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HEART OF NATION GRIEVES FOR HARDING
Coolidge’s
Program Is
Held Sound
Plan of Continuing Harding's
Policies Makes for Sta
bility and Public Confi
dence, Pointed Out.
Cabinet Stays Intact
By MARK 81 LLIVAX.
Washington. Aug. 6.—The most
important and most evident aspect
ot Coolidge'* beginning is Ills inten
tion lo carry out Harding's policies,
lie is putting emphasis on continuity
noth ot Harding's policies and Hard
ing's men. Ha is taking pains to do
this even in small matters. His
course is based on several reasons.
One of the best is that Coolidge, hav
ing sat in Harding's cabinet, knows
his policies as well as yarding did.
^^^^WJreover, this course is in good
taste and makes for public confi
dence and a sense of security and sta
bility. Finally, practically every
thing now before Coolidge or likely
to come before him, during several
weeks or months, is unfinished busi
ness. Tt was started along Harding’s
lines and Coolidge will finish it along
these lines.
In the matter of the cabinet, Cool
idge will take pains to keep them all
if he can. One or two of- them he
may not be able to keep. To men
like Postmaster General New and At
torney General Daugherty, Harding's
death turns the world upside down.
Between Harding and each of these
two men there were personal relations
of an Intimacy almost approaching
tenderness—a sort of thing rather
too delicate to write about. Whether
they could even, with the best of
will toward Coolidge, have their
hearts in the new regime is the per
sonal question they will reflect about.
Three Are Indispensable.
What Washington occasionally
(alls the Important big three of the
cabinet are Hughes, Hoover and
Mellon. Hughes and Mellon are in
this group apart because of the im
portance ©f their particular offices
ns well as because of their ability.
Hoover Is in it in spite of the rela
tively less importance of his Com
merce department, because of his ex
traordinary personal ability and be
cause, as a matter of fact, be is so
i^^^Ccll grounded and *e Indispensable
many big matters that come up
outside the limits of his particular of
ficial field.
As to these three men there is this
c urious fact: All of them accepted
Harding's solicitation to enter his
(abinet without having had more
than the slightest personal ac
ouaintance with him. It is doubtful
if Mellon had ever met Harding anil
duubtful if Hughes and Hoover had
had more than a few personal con
tacts with him before he asked them
and they promised to go in the cab
inet.
If these men were willing to work
for Harding under these conditions
they will probably be equally willing
to work for Coolidge. The work to
(Turn to I’flK* Two. Column Five.)
Two Held as Suspects
in Murder of Iowan
Milwaukee, Aug. 6.—Two men are
held by the police pending investiga
tion of a murder mystery in connec
tion with the finding of the body of
Dr. L. Q. Eddington. 27, Mairfield,
*la., Saturday near Goodman, Wis.
The body was cut to pieces, probably
by a train. It is believed that the
physician was either knocked un
conscious. robbed and left on the
tracks or was robbed and thrown
from another Boo line train.
At midnight the physician pur
h^^chased a ticket for Minneapolis at
^'^•i^m'rilne, Wis., IS miles from the
scene of the tragedy. At the time he
had more than $o50 in his wallet.
When ths body was found only 15 In
c ha nge retna i ned,
Coolidge Considering
Federal Aid to Farmers
By Amnriitnl rr««.
Washington, Aug. H.— The question
of federal aid to the farmer war one
of the problems to which President
Coolldge turned his attention today
in formulating the policies of his ad
ministration. Fred Starek, director
of the war finance corporation, which
has many millions of dollars of agri
cultural credit outstanding, conferred
with the chief executive and gave
him an outline of the steps President
Harding had in mind for the benefit
of agricultural interests.
Postal Service Scores
Another Speed Record
St. Clairsville, O., Aug 6.—A post
< Afil, mailed to her from Atlantic
City on July 29, 1908, has just been
received by Miss Bertha fialtsgaver,
Beilalra. Miss Saltsgaver. now deputy
auditor of Belmont county, is a for
mer deputy inspector of workshops
and factories. She pointed out that
had ths card waited another month,
it would have been just 15 years in
reaching its destination.
