Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1923, Page 1

! WEATHER Cloudy to pargly cloudy tonight and hundarshowers prob- tomorrow, local ably; continued warm. Temperature for twent snded at 2 p.m. today: m, today. Full report on Closing N. Y. Stocks and B 0 p.m. vesterday: lowest, 76, at four hours hest at 20 page 24. onds, Page 14 @h Entered as post o. 28,952. office Washington, na-class matter DG THRONGS DELAY FUNERAL TRAIN, MAY NOT ARRIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT; CAPITAL READY TO RECEIVE BODY WASHINGTON Thousands Bow TRAIN, MANY HOURS LATE, CONTINUES AT SLOW SPEED BALTIMORE, August 7.—The Harding funeral train will not reach Washington much before midnight at its present rate of progress, in the opinion of operating officials of the Baltimore and Ohio rail- “Heads in Every Ohio Hamlet. CROWDS ALONG LINE ALL NIGHT] Pittsburgh Gives| Dead President | Silent Tribute. Ry the Associuted Press. PITTSBURGH, August Thou- ands upen thousands of men, women %nd children of this industrial cit forming a line along the Baltimore and Ohio right-of-way from the tip| of the most distant the | Glenwood station, paid a voiceless but fmpressive tribute to the late Pres dent Harding today as the funer ,train from the Pacific coast 1 s Washington. The here at 12:32 sastern’| standard time. It Wwhile a change of engines was made. | suburb to way to trai arrived pom., ted at Glenwood | Stand Bareheaded in road at the executive offices here. n that, in deference to the wishes of Mrs. Harding, the train assump This belief was based on the would continue to run slowly through communities desiring to pay their tribute to the memory of the dead President. Reports were received at the general offices of a tremendous out- pouring of people along the line of the road in western Pennsylvania, which was slowing the pace of the train. FUNERAL MARCH PLANS ANNOUNCED Procession Starts at 10 A.M. Tomorrow Regardless of Time Body Arrives. of the time of arrival here of tha train bearing the body of President Harding. the funeral procession will start tomorrow at 10 o'clock from the White House and up Pennsylvania avenue to the Capi- Regardl The wider berless as the train its slowly through the Crowds, unprecedented in the histoty of urgh, thronged hillsides, bridges mourners, standin readed @ scorching sun, were num-| made city way d , by every point of vantage At the Glenwood stat city and county | offic dele representing dif- | ent organizations and others met | train_of ow. As floral trib-{ were presented, the great | stood in silent reverence, ever | of the fact that the body of | President luy still in death in eral ca n, s. tions the ut throng consciou the late the fu ain Redu The speed of th to a minimum for the short tr tna, a suburb on the outskirts the city, to the Glenwood depot. So Blow was the progress that it re-; Guired forty-four minutes to nego- tiate the few miles through the east! end district to the station T those accustomed to viewing | large gatherings, it secmed that the population of the entire city had turned out. Along the hills flanking the Monongahela river were thou- sands of mourning citizens. Most striking was the tribute paid steel mill tollers as the train the big Industrial plants on ex Speed. train was reduced » from | of | funeral of Warren ¢ lof Mrs tol, it was announced toda A corps of workers under Col. C. 0. Sherrill and Brig. Gen. Stewart E. Heintzleman are feverishly attempt- ing today to complete arrangements so that the procession tomorrow will be without delays or interrup- tions. When the cortege starts toward the apitol tomorrow morning the offi- ceremonies will start. The end of the official ceremonies, President Coolidge announced today, will be when the body is on the train to- | morrow night. bound for Marion, | Ohio. From that time on any | c cial it will be the Hardnig, citi- zen, and_not the late President of the United States. Marion Rites Private. This arrangement, President Cool- idge said, is in respect to the wishes Harding, who asked that the services be conducted Wity to the late President as a citizen of that town, and the Sen; tors and Representatives, public of- ficials and foreign diplomats who may attend the funeral services in Marion will be guests of the Ohio town, par- Marion respect passed the river front. The din of the mills, was stilled as the body of the Presi-| dent went by. The workers, unmind- ful of their soiled clothes and be- smeared faces and hands, stood with| bowed heads, crushing their caps to ! their breasts | Within nine minutes after arriving | at Glenwood the necessary changes | had been made and the funeral train | ded on its way to the capital, ng here at 1:19 p.m ilroad officials said that an addi- | tional locomotive would be attached | to the train at Connellsville for the haul across the mountains. Train Enters Pennsylvania. ON BOARD HARDING ¥ SRAL TRAIN, NEW CASTLE JUNCTION, Ta. August 7.