Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. ‘Thundershowers probably Sunday; Monday generally fair and not so “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘warm, Temperature, for twenty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. Jast night: Highest, 90; lowest, 72. Full-report on page 5. The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. The Sundiy Star WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION — 958.—No. 28,950. Entered as sccond-class mattor post_office Washington, D. C. NEW PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1923.—EIGHTY-FOUR PAGES. BEGINS IN EARNEST TO MEET MIGHTY TASKS; SILENT ON POLICY; CABINET CHANGES Hughes, Hoover Resignations Are Seen. BOTH POSSIBLE AS CANDIDATES Unlikely to Remain if Planning to Seek Nomination. President Coolidge settled into the harness yesterday which he to wear as Chief Ex March ¢, 19! is resh from a tion, including weeks spent on father’s farm in Plymouth, Vt, President is apparently in good con- dition to meet the arduous task ahead of him. It is expected he will stay close to Washington during the rest of the summer, with occasional week end trips. From all parts of the union tele- grams and letters poured in upon Mr. Coolidge vesterday, expressing regret at the death of the late Presi- dent. but at the same time expressing or the new President. In fact, ready ington, been. Vi yorary White House in the New Wil- lard Hotel came away predicting the administration of Mr. Coolidg la be able. General sentiment is grow- ing to the effect that the country is in safe hands. aca- his dence the n Policies Withheld. after the intery in Marion on Fri- ay, there will be no announcement garding policies of the Coolidge admin; istration. Those who know Mr. idge Intimately, however. predicting that he will weigh carefully all the problems which present themselves to him and will develop his own policies when he believes such a course ne €ars One of the questions which is beini -ussed widely relates to the probable attitude of President Coolidge the proposed adherence of the United States to the world court. President Hard was committed to this predicted that Mr. Coolidge will give particular attention to domestic affai But at the same time, while Mr. idge cannot be described as an nationalist, it is known sympathetic with the purpose of those supporting the world court. The world court proposal has created wide d &ension in the republican party. M C it may turn out, will have his own proposal to make with regard to this court. Cool inter- Asks Cabinet to Stay. Mr. Coolldge reiterated his desirc yesterday to have the members President Harding's cabinet remain as the heads of the executive depart- ments and his own advisers. He has served with them in the past two and a half years to a far grea tent than any other Vic has come Into contact with membe of a President's cabinet, for he at tended practically all cabinet meet- ings at the invitation of President Harding. At least two members of the cab- fnet, however, have already begun to be talked of as possible nominees for President at the next republican | national convention, Sceretary of State Hughes and Secretary of Com- merce Hoover. Nothing has been ex- sald as to whether Mr. Coolidge wil | be a candidate for the nomination to succeed himself. But the predic- tions are that he will make the in the next convention. Much, of course, will depend upon his admin- {stration during the next few nionths, Should it meet with signal success Mr. Coolidge will be a hard an to Dbeat for the nomination. But if one or more members of the cabinet of Nr. Harding are considering ously entering the contest presidential nomination, how long may they be expected to remain in the cabinet of President <oolidge? for the Makes Funeral Plans. Virtually the entire day yesterday, his first in Washington as President, was & over by Mr. Coolidge to perfecting the arrangements for the funeral exercises here in memory of President Harding, and in re- eoiving officlals of the government who called to pay their respects to thelr new chief and te vledge to him their support. Three members of the cabinet are now in Washington, Secretary Hughes, Postmaster General New and Secretary Denby of the Navy ven cutive at least until | the | - | Mr. Coolidge that he was ! of | President | race ! seri- | Harding Funeral Events Scheduled Details President for the funeral of Harding, as an- nounced last night by Col. Sherrill, chief White House military aide, are, in brief, as follow The body will arrive at Union Station 1:30 Tuesday afternoon and will be taken ' | directly to the White House, i | where it will remain in the cast room. The route from Union sta- tion to the White House will i be from the Plaza to D street i | to North Capitol strcet to E | ] street to Pennsylvania avenue to 15th street to Pennsylvania avenue and to the White House. The funeral procession to the Capitol will start from the White House at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Admittance to the services in rotunda will be by card only. The general public will be permitted to pass through the rotunda immediately follow- ing the funeral service, admit- tance being from about 11:30 am. until 6 pm. The body will be taken from the Capitol to the Union station imme- diately afterward, to start on its journey to Marion for burial Friday afternoon, SENATEWILL TEST SKILL OF COOLIDGE Recalcitrant Party Members Seen in Harder Fight Now on Harding Policies. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. President Coolidge already sees the legislative rocks that lie ahead of him }in his announced purpose of forwarding | wherever possible the policies of the receding administration | President Coolidge knows that he has |the same senatorizl situation to deal { with that confronted President Harding. {1f anything, he knows the Senate situ- |ation better than Mr. Harding did, for s had to sit in the Sen- te the past two years, and has had !to listen to the cloakroom declarations of deflance to anything that might ! emanate from the White House. { Must Reckon With Senate. For this reason it would seem that | those advocates of a more liberal par- { ticipatfon in foreign politics on the part | of the United States, who have gathered jhope from a perusal of Mr. Coolidge’s friendly utterances concerning the league of nations and the entry of this country to the world court, are reckon- | ing without the Senate hosts who have |shown in the past their ability to play {havoc with any forelgn poliey wnich | does not come up to their own particu- |1ar requirements. If the Senate was determined veto America’'s entry into the world court despite Mr. Harding's state- ment that he was unalterably op- posed to the league of nations, with no desire to enter it “by the side door, the back door or the cellar door,” there is small chance of the proposals being better recoived trom a man whose public utterances have been anything but unfriendly to the | league. to { Imperils World Court Ixsue. That Mr. Coolidge will submit the world court proposal to the Senate soun after it convenes in December 1s, of course, accepted here. The world court was the outstanding pol- fey of the Harding adminlstration in its later days. The President died with a plea for the court but a few moments from his lips. If he left a single lighted torch to be caught up and borne on high by his successors it was the duty of America to enter | the court and take up her share of the world burdens. To Mr. Harding the world court plan was the fulfillment of the prom- ises he made during the campaign that he would place the United States in an assoclation of nations. The court more nearly met his ideas of an assoclation than did the league. He characterized the court as a thing of law, the league s a thing of war. Unquestionably if he could have left a single direction to hls successor, it would have been to press for the world court until all hope of success in the Senate was gone. When he left Washington Mr. Harding sald that he ntinued on Page 2, Column 1) (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Harding Estate Over $700,000, Made Chiefly by Marion Star Br the Associated Press MARION, Ohio, August 4.—Close friends of the late President Harding tonight estimated that his estate probably was worth between $700,000 and $800.000. Before he assumed the presidency Mr. Harding was regarded as wealthy, bhaving amassed a fortune of some dimensions from the Marion Star, the newspaper which he owned since 1884 until it was sold recently. The con- trolling interest, held by Mf..Hards, L] ing, was said to have brought more than a half million dollars. At one time or other Mr. Harding had been a stockholder in practically every industrial enterprise in Marion. At the time of his death he was a director in the Marion County Bank, the leading financial institution of the city, and of the Home Building and Loan and Savings Company. Mr. Harding's last will, made just before he left Washington for Alaska, has not been probated, A LIKELY Final Plans for Funeral Rites Here Made. SIMPLE DIGNITY MARKS SERVICE Body Will Be Taken to White House On Arrival. Imatic of the The final detalls of a mourning na- tion's last tribute to its fallen leader were nearing completion here last night. Those on whose shoulders a tre- mendous task had been placed with cruel suddenness were ready to an- nounce their work completed. Noth- ing wlill be left undone, no effort will be spared to make the state funeral of Warren Harding emble- love, and at the same time the grief of a nation bereft. The funeral here will be simple and dignified. Nothing that man can do would add to its impressiveness. Harding loved simplicity, love dig- nified it The funeral train, now hurrying on {its long journey back to the capi- tal with the remains of the late President, will arrive at Unfon sta- tion at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, where it will be met by President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge, members of the cabinet, Chief Justico Taft and delegation and the House of Representativs. small military escort, consisting of a squadron of cavalry and a battery of artillery, headed by a squadron of mounted police, will lead the cortege from