes, as ranking official of the
E 'ernment present in the ' capf
ul, devoted himself almost entire
ly to the preparation of funeral
I' ns and data on urgent matters
c: state to be laid before the new
I :sident on his arrival. The con
i ence between the two was , ar
; ZBi tor the new Willard hotel.
are Mr. Coolidge had lived as
a president and '.where he will
:nUln his residence and will
V J ' ot the groundwork of his ad-
1 i 'strttion while the legislative
t ee at the White House are
t I :Z out la ordir far him. Be-
5 repair work ;is in progress
; and In' deference to Mrs.
rdioV. it will be several days
are the president and the, new
-t lady of the land take charge
the legislative mansion.
-r: Details- IHscuiMed r
One of the subjects, discussed
1 tween Mr. Coolidge and Secre
tary Hnghes was the detailed pro
tram for the state funeral ot Mr.
,y "larding, but the plans, had 'not
wuea a stage tonight wnere
tacy. were ready for announce
menu Upon IU arrival the body
13 l? be taken to the historic east
tcca of the Whitehouse and later
tue :c to the rotunda of thn Cao4-
tcl where Lincoln lay in state and
8 nut a few short months
5 President Harding placed a
Ui on the casket of the un
n dead. '. , -
AU to View, Remains !
1 Is assumed that when the
are In final form they will
lie for a. funeral amid the lm--ive
evolutions of . a military
rd of honor sad that when the
passes along Pennsyl van-
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THE COOLIDGES
In the, picture below are President and Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge and their Iwo sons, John and Calvin, Jr., while
the, not. so vcrybldishrlboHingVroan . standing. , is John
Coolidge, .. the, , presidents . father, who J administered s the
oath of office to his son at .2:47 o'clock yesterday morning
at Plymouth; Vt. - . - -
Nation Safe With Coolidge at j
' Helm, Declares Representative
Hawley; Equipment is Thorough
. President Calvin Coolidge will
prove to be one of the best fill-in
presidents the nation has ever
known," is the substance, of a
statement made by Representative
W. C, Hawley at his office Friday
morning..''.' j :
"He has had i the , rare faculty
of .making friends and ot keeping
himself wrapped up in his job in
stead of .blazoning his own name
all : over the outside of whatever
he does. He is a hard, . clear
thinker, a man of few . words, but
a doer of deeds in. the shortest,
quickest way they can be done.
. Training Exceptional
"He has. had I an ' exceptional
training for the f presidency bet
ter, probably,' than any other man
in the history of the nation, , As
a close ; friend of the president.
and - as a Junior partner in the
greatest governing Job . . in . the
world, he has been In almost as
close touch with affairs' as it he
himself had been . the executive.
He has sat In with the cabinet and
all' Important councils. 'thins that
other vice presidents never dream
ed of doing. It is a fine measure
Of Warren O.' Hardfne's splendid
calibre, and of Coolldge's capacfty
that the one could invite and the
VETHS MEET
Annual Picnic iThursday En-
aoy able ;Af fair With Many
Taking; ; Part' '
Two hundred.: members and
guests participated in the Marion
County Veterans! association pic
nic at SUverton j Thursday. The
association., was started by the
Grand"? Army and ' the i Women's
Relief corns, but; it was soon en
larged to -include all; the patri
otic organizations, and,Jow thero
re members from a dozen differ
ent societies taking part in the
association activities. j
The election of officers was one
of the important incidents in the
day's program. .Mrs. i Frances E.
Gourlie of the wku, wnose nome
s in Sllverton. was elected presi
dent. She la recognized as a cap
able executive. "J. M Watson of
Turner, aveteran:: of r the . Civil
war.: was chosen as vlc4 president.
