New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1923, Page 3

SINPLE TUNERIL SERVICE IS HELD San Francisco Pays Its Final Tribute to Dead President By The Assoclated Press. ) San Francisco, Aug. 4—San Fran. cisco today interned the memory of President Warren G. Harding in its vault of treasured thoughts while slowly recovering from the sorrowful scenes which surrounded the funeral cortege of the late chief executive of the nation here yesterday. Services Were Simple The services were simple. The members of Mr. Harding's offi-, clal family and a few Intimate . friends gathered about his casket and ‘ heard the Rev. James ‘8. West, a Baptist minister, pray for “him, whom Thou hast called from sacrificial serv- ice to rest eternal.” When the prayer was concluded Mrs. Harding Yoined the Rev. Mr. West in. “amen” and sald to the minister: “It has been a great comfort to me" Alone With Her Dead As Mrs. Hardipg turned for an- other look at her husband's face be- fore the casket was closed, other members of the party filed out of the room and left her alone for a few moments with her dead while surging silent crowds which lined the streets below joined; her requiem. Mrs. Harding was bowed down but not broken in spirit, under the load- of grief with which she has been bur- dened. She thanked the mayor-and the policeman who was on guard at the presidential suite. Her parting word of comfort to San Francisco was: “I won't break down. My thqughts will go just as fast as the train.” Has Military Beavers Mrs. Harding was the last member of the official party to leave the hotel. She went down to her automobile on the arms of Brig. Gen. Sawyer and | Secretary Christian at seven o'clock, almost thirty minutes after the casket started moving toward the station. She was spared the ordeal of watch- ing the casket, carried by .saldiers. sailors and marines, wend its way through the hotel lobby to the street through a colorful array of military officers, while the navy band outside played “The Star Spangled Banner” and "Lead, Kindly Light,” Mr. Hard- ing’'s favorite hymns. ® Cathedral Bells Toll As the gray casket, covered by an American flag topped. with a wreath of California carnations, was gently rolled into the hearse, the chimes of St. Patrick's Catholic church, a block distant, tolled “Nearer, My God, To Thee.” Around the hotel was gathered an imposing array of statesmen whose names are household words in the na- tion. There was Gen. John Pershing, Sec- retaries Hoover, Work and 'Wallace, Attorney General Daugherty, Associ- ate Justice McReynolds of the U. 8. Supreme Court, Rear Admirals Simp- son and J. 8. McKean, Senator Sam- uel Shortridge, Congressman. -Julius Kahn and "Mayor James Roiph: ‘While the cortege passed' through silent thousands to the station, Cali- fornia flowers which had been gath- . ered, lavishly to invite the smiles of the man who loved them, were show- ered by airplanes from the sky, that his pathway into the beyond would be one of increased beauty and bright- ness. : The Harding special frain was cov- ered with shrubbery and flowers gath- ered from California gardens. Largest pyramid—thdt of Cheops of the Gizeh group—contains 89,000,- 000 cubic feet of masonry, and the total weight of the stone has been estimated at over 6,000,000 tons. GED FATHER OF HARDING - DREAMED OF SON'S DEATH 0ld Gentleman Says That Son's Death Was Pictured to Him In Dream ‘When Nominated Chicago, Aug. 4—President Hard- ing's death was foreshadowed in a dream which had haunted Dr. George T. Harding ever since his son's nom. ination for the presidency, according 10 a story told by Mrs. John Alonzo Wesener of Winnetka, a cousin of the dead president, “As soon as I had recovered from that first terrible shock of learning of Wagren's death,” said Mrs, Wesener, “I began to remember the curious aream that Dr. Harding had just a few days after his son received the nomination. We tried , to reassure him at the time, but it worried him.” Following Mg. Harding's nomina- |tion, Dr. John "Alonzo Wesener, Chi- cago chemist, and his wife went to Marion to visit Dr. Harding. “We were sitting in Dr. Harding's study one morning,” she recalled. "My uncle looked worried, although he was tremendously proud of his ‘boy.’ Finally he said: “'Well folks, I'm a God fearing man, but I'll have to admit I've had a dream about the boy that worries me. I saw Warrep lying on the floor |in a pool of blood. There was a lot | of blood coming out of his mouth and |ears'," The family group, according to Mrs. Wesener, tried to make light of the dream. Knowing Dr. Harding's fun- damental religious beliefs, relatives |were surprised to find him so much |affected. SENA TOR BORAH SPEAKS Idaho Senator Predicts That nt' Fu- ture Time Qualities of Harding Will | Be Appreciated. Winchester, Idaho, Aug. 4.—Senator William E. Borah, opening an address yesterday afternoon here spoke follows of the death :of | Harding: | “We meet under unexpected and ‘distresslng conditions. The chief mag- istrate of the nation has gone to the as | returns, . ., . | “The nation is bowed in grief, | “_T]\ls is not the time nor is the oc- {casion appropriate to place an esti- of the deceased. At some other time ‘thosn fitted for the task will recount | his public services and pay Jjust trib- ute to his great virtues." Newton D, Bakenj’;aises New President of T, S. Cleveland, Aug. 4—A plain, | straight-forward, fine minded man, a good father, a good husband, a good citizen, This is Calvin Coolidge, thir- | tieth president of the United States, according to Newton D. Baker, former secretary of war. ‘“President Cool- | idge,"” Mr. Baker..said, .'‘has sho | bimself a_high minded, fearless and | patriotic public official.” |Mass. Officials Adopt Memorial of Sympathy Boston, Aug. 4.—Governor Cox and the legislative council in special ses- sion today adopted a memorial ex- pressing love and esteem for the late president and sympathy for Mrs. Harding, to whom an engraved copy of the memorial will be transmitted. The state house will be draped. . in mourning. Upon the official announcement of the day of the funeral Gov. Cox will issue a proclamation for a period of mourning throughout the state. COOLIDGE IN YOUTH President | region from whose bourne no traveler | mate upon the public life and services sident of the United States sitting on the front steps of his father’s farm home in the village of Plymouth, Vt. The upper picture, showing Calvin Coolidge and his wife and his father, John C. Coolidge, was taken the day before President Harding administered by his father in his capacity as a notary public. rvice as sidewalk ; the place has been in the news of Mr. Harding’s death, t died. Below is the farmhouse, and the ba‘rns, _skil‘ting‘ the road where the grass does Coolidge family for generations. It was in this house that the new president, roused from sleep in the middle of the night by the ook the oath of office, JAPANESE OPINIONS One Newspaper There Says Harding Lacked Noble Ideas of Wilson— Others Laudatory. By The' Assoclated Press. Tokio, Aug. 4.—The Ashi considers President Harding's greatest accom- plishment the adjustment of his coun- try's finances after the war. It ex- presses the deepest regret at his death but finds solace in the assurance that his policies of fostering American- Japanese friendship will not be alter- ed by President Coolidge. The Kokumin, a militaristic organi- zation strikes a discordant note in the almost unanimous laudatory press comment. It declares that Harding lacked the noble ideas of Wilson. By The Assoclated Press. Hong Kong, Aug. 4 here express grief over Harding's death. He is lauded as one who was manifestly beloved by his own people and highly esteemed and respected throughout the world. One editorial states that the Newspapers late executive ‘symbolized the soul of a, hundred million people—the most ad- vanced ‘people on earth."” President | | ceive Messages of Condolence on| Death of President. ‘Washington, Aug. 4.