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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-04

lar. He has continued since then
~ pracrlce law III Northampton.
On october /, 1905, ne married
Miss Grace "A. Goodnue Of burning
ton, VI. making nome Tor ms
BRIDE IN a two fanny apartment
house which they stul occupy III
Northampton.
tie mas TWO sons, John and Calvin,
il.
In 1894 Mr.. Coolidge was a mem
Der OF the Nortnamp. Ion cay cuu!!c4l
and IN 1900 ana 1901 was CITY So
hector. In 1904 he was, appointed
county Clerk but declined the noml-
nation to succeed himself. In 1914
ana 1898 he served Northampton as
its representative to the general
court ana In 1910 and 1911 was may VI
OF the city.
He was elected state senator in
1912 and served in that capacity
during the three following yeaIs, be-
ing president of the StaLe senate III
1914 and 1915. a 4--wOru acceptance
speech he made wnen reelected
president of the senate became a
classic of Massachusetts state craft.
In this and IN the speech OF accept
ance the preceding years he used two
phrases which his friends regard Us
his creed, do the day WORK ana
be brief
In 1916 be became Neutenant-g gov
ernor of Massachusetts and was
nominated by the Republicans Tor
governor in 1917 and elected by 17,U0O
votes. Under the now famous slo-
gan of law and order growing out
of the Boston police strike he was re-
elected governor in 1919 by over TO-
900, receiving the largest vote ever
given canuldate Tor governor in
that state.
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Coolidge at Capitol
IHnnkinued from Pane Onel

throughout was marked by its dig
nifty and silence.
Before entering the White House
automobile to leave, the president,
Mrs. Coolidge. Secretary Hughes and
Postmaster General New posed a
moment for a battery of cameramen.
In the presidential car to the hotel.
the president and Mrs. Coolidge were
accompanied by their close friend,
Frank Stearns, of Boston.
Across the station plaza. newly
washed by a shower, the presidents
party, led by motorcycles proceed
cd to Pennsylvania avenue and the
Willard Hotel. Compare lively few
persons along the famous thorough :
fare recognized the presidential
party. An elevator quickly took
them to their rooms, after another
f1ashlight had been taken under the
portico. Before entering their apart
ment, Mr.. Coolidge greeted few
friends and acquaintances. who had
gathered.
Immediately after getting settled in
his rooms President Coolidge went
into conference with Secretary
Hughes. Postmaster General New
and Senator Curtis waited outside.
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Little Group at
Harding Services
in San Francisco

San Francisco, Aug. 3-(By A. P)
Mrs. Florence Harding, widow OF
the late president. standing between
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Christian.
Jr. as the Reverend James S. West
read the prayer over her late hus-
bands body here today, nodded her
head Slightly as the pastor raised his
hand and said:
God is our refuge and strength
AS the minister ended his prayer.
Mrs. Harding said Amen"
The widow stood and watched the
half hundred persons as they filed
! out, waiting for the room to clear in
order that she might have few
minutes alone with her dead before
| the body was taken to the train for
/ transporta ton to the national capt.
| tol.
The body of the dead reposed in a
drab brown steel coffin, lined with
white silk. The only inscription. en-
| graved on a silver plate. was War
rem Gamaliel Harding"
The coffin was banked with how-
ers and floral tributes from citizens
! and consuls general Of many nations
! filed the sitting room of the presi-
] Dental suite where the simple reli-
! gious ceremony was conducted.
| The setting sun poured through the
| lower portion of the windows and
J flooded the flower bower with sun
! light, which gave the room the APP
later went to the academy of St
, Johns.
pearance of an outdoor flower
! garden.
| Mrs. E. E. Remsberg. sister of the
late president, and Attorney General
| Harry NJ. Daugherty, were the only
persons in the room who were seat
ed during the ceremony. The attor-
} ncy general was helped into the
room by Lieutenant Commander Joel
T. Boone. one of the late presidents
physicians, and was assisted from the
room by Commander Boone after the
ceremony.
Mrs. Harding was the last to en-
ter the room. She was holding the
arm of Secretary Christian and con-
tinued to hold his arm as she stood
in the center of the room. directly in
front of the glass covered coffin.
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rPRAYER DELIVERED
AT FRISCO SERVICES