Federal Agents Raid Home
of Columhu* Millionaire
By International Newn Sorrier.
Columbus, ().. Aug, •.—Announce
ment that slate dry enforcement
agents raided the country home of
P.eeman G. Daw?*, Columbus million
aire and president of the Pure Oil
company and confiscated JIO.OOC
worth of Intoxicating liquor. was
made b.v State Prohibition Commie
■loner McDonald lure this g(t;riM>99
Harding Cortege Greeted
Here by Crowd of 25,000
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Union Station, Streets, Viaducts Jammed With Humanity
Scorning Sleep to Offer Tribute at Catafalque of Late
Chief Executive; State and City Officials, Organization
Delegations, Troops and Citizens in Vast Throng.
The largest crowd which yet has turned out along the
tragic route of the presidential funeral train paid tribute
to the late Warren G. Harding at 2:50 Monday morning in
Omaha.
As the cortege of 11 coaches slowly entered Union
station, more than 25,000 men and women, heads bared,
stood in silence.
The station was crowded beyond its capacity. Thou
sands pressed against the iron fences which surround the
yards. Every viaduct from South Omaha to the depot was
a mass of humanity.
The thousands who lined the viaducts were sharply silhouetted against
the dark sky.
Wonderful Testimonial.
.As George Christian, who was secretary to President llarding. got
off of the train, tired anil worn, and saw the immense throng, he turned
to friends and said: "Remarkable. A great tribute to a great man, now
gone. It's a wonderful testimonial. Who would think such a crowd w'ould
turn out at such an hour. This is the largest gathering that has yet
greeted the train."
As the funeral train pulled Into the station only the muffled chugging
of the engine could be heard. The yards had been cleared of all traffic.
A quiet zone had been ordered.
There were no bands: no funeral dirges, not even a bugler blew taps.
It was a silent tribute that Omaha paid to all that was mortal of its
president.
In exact contrast It was of two years ago when Warren G. Harding,
then United States senator from Ohio, came to Omaha as a presidential
candidate.
Slays 40 Minutes
Then, thousands of cheering men and women, with hurrahs and blare
of trumphets greeted him.
Hale and hearty, genial and frank. Harding won a place in the hearts
of Nebraskans and carried the state with the greatest majority ever cast
here for a presidential candidate.
The destination of the train is the national capital where the body
of the nation's former leader will lie in state. From Washington the body
will be taken on to Marion. O.. the president's home town, for burial.
The funeral train left Omaha with Its load of sorrow at 3:30 after a
stay of 40 minutes. During this time thousands passed by the rear car
in which rested the flag and flower-covered casket while crews changed
locomotives. ■
Just a few feet away, alone in her state room, was Mrs. Florence
Harding, his brave widow.
Only those inside the gates of the railroad yards obtained a glimpse
of the coffin. The thousands along the iron fences had to . be contented
with a passing glimpse of the train.
The presidential train entered the
station on track 7 only a few feet
from track 4. on which the train in
1920 entered the same depot with its
honor passenger.
Only the tramp ot the soldier
guards from Fort Omaha and the
wheezing of the engine which pulled
the train broke tire stillness after the
train came to a stop.
Work in Silence.
The train crew went about their
business of changing engines in
stoical silence.
Ten officials of the Chicago *
Northwestern railroad Joined the
train here.
The officials are; A. C. Johnson,
vice president; F. H. Hammill, gen
eral manager; H. 13. Dickinson, gen
eral superintendent; J. L. Ferguson,
(Turn to Pm* Hl», Column One.)
Tornadoes Hit
in Two States
Springfield, Mass.. Aug. 4.—A tor
nado sweeping through the Merrick
section of West Springfield Sunday
afternoon damaged 50 houses, injured
nine persons, two of whom may die,
and left a total proprty loss of more
than $100,000.
Mrs. Louis Zerra and the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ksta
brook were in the Zerra home when
the tornado wrecked it, burying the
woman and child. The woman was
found to have a broken back and
may die. The child's skull was frac
turned, hut theg* is hope of his re
covery.
