Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1923, Page 3

Sorrow Follows For Families at White House Dea-th of McKinley, Close on J oy Illness of Mrs. Taftt and Breakdown of Wilson Recalled During Past 25 Years. BY ROBE ', SMAL A1 the Wi he sky alf-staff on Overh hung iimply at Hoy toda leaden. A few cu s idled in and out of the driv: gre; House d under the W walked -coche for ites still are open The home of the and has nevy It wa thie Presidents, stately wed more 1ted nde liked serene, md poli for Havdings But thing now a History ., arter ‘. d Regime of Roosevelts, Followed seven ve ¢l swung the usto. His T perhaps appie White House has v wedding of ncess Alic Longworth was one of rctions. Tafts, too, e Whit The had a House without after ninistrat t!an TOR nd Koabe « r. Col. 479%. E I VANLOAD 0F M DETROIT, AUG. 2 M PITTSBURGH, SRURGH! 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There | was the death of the first Mrs. Wil- the warriage to Mrs. Galt, the riage of a daughte « ‘high er of the cabine many functions. At last came stroke of fate which robbed W row Wilson of his health, which car- vicd him almost to the valley of th shadow und kept him from the © functions of his office for nea shteen months. In Woodrow Wil- on the White House saw the rise nd the stril down of % man _the world called great No happicr pair ever ful W House threshold thun While they had no were little more than ves in the many joyvs ied to give them. They uch for formal idn't like that. rties at the most every evening. the Hardings g or pla just folks,” they they went into the White “just folks” they lived. was written over their the ~Tafts was crossed the children thems that life did ne entert | But the tragedy saw it all ne and sta PRESS CLUB PAYS the TRIBUTE T0 DEAD Members Loved Mr. Harding, | Both as President and Fellow Craftsman. his many the deepl achiever very disy body death of the late members of the Nat which Mr. Harding was member. At @ felt the rore than s Club, of active it the organ tution exg ng bereaven: of the dead executive. e hereas, Warren G. mber of the Nati been taken sudde nation, but grom - he ate by the = e nt at the loss resclution Harding, an ac nal Press Club, from many eircles kinship, und 1ber. the Club he merited deey from the respect eminent fellow- of tRe “Wherea Nutional Pr affection apart ed him craftsman and “Whereas, because his and genuine charm, his | his knowing sympathy f the crs have made his loss of pe culiar and deep poignance to those with om he was proud to claim comrade- to as an and as chi nation, hindly s. Harding had in man herself to u protes she also proudly holds erefore, Be [t Resolved, That board of governors of the National Pres b in Washington, Augu: this simple but feeling r of . in the highest fraternity of lub in ail that And also ved, Tha; the the deepest ex- pression of understanding sympathy be " extended to Mrs. Harding." MOMENT OF SILENCE, CHICAGO’S TRIBUTE City Activitles to Cease for Minute During Funeral at Marion. \ CHIC of wiated Press O, August 9.— millions. will stand mot in reverent silence for one iday while the final burial serviees are being held in Marion Ohio, for Warren G. Harding. * the city’s obser: as issu ing_Mayor M. J. O'Brien ident Coolidge’s proc declaring the day onc eit less and minute F mourning. The Chicago Board of Trade and 3 i vill join other and remain closed for the ant and Catholic churches and Jewish syna- | part of the day's pro- honoring the memory of President. The Chicago Lodge of Elks will hold public me- morial service in Grant Park. B R POLES EXPRESS SORROW. : Flags Throughout Nation for Half- Staffed in Harding’s Memory. WARSAW, August 9—Flags are | hulf-staffed throughout Poland in re- | £pect to the late President Hardin the diplomatic corps and the chief ficials of the Polish government {called at the American legation yes- | terday to offer their condolences. Mrs. Harding’s Courage Mam.yel nature | llowship and | of the problems | of | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.'C, THURSDAY., AUGUST 9, 1923. 11" uneral Oration " To Be Given by | . Youthful Pastor| By the Assoclated Press. MARION, Ohio, August 9.—Rev. George M. Landis, who will con- duct the funeral services here for President Harding Friday after- | noon, probably s ome of the youngest ministers to whom the task of preaching _the funeral oration for a Chief Executive of the nation over fell. Rev. Mr. Landis, hurrying from a vacation | trip in Massachusetts with his | wife d daughter, is about o vears of age and only [ a few out of Moody Bible | Institute, Chicago. Members of the congregation do not recall Mr. Harding ever having heard him deliver a sermon e came hers in an ev; | aso ter f worship ed him so well offered him the position of istor, the regular minister, Thomas H whom the ident greally admired, having il After the death of Afee Ttev 1s was ele- the July 15, fn FRISCD IN POIGNANT GRIEFFOR HARDING in | it w storate, in jw End Came Spontaneously Bows in Affection. st 4 @ today feels more ¢ common grief of the *publ the loss of its Chief {ecutive than ranclsco. jwas here he died. Tt w {column was broken i where people {depths of thwir expe in death ive and quuke | poigna her ned out of the ence in s wi by plague how to mourn t fate chose to stri ave le row over With the passing | Francisc £ the s | had learned the news tha States I &nd feasting, bleusantry suited & jPresident Harding's station and {the high esiee; in o) e peopl {hela" Bim personatiy. o e peorl ! Came As Patient. The Presid ame. Bur ias patient as well as guest tof moved over in he muke room o he Presiden: ! Presid lwas to was n kept chbe press & on 1th w and and fover the President’s medium of the officials. Bulle lof the President’s he ca rich and poor iyoung alike, who hoped | for nis | ¥ azo hotel sui here to meet the ocean, - behind th |in a veil of mist wvanish like {legend; gosy bound for dist |shores.” This sunset. thoush it him cheer by its calm grandeu ypical of his own life. was an omen > the end. For the fading rays of the Xt dey’s sunset cast Hghts and {shadows on the banncr of his cort Aud the President died Jike th | sunset, gently. and with no mom |he “crossed the bar.” Crepe Succeeded Buntin spontaneity of sorrows Mr. Harding’s passing membered long. Without = om _officia | but neces: {the body fto Washington : bullding where fi been before. And crent homage paid cortege passed from ih journey Crepe wds upon the and bunting had e hushed and the chief. as the Pala rounded eloqu his Ti 1i e h rhétoric or | done | v of War 3 en tombed, Gamaliel this fcity again 3 jother tribute on tk f th 1 where he {CROSS OF CARNATIONS GREETS FUNERAL TRAIN: | Klansmen Offer Tribute to Dead i President. But None Appear to Accept Tt | BY the Associated Press | ROCHESTER. Pa.. Aug Isilent figures, clad in the lthe Ku Klux Klan and {large cross of {tribute to the late President Harding {when the funeral train { through here this morning | As the train moved stowly jthe station one of the Klansme | vanced with the eross in the | that it would be taken aboard. TI s no one on the platforn of b fu and the floral offcring b v aboard o men at wree atment of | R red | h passed | | 4. { th o in d s i holding th d j © 1 attention. ppeared cross upright whif ile hous lof the Rochester d! | railroad right of w I passed. As Sad Ordeal Approaches End Mrs has displayed Dy present ordeal fortitude 3 her { Hard in 1ge | touched deeply the hearts of the peo- | i ple of Ameri Those who have been | with her since her distinguished hus- {band was stricken, in San Francis {have marveled at her courage. | Throughout the long, sad journey {across the continent and the arrival at the White House, which only a few short weeks before she and her husband had left, and throughout the long, solemn ceremoniuls yesterday incident to the state funeral che dis- plaved a will power that has been de- {scribed by those who have been close ‘ o her as remarkable. ! Mrs. Harding said she would not {break down. At the time the terrible {blow struck the nation, a week ago, {she told those who were soli bout her not to worry. Many times uring the journey of the death train he repeated that breve assurance. Others Calmed By Her. “I_will not break down.” was her requent reply. And she did not. On the other hand, it was she who kept up the spirits’ and calmed the shattered nerves of the others in the presidential party. More than one of these latter have since said that they do not know now what they a17. ~' would .have-done without.-her com- ous ; I u she | times by the along th they loved him." idow was heard to say s she gazed from her Lt the frail i} ¢ times, | window ; 1! with the demonstratious of grief on | the part of the populace of the Na- | tional Capital. ! WIll Return to Capital. i In her estimation of these demon- | strations in Washington, along with thosé across the continent, it is won dered by those who often heard : President Harding say “It's the « fice and not the Individual holding it j that the people revere,” whether Mrs. Harding does not now disagree with him, Mrs. Hardi step as she walke along the platform at Union station to board the train to take the bo the dead President “back home,” the latter and she always referred to | Marion. was noticezbly more falter- | ing than it was the night previous. | when she arrived here. - There was | no_breaking down, however. i She will return to Washington al- | most immediately after the remains | of her husband have been placed at ‘ rest forever in the Marion cemetery. | Then she will start upon the task of superintending the packing, prepara- tory to moving to Marion—back home, ‘ the of his journey o under the I City Where Late President"s;uv on transportation problem s witis 1239 Wisconsin Ave. JOY FOR COOLIDGE {Told Alaska Governor of!| Hope to Have Gridiron Din- ner for Vice President. BOSTON, August 9.