Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 183.

NATION MOURNS PRESIDENT’S DEATH; COOLIDGE TAKES OATH

INAUGURATION MARKED BY SOLJMN_CEREMONY Calvin Coolidge Receives Oath of President of United States from Aged Father, Who Is A NotaryPublic, In Dim Light of Oil Lamp In Cabin Among Vermont Hills. BY PAUL R. MALLON (United Press Staff Correspondent) Plymouth, Vt., Aug. 3—By the dim light of a flickering oil lamp, Calvin Goolidge took the oath as president of the United States at 2:47 a. m. today. He started for Washington this morning. Just a few hours after the word of the death of Warren G. Harding had roused him from his bed, Coolidge stood in the old parlor of the family farm house in this isolated J hamlet deep, in the Vermont mountains, and was sworn in by his aged father, John Coolidge, who is a notary public. Other Presidents have taken the oath on a high rostrum before the capitol at Washington with the chief justice of the supreme court administering it, with troops drawn up in glittering array, with bands and flags and vast cheering crowds of witnesses. Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated in a small room just across the road from the house where he was born, in the early hours of the morning, with his old father — unshaven and collarless—handing him the well thumbed family bible in the presence of his wife, Jim Mclnerny,

a chauffer, Congressman Porter H. Hale, L. L. Lane, President of the railway mail association of New England, and Secretary Geiser, of his Washington office. These were all that witnessed

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the solemn simple ceremony—made all the more solemn by the knowledge that death had just taken his predecesor with shouting suddenness, and by the (Continued on page four)

LARGE AUDIENCE HEARD SENATOR HARRISON SPEAK Senator From Mississippi Gave Splendid Address At Chautauqua Here GIBSONIANS ARE GOOD Musicians Gave Fine Program; Chautauqua Comes To Close Saturday An audience which filled the big Chautauqua tent, at the corner of Third and Liberty Way, to capacity last night, heard a very interesting and emotional address delivered by United States Senator Pat Harrison, from the state of Mississippi. Senator Harrison spoke for an hour and a quarter, but so interesting was his address, that the time seemed only a few minutes. Senator Harrison’s address -was not the only interesting number on the program last night. The Gihsonians and Fisher Shipp gave a delightful, program of vocal and instrumental ' music, both at ’he afternoon anil eve- 1 ning sessions yesterday. The com-| I pany. composed of two ladies and three gentlemen, are very clever entertainers. Mr. Loar is a marvelous musician and he played several different stringed instruments last night and also played a selection on a hand saw. Mrs. Shipp is an exceptionally ’ good dialect reader and quick change artist. She gave a number of dialect readings to music while dressed in native costumes. Their program was greatly enjoyed. Sen. Harrison’s Speech “Problems of the Day," was the subject of Senator's Harrison's address, (Continued on page six) BIESATHOME OF NIECE HERE William S. Lower Dies At Home Os Mrs. Fred Linn This Morning Wililam. 8. Lower, 78. former resident of this county, died at the home of his niece, -Mrs. Fred Linn, in this city, at 7:35 o’clock this morning, fol- , lowing an illness of one week's dura- | tion of complication of diseases. Mr. | l.x)wer came to Decatur from W hitnig. Kansas three weeks ago following the . death of his wife in May. Mr. Lower was born in Tuscarauvas county, Ohio, or; March 8. 1845. He came to this county with his parents and in 1872 was married to Miss Addie ;E. Mouton. No children were born to this union. In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. ■ 1 f.ower moved to Whiting. Kansas, I where they resided until tlie letter’s death, seven weeks ago. While liv-j ing here, Mr. Lower was employed In the Shackley Wheel factory and was working there when the explosion occurred. Mr. Lower is survived by one brother, the Rev. J. W. Lower, of Walkerton .Indiana; one niece, Mrs. Linn, ami two nephews, W. A. Iziwer, of this city, and Homer Lower, of Warron. Other distant relatives reside in Adams county. The deceased was a member of the United Brethren church. Funeral services will be held from the Linn home at 10 o’clock Saturday morning. The remains will be returned to Whiting. Kansas for burial, leaving here on the Chicago and Erie railroad 12:55 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Linn will accompany the body to Kansas.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 3, 1923.

