New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1923, Page 10

ey B | 34 Tl non Bt IF rAH AR i i ® ® [ ! ¥ s ] ¢ i 18 8 [ ¥ % % ¥ . S e S IR 0 WATCH TRAIN MILLION THRONGS Towa and Illinois People Pay Silent Tributes By The Assoclated Press. On Board Harding Funeral Traln at Willard, O., Aug. 7. — The body of Warr:n G. Harding came home to Ohio early today but pot to rest. Strong as is the claim of the state of Ohjo upon the man who was its most distinguished son, the nation has a greater righ will be exercised tomorrow in the for- mal funeral services in the capitol. Train Running Late The funeral train, runnping far be- hind the schedule outlined for it when it left San Francisco last Friday eve- ning on the three thousand mile trans-continental trip, entered the state of Ohio after having traversed the state of Indiana in time that al- most constituted a record for that por- tion of the route. Desperate efforts were being made during the night by railroad officials in charge of the train to regain at least part of the time jost yesterday in states west. It is particularly certain that the funeral train will not reach Washing- ton at the scheduled hour of 1:30 p. m. Million Sees Cortege oy Though the trip through Iowa and Illinois caused the train to lose time, the tribute paid to the memory of the late president throughout that section will be told and retold for years to come. Estimates of those accustom- ed to guaging the size of crowds were that more than one million persons had witnessed the passing of the cor- tege, all with bared heads and sorrow- Mourning Band sitting at his President Coolidge, desk at temporary headquarters, wears a band of black on his arm in mourning for the late President Harding. ing hearts,. No chief executive of the pation, living or dead, ever received such a tribute, in the opinion of mem- bers of the funeral party. ‘Watch During Night The state of Indiana, not to be out- done by her sisters of the west paid an almost continuous tribute last night as the train thundered along in the darkness. Those who reverently _waited the passing of the train could be distingufshed by those aboard by the lights at the station platforms and by the glare of automobile lights. at almost every point the raliroad cross- ed a highway. They were there to catch a glimpse of the flag covered coffin with its military guard. In Ohilo, the throngs seemed to in- crease despite the extreme lateness of the hour and at Akron and Youngs- town, seevral thousand were waiting to show respect to their fellow Ohioan. Mrs. Harding was steeling herself today as the train hurried onward for the scenes of sorrow and mourning in :nd it is this right that | {dent and the newspaper men death of President Harding. to go through the formal services in the same calm manner ghe has main- tained during the trip across the country. When the train arrives in the capi- tol she will be escorted from the sta* tion before the body Is taken from the traln and driven to the White House in advance of the cortege, She will take a route through the quieter streets, avolding the more crowded thoroughfares. Mrs, Harding will be accompanied most intimate friends from among those on board t*e train, O¢her mem- bers of the party which accompanied President Harding to the coast of Alaska will go to the White House With a body and its military and clvilian escort. A K. K. K. Seads Wreath Fioral tributes in large number continued to be placed ahoard the train today. Among the wreaths’pre- sented in Chicago was one bearing the card of the “Grand Dragon of - the Realm of Il'inois,” and the initials of the Ku Klux Klan in blue letters FROM NEVSPAPERMEN Washingtcn Press Correspondents Adopts Resolutions of Sorrow At Death of Harding. Washington, Aug. 7.—The standing committ of Washington newspaper correspondents teday desigrated an escort of honor to,accompany the body of the late President Harding when it is taken from = the White House to the Capitol. The escort will include the newspaper men who ac- companied the president to Alaska. A resolution adopted by the com- mittee said in part: “No finer contact of genuine under- standing an sympathy ever wasy es- tablished between an American presi- than that which governed the relations of President Warren G. Harding to the writers of the capital. His personal charm and lovable disposition, coupled with great candor and implicit faith in the integrity of those who dealt with him, inspired deep affection and abiding respect in the hearts of the Washington newspaper correspon- dents. We mourn in his passing the loss of a real friend, of .a colleague, whose connection with the profession shed a greater dignity and luster to ADOPT RESOLUTIONS Marion City Council Passes Memoran- dum of Sympathy For Wife of Late President. Marion, O., Aug. 7.—A resolution extending sympathy to Mrs. Harding, widow of the dead president, and to other Harding relatives was adopted last night by the Marion City council. The resolution asserted that the taking of President Harding ‘at a time when it appears that he was the man pre-eminently endowed with the qualities of leadership so necessary and rquired now,” is like the taking Sun Yat Sen Cables His Regrets to Pres. Coolidge By The Assoclated Press. Hong Kong, Aug. 7.