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^ VOL. 53—NO. 48. ftg- K TtSPXtt OMAHA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 11, 1923. *_oB-,.r,i,l \TzJ."a »'“» TWQ CENTS '* '
I
15,000 Omahans Join in
Service to Perpetuate
Memory of President
Assemblage at Ak-Sar-Ben Field Expresses Determination
That Spirit of Harding Shall Live—Speaker Ranks Him
With Lincoln and McKinley—Career of Public
f Service Example for Youth to Follow.
Military Ceremony Is Legion’s Mark of Respect
Determination that the memory of Warren <>. llr.rding shall live hi
thought and action marked the great mass meeting Friday afternoon at
Ak-8ar-Ben field, where 15.000 Omahans joined millions in all parts of the
country to honor the late president.
Brilliant August sunlight shining on the field after tong rains which
lifted only an hour or two before the program, a cool wind fluttering the
scores of American flags which edged the top of tlie grandstand and caught
up the festoons of sable hunting, emphasized this air of forward looking.
The fnces of the school children in the front seats, the crisp note im
^pyarted by the group of army officers and the veterans in uniforms re
splendent with medals, although sobered by a mourning band worn on the
arm, repeated the same theme of high resolve, of dedication for the future.
When many thousands thronged® 7
the union station in the midnight
blackness of Monday morning to
watch the passage of the funeral
train, that was the zero hour of grief
too dark for any outward expression.
Yesterday's services were another
matter—a mellowed grief, a gracious
‘ memory, a lofty inspiration.
Dead March Played.
Precisely at 3 a few moments after
the body of President Hardir.g had
reached the grave in far away
Marion, the Tangier band, a striking
note of color in navy blue uniforms
edged With scarlet, took up the
solemn strains of the dead march
from “Saul.”
The grandstand holding 10,000 per
sons was already full, and long lines
of street cars, automobiles and
pedestrians were still converging
upon the field and pouring into the
thousands of seats placed between
the grandstand and the speakers
pavilion. Some 30 feet behind the
pavilion stood a 10-foot portrait of
Mr. Harding draped with black and
white bunting.
As the music of the dead march
faded. Mayor James C. Dahlman, as
president of the meeting, raised his
hand and commanded a moment of
absolute silence on th< part of the
great throng before him. In that
sdence. Bishop R. V. Shayler^came
•^To ward and began the reading of the
realm of the Righteous Man,'
[‘•aim 37.
Example* of RiRhteouino!**.
After recalling to the minds of the
audience the, cause for which all were
gathered and the millions who were
assembled for the same purpose in
other parts of the country, Bishop
Shayler spoke briery of V\ arren t».
Harding as an example of righteous
ness.
"When President Harding kissed
the Bible at his inaugural two years
ago,” said the bishop, "lie presently
quoted as expressing his purposes a
\erse from Mlcah, ‘What does the
Lord require of thee but to deal
righteously, to love mercy, and to
walk humbly with thy God.' In the
circle of his duties from that day
until today when he Is laid In the
earth at Marion, one may trace his
effort to shpw that righteousness
which exalteth a nation.
■ These things which President
Harding so greatly desired,” con
tinued the bishop, “are things which
we need most bitterly today* There
is need to deal justly with the weak
and oppressed of the earth, to show
mercy in binding up the wound* left
by the war. It is time indeed that
w? set ourselves to walk humbly with
our God. ”
Closes With Prayer.
Bishop Shaylor concluded his re
marks with a moving and eloquent
r,raver giving thanks for the life of
■*SHarren Gamaliel Harding and be
seeching solace for the bereaved wife
and father. He asked also guidance
for the nation and for President Cal
vin Coolldge, upon whoso shoulders
fall the burdens of a great and lonely
office.
No sooner came the amen than
I here followed the strains of Bros!
dent Harding's favorite hymn, ‘‘Lead
Kindly Light,” roiling out in organ
like tones from the throats of the
Klwanis quartet. This quartet in
cludes H J. Schneider, Justin lfel
grin.. Harry Disbrow, and A. L.
J lobbs.