I The I | Nation | | Mourns I I A deep sense of personal loss was apparent throughout the mourning of the nation today for Warren Gamaliel Harding. Flags at half mast, black bordered newspaper columns, solemn meetings, at which messages of sympathy were sent to Florence Kling Harding, bespoke a national regret at the president’s passing. Throughout the world, wherever the news was flashed, diplomats and just common folks joined in expressions of regret. Consular offices of the United States in faraway places flew the signal that marked the president’s, death. Expressions of sympathy were forwarded to Mrs. Harding from many lands. — Wilson Sends Message Washington, Aug. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)—-Wood row Wilson today dispatched a message of sympathy to the widow of President I Harding. His message was not made public | here. Word of the passing of President Harding was given to Mr. Wilson early today. An effort made by Mrs. Wilson to keep the news from him until he arose this morning was unsuccessful. Government At Standstill Washington, Aug. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The United States government today closed its doors out of respect to the memory of President Harding. After a conference between Secretary Hughes and Postmaster Generali New—the only two members of tlie | ■ cabinet in the city—Hughes issued I orders closing all departments of the government for the day. ENGLISH PAY RESPECT London. Aug. 3 — King George has commanded that his court shall wear mourning for President Harding for a week beginning today. BOARD OF TRADE CLOSES Chicago, Aug. 3.—John J. Stream, president of the Chicago Beard of Trade, today summoned directors as a formality to suspend trading for today owing to the death of President Harding. STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSES New York, Aug. 3. —The New York Stock exchange will close today, ac- | cording to a statement early this ! morning by Seymour L. Cromwell, president. The board of governors will meet at 9:30 on the call of Cromwell and appropriate action will be taken. The exchange will probably open as usual but immediately be ! dosed on the announcement of the death of President Harding. Lloyd George Comments London. Aug. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)— ‘The death of President Harding adds one more complication 'to a world already tangled with trouble," . former Premier Lloyd George said today to the United Press. "The news of the President’s death ' came as a shock to this country as we had been led to believe the crisis was past. It is regarded by everyone as a great loss for his genial, simple ICnnOn... ' <>n lull’*' «!■»' Weather j Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday j with scattered thundershowers; not much change in temperature.

ROTARY CLUB GETS INVITATION | TO FORT WAYNE Ft. Wayne Rotarians Invite Local Club To Attend District Picnic SEN. HARRISON TALKS Gives Very Interesting Speech At Rotarv Meeting Last Night Tlie Rotarians, at their luncheon meeting last evening, accepted the I kind invitation extended to them by Capt. E. H. Kflbourne, of the Fort Wayne Rotary club, to attend a district picnic and party to be given on Augurt 31 at the Country Club by the Fort Wayne club to th§ RotarI ians of ten other cities, including ■ Decatur. Capt. Kilbourne has away I all his own of making speeches and extending invitations and you ought to have seen the boys accept his offer. The entire club membership, toether with their wives, will attend. W. H. Rohan and Robert Snyder accompanied Mj. Kilbourne here and also attended the luncheon. Senator Harrison Spoke U. S. Senator Pat Harrison made a wonderful talk to the Rotarians last evening. He complimented Rotary on its ideals of service and lauded its purpose. Senator Harrison gave a clear insight on the workings and doings of congress. He said that congress was composed of a majority of great men, that the congressmen and senators, regardless of politics strived to carry out the American ideals of government and were always ready to lay aside party lines i in tlie interest of the nation. (Continued on page -ix l funerltobe HELD AT HOME Services For Little Catherine Sellemever At 3 I’. M. Saturday Fune-ai services for little Catherine Sellemeyer, six year old datiehI ter of Mr. ami Mrs. Albert Sellemey- | er, whose death occurred Thursday ■ afternoon at Fo-I Wayne, will be held at three o’clock. Saturday afternoon, from the residence on North Fifth street, Rev. R. R. Elliker. of the Reformed church, officiating. Interm ment will be made in the Maplewood cemetery. The body may be viewed by friends from seven thirty until nine-thirty this evening. The whittened and lifeless litUe body of the child who was the flower and joy of the now grief stricken pa’ents, lies in a crimson casket buried under a bed of roses, Lillies and beautiful flowers, expressions of love and admiration from the many friends of little Catherine Sellemeyer. The physicians pronounced the cause of death as resulting from ileocolitis, a form of inflamatinn of the bowels, brought about by eating poisonous food. Catherine, and her parents attended tlie fair last week and she became ill on Friday, presumably after eating or drinking something on the grounds. Her condition be came worse Monday and she was taken to the St. Joseph hospital, Ft. I Wayne, where everything possible I was done to save her lite, but her I frail little body could not fight off the , poisonous attack that had already settled its grip upon her, death reI lieving her Thursday afternoon.

DEATH COMES WITHOUT WARNING LAST NIGHT President Harding, Believed On Road To Recovery, Is Seized By Stroke of Apoplexy While Listening To Mrs. Harding Read; Remains Returned To East. BY LAWRENCE MARTIN (United Press Staff Correspondent) Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 3—The President is dead. Death, apparently balked by medical science, struck suddenly and with no warning at 7:30 last night. Mr. Harding was definitely on the road to recovery from ptomaine poisoning, acute indigestion and a pneumonic infection which followed them. But, death found away through the armour—it struck into the brain with aponlexy—and without a struggle or word and only a shudder of his weakened frame, and , the raising of one hand, the nation’s head was passed beyond. Tonight they will take. Warren G. Harding’s body home—hack to the White House where he worked as chief magistrate of the people who today, shocked beyond expression by his death, mourn for him and his wife. After the simplest nrivate funeral services in the ! presidential suite at the Palace hotel, where he took to his hed on Sunday morning, the President’s remains J will be placed aboard a snecial train which will leave , San Francisco at 7 p. m. for Washington. i He will be laid at rest in his old home' town, Marion. Ohio, the country village from which he raised from rural obscurity into national nrominence. Before, the final obsequies there, which will mark his burial, the President’s body will lie in state in fdnntinued on pace four' NATION’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE DEAD JT \ ... jL /// ( // I v\ V V. 1 I a. 1/9 J , Warren G. Harding, twenty-ninth president of the United States, who . died at the Palace Hotel, in San Francisco, California, at 7:30 o’clock last night.

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