PAGE SIX
Body of Dead President
At Rest Under Capitol
Here Body Will Lie in state
Until Time For It to Be
Taken to Marion, Where
Burial Will Take Place.
THOUSANDS JOIN
FUNERAL MARCH
Procession Headed by Persh
ing, and Among the March
ers Was Woodrow Wilson,
Striken While in Office.
Washington. Aug. s (By the Associ
ated Press). —A swelling tide of honors
’bore Warren G. Harding today back over
the road by which he came triumphantly
to the Presidency two crowded years ago.
For him the urge of ambition was end
ed, the compelling call of duty stilled in
death. Amid the tens of thousands of
his countrymen grouped along the way he
passed in such as only the great dead of
the nation may know. And beyond the
br'fcf hour of the ceremony of sorrow
there awaited for him rest eternal on the
soil that gave him birth.
Down the wide avenue he was carried
today with marching legions tramping
ahead to lay him under the dome of the
capitol. awhile ere he goes back to his
native state to stay forever. That high
resolve of duty had brought him death
and with'it the peace and quiet he loved,
but whidi_he could set aside at the na
tion's call.
With Pershing riding ahead, the march
ing thou.-ands of the escort led the way.
the steel of their bayonets glittering
above them. Soldiers, sailors, marines
and civilian soldiers were all there; be
hind them came the new President, still
bowed in grief that his high office came
at such a price. Came also two men
who before hint bad held that office, out*
to be stricken like him ami so crippled
in illness that he might not give him
self as lie would to the sorrowful duty
of tlie day) Behind these in endless ar
ray marched the great body of American
citizenry and the men who keep the
wheels of a great government moving in
the huge silent buildings about.
Military bands interspersed in the col
umns played all old hymns that stirred
and comforted. The hush and dim mys
tery of last night- when_ the Hag draped
cu<kot came, to its brief -space of quiet in
the White House was lacking.
But there was no sound or movement
in the great crowds that lined the way
until that fateful burden'under its color
ful glorious bunting had been carried by
on silent wheels to be lifted to the cata
falque in tlie great stone chamber of the
capitol rotunda.
There, In keeping with - the simplicity
of the man who lay dead, tin* funeral
services were of a brief impressive nature.
Afterward in its place of honor beneath
the dome, the body was to lie until night
fall while thousands upon thousands til
ed past the pier with bent, uncovered
heads to bid farewell to the kindly upright
man so soon to leave Washington forever.
It was a few minutes past 10 o’clock
when the great procession of sorrow
swung out. from the Whit* House gates
to begin its pilgrimage up the historic
avenue where so many long caravans of
grie£ and rejoicing, of regret and triumph,
had' preceded *it in years gone by.
Tenderly the President had been car
ried for the last rime from the portals of
the White House and placed again on
the artillery caisson that had borne him
last night from the funeral train to the
Fast Room to lie for a few hours amid
the flowers that had been placed there
in tribute by the potentates of the earth
and by the plain people the fallen chief
tain loved so well.
As the«fnuneral hour approached the
casket was opened so that near~relatives
and friends might have their last look
there in she Hast Boom at the features
of their beloved dead who lay with a
peaceful smile in the repose of eternity.
Former President Wilson, himself
broken by the cares of the Chief Magis
trate, came to the great portico just be
fore the hour of departure to take liis
place in the cortege at the invitation of
President Coolidge. Chief Justice Taft.,
the only other living ex-President, also
was waiting when the casket, enshroud
ed in tin* Stars and Strikes like that of
other soldiers who have made the su
preme sacrifice in the service of their
country, was lifted from its setting of
flowers to be borne to its place amid an
other and perhaps grander array of floral
coloring and fragrance in the rotunda.
I‘resident Coolidge, who enters thus with
a heavy heart upon the duties of the
highest office in the land, arrived to take
his place also just at the hour set for
the departure.
As the cortege was forming underneath
the shadows of the'great trees through
which many Presidents have looked out
oil the world, sometimes in triumph and
many times in sorrow, the bell in St.
John's Episcopal Church across LaFay
ette Sqmfre. known as the church of the
Presklent, began tolling its doleful la
ment at tlie passing of a great heart into
a galaxy of immortals.
Only as the procession started did it
become known that Mrs. Harding had
been with, the body in the East Room
for a half hour at 1 o'clock this morning.
She was alone at times, and at other
times attended by one or two relatives.
While officials were gathering at the
funeral hour to take up their places in
the cortege she remained in her room
alone with her grief.
Before the casket was carried down
the steps walked the two ministers who
were selected to officiate later at the
funeral in the rotunda.