/ John I*. Kenned- In the principal
address bracketed “the Godlike Lin
,-oln. the beloved McKinley and the
lovable Harding."
-All,'’ said the speaker In part,
“died for their country. They were
all plain, sirnplp. Godfearing men.
Wiyb ab-olute devotion to duty. Liv
i. g. they were commanding figures:
dead, they will continue to control
and direct the standards of policies of
<air counry.
Harding's Spirit Lives.
This is a memorial service. We
of the present generation need no
marble arches or granite 'hafts to
keep alive the influences which Presl
cent Harding left behind him They
are secure In the hearts and con
sciences of the men and women of to
day. What of tomorrow?
"1 sec before me many boys and
girls from the school*, and the Boy
Scouts, members of a world w ide or
ganization dedicated to public serv
ice. Born in a great country, rich be
yond description In material wealth,
with great opportunities and greater
responslbillttes, will they measure up
to future requirements?
"Thr greatest monument we can
•rept to his memory Is to reconstruct
th< nation according to his standard
and to live up to Ins ideals We must
jldd reaped to ihr constttulon i f oui
) (Tara is 1‘sge Two. Column three*
Nebraska Bows
Head in Tribute
to Dead Leader
Business in Entire State Halts
for Memorial Services
—Flags Are at
Half Mast.
y ‘ Fades the light;
And afar.
Goeth day. cometh night
And a star
T,eadeth all, speedeth all.
To their rest."
These words of an Unknown poet
echoed through the mind* of the thou
sands of Nebraskans, who stood ves
terday in silent tribute to the mem
ory of the late President Harding, as
buglers sounded "taps" for a nation's
chief executive.
At every hamlet and city in the
state large crowds congregated at
memorial services. Flags on all public
buildings were at half mast and busi
ness suspended ns a mark of respect
to the dead 'president, who was car
ried to his last resting place in
Marlon. O.
Bryan Not at .Memorial.
Einooln. Aug. 10.—Hundreds were
turned away from the City audi
torium. where memorial services were
held in honor of the late President
Harding. Rev. A. A. Brooks,
Methodist minister. Father I,. P.
0’L.oughlin and Mayor Frank
Zehrung spoke to the thousands who
jamn . tie auditorium.
Tft'^lCtire complement, of atate
offi - excepting Governor Charles
W. Bryan, were present and occupied
seats of honor on the stage. F. C.
Radke, secretary of the governor,
did not coment on the report that
Governor Bryan was in Minnesota
and had not been in Nebraska dur
ing the £5 days of his absence. Radke
has stated persistently that the gov
ernor was within the bord^fc of the
state.
Marion ((Mattel Nines
SpfriHt llispstrh to The Omaha Bee.
Fails City, Neb., Aug. 10.—Falls
City suspended all business activities,
while fully half of the able population
flocked to City park to attend the
memorial exercises for the lat" Presi
dent Harding. Every store in town
was closed. All Missouri Pnciflfc trilns
stopped and remained stationary for
fl\e minutes. Congressman Morehead
delivered the address. The Marion
quartet named after the president's
home town, now hers with a Chautau
qua, sang Hardings favorite sacred
numbers.
Relatives Pay Tribute.
Fremont, Neb.. Aug. 10.—Three
Fremont people, distantly related to
the late President Warren G. Hard
ing, were among the assemblage to
pay last respects to the beloved
leader of the nation at tha municipal
exercises here. They are Mrs. F. E.
Calkins. Mrs. Frank Snyder and W.
G. Dodge, all grandchildren of David
W, Dickerson, who was a cousin of
the Into president's mother. These
three-blood relatives paid special
tribute at lii* shrine. None were able
to attenid the funeral services in
Ohio, from whence there ancestors
came, so they met with the Fremont
congregation to pay silent homage.
Scotia Memorial.
Scotia. Neb . Aug. in.—Memorial
(Torn t» r«se Two. roltimn Ten.)
Nebraska Man Lost
on Pike’s Peak Slopes
Colorado Springs. Aug. 10.—Boy
Scouts, deputy sheriffs and tourists
today were scouring the. slopes of
Pikes Peak for Charles Pelican, 23,
of David City, Neb., who disappeared
on the slopes of the peak on Tuesday
afternoon.