Scott City, Kan.. Aug. 4.—Thirty
five persons were injured, three se
verely, and thousands of dollars dam
age was done by a tornado that
struck Loti, a town of 400 inhabi
tants, 35 miles west of here, late Sun
day. Only one building, a bank, was
left standing undamaged in the busi
ness district of the city and nearly
all of the residences were damaged to
some extent.
iGold Currency in
Germany Looms
New Voik, Aug. G.—German maik*
depreciated 40 per cent over the
week end, 'being quoted In the local
market today at 53 cents a million,
or 1.88G.793 to the American dollar as
compared with 89 cents a million on
Saturday.
Cable reports that Ge.many was
Pit,ting an Internal gold loan in
bonds of small denominations were
regarded her# as foreshadowing the
disappearance of the paper marks
and the substitution of the gold bonds
as currency.
Souvenir Hunters
Thick in Marion, O.;
Troops Put on Guard
By AMoelated Frm.
Marion, 0., Aug. 9.—Souvenir
hunters became so numerous shout
the home of Dr. George T. Hard
ing, ar., where the funeral of fhe
late preeldent will he held Friday,
the Harding homestead in Mount
Vernon avenue, the famous "front
porrh” bouse, and even the Hard
ing burial plot, Sunday, that a com
pany of state troops will he ordered
on duty to guard these places.
\* a result of this precaution no
one will he permitted near the
premises unless they ean show rea
son for being there.
The guard of soldiers will remain
on wateh after the burial of Mr.
Harding for sir months, as pro
tided hy a federal law, it was an
nounced.
5-■
Brvan Is Hieing
Himself Toward
State Capital
Expected to Return in Time to
Issue Proclamation on
Harding—Whereabouts
Mystery.
Special Diipmtrk to The Omaha B»f.
Lincoln. Aug. S.—Nebraska's absent
governor Is approaching IJncoln from
part# unknown except to the gov
ernor ami hi# family, who left Lin
coln 19 Jays ago for 1 somewhere in
Nebraska." according to official an
nouncement.
"There i# nothing direct from him.
but I have learned by a roundabout
way that he prohably will arrive this
evening or early tomorrow morning
in time to issue a fitting proclama
tion before the burial of President
Harding Friday,” F. C. Radke, the
governor’s secretary, announced.
"Did you learn where he is com
ing from?” Radke was asked
"I can't tell you,” he replied
Bryan Not in Omahg.
Radke expressed the belief Satur
day morning that the governor would
end his \acatlon or business or what
ever is delaying him and go to Oma
ha to meet the tram carrying Presi
dent Harding's body. The governor
didn't appear at the station.
The governor's absence, the longest
unexplained absence of a governor
from duty in state annals. Is causing
no end of conjecture among state of
fice holders. Briefly th# conjectures
are:
H« is in the sandhills fishing snd
hunting, away from telephone or tele
graphic communication.
He is ill somewhere in the borders
of tile state and keeping his sickness
quiet.
Maybe He's Ip North.
lie la in the northern woods hunt
ing and flailing with liin son, Silas,
who ia an attorney at Minneapolis.
lie is in the east quietly boosting
his boomlet for vice president, started
by certain democratic leaders who be
lieve that if "Brother Charlie" is on
the national ticket, 'William Jennings
Bryan, will support it no matter who
heads it.
State officers say that whatever ex
planation the governor makes of his
ubsence it will be plausible because,
according to officials, plausibility and
Governor Bryan travel aids by side
at every hour of the day.
Planes May Be Operated
by Compressed Air Sooij,
London, Aug I.—Propellerless air
planes are the latest probable inven
tion, of scientists.
Laboratory research has shown that
air, cjmpresscd and mixed with fuel
in a combustion chamber, could ba
projected through a nozzle at the rear
of the aeroplane, and the reaction to
its discharge would necessarily drive
the machine through the air.
The only drawback to this meant
of propulsion, it Is thought, would he
the heaviness of the mechanism and
the high fuel consumption.
Postoffices lo Close Friday
in Honor of I ate President
Washington, Aug. S Postmaster
General New today nrdeied the i Ins
Ing of all poatofflens Friday afternoon
between It and A central standard
time, in tribute to the late President
Harding.