—The state of Pennsyl vania shortly after 10 o'clock today | took up the sorrowful task of paying | sute to the memory of the nation’s ! late Chief Executive. i The funeral train bearing the body President Harding entered the state near this point and then started | fcross the southwestern corner, pass- ing through Pittsburgh, Conneilsville | and a number of smaller towns. Although far behind its schedule, the train was seen by thousands who Jined the route, reverently bowed in! honor of the dead and filled with | sympathy for the grief-stricken Widow. CROSSES IN PENNSYLVANIA. - Hundreds Up All Night in Youngs- town to See Train. vor Obio, August The funeral train, bearing the body of Tresident Harding, arrived at Youngs- this morning, and, with- ing, left Mr. Harding's home ssing the line into Pennsyl- < train proceeded at two miles an hour through the throngs of persons gathered here, many of whom had kept a patient vigil since 1 o'clock. The train was about eight hours late leaving Youngstown. he first_stop east of here will be made at Newcastle Junction, a few milse across the Pennsylvania line, to change engines Throughout the night hundreds of persons slept on the floor and benches .of the railroad depot here or in the v plots surrounding the station. ery crossing automobiles were iined up with occupants dozing fit- | fully. Some estimates placed the num ber of persons who watched the train’s slow passage through the city at 50,000. The same eagerness to do homage to the departed leader was evident in Ravenna, Niles and Warren, where the train also was forced to a snail's pace because of the great crowds. THRONGS ALONG ROUTE. At Tribute to Dead President Will Be Told and Retold. Ry the Associated Press. ON BOARD HARDING FUNERAL TRAIN, AT WILLARD, OHIO, August 7.—The body of Warren G. Harding came home to Ohio early today, but not 10 rest. Strong as is the clalm of the state 2f Ohio upon the man who was its most Aistinguished son, the nation has a zreater right and ‘it is this right that will be exercised tomorrow in the formal funeral services in the capitol. Loxt Time Not Regained. The funeral train, running far be- hind the schedule outlined for it when it left San Francisco last Friday evening on the 3,000 mile trans-conti- nental trip, entered the state of Ohio just before reaching Sherwood after fiaving traversed the state of Indiana in time that almost constituted a rec- ord for that portion of the route. Des- perate efforts were made during the night by railroad officials in charge of the train to regain at least a portion of the time lost yesterday in the states (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | signal ticipating in the last rites to a dis- tinguished citizen of Marion. Military Arrangements. Military arrangements for partici- pation in the funeral procession have about reached the stage of comple- tion. Troops will assemble at Penn- sylvania avenue and 15th street. Foot troops will be formed facing south. Army and Navy organizations will start assembling at 9 o'clock. Citi- zens' organizations, civic bodies and patriotic societies will start forming not later than 9:30 o'clock, each group of representatives being sched- uled to be in line before that time. The strects west of Tth street running north and south into Penn- sylvanla avenue will be the Scenes for assembly of the non-military bodies.” H Promptly at 10 o'clock the remains | of the late President will be carried | from the White House. At trumpet from the commanding officer of troops organizations will be brought to “attention.” The troops will be assembled in inverse order direct to the White House center door. A line drawn from that door across the front lawn at right angles to Pennsylvania ave- nue will be the assembly point, and this line will mark the right of the line of the Army and the left of the line of the Navy. Soon after attention has sounded organizations will be brought to “the present.” This will be held while the remains are being placed on the caisson. Then another trumpet will start the organizations in motion. A horse-drawn calsson from Fort Myer has been ordered to be at the north enrance of the White House at 9:30 o'clock, ready to bear the re- mains of the President on a last trip up Pennsylvania avenue. Movements at Capital. Tpon reaching the plaza east of the Capitol the cavalry and fleld