H. F. Hornsman, a frigjid of Peli
can, was with him on the hike and
they became separated. No trace of
Pelican has been found and friends
feared he lost his way and fell over
a cliff.
Early Fall of
Cuno Rule
Expected
•’No Confidence" Resolution
of Socialists in Germany
Likely to Mean End of
Cuno Government.
Strike Situation Is Grave
By Associated Press
Berlin, Aug. 10.—The early retire
ment ot Chancellor Cuno and his
ministry seems foreshadowed, In con
sequence of the decision of the united
socialists to support the “no confl
dence’’ motion introduced by the com
munists. which will come up for a
vote in the relehstag on Monday.
The strike movement, which is
bringing about a tremendous dis
crepancy between increasing food
prices and the wages of workmen,
threatens to become exceedingly seri
ous. However, the strike at the state
printing works ended by agreement
today, and the presses again are turn
ing out billions of paper marks.
This strike, which tied up tlie
reichsbank, was in violation of the
decision of the ministry of labor,
which awarded a wage of approxi
mately «.»00,iTDO paper marks weekly
to the men who demanded 20 gold
marks.
Shipyards dotted.
Nearly all the Hamburg shipyards
are closed because the managers have
been unable to accede to the workers'
demands for immediate increases in
wages. Among the workers general
ly there is a disposition to take re
course to strikes unless wages are
substantially increased. Even in the
big factories, where strikes have not
occurred, there Is a disposition to
adopt the tactics of “cacanny,” 01
passive resistance.
Tlie average wage ot the workei s
is between 10 and 15 gold marks
monthly, but butter, for example,
costs 1.000,000 paper marks a pound.
Premius of 100 per cent were paid
freely on the Bourse today for paper
marks, which now are so scarce that
a man with a checkbook does not
hestitate to pay for them at the rate
of two for one.
Banks I-oek Doors.
The strike of the printers had com
plicated gravely the moneyless sit
uation by tieing up the uncounted
batteries of tlie reichsbank'■ printing
presses. The reichsbank nnd all the
big and little private banks locked
their gates fet noon to escape the long
lines of clamoring patrons.
While the currency shortage is not
void of humorous phases, it neverthe
less is contributing a serious aspect
to the prevailing nervousness and Ir
ritability. since it is inconvemeic ing
tlie workers and middle (lasses who
are accustomed to ready cash.
The Prussian government today
was unable to mobilize enough cur
rency to meet its police payroll and
tlie officers are now in much tlie same
plight as tourists, who are unable
to lay their hands on sufficient cur
rency to pay their hotel bills and
railroad fares.
The General Electric company was
the first of the big Industrial plants
to organize a food distributing bu
reau for tlie benefit of its employes.
Four Alpine Climbers Fall.
Chamonix, France, Aug 10.—Four
pet sons, two of them Alpine guides,
who were ascending the Giant’s
Needle, were seen falling Into space
by other guides yesterday in the party
that, etaitrd out were Father Duquen
nois. M. and Mute Charles and two
guides. M. Charles remained at the
Giant's pas« and the others who con
tinued tlie ascent are believed to*b"
the four seen foiling by tlie guides
here. No hope is held of finding any
of them alive.
-HI
How Long?
l.loyil George, former premier of Great Britain, writing in
The Omaha Sunday Bee, wonders how long it will be before
economic and militaty pressure will bring Germany to a state
of collapse with France probably controlling the new and
resultant states.
>
He even sees as a possibility the restoration of the old mon
archy in Bavaria, where the influence of Berlin is negligible,
and a new Rhineland republic, jealously guarded by colored
warriors of Senegul and Cochin China.
When Lloyd George predicts, he bases his predictions upon s
knowledge of tangled European affairs second to none in the
world. His articles, appearing in Omaha exclusively in The
Omaha Sunday Bee, are well worth reading.