—Mecasages ex- Counselor Chilton of | | retary Hughes. Riano, of Spain, who sent expressions on behalf of their governments. In a brief note, Counselor Prochnik |of the Austrian delegation told of the | “sorrow and compassion which have | gripped the hearts of the people of the Austrian Republic.” Mr. Chilton transmitted a cable- gram from TLord Jellicoe, governor- | general of New Zealand, adding that |the New Zealand parliament had ad- (journed as a tribute of respect to| President Harding. Minister Grew at Lausanne sent an j expression on behalf of himself and | the members of the special mission there dealing with the Turkish treaty | negotiations. NUEROUS CABLEGRANS | DAWES BREAKS DOWN With Secretary Hughes Continues to Re-| First Director of Budget Overcome |Italian Consul-General Sends Message Grief While Broadcasting Eulogy on President Harding, Chicago, | pressing the sympathy and sovrow of Charles G | forgign governments and people at| budget, broke down and sobbed here the' death of President Harding con-|last night whilé broadcasting a final of President Harding from Bernardi, | tinued to be conveyed today to Sec-|tribute to the-late President, Warren consul-general of Harding, from a | the British embassy, and Ambassador was unable to finish h were among those program was abruptly ter G Aug. 4.—Brig. General Dawes, first director of the dio station. He talk and the minated. The former director of the budget, whose explosive a senatorial made took ell maria” before igating committee among Americans, quietly and inv him unique his place, spoke smoothly for a moment. Then his voice faltered, broke and he bowed his head and wept, his head in his arms on the table before him and his shoulders shaking with sobs. “This is station WJAZ signing off,” said the announcer. unabl Deerfield, Mass., Aug. Brow: “Gen. talk." Dawes is e to finish h [Tolled Bell for Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley 4.—Louis N n, sexton of the Unitarian | BARNARDI'S SYMPATHY of Sorrow to Templeton. Speaking | For Italian Population. Waterbury, Aug. 4.—Governor Tem- pleton today ' received a telegraphic expression of sympathy at the death Italy at New York, to which the governor replied. The two telegrams read as follows: Governor of State of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn. ‘“Allow me to .extend to Your E. |cellency the expression of my deepest | personal regret and of the heartfelt sympathy of the Italian population of your state for the irreparable loss of the nation's able and respected presi- fent.” (Signed) BERNARDI, Consul-General of Italy, (At New York). Consul-General of t New York, N. Y. “I am deeply touched by your | thoughtful expression. of sympathy in| the death of our beloved president. The people of the State of Connecti- ¥ | return. | sick bed of mistress or master. | minded L LADDIE BOY STILL | AWAITS HIS FRIEND Riredale Watches Every Gar A riving at White Honse - 1 By The Assoclated Press. Waahington, Aug. 4-—There was one member of the White ‘House household who could not quite com- prehend the air of sadness which hung over the executive mansion. It was Laddie Boy, President Harding's Alredale friend and companion. Com= ing to the White House a raw-boned, callow pup, Laddie Boy in two years has grown to the estate of dignity and wholesome respect for his official sur« roundings. He knows that his master and mis- tress made frequent trips away from home, and he always watches for their Of late he has been casting an expectant eye and cocking a watch- ful ear at the motor cars which roll up on the White House drive. For, in his dog sense way, he seems to rea- son that an automobile took them away, so an automobile must bring them back. Today, as on the others days, he was watching the motor cars and listening for the voices he knows so0 well. White House attaches shook their heads and wondered how they were going to make Laddie Boy understand. Harding Loved Animals. Laddie Boy returned the affection which Mr. and Mrs. Harding bestowed upon him, and their feeling forshim typified the feeling of both for all anis mals. Mrs. Harding never lost an'op- portunity in Washington to give her aid to any cause which stood forihelp to animals. In Alaska, recently, the president took, as part of his oath of membership in an organization, a vow never to be unkind to horse oridog. Mr. Harding never referred tothem as “dumb animals.” He oftenisaid they were far from dumb, thaththey had their own ways of expression. It was not a fad or a fancy withfhim. Years ago when he was active asithe editor of The Marion Star somebody. poisoned a pup which he knewsand Mr. Harding published an editorial about it that showed how he felt.. He wrote: “Edgewood Hub in the register, a mark of his breeding; but to us, just Hub, a little Boston terrier, whose sentimental eye mirrored the fidelity