the station to the White House. Arrangements have been made by Maj. Sullivan. euperinten- dent of police, to have on hand at the station and along the route to the White House sufficient of his men to handle the trafiic and the crowds. The streets along the route will be roped off and car service will be tem- | porarily suspended. Route Is Announced. The route to be taken will be from the station plaza to D street, then | to North Capitol street, to E street | and then into Pennsylvania avenue, to 15th and thence to the White House. The draped casket containing the body will be lifted from the caisson | and carried to the center of the east | room in the White House, where it will remain until 10 o'clock the fol- | lowing morning—Wednesday—when it will again be placed upon the cals- son and started on its journey to the rotunda of the Capitol It had not been determined night whether a ceremony of any kind will be held while the body is at the White House. This detail will remain solely with Mrs. Harding. It is thought by those engaged in making the arrangements and who know Mrs. Harding well that there will be no service or other ceremony in the east room. last Pershing to Lead March. At 10 o'clock the state funeral pro- cession will start. It has been ar- ranged in three sections. First, the honor escort, composed of troops, and led by Gen. Pershing; then the mem- bers of the late President’s family and specially invited friends, Presi dent and Mrs. Coolidge, the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme | tlators, a new formula for the Ameri- Court, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the tempore of the Senats and the official committee from the Senate and House; then the representatives ot patriotic, military and civic or- gantations. President Coolidge conferred indi- rectly with former President Wilson to ascertain his wishes in reference to attending the funeral services, and the latter, while Indicating appre- clation of the courtesy, regretted his inability to attend on account of his | health. When the procession reaches the Capito] the casket will be borne through the main doorway, facing the plaza, and placed In the center of the rotunda. and the members of the family and those who have cards of invitation, will stand during the funeral service. The United States Marine Band and the Army Band will play. Service to Be Brief. The service itself, it is understood, will be brief and there will be no orations or eulogies other than the words to be uttered by Rev. A. Free- man Anderson, assistant pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, the place of worship of the late President and Mrs. Harding. Rev. Anderson will be assisted In conducting the services by Rev. James S. Montgomery, chap- lain of the House of Representatives. It is expected that these services will start at 11 o'clock. Immediately following their conclusion the mem- bers of the family and those who have stood with them within the ro- tunda have passed out, the gen 1 public will be admitted. It has been arranged that only four wreaths will be placed directly upon the bier containing the remains of the deceased President while they lle in state in the Capitol. These four wreaths will be tributes from Mrs. Harding, President Coolidge, the Su- preme Court and the Congress of the United. States. Flora] tributes from 3 utinued on Fage al representing the Senate | | | speeding President pro | to be submitted to Washington. U. S. WEEK OF MOURNING FOR MR. HARDING BEGINS Official Washington Lay to Pay Final Tribute to Task Departed ‘With reverent prayer the nation this, solemn Sunday entered week of | mourning for its departed leader, a week which is to lay across the great republic, which he served the shadow of universal in business, in church, in tate. Leading in mourning, as it has led in ministering the affairs of the land, offictal Washington, where the loss of Warren Gamaliel Harding is most keenly felt of all, will lay aside all else to honor his memory for three days and a half while the new Chief Executive has proclaimed for all “of- | ficers” of the American government, mourning until December. 1 A solemn dirge of bells from shore to sho.: mot only called the nation today to public services, where the memory of the late President Is to be honored, but tolled a solemn re- | quiem In sad accompaniment to the| special train bearing his| body to the capital | TURKS REJECTU. 5. TREATY AT SIGNING Inadequate Protection, Plea| of Ismet Pasha, Offering New Formula. sorrow, home, in By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, August 4.—The Turks refused to play their part in the sig- nature of the Turco-American treaty, set for this evening, and, instead, smet Pasha brought to Joseph C. Grew, head of the American nego- can claims, which probably will have The Turks seem to have adopted the Same policy toward the Americans that they did toward the allies, forc- ing a concession here and there by patiently playing on the other party's desire to wind up the long negotia- tions. Sorry to Refuse. Ismet informed Mr. Grew that he| was very sorry, but, after mature de- liberation, he and his government had decided that they could not accept the provisional text on the claims of American citizens for damage be- cause it was felt that this did mot| There will be no chairs, | adequately protect Turkish interests. | Ismet added that in view of the im- portance of the treaty to Turkey he would postpone his departure from Lausanne until the negotiations were concluded. FIVE FISHERMEN DIE AS TRAIN HITS AUTO By the Associated Press. ‘WILDWOQOD, N. J. August 4.