READ LLOYD GEORGE IN
The Omaha Sunday Bee
Harding’s Bod v Borne to Home of His Father
Marlon, O.—Military guard of honor reverently caries the body of Warren G. Harding , late president, into
the home of Dr. George T. Harding, his fathrr. Thousands line surrounding streets, silently to watch the funeral
march. j
Not a Glad Hand, but a Strong One,
Takes Helm of Ship of State
President Coolidge, Lacking the Effusive Geniality
of Many Politicians, Works Faithfully but
Silently, Promising Little and Doing Much.
By M\RK SILLIVAN.
Washington. Aug 10.—Between
President Cooiidge and h private
citizen of Boston named Franklin
Stearns, there is' an unusual relation.
Because the easiest way to describe
such a relation is to express It in
terms of analogy, to something else
already well known, a good many
have been speaking of this relation
in terms of the relation of Mark
Hanna to McKinley, and of Colonel
House to Wilson.' In fact, however,
there is not much more tn this
analogy than the common element of
a devoted friendship in alt three
cases. Mark Hanna was a super
PQlltician; Colonel House in his quiet
way. was no small figure as a poli
tician and has a legitimate r.eal to
function in the field of statesmanship
and mold the world to his conception
of hotter things
Mr. Stearna, on the other hand !•
no politician at all. The relation 1-e
tween Cooiidge and Ptearns is purely
romanti. It is more like the relation
of a father to son 'hart anything else
Steams was an older graduate of
Amherst college and a trustee of It.
In the course of time Cooiidge. as a
younger graduate making his wav
in public life, came to Stearns, at
tention. Stearna liked him and de
termined to push him along. Stearns
railed the attention of other influen
tial Amherst graduates to their young
fellow alumnus and made him the
center of a loyal group of Amlteret
graduates who took pride in Coolidge's
career.
No Excuses or Explanations.
There are two true stories about
Cooiidge w lilch are strongly illus
trative of his habit of mind and way
of doing things <>i e of these stories
happens to include the history- of tli*
beginning of Ills acquaimance w th
Stearns
Stearns, with the other* trustees of
Amherst, was putting n sewer system
to the college amt wanted to eonneet
it with the s*wer system of the ad
joining town of Northampton. Tills
required a formal act of the legisla
ture Inasmuch as Cooiidge was the
representative of Northampton In the
legislature, and was also an alumnus
of Amherst thev went to him to put
through the necessary legislation.
Tribute of Lincoln
Woman Most Touching
!»* InternsUAnal *er»ire.
Marion. <> . Aug 10 —Among ihr
thousand* of messages of i ondolence
which poured in on .'Its Harding to
day, nonr touched h*r more deeply
than Hie following:
-1720 Vine Ht .
"I.inrnln. Neb,
To Mrs Warren ft Hat tilt .
Itenr Madam: We wish to expiess
our sympathy toward you on thi?
Hour of deepest sorrow for our great
leader snd president. I ant pending
a small token that I worked myself
with the wish that n may he placed
on the casket of the late president.
We cannot send flowers B* they cost
tno much. U» are pom people with a
large family of 10 children, ranging
from IK veins down to T months, so
1 thought this small flag would lie
yery nice. We are Knglish, hut my
children are all American horn. May
the Heavenly Kn t her Rive you
strength to bear your loss, from a
humble mother.
“Your t espectfully
"MllS. H. Ilul.AIDS
Cabinet to Continue.
WunhlniHon. A tig 10 Whfttcvrr
r* aUnation* may ha RiibmUlct! It
cabinet member* hr h s'*ruK of Presi
dent Harding* dsalh. u ir consider.-d
tniprohnbl* Unit any will lx* tendered
the new president int mediated
All t nblnet officer*, It win Indicated
yesterday, will continue to serve.
#«t least /or the present, in conformity
with tb* request of President « "olitln
thrit ihry not even submit their reals
nations as a formality,
Coolidge listened , but did not sav aj
word, In the manner now recognized
as habitual with him. Neither did
Coolidge do anything about it at that,
session of the legislature. The Am
herst trustees felt a. little peevish
about Coolidge'* silence and inaction.
