THE CHINA MAIL.
MONDAY, OCTOBER
· Col. John C. Coolidge
Vice-President Calvin Coolidge
was sworn in as America's thir-
It is reported in political circles, thieth President at 2:47 o'clock on
in Washington that President
Coolidge will 2317:0 Benjamin Franklin Felt, of Melrose, Mass.,
as his private secretary when the new President reorganizes the. White House force. Felt, a former Boston newspaperman, for the
the morning of Friday, August 3: “ The important, yet simple cere-| mony was performed on the ex-
tensive Coolidge farm near Plym-.
outh Vt, by Colonel "John C. Coolidge, the new Chief Magis-
past several years has been trate's father, who is a notary
secretary of the Massachusetts public.
Republican Committee and adver-
tising manger of a large Boston
store.
Catholic
The members of the Frontkaemfers, an Austrian war veterans' association, are shown passing in, review before Chancellor Seipel, in the recent Catholic Congress held in Vienna. The Frontkaamfors are organized along lines similar to those of the Fascisti in Italy, opposing the growth of radicalism and socialism, A clash between the veterans and the Socialists, in Vienua, resulted recently in many casualties,
Elmer Prothero:
Elmer Prothero, working in a Chicago laundry, believes he is the. sole heir to the fortune of Sir Rob- ert Prothero, former member of the British Cabinet. His father however, wired from Tulsa, Okla., that he was unaware of any relationship.
English mothers were keenly interested in the Nitional Chil- dren's Beauty Contest, which has just been held at Sandown Pier, near London Several hundred little girls from all over the United Kingdom were entered. Charming little Mildred Harrington was the first prize winner.
Mrs. Jan Fra
Bellean Wo
Thousands of persons attended the 'consecration of the world-famous Belleau Wood, in France, as a permanent memorial to the. American troops who fell there in the World War. The American flag was raised over the little patch of shell-wrecked woods as the French tricolor was lowered. The picture shows. Marshal Ferdinand Foch, with his aide de camp, Captain L'Hopital, i ispecting the United States Marines from the U. S. S. "Pittsburgh," who represented the Marine Corps at the core.nonies. It was due to the un- tiring efforts of Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, of Washington, D. C., that the money was raised to buy Belleau Wood and preserve the sacred soil for A uerica.
Carbis A Valköz, dz
Here is Carbbis A. Walker, a
Y. M. C. A. swimmer, who sac cessfully swam across Lake Erie)
Edvard I Carke wz
the first time on record. Entering Edward T. Clarke has been pri- the water at Pelee Passage Light-vate secretary to President Calvia house, in Oaturio, Canada, he Coolidge while the latter was Vice- swam to a point near Loraine, President of the United States, aari Ohio, in twenty hours and fifteen minutes. Walkered coverd more than 33 miles, guided mostly by the sun and the moon, as the motor boat which carried his compass avis.disabled.
it is believed Mr. Coolidge will re-- tain him in that important post. For eighteen years Mr. Clarke, who is 50, was private secretary to United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
Leaving Falace Ho
This picture, rushed East by special train and aeroplane, shows President Harding's body being borne with reverence from the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, where he died, to the waiting train that was to carry him to Washington.
Ivin Coolidge
. President Calvin Coolidge "is
Mrs H. T. Andrewsk
Herbon T. Andrews, much-mar- ried and wealthy broker, has fust been released from Sing Sing State Prison. He was greeted
shown entering the Senate Office upon his release by his second Building, in Washington, which wife, Mrs, Esther T. Andrews, will be used as a temporary Execu-shown above, who made a big five Office until Mrs. Harding fuss over him, The second Mrs, finds it convenient to move her | Andrews, the first Mrs. Andrews effects from the. White House, and Andrews, all lived in the same where the Executive Offices are
wears a band of mourning on his parently thought little or nothing located. Note that the President house before his arrest and ap-
arm in memory of the late Pre sident Harding.
of the unusual situation in which they found themselves,
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