artillery heading the line of procession will continue through to B street south- east, thence via streets south of the Program of Rites For Mr.Harding In the Capitol By the Associated Press. The program of the funeral serv- ices for President Harding in the rotunda of the Capitol at 11 am. tomorrow is as follows: Invocation by Dr. A. Freeman Anderson, assistant pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, Mr. Hard- ing's place of worship. Hymn, “Lead, Kindly the male quartet of Baptist Church Scripture gelections, 23d Psalm Micah, 6th Chapter and Sth v Revelations, 22d chapter, 1st 5th verses Prayer by Dr. James Shera Mont- gomery, chaplain of the House of Representatives. Hymn, “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” by ‘the male quartet Benediction by Dr. Ande Light.” by the Caivary to son TRAFFIC SUSPENDS AT FUNERAL HOUR Police Regulation of Proces- sion and Route Specified by Sullivan. President Harding are contained in the general orders issved today by Maj. Daniel Sullivan, chief of police. The Capitol grounds will be closed to all traffic, vehicular and pedestrian, at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, except to the vehicles of members of Congress and persons connected officially with the government and at the Capitol. Inspector Henry G. Pratt will have full supervision and command over the Capitol plaza and the entrances and exists to the bullding. He will be assist- ed by Marine Corps officers and 300 en- listed men in addition to a detail of ninety-eight policemen. Suspend Street car traffic on Pennsylvania ave- ar Trame, ! nue between Washington Circle and 15th York avenue will be | street and New suspended at 9:30 am. and on 15th street from New York avenue to Pennsylvania avenue on Penn- sylvania avenue to the Peace Monu- ment from 9:45 o'clock, and will not be resumed until the last unit of the column has passed four squarss be- yond a given point. North and south bound street car trafic will_he per- mitted on 14th street across Pennsyl- vania avenue up to 9:45 am., and th and 7th streets until the head of the column reaches a point four squares west in each case. The route of the funeral proces- sion between the White House and Peace Monument will be barricaded with steel cable. The cables will b in position at 9 o'clock, at which and 9 standing vehicles, and after 9:45 no vehicles will be permitted to enter or cross the route, such hlock to be maintained until the last umit of the column has passed at least four squares beyond a given point. Police Only on Avenue. Uniformed officers of the police force will police the route exclusive- ly. No special or regular policemen in plain clothes will be permitted in- side the’lines, except when forming a Mall back to Fort Myer. Other troops and other organizations in the line of march—in fact, all those who do not hold the black-bordered invi- tations to be present at the funeral services in the rotunda of the Cap- part of the cortege. Sixteen privates recruited from the seventh, ninth, tenth and eleventh precincts will form the horse mount- ed detail which will lead the cortege from the White House to the Capitol. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) (Continued on Page 5, Column Z2.) I Thousands Show Grief as Train Crosses Harding’s Beloved Ohio By the Axsociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, August Ohio, where Warren G. Harding was born, grew into manhood, started the political career which carried him to the presidency, and where next Friday he will be con- signed to final rest, today found its grief more poignant than at any time since, @lmost unwarned, its people heard the news of his passing flashed from the far west. For throughout the gray early morning hours a funeral train was wending its way slowly through the state carrying its first citizen back to Washington to receive honors such as are accorded only a President. - Hours behind schedule because of the great crowds which sought to pay their last tribute as the cortege silently slipped onward and because of the insistence of Mrs, Harding that travel be slow enough to permit all who had gathered to view the flower-decked coffin in_its dimly lighted car, the train was greeted by throngs at every station and wayplace. A From Hicksville, the first Ohio village encountered after the train crossed the Indiana line shortly after midnight, to Youngstown. where it again departed from the state and slipped on into Pennsyl- vania, people gathered by the thousands to stand bare-headed in their grief until the last coach was out of sight. Many, basing their preparations upon the original schedule, which called for