Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1923, Page 2

SPARE MRS HOUCK - ORDEAL OF GOURT Attorneys Find Mother of Al- leged Murder Victim Too Feeble to Testify. By a Staff Correspondent FREDERICK, Md., Augtst }.—The fasg-dimming life of Mrs. Ezra Houck. 18 Mot to be shattered by the ordeal of ‘being ordered Into a public comrt and forced to tell whether she saw or heard anything unusual June 183, the day her daughter, Mrs. mans Kepner, was murdered in a bede roem directly across the hall from where she lay a helpless invalld. The mental and physical condition Mrs. Houck. who fs eighty-four old and vistually bedridden aralysis, was today declared by Dr. J. O. Hendrix to be such that not onl¥ would it be dangerous to sulject her to such an experfence, but the court would not accept her testimony as ¥mat of a fully responsible pe At the request of the count cuig court, where B. Evard has been on trial for the murder of hiy wite, Dr. Hendrix and State's Attorney | Aaron R. Anders visited ihd aged mother of the tradegy’s vietini. definitely to learn whether it would not he possible to summon hex Both agreed, after a careful examination. that Such a step would be out of the question ace of years from 1J. O, son ci Only Three in Home. ¥r. Houck. her husband, and Addle Tyfer. a colored matd, were the only pegsons in the Houck home last June 15, at the time Mrs. Kepner is sup- poded to have been shot Mr, Houck and the maid were on thd first floor, leaving Mrs. Houck aidne on the second floor. confined to cr bed. The fact that her room is irectly across the hall from the dogth chamber, in which Mrs. Kep- eF's body was found. was regarded syla member of the court to be an rtant fact hysicians have asserted that Mrs. Houck is too deaf to have heard the fatal shot. even if she had been awake at the time. There are also pertods when she ts practically in- able of understanding fully what £oks on around her. In view of these circumstances it has heen agreed that it would useless to summons her. Atj this moment she does know that “Grace,” as she always re- fers to Mrs. Kepner, was murdered. She only realizes that her daughter has passed on Kepner Reads fn Cell. While his attorney, Leo Weinberg, remains locked in his town home to- day, g himself to all Kepner is spending the next forty- +#ight hours before he takes the stand in his own defense reading books and swapping stories with his cell mate, Milton Banks. It is an unusual posi- tion for the chitect, who once held title as being one of the best dressed men in Frederick. and the strain Is beginning to tell more day by day. A score of persons called at the home of Mr. Weinberg todey, but all were asked to postpone their business until next week as the lagyer 18 busy studying out his fight tor ‘the lite of Mr. Kepner. first time since the architeet was rlaced in jail, his lawyer dil not visit him this' morning and it was said that he probably would not leave his house before late tomorrow. Events of the last forty-eight hours ha¥e nccessitated a compiete change the order in which he w!ll have his witnesses. den fa¢tions among the women of Fred- erick—those who believe aiting of conditlons in this litite méuntain city will do its morals sobd, aml those who think even men- tidn of the murder and the sordid circumstances that preceded it is contaminat'ng. Some mothers have openly declared they wanted thelr daughters to attend the hearing so that it might be an everlasting le son for them Others have forbi: dun newsboys to deliver any papers to their home while the trial is in Progless. V.B. COSTELLO POST MAYQUST DONOVAN Légion Members Resent Dis closure of Contract for Drive .to Pay But 50 Per Cent. Because he made known the con- tract of the Vincent B. Costello Post of{tha American Legion with Win- ficld Jones, promoter, who was to re- celve 50 per cent of the amount col- lagted in the clubhouse drive for the post, Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, Dis- trict auditor, and fellow member of the post faces expulsion tonight at the postponed regular meeting to be hald in the District building. A resolution demanding his ouster from the post because of alleged dis- palty will be prescnted by Richard O'Brien, member of the Costello executive committee. Maj. Donovan's opponents declare he had no right to lay the subject of the contract with Jones before John Iewis Smith, com- mander of the Department of Dis- triet of Columbia of the American Lagion. Tt is claimed that he should have made his fight within the post ingtead of on the outside. ‘ Owes Larger Duty. Maj. Donovan today denies that he was in any way disloyal to his post. He states that he did make a fight on, the manner of conducting the drive for a clubhouse, insisting that the proposed contract was at vari- ange with the by-laws of che Ameri- can legion. “What 1 did,” Maj. Donovan stat- ed] “was for the best Intersst of my post and the legion as well, There is a large loyalty every legionnaire owes to the legion as a whole above which. he owes to his post. If the drive for $100,000 has been fulfilled, of ‘which Mr. Jones was to receive $50,000 as commission, the American Legion of Washington would receive a black eye from the public, and the Costello Post as well. 1 was entirely vindicated by the ex- ecutive department of the legion here in the meeting July 30, when it was unanimously resolved that the legion, in contemplating a drive for funds or any post of the legion, 100 per cent should be pald over to the pur- pose for which It was to be raised. The executive committee further voted that in the future any drive should be approved and carried out in the manner prescribed by a commit- tee appointed last night, which com- pr‘red John Lewis Smith; Watson B. Miller, James A. Drain, E. Lester Jomes and Walter Bruce Howe.” Maj. Donovan