In Pennsylvania Avenue, the long si
lence that had hitherto been disturbed
only by the trampings of the restless
mounts of the troopers, was broken by
the strains of Chopin’s funeral march,
played by an army band. There was on
ly a brief delay then until the last jour
ney of Warren narding along Pennsyl
vania Avenue had begun between the
dense crowds of humanity that made a
long aisle of grief from the very gates
of the executive mansion to the towering
capitol a mile away.
At the same time a bugler came to the
portico and sounded shrilly the soldier’s
single note of the call to attention.
Service Very Brief.
Washington, Aug. B.—(By the Asso
ciated Press). —Under the vast dome of
the capitol with low spoken prayer and
the tender words of old hymns, Warren
Harding was given into God's keeping
at noon today by the men of high place
in the nation who had served with him
in the short years of his leadership for
the glory of the Hag that was his wind
ing sheet.
As simple in its dignity and its high
faith in the goodness of God as the man
whose passing it marked, the religious
ceremony took a bare twenty minutes.
Then under the ceaseless vigil pi motion
less sentries who stood at the corners of
the bier, the great doors were opened
for the waiting thousands outside ,to
pass slowly by the casket on which the
sorrow of the nation.and the world
poured out today.
Through the brief service a slender
womanly figure sat erect and motion
less beside the casket on the high base
of honor with a heavy veil hiding her
features. Mrs. Harding faced her pub
lic ordeal of sorrow with stoic courage.
Never a break in the firm spirit that has
borne her up through the tragic days
was visible, to the pitying eyes that
dwelt upon her.
When the last word had been said she
walked slowly through the Senate cor
ridor. her hand barely touching the
arm of Secretary Christian, her slender
figure straight with no hint of the (‘rush
ed heart within.
And for the first time since he died,
with her eyes upon him far away in
San Fram-iseo. the precious casket was
left by this strong, loving, loyal wife and
widow to the keeping of the nation for
tin- little hours until she claims it again
to bear it back to Marion and its long
rest7 .
MARION TO BURY HER
BELOVED ONE SIMPIA
Mrs. Harding’s Wisli For Quiet Cere
mony Is to Be Carried Out.
Marion. Ohio. Aug. 7. —Though the
nation will conduct appropriate funeral
service for Warren G. Harding as its
President in Washington Wednesday,
Marion, Friday, will attempt to forget
his exalted official position as head of
the nation and bury him as one of its
distinguished citizens.
For Marion, the funeral services will
be for the late President as that of a
private citizen with the recognition that
he was the most distinguished in the na
tion. 'lnhere will be no pomp or elab
orate ceremony in the laying to rest
of the dead President. What. dignity
there is will be more through the pres
ence of distinguished persons who jour
ney here to pay last tribute than through
any efforts to make it so.. Tin* funeral
insofar as possible, will be a meeting
of relatives and friends to bid a last
farewell to a loved one. Such is Mrs.
Harding's wish and her wish will pre
vail.
Orders for a simple funeral were re
ceived by Col. F. P. I/ahn, from Col.
(*. <>. Sherrill, in charge of funeral ar
rangements at Washington. Details
for carrying out this order were to be
furnished bv Mrs. Harding to those near
the family who met the funeral train
in Chicago.
According to Colonel Sherrill's in
structions. the funeral train will arrive
in Marion at 10 a. hi. Thursday. On
this train with the President's body
will be those who made .the Alaska
western trip with him and watched:and
hoped for his recovery in San Francis
co. It will be the same train that
bore the body t<> Washington. ad
dition to those who have so far made up
the funeral cortege, the funeral train al
so will carry Speaker Gillett and-Sena
tor Cummins, president pro tern of the
senate; cabiue officers, (’apt. Adolphus
Andrews of the navy, and Maj. O. M.
Hal dinger of the army, aides to the late
President.
President Coolidge, accompanied by
other high government officials, will ar
rive on a special train at 8:30 Friday
morning.
All Marion citizens were officially
called upon by proclamation today by
Mayor George W. Nelly to suspend all
activities the day of the funeral "and
join as neighbors and friends tot tpay
the tribute which is truly felt in our
hearts.”
MR. COOLIDGE’S SILENCE
CACSES G. O. I*. TO WORRY
Many Absorbing Questions Are Asked
About the New President.
H. E. C ; Bryant in Charlotte Observer.
Washington, Aug. (!.—This day was
given up to the new President, but to
morrow. Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day will be devoted to last sad rites for
Warren G. Harding.^
Mr. Coolidge is very busy with call
ers. Leading republicans are gathering
for the funeral and party conferences.
Chairman * Bramham and National Com
mitteeman Reynolds and other prominent
party workers in North Carol in a-are ex
pected tomorrow.