san Francisco, Aug. 3-The Rev
James S. West, pastor of the First
Baptist church at San Francisco, de-
livered the following prayer at the
/ services for President Harding here
| today.
Almighty God, our Heavenl,
Father, thou art the Supreme Ruler
of our nation and the world, the low
ing Heavenly Father of all thy chill
! dren, almighty in thy strength and
, infinite in thy tenderness.
We approach thee humbly and
J reverently but boldly and eXpectantIy
, in this hour when our hearts are
wrung with sorrow, the nation is
bowed in grief, and the eyes and
! heart sympathies Of the world are
| turned toward this place.
The great and beloved chief mag
istrate of our nation has suddenly
fallen at the moment when we
| most brightly hoped that our earn
: est prayers for his speedy and COM
plete recovery we've being graciously
answered, when his great work, as it
seemed to us, had only we'll begun
Our hearts are broken, we are sore
stricken with the sense Of loss to his
family, loved ones, friends, the nation
and the world.
I'VE thank thee out of the depths
I of our hearts for the noble, Christian
character, loft principles and not
able service of him whom thou hast
called from sacrificial service to rest
eternal. We bless thee for his I'M
shrinking courage, his stalwart
strength, his radiant kindness and
gentleness, for his forgetting de-
votion to the cause of justice broth
erhood and peace for the individual,
the nation and the world, in the
propagation of which he sacrificed
his life, and as a martyr to the which
is lovingly enshrined forever in the
hearts of the grief-stricken but
grateful people.
I'VE fondly hope and earnestly
pray that what he wished and sought
to accomplish by his life may now be
accomplished by his death, Raise UP
others. we beseech thee, who shall
carry forward and complete the great
work which he began.
I'VE beseech thee to bless with
wisdom, poise and strength. all those
who were associated with him in the
great affairs of the nation. and upon
whom with his going there rests so
great a burden Of responsibility.
I'VE beseech thee. especially, to
bless him. who by the Providence is
called to the chief magistracy of the
republic.
LET thy tenderest benediction of
comfort and sustaining grace be upon
members of the stricken family, his
aged father, his brother and sisters
and especially. upon his faithful, de-
voted wife and helpmate. Comfort
her with the hope of eternal life and
according to her great need. be thou
her suficiency day by day until that
bright morning dawns when she shall
see again the face of him whom she
has loved long since and lost awhile.
1--WE make this petition for thy rich
blessing upon the nation and the
world in the name of Him who is the
resurrection and the life, Jesus
Christ, our Lord and Saviour"
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Bradbury Of the Headquarters Compa-
ny of the Seth Infantry Brigade.
The mcnu was s follows:
Bg. Oyster Soup la Greenlaw
Gen. Boiled White Fish
Hanson Egg Sauce
Come and Get 1t Vermont Roast Turkey
a Ia Goodwin
PrcsSon Mashed Potatoes
Moriarity Peas with
Savage Hubbard Squash
Davis Curry of Lamb with Peas
CuKn Salad Thaycr Dressing
Metcalf Lemon Pie la Sleeve
Hanley Ice Cream
Cocoa Hart Olives Coffee fiekl's 1rask Tea
A Ia Elliott Mixture
The Headquarters Company of the
S6th Infantry Brigade also had what
was described by Mess Sergeant Nor
ton as a little extra mess, but what
The boys called a banquet. Sergeant
Morton and Cook Manley Haskell work
cd very hard to make the affair a sue
cess and they We're entirely successful
as was proved by the way the boys
went after the dinner. A real shore din
rer with all of the fiXings was prepared
and served to the members of the COM
pany and to Sergeant instructors OS-
borne and Hoffman, who were invited
guests OIL the headquarters AoHpdHS
The menu consisted of the following:
Lobster stew. steamed clans. seal
Hoped clans, lobster salad french fried
potatoes. bread and butter, coffee, ba-
nanas and oranges. There was all of
everything the boys wanted ard they
even refused thirds and fou-hs on the
Holsters.
Co. F of the 1O3rd Infantry was the
third company to have a dinner on
"Wednesday evening. The boys had
chicken and all the fixings and bang
up good time resulted. Sergeant In
structor Moline. stationed at Augusta.
was the guest of the evening. During
the banquet several of the officers and
non-coms gave short informal talks.
Capt. Sprague acted Is POSTMASTER.
Those speaking were Capt. Sprague,
Lieutenants Merrill and Letendre, Ser
geants Niles. Lee and Sewel Austin
Davis and Mess Sergeant Cooper, Cor
roral Sam Folsom and Sergeant Moline
Of the regular army.
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MAINE GUARD
lVcns:nued from rage C.lel