He Is a member of. Sedgwick'posf,
OAR, of SaIera,-rand ,was at one
time its commander. Mrs. Norma
TerwilHger of Salem was re-elected
secretary. Mrs. Hflen Wohl
heter of Woodburn .was named
treasurer. She has servjedaAa
state department officer for . the
its vn
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other f accept unref eryedly Buch an
unusual Invitatioa: ? -v ; V;
"President Coolidge is prepared
by nature, by education, by exper
ience, to fill the place of chief ex
ecutive. There never was another
presidential death that did not
instantly arouse the thought that
a change, even's revolution, im
pended .through the accession of
the unknown vice president. This
time, there will not be a ripple of
anxiety. Of doubt or fear. , The
nation profoundly regrets , . the
passing of a wonderfully; capable
executive, and of a friend without
flaw, but in the coming of Cool
idge, there is no shadow of ap
prehension, for he is of the right
sort. He has all the courage and
all the Iron that any man could
ever have, but he has the personal
and political balance that gives
even to radical acts the stamp of
justice and Integrity; ,
Will Make Ilia Way
"President Coolidge will make
his own way with the people.
Tliey , have not heretofore known
hlnu because he and his. job. were
in the background., But... as ,hq
now, becomw.JcnoF through his
works, all 'America' will ' acclaim
him." j '
Fuai SPECIE
Groups, With Heads Baredf
Stand Silently as Train
v SpeedsEastward
ON" BOARD HARDING SPEr
ClAl.; Roseville. Cal.,, AuV. 4
( By the" Associated Presa:) The
sorrow in the hearts, of the Amer
ican people over the death of
their pleader, was exemplified, to
day, by silent groups along, the
railroad side as the train bearing
the body of .Warren G. Harding
traversed western California and
the wide, reaches of Nevada,, . ,
c j With bared heads they stood,
sometimes In groups of hundreds,
sometimes only a score, and some
times singly. There was none too
poor none too rich; none too
m,Snty.,iQr.JK)Tie too Jiumble .to
pay their mark of respect io the
( memory of President Harding.
Tbey were conclpu3ronlyof show
ing their sorrow, but tolhose on
the funeral 4train they typified the
American 'people as a whole. ; ,
j WHEAT, MKETINtJ CALLED
SPOKANE. Aug. 3. The wheat
growers mass meellng.sclieduled
has been postponed 'until "August
13 at jemst. ot GoYernor ISSrU
THOUSANDS VIEW
WWTEHOlfSE-
SCRAMBLING
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Two Lively American Youths,
the First Since ftoosevejt's ,
" Term, Mve in ,
I WASHINGTON, .ug. 3. - (By
the Associated Press) The White
House, with Mr. and Mrs.' Cool
idge and their two- sons, once
more will . become the home of
some American boys.
I Neither President Wilson nor
president Harding had, sons tq re
call the days when the staid old
halls echoed to the. scrambling of
the lively . Roosevelt- youngsters. ,
! John and Calvin. Coolidge, Jr.,
16 and 15 years' old, respectively,
will be away at school in Mercers
burg, Pa., part of the time, but
while they, are at .home, at the
White House there will, be a
noticeable change from the atmos
phere of recent years.
Iff LOT LEFT
Erixon ... Urges
Someone to
Snap it Up,,So Deal May.
hnally Be Closed
: Only one lot remains to be sol 4
in Highway addition in North
Salem. There Were three, but
two of them were taken over the
first of this. week. Fred .Ttixon,
the trustee, who! fought for this
highway opening, scheme for al
most four years and has brought
It this near . to . a successful , con
clusion;, is looking ; for the lucky
or patriotic Salem lie who will buy
this last, tract of land and malm
;l "There will be some money
coming back to all the present lot
owners as soon as the last sale
Is made and the deal can be closed
up," said Mr. Erixon. "I , don't
know just how much,, but it will
be. good hard money, ! and . It can
be turned over as soon as, the pa
pers are cleared, i I've worked
long while on this deal to open
North Capitol street, and I believe
I've. earned a vacation. ' The road
is being put through., the paving
will soon be in, it's a non-profit
division of acreage Into fine city
property at acreage J valuations,
and It ought to be a good invest
ment., as well as a .community
benefit to have It closed, up and
the road opened." . ,
The official state highway down
Capitol street was; never, changed.
though a .temporary route, was de
clared down Sum mer ; street, be
cause of the awkward and danger
ous double turn around the High
way addition . tract in question.
When -the new road . is opened
through this property the old state
highway route down Capitol street
will be restored, but with this one
fine remedial section of. two
blocks that-make It both sate and
attractive.