—Four men and a boy returning in an auto- mobile from a fishing trip were kill- ed late today when their machine was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad Aside Its President Washington will begin its sad and d duties upon the arrival here day of the special train from Francisco, and the government artments will be closed from Tue: at 1 o'clock until Friday night, when all shall have been concluded in the quiet little graveyard in a wood- ed valley of Ohlo. Friday Day of Monrning. But on Friday, the day will be laid away at Marion, Ohio, the entire republic, at home and abroad, will respond to the procla- mation by the new Chief Executive, Calvin Coolidge, yesterday calling upon the people everywhere to cease their labors and turn in solemn tribute to the leader who is gone Notification of the nation-wide ob- servances expected went out yester- day by direction of President Coolidge in the form of two separate pro- nouncements —the a__formal (Continued on I Column 1.) BELGIANS DENY NEW TRIALS TO GERMANS Eight Sentenced in Death of Lieut. Graff Offered Alleged Confession. when he By the Associated Press. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, August 4.— Eight Germans involved in the shoot- ing to death of Graff, on March 23, 1922, in a tramway near Duesseldorf in the occupied area, today were denied new trials applied for on the strength of the confession of three German policemen, who sald they killed him out of revenge for his alleged murder of one of their fellow officers. The death penalty was ordered im- posed upon Lieut Reinhardt, Herr Klein and Herr Riebke and penalties of from three to thirty years' imprisonment were ordered for their five accomplices. On July was reported that four members of the German green police were sentenced to death by a Belgian court-martial at Aix-La- Chapelle upon conviction of the as- sassination of Lieut. Graff, that six other defendants received prison sen- tences ranging from three to twenty years and that one defendant was ac- quitted. | Today’s dispatch makes no mention of the fate of Herr Grabert, one of those condemned to death, nor of the sixth defendant sentenced to prison. AUSTRIA BARS DUCHESSES. VIENNA, August 4—The former Austrian Archduchesses Isabella and Gabrielle, daughters of Archduke Frederick, arrived in Vienna yester- day to consult physicians, but were refused permission to sojourn in the country on the ground that they de- clined to slgn the instrument forfeit- ing their imperial prerogatives. They were escorted to the Hungarian frontier. HERRICK SAILS FOR HOME. By the Assoclated Press. HAVRE, August 4—Myron T. Her- rick, the American ambassador, sailed for New York today on board the French liner Paris. the Belgian Lieut. | TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—24 Pages. General News—Local, Natlonal, Foreign. Story of the Stars—Page 12, Among the Fraternities—Page 14. Aviation Activitles—Page 17. Parent-Teacher Actlvities—Page 20. Book Reviews—Page 21, Financial News—Pages 22 and 23. PART TWO0—24 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Soclety. Tales of Well Known Folks—Page 10. Girls and Their Affairs—Page 11. Serial Story—Pags 11, D. A. R. and Spanish War Veterana— Page 14, Radlo News and Gossip—Page 15. Army and Navy News—Page 16. Classified Advertisements—Pages 16-23. PART THREE—I12 Pages. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- pla Music In Washington—Page 4. Around the Clty—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 to 10. Boys’ and Giris' Page—Page 11, PART FOUR~—4 Pages. Pink Sports Sectlon, PART FIVE—S Pages. Magazine Section—Fiction and Features. ROTOGRAVURE—S Pages. World Events in Picture: COMIC SECTION—4 Pages. Mutt and Jetf; Fhg'lar Fellers; Betty; Mr. and Mrs. WLSONTODWEAK T0 ATIEND RITES Expresses Regret in Reply to | Inquiry From President Coolidge. Woodrow Wilson yesterday in- formed President Coolidge that be- cause of the condition of his health he regretted he would be unable to participate in the funeral of the late President Harding. An official statement announced that President Coolidge had confer- red with Mr. Wilson to ascertain his wishes in regard to attending the exercises and had offered to make any arrangements agreeable to him. It was explained later, however, that the word “conferred” used in the statement was intended to indi- cate only that the President and Mr. ‘Wilson had been in indirect communi- cation through Col. Sherrill and Rear Admiral Grayson, the former President’s physician. Sherriil Issues Statement, The statement was 1ssued by Col. C. O. Sherrill, White House military alde, in charge of the funeral arrange- ments, and