Many old time republicans are con
cerned about John T. Adams. They
want to have him retained as head of
the party organization. » A number of
committeemen called on the President in
his behalf today.
The promotion of Mr. Coolidge lias
brought about a most interesting situa
tion. Nobody knows just where he
stands. Being under obligations to no
one, he can do about as he pleases. If
be should commence to cut and slash,
he would wreck the party machinery in
short order. His friends assert that he
will not adopt such a policy.
Mr. Coolidge has told no one what he
wlill do. His silence worries republican
leaders.
Here are some of the absorbing ques
tions asked about him:
Is lie for or against the world court}
Is lie friendly to organized labor?
Is lie sympathetic with the wets or
drys?
Does lie belong to any 'church?
Will lie reconstruct the cabinet?
These and many more are disturbing
the job-holders, big and little.
Pelzor Mills Sold.
Spartanburg. S. C.. Aug. B.—The sale
of the Pelzer Manufacturing Company’s
mills at Pelzer, to Lockwood Green ’ &
Co., of Boston, was announced here to
day through A. M. Law & Co., of
Spartanburg.
Laddie Boy Bids Farewell
* To His Beloved Chieftain
Washington. D. C.. Aug. 8 (By the As
sociated Press).—Laddie Boy said his
last goodbye to his master in the East
Room of the White House this morning
and there may be some hard hearts who
will say that a dog couldn't know, but it
seemed to those about him as though he
did.
Mrs. Harding, who loves Laddie Boy
no less than her husband did. told the at
tendant whose special charge the pup
has been, to take him into the East Room
a minute because lie seemed to want to
go.
Alertly lie sniffed the heavy air
freighted with the fragrance of funeral
GOVERNOR ASKS PEOPLE
TO PAY PROPER TRIBUTE
Morrison Issues Proclamation on Death
of Harding.—Forget Party Politics.
Asheville. Aug. (>.—Governor Morrison
tonight called upon the people of North
Carolina to pay tribute to the memory of
the late President Warren G. Harding,
declaring that in this hour of sorrow par
ty differences should be forgotten and
the nation join in mourning a universal
loss. The proclamation issued by the
governor follows:
“Funeral services over the remains of
the late beloved lTesident of the United
States will be held in the capitol at
Washington during (lie noon hour on
Wednesday, the eighth, and I ask the
people of the state on that day and at she
hour of 12 noon to suspend all business
for 1.7 minutes.
On "Friday, the lOtli at some hour
which has not been definitely fixed at
this time, the remains of the President
will be interred in the city of Marion, in
the state of Ohio. This hour will be an
nounced by the press later, and can be
come known to the people. At the hour
of interment in Marion, Ohio. I • ask the
people of the state to arrange in every
community in the state to have joint re
ligious service, and to pay spoken trib
ute to the great public servant who has
departed. .
"1 am sure in this hour of sorrow and
sadness over the death of our President
we recognize the smallness of party dif
ferences between the citizens of our great
countey. and that in all fundamental
principles of Americanism we are one
people and that we have sustained a uni
versal loss.
"The President of the United States
has set aside Friday, the 10th. as a day
of mourning and prayer, and I hope up
on this day the people of North Carolina
will suspend all social amusements, re
frain from -everything *>f a festive and
merry ebaraeter, and in every possible
way make due acknowledgement of our
dependence upon God.
"Signed CAMERON MORRISON.
"Governor of North Carolina.
“GIVE NATURE A CHANCE”
* HARDING’S LAST WARNING
The Son of a “Country Doctor” Favors
Rest For Healer.
Sidney, Neb.. Aug. 5. —What might
well be taken as Warren G. Harding's
parting injunction to the world was
contained in tlie speech six weeks ago
made at Cheyenne, through which his
funeral train passed today. He said;
"Having been a witness to the life of
activities *.f a general practitioner of
medicine commonly known as a Coun
try doctor (his father, from whose home
in Marion the burial will take place). 1
am a firm believer iu giving nature a
chance, instead of overdootoring a sick
patient. It has been my strong belief
that the world, fevered by war nerves,
exhausted and disposition made irri
table. needs less of experimental
remedies and more of u elihnoe to
calm down while nature takes a turn at
the longed-for restoration. .
"We have seen fevered madness turn
to violent revolution, Jtrat the patient
lias not improved. We have seen capital
so enriched in the great saturnalia of
expenditure that men lost interest in the
normal pursuits and the ustifiable
profits of righteous, .-endeavor. Wo have
sc**n workmen so liberally rewarded for
a little toil that many men are striving
ever to do less. Both are wrong. The
world’s work must he done. There is no
escaping it. God willed it so. The biggest
need of tin* world today is work, hard
work, honest work, efficient work, work
to make amends for war's madness,
work to effect the needed restoration
and put the strain of human progress
on tie* right track once more.”
