Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-10

ton which it was hoped might re-
duce to q new focus the bacteria
which were building in the tissues
of his leg.
Given Wing of Hospital
For the reception of the patient
and also to provide temporary quar-
tiers for the President and Mrs.
Coolidge, that they might remain
constantly near him, the entire up.
per wing of the hospital was cleared.
The operation was performed with
gas anaesthesia and was successful
in that it established a drain for
the accumulation of septic matter.
Although the youth showed a slight
Improvement after it, he was said
by his physicians to have really
been sustained in his repeated rally
ing from an almost hopeless prog
ress of the disease by his determine
ton to live and his refusal to yield
to pain. Intense fever and a failing
heart marked the course Of his
struggle.
1t was soon after 6 p. m. yester-
day that he lapsed out of conscious,
ness. AT that time a military guard
had been thrown around the quar-.
ters assigned for the care of the boy
and through this the only meager
news was that brought out at in
frequent intervals by E. T. Clark
the presidents personal secretary.
With oxygen and restoratives, his
attendants were holding some glow
of the spark of life in his wasted
frame. but with no hope. At s
o'clock it was announced that he
was dying but it was not until two
hours and half later that the ply.
sicians announced the end.
The boys courage met the test
many times when it was required
that he submit to pain in the prep
aration of blood tests, the use OF
hypodermic, and finally the stomach
washing as a last resort to make
the taking of nourishment possible
when the accumulation of gas be
gan. IT. was only necessary, it was
said, to tell him when and where
the hurt would come, and it would
be suffered wthC complaint or
protest.
Messages of Sympathy
Messages of sympathy were re
ceiVed by the President and Mrs
Coolidge today from persons of all
lands and all walks Of life. The
tragic death of their son had touched
the heart not ONLY N~iends. but
many others who wished 70 convey
their sympathy and COZ 40.
Tentative plans for The funeral
We're understood today to include a
simple service at the White House
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon. the
body then to be taken to North
ampton. Mass. the Coolidge home
where another service will be held
with burial Thursday at Plymouth
VI, where the president was born
Calvin Coolidge. Jr.. according L
White Hsuse attaches, IS the frs
son of n president 10 die while his
father held office since TS5 Lincoln
died in his fathers srms III the
White House near the close OF the
War Between the States. So IA
as they recall. there has been nc
instance of a presidents daughter
dying during his occupancy OF thC
White House.
The death OF the son Of Pre- Sident
Coolidge marlS~ he third successiV;
administration II which the famil.
occupying the White House has beer
visited either by death or critica
Illness. The first wife OF former
President Wilson died in the White
House. and later he suffered there
the breakdown which left him an in
valid until his recent death. Serv
Ices for President Harding wer,
held in the White House after his