(Scnt1GSI ON + ! sc S.lS
/. Of the various companies of the 1O3rd
Infantry, Name National Guard COM
ple,ed their tour OF duty at Camp
ueyens this morning ana left the
CAMP at $50 0 o'clock by Two special
trains The l03rd regiment went to
Lewiston arriving there about 4
o'clock Friday afternoon and BIZ
yOuaclng there for TIE night on the
Fair Grounds.
try Brigade Headquarters Company
lett the special train at Lewiston
aoOut 1880 Friday afternoon and
went to Augusta on train No. % ar
living here at $50. The company
was not in full strength upon its ar
llval in this city, owing TO the fact
that on Thursday morning, SerSt.
Everett Ayore, COporalS Story and
BIann, Privates first class Helm,
REYNOLDS, Simmons and Gray and
Private TAYLOR left for Augusta,
where they procured army trucks
and carried needed supplies to Lew
ston Oh Friday in preparation for
the encampment of the 103rd Regl-
ment there. Sergt. Goodwin and
larnham, Corp. Bresettc and privates
Cunningham, Gaslln ana Bradbury
left the camp shortly after the troop
trains left, with three q. NJ. Z.
trucks loaded with supplies which
had been used at the camp. They
came directly through to Augusta
arriving here late friday night SO
that they might be on hand Satur-
day morning to help with the un-
loading OF the supplies of the 152nd
Field Artillery which camps here
next week and the week after.
/. The boys of Co. + OF Augusta Will
robably come to this city by cleo
tic car today shortly after the par
sue which is to be held in Lewiston.
The camp has been very enjoyable
all the men but they are anxious
to get home and see their families
and friends and it was happy crowd
that boarded the train Friday morn
lg bound for home.
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PROBATE NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing appointments were made by
the Probate Court within and for the
County of Kennebec on the 23rd day
of July 1928, and said appointees duly
qualified on said date: -
ELIZA CLARK of Augusta, execu-
triX of the will of SETH r. CLARK.
late of Augusta, deceased.
WILLIS B. SHUMAN of Windsor.
executor of the will of ROY L. CLIFF
FORD. late of China, deceased.
SARAH Z. WING of Manchester, ex.
ecutrix of the will of WILLIS H.
WING, late of Manchester. deceased.
RALPH NJ. POPE of Beloit. Wise.
administrator of the estate of KATE
NJ. POPE. late of Vassaiboro, deceased.
JOSEPH n. MARCUS of Farming
ton, executor of the will of PHILIPPE
RATTY. late of Winthrop. deceased.
JENNIE NJ. KITTREDGE of Au--
gusta, administratrix of the estate OF
WILLIAM S. KITTREDGE, late OF Au-
Attest: r. w. LEIGHTON.
Register Of Probate.
tly2Ssat3t
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ness as governor OF Massachusetts
particularly by his attitude in the
| police strike, he has kept through
out the Harding administration
closely advised as to the problems of
the Federal government and has as
sisted in shaping administration pol
! icy by his constant attendance at
cabinet meetings.
Although vice presidents Usually
| have no other duties to perform than
! of presiding over the Senate, cast
| ing the deciding vote when that body
| finds itself in tie, Mr.. Coolidge has
abscnted himself from its sessions
every Tuesday and Friday to parti-
| Cipate in the cabinet deliberations.
Thus he became familiar not only
with all angles of the major public
questions but also with the reasons
aCtuating the president in his deci-
sions.
Not only has he given the best
ability to the work, but he has done
| as much as any other member of
administration TO place it's accom-
plishments before the people. He
! has Travelled Il great deal, making
addresses and is said to have made
| more public ADDRESSES than the
! ~ NS4itl4I -. any !iIt!l!DtI Va CiDlIISl.
His intimate touch with admnistra-
| ton affairs some time had brought
| upon him considerable pressure and
I some embarrassment from senators
and others who sought to obtain
through him information concerning
developments at the White House. or
to have placed before the president
particular views on pending issues.
| He usually has remained reticent un-
der these trying conditions, however.
| refusing to discuss cabinet meetings
| or to act as a go-between for those
: interested in having their views pre-
: scented TO the president
loomed Up in Police Strike
| 1t was his stand as governor dur
! ing the police strike that won him
! nation wide recognition. When this
! crisis developed and responsibility
| for action passed to him after the
! failure of the municipal authorities
J to settle the trouble, he publicly
branded the strike as a desertion of
public duty and restored order by
the use of state troops.
President Coolidgcs belief in the
] philosophy of party government is
! based upon his reading of history
and his conclusion that it is the
most effective method of achieving
. the ideals of democracy. He knows
| his Burke almost as we'll as his idol
Lincoln. He has made a special
! study also of economic questions
and one of his notable accomplish
| ments in Massachusetts was in con-
nection with the reduction of taxa
ton. He also was influential in hay
| ing placed upon the statute books
an anti-monopoly law, and he ma
terially assisted in a codifying of the
state banking laws.
In physique the new President is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-04
Pipe for Major Goodwin