H a r d i r J
Mem/
EndiJ^d
Citizens Meet Today to Work
Out Plan for Taking Lead
in Observance
Friday.
Omaha dea Praised
Representatives of various organ
izations have heartily approved the
idea of The Omaha Bee, that a meet
ing be held today noon in the city
council chamber, to the end that
Omaha should take a lead in the dem
onstration of national grief Friday
because of the death of President
Harding.
Expressions already given by lead
ers of civil, military, social, religious
and other organizations indicate that
the meeting this noon will be repre
sentative of all classes.
President Coolidge, having desig
nated Friday as a national holiday,
to properly observe the funeral of
President Harding, the sentiments
expressed by The Omaha Bee in Its
announcement yesterday afternoon
were heartily endorsed and the meet
ing called for tills noon was approved.
I-end I* Appreciated.
Several expressed the thought that
they appreciate the lead taken by
The Omaha Bee and they will be
glad to cooperate to make Omaha's
observance a notable event in the
Hnnals of the city. Some referred to
the demonstration of sorrow ex
pressed at the funeral train Monday
as evidence that the people of Oma
ha are willing to Join In a public ob
servance Friday.
Mayor Dahlman ’ said he hopes all
organizations of the city will be rep
resented this noon in the city coun
cil chamber.
“The people will be glad to Join
in a demonstration of some kind," he
said. "I will be at today's meeting
and will co-operate.”
“I believe the people will appre
ciate the ability of Mr. Harding more
as the fears go by. I will be pleased
to co-operate In plans for the ob
servance next Friday,” Commission
er Joseph Koutsky said.
Stryker Give* Approval.
Hird Stryker, commander of Doug
las County Post of American I.egion.
said he heartily approved of The
Omaha Bee taking the lead in this
matter.
“I hope some definite and dignified
expression of the feelings of the peo
ple of Omaha will be made,” Mr.
Stryker laid
County Commissioner Charles
Unitt said he will attend the meeting
today noon.
“The idea of The Omaha Bee Is
excellent," Mr. Unitt said. “So far
as l am concerned. I believe the
courthouse and all publin buildings
should be closed sll day and that a
solemn holiday should be observed.”
Grief in Evidence.
•T. David Carson, commissioner of
the Omaha Chamber of Commerce,
said the attendance at the funeral
train was evidence of Omaha's grief
(Turn In Tus* Twn. Column Three.I
Picture M Do
Unusual Work
Ernest Bihler, commercial photo*
rapher. managed at the last moment
to snap a picture of the Interior of
the floral car. showing the wreath
presented by the Omr.ha Lions club
In the left foreground
To Louis n. Bostwick. former staff
photographer for The Omaha Bee. and
Knrest Bihler are due the honors for
the presidential funergl train pictures
published in The Omaha Bee
Beaching the floral car while tl was
on a track removed from the train
proper, Bihler climbed aboard, set his
Camera and got the picture of its
interior while the car was being
moved about the yards preparatory
10 being coupled again to the irain.
Rotarians Will * j
Hold Services
Chicago. Aug. A—Memorial aerv
h’** for the late President Harding
rtvlll he held by nil Kotary clubn in
the United .Staten and Canada, New
Foundland. Mexico and Cuba the
*ame day the national funeral >or\
ices are conducted nt Wanhlngton
it wa* announced here today.
George Bernard Shaw Would
Be Robot T wo Hour* a I)uv
London. Aug. $.—George Bernard
Shaw would like to ba a ••Robot"—*
machine man—for about two hours
a day.
"I want to And my own happi
ness." Shaw saya. "What we should
all be aiming at is a distribution of
ths slavery of nature. Let me be a
"Robot.1 for two hour* a day, but for
ths rest of the day let me be Ber
nard Shaw. For those two hours of
•Robotlam' givs me a mechanical
Job, so that while I am turning the
wheel I/fan think about the next play
I am going to write. I’eople who
have nothing more to do than to
think about their own happiness are
completely miserable. Men engaged
in mechanical occupations keep their
minds in virginal Innocence.