declared that -hereto- fore he had not made any statement to!the press, and that he had-acted endirely in his right in taking the er up with the department com- mander. “I have been asked to re- sigh,” he said, “but I am not a quit- ter, and I am going to see the thing thfough.” r. Walter F. Sullivan, commander of .the Costello Post, today refused to make %{iqmzlrnpop-@v acton Sim- | Kepner | to death. | not even ; visitors, | For the | a genuine |V e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOR, f WIFE SEEKS ALIMONY TO FOIL ALLEGED PLOT Charges Husband Threatens to In- corporate to Dodge Giving Her Support. ? Mrs. Annie Zoub, in a petition for| A limited divorca from her husband, E. Zoub. today told the District Su- preme Court that he threatened to in. !corporate to avold p aying alimony { The husband, according to the wife. sald “smart people incorporate and ! their wives cannot get support from them” Mrs. Zoub asks an award of alimony The couple were married at Lewis- { ton. Maine, June 12, 1921, and later | came to Washington. At her solici- {tation and through her efforts, the wife says her husband opened am lorange beverage stand at 406% 9th treet northwest, which has been suc- cerstul. She claims a one-third in- ! terest in the business. | Through Attorney F. D. Davison the wife here husband nags, is jeal- ous, makes false charges against her and even assaults her. She is in fear of bodily harm from him. she tells the court. Her husband conceals his fnancial condition. the wife declares, but she knows he has moWey in bank and rents a safe deposit box. NAVALRESERVES | START ON CRUISE Full Complement of Men on Eagle No. 56 for Two-- Week Training. 1 | i With and men. S:ates Naval of Columbia full complement of officers members of the United Reserve in the District the U. S. S. Eagle, No. 56, training ship of the local re- serves, left her dock. at the foot of | Water and O strects southwest, this latter on a two-week practice crai: in charge of Capt. John A |Schofleld, who also commands the ilocal battalion of reserves, and is on lduty in the Navy Department in |charge of tralming for the naval re- | serves of the entire country. | This is the first time since the ves- isel has been here as a traiping ship {that she has left on a cruise with a full complement of men. and It indi- cates the increased interest among jthe vouth of the city in this branch | of the fighting service. ! From early morning white uni- | formed sailors have been hauling | !acores of pounds of beef, hams, veg- Jetables and other supplies to feed the | {men on the voyage, which will take | {two weeks, during’ which the ship will isd in the Potomac river. ake bay. Hampton roads and ithe York and Patuxent rivers. | Lieut. Henry J. Nichols, executive Jofficer of the ship, was busy all the {morning showing the men their_new istations. and Instructing the officers under him in thelr duties, assisted by Chief Boatswaln Carl A. Carlsson. “Shake Down” Opportunity. The vessel will steam all the after-| a bon | 1 noon and well Into the evening, glving | the deck and engineer forces an op- | Dortunity to “shake down" in their {new assignments. The anchor will be dropped off Blackstone's Island, In the Potomac, tonight, and early tomorrow morning the vessel will get under way for the naval operating base at iHampton roads, where fuel ofl and| lother supplies will be taken on board | to last for the remainder of the trip. | | Ieaving Hampton roads Tuesday | afternoon. the ship will steam up the bay to Tangier sound, and. weather {eastern shore of Maryland, for liberty. | hile in_ Tangier sound, Lieut | Nichols, who has the additional duty {as gunnery officer. will instruct the imen in handling the big guns on the iship and the gun crews will be given | target practice. { After three days there the vessel | | will retrace her courae In the bay. {heading for the York river, and pro- jeced up that stream to historic York- |town “for a “three-day stay. where | boat drills, signal drills and other tp practice will be engaged in, {after which the Eagle will go up the {bay again to the Patuxent river and {Solomons Isiand. Drills will be held Ithere and the crew will be given op- portunity for liberty. Including fish- iing and crabbing parties. A two-day {among {scribed the efforts of Warren G. Left to right: Capt. John ehset engincer; Lieut. (Juni, A. Carlsaom, watch officer. Thousands Befo =rade) A. Schofield, commanding, and navigator: Nelson 'Thomas, sen! nd div re Peace Cross Pray for Departed President Washington’s Chief Memorial Service Held at Mount Eulogy by Alternately standing and sitting as they bowed their heads in reverence and lifted their voices in prayer and hymns, 3,000 people paid tribute to the honor of the memory of Presi- dent Harding at memorial exercises held at the peace cross at the na- tional cathedral, Mount St. Alban, terday afternoon. Within the shadow of the cross at Mount St. Al- ban, a shadow cast by the rays of ‘a sun sinking in the west, the great crowd united as one in the cere mones. An inscription on the cross, “That it may please Thee to give to ali na- tions unity, peace and concord.” was read by those in the throng, who re- called that it was thefr @ departed Chief's main object to bring about an anding between all nations s were opened by the Rev, R. A. Wolven, assistant pastor of the Church of the Eplphany. The psalter was read by Rev. Enoch M. Thompson, vicar of the Church of Nativit while Bishop Homer of North Carc lina delivered the benediction. Dr. James E. Freegan. Bishop-elect of Washington, delidered a eulogy on President Harding. The rest of the services included the recitation of the Lord's Praver the reading of the ninetieth Psalm, reading a lesson taken from St. John and the singing of hymns. The funeral march of