TWO YOUNG MEN MEET
DEATH IN SMASH-UP
Their Car Run Into by Larger Auto
mobile That Did Not Stop.
Weldon, Aug. 6. —-Two men were killed
last night'when tlie automobile in which
they were riding was run into by a larg
er car that did not stop and she driver
of which is unknown.
Marvin Robinson, son of Rev. B. .P.
Robinson, of Jackson, was killed out
right, and Ellis Bradley, who was in
the car with him. was so seriously in
jured that he died today at a hospital
at Roanoke Rapids.
The smash occurred just outside this
city at 0 :30 o’clock last night.
The body of young Robinson will be
taken to Raeford and the interment will '
take place there Tuesday afternoon at
jfi o’clock.
Col. €. O. Sherrill is a Newton Product. |
Newton, Aug.fi.—Col. U. O. Sherrill,
who has charge of the funeral ceremonies
of President Harding, is a Newton boy.
| He is a son of the late Miles O. Sherrill,
! and was born in Newton and lived here
till he entered the West Point Military
Academy. He graduated second in his
class, and has filled many assignments,
at home and abroad, requiring the ex
ercise of superior executive and diplo
matic talents. The people of his old
home have followed his successful career
with much pride.
The famous old Arrow Rock Tavern,
on the Missouri" River, in Missouri, has
been purchased by the state and turned
[over to the Daughters of the American
Revolution. The old tavern was a place
of rest and refreshment for the south
western trader and plainsman. For
jSo he time it has been a depository for
ar deles of historic interest. One of
th *se articles is Daniel Boone’s fiddle.
Perfumes, which still retained their
semt after more than 3,000 years, were
so ind in four alabaster vases in the tomb
of King Tutankhgmen in Egypt.
THE CONCORD TIME?
blooms, walked solemnly around the bier
lying under the great crystal ehandalier.
and poked his nose in the flowers as if
looking for the master he knew was
there but couldn’t see. and then turned
brown eyes on the White House attaches
with an inquiring look which was too
much for them to endure without their
own eyes turning misty.
Laddie Boy knew bis master was back
in the house, but he seemed to sense that
for wtme reason he couldn't find him, and
like a good dog would, he concluded there
was nothiug to do but go back to his
favorite spot and wait, faithful to the
end.
CALVIN COOLIDGE NO ENIGMA.
New York World.
When the forefathers wrote into the
Constitution the words of the oath to
be taken by the President of the United
States before entering on the execution
of his office, they could not foresee the
conditions in which it was to be adminis
tered in the long future. Custom has
prescribed for the occasion a form of cer
emony impressive by its solemnity. But
in its simplicity nothing could have been
more solemn than the scene as Calvin
Coolidge stood with upraised hand be
fore his old father, the village notary, iu
the sitting room of the Vermont farm
house. with its wood stove and flickering
kerosene lamp. There in the family
homestead iu the hills, shut off from com
munication with the outside world, lie
was in a background of 300 years of Am
erican history.
Mr. Coolidge could not help knowing
that the oath lie was required to take on
becoming President was embodied in the
Constitution. But it was in keeping
with his character that he should have
guarded against any possible mistake
through trusting to some chance text
within easy reach and should have wait
ed to get from Washington each comma
cor’rfet according to the State Depart
ment’s authentic copy of the original. It
was not iu his nature to act on hasty im
pulse or iu emergency to be rushed into
avoidable error. The rule of years in
public office was inflexible and iu all cir
cumstances was to be implicitly obeyed.
Mr. Coolidge is commonly regarded as
a man of mystery, as the greatest enig
ma coming to the Presidency. Tyler had
had a political career and was well known
to the people when on Harrison’s sudden
death he became President. .Andrew
Johnson had been war Governor of Ten
nessee and had achieved distinction in
the Senate before lie was called to the
White House. Arthur was well known
at least to the politicians, and Roosevelt,
of course, had been a popular figure as
the Rough Rider and Governor of New
York. None of the four was caught up
out of obscurity and unexpectedly thrust
upon the attention of the country. If Mr.
Coolidge as Vice President has boon little
in the public eye and lias lived a life of
self-effacement in Washington, he has
been no different from the average Vice
President, whose functions have been
mainly to preside over the Senate aud
make occasional public addresses.
Yet Mr. Coolidge is no great enigma to
those who have studied the picture of his
taking the oath of office as President in
the Plymouth Notch farm-house. He is
the product ofi New England, a true
New Englander with all the dowu-East
er's faults and virtues, all liis tenacity
and. grim'conscientiousness, all his re
serve and deliberation. The country can
be certain that he will do nothing rash,
that he will not be stampeded into any
action or decision and that he will not
be betrayed into any act of sudden folly.
