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The Washington times., 1923-08-03

From q position Of nominal i'm.
portance in the affairs OF state,
Mr.. Coolidge, overnight, becomes
the leader, at home and abroad, OF
Q great nation Of more than 100,.
O00, 900 souls.
From q position in which he pre-.
sided over the conduct Of the Sen.
ate, Mr.. Coolidge takes the wheel
OF the ship Of state. Whatever
may be the successes, the setbacks,
the sorrows or the joys, Mr.. Cool.
idge must remain at the helm for
two years. until March 4, 1895.
Mr.. Coolidge assumes the reins of
government midway. He takes up
the work Of administration where
Mr.. Hardins's hands were stayed.
What is the manner. the nature
the thoughts, the ideals Of this
man who 50 suddenly heads the
nation?
Unfortunately, he Is compare tive
" little known throughout the
country, politically or personally
He seldom has been in the lime
light.
In Touch With Affairs.
He enters upon his new duties
without benefit of far.flung politi
cal campaigns that would have
made his name q household phrase
IA every community, q power in the
life OF the nation, known alike By
politician and schoolboy.
But Mr.. Coolidge assumes, q lead
ership which he has learned to know
quite intimately because of the con.
slant close association he enjoyed
with President Harding and mem.
bers Of his Cabinet. Unlike most
Vice Presidents, Mr.. Coolidge at.
tended regularly all the meetings of
the Cabinet and shared intimately
IN the discussion and formulation of
Administration policies and pro-
grams. He was q welcomed adviser
IN all conferences OF party chief
tains and enjoyed q wide confidence.
He steps in. then, not as a
stranger. but as one familiar with
the conduct Of the office Of Chief
Magistrate.
Mr.. Coolidge, In most respects. ID
not unlike President Harding. espe-
cially in his thoughts and his per.
sona1 tastes. There IL similarity IN
the devotion to simplicity, straight
forwardness. steadfagtness to prin.
ciples, the same happy, personal
= y1a4SucLlSfIl, tue S1IIlG NATURAL ndTQl-
hood, fearlessneSs and courage Of be-
lief.
La Sturdy Yankee.
President Coolidge comes from a
stock Of sturdy New England farm
er.folk. He has inherited their
rugged simplicity, their plainness
OF living, their strict moral and
ethical code of life. His ancestors
first settled in New England in
1880, in what is now the State OF
Vermont. His father now lives 81
Plymouth. VT, on one Of the an
cestral farms.
Mr.. Coolidge abhors display and
grandeur and demomgoguery. He
has an ardent love for the princi
pies of the founders Of the nation
This was made clear in his last
formal public utterance-a Fourth
Of July message for international
News Service.
America has been a moral and
financial success" he delared. "Oul
institutions are entitled TO the sup
part of every person who wishes
to benefit mankind. We need less
complaint about what we do not hav:
and more satisfaction with what we
have
No more striking example of the
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The President

telephone orders. The President
was dead-after all
And so Washington-althour
this does not tell it all-received a
bulletin from San Francisco and
the nation heard of the passing Of
kindly soul. Let others write
the story of his deeds; this is the
story, partly told. of how Washing
ton learned Of his gentle passing
and wept.
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Cotton Exchange Closes.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 3.-The
cotton exchange was closed today
out of respect to the memory Of
President Harding.
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CAPITAL STUNNED WITH GRIEF
AT SADDEST OF NEWS
BY THEODORE TILLER.