Beethoven was played by the United States Army { Band. Commissioners Oyster and Bell were many Washington notables present Apoatle of Understanding. “The Apostle of a Better Under- Standing” was Dr. Freeman's tribute to the twenty-ninth President, and the address throughout plainly de- ing to make men of widely different minds fecl the spirit of Jesus Christ, who came to the world as the “Prince of Peace”; how Warren G. Harding believed that the teachings of Christ, applied to the common conditions of permitting, Capt. Schofleld said that|life, must affect those great and vital | The trial has created virtually two !hé would put into Crisfleld, on the |interests that the world holds in com- | W mon, and how he believed that the many and complex preblems that to- | day are before the world have their genesis in misunderstandings that grow largely out of a lack of kindli- ness and brotherly feelings. The distinguished Episcopal clergy man let it be known that the m morlal services yesterday were not for a great man whom all the coun- try <laims as ity own, but were for a neighbor Hng‘ a friend, because President Hardfig, as he lived here in Washington, had come to make an COOLIDGE TODAY TAKES ALL REINS OF GOVERN- {stay at this port and then up the {Potomac river to Quantico, wheére the entire xhip's company will be landed for small arms praciice on the Ma- rine Corps range. Other Officers Aboard. In addition to Capt. Schofield. who will alio be navigator, the officers on the voyage are Lieut. Harry J. Nich- ols, exccutive officer and gunnery officer; Lient. George M. Janes. chief engineer: Licut. {junior grade) Nel- son Thomas, senior watch and divi- slon_officer; Lieut. (junior grade) E. G. Hildner, watch and division offi cer: Ensign H. W. Ross, watch officer; Engign Kdgar A. Berkins, supply offi- jcer, and Chief Foatswain Carl A. {Carleson, watch officer. The enlisted personnel follows: Edwin B. Albaugh, Morris C. Al- baugh, Gullan D. Barker, F. C. G. Beckert, jr.. Bdward F. Bock. George M. Bradiey, Arthur B._ Bridgeman, Paul J. Byrne, Francis E. Campbell, Smanuel G. Carr, Robert H. Croggon, Kenneth M. Ekman. John E. Fitz- hugh, Alphonsus P. Falllard, Andrew. N. Franklin, Raymond L. Furbey, Francis J. Gillles, Thomas L. Goli- bart, Clarence A.' Hafferman. Phillp E. Hardle, Herman Hildner, Gaillard Hunt. jr.’ Ralph B. Jamleson, Giles M. Jones, jr.. Leroy F. Keenan, Frank H. Keman, George A. Lehmann, David W. Lewis, William L. Macaulay, Al- | exander Mann, Ellsworth G. Morgan, {Joseph H. Neal, Randall C. Oden, David N. Pettit, Hugh G. Postles, Thomas A. Quill, Ottis Ray, Charles S. Rhodes, Joseph B. Roche, Fred- erick F. $affell, John R. Shanahan, Edward W. Sheehy, Charles D. Shep- ard, Willlam J. Shipley, Harney J. Simons, Walter Sweikhart, Milton H. Vollmer, Walter Watt, William Wells, Andrew W. Wolter, Harold W Yates, Harry G. Young, jr. William Johnston. W. S. Rhodes, J. E. Mettee, C. A. Lusby. E. I. Motley, A. M. Ha. zell 3. P. Slattery. C. D. Lindamood, P. E. Davison, William M. Lewis. NEW CLASSROOMS TO RELIEVE SCHOOLS (Continued from First Page.) | i | | | completed October 12. The six addi- tional rooms being added on the Thomson School, at 12th and L streets, as a third story, will be ready for occupancy January 15. Although the construction of these new buildings was delayed at the out- set by conditions under which the District_authorities had no control, | Col. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Com- missioner, sald{oday that he is sat- isfled with the progress now being made, and expressed the opinion that the schools would be completed at the time specified. {GREEKS TO HONOR HARDING. Archbishop Panteleimon Athanas- fades of Neapolis and Palestine, will conduct services for the repose of the | National Capital. MENT INTO OWN HANDS (Continued from First Page.) family will be here, James J. Davis. Secretary of Labor, returning from Europe Monday noon. This leaves only the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Mellon, out of the official circle. It is understood that a cablegram was sent to him, on behalf of Mr. Cool- idge. asking him to continue his monetary studies in Europe because of Coolidge’s desire to retaln him in the cabinet. The stopped wheels of government began to move again today and soon will be going at full speed. The heavy duties of the presidency are upon the shoulders of the man from Massachusetts. The cabinet is at his command. Only possession of the White House remains to make the transfer of gov- ernment_complete. Mrs. Harding, returning to the dif- ficult task of assembling her own personal belongings, and those of her husband, has been assured again by Mrs. Coolidge that she may remain at the White House so long as she desires. Mrs. Coolldge stood beside Mrs, Harding at the tomb in Marion. From time to time she patted the arm of the heavily velled widow of the dead President. Secluded in Marion. Marion treated the mew President during his stay of a little more than four hours in the funeral city pre- cisely as it treated others who ar- rived to pay their last respects to the dead. To Marion on Friday Cal- vin Coolidge was a private citizen. No provision was made for his enter- tainment, no house was opened to him. There’ was neither beat of drum nor salvte of cannon to greet him as he entered the township. He remained secluded in his car until it was time for the funeral. Then he drove directly to the home of the senior Harding and entered 1t to hear the briet prayer which preceded the bearing 6f the body to the re- celving vault. When the cemetery ciremonies were ended, Mr. Coolidge \vas driven back to the station. His train was not there. He had not been expected back so soon. The President was not the least annoyed by_the wait which ensued. Special trains have not meant much in