Prisoner Lynched.
Sardis, Miss , Aug, (! —Howard Flo
low was taken front the county Jail
here late Saturday night by a mob
and hanged to s tree Just north of
town. Officials say the man con
fessed to an attack on a woman of
thja city.
\ -—— -*
j£>X* Goodbye and Good Luck ;
I_
Grain Exchange
C7
Inquiry Denied
bv Washington
No Truth in Report of Yiola
tion of Federal I.a\v,«,
Acting Seeretarv
Pupsley Sava.
1,1 ■ *■
S S Carlisle, pr^sidont of th* Oma- '
ha Grain ?xchan**. ha* rec*»iY*d a ;
communication from C, W. Pugsley. ,
acting secretary of agriculture at :
Washington, denying emphatically a |
report printed in the Omaha World
Herald in the morning edition of Am !
gust 3 dated Washington, in which j
it was stated that the "Omaha drain |
exchange is secretly i>eing investi
gated by agents of the T)e|«artment of
Agriculture as a result of recent
charges that it was violating federal !
laws by fixing the price of wheat
and other grains snd employing un
fair docking method"."
President Carlisle immediately I
telegraphed a protest to Henry Wal
lace, seerctar” of agriculture, upon
the request of the board of directors
of the exchange, stating that all I
transactions in the px> hange were
competitive and that dockage was
taken only In accordance with the
provisions of the federal grain stand I
aids set.
Prob« Welcomed.
The authority for the publtration
of the statement was asked. Presl
dent Carlisle said that he welcomed
any Investigation the department
cared to make and assured the seerr.
tary that the Omaha officers would
cooperate With Washington agents
to the fullest extent.
The telegram from Washington
follows:
Washington, \ug. t. I91X — s”
*. Carlisle, 'president, Omaha
(•rain exchange, Omaha, \rh :
There is absolutely no truth in
the statement lltat the Itcpartment
of \grirulturp Is secretly invest i
gating either the Omaha or othei
grain exchanges (or vtotal ing fed
oral lass b.x fixing tlie price of
»x heat ami other grains or for e'm
ploying unfair riorhlng methods
Furthermore the Washington News
agrnry that released dispatch re
frrird to declines to furnish depart
ment with name* of sourer which
It describes as aiithoritatixe, Thr
Omaha (■Cain exchange is not a
contract market under the grain
(tilurcs act. Its offer of hearty co
operation with department in rn
fnrrement of federal grain stand
ards art Is in accord with its past
attitude and greatly appreciated.
C. W. I’CtiSI.KV,
Acting Secretary.
If there is a secret Inrestigatton
In progress, the acting secretary of
the department, would be the llrs*
one to know It,” said Mr. Carlisle
"Bvldently It w«* propaganda to low
cr wheat tit Ices "
ltc|M>rt Is llaseless.
"I < annot believe that the Omaha
World-Herald would deliberately r<
sort to the pulillcHtloii of euch an tin
true and bnsrleaa article, but who
ever Inspired, wrote „r caused to he
written this unwarranted reflection
of Ihr Oiimll.t drain exchange should
lie disci "dlled and punished s lid c
Omaha grain m . t la.-t night when
(Tuia la rag* Two. Colama Teat.)
Omaha Presents
Floral Tributes
Special Car Teeming 'With
^ rcath*. from Civic and
Fraternal Bodie.«.
Member* of Omaha elul>« and or
ganization* gathered at the Union
station early Monday morning lo offer
tributes to the late president.
Karh organization appointed a rep
resentative to present fioral tributes.
Among those represented were:
Elks club. Tangier Temple, Order of
the Mjilie Shrine. American legion.
Boy Scouts. G. A. It.. Knight* of
Columbus, the Chamber of Com
merce, IJon s cluh and the local Ty
pographical union.
Mayor Dahlman presented a wreath
and a abort note of condolence in
behalf of the city of Omaha and
Lieutenant Governor Fred G. John
son in behalf of the state.
Mrs. S. B. Stewart presented a
wreath f r the Shriners She was the
only woman delegated to the task.