At lunch on Thursday at the head
quarters of the seth Infantry Brig
ade.. William c Goodwin was pres
ented with a fine merschaum pipe
and a quantity of tobacco by MIS-.
Albert Greenlaw on behalf of Mrs.
James W. Hanson and Miss Ethel
Partridge who have been visiting at
the headquarters. The pipe was as
token of esteem and thanks for the
fine manner in which they had been
entertained ad the gift came as a
complete surprise TO Major Goodwin.
She gave the pipe to him with a
short toast which follows:
For Major William c. Goodwin
State Quartermastcr Maine National
Guard.
Better known as "Ole Bill" Majer
Bill or hey Bill.
In all his Labor and Work al
ways cheerful, always accomomdat-
ing, always ready to help.
We know he says The ladies, Goa
bless their little hearts, | love them
air: but only we laoies at Head
quarters are in this and We give
him this as a token of our apprecia-
ton Of his care for and Watcfulness
over US, and because WE love HIM.
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Thousands Line
Streets as Casket
Goes to Special Train

San Francisco, Aug. 3-(By A. P.)
Thousands of people with uncov-
cred heads lined the streets along
the line of march fom the Palace
Hotel to the Southern Pacific sta
ton at Third and Townsend streets.
where the presidential party's spec
ial train was in waiting.
AS the casket reached the outer
hotel door cavalry bugles sounded the
fourishes. Then a navy band played
the Star Spangled Banner after
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ington three minutes later. The
president and Mrs. Coolidge ap-
peared on the rear platform of their
car and posed for several photo
graphs. Mr.. Coolidge waved greet
ing to several friends who stood on
the platform. Only neWspapermen
besides the railway employees were
permitted in the train shed.
Mr.. Clark. president Soolidge's
private secretary. said that the presi
dent might issue n statement to
newspapermen before the train
reached Washington.
Upon arriving at Washington, it
was said. Mr.. Coolidge will go di-
rectlv to his suite at the New Will
lard Hotel. where he will confer with
Secretary of State Hughes and Sen
ator Curtis, of Kansas 1t was said
to be impossible, however, that any
statement would be issued after this
meeting.
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Coolidge Well
Posted for New
Duties as President

Washington, Aug. Shy A. Po-
Calvin Coolidge is perhaps better
equipped by experience to take up
his administrative duties in the
White House than was any of his
predecessors who have been called
to that high Office by the death of a
president.
Having won for himself in large
measure the presidential NOM
ination by his executive forceful.
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A1RPLANES CIRCLE AS
BODY REACHES TRAIN