It's three o'clock in the morning" in Washington and
midnight San Francisco time The newsboys about to
stop their cries of extra paper and offer the regular e
tions. Yet they all tell the story:
The President of the United States is dead!
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Now that he has gone men will
be uttering variations on the old
theme, What shadows we are and
what shadows we pursue" People
will recall the fourth OF March.
1921, when the new President. radi-
ant in Astounding, health, rode %
the Capitol with the outgoing Pres
ident, gray and shrunken and Grip
pied. Now the strong man Is
taken while the invalid is left
Surely there are tears in mortal
things.
If President Harding could speak
to his countrymen today, he would
bid them be Of good cheer for the
future OF their Government. He
never set himself UP as q super.
man. indispensable to the national
well-being. His favorite koncep-
| ton OF the American Government
was Of great institution tess de-
| upon the drive behind It OF an
intelligent and honest democracy.
Sun and Globe.
Other occasions will come for
1.-THE summing up Of great national
services Of the more tangible sort
that the Presidents Administration
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. such as the ad.
5ustment of our foreign relations,
the diminution of navies, the heroic
reduction Of Government expendi-
ture. The present sad moment
demands rather that we think rev.
erently and gratefully of that less
visible work OF the President which
we never stopped to ponder, though
we felt its effect. He came three
years ago to the chief office in
nation half overwhelmed with o.
growing swarm of strifes and dis
contents. One has but to look back
on the successor Of Lincoln to
guess how much harm this country
might have sustained under the
guidance Of q hot-headed, head
strong man in the White House.
Chicago Evening Post.
The President il dead
The nation called him from a lit
tie middle western town to its
highest office and its most burden
some task. He came reluctantly,
conscious that the responsibility
was even greater than the honor.
but accepting the summons Of the
people as the voice of destiny, with
L q AGASa IttAL NHQA WOu1O SAA0C
and strengthen him for duty and
the devotion Of loyal heart to the
cause of America.
They gave him their confidence in
a measure, counted in numbers. ex-
ceeding that reposed in any former
j President. Today they realize it
was not misplaced. TO the full
limit of his ability and strength.
yes, and beyond. as events have
proved, he answered it.
He made peace with our enemies;
he called our former comrades in
arms to conference in the cause
Of peace and gave America chief
place as leader in the movement
toward a disarmed world. He
reorganized our finances and set
the business of government upon a
new plane of economic efficiency
He was leading us to larger CO
operation in the sphere of world
affairs.
That journey, made in part 50
that he might talk to the people
Of the things which were dearest
to his purpose for their good, and
in part that he might understand
better the problems Of American
domain in the far outpost Of
Alaska, was the final proof Of his
untiring devotion to duty.
He gave us his life.
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President Coolidge Is
But Little Kn0wn
To Great u. s.
By KENNETH CLARK.

international News Service Staff Correspondent:
Calvin Coolidge, of Massachusetts, by the turn of
fashionable fate lifted from comparative official OBJ
security today to the highest position within the OF
States.
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Coolidge Is Fourth To
Take Office On
Friday

Calvin Coolidge is the fourth
President to be inaugurated on
. Friday and the first to take
his oath Of Office on that day
since 1881.
The trio Of predecessors who
did not evade the supposed evil
omens Of Friday were John
Quincy Adams, Franklin Pierce
and the martyred James A. Gar
field. All three, however, were
forced to accept the day be-
cause it came on the fourth of
March when their terms started
by law of the land.
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NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS A MAN OF MYSTERY TO HIS PEOP
Nations Press Pays
Tribute To Dead
President
CosmopolltAa News. Service.

following editorial expressions the sudden death Of President
g. HdTd9 printed by representative through
In,rt 1he ufo0dA
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New York journal Of Commerce:
It Is with the deepest sadness and
regret that we announce the sud
den death Of the Chief Executive Of
this nation.
The most sincere sympathy Of the
nation as q whole will be extended
to Mrs. Harding and to the. Presi.
dents immediate family and ascot
ates.
So far as public business is con.
and well organized Cabinet group
within immediate reach, while the
Vice President, whose duty Il now IL
to assume the Executive office, IL
O man Of tried executive responsi.
bSlity, experience and ur1questioned
probity.
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New York Times.

1NUW 1UTh IIIIICSs
The first onrush Of a great ma.
tional grief is no time to make
nice estimates. The American
people have seen Mr..
Harding step out from among
themselves as one Of their own
kind and take up the duties Of
what is perhaps the highest office
in the world with the utmost sim.
plicity, yet with dignity; undazzled
by power, and always ready to
respond to human appeals which
he never regarded as alien to
himself.
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New York Herald.

The fortunes Of his country. of
his party and Of himself seemed
yesterday much dependent upon the
course of President Harding-and
today he IL missing from the scene.
In these the first hours of its
mourning the American people will
pay little heed TO the political con-
sequences Of the Presidents death.
The Government Is not dependent
for life and stability upon any one
man or group of men. The coun-
try carries on. It has seen five
others Of its Presidents die in office.
No; the feeling throughout the
United States today is one Of in.
tense personal loss. Warren G..
Harding was to the people more
than a man whom they elected; he
was a man they loved.
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New York Tribune:


To the public's unaffected grief at
President Harding's death will be
added the poignant regret that he
could not complete q service in the
White House which had already
given him high rank among our
Presidents.
Mr.. Harding won the genuine
respect Of the country by his mod.
esty, serenity and democratic good
fellowship. He was Q friendly man,
considerate< man and a high.
minded man. These qualities often
count for more in a statesman
than gifts Of adroitness and intel.
lectual briliiaAce.
The dead President could differ
with others without rancor. Yet
he saw his own purpose clearly,
and when it was necessary stuck
to his convictions at the cost Of
differing with the many.
He untangled the peace treaty
snarl, re-established concert with
the other great powers ana brought
about a cessation of naval arma.
ment rivalries and Of perilous com.
petition In the Pacific.
In all these things that steadiness
OF temperament and balance uf
Judgment counted which made the
Harding Administration notable. It
was an admirable Administration.
taking its tone from an admirable
personality and rounded character.
We lost . great President.
Evening star., 1923-06-25

to Cheyenne, Wyo., where another
address was to be delivered.
Before commencing the days duties,
however, the chief executive obtained
reports from the hospital as to the
condition of Donald A. Craig, man.
ager Of the New York Herald's Wash
ington bureau, and of Thomas F.
Dawson of Denver, both of whom
were injured when the automobile
in which they were riding yesterday
plunged over a Seventy-five embank-
ment and killed Sumner Curtis of
Washington, D. c., a representative OF
the republican national committee and
Tommie French of Denver, who was
visitors of the presidential party. MIR.
the party and personal friends of Mr..
Dawson.
President Harding was encouraged
by the reports he received and in
structed the hospital authorities to
keep him advised concerning the con-
dftion of Mr.. Craig and Mr.. Daw son
as he continued his tour to Cheyenne,
Salt Lake, Utah, and other points
along the route to Alaska There
was some indication that change
would be made in the program, be-
ginning after the Cheyenne visit. and
that the proposed trip into Zion Park,
Utah, would be abandoned. the party
motoring from Ogden to Salt Lake.
Henry c. Wallace, Secretary Of
Agriculture. Joined the party in Den
yer and will go. through the Alaskan
itinerary with the President
Evening star., 1923-06-25
TWO PARACHUTE MEN
HAVE NARROW. ESCAPES
One Is Dropped In River and Res
cued-Other Falls Between
Two Houses.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, June 25.-
John d. Smith of Chicago twice
escaped death here yesterday after
noon. Smith attempted to descend by
parachute from an airplane. The
parachute, falling to open, caught in
the landing gear of the plane. leaving
Smith hanging some l5-feet below;
His attempts to climb to the cockpit
were futile and Victor Rickard, pilot
ing the plane. signaled that he would
drop him over the Mohawk river.
The aviator planed to a few feet
above the water and Smith jumped.
He could not swim and sank. but was
pulled ashore by l. w. Geweke pa
tron of a swimming school nearby.
BINGHAMTON. N. Y, June 25:-Ten
thousand people saw Dare Devil"
Tom Devitch escape death yesterday
when he leaped from a plane piloted
by Basil Rowe. 1000 feet over the
landing field. Devitch cut loose sue
cessfully, but fell into an air pocket.
He dropped rapidly and then was
Swept by~R-wind across the river,
landing in q yard between two houses
in a thickly populated section.
Evening star., 1923-06-25

tory law. Many others have had no
scruple in seeking supplies from
those who vend in defiance of the
law. The latter practice is rather too
costly to be indulged in by the masses,
so there are literally American mil
lions who resent the lawful posses
sions of the few, the lawless practices
of a few more and rebel against the
denial to the vast majority. Univer-
sal prohibition in the United States
than partial prohibition and partial
indulgence"
Speech Leaves Eject.
Mr.. Harding appealed for IAN
awakened conscience" His speech
made a deep impression here, for this
Is dry territory and the people have
had prohibition so long that they
are convinced of its merit and the
subject is really not an issue here
in the same sense that it disturbs the
politics of other states. where the
prohibition amendment has come as
a sudden shock to urban habits.
The President reached out in his
Denver address. Of course, to the
people of all parts of the country,
and, inasmuch as the political aspects
of the tranScontinental tour he 10
taking cannot be ignored. there 10
every reason to believe MT. Harding
considers 1t strategicafly wise to
make the most of AL Smiths action
The republican hope is that since
Gov. Smith is a democrat, every at
tack at Smith will be regarded as a
blow at democrats generally and that
the republican party will correspond
ingly gain in favor with those who
may not be enthusiastic about 1T over
other issues, but who will be disposed
to forget their grievances beside the
great moral questions involved in
law enforcement.
stop buying from bootleggers,
stop drinking--in fact, stop thirst
ing" is the advice which, in effect,
Mr., Harding gives to the American
people lest contempt for law make
the whole republic insecure.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-06-25
S0N-IN-LAW BENEFITS
IN ELIAS BARNES WILL
Estate Left in Trust to J. J..
Hayes and w. II.
Mano1ue.