All of the wreaths were placed in
the special car. Just behind the en
gine, which was teeming with hun
dreds of wreaths and garlands sent
by the friends of the late President
Harding.
New Stockyard Tariff
Held Up for 30 Days
Hy Lwlilfd FrtM.
Washington. Aug S—New tariffs
tiled by the tnion Stockyards and
Tiansit company of Chicago and the
t'nion Stockyards company of Omaha
have been suspended for 30 days from
Vugust 1 by an order signed by C. W
Pugsley acting secretary of ngricul
Mire, and tariff hearings will he held
at omaha August 24. and Chicago
on August .’7. It was announced to
day.
The new tariffs were made after the
secretary of agriculture on .tune 32
had Issued orders under the packers
and stockyards set. requiring these
companies to ".-ease and desist from
violating of Die law m assessing and
collecting a charge for the reweigh
mg of livestock tn the stockyards,
these chargee having lieen found die
criminatory." according to the Agil
culture department announcement.
Governor Pavia Has “Flu,**
n* International hews Service.
Topeka. Ksn . Aug. G.—Governor
.1 M Davis today is seriously ill with
tnfluenra. according to his physician.
The governor hsd (oniplalned of not
fiellng well nil of last week and not
until late Saturday afteinoon did he
give up V physician was summoned
and pronounced his ailment as In
fliien n Throughout Sunday his trm
pevatur, Mood around 104. •
I itntlon Markets Glutted.
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•*G»‘k hn|t<ln> I mi All London mat
>tt# ait cloitO,
I
Turk Situation
Cleared bv New
Treaty With U. S.
»
Pact With America Signed at
Lausanne Monday—Regu
lates Relations Between
Two Nations.
B» Auertatfl Pt«m
l-avaann*. Aug. S.—The Turco
American treaty, which wag signed at
4:12 this afternoon, ie the fruit of
long grid difficult negotiation*; it
accords Americans most favored treat
ment and replaces the antiquated
agreement negotiated in U30. It re
gulates, in detail, the official and
commercial relatione between the two
countries and brings relief to Amer
icans and American interests in
Turkey by clarifying the hertofore
equivocal position created by Tur
key s abolition of capitulations
Americana often were in a quandry,
particularly over -axes, from which
they had been legally exempted under
the old treaty, and constant appeals
were made to the American high
corrmisaioner that American educa
tional institutions be accorded the
same treatment as that of Turkish
institutions.
oRth Nations Benefit
The Turkish government and
Americans likewise benefit by the
system of foreign legal advisers that
Turkey agrees to appoint to hear
complaints over the arrest and im
prisonment of foreigners.
Joseph C. Grew, the American min
ister to Switerland, who was the
chief American negotiator, found
Istnet Pasha, the head of the Turkish
delegation, as difficult to deal with
a* the allies did and the negotiations
dragged on longer than had been ex
jiected. lai-gely because of the Turks'
hesitancy in making decisions on tlxr
important issues.
( empties led Question
The implicated question of dual
nationality, arising from the Turks
refusal to recognise American natur
ahution laws had to be postponed
for later negotiations which both
sides agreed to undertake The
I'nited States reserved all rights of
American citizens in Turkev whether
native born or naturakied
Now that Europe and America
have established relations with new
Turkey, it is a question of anxious
speculation among diplomats wheth
er they will tie stationed at Constan
tinople or the primitive city of
Angora, the new capital, which has
no hotels and no modern comforts,
resembling greatly a western mining
town In the I'nited States in the
early days.
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Honor Late
President
Countless Thousands Gather al
Stations in Iowa and
Illinois to Pay Tribute
as Train Passes.
Solemn Scenes Enacted
flr Asioeleted Praia.
On Board Harding Funeral Train,
at Chicago. Aug. 6—The heart of
America—that great prairie region
between tile Missouri river and Lake
Michigan—was filled anew with tor
low today as the funeral cortege of
therepublic moved eastward through
the states of Iowa and Illinois, and
then onward toward Washington.