JUDGE WHO'NOMINATED MRt '
COOLIDGE WILL SPEAK AT
MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY
Judge Wallace McCamant ; of
Portland, the manjwho nomipated
Calvin Coolidge indirectly for the
presidency that he now occupies,
ic to speak at the memorial ser
vfcW jto T be. held at Willson park
Sunday afternoon In honor of the
late President Harding.'
. Judge McCamant, one of the
most eloquent and scholarly ora
tors of the northwest, placed, the
Coolidge name before the Repub
lican national convention as a can
didate for the vice presidency.
The-nation liked the man, and the
convention ; went wild over his
presentation by so gifted a speak
er as Judge McCamant of Oregon.
Coolidge received the nomination,
thei election, and now fails heir
to the presidency, through Judge
McCamant's. eloquence.
, -j Judge' McCamant, when called
by long distance phonesald hat
tho coming- to Salem would be at
a personal sacrifice of his own
earlier plains, but he appreciated
so, keenly he honor .of the invita
tion, and the obligation to pay a
humane debt to a great and
worthy American, jthat he accept
ed the call, and will speak as an
nounced. ' j- "
. The memorial service is to be
substituted for the regular union
church service at i Willson park.
.The .exact program has not r yet
MESSAGES TO
ii i"' h li ii o i 1 1 1'
Sympathy 1 Purina: Bereave
ment Extended Through
Medium of the Press From
Foreign Countries v
MANY TRIBUTES PAID
TO FORMER PRESIDENT
Hijh Officials Throughout
"Nation Tell About His
Fine. Qualities i
OLYMPIA, Wash.; AUg. 1 3.
Governor Louis V. Hart today
sent the-following telegram to
Mrs. Harding expressing the sym
pathy of himself and his family:
- "Mrsi, Hart and louella join me
In sincerest sympathy and while a
nation mourns for a noble man
and a revgred. chief j .executive,
your grief Is for him who from
boyhood days never ceased to be
a lover. " Wo wish you could real
ize that we . mourn with; one , we
love .and earnestly hope that a
merciful God and the ministra-l
tlon of true friends will in time
assuage your agonizing grief. The
memory of your life's association
with your loved' one is a priceless
heritage which God himself may
not take away.?
P BERLIN SENDS NOTES
BERLIN, Aug. 3. (By The As
sociated :Press.)--"I-deeply de
yforotlhatf President Harding was
called from the world 'political
stage .at the very moment when
grave, complex' problems ,. dealing
with the. world's economic condi
tion and reconciliation, of nations
and peoples are awaiting urgent
solution President Ebert said
to the Associated Press today. -
Herr Ebert expressed the belief
that history would associate Pres
ident , Harding's name with : the
Washington disarmament confer
ence. . Chancellor Cuno and Baron
Von Rosenberg, the foreign secre
tary sent messages of condolence
to the American ambassador, AI
lahson B. Hughton.' ,
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FltOM FREE STATE t
DUBLIN, Aug. 3. (By The As
sociated . Press.) On -motion of.
Sir. r Thomas : Esmonde, .the Free
State Senate todayadopted a res
olution expressing the deepest re
gret at the death .of.' President
Harding and: sympathy with the
people of the- United States. . Lord
Glenavy chairman of the senate,
said that Ireland was grieved at
the news . of the president's sud
den death.. 5
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 3.
From . MarlonrMrs. Harding re-
rcontinned no pan I)
been arranged, but it is expected
to start at 3 o'clock instead of at
4. and It will include a band con
cert of the highest classical, re
ligious and other appropriate mu
sic for a Sunday, offering Direct
or Oscar Steelhammer promises
that they. will give their best, and
that they will serve the public as
good Americans fittingly honor
ing a president. The band con
certs, during the week, have been
attracting thousands of people.
The concert last night was can
celled because. of the president's
death. ,
Governor! Waiter M. Pierce and
Mayor 'John B.,iGesy, will speak
on the memorial, program. Invi
tations were extended to Senator
Charles McNary and Representa
tive W. C. Hawley, but both will
be away from the city. Thomas
B. Kay will.be the chairman of
the day. R. D., Barton will sing,
and a song leader will be an
nounced later for, the congrega
tional singing. i
While the program- "is still in
embryo as to-its definite arrange
ment these important features are
assured, to make if one of the
most striking services of the kind
ever held in ; Oregon, i Secretary
C. A. Kells of the Salem YMCA is
working on, the details, and will
have a definite announcement of
every item b7 Sunday morning.