Mr. Coolidge is no strange type. His
roots go deep into the soil of the Amer
ican continent. He comes of a breed of
men who have been farmers and toilers
among his native hills. From boyhood,
life to him was no easy road to travel but
an ascent to Im* won by grim determina
tion. The members of the farm bloc aud
so-called ‘dirt farmers” will hare noth
ing to boast of as against this unassum
ing man who has become President. For,
the son of a Vermont farmer, he was.
helping his old father get iu the hay
when he came into the highest office in
the land. Calvin Coolidge in no "dirt"
farmer but a “rock” farmer of New Eng
land, born of a race which blasted moun
tains to grow their bread. He, the true
Vermonter, should easily find real kin
ship with Mangus Johnson of Minnesota.
If Calvin Coolidge seems at fii*st glance
to be an enigma, it is because no one has
studied his background. There is the
key to his character. Quiet, self-con
tained. master of himself, he unquestion
ably is, with none of the facile arts of
the professional politician. He has nev
er been a grand-stander, not even in the
Boston police strike. The country has
no cause to worry that he is a man who
urges change for the sake of change or
disturbance for the sake of noise.
TUCAPAN soil)
TO BOSTON COMPANY
Purchase of Spartanburg Textile Plant
Involves 53.000.000 or $4,000,000.
Spartanburg, S. C„ Aug. fi. —The
sale of the Tueupan mills, capitalized
at $1,076,000 and operating 65,186
spindles and 1.830 looms td* Lockwood
Greene and company qf Boston, was
announced today by A. *M. Law and
company of Spartanburg, who repre
sented the prieipal stockholders, ,T. B.
and Dr. ,T. F. Cleveland ofSpartanburg.
and Alfred Moore of Wellford, in the
deal.
The price secured per share was not
stated but the purchase involves be
tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. it is
understood. The stock bought by Lock
wood Greene and company represents
85 per cent of the outstaning stock. The
remaining stockholders will have an
opportunity of selling at the same
figure, it was stated.
Public Barred From Capitol Rotunda.
'Washington, Aug. 7 (By the Associat
ed Press). —Temporary gates barred the
public from the capitol rotunda today
while workmen re-draped and set in place
the catafalque first used that martyred
Lincoln might lie iu the majesty of death
beneath the great dome.
Beside this same place of honor for
the great dead only a few mouths ago, ,
Warren G. Harding stood to pay homage
at the bier of America’s unknown soldier,
and no sign or portent warned that he
too would soon lie there as peacefully un
der the eyes of his sorrowful country
men as did the nameless hero her hon
ored.
HARDING'S BODY TO BE
PLACED 111 MAUSOLEUM
IN HOI TOWN, MARION
Will Not Be Buried Beside
His Mother and Sister
There, But Will Be Put in
Mausoleum to Be Built.
FUNERAL PLANS
ARE VERY SIMPLE
Body to Be Placed in Receiv
ing Vault at Marion Ceme
tery on Arrival. —To Lie in
State at Father’s Home.
Marion. Ohio. Aug. 7 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —President Harding will
not be hurled beside his mother and sis
ter in the Marion cemetery. His body,
after the funeral services here Friday af
ternoon will be placed in the receiving
vault at the cemetery and held there
pending the erection of a mausoleum to
receive it.
Even the plans approved by Mrs. Hard
ing are contingent upon the condition of
the body on its arrival from Washington.
The coffin,-it was said, had not been op
en during the trip across the continent,
and would not be until it reached Wash
ington. '
This was part of the funeral arrange
ments agreed to by the widow of the
late President as communicated to Hr.
Geo. T. Harding. Jr., the President's
brother, and Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, who
boarded the funeral train west of Chi
cago yesterday, and which Dr. Sawyer
is bringing back to the President’s home
town this morning. He left the funeral
train at Willard, Ohio.
The funeral plans approved by Mrs.
Harding, call for the utmost simplicity.
Rev. J. M. Landis, pastor of Trinity Bap
tist Church, the late President's place of
worship when in Marion, will conduct
the funeral service. Among the tenta
tive plans'vetoed by Mrs. Harding was
for troop B. Ohio National Guard oval
ary to act as an honorary escort at the
funeral. The troop will attend the fun
eral but will not act as an escort. This
was said to be in keeping with Mrs.
Harding’s request that no military dis
play be made at the funeral services con
ducted by the late President’s home folks.
In order that Mr. Harding's home folks
and friends in his native state may have
the privilege, of a last look at their de
parted friend, Mrs. Harding’s plans call
for the body to lie in state at the home of
his father from soon after its arrival
morning until 9 or 10 o'clock
that night, and again a few hours Fri
day forenoon. The would not approve of
tentative plans for the body to lie in
State in the court house.