and devotion of his loyal heart. The veterinary said he was poisoned; ‘per- haps he was, his mute suffering sug- gested it. “One is reluctant to believe that a human being who claims man’s es- tate could be so hateful a coward as to ruthlessly torture and kill a trust- ing victim, made defenseless through his confidence in the human master, but there are such. One honest look from Hub's trusting eyes was worth a hundred lying greetings from such inhuman beings, though they wore the habiliments of men, Was Devoted Dog. “Perhaps you wouldn't devote these lines to a dog. But Hub was a 'Star office visitor nearly every day of the six years in which he deepened our attachment. He was a grateful and devoted dog, with a dozen loveable at- tributes, and it somehow voices the yearnings of broken companionship to pay his memory deserved tribute. “It isn't orthodox to ascribe a soul to a dog—if soul means immortality. But Hub was loving and loyal, with the jealousy that tests its quality.” “He was reverent, patient, faithful; he was sympathetic—more than hu- hanely so, sometimes, for no lure could be devised to call him from '.}!;I & his own affairs—especially worthy of h n emulation—and he would kill or "ound no living thing. He was modest and submissive where these traits were becoming, yet he as- sured a guardianship of the home he sentineled until ‘entry was properly vouched. “He couldn’t speak our language, church, will toll the village bell dur- ing the funeral of President Harding. | When a boy he pulled the rope of the | bell that rang curing Abraham Lin- |cut will_appreciate more than I can express your graceful action which I know proceeds from the heart.” (Signed) ‘though he somehow understood. But he could be and was eloquent with uttering eye and wagging tail and the other expressions of knowing dogs. Polish Deputies Give Tribute to Harding ADRIATIC IS HELD UP This picture of the new president, Calvin S. Coolidge, is re- produced from a cabinet photo taken at the time he was about 18 years of age. The original photograph was given to Mr. and -Mrs. R.'N. Hemenway of this city, during school days, at Black River academy, Ludlow, Vermont. 3 | girls have graduated. They will spend | Maud, of 85 | panied by Mrs | family, of 226 Fairview street,motored | By The Associated Press. Warsaw, Aug. 4—When the death of President Harding was announced officially in the chamber of deputies yesterday by Vive Speaker Moraczew- ski all the deputies rose and con- tinued standing while the vice speaker talked of Poland's gratitude to the United States. “None of us will forget the relief America gave us when we were weak after seven years of war,” he said. President Wojciechowski and the cabinet sent cablegrams to the White House and to Secretary Hughes. Mrs. Emil Hanson and family of 160 High street will spend the next week in Indian Neck. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hanson and ' daughter of 25 Florence street, will | spend the next week in Indian Neck. John O'Connell and neice Mary Knapp of Hart stréet, are spending their vacation at Myrtle Beach. M. J. Geary of Sefton drive and Peter Welch of Sexton street will spend the coming week on a motor trip through Canada. | William Tancred is at the Y. M. C. A. training school, Silver Bay, for one months' study. The Misses Norene and Margaret McMahon, daughters of Mrs. Mar-| garet McMahon are in Providence vis- | iting their former teacher Mother St.! Thomas of Notre Dame academy, Waterbury, Conn., from which both a few days at Narragansett Pier and | Newport. John Carter and daughter, Dwight street, accom-| Charles Nelson and | Mrs. to Derby to spend the week-end with | Mrs. Stanley Searles. i Fireman John Conlin and family| will return from Myrtle Beach, where | they have spent the past week, today. ' lyeeu at Block Island. Harry OConnor is spending two | was | Court by order of King Rlbert will be | Liner's Departure is Delayed Owing to Strike of Men in Engine Room Who Want More Pay. { New York, Aug. 4—The Adriatic which was to sail at noon today was delayed by demands of men in the engine room for a bonus of five pounds. They refused also to allow ‘take their places in the engine room |of seven men who failed to appear This was the second demamd for a petty officers from the lower decks to | I coln's funeral, sent other | Garfield was ¢ burie bonus by members of the engine room force within a month. On the last trip of the ship 65 engine room men who demanded a bonus were fined in Liverpool. Michael Igoe of 295 Maple street booked to sail on this boat for Queenstown, Eng. ’ FLAGS ARE LOWERED. Paris, Aug. 4.