an arrival in Ohio early in the evening, kept the vigil for hours, refusing to leave until the cortege arrived. Rallroad stations in the cities and towns were jammed from early evening, in some cases, until long after mid- night, while in the larger cities surging crowds burst through po- lice lines and forced through trains to slow down as they passed on- ward. Almost every cross-roads had its quota of automobiles, the occupants of which snatched what sleep they could in their cars while they anxiously awaited the pass- ing of their dead President. At no place was there a demon- stration of any sort, the crowds contenting themselves with a brief glance at the death-bearing coach and then turning homeward as if for the first time coming to the full realization of their loss. ¢ T Police details and arrangements for | the state funeral tomorrow of the late | time the route will be cleared of all | L4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, TUESDAY, In Silent Grief City Awaits Cortege. INEW PRESIDENT TO MEET TRAIN Mrs. Harding to Be Spared Ordeal of Sad Procession. In silent grief the nation's capital this afternoon is awaiting the ar- rival of the funeral train bearing the body of the late President Harding. }1:30 o'clock, the timé originally set for the arrival of the train, and the executive departments emptied their 1 thousands into the streets, thousands {who win journey sadly to the Union | station tonight or line Pennsylvania avenue to pay tribute to their loved chief. Messages Tell of Delays. As the day wore on message after message was received (elling of fur- ther delays of the funeral train, neces- sitating changes in the plans for meeting the body of President Hard- iing and its escort to the White i House from the Union station. It is | expected that the train will reach the capital about midnight Rarely In history has a publ leader of the nations gov been beloved in Washington the lat President A tTew x weeks ago the President left the | same station to which his body is| now being brought mid the plaudits | of the crowd. Now, almost in the twinkling of an eye, all is (hall,!l—d,i and with bowed heads and tear- | stained eyes the throngs tonight will} greet all that remains mortal of the | v | - man, rnment, The wheels of government halted at |’ PLANS COMPLETE late President Preparations for meeting the fu-| neral train and escorting the body of the late President ta the White House tonight and the state funeral proe sion to the Capitol and the servic in the rotunda tomorrow_have been | completed by Col. Clarence O. Sher- | 1l military aide to the President, | under the personal supervision of | President Coolidg Coolidge to President Coolidge, members of th cabinet, Chief Justice Taft the United States Supreme Court and| Senator Cummins of Jowa, President pro tempore of the Senate, will offi- | cially meet the funmeral train. Al guard of honor, selected from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, will | carry’ the casket from the train to| { the caisson, draped in black, awaft- ing at the front entrance to the Presi- jdent’s room of the sgatfon. | Marine Band \will play a fu- - as the small group, with | of sorrow solemnly wends | ¢ through the great concours of the station, through the President i Meet Train, { o room and to the waiting caisson out- wide, A squadron of cavalry and a bat- tery of field artillery from Fort Myer | will be drawn up about the broad | plaza in front of the station, and as | the casket is lifted to its position, a | soft command will bring sabers flash- | {ing to the “present.” H Mrs. Harding to Go Direet. The Marine Band will again play. This time it will be an appropriate air of beauty and solemnity. At a signal from the commanding {officer, when everything is in readi- | ness, the cavalrymen and artillery-| men’ will swing into column forma- | tion, and the cortege will start on its journey to the White House. Mrs. Harding will not ride in the | processional. With certain members of her party and relatives of her late husband, she will proceed immediately ito the White House upon the arrival | of the train, Irs. Coolidge, wife of | the President, and the wives of mem- bers of the cabinet will be at the White House to receive Mrs. Harding. | Route of Procession. President Coolidge and those other officials who will be with him to re- ceive the body when it arrives at the station, and others who have been | +n the funeral train throughout its tong, sad journey from San Francisco jwill’ be in the cortege to the White House. The route to be traveled w from the plaza west on E street northeast to North Capitol street, south on North