the life of Calvin Coolidge thus far. It became known today that when he started for Washington after taking the oath of office in that faraway cor- ner of the Green mountains known as Plymouth Notch he wired ahead for four seats in the parlor car to the Railroad officials knew the needs of the occasion bet- ter than the new President. The re- sult was that a hurried special train intercepted him on his way to Al bany and conveyed him to New York ‘where another special was in waiting. soul of the late President Harding to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock in Constantine and Helene Greek Ortho- dox Church, 6th and C streets south- west., The archbishop arrived here today from New. York, making the trip especially for the services, —_——— Mrs. Alma Clayburgh, only woman member of New York’s mounted po- lice, is now abroad making a study of m%llrlt-ibn ~conai and problems in Europe. % ,City Cool to Party. During his stay in Marion there were throngs to watch his comings and goings, but the real interest of Marion was in Warren G. Harding. It was glad to have Calvin Coolidge present, but he was not the central figure of the day. Oficially Marion had heard. that “Red”. Baldinger.s® Marion boy, & newsboy on the n Hard- | St. Alban With Bishop-Elect. impresston upon the life of its people that was singularly fascinating and compelling. And knowing that the whole world is acquainted with the dead dent’s labors and efforts in a material way, Bishop-elect Freeman dwelt on the personal and spiritual influence which Warren Harding exerted. Only twice In a direct way did Dr. Free- man_refer to his political ments and undertakings —th conference and the western trip, which remained uncompleted. Of the former, however, the speaker con- strued and placed it under the re- solve of the FPresident's tion to bring peace and happiness to the world in general—it was not a move for selfish aggrandizement. And of the trip west, the I'restdent's own words were used. “a voyage of under- { standing.” a vovage that would |sult in closer personal contact and | closer intimacy with those whom he sought to serve as President of the republic. Trying Best He Knows. The speaker emphasized this quality, and characteristic of Warren & to unite men of divergent Personal conceits or ambi- controlled his judgment arms trait Hardi views. tions mever or_decisions. Dr. Freeman quoted the late Presi- dent’s conversation with a friend not =0 long ako on this desire for a better understanding among his fellow men. “People may think of me as they |please,” the President said, “but T | shall o inue as I ai just Warren |G Harding, as God fashioned him— |a man_ who is trving the best he | knows how to throw into the discard | age-old, discordant ways of doing things. ways which have never suc- ceeded in bringing happiness into the world. If I am misunderstood and an- other course is dema #d of me, then I shall expect. as I must, what fate may have politically in store for me. But I will not change my policy of good will, even though It lead to de- feat for another term as President and my rélegation to private life.” | | | he would silence the words of pralse that the nation and_world have utterd aml request those on this oarth to remember the principles to hich he dellcated his life, Dr. Free- {man told his audience. In concluding his Freeman declared the today is distracted and distressed be- | cause love and loyalty for the while | have been displaced. Love and loy- alty were two words that to Dr. Freeman suggested the dominant qualities or characteristics of Mr. Harding. He urged that the peoples rededicate their lives to the service of God and His second commandment of “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” | MRS. HARDING BACK AT WHITE HOUSE (Continued from First Page.) address, Dr. whole world Washington, and Miss Harlan will attend to this feature of her closing days here. It is expected that as soon as Mrs Harding sufficlently rests from her trying journey she and Mrs. Coolidge will meet in the White House for a visit of sufficient length to wive the new first lady of the land the bene- fit of Mrs. Harding's two years of White House domestic and social life. This plan was carried out when Mrs. Harding entered the mansion as Its mistress, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson ad- vising and helping her in many ways. LEAVES MARION AGAIN. “All Right,” Mrs. Harding Assures Sympathetic Friends. By the Associated Press. MARION, Ohlo, August 11.—Another special train left Marion last night for Washington. It was the same, ex- cept for one coach, that left San Fran- clsco exactly one week ago, the same that slowly crossed the continent to the National Capital and, after a stop there of less than twenty-four hours, ran on to its destination here. The entire nation knew It by name as “the Harding funeral train." The missing_car has been taken away. The body it brought home has been laid to rest. Still there rode in another last car last night a grief-worn woman. She, too, was the same who crossed the continent to the capital and on to Marlon, bearinz herself bravely throughout the ordeal, assuring anx- ious friends that she was “all right” and there was no cause for them to worry. This was the first time in the memory of Marion's citizenship that Florence Harding had gone away without *“Warren.’ Mrs. Harding will return soon to her home, temporarily to reside with friends and ultimately to return to her own home, now leased to friends. Mrs. Harding Insists they shall not be disturbed but shall remain in their residence in accordance with the terms of tho agreement she made with them. CHORUS TO PRACTICE. The Washington New Thought Chorus will meet tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock in the cabinet room at the New Willard Hotel for its regular song and healing service. There will be chorus practice tonight at 8 o'clock. —_———————————————— Star, who had carried papers for Florence Harding when she was cir- culation manager of the Star, had Dbeen summarily removed from duty an aide to the President before his former .chief had been consigned to the tomb. Marion did not blame Mr. Coolidge for this, but It blamed Wash- ington, and there was undeniable cool- ness to the Coolidge party. The men attentive to President Coolidge in_Marion were, however, the men who were closest to M Harding—"Jim" Pendergast, “Dick ICrissinger and Orlie Rapp. They were “the little cabinet”” They helped to make Harding President. They wel- oomed Calvin Coolidge as the friend of Warren Harding. - Licut. Harry J. Presi- | achieve- | determina- | re- ! If the President could speak today | . C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1523 ision officer; Ensign H WARREN G. HARDING LAID TO FINAL REST IN TOM§ AT MARION tinued fi « out his hand, she grasped it and said, ‘Mr. Secretary. She could say no more. Tears filled the eyes of Mr. Hughes and Mr. Taft. Tears filled Harding. | “Quickly recovering, Mrs rding | greeted the others, n not talk to you. but I nk of | having you enter this home hout | taking each of you by the hand’ | | | Ha Plctures Funeral Service. | “There was deep silence as Mrs. | Harding retired, and then the voice | of the minister thanked God for the | good work of the late President and | invoked the divine blessing on the | mourning company. The casket was | taken out, President Coolidge, Chief | Justice Taft, Secretary Hughes and the others following."” The relator continued, plcturing the funeral procession gnd services at the cemetery from the viewpoint of # member of the officlal party: “The slow procession wound its way | through streets where silent multi- tudes stood uncovered and with | scarcely a movement and whisper, 80 | great was the affection for Mr. Hard- ing, and their sense of loss over hlsl death and their desire to sympathize with the stricken family. “Arriving at the cemetery the min- | sters preceded the casket to the | vault, bresident Coolidge, Chief Jus- | ’llre aft, cabinet members and mili- | {tary and naval fals foligwing { with Mrs. Harding and other/rela- jtives Coolldge Faces Casket. “The ket was placed «l ‘uillflilque President Coolidge stood {facing it at the foot with the cabinet {members ranged behind him, officers |of the Army to his right and officers of the Navy to his left. The min- isters who took part in the services faced the casket at the head. yme cne gave a signal and thej Trinity Baptist Church choir began{ singing the old hymn, so dear to Mr. | | Harding, ‘Lead, Kindly Light. Amid | {the Encircling Gloom. ~‘Then rev-| |erently the word of God was read, | Itelllng of that glorious city where | there is no sorrow, no sighing. no pain nor tears. no death. no part- ! ing. Then the prayer asking for the mercy and comfort of the Savior. A8 the praydr ended, Mrs. Hard- tng was heard to say a fervent ‘Amen.’ as though sh too. believed that God's grace was sufficient to meet her time of need | 1 on Iron Gates Close. ‘Nearer, Mv cho clump God | hid- of | “The strains of to Thee’' came from the den behind a nearby bushee 2 “Then ‘taps’ were sodnded. The casket was carried into the vault. “Mrs. Harding entered to spend a | last moment with her beloved dead.| President and Mrs. Coolidge follow- | ed for a moment. Then the iron | gates were closed. “The members of the funeral| party entered the waiting automo- biles, following President Coolidge according to their rank, and the fu- neral cortege again wound its way cut of the beautiful cemetery, leav- ing there the nation's beloved dead to slecp until the morning of the | resurrection.” Living Setting for Rites. H It was a long road to. that silent| vault, about which there stands to- | day a guard of the citizen soldiery of | his own state. There was endless ceremony of the nation's and the peo- ple’s making to mark the way. But it ended simply. calmly and as the dead would have had 1t end. Aside from the multitude that walled the long way from his father's | home to the vault, and those others close packed to make a living setting | for the funeral rites, there was not ! much to mark it as the burial of one | who had held highest power in his grasp. There were the tanned men of his guard from the sister services of the nation, the admirals and the gen- erals who formed his honor escort, the triend and comrade who now is Pres dent in his stead, the colleagues of h grief-stricken cabinet. That was all, except, at the last, distant gunfire as he came to his tomb and the soft tones of a bugle sounding a soldler requiem |as the gates were closed All Ohlo Bids Farewell. Otherwise the funeral service was that of a simple and much loved citi- zen of Ohio. For all Ohio seemed to have come to bid him farewell. Throngs, whose number will never be known, passed beside his casket and looked ' their last upon the dead face before the time for the last journey came. From his father's house he went out again carried by the steadfast men. who have stood constantly to guard a_dead commander. No solemn music of bands | or military pageant marked his going | save the great flag of the President drooping in mourning and carried before him to the gates of the tomb as he went. ) Father Shows Griefs In cars behind the simple hearse that | carried now this honored leader came | President Coolidge and the cabinet and the friends and close kin. There, too, came Chief Justice Taft and Gen. Pershing. Last to leave the memorieq house was Mrs. Harding ‘in black and with veil drawn close, and just ahead of her walked the old father, his face plainly showing the agony of his grief. Through the silent, face-walled