—The French govern- ment today ordered the flags on all the government buildings half-mast- | ed until after the funeral of President | Harding | 4.—The Belgian | Brussel Aug. in mourning until August 10 for the late President Harding. Coblenz, Aug. 4—The Inter-Allied High Commission today ordered ‘the flags of Allied nations placed at half- mast in memory of the late President Harding. POLICEMEN’S VACATION Policemen William O'Mara and Thomas Feeney start on thei ranual vaactions today while Policeman Clar- Lanpher and Dennie 1} n start tomorrow. Policeman George | [ Moffit will substitute for Policeman | O'Mara while a supernumerary officer will take Feeney's beat. Officer Tony Walinzeus will do Policeman Lan- pher’s beat while Policeman Michael Cosgrove will substitute for Police- man Neilan. ence When a baby is born among the Armenians of Russia, the nurse covers its skin with fine salt of T'ruguay h sage of condolence | idge The National Council of and since then he out the funeral tidings of two presidents who died in office, and McKinley. His father church sexton when Lincoln was 1 URUGUAY SYMPATHY, , Aug. 4.—President Ser- addressed a mes to President Cool- death of Mr. Harding Administra on the tion and the Urnguayan Chamber yes terday | dead and then passed a resolution of symp: gress. stood in silent tribute to the athy to be forwarded to Con- HARDING'S HOME IN MARION GOV. CHARLES A. TEMPLETON, Governor of the State of Connecticut. | Poilus Deeply M;;'ed | ‘By Harding’s Death , Aug. 4.—Through ,\n-i‘ rench Minister of War, | extended today to | American army “its valiant sister| arms,” an expre “faithful triendship and feelings of cordial sym- pathy” in connection with the death of President Harding. The cablegram to Secretary Weeks said the French army was “‘deeply moved by the sad | news of the cruel loss which the T'nited States of America has just ex-| serienced.” inot, ench army the sion of | which surround No; perhaps he has no soul, but in these things are the essence of soul |and the spirit of lovable life. “Whether the Creator planned it so, or environment and human compan- fonship have made it so, men may learn richly through the love and fi- delity of a brave and devoted dog. Such loyalty might easily add lustre to a crown of immortality. Only One Job Undone as Coolidge Starts Another By The Associated Press. Plymouth, Vt., Aug. 4.—President Coolidge left one task unfinished when he moved on to Washington yester- day. The president—then with no such affairs of moment on his mind as now —noticed a few days ago evidence of dry rot 1n one of the great maples his father’s farm- house, The next day he dug it out. He 'had planned to fill the wound with cement yesterday—but he was raised to the presidency. So he pasked his bag and left the task to his father. President Is Likely to Declare Day for Mourning By The Assoclated Press. Washington, Aug. 4.—One of the first official acts of President Cool- idge may be to issue a proclamation formally announcing the death of President Harding and designating the day of his funeral as one of mourning and prayer through the United States. When President McKinley died from an assassin’s bullet, Theodore Roosevelt began his epochal career as president by issuing such a proclama~ tion. Pastor of Harding’s Church Is Visiting in Danbury Danbury, Aug. 4-—The Rev. Jason This is a picture of the Harding residence at Marion, Ohio, {where the late president and Mrs. Harding spent many happy years of their married life. It was here that Harding lived when he was elected U. S. senator and also when he was elected presi- The weight of the average man's brain is three and one-half pounds. dent, Noble Plerce, D. D, pastor of the First Congregational church of Wash- ington, D. C., the services at which President Coolidge is an attendant, is spending his vacation in this city, his former home. Dr. Pierce is now on his way to Washington and will com