Capitol street to B street, through the Capitol grounds to Pennsylvania avenue, west on! Pennsylvania “avenue to 15th street, | north on_15th street to Pennsylvanis | avenue, thence west on Pennsylvania avenue until opposite the White House. At that point the military escort! will form a line to the left on Penn- sylvania avenue, and will be brought 1o “present sabers,” remaining in that position until the caisson containing the body passes through the grounds to the entrance and the casket has passed through the doors into the stillness of the interior. The troops forming_the escort will then return| to Fort Myer. i Party to Enter White House. President Coolidge and the others in the party that accompanied the body from the station will enter the White House and in the quiet and stateliness of the big east room, where the casket will be placed, they will in loving and respectful silence look upon all that is earthly of their friend and former ruler. When the casket is placed in po- sition_in the east room four wreaths will be placed upon the bier; one from Mrs. Harding, one from Presi- | dent and Mrs, Coolidge, one in the | name of the Supreme Court and one in_the name of Congress. It had not been determined late to- day whether or not there will be a funeral service of any kind during the time the body remains in the White House. This decision remains entirely with Mrs. Harding, whose wishes have been strictly followed | throughout in the preparations for the funeral, but who has not yet ex- pressed herself on this point. Friends May View Body. Those close to Mrs. Harding are satisfled that she will ask a number of intimate friends of the late Presi- dent to view the body at some time during its stay in the east room. Up until noon today the east room had not been draped and it is not thought it will be. All articles of furniture have been removed from this chamber and the blinds at the Jong windows have been drawn, 1 be | Speaker of the House of Representa- {of hig ering st ar. “From Press. to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion s delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Cin:uhfic;n, 89,254 AUGUST 7, 1923 _—TWENTY- FOR MARION RITES Only Service at Cemetery. Mrs. Harding to Return Here at Once. By the Associated Press MARION, Ohio, August 7.— Only one funeral service will be conducted for the late President Warren G, Hard- ing in his home city—Marlon. That will be at the recefving vault in the cemetery, and will be conducted by Rev. George M. Landis, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, which the President attended, assisted by Re Jesse Swank, pastor of the Methodist scopal Church, a personal friend of Mr. Harding. There will be no funeral service at the home of Dr. George T. Harding, sr., the President’s father, where the body will repose in the interim of {ts arrival and burial. Body to Lie State. The detailed funeral plans as an- nounced this afternoon by Col. F. P.| Lahn, representing President Cool- idge, and Attorney Hoke Donithen, representing the Marion Civic As- sociation, also call for the body to lie in state at the Harding home in Center street from 2 p.m. until 9 p.m., Thursday, central standard time, and from 9 am. to 1 p.m. Friday, during which times an opportunity will be given all friends who desire to pay their final respects to Ao so. Will Be Taken to Father's Home. Arriving in Marion by way of the Erie railroad Thursday morning about 9 o'clock, it will be taken in a hearse direct to the home of his fa- ther. To the home and to the ceme- tery the only military guard will be Capt. Adolphus Andrews, represent- ing the Navy, and Maj. O. M. Bal- dinger, representing the Army, both aids to the late President Honorary pallbearers, the an- nouncement said, would include the tives, the President pro tempore the Senate and the cabinet. Mrs. Harding to Return Here. of | i President Coolidge and the members | immediate party will make their headquarters on their train and leave for Washington immediately after the services are concluded. Mrs. Harding, it was stated, would return to Washington about 6 o'clock that evening. The funeral cortege will form at the Harding home about 2 o'clock to escort the remains to the cemetery vault, “where services will be held upon arrival.” Four Friends to Attend Funeral. Four distinguished private citizens, close personal friends of President Harding, rave made arrangements to attend the funeral services Friday. They are Thomas A. Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey S. Firestone and Bishop William F. Anderson. They will be accompanied. by their wives. Two years ago President Harding spent several nights around camp- fires in Maryland with Messrs. Edi- son, Ford and Firestone. Mr. Ford will arrive from Detroit, Messrs Edi- son and Firestone from Akron and Bishop Anderson from Cincinnati. Mr. Edison is making an automo- bile trip westward from his West Orange, N. J., home. He expects to visit his birthplace at Milan, near San- dusky, Ohio, after the funeral. Mr. Edison worked when young as a. tele- graph operator at Martel, near where the late President was born. FRIDAY DAY OF MOURNING N MOST ILLINOIS CITIES State’s Industries, Business Houses and Amusements to Close. Memorial Rites Planned. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 7.—Illinois was preparing today to pay last honors to Warrent G. Harding, the late Presi- dent, on Friday, the day of the fu- neral services at Marion, Ohio. Industry and amusements are ex- pected to be halted, many business houses and the grain and stock ex- changes will close for the day, me- morial servicés will be held in many cities, and plans are being made to observe the day as one of mourning in accordance with the spirit of the proclamations of President Coolldge and of Gov. Small, A public mass meeting will be held in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, under the auspices of the Union League Club, Church bells will toll and_memorial addresses will be heard. The meet- tightlyjing in Chicago is planned for the _.i‘ hour of the funeral in Marion, | By | arey {lars FOUR PAGES 750 BANDITS SLAIN BY CHINESE TROOPS cape After Fifty Are Put to Death. PEKING, August 7 from Tsitsihar, Province of Holung- kiang. Manchuria, announce that 750 bandits were slaughtered by s in the barracks there the provincial tuchuns. governor. The victims were laws who surrendered recently and were being trained for the army of Chang Tso-Lin, the Manchurian war lord. Because of the mutinous ut- titude of the prisoners, fifty were summoned before the military au- thorities, ostensibly for a reprin It subsequently transpired that the had been executed, whereupon the remaining bandits tried to escape They were surrounded by provinci troops and a figet followed. Dhe troops, using large guns, destroyved three camp buildings and wiped out most of the band. Fifty of the regu- were killed and many were wounded. ONE-WAY TRAFFIC RULES MODIFIED Twelfth Street Will Become Northbound and Thirteenth Southbound Routes. ~Dispatches old military among 1,200 out- i Important changes in the traffic regulations recommended in the re- port of the special traflic committee were zpproved today by the board of District Commissioners. Except for several modifications. the report, which was submitted to the Commis- sloners last Friday, was adopted in its entirety. Extensions of 12th and 13th a y streets from K to achusetts avenue and the re- routing of traffic on these two streets are the -outstanding changes. After thirty days, when the orger becomes effective, 12th_street from Penn vania avenue to Massachusetts ave- nue will be designated for north- bound traffic instead of southbound as at present, and 13th street from Massachusetts avenue to F street will be a southbound street instead of northbound as at present. From Pennsylvania avenue to F street the one-way traffic regulation is abol- shed. These changes, the ('Oxllm. oners believe, will relieve congestion on 14th street between I street and Pennsylvania avenue, The Commissioners also abolished the regulation designating 10th street for one-way traflic from I to K street and McPherson Square west. The one-way traflic rule, treets ordered however, will be maintained on 10th | street from Pennsylvania avenue to 1 street. The recommendations of the traffic committee calling for the abolition of onegway traffic on Jackson place between H street and Pennsylvania avenue and on Madison place and East Executive avenue were not - proved. Parking on that portion of 17th street lying between K and I streets will be restricted to parallel on both sides; on Connecticut avenue between H and I streets parking will be restricted to parallel on the west side and angle on the east side: park- ing on McPherson Square will be lim- ited to parallel on both sides. Where diagonal parking is permit- ted white lines will be painted on the street designating space for each ve- hicle, and all vehicles will be required to park within these lines. This or- der was issued to conserve parking space. command of | treet | | i | i { 1 j&ard * TWO CENTS | | GOOLIDGE STRONG, ' | Senate Leader. After Confer-| DAL STRIKE AGTION GREAT FACTOR IN COOLIDGE'S FUTURE New President Faced With Monumental Issue as First Official Task. ADMINISTRATION CRISIS TO COME