NEW PRESIDENT FACES
MANY BIG PROBLEMS
Coal Strike. Agriculture, Bonus. Am
nesty, Cuba. Philippines. World Court,
a Few.
Washington, Aug. 7. —Although Presi
dent Coolidge will receive no official dele
gations for a month, the many import
ant problems with which he will have
to deal speedily will keep him at his
desk almost continuously. Some of
these questions are:
The threatened anthratice coal strike
and the possibility of a bituminous
strike. Mr. Coolidge’s friends look for
the same firm measures that ended the
Boston police strike.
The agricultural legislation problems.
The President faces the task of devis
ing a policy radical enough to. suit the
farmers, but not so radical as to alien
ate business.
The amnesty question. The Sacra
mento group of political prisoners are
not released and a movement is on foot
to obtain their freedom.
The soldiers’ bonus, proposition. The
American Legion is preparing another
drive to obtain compensation.
The Cuban problem, which Ambassa
dor Crowder, who will arrive in Wash
iugto n tomorrow, will lay before the
new Executive. The Cuban Legisla
ture has passed a resolution condemning
American interference in the island’s
affairs.
The Phillipine situation. Gen. Wood,
she governor, is forwarding a report on
the, critical condition arising from the
demand for independence.
The world court problem and the
question of new immigration, transpor
tation and ship liquor bills.
OFFICIAL CEREMONIES AT
WASHINGTON’ WILL END
When Dead President’s Body Is Placed
on Train For Journey to Marion.
Washington, Aug. 7.—President Cool
idge authorized the statement today that
the official eeremdnies attending the fun
eral of President Harding will end to
day when the body lias been placed on
the funeral train for the journey to Ma
rion.
“The participation of the President
and the representative group of the legis
lative and judicial departments in Ma
rion.” the statement said, “will be en
tirely on the basis of that of guests of the
town of Marion. They will not partici
pate officially in any way in the funeral
there.”
The representatives of the army and
navy at Marion will be the same officers
who will form the guard of honor for
the body here, but their participation in
the services at Marion will not be as
guard of honor, but as guests. ,
This is in accord with the wishes of
Mrs. Hurtling. ,
Funeral Train At a Mile a Minute. <
Chicago, Aug. 6. —Traveling nearly a 1
mile a minute to make up lost time, 1
the Harding funeral special speed '
through Indiana tonight toward Wash- 1
ington. The train passed Milford June- 1
tiou at 10:40 p. m„ centraltime, 1
covering the nearly 24 miles between <
La Paz Junction and Milllord June- 1
tion in 24 minutes. {
1 i
The Hon. Joan Ogilvie-Grant, 16-year- i
old daughter of a British peer, has made 1
a success as a writer of fairly tales to *
6e broadcasted bf radio, 1
: Harding Funeral Tram”
| Still Further Delayed
.MODERN MARK HANNA
PUZZLES POLITICIANS
Frank W. Stearns. Closest Friend of the
President. Refuses to Talk on New Ad
ministration.
Washington, D. C., Aug.—A new Col
onel House, a modern Mark Hanna or
maybe a Warwick appeared on the po
litical scene in Washington today when
a man on the shady side of 60, short,
thickset, business-like in appearance and
dress, sallied forth from the Presidential
suite in the Willard.
“That’s Frank Stearns, of Boston, the
President’s oldest friend, who has more
influence witM Calvin Coolidge than any
other man in'jpr out of Washington; he’s
the man who discovered the political
Coolidge. backed him for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, was leading
booster; for him in his Gubernatorial cam
paign in the old Bay State ami predicted
years ago. to Murray Crane and other
leaders of the old guard that some day
'Silent Cal' would be president," said a
man from Boston.
The newspaper sleuths pricked up Lheir
ears and listened. They decided that
there was the making of a real human in
terest * story in the new President’s
friend. They went out on his trail,
landing him after a hard chase, in a
room adjoining the Presidential suite.
They were introduced or introduced
themselves individually and in groups, but
to eaeh and all Frank W. Stearns said
that he would gladly talk on -any sub
ject that lie knew anything about, ex
cept Calvin Coolidge and the new ad
ministration.
"But you are his closest friend," per
sisted one ambitious newspaper man.
•'And that is all the more reason why
I should not talk about him." said
Stearns pleasantly enough but with em
phasis. "If I should talk folks would
immediately say that I was speaking the
sentiments and the ideas #*£ the Presi
dent. He needs no interprefVr of spokes
man. President Coolidg*- is able to speak
for himself and when it is necessary for
him to talk he talks and* one don't need
any footnotes to understand what he is
talking about.”