—Sun Yat Sen, South China legder today cabled President Coolidge his regrets at the His ca- ble stated: “I deeply deplore the Presidedt Harding whose passing of sympathy. and services to China will be long re- membered by the Chinese people. the assumptiop of the high functions of government by such an statesman as yourself I feel assured In eminent that the traditional friendship between America and China will not only be maintained but will be #urther tended.” ' ex- British King Selects Funeral Representative ‘Washington, Aug. 7.—King George today designated Henry Getty Chilton, counselor of the British embassy here to represent him personally at funeral Chilton’s participation will be in ad- dition to the official presence of rep- the of President Harding. Mr. the capitol. Those who had talked with her said she was quite prepared resentatives of the Dritish govern- ment and of its dominions. HARDING’S CHURCH AT MARle I This is a picture of the Baptist church at Marion, Ohio, of | to the White House with a few of her are secret service men. WASHINGTON AWAITS ARRIVAL OF BODY (Continued From First Page) to receive the thanks and the plaudits of a gratéful nation; thus came Hard- ing himself only two short years ago, walking strongly, his wide shoulders erect, his face lifted, his eyes alight with elation yet showing to the thoughtful resolve to spare himself nothing of his best endeavor in the nation's service, That service was given lavishly; so lavishly that death swept down with terrible suddenness to check him in full course and turn him back to come again to Washington ~through the president'’s room, but this time sleeping in a flag draped casket, freed forever from the cares of the great office that sapped his life away. Silent Honors Now of Lincoln, “impossible of explanation Before, when Harding came to or solutio claim the post his countrymen had given him, cheers and shouting greeted him as he stepped out under the arched entrance of the president's room, to see the wide flung plaza packed with happy people waving him friendly acclaim. Today he was to come to a plaza crowded with people who had stood long hours to do him silent honor; to flags drooping at half-mast from the triple staffs that front the great building and from the roof of . the silent capitol beyond. He was to come to honors prepared for him such as only dead presidents may Kknow and to a night of peace and utter rest at last in the dim, stately setting of the east room of the White House. Cavalry Troop Leading Before the train came, the cavalry escort had clattered In from Fort Meyer to form a line across the plaza to the station and wait on rest- less mounts until the casket was de- livered into keeping of the army comrades of the dead commander-in- chief to be carried to the White House as fallen soldiers are carried. A battery of field guns, drab in the war paint but with every link and buckle of the horses’ trappings shining, also waited, and over at the entrance from which the casket and the funeral parfx would emerge, the marine band was clustered ready to take its share in the sorrow. Through the soldiery no pains had been spared that each man and animal might do honor to the dead. Blooded mounts of officers and rangy troop horses and gun_~teams shone with grooming. The men themselves were trim in olive-drab with tan brimmed caps low over their eyes and first Sunday after his elevation-to the presidency. ¥ Stearns, the president’s most intimate friend, and Mrs. Stearns. Most of the others in the group Not until the casket vanished through that door would the steel flash down to be sheathed and the troopers ride away to prepare for the greater ceremony tomorrow. The official party was ready to break up at the White House, those who made the fateful journey with President Hard- ing going to their homes only to re- assemble at the train tomorrow even- ing and go with him to the last, when the casket is lowered to its final resting place in the quiet ceme- tery at Marion. For tonight, it will lie at the White House, untroubled by the pomp and ceremonies of the na- tion’s woe and with only the sorrow- ing widow and close friends to watch through the long hours ntil the nation again claims its great dead. SERVICES 10 BE HELD AT [1 A M. (Continued from First Page) of Columbus, Jewish Welfare board, American Library association, Over- seas Service league, Red Cross Over- seas Service league, National Disabled Soldiers league, Women's' Overseas Service league, American Women's league, American Defense society, Al- lied Patriotism societies;- Army and Navy Club of America, Military Train- ing Camp association, Army and Navy \Union, Grand Armics of America, Na- tional War Mothers. Committee of one hundred repre- senting civic, fraternal and other im- portant public organizations in Wash- ington. Georgetown university cadets, Re- serve Officers’ Training camp unit, Washington High school cadets, Boy Scouts, Women's Relief corps, depart- ment of the Potomac of the Ameri- canization school association, Junior Order United American Mechanics, department of the Potomac of the Spanish War Veterans; Women's Re- publican