IMMEDIATELY | Executive Shows No Sign That Ter- rific Weight Rests Upon Him &s Nation Watches. BY ROBERT T. President Coolidge realized today that events over which he has no con- trol are carrying him forward to a crisis in his administration. As the cards are laid upon the table today there will cessation of work in the anthracite field of the country on September 1—a little more than three weeks away. The wage agreements expire at midnight Au- gust 31. Efforts to negotiate a new agreement recently were broken off. While it will not be so termed by the mine workers, the cessation of mining will in effect, purpose and in the popular conception of the man in the street, Calvin Coolidge is perfectly con- ious of the fact that millions of the ople of the United States who suf- fered from’a coal shortage last win- will look to him for protection from another winter of hardships and unhappin He knows that particularly the people of his own New England, who were the keenest sufferers of the past winter, will look SMALL. be a be a strike. in pe { to him for relief. ence, Says New Chief Will | Make Good Official. | e | confer- | | P nt Coolidge red Senator today Lodge, republican ader the Senat regarding the arrangements for P ident Hard- ing's funeral, particularly with ref-| erence to the part that the leg lative branch will have In the cere- monics with Following his confevence with the | President, Senator Lodge said | “President Coolidge will make a good President, he ‘will make a strong President, aad the whole country will get behind him."# It was suggested t) Senator Lodge that reports from the far west indi- ated that Mr. Coolidge is particu- | larly strong in that section of the | country. ; Ho 00" was the senator. 2 i Senator Lodge reached Washington last night and is staying at his home on Massachusetts avenue. He called upon President Coolidge about 11 p.m. | and was with the President fpr some time. It is understood that at that time he talked with Mr. Coelidse re- i the calling of a special ses- sion of Cong 8 1 that he recom- mended strongly agamst such a step. It is believeg that.the President also is opposed to a special session—un- less there should be unusual condi- | tiens that will necessitate it. It is believed that should neggt tions between the anthracite opera- | tors and the coal miners remain dead- | locked nd a strike be imminent, Mr. | olidge will take spgedy and deter- to save the country from ng conditions as existed | strong the in M smiling achusetts, comment of last winter i The vacation which Senator Lodge | has had since the adjournment of| Congress has agreed with him and he looks today in excellent health. He | will be in Washington for several days and it is eypected that after the | interment of th late President the! Senate leader will take up with the | President matters of policy, and as| chairman of .the foreign relations) committee, it is to be expected that | Mr. Lodge will’have much to say re- garding the proposed adherence of | the United States to the world court. | Refuses fo Piscuss Court. Senator Lodge was asked this) morning whether he had nn_\'tMng‘ to say regarding thé world court, fol- lowing his twb conversations with the President. “We are ot talking world court| at this juncture,” said Senator Lodge | with considerable emphasis. “All T have had te say in regard to the| world court 1 said in my telegram to_the Governor of Missouri { Last spring Senator Lodge, in re-| ply to a m ge from Gov. Spry of | Missourl, urging him to oppose the| world court protocol, at cons ble ! length explained that the court prop-| position would be given much study | before any action. was taken by the Senate. He designated the court as the “league court,” however, through! the telegram, and the general impros- sion was that he was against it. | President Coolidge, notwithstanding his decision that there would bé no| public statement regarding until after the funeral of President| Hardting, is receiving not ‘a little ad- | vice regarding the league of nations | and the world court. One of the legislators who saw him today brought sord that in the middle west_there is little real intarest be- ing taken in the world court pro- posal and that such interest as has been magifested shows at 6 to 1| against the proposed adherence to the court. . Senator Brand e of Connecticut an “irreconcilable,” who ‘saw Presi- dent Coclidge for two hours on Sun- day, is saying nothing regarding his interview with the President, but it | became “known today that hé had a | very ~satisfactory” talk with the Presidefit. This, in_the opinion of | (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) In