street the cortege passed’ and around the corner in the quiet cemetery. AS it came toward the gates the guns spoke afar in honor. The vault stands ivy-wrapped and set back into the gentle hill with- little space before it. So the funeral train was halted at a distance and the casket lifted down to be carried to a resting place before the open. entrane of the tomb. Already a group of senators who knew this dead President under the Capitol dome before he passed to the White House were already gathered in waiting, in_line across the roadway that runs before the entrance. With them stood the comrades of camping days, Ford, Edison and Fire- stone. Admirals Line Way. The cabinet family came to stand closer at the foot of the casket with their new chief standing sorrowfully among them. The admirals in gleam- ing' white lined the way to the left, the generals to the right and beyond, behind the cabinet, stood the little party of intimates and friends who made the Alaska jsurney that death broke so suddenly, icholy, executive and gunnery officer W. Roxs, junfor watch officer; Chief Boatsw | less and | tents of the guardsme | the Lieut. George M. Janes, n Carl right of the casket with Secretary Christian and the members of the grief-bowed family. Within, the shadow of the doorway of the vaultthe churchmen took their place, and from the shrubbery that screened them the choir sang “Lead, Kindly Light” The last service for Warren Harding had begun. Prayers by Old Friend. Prayers followed, spoken by an old friend of the .dead President, the scriptural passages that hearten men in sorrow were read and again the choir sang. The last hymn of this ple, reverent service was “Nearer, y God, to Thee,” and a8 the softly blending voices came to the last chords Mrs. Harding slowly raised her veiled face and stood as though In prayer to Him above that the dead | husband. who in a moment would be £hut away from her forever, might know that peace beyond understand- ing which God's mercy holds out to humanity at the last The voices died away, lifted hand, Bishop Anderson Methodist "Episcopal Church 1 the benediction: and with of the pro- unto Him that is able to keep us from falling, and to faultless before the prese glory, with exceeding joy, to the oenly wise ‘God, our Saviour, be glory and majesty, ‘dominion and power. both now, and forevermore. Amen. Party Stands Motionless. The funeral party and the hundreds who ringed them about stood motion- ilent 4 moment. Then the soldicrs and sailors and marines who have kept honor watch all the way from San Francisco, and who alone have carrfed this casket, stepped for- ward. Facing the tomb, they lifted it slowly and slowly bore it in through the shadowy doorw, And at that moment the nation stood silent in sorrow Back to the dim dipth of the crypt of stone and earth the bearers went with their burden, then turned to file out again and stand stifly at a tention in double corridor of honor. Mrs. Harding raised her veil slightiy and swept the motsture from her brow and lips. It was still and hot where the light breeze was shut off by the crowding, sorrowful peo ple about her, but it did not seem that even now it was tears she wipcd away resent us Halts But Moment. As the bearers came out she lea to whisper to Secretary Then she steppéd forward, leaning on his arm, to pass just within the Iv. grown doorway beyond which iay the fla sed casket, hardly vl the dim vault. She halted but a ment in final farewell turned to walk slowly down th way to the walting motor car that rolled her awiftly away., After she had gone President Cool- idge with Mrs. Coolidge stepped to her place within the doorway. too, standing but a moment As the turned to pass out the great barrier was swung softly shut and Warren Harding was at home for- ever in the town he loved. Down bevond where a green lawn tched under the trees the khaki gleamed. As sorrowing company before the vault moved away to the walting cars the guardsmen again took their places before the vault, flaming with the beauty of the flowers that banked it about And the hundreds who had stood to watch the simple ceremony that committed a_simple American to the keeping of his God, arifted slowly away to leave him alone when dark fell for the slecp that will never end Many Fail to See Body. many of Ohio's and the na- citizens joined with the 30,000 neighbors and friends of Warren G. Harding never will be known. They could only be roughly estimated. They came and came from ‘everywhere until they literally crowded every street and byway which the late President knew and loved well One wish of Mrs not be fulfilled. She had expressed a desire that every person who so desireal should be permitted to pass by the bier and pay their tribute of sorrow. She issued instructions last night that the house be kept open until morning if necessary to accommodate all who might come. They came until 1 o'clock in the morning. There were early gave up hope to see the dead President, because of the numbers which already were in line with little or no chance. How many were the cemetery never will be known. They num- bered in thousands. Only a faint sound of a distant echo, & How tion" Marfon and came Harding could thousands, too, who the as now and anon, could be gathered of the funeral service by those holding the most distant positions from the tomb. Detachments of infantry kept the surging throng back from the sacred plot in front of the tomb Where Mrs. Harding made the final surrender of her life's helpmate and the nation surrendered her leader. HARDING EULOGIZED BY BRITISH PRESS Accounts of Memorial Service in Abbey and Burial Given Much i Prominence. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 11.