Elias E. Barnes, by his will. dated
November %, 1922, and fled today for
probate, leaves his entire estate in
trust to William H. Manogue and his
son-in.law, James ]. Hayes. They
are directed to hold premises ia Sd
street southeast for the benefit OF his
daughter, Ella MarQuadt, for life, then
for five years for the benefit Of his
granddaughter, Thelma Marquadt,
when it is to be conveyed to her.
The trustees also are to hold house
COZ F street northeast for the life bene-
fit Of his daughter, Mary Butterbaugh,
then for his grandchildren. Elsie But
terbaugh and Theln1a Marquadt. Prem
dses GOA F street northeast are to be
held for granddaughter, Elsie Butter
baugh. House 513 B street southeast
is TO be held for the benefit Of his
daughter, Lottie B. Hayes. subject to
the payment of $50 per month for four
years to Thelma Marquadt. The re-
manning estate after one year is to be
turned over to his daughter. Ella Mar
Quadt. William H. Manogue and James
]. Hayes also are named as executors.
Evening star., 1923-06-25
SELF-DEFENSE PLEA
OF WOMAN SLAYER
Officer Named by Florida Governor
to Break Up Confidence Games
Killed After Quarrel
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June 25.-
Robert Shackelford. forty-seven, chief
field officer under former Sheriff
Robert E. Merritt, and one of Gov
Hardee's chief Investigators, was shot
and killed here yesterday at his home
Mrs Daisy yaught. thirty, who was
arrested, is said by police to have ad-
mitted shooting ShackeIford, claim
ing self-defense
The woman is. said. to have stated
that she shot Shackelford when he
reached for pistol to shoot her. They
had quarreled previously, it was said
Shackelford is credited with having
large part in breaking up the activi-
ties of confidence men in Florida,
Shackelford and Mrs. Vaught met
about eight years ago, friends assert
ed. Mrs. Shackelford, who resides in
Lake City, said she did not know Mrs
Vaught. -
Evening star., 1923-06-25
VANDERBILT TO LAUNCH
MORNING NEWSPAPER
Cornelius, Jr., Issues Prospectus
for illustrated Journal in
Los Angeles, Calf.

LOS ANGELES, Calf. June 25.-A
prospectus bearing the signature of
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., and offer
ing to Los Angeles newspaper read
ers the opportunity to subscribe for
and underwrite the illustrated Daily
News, new morning publication
which Mr.. Vanderbilt announces he
will publish in Los Angeles soon, is
being distributed through the mails
here,
Mr.. vanderbilt's prospectus states
that mechanical equipment Is ready
porary building has been secured. a.
large Photographic staff. together
with national and international pho
tographio experts. are Immediately
available" and carefully chosen
editorial and mechanical staff has
been provided for"
Evening star., 1923-06-25
SHINES HAS OIL TRUST.
German Financier Forms New Or
ganization by Merger.

5, HALLE. Germany. June, 24.--A new
oil trust capitalized at 10o.ooo,ooo
gold marks has been formed by the
Shines interests and the Riebeck
mining works at joint meeting held
here. The Arm Is to be known as
'The Hugo Shines RfebAck Mining
and Oil Works, Inc"
The corporation has voted q gift
Of 60,0e0.e0o paper marks to the Unt-
versity OF Halle. The Riebsck COM
pany at the same time declared Q
dividend Of 900 Dor cont
Evening star., 1923-06-25
new JERSEY BIRD WINNER
Pigeon Travels 1907 Yards a
Minute Flying From Ontario.

