The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-05
COOLIDGE TAKES.
 OVER CONTROL OF FEDERAL OFFICES
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cupied s Vice President in the Sen ! ate office building. There he was bombarded by photographers outside and inside his office and spent a few minutes gathering personal effects l from his desk and closets.
 Sabbath To Be Quiet.
 That the hotel will be the center Of l the government for several days was | definitely established today. The presidential suite, originally only of i four rooms, was enlarged by addi- ! tions up and down the hall, and l White House clerks and stenogra- i phers swarmed in to handle the flood 1 of telegrams, mail and other business. Emergency telephone and electric wires were strung up temporarily on l the carpets and along the walls, and | the whole Coolidge administration 1 was put actively into motion while 1 inside and outside of tho hotel crowds of curious spectators stood for hours in an effort to secure glimpse or the rev President.
 After the past two days of strenu- ous activity, the first Sabbath In the | presidency promises to be compara- | lively ouiet for MT. Coolidge. With ! Mrs Coolidge he will attend church 1 in the morning and in the afternoon will rest or possibly take an automo- l bile ride.
 In line also will be representa- | tive groups of patriotic organlza- tfons, headed by their respective | commanders, with colors and uni l form, as well as many CIVIC ana 1 commercial organizations.
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 Nasons to Take Part.
 | The Masonic orders of which MT. | Harding was a member will be rep resented by 150 Knights Templarr l and representatives of the grand lodge, and there also Will be smsil ma groups from other fraternal organl- zations.
 As the funeral cortege moves from the White House. 10000 Washington 1 school children will lay down car net of flowers for the caisson bear ing the casket, and a . children nieIl,s s rssrnfd W fs9m the the favorts SrIs hymns of Mir. Harding, Pennsyi' yania avenue will be roped off from | the White House to the capitol, ana cleared of all traffic. Cordons or police will line the broad thorough fare, where it is estimated that more ttan 100000 will gather to view the ! proces ssion.
 i Alter the simple services in the rotunda have been concluded, the rublic will be admitted for last view of the dead. They will march in from the east entrance four abreast. but, reaching the bier, the line will separate, passing two abreast to either side. There will be | a guard of honor at the casket, ana the lines will be kept in continuous motion. Easing their estimates on similar events in the past, the po- lice have reckoned that the number | who would view the body from 10;SO am, to 6 D. m. will exceed 100000 Taken to Union Station.
 | When the doors have been closed the body will be taken to the union | station with a military escort and l placed aboard the train. Presloent Coolidge and many other government officers will accompany 1t to Marloh'
 Two army officers, both 2 9hioans, were appointed today to represent MT. Coolidge in making arrange, ments at Marion for the funeral They are Col. F. P. Lahm, formerly of Mansfield, and Lieut.. Edward M. i Taylor of the Sixteenth field artll- lery, formerly of Marion and once an employe on President Harding newspaper. The funeral train will reach Marion Thursday morning and there it again will be met py . a military escort. Final arrange ments for the ceremonial there haDs ! not been completed, but it has been announced there will be brief
 
 burial service.
 Unless Mrs. Harding desires It, no 1 congressional committee Will oc- company the funeral party to. onio. This decision was reached tentaI lively at a conference, participates in by Senate and House leaders.
 President Coolidge halted today In the preparation for the funerai cere- monies to sign proclamaloh cali i 1 ing upon the country to observe FIT .i, foHr Ne iyl [. as a day of mourning and prayer. He also signed executive orders for the l closing of all government depart 1 ments from the time of the arriVai of the funeral party from san Fran : | cisco Tuesday until after the day or burial.
 Ccolidee's Proclamation. President Coolidge's proclamation "By the President of the United
 States of America, Proclamation. gro the People of the United states:
 .Tn the inscrutable wisdom or divine providence, Warren Gamallel Harding, twenty ninth president or the United States. has been taken from us. The nation has lost wise and enlightened leader and the peo- nle true friend and counselor whose whole life was inspired with the desire 70 promote the best ln- interest in the United States and the welfare of it's citizens. His private life was marked by gentlepess ana brotherly .ymnathy and by the charm of his personality he made friends of all who came in contact with him. which fills the hearts of the Ameri- can people should find fitting eX- pression.
 president of the United States of America, do appoint Friday, next, Au- e,ust 0. the day on which the body of the dead President will be laid in its J last earthly resting place, as day or mourning and prayer throughout the United states. l earnestly recom mend the people to assemble on that day in their respective places of di- vine worship, there to bow down in submission to the will of Almighty God, and to pay out of full hearts the homage and ,oVe nd reverence to the memory of the great and good President, whose death has so soreiy , smitten the nation.
 Tn witness I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the ! United States to be affixed, Done at the city of Washingto the fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hun dred an6 twenty three. and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty eighth.
 CALVIN COOLIDGE.
 By the President:
 "CHARLES F. HUGHES,
 "Secretary of State.
 'The White House, Washington, Au-
 gust f. 1923"
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 Other Executive Orders.
 Other executive orders signed by the chief executive provide that there shall be no official entertainments until next December l, and that for nal calls of organizations or of of