said: “President Coolidge has conferred with ex-President Wilson in order to ascertain his wishes in reference to ! attending the funeral exercises over | the remains of the late President Harding &nd offering to make any | arrangements agreeabls to Mr. Wilson for his participation in the exercises. | “Mr. Wilson has indicated his ap- | preciation of the courtesy extended | by President Coolidge, but regrets | his inability to participate on ac- count of the condition of his health, | Admiral Grayson Is in communication | with Mr. Wilson and indicates that while the ex-President will not be able to participate in the ceremonies, he s in a satisfactory state of health.” train at Burleigh Crossing, seven miles from this city. They were resi- dents of Gloucester and Westville, N. J. The dead are Frederick C. Probst, thirty-eight, baker, Gloucester; Fred- erick Probst, jr., fourteen, his son; Albert Roemer, twenty-four, West- ville, N. J.; and a-man named, Plerce, about sixty years old, and his son, about thirty, both of Gloucester. The four men were killed outright and their bodies flung from the wreck- ed car into a nearby fleld. Frederick Probst, jr., died soon after being taken 10 the Wildwood. Hospital, A Significant Fact According to the compilation of the latest re ports of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, printed in the Editor and Publisher, the circulation of both THE EVENING STAR and THE SUNDAY STAR in Washington and its suburbs (a radius of 25 miles) is approximately 50% greater than the nearest competitor, morning or evening. In Washington and its suburbs just about every one who reads a newspaper reads The Star. | ranchhouse, town and FIVE CENTS. HARDY WEST PIONEERS UNASHAMED OF TEARS FOR LATE PRESIDENT Misty-Eyed Thousands Meeting Train Speeding FEastward Grieve for Mrs. Harding. EXECUTIVE’S WIDOW BRAVELY FACES SORROW; CONDITION GOOD Funeral Cortege Runs Slowly Through Towns Where Crowds Wait to Pay Last By the Associated Press. ON BOARD HARDING FUNBRAL TRAIN AT ELKO, Nev., August 4— The ploneers of the west pald thelr respects today to the memory of War- ren G. Harding. As the funeral train bearing the body of the late President crossed the broad etate of Nevada, hurrying on to Washington, men, women and children stood by the rallway side with heads uncovered, hearts aching and often with misty eyes. President Harding had had the pioneer much in mind during his ill- destined trip. He had visited their settlements in southern Utah, he had celebrated thelr achievements Meachham, Ore., and he had visited what he liked to call “the nation’s last frontler” in Alaska. Today was the ploneer's opportunity to show ap- preciation and love for the dead leader, and they did. Many Floral Tributes. Not alone did these pioneers stand silent and uncovered, but they placed bouquets and wreaths aboard the train in order that there might always be fresh blossoms in the death chamber of the last car. The hearts of these sun-bronzed men., women and children not only ached because of the death of thelr chief, but they beat in sympathy fer Mrs. Harding. It can be said without fear of contradiction that no lving woman is more popular in the west than Florence Harding, and the heart of the west went out to her in her bereavement. Throughout the day she continued to bear up bravely under her great Sorrow. The funeral train is in every sense, in all that the name implies, sllent, deadly so. The atmosphere of happiness and comradeship that filled its coaches on the trip west is gone, strangely missing in the conduct of those who are making the journey home. Only the newspaper men astir and the typewriter keys clicking news of the train break the complete silence prevailing. Tears Unconcealed. Every two hours a detail of four men, representing the Army. Navy and Marine Corps, pass through the coaches from their car ahead to re- lieve as many of their comrades on death watch in the car where the flin rests. The curtains there are raised high at the windows. Persons who gathered at every point of to- day's run through eastern California, Nevada, and tonight in western Utah, saw a picture through the windows of the rear car, the first glimpse of which caused many of them to turn away, and others to bring forth their handkerchiefs, not to wave in hearty greetings, as was done everywhere on the western tour, but to wipe away tears which could not be sup- pressed or concealed Never was there a higher tribute pald to any of the nation’s dead than was glven by these men, women and children of the states traversed to- dey who collected along the railroad route from each desert settlement, city near by. The comparison most frequently nfade by passengers on the train who had been with Mr. Harding from Wash- ington throughout his journey was with the scene in Washington when the unknown soldier was laid at rest in Arlington national cemetery on Armistice day of 1921. The body of the nation’s dead leader passed through the country much as the funeral procession of the un- known soldier passed through the streets of Washington from the Capttol to Arlington. The people who saw the train today