Evening star., 1926-03-19
Funeral Services Will Be Held
Tomorrow in Family Home
in Plymouth.
SNOW-COVERED ROADS
DELAY CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Return to Capital Sunday Expect.
ed-Form of Cancer An
nounced as Death Cause.
RY J. RUSSELL vol Nj.

PLYMOUTH. Vt. March l9.-ln
,uairt little room on the first floor OF
the Coolidge homestead Presiden'
Coolidge today looked down at the
body of his father. who had died dur
Ing the night. Mrs. Coolidge and theli
son John by his side. Attorney Gen
eral Sargent, who had accompanied
the party to Plymouth. stood in the
doorway with DR.. A. NJ. Cram. who
had been attending Col. Coolidge
throughout his long illness.
TIE President made no comment
hut announced shortly afterward that
the funeral would be held tomorrow
at > o'clock. The body is to be in
TERED in the hillside cemetery quar-
ter of a mile from this crossroads
hamlet. and in which FIVE generations
Of the Coolidge family have beer
buried. including the President
Youngest son. Calvin. 1t was plainly
evident that the President was deepl,
affected. but throughout 1t all he main
tained his customary calm. He tolC
DR. Cram that he was happy his father
passed away without any great SUI
fering.
Notified at Midnight.
The President was notified few
minutes before Il o'clock last night
Of his fathers death as he was rush
ing North on his special train. He
had retired shortly after $50 O'Clock
and was sleeping when one of the
secret service men in his party
brought him the message announcing
the end of the colonels long fight
for life. The message was a briei
one from Secretary Sanders. and
went into no details other than the
fact that death came at 10:41 pm.
1t was a trying and somewhat
severe Journey awaiting the Presi
dent. and his party after alighting
from the train at Woodstock at Z
o'clock this morning. This country
still Is in the throes of Winter and
deep snow Is all about. In some
places there were drifts. but these
had been cleared sufficiently to make
IT possible for the party to pass
through. About half of the II miles
between Woodstock and the Coolidge
home, far up in the snow-covered
notch. was made in automobiles. with
heavy chains on the rear wheels. The
remainder of the trip was made in
sleichs.
The sleigh occupied by the Presi-
dent and his family and Attorney
General Sargent was a three seated
affair and was drawn fby two fast
horses. The ride up and down the
hills was made without incident. The
temperature was 10 above zero. but a
bright sun was shining. Natives said
the day was the mildest one they had
had for a long time. The party ar
rived at the Notch at 1915 O'Clock.
nd Of 70
crossroads. and as the President
drove past hats were removed and
some heads were bowed. The Presi-
dent and his family remained at the
old home only an hour, when they
drove back TO Woodstock. where they
will make their headquarters at the
inn there until they start back to
Washington late tomorrow after
noon.
Doctor Praises Patient.
After viewing his fathers body the
President went to the living room of
the old home where he heard DR.
Cram describe the colonels illness and
tis death. The village doctor several
times proudly told the President that
the colonels courage and spirit as
The end of the grim trail was being
, mana God.fearing man. was the
way the country physician described
the Presidents father. DIR. Cram told
the President that when they con
versed over the long-distance tele
phone yesterday morning he thought
the colonel would hold out for at leas,
another day. He said he began sink
Ing very rapidly Yesterday afternoon
The President then took up the mat
ter of details Of the funeral. There
was some thought at first of having
the body placed in vault at Wood
stock and to postpone burial unit
the snow had cleared away. The
President was informed that the
ground was frozen only a few inche.
beneath the deep snow and that Il
would not he difficult to open up the
grave.
1t was then decided to not delay tn,
interment.
Rev. John White. who occa sionallN
conducts services al the Union Church
at the crossroads. was selected by the
President to conduct the funeral scrv
Ices for his father. The strictest sim
plicity will mark The funeral. No an
nOuncement was made regarding tn,
pallbearerS.
Sits in Fathers Chair.
During his talk with DR.. Cram ant
with others regarding the fure raj de-
tails the President sat in an old ia sh
ioned armchair-one of mis- father
favorites-beside the small table with
It's family Bible and oil lan'p. all .
which figured SO prominently tha
early morning nearly three years az,
when the oath of President was ad
ministered. That was proud mo
ment in the lives of the elder Coolidge
and his illustrious son.
In announcing the arrangement
for the funeral. Capt. Adolphu
Andrews. commander of the yach
Mayf1ower and naval aide to tn
President. said that DIR. Cram officiall,
attributed Col. Coolidge's death I,
carcinoma. a form of cancer in tn
bladder. and other complications. in
cluding myocarditis. Inflammation o
the heart muscles. When the Pres
dent and his party left Washington
at o'clock yesterday afternoon on
special section of Pennsylvani,
train it was the hope of all that tn
Coolidge home would be reache,
while Col. Coolidge still was alive
The train was scheduled to arrive a
Woodstock at 6 o'clock. According I
the original plan the party was to &
Immediately from the station to tn
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