With these words Stearns bowed the
newspaper men out and returned to the
inner sanctum of President Coolidge, as
much a mystery to the Washington
scribes as he was when he arrived last
night with the new Chief Executive. But
Massachusetts politicians know him well.
To outsiders the relationship between
President Coolidge and Frank W. Stearns
has always been a conundrum. They are
as different in their natures as chalk
and cheese, and yet each is as fond of
the other as if they were brothers.
LONGEVITY OF PRESIDENTS.
Scarcely One-Half of Them Reached the
Age of Three Score and Ten.
Washington, I). C.. Aug. 7. —It has
been said that of the Presidents of the
United States who have died, scarcely
one-half of the number reached the age
allotted to man by the Psalmist. On the
other hand, taking an average of the
whole number, the longevity of the Pres
idents is rather remarkable. Their -ages
were as follows: 67. 90, 83. 8.7. 76. 80.
78, 71), 68. ’ 71. 53, 65, 74. 64. 77. 56. 66.
63, 70, 49. 56. 71, 67, 58. 60 years. Tliose
at 56. 49 and 58 were, respectively. Lin
coln. Garfield, and McKinley, who were
assassinated. The ages of these twenty
five men totalize 1,723 years, or an aver
age of 69 years each, showing, as is be
lieved. that the stress and responsibility
of leadership seem to have no effect on
longevity*
The following causes of death are those
popularly accepted : Washington, pneu
monia (more correct accounts sta'te ede
matus affection of the windpipe or mem
branous croup); John Adams, debility;
Jefferson, chronic diarrhoea : Madison, de
bility ; Monroe, debility; John Quincy
Adams, paralysis; Jackson, consumption
and dropsy; Van Buren, asthmatic ca
tarrh ; W. H. Harrison, bilious pleurisy;
Tyler, bilious attack (with bronchitis) ;
Polk, chronic diarrhoea; Taylor, cholera
morous and typhoid fever; Fillmore, de
bility ; Pierce, dropsy aud inflammation
of stomach ; Buchanan, rheumatic gout;
Lincoin. assassination; Johnson, paraly
sis of heart; Garfield, assassination ;
Arthur. Bright’s disease, paralysis aud
apoplexy; Clevetand, debility; Benjamin
Harrison, pueumonia; McKinley, assas
sination ; lioosevelt. rheumatism.
Taken according to longevity, the table
of the departed presidents offers an in
interesting sequence.
President Age at Age at
Inaug. Death
George Washington . . . .57 67
John Adams .. f»l <Kt
James Madison .. 57 85
Thomas Jefferson 57 83
John Quincy Adams 57 80
Martin Van Buren 54 80
Andrew Jackson 61 78
James Buchanan 65 77
Millard Fillmore .. .....50 74
James Monroe .. 5K 73
John Tyler 51 71
Grover Cleveland .47 71
Rutherford B. Hayes .. ..54 '7O
William Henry Harrison .68 68
Benjamin Harrison 55 67
Andrew- Johnson 56 66
Zachary Taylor .. 64 65
Franklin Pierce 48 64
U. S. Grant 46 63
Theodore Roosevelt ..42 00
William McKinley 52 58
Abraham Lincoln 52 56
Chester A. Arthur 50 56
Janie* K. Polk 49 53
James A. Garfield 49 49
Stocks Show Faith in New President.
New York, Aug. 6. —Wall street’s
confidence in Presient Coolidge, which
has been voiced by many of its auKmg
and business leaders, found expression
in today’s stock market, prices re
covered the ground lost Saturday and
mounted up to higher levels than those
prevailing at the close of business last
Thursday. The rally originated in the
buying orders of professional operators
who either covered stocks previously
sold short or ought for a turn on the
theory that the market had been tem
porarily oversold. A net gain in the
averages of 20 leading railroad stocks
and the 20 leading industrials was
about 11-4 points each. U- S. Steel,
Baldwin and Studerbaker, often re
ferred toas pivotal stocks, showed a
net gain of about 2 points each..
Thursday. .. .
- ‘923.
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Railroad 'offing d
That It May Be
Ten O’clock t, • , e *
forp itr ♦ \ {h
tore It Gels to Washing
CANNOT REGAIN
TH h TOST TUij
Thousands 1 non Th
.'if;*
Voiceless Tribute t„ 1'
Cate President Harding
On Board Hardiil7~T**
louugsitown. old.. \„„ -"’ ! l Tray
Sociated PressE-i,,;,^/
ms the night th*. , iim / ,
caused railroad ,f,
funeral train ~f l*r^i, lpilt
predict on arriving ] K . n . ... fc
that it might be arou.nl ii „ .**»
tonight before the end of J'\’
reached at Washington.