BOSTON, June 25.-A bird from the
New York center won the interna-
tional pigeon race. which had it's
start Saturday at Midland, Ontario.
the Am merfcan Racing Pigeon Club an
nounced here The winning bird,
owned by George Bond of New
Brunswick, N j., travelled at the
rate of I,097 yards a minute in re-
turning to it's home cote.
Montreal center had the next best
pigeon, a bird owned by Charbon-
neau of. MontreaE making LOGS yards
q minute.
Many of the 500 pigeons starting
in the race were lost. owing to bad
weather conaitions.
Evening star., 1923-06-25
CARRIES OUT PROGRAM.
President Is Grief-Stricken Over
Death of Sumner Curtis.

By the Associated Press.
DENVER. Colo, June 25.-Burdened
with grief over the tragedy of yes
terday, which resulted in the death
Of one member of his party, severed
the life cord of Denver host and
ended with two persons identified with
his visit here in hospital suffering
from injuries, President Harding to-
day faced his program with a heavy
heart but compelled by necessity and
lack of additional time to carry on
as the original plans for his stay re-
quired. These included q parade
through the city. Greeting OF school
childFea at the state house. Q formal
address at the auditorium and q visit
Evening star., 1923-06-25
Harding Sees tead Act frightened to End La1vlessness

lost in the glad rejoicings of tie
Onward procession OF mankind.
If we observe the Jaw of service.
IL we heed our finer impulses, if
we keep alive the soul which we
revealed in our national defense, we
will add to security for ourselves,
and give of our strength to this
ideal world advancement.
Evening star., 1923-06-25
| DROWNED, 3 HURT.

SCRANTON, Pa, June 25.--one man
was drowned and three others
injured. one perhaps fatally. when
the Scranton Flyer on the Central
Railrosd of New Jersey jumped the
track at South Scranton.
The engine and a baggage ear
plunged down a fifty foot embank-
ment into the Lackawanna river. The
passenger coaches and sleepers were
derailed, but did not go over the en-
bankment and no passengers were
badly hurt.
Evening star., 1923-06-25
PRESIDENT SERVES .
NOTICE OF A FIXED
DETERMINATION TO
ENFORCE DRY LAW

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1923-06-25

There have always been those
who insisted that particular pol
icies could not be carried out
because of the conflict of juris-
dictions; but experience has
, proved that whenver a given issue
became so acute that evasion was
Impossible, procedures have been
devised for dealing with 1t. Who's
ever will go back to the debates
over the enactment of the anti
trust law, or the discussions of
the interstate commerce meas
ures, must recognise that these
were but varying phases of the
same general question that comes
before us In connection with the
enforcement Of the prohibition
law.
4 good deal df useful accom-
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-06-01
AT THE LIBERTY.

Herbert Rawlinson has one of the
best roles of a career replete with
splendid parts in Confidence, the
Universal attraction in which he is
TO appear at the Liberty on Saturday
md Sunday evenings. The part is
that of chap ever popular among his
fellow men, but lacking the one prime
qualification of elf-confidence to
make a success of life. Just when
things appear darkest he suddenly
finds $4,000 In his travelling bag. He
deposits this sum in the bank for its
owner, but town gossips who oversee
the transaction, decide that he is a
in disguise and start treat
ing him with the greatest respect. Our
hero blossoms forth under the fulsome
praise and starts out to set the town
on fire. He succeeds so well that he
becomes the town hero, and marries
the daughter of the leading capitalist
An excellent cast supports Rawlinson.
To add to the Interest of the presen-
tation for those two evenings there
will be screaming comedy entitled
Hello! Judge" that in itself is we'll
worth the price of admission
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-06-01
LOOMS VISITORS.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. =. Forde of I.oomis.
were in Oroville Sunday visiting with
friends. They were accompanied by
their son, Boyd, Mrs. Geo. j. Hurley
and Herbert Chase. young son of
Marvin Chase, who is employed with
the construction crew chat is putting
in the irrigation swstem on White
stone flat. This was the first time
that Mr.. and Mrs. Forde had been in
Oroville for several months. Mr.. Forde
who is one of the oldest residents of
Loomis, and who has been engaged for
years in tne mercantile business IN tn g
old camp, is now giving all OF his time
in caring for one of the most valuable
orchards in the north part of the com
ty. Mr.. Forde shipped some of the
choicest apples raised in the apple
belt of eastern Washington last fall.
and the promise is bright for a large
yield of the same kind of superior
fruit for the coming fall Mr.. Forde is
developing into quite successful
pomolOgist, although he has only very
recently turned his hand to tina. line
of endeavOr
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-06-01
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