Leaving Omaha, on the banks ef
the Missouri in the early morning
hours, the special train bearing the
body of President Harding traveled
eastward, to arrive iate in the day
at Chicago. Transferred from the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad to
the Baltimore Sc Ohio here, it sped
eastward into the darkness on the
last portion of the long and sad jour
ney from the Golden Gate.
’ Greatest Tribute in History.
Never in the history of any nation,
perhaps, have such scenes of poignant
sorrow for the dead and such man
ifestation of deep sympathy for
bereaved loved ones been witnessed
as during the day, when countless
thousands marked reverently the
passing of the funeral train. To those
aboard the train it seemed as thougii
the American people had moved into
the two states traversed and were
standing silently with uncovered
and bowed heads. Eyes grew misty
and throats choked at the uncon
cealed display of emotion by a
stricken people.
Th» old and the young, the weak
and the strong, arid the rich and the
poor were there. It was aproof of
patriotism and loyalty that America
will not soon forget.
Recall Passing of IJnenln.
Those who stood mourning the pass
ing dead included among their num
ber some who remembered the pass
ing from Washington to Springfield,
in Illinois. 53 years ago. of the
funeral cortege of the martyred T.m
coln. There were more who recalled
the sad da>e of 1*01 when a simile*
train bote the body of MrKjr.lev
from Buffalo to Washington and
thence to Canton. O
Mingled with the expressions of
grief always were the manifestations
rf sympathy for Mrs. Hsrdirg. w ho
during the day left her room and
spent "ome time in the black-draped
and flower walled chamber of the last
car where rests the bier of her hus
band Through it all she still re
mained the bravest of those aboard
the train, in k*erir.g with her prom
ise not to break down.
Bncrther Me*<s Train.
The bereaved widow was join® in
her sorrow during the day by Dr.
'George T. Harding, jr.. brother of
the late prpesident. Dr. Harding, ac
companied by Dr. Carl E. Sawyer of
Marion met the funeral train at
'Tore to Pose Two. foleine Throe -
Terrific Electrical Storm
Over State on Sunday
•serial Wi|*lrt to The Omaha Km.
Beatrice. Neb. Aug «.—Terrif-e
rain and electrical storm visited thi«
section last night. During tha r»‘"
few days nearly two inches of wv».
has fallen, farmers aav.
Falls City. Neb . Aug. « —Lightning
and heavy rain etorms disrupted tele
phone service between Fall* City.
Humboldt. Tecumseh ar.d Lincoln
Monday morning. Communication*
were not restored until nearly r.oon
Intermittent showers during the night
accounted for a total rainfall of 1 M
inches, the heavies: gince July <
Geneva Neb.. Aug. *.—Hard show
ers the past three rights have moia:
ened the ground to a depth of almost
two inches and means the making of
a fair com crop in thi* county ,f
favorable weather continues
First Lady Goes
on Shopping Tour
It* lateriMMieaal New# Serslre
Washington. Aug * —Accompanied
by ladles of the senate. Mr*. Calvin
Coolldge. first lady of the land. «*b,
shopping today.
Not for frills nor furbeloars but fo
things of sombre black—veils and
crepes and a simple little black dres«
a new black hat, black kid glows and
pumps tiny black bordered handker
. hiefs and a band of wide black crepe
for the sleeve of her husband s new
black suit.
"We're in niourntrg. Mrs CoolKlg*
j '.old her callers "Wearing black la
i only an exterior aign of grief an..
i fails utterly to express the real Al
ign!*!: 1 feel for Mrs Harding St:
.1 is the accepted and visible s> mbol
of bereavement and so 1 shall w e.s
, it i,n: .1 th* funeral is ov ei
Sign* ( ooli<lgr% Name.
Washlnirton, \r*f i.—Pttsitlfn'
i *‘oolhtce h** his signature ?*•
* paper Authonranc: M « Y\U i
j l*ugh. m clerk in the grner.xl la* it
nlltoe to *;gn hi* name to taml
j She m the onlv pen*«*u nr the «crv»
i of the countt \ tvuh .Author*.* to
1 v gn the pie*iitent * oxme to ottViat
! tUvumen?*
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