Train Loses Mere Ti»,
«a««T .Inn,•».!„. t, <T
entire population ~f the v'iSl*i« ( . '
lets, augmented i ;v ? (l
from the country l
road flanked the Vi >
as the Harding, funeral train
reduced speed, passed through
Pennsylvania. The inmv Wr , f *
numerous that the train j, ; st ,j' *
time on its journey to W'a.fii
Many Thousands halher at Pin k ,
Ktt»bnr»l,. IV. .V., B 7 V
elated Press).—Thousands ,
ands of men. wvnien and ehihhv /■'*’
industrial city -forming a ji„e
. Baltimore & Ohio right of J
tip of the most distant suburb .t
■ Glenwood station, made a voice'* \
. impressive tribute to the W lCy!
. Harding today as the funeral •
: the Pacific coast passe,] on its
• Washington. The train am, :
I at 32;32 p. i„, Eastern Standard ti:.*
It halted at (v lon worn! while
of engines was. made.
' The mourners standing haro-M^
■ der a scorching sun. were number]*,",
* she train made it.* way slowly tlimn*
the city. Crowds unprecedented *
: history of Pittsburgh, thronged rbe kid
sides, bridges, and every point us
age. At the Glenwood station, eiyv
county officials, delegations
i different organizations and other-.
1 the train of sorrow with floral fribiita. I
the great throng stood if, diene,.,*'
conscious of that fact that dhe b 4 4]
the late President lay still in cleat-: ii
the funeral car.
The speed of tin 1 train was reducedttf
the minimum from Etna, a suburb mi tit
outskirts of the city, to the (;|ew<»«i
pot. So slow was the progress than at
required 44 minute* to negotiate the
miles to the station.
To those accustomed to vier/ng,ii.t?
gatherings it seemed that the ptiyiuki*
'of the entire city turned out, \ q
the hills Hanking the .Monongaicia K!nt
were thousands- of mourners' 51*.
striking was the tribute paid M
mill toilers as the train passed a
industrial plants on the river fi t'
The din of the mills was still, i a- *
body of the President went by. • Ta»
workers, unmindful of their «oM
clothes and besmeared faces and lank
stood with bare heads, pressing (Hr
caps to their breasts.
Within nine minutes after arrjvat: >'
'Glenwood the necessary chans 1 *
been made and tin* funeral trial, pr'S'4
ed on its way to tin* capital leaving •'*
at 1 :19 p. m.
Railway officials said additional 4
] motives would be attached to ‘f" !rJ “
for the haul across the {nountains
Mrs. Harding Objects.
Willard. Ohi Aug. (i.—Mr-.TM*
aboard the special train has r*n:
railroad officials to see that tin 1l!
travel no faster than 50 miles
at any time and that it*
speed in cities and town* wln-re er
have gathered he 10 miles per tec: _ r
cording to a telegram made -
tonight by Superintendent H I ,
of the Baltimore and Ohio i;iilroa,i.
Stevens predicted in view * *f '■ j
of Mrs. Harding that the tram
not. reach Washington until »
morrow or possibly tomorrow 1 *
/ Delayed in ( Imago.
Chicago. Aug. 0 ■
bowed his head in mourning
nation's burden of sorrow
cago.
Through miles upon .mi!*'
the 'funeral train bearing *' “y,. 4 .
Warren G. Harding passed -'; !l
er than a man might warn
Slowly the black draped ■ -
through the great throng- y
dense that they were <
tracks in front'of tm- !
even as they tried t«> mim
train of mourning.
I _ k* it wl
Traffic was halted M
try street intersection
were massed so d< • -• .
of way that the train i*
and at times stoppeu
probably was the gr«
for a public figur*
nessed and can ■'
ception accorded the ‘
other chief executive. < t ‘ ;se
brought here—rAbraliaia
Not only did * -j,• r .
dusty railroad yard.- • ' . ;d
wedged so tightly ’ . ~+pi.
could scarcely breath*
by the hundreds fr mi w ; ,‘._ r M
hopse-tops. Ever} I"
its complement of ni" ' . ;
r>ue to the crowds th.! . •. rj
the funeral train ns >' ' , j,,«a ' s *j
densely populated v <' ~ . < •'
Illinois, the cortege
shortly before ♦» '! v It #
one-half hours Minui i;r
parted at 7:lt* o cl.x .
behind the estimated i m
The train paused •>> ' ■„ for '*
nental flight only -
change of engines
erating delays. ... jr ***
Due to the cmw-Is
here more than an (l " • T irn*'- v
a snail's pace, nun 1 : g
sides the city's floral " ‘ 1 ‘ I
er floral pieces were i"- I
train here. I