San Francisco. Aug. 3-(By A. P)
AT exactly P. NJ. five army air.
planes from Crissy field. the Preside.
flew over the Palace hotel in battle
formation just before President
Harding's body was placed in the
hearse. The airplanes flew from the
hotel to the train.
The body. of President Harding was
placed in a hearse at the Palace
hotel at COS P. NJ. and started for the
Southern Pacific station where it
was placed aboard a special train
and started on it's way to Washing
ton, d. c.
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STATE OF MAINE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received until
August 18th at A. NJ, for the con-
struction of brick addition and al
terations to the Chamberlain Building
at Western Maine Sanatorium, Hebron.
Calvin Stevens, Architect, Portland.
Bids to be opened August 14th at 10
a. NJ. at State House, Augusta The
right is reserved to reject any or all
bids. All bids must be accompanied
dress all bids to r. A. Jewell, Chair
man, Fairfield, Maine. Mark all bids
For alterations at Western Maine
Sanatorium." jly2S-aug4-11
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spare but enjoys vigorous health.
His hair is auburn, his nose promi-
nent, his eyes gray. his lips thin and
his manner dignified and reserved.
He has only one hobby and that is
study. He devotes all his spare time
to reading works on law. govern
ment and history Although a men,
Der of the governing board and a
regular attendant when at home of
the Edwards Congregational church
of Northampton, he is not a COM
municant. He has never Joined a
fraternal society.
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walked groups of army, navy ana
ma rine officers wearing crepe. Be
hind he officiaIs came escorts Of mar
ines, soldiers and sailors. mounted
and afoot.
Mrs. Harding left the Palace Hota1
for the station in a closed car at ?
o'clock, accompanied by DR.. Sawyer
and Secretary Christian. The shades
of the car were drawn and there was
no draping it in either crepe or
colors. Spectators along the side
walk barred their heads as the car
passed.
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Senator Green. Vermont

ST. Adams, VT, Aug. 3.-"Warren
G.. Harding was man of the people
in the most noble and healthy mean
ing of that familiar phrase" Frank
L. Green. senior senator from YER
mont. said today. He was a prod
uct of one of the quiet, even tenored
home towns. whose collective COM
mon sense and dependability make
, up the larger part of the morale. the
might and the majesty of America.
There was woven into his life and
character the very pattern of the
composite life and home interest of
the great American people"
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Wednesday evening was a night of
tpanquets at the camp. three of especial
interest being held. The brigade Off
GERS held most enjoyable dinner in
brigade headquarters at which Mrs.
hanson, Mrs. Greenlaw and Miss Par
,iiose of Augusta were the guests. The
uhner was informal and was served by
sergeant Everett AVore. Corporal
Uaarles Bresette and Private Roscoe
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Nashua, n. H, Aug. 3.-Col. J. FL.
bridge Copp, credited with being the
youngest soldier to rise from the
ranks and win a commission in the
Civil War. died here today. Col.
Copp held the Office of register of
probate in Hillsborough county for
10 years. He was the author Of
book, "reminiscences of the Rebel
lion"
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Arrives At Baltimore

Baltimore. Md. Aug. 3-President
Coolidge's train arrived at Union
Station Baltimore at S:23 O'Clock
this evening and departed for Wash
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Sketch of Life

President Coolidge was born on
independence Day. 1872, in Ply
mouth. a remote country village in
the hills of Vermont, the son of
John c. and Victoria j. (Moore)
Coolidge. Descended from John and
Mary Coolidge, who had settled in
Watertown, Mass. about 1880, his
ancestry runs through a long line of
farmers who lived in Massachusetts
I'until the Presidents great grand
father moved from Lancaster into
Vermont. Here the Coolidge TAM
lily through generations titled the
soil. raised livestock, produced ma
pie syrup and sugar, and were
among the personals of influence in
| their community.
To him in boyhood came the ex-
periences of country boy living on
a lonely farm, the son of the viii
lage storekeeper. Here was born in
him the industry, frugality and self
reliance which became notable in
he was Is, and four years after he
lost his only sister, but there was
always deep affection and a warm
bond of sympathy between him and
| his stepmother.
After attending the ungraded coun-
try school in Plymouth. the future
President continued his studies al
Black River academy in Ludlow, and
From there he went to Amherst
college, where his career was marked
with persistency and frugality. He
paid So week for his board because
he could not find a cheaper lodging
house. He was keen student and
a great reader Of books. especially
those on history and government
Only in a modest way did he enter
into college activities. He took no
active part in sports.
In his senior year. in open COM
petition with students in all Amer
lean colleges. he won the first prize
for the best essay on the causes of
the revolutionary war. In 1895 he
graduated and not having enough
money TO so to law school, he OBJ
tanned employment in the office of
Judge Hammond. one of the leading
lawyers of the state. There he de-
voted his attention assiduously to the
study of law with the result that in
90 months he was admitted to the