—Cabled ac- counts of the burial of President Harding in Marion and descriptiods of the commemorative services held yesterday in Westminster Abbey, at Yorkminister, where the Archbishop of York eloquently eulogized the dead President; at Edinburgh and elsewhere; fill a large space in this morning's newspapers, same of which also comment editorially. “It was admiration for the human being, as well as respect for the President,” says the Times. “that crowded the abbey to overflowing. Englishmen joined together to show America how deeply they feel that the character of a simple, upright man is an honor and a lasting ex- ample for the good of the whole world." The Morning Post says: “English- ding _be- men mourn President "Ha: cause he represented the nation with which we must keep in constant communion if civilization Is not to crack altogether. Indeed, this su- preme need of communion ls the one chance of salvation for th@ modern L A g “If political isoiation is to be re- tained as an article of America's croed there is all the more reason why the more subtle and perhaps Then came Dr. Harding, With the smows of his elghty years showing on Rhis bared head, and then the brave widow walking to \fir place at -the more enduring bonds of inteljectual i:d moral sympathy between Great itain and the United States should be made stronger.” e e of His! lines forming & they. { fron | of being able | FALL OF CUNO SEEN CERTAIN AS REVOLT GAINS IN GERMANY (Continued from First Page.) tactics of “ slstance. The average wage of the workers is between ten and fifteen gold marks monthly, but butter, for example, costs one million puper marks per pound. FRANCE WATCHES MOVES. ‘Cacanny,” or passive re- Keenly Alert to Cuno Cabinet Sit- uation in Berlin. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 11.—News received by the foreign office from Berlin in- |dicating the early downfall of the {Cuno cabinet and prospects of the formation of a government disposed to open direct negotiations with ! France is being followed with great interest in French official circles. Framce, it appears from informa- tion gleaned at the foreign office, is | quite willing and ready to talk, but. it is pointed out, that France cannot | enter into negotiations with German {for her own account alone. The Insistence of Premier Poincare [hitherto that the passive resistance lin the Ruhr must cease before any negotiations were begun is not re- garded as an obstacle, because that reststance has greatly weakened dur- ing the past week and It is expected it will be so nearly eliminated by the |new developments that the point could be considered negligible. 1t would be necessary, however, for the Germans fto open negotiations with France, {Belglum and Italy jointly regarding the occupation of the Ruhr and, of { course, with Great Britain for any final settlement of the reparations issue BRITAIN ANXIOUS. Sees Revolt Growing Out of Ger- man Disorders. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 11.—luternal de- velopments in Germany are being not without anxiet The morning newspapers feature long special dispatches from Berlin deallng with the food and currency difficulties, the strikes turbing factors in the situation. of the correspondents dwell what they call the ugly spirit of the workers and express fears that 2 _revolution may possibly come out of it all, “The flowers of reichstag orator are blooming on the crust of a vol cano,” says the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, and other writers use similar sinister lancuage. The Daily Mail's representative in the German capital. however, recording the k of a revolt and Sor upor munist papers are full of appeals to the people to rise and create ernment of the peasants and era €xpresses the opinion tha {alarm is unjustified and predic i the situation will end in capitulation {to_Franco-Belgian pressure. “The current dificulties are slowly {forcing the Germans to realize that Ruhr." this disputch says. “No po- ilitical party desires to have the stig- I ma capitulation, but I of fam convinced that when it is known {that a statesman has taken upon {himself the hard task of giving such dvice the sigh of appointment througkout the country will aiso be a sigh of relief.” 4 KILLED, 40 HURT. Communists in Upper Silesia Slain in Rioting. D the Associated Press LONDON. August 11.—Four com- munists were kiiled and forty others fnjured in Ratibor, Upper Silesia, { while the police were attempting this | morning to clear the streetr in which the communists were demonstrating savs a Central News dispatch from Berlin Advices from Ratibor to Berlin said the communists were demonstrating in_ strong force and plundering a gunemith's shop. The demonstrators openeq, fire on the police and the lat- ter retaliated. causing the casualties. According to_another Central New: message from Berlin the labor situa- tion in the German capital has be come worse. All the strikes excep that of the bank note printers are continuing, it declares, and the lead- ers of the communists have pro- claimed a three-day general stri The communists are demanding Chancellor Cuno's resignation, the message adds; the confiscation of all foodstuffs for the bencfit of the workers, increascd wages on the gold standard and permission to hold public demonstrations. It is believed, the dispatch that the communists will } through the strtke proposition. {CAPT. N. M. HOLDERMAN ! HEADED HONOR GUARD Cammnded;;z: Sergeants, Who Accompanied President’s Body From Frisco. 