were as deeply moved as those who witnessed the procession in Washington. They were moved by the same feeling of devotion and into the same silenc in | Tribute. the same postures, standings, heads bowed and uncovered. Feel for Mrs. Harding. There was this difference, how- ever, between the two events, that of the funeral train moving across the country from San Franolsco to Washington and that of the un- ‘known's procession. None of the mourners today wag spared the knowledge that a heart-stricken woman, clad in new garments of deepest mourning, was returning home with the body of her husband Those who saw the procession of 1921 had no cause to pay tribute or extend sympathies to relatives of the unknown He in deat! while Mrs. Harding was alone today with her dead Miss Ruth Powderly, the nurse who had attended Mr. Harding.dur- ing his illness, and Mrs. Charles E. awyer, wife of Brig. Gen. Sawyer, the late President's personal ph ian, were the only companions Mrs. Harding during the day. Th and the physicians on the train kept close to the woman in black, anxious to give her such comfort as was physically possible and at the same time keeping alert and on watch for any change in her condition, which they feared might develop the result of the severe strain she has endured since 7:30 Wednesday evening and previously during the period of iliness which ended in the death at that time of her husband. The feeling of those with Mrs Harding was that of anxiety and de- termination to be prepared and ready to minister should occ Arisy Mrs. Harding continued, however, to bear up bravel Ay cheerful as a time like th This statement, made, wa. as alone of sion and was said to be could be expected at soon after 1t was illustrated in a striking by an act of thoughtfulnes: her part. The secret service officer assigned to Mrs. Harding was calle into her compartment by Miss Pow- derly. There he was told personally by Mrs. Harding to take box of candy to the “newspaper men.” This revealed again one of the outstanding characteristics which have ma rked the woman at all times since March, 1921 when she went from Marion, Ohio to the White House as the first lady of the land 5 Railway on officials in charge of the train kept continuously at their post carrying out orders they had given at Mrs. Harding's request, the same sort that President Harding had suggested to them during the westward journey across the country These orders were that the engineer run slowly whenever people might be seen ahead, walting Pay their tribute. The picture which passed before the eyes of those waiting was that of a slow moving train, the last coach of which revealed bier and fits guards, the latter standing at “parade rest” with eyes cast down, focused on the coffin about which they stood, Floral pieces of great beau ed against the walls of the chamber served as @ background for the ture of the men on guard and their charge as the train moved on to gather speed again as it passed into the open country, devold for miles in some places of any sign of habitation or life. TROOP A FUNERAL ESCORT. to a CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 4 Troop A of the 107th Cavalry, Cleve- land's ‘Black Horse” troops, will be escort of honor at the funeral of the late President Harding at Marion next Friday, it was announced to- night. The troop has taken part in inau- gural ceremonies of several natives of Ohio elected to the Presidency, as well as in many important political and civic events in Ohlo. Troop A served as honor escort at the funerals of Presidents Garfield and McKinley. Draped and Flower-Laden Pew Shows Grief in Calvary Church At Calvary Baptist Church today will be a vacant pew, draped in black, fragrant with flowers. The entire service of the morning will be & spiritual memorial to the man who often occupied that pew, and there In company with Mrs. Harding offered up his heart's devo- tion in worship. Throughout the nation congrega- tions will be bowed in grief, with spirits yearning, sorrowing, because the occupant of that pew is gone. Prayers and sermons throughout the land today will turn for divine guld- ance and comfort to the unseen help above, 1ifting up the soul of a great nation. And the pew draped in black will sybolize the loss, the grief of a sorrowing people, whose leader fis no more. Sacred music of the old hymns which-bhe-loved -will.rise i solemn | sound from the sweet-voiccd organ | and from the congregation gathered to worship in his memory. The ser- mon of the morning will be deliv- lered by Dr. Freeman Anderson, in | place of the late President's pastor, | Rev. Dr. W. S. Abernathy, who is in Europe. The musical program will open with Chopin’s funeral march by vio- lin and piano, and will include the old hymns “I Need Thee Every Hour,” “Abide With Me,” and “Lead Kindly Light” C. Austin Miles, will sing “Dear Spirit, Lead Me.” Her- man Hoffman, violinist, will play an air from Goldmark Concerto, and the congregational music will be led by John Russell Mason, organist; Mr. Hoffman, violinist; Fred Iast, bari- tone, and Mr. Miles. 9 The solemn service will close with Beethoven's funeral-marchy .. _ .