club, Women's department, National Civie federation; delegation from Calvary Baptist church; Nation- al Sojourners club; W. C. T. U.; Unit- ed States Chamber of Commerce; Am- erican Merchant Marine; Library as- sociation; District of Columbia D. A. R. Kiwanis club; National Daughter American Revolution Americanization school, National Federation of Em- ployes, National Republican club of New York; Tall Cedars of. Lebanon; Rotary International; retired federal employes; National Alliance; Daugh- ters of Veterans; Order of Red Men; Grand Lodge Elks; Daughters of the American Colonists; Colored Elks. Thousands Throng Tracks As Train Nears Pittsburgh = chin straps framing tanned young faces beneath. At each officer's| sword hilt-rested a cluster of crepe| which the late President Harding was a member and, while at bame in Marion, was an attendant, that will stay there a month in token of the nation’s loss. The colors hore long streamers of black. | The funeral program called for no | ceremonieés of greeting at the train or | elsewhere, except for the strains of | the band and the salute of the tro ps | By The Associated Press. Pittsburgh, Aug. 7.—Thousands upon thousands of men, women and children, forming a line along the Bal- timore & Ohio right-of-way paid a silent tribute to the late President Harding today as the funeral train outside. There was just the slow |pacsed on its way to Washington. The walk behind the casket across the|(rain arrived at 12:32 p. m, eastern silent concourse and out through the|¢tandard time. president’s room to the waiting gun | carriage. ‘ 7, r H Atratipements had i betn mads o VY oodrow Wilson Calls at | spare Mrs. Harding even this, and a| Offices of the President closed car waited to hurry her by a different route to the - White House,| washington, Aug. 7.—A calling card [that she might be there when the pearing the name of Woodrow Wilson casket was lifted down and carried | added today to the hundreds |in to its first night of quict since it|jeft at the hotel suite where Presi- | started for Sz anciaco lent Coolidge 1s making his head- | Four Black Hor: quarters. {__Two troops of cavalry ordered | © 4 companied by Mrs. Wilson, the to lead the way from waLion r president motored to the hotel | The funeral caisson to be drawn by| .. yesterday and left the card with | four black horses, was a firtnd' ‘"€ the door man. It was enclosed in an rext place in line, close heels | nvelope marked “For the President.” | of the troops Then - jiowiihent sl 1% KLANSM TRIBUTE | bearing Pr party; th Tampa, . Ku Klux dent Coolidge and the offi Klansmen paraded here last night as Washington. Behind these were to a tribute to President Harding. The be arrayed the third troop of c y | procession comprised about 200 white and rumbling guns of the artillery to|robed figures riding in automobiles. bring up the reear of the escort — At the White House orders to the| YOUNGSTOWN AT 9:25 A, M. troopers directed that they swing| Youngstown, O., Aug. 7.—The train ie to line up along the broad | bearing the body of President Hard- avenue and sttay silent with sabres|ing arrived at Youngstown at 9:25 “‘present” as the caiss passed | this morning, but did not stop. and, followed by the motor cars, 25-4 5 455 s dhstolineg turned in through the gates to stop| A dream seldom lasts more than & | before the wide doors of the mansion. | seconds. President and Mrs. Coolidge leaving the First Congregational church at Washington on the Immediately in back of them are Frank W. ONLY ONE SERVICE 10 BE AT MARION Late Afternoon Bulletin Tells of Definite Plans Marion, O., Aug. 7.—Only one fu- neral service will be conducted for the late President Warren G. Harding in his home city—Marion. That will be at the receiving vault in the ceme- tery and will be conducted by Rev. George M. Landis, pastor of Trinity | Baptist church, which the president attended, assisted by Rev. Jesse Swank, pastor of the Methodist Epis- copal church, a personal friend of Mr. Harding. There will be no funeral sérvice at the home of Dr. George T. Harding, 8r., the preésident's father, where the body will repose in the interim of its arrival and burial. The detailed funeral plans as an- nounced this afternoon by Colonel” F, P. Lahn, representing President Cool- idge, and Attorney Hoke Donithen, representing the- Marion Civic Asso- ciation; also call for the body to lie in state at the Harding home in Cen- ter street from about 2 p. m. until 9 p. m., Thursday, central standard time, and from 9 a. m. to i p. m. Fri- day during which times an opportu- nity will be given,all friends to pay final respects. Arriving in Marion by way of the Erie railroad, Thursday morning about 9 o'clock, the body will be taken in a hearse direct to the home of his father. To the home and to ‘the cemetery, the only military guard 1 will be Captain Adolphus Andrews, representing the navy, and Major O. { M. Baldinger, representing the army, both aides to the late president. Honorary pall-bearers, the an- nouncement said, would include the speaker of the housg of representa- tives, the president pro-tem of the senate and the cabinet. CHINATO®H HOURNS Boston’s Celestial Quarter Showing Flags At Half Mast As Tribute to President Harding. Boston, Aug. 7.