—The Boston |Herald today publishes w dispatch { from Juneau, Alaska, written by C. Bone, Governor of Alaska, ving an account of President Hard- £ « territory. On bhis t day in Alaska ir Harding told iends that he would not attend the xt dinner of the Gridiron Club in | Washington T want Calvin Coolidge to have that inner,” Mr. Harding is quoted ying. “It should revolve about him, Lich could not be if T were there There wae nothing to indicate that Prestdent foresaw the that his ve- Gov knew ks rote were His di prophetic, L said No Sign of Tiness. “On his wonderful tour of 1e President gave uo sign of iline he waters and mountains encha e ‘ Alaska ted him and the climate invigorated him, | but hie was weary and somewhat bent s fmpo virile repub] Gort 1 upon arding can na- i s not ! over the tion of 19 ity who became public aged He ho presic onal conve ng of > com- perso the 1 ™ rested him. The simple nded to him by the s touched him deep ind affection wer ured by | Louses lining the streets. T would give salary, he exclaimed, ‘for houses on my farm in ould give two years' festiy, ‘e was longing 1d looking for- . peaceful day ar's th as remarked that Mrs. Hard- though just recovered from a fllness,” frequently was more d than 1 He was calm and ign; £he was full of life until tem Tily ex d then recuper- quickly his | Alaska, while to go ashore at Sitka, b the pleasure gl . n Club at its last By : t going to the Gridiron dinner,” he said Calvin Coolidge to Tt should revolve about b h could not be if T we There sis for t tn xt ane is no : HOPES GOAL HARDING SOUGHT WILL BE WON | ! | Frederick I. Cox in Eloquent Pleaj 4 for End of War and Uni- versal Peace ters nigh tribute to Pr. a statemen Inte: lay in the Assor national Appie 1eeting in Detroit. to have de- out of defer- s he ver ssloner iddress. but he late Pre a ar t is engagement stateme which i ided the larding: following Presi- he bur- h purplini noble ch influence grateful for the s lfe. Tt will nees which perpetu nship. a truer A i those pi selfish devotion ctuated the r and women of orld throughout the ages i le was 2 truly great man, and broad sympathy for mankind gen- 211y points the way te . JETOW, N we look awn new day. e ris and the brightn morning in letters of «eurance that those thin red so diligent L reality strife and dissension that peace. happl- perity shall cover the ters cover the seas.” h g men su 1l cease, exs and_pro rth as the w AT NEWS OF DEATH B o 1 et | REICHSTAG STANDS Passing of American President For- mally Announced to Ger- man House. ted Press. August s 9.—~Notice death v of- e. The Nt was resident Lot the announcer esterday ouse ro: saude Herr Loebe wish that A 1 of the dded to his statement merica might be can 1uine service which 1 the uential republic ind by vouchsafi would render man- & its co-operation Mrs. Harding was deeply impresseds: it the work of world reconstruction.” | FLAT TIiRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS _Service Charge Never Over $1.0& HOTEL INN| 604-610 9:I: St. N.W. Tormerly Staz Hotel cne Main 8108-8109 roume, Paints, Oils, Glass and Brushes Becker Paint & Glass Co. Weat 67 ash ministra termination | the ! M| world's mightiest and most in-| 'HARDING DESIRED 'Oath Father Gave President Legal and Imperative, He Says Call of Duty Deciding Factor When Sad News of Harding’s Death Struck ' Quiet New England Farm. give the very best that there is him, and he can do no more. He wm : .. : cannot please everybody, but I know aulte sure that it was binding and 000U Ol Ve honest. T have | proper,” declared Col. John C. Cool-|faith in my son. Why shouldn't 17 idge In discussing the administering had.” ; of the oath which commiasioned his } Frésident’s father will | : 3 cuss except to say that he does | |son 'President of the United States. |yoc know Cal's plans for the future. | “I would mnever havd attempted have been asked and I have been | |such a thing if assurances had not | quoted us saying this and that,” he| been glven by Washington officials|smiled, but never have offered as| that it was perfectly legal and all!much as a word along those lines, | right for me to do it.” he added. H nor shall 1" | lie Ereninents tatnes (abes: mot) o other thing that John Coolidge | jtake kindly the foning of never done und never will do is A few New k big” about his distinguished | friendly to Coolldge and th -1 ¢ | fon have brought the eat { to life from duy HARDING FORESAW END. in gossips and troub) €pt their tongue | Death Forecast in Talk With Ex-| Reprgsentative Bartholdt. 1 ¢ worrics hon ST LOW August 9. —An in- jcident of the late President | {be no question in Washington Harding's life showing he had a_pre- in,, legality of the proceedin, monition of a premature death was *“Cal tooli the oath as pre bed bY , made known here by former Repre- | the Constitution, but only er Rep-| gentative Richard Bartholdt The talked Wash- |} had just returned from Europe phone. when he cilled on the President and during their conversation their ages we mwentioned, tid Mr. Bartholdt. : hen 1 told Mr. Harding,” raid former congressman, “that 1 was vears to the day older than he, dropped his eyes and replied tha would not get us old as myself. . 00 many lent Harding Special Dispatch to The Star. PLYMOUTH, Vt., August 9.- ues fquestion jThen ht and | ontinued expect it may in a more |ington, “Still.” he added. a ton on the ess Important. fr. Dale that w i v ht for any notary to outh. but mest im be tuken im commission nota administer and wil kinds, | he | ten { he ihe portunt M jempowers me t tiy to oaths o Justice commiss ope Justice especiuly for the legal ~ papers Trat applies | i ! | | purpos binding “As justice of the pea nted have married several couple {belicve ministers should perfor: leeremonies whe ver possible. fof course, th are always tions. Co part “The €l Coolidge fuly n the making of A ame sudden like,” explained. ! notice of President Hardi excitement about the he repared to leave. Of cou Cashing ory. “Tt | COME IN AND SEE THESE RANGE Y DISPLAY. 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