MARION RITES ;
WILL BE HELD
AUGUST 10TH
Train f Schedule Rearranged,
Advancing r unerai jserv-.
. , Ices 0neDay Ahead
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.: 3.
(By the-Associated Press.) Re
arrangement of the schedule of
the funeral train bearing- the body
of President Harding, so as to
bring t it j into .Washington next
Tuesday instead of Wednesday,
was announced i late today. ,
: The ' new schedule will ' allow
funeral services ' to be held In
Washington In the capitol . rotun
da late next Wednesday afternoon
and services in Marion, Ohio, next
Friday, which will . be proclaimed
a day of national mourning.
. Under the new arrangement the
funeral train. leaving here at 7
O'clock tonight will arrive at Og
den. Utah, at 9:05 p. m. Satur
day; " at Omaha, Neb., At 2:15 a
m. Monday; at Chicago at 3:30 p.
m., Monday, and at Washington,
by way of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad,' at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday.;
WILL PROCEED
Board Going Ahead in Belief
Remaining. $1000 Will
Be Forthcoming
The Salem hospital fund is still
almost $1500 short, but the board
has decided to go ahead In the be
lief that will all be provided in
the near future, and that it will
be safe to contract tor the various
units of finishing work.
Following this action, contracts
"were let Friday for the interior
hardware, the door and window
stops and all miscellaneous finish
ing material, and for the interior
painting. ' Dough ton - & Marcus
were the low bidders on the hard
ware, and J. RI Kennedy will do
the' painting. The two contracts
aggregate about $33001 Other
items of finishing and equipment
will be contracted for as soon as
the money Is assured. : ;' '
The campaign committee met
last night for one last heroic ef
fort to land enough subscriptions
to close up the list. But if It
doesn't get enough money, the
committee will establish i another
last ditch, and yet another ' and
another, until the last cent is won
and the hospital is a reality. - It
's believed that the required sum
will be1 secured within the next
few days, and the harassed com
mittee can draw a long sigh and
take a. well-earned rest.
N
Proclamation of - Governor
to-Foliow Lead of Fede
ral Edict Yesterday
Governor Pierce announced
last night that he will proclaim
Friday, August . 10.. as "a day ot
mourning in. Oregon for the late
President Harding,. The Jtoyer
nor had intended to designate tne
day of the. funeral,, but in making
it Friday he is following the fed
eral proclamation. On that day
all public offices In the Btate will
be closed.
Guard Shows; Disrespect
r for Harding; Is Fired
William Setak. a guard at the
state penitentiary, . was- discharg
ed by Warden Johnson S. Smith
yesterday because he remarked
concerning the death of President
Harding that, "the country hasn't
lost much."
Setak has been on the state pay
roll for some time. He is a farm
er and is said to be in comfortable
circumstances financially. -
ZILLAII MARSHAL DIES
T WO
FRIDAY WILL BE
DAY OE MOURNING
, YAKIMA, Aug. 3. W. J. HI11
yer, city marshal of Zillah. who
it Is alleged, was shot last Monday
In that town by J. F. Pearce, a
farmer, . died .this afternoon.
Pearce will be charged with first
degree murder tomorrow. .
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Thousands Line Streets of San Francisco as Ccrtc-s
Leaves Hotel For Train TntVillI Cany Party Did:
to Washington; All Traffic Halted to Pay Find Re
spects to Former Chief Executive,
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.,
In sorrow unutterable, San tFjancisco tonight bade good bye "
ias au umi, .was wuruu ut v rreii j. xiaxuiiiK, wno unui a iev
hours ago was president of the United States. . To his widow,
Mrs Harding, the city said farewell, with, a compassion un
witnessed here since those daysof .the earthquake, when San
Francisco had. unassuageable sorrow of Jier own
The . outpouring of this compassion'5 came at sunset to
night .when the city's thousands lined thev streets! leading
from the Palace hotel where he died last night, to the South
ern. Pacific station where' his body was1 placed; oh board a
special train to be taken to Washington, D. C
Military Furnishes. Escort, . "
Escorted by a cortege of army, navy and marine detach
ments, led by men high in off icial, life in city, state and na
tional, the' bbdv of the late Dresident was Carried to the
railwav station throiiorh which
day morning to Jbe for a few days its guest of honor. The
body was placed in the.car he occupied on coming here and
started on the final journey from which none return.