1 | § Capt. Nelson M. Holderman, 30th Infantry, commanded the eight non- commissoned officers who served as a guard of honor to the body of President Harding from the time of its departure from the city of San Francisco to this city, where the of- ficial ceremonies were held, and then t6 Marion, Ohio, where the Interment was made. That guard which performed its sa- cred duty o efficiently was composed of the following named soldiers, all of whom are regularly stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco: Sergts. William A. Miller, 63a Artil- lery; Willlam R. Ellisong §7th Com- pany. C. A. C.: Silas D. Miracle, 63 Artillery; Wililam M. Pounds, Infantry; Gip McGee, 30th Infantry: James H. Perkins, 30th Infantry: Cather Cooper, ordnance department, tion Squadron, air service. Abe Martin Says: “Th’ thing I like about croquet is that you kin play it next t’ a planin’ mill an’ don’t have t’ keep from battin’ an eye like you do when some one is about t’ hit a golf ball,” says Lafe Bud. (Copyright Netidjal Newspaper Service.) watched here with keen interest and | <1 other dis- | while | asserting that “the pages of the com- | 30th | and Charles H.' Caldwell, #1st Observa- | ILITIA ORDERED INLLINOIS STRIKE Ten National Guard Units to Mobilize for Service " at Hillshoro. By the Associated Press, SPRINGFIELD, 1IL, August Ten units of the Illinols National Guard have been ordered mobilized for duty at the plant of the American Zinc Company at Hillsboro, 111 | where seven hundred employes are fon strike. The mobilization order jwas issued by Col F. L. T {ing for Carlos Black, adj eral, upon the request of Charles E. Hill of Montgomery « ty. Although there have been no clask es between the striking employes a deputy sheriffs guarding the the sheriff reported to Col. Tayl early this morning that he feared the situation soon would be beyond « trol and the presence of t was absolutely necessary Col. Culbertson, commander « 130th Infantr: been in Hi since Wednesday to keep the the adjutant general infor A conference Friday many representativ members of the Hilisboro « Club were present, resulted lutions demanding the the plant regardl t between the zinc 1 organizers sted the sheriff to ask for t The strike in the plant wus ca Tuesday when the manager, Kent man, refused to rec a ently formed by Edw. After a clash W. two deputy sheriff one man was injured and Dan Dincen of the 1 trial Commission Small, were sent vestigate. A conference ager, representativ and "county called, and a fut | to_arhitrate ther comy to Hill nd cor the zens reopent the @ ar The citizens qu helmets riot dut; A and a medical det into the strike z tachmer Col. tant general, stat cetved a telegram ) Sheriff Charles | E. Hill, stating that the situation w beyond his control and asking troops be sent PREPARE TO REOPEN. he had Men Firing Furnaces at Link Com- pany Plant. HILLSBORO, I, August American Zinc Company, whose pla ha n closed several dave beca of troubles, placed about 1 men at work this morning firing fur naces, apparently making readyv to reopen the plant under the protection of state troops. The first troops were due to arrive here this forenoon cording to Col. Albert who is in general commana diers will be marched imn the plant, where a line wi about company property. Soldiers also will be on guard within the plant, Col. Culbertson said be labor Culbertsor The sol- diately I be thrown FORWHEAT URG Capper Wants Railroads Make Voluntary Re- ductions. A voluntary reduction per cent in freight rates on wheat and flour for export was urged today by Senator Capper, republican, of Kan- sas, head of the farm Ll Senator Capper made public a let- ter he had written to Eresident Gor- man of the Rock Island, chairman of the Western Conference of Railroad presidents, declaring the iroads “had a great opportunity to do the nation a service at a critical t and greatly improve general busine conditions,” by immediately puttir in force a reduction in export rates The Western Conference of Ra { Presidents wiill meet in Chicago Monday. The Kansas senator added he had talked with Chairman Meyer of the Interstate Commerce Commission on the subject and had found the com- mission ympathetic and had reason to belie that any reduction in rates which the railroad presidents at Chicago may be willing to suggest upon wheat and flour for export will be approved by the commission “The farmers are dependent for re- lief upon the voluntary action of the raflroads.” satd Mr. Capper, “because the commission could not order a re- duction _ without _hearings, which would postpone final action until after the wheat had passed out of the hands of the farmers. HARDING’S CAMPING CRONIES START TRIP | By the Associated Press. MARION, Ohio, August 11.—A wan- dering caravan, composed of men high in the nation's ranks of scien tists and manufacturers, left Marion last night for a destination unknown even to its members In the party were Henry Ford Thomas A. Edison and H. S Fire- stone. They are off for their annual frolic in quest of recreation. They came to Marion to bury one of their par‘.nen' in frolics of former years. the late” President Harding. Before 12aving, Mr. Ford said he did not believe Mr. HardIng's death woul have any effect on business or poli- cles of the government, “as the ad- mintstration/at Washington is prac- tically the same as when Mr. Hard- {ing was President.” s fil’. Ford, who is acting as host this year, said the first stop will be at Milan, in_northern Ohio, the birth- place of Mr. Edison. From there the party will go to Mr. Ford's country home near Detroit, from where it will meander through northern Mich- igan and Wisconsin. There is no definite itinerary, how- ever, and, according to Mr. Ford, the party will “just wander aimlessly for the next twd weeks.” They will camp along the way, but where they will stop and how long they will re- main before breaki camp is_ en- tirely up to Mr. Edi®n, who has been designated “commander-in-chief.” The party iy traveling in their own automobiles, their camping equiment being carried in huge motor lorries. The equipment includes a°complete mp kitchen, large Army tents for each member of the party, and all the convenlences known to present-day camping.