Washington and its suburbs just about every one who reads a newspaper reads The Star. A Significant Fact According to the compilation df the latest reports 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 competitcr, morning or evening. policies | 7 Belleve He Can Ald. Tt will be of no avail to say that the powers of a President are limited no matter how true that statement may be. The people realize there are constitutional and other legal limita- tions placed upon ever public official But they also believe that a President can bring moral force and pressure to bear to an impelling degree. Presjdent Coolidge rose to national fame for the course he pursued in the police strike at Boston, while he was governor of his state. 'All of his friends, all of the politicians in W igton—and there are legions of them e already—say that Mr. Coolidge will have his first test as President by the course he may pursue in the threatened walkout in the anthracite flelds. President Coolidge is pondering that situation above all others at the pres- ent moment. He has tried to close his mind to everything of a political or economic mature during these days of .the country’s last tribute to its dead President, but time is inexorable and there is but a short time to study the coal problem before the date for closing down the mines is at hand ion to Pass Judgment. There is 10 question but that the country will be quick to judge the new Presideat by what he may or may not do in the coal strike. No President eves has found himself with such a' personal problem on his hands so soon after taking up the reins of office—a problem o closely allied with his past reputation and so preg- nant with possibilities as to his po- litical future. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is fully of the importance that President Coolidge attaches to the coal situation. That is why he has led on the new President two days in succession; why he has felt it ne essary to place certain matters, cer- tain data before the new Chief Execu- tive in the very midst of the national mourning. Organized labor is watch- ing the new President with the keen- of a hawk. It, too, knows that Coolidge rode to popular favor strikebreaker,” and the “right is a jealously guarded prin- conscious Calvi; as a to strike’ | ciple among the labor leaders of the country. President Coolidge knows full well that his own political fortunes of the future are not to be builded by what he may or may not do_in pressing the proposal that the United States adhere to the world court. That he believes in the principle of the world court and of American representation in it alreddy has been established. But whatever he may do in further- ing the ends he believes to be desir- able in-that direction will be put down, in current history at least, a but @ carrying out of a Harding pol- jcy. conceived and offered to the world before there was any thought of Calvin Coolidge as an occupant of the White House ; President Coolidge knows that in the few short months that lie between him and his further destiny he is to be judged by his own personal and executive acts. The politicians who have gathered here are as one in ving that the country is in a mood foday to hail, almost to canonize, a “strong man.” If Calvin Coolidge is bold he may go a long way, they sa if he is overcautious he may be passed by. The very brevity of the ths of opportunity that are before him calls for sharp, incisive action, or they may go for naught. Remains Silent on Issues As for the President himself, he is as silent ever. He neither asks nor gives .a confidence. To most of his callers he is fnscrutable. There are no telltale expressions upon his grave, unshmiling face. It was diffi- cult for President Harding to stifle an emotion; it is just as difficult, it appears to hls cailers, for President Coolidge to express one. Most of his interviews are extremely short, for he but listens. He does not lend any sort of impetus or encouragement to the flow of conversation. He absorbs, but he does not give out. He has no anecdotes to tell; nothing to prolong the stay of his visitor bevond the pe- riod that he desires in which to state his mission or make his argument Assumes Role of Judge. Calvin Coolidge as President has assumed the role of judge.. He listens to all that may be said, asks perhaps a pertinent question or two, then reserves decision. He is never the opposing counsel. He declines to enter into the argument. It ever there was an executive with a judi- cial frame of mind, Calvin Coolidge is the man. President Taft was a judge before he became President. “(Continued on Page 5, Column 5.)