The same sun which he saw set behind the golden gate
in a halo of mist last night from his hotel window, torn
burnished tor a few brief moments the metal of his bier. ;
TEACIIG PUCES
ARE ALL FILLED
Some Vacancies Possible,
However, Before Open
ing of Schools
,' Practically every place has been
filled for the Salem school teach
ing force for the coming year. It
might not be impossible that an
Occasional ' vacancy might occur
between now and the opening of
school;' but these are not expected.
The places have been filled ear
lier -than in any season for some
years past. --'j;1"'. '.'.";' . .
. An interesting census of the
teaching force, as it was, made, up
las year, has Just been made In
Superlntendeni Hug's off feet',".; It
shows that, the average teaching
time of. the high school teachers
In Salem has been 3.29 .; years;
teaching, experience 1 elsewhere,
4.18 years,' or a total teaching ex
perience , of 7, 4 7 , years t for. 'the
high school grade. For the; Jun
ior high schools, the average ex
perience in, Salem Is 3.39 years,
and elsewhere. 4.7. years, and for
the. elementary schools the aver
age n Salem, is ,4-56 years-, and
5. 6 years elsewhere, or .more than
Id years for each teacher.
These averages, however, are a
bit misleading in that there , are
several teachers in the grades who
have been there for a long. time
much longer than any in the high
er grades. The high school Has
11 teachers with more than 10
years total experience. -The jun
ior high also has 11, and the ele
mentary schools have 21
who have taught for
more than 10 years. But the jun
iors have one teacher, D. K. Luth-
ey, arithmetic teacher in the
Washington school, who has 50
years of teaching experience," sev
en in Salem and 43 elsewhere.
There are several in the grades
who have had exceptionally Mong
teaching careers, though none
other with so long a period of ser
vice as Mr. Luthey. .' . '
These figures do not include the
(Continued on page six 1
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3. (By Associated Press.)
he entered the city last Sun
' . - . . .
Before the. body, was rejaiored
from the hotel brief services were .
held in .the presidential suite, con'
ducted by the Rev. James SWest,
pastor of ihe First Baptist church
here. Mr. Harding was a member
of that denomination. -'
i The body of the dead president ,
reposed in a drab brown steel cof
fin, lined with whila silk, r Tho
only inscription; engrared on a
silrer plate was "Warren Gama
liel Harding." :-.
j 1 Flower ' Offering Profuse
The coffin was . banked . with
flowers an floral tribute from
Citizens, consuls general, ot many
nations, filled the sitting. room of
the s presidenial, suite, where the
simple religious j ceremony was '
conducted.
The setting sun poured through
the lower portion of the windows .
and flooded the flower-bower wjth
mnlight,, which gare the room th
appearance of an outdoor flower
garden. .
; Mrs. BJ E. Remsberg, sister A)f "
the late president, and Attorney
General Daugherty were the only
persons In the room , who were
seated during the ceremony. The
attorney general ..was . helped Into
the room by; Lieutenant Comman
der Boone one of the late presi
dent's physicians, and was assist-
ed. from the.room. by. commander
Boone after the. ceremony. - s ( , t. ..
. Widow Add "Amen - '.' -..
Mrs, Florence; Harding, widow
of the late president, standing
between Mr. and Mrs. George .B.
Christian, Jr., as the ReTerend S.,
West read , the prayer over her
late husband here today, nodded .
her head, slightly . as the pastor .
raised his hand and said: : :
, "God, is our refuse and
strength."
As the minister . ended : his
prayer Mrs. Harding said "Amen.
When Rer. West concluded his
Bible text and bowed his head for .
prayer, Mrs.. .Christian s stepped
from the . side of the room and .
stood on Mrs. Harding's right.
Both. Mr,, and Mrs. Christian held
the widow's arms throughout the
entire ceremony. ;
Gazes at . Husband l
: " Mrs. Harding, dressed in deep
mourning," with, a . black cape
reaching . to her shoe fops, - was .
veiled. .She held her gaze on the
minister while he read his text,
but bowed her head as he. raised
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