—Boston's China- town mourns the passing of President Harding. Chinese flags with Ameri- can flags are flying at half staff. The Chinese theater, laundries and other places of business are to be closed on Friday. Today bulletins in black characters on Red paper are promin- ently posted. The message they carry Is translated as follows: “President Harding of the United States is dead. He will be buried Fri- day. He was a very good man. Busi- ness all over the country will stop Friday to honor him. The Chinese Merchants association, réecommends fervently that all business in China- town be stopped Friday and that all pray.” Red Men To Deliver Condolences by Messenger Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 7.—A message of condolence from the great council |ot the Improved Order of Red Men,, |of which order President Harding was | ]a’ member, will be delivered to Mre. ‘ Harding by speclal messenger, it be- |came known here today. TRAIN AT AKRON Akron, O., Aug. 7.—President Hard- Ing’s funeral train passed through Akron at 7:22 this morning, nearly |8ix hours late. No stop was made in [this city, the train moving slowly through the throngs which lined the | railroad tracks. NEW BEDFORD TO SUSPEND New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 7.—Out of respect to the late president, the majority of the industries of this city have announced their intention of closing dewn their plants all day on Friday. COOLIDGE TAKES WAL, BUT FEW RECOGNIZE HIM Also Has Long Conference With Lodge, Discussing Plans for the Funeral. 7. — President Washington, Aug. Coolidge took a short walk before breakfast this morning. Accompan- ied only by secret service men, he left his temporary White House in the New Willard hotel, went a few blocks along K street .and returned by the same route 20 minutes later. Only a few pedestrians recognized him. Thére were few names on the pres- ident's engagement list and it was said all of these who had appoint- ments merely would call to pay their respects, further cenferences on pub- lic functions being deferred until aft- er the funeral of President Harding. Senator Lodge, majority leader in the senate spent nearly an hour with President Coolidge but on leaving said he discussed only the funeral plans, including appointment of the official senate committee of six members. Murs. Harding Confers on Plans for the Funeral By The Associated Press. Willard, O., Aug. 7.—The special train bearing the body of President Harding to Washington reached Wil- lard at 5:10 a. m., eastern standard time and left at 5:23 after stopping to change engines. Mrs. Harding who obtained four hour's sleep in spite of the excitement attendant upon the trip-through the president's home state and the large crowds which = awaited the train, awoke and talked with Dr, Carl Saw- yer, who boarded the trajn at Chicago. to consult about arrangements for the funeral services. Governor Smith of N. Y. Names Fri. Mourning Day Te New York, Aug. -— Governor Smith today issued a proclamation designating Friday, the day of Presi- dent Harding's funeral at Marion, Ohio, as a day of mourning. The governor leaves this afternoon for Washington to attend the funeral. |and the mayor will preside. GONN. CITIES WILL SUSPEND BUSINESS Several Announce Complete Shut- down Friday Aternoon Hartford, Aug. 7.—Suspension of all business and™industrial activity after 12 o'clock Friday and a memorial service in the state armory in which all -church denominations will share, was decided upon this forencon as the form in which Hartford will observe $ the event of President Harding's funeral at Marion, Ohio, on that aft- ernoon. The service will begin at 3:30 Norwalk, Conn., Aug. 7.—Acting Mayor Charles Mills this afternoon is- sued a proclamation calling for entire suspension of business in the city from noon on Friday for the remainder of the day as the city’s recognition of the funeral services of President Har- ding at Marion, Ohio. New Haven, Conn.,, Aug. 7.—~Ob- servance of Friday as a day of mourn- ing for President/Harding is expected to be general in New Haven. Its ex- tent, however, will not be determined until Mayor Fitzgerald issues a proc- lamation which is expected before evening. City officers and several of the moving picture houyses. here will be closed until five o'clock. Industrial concerns are to stop work for a short period but on this point there has been no united action yet. The mayor will recommend assem- blages with proper services. It is likely street cars throughout the trol- ley system will halt in unison for a short period. Bridgeport, Aug. f7.—Bridgeport's tribute to President Harding will be practically a complete suspension' of business on Friday, according to deci~ sions reached today at meetings of the retail board of -the Chamber of Com- merce and executives of the manufac- turers’ association. It was decided that all stores in the city will be closed all day -Friday. Tribute To The Late President e R o Lilies and palms were tributes to the late President Hard- ing placed in his crepe-hung pew at the Calvary Baptist church where he worshipped while in Washington.. . 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