Later on they learned ftiar
Coolidge s failuie to act at that see
sion of the legislature was due to the
fart that there were only 10 days
remaining, so that as a matter of
parliamentary routine, it was im
possible. So far as Colidge s silence
had any meaning. the Amherst
trustees explained It to themselves
on the theory that <'oblige felt they
ought to have known enough about
(Torn t«* l*«r# Two. Column
Arizona Hangs
Border Haider
Kffurt# l>x Mexican# ami Ari
zona Citizen# Kail lo
Saxe Life.
Hi \ft«ueistnl Press.
Hornier. Ariz., Aug. Id.—Xlanuel
| Martinez was hanged at the state
j penitentiary this morning fur the
murder of .1. Frank Pearson, post
master at Kiib.v, \rlz.. in a border
bandit raid in \ugiist. I9UI. The trap
wns sprung at 5:11 o'clock and Xfar
tine/ was pronounced dead II min
utes later.
The condemned man walked to hit
fate with no display of emotion after
men and organizations of high posi
tion in Arizona aid Mexico had
failed in i heir Iasi effort to secure a
commutation of his sentence at the
hands of the state board of pardons
and paroles. •
Denver Bandits
Murder leacher
Denver. (’ok' Auk HP- Lying Uu .
conscious on the lawn in front of the I
lesidcnce of A 1*' Welker, where she
tad been residing Mi*?* Helen May
Itodgm, 50. .« school teacher of Wilev.
Kan., was found by pedestrians late
last night. She riled while she was
being rushed to a hospital.
Shortly afterward, three suspects.
I whose names police refused, to divulge,
were taken into custody in connect ion
with the rase.
Physicians found a bruise at the
base of the woman’s skull and it is
helie\ed she was slugged police are.
working on the theory that footpads
| knocked Miss Hodgtn unconscious
and robbed her. as her pock'd book
• and a gold witch she ordinarily car
ried were reported missing
The woman came to Denvei recent
!v In search of a position as h school
teacher. She s believed to have been
on her way home from the business ,
district, when she was attacked. Pa
pers n her possession Indicate ah* !
had three sisters, two of them being 1
Ml*. \V S i la ley of Mil*,, Kan.,!
and Mis R L Houghton «»f La
V «*ga« N M
Police I' ire on I' ood It ioter*;
One Killed. 10 Wounded
II. A.*„, litto.l Prr.t
(.'refold. Germany, Ann 1 o (In
man l*'lice today flyed on a crowd
of *v\nnl thou*.m,I olio w.ie etac
log demon*! ration iigalnat ihr
scarcity of food and the high i ,i*t
of living, killing on* nod wound
lug 1(V
Home Itoldied
l.o* Angeles, Auk 10 Mi* I G
Tnitlmi repotted to police lestetd.o
Hint two men who obtained enlruneo
to her residence by elating they wrur
employe* of i department none. took
$11 nop ip ),’w,|. .m,| mop.'y weh
llwtn when they left
I
Fullerton Store
Loot Is Recovered
bv Officers Here
Woman Arrested Vt hen Ihirdi
of Stolen Goods Is 1 aken
in Raid on Omaha
Home.
—
.V i... ! •: a house at ;:18 Woolworth
avenue yesterday resulted in thCj
recover', of alarm a third of the mer
chandise taken ;n the sensational Ful
lerton. Neb., store robbery of three
weeks aao. and the arrest of Mrs. F.
Mastrasrigo
The raid will probably lead to more
arrests and the unraveijng of the rob
bery mystery, according to fjeorge
Townley. president of the Reliable De
tectivs bureau, whose operatives
traced the stolen merchand.se and
planned the raid.
Entered After Daylight.
The Fullerton i obbery was one of
the most sensational that has been
committed in this section for several
years. Bandits, in two automobiles,
broke into the store shortly after day
light, and escaped with goods valued!
at more than J8.000. They w*re pur
sued eastward by sheriffs of several
counties and at Valley there was an
exchange of gunfire. The robbers
escaped.
Might men. Including President
Townley. Fred Kreme. sheriff of
Nance county^ Deputy Sheriff Thes
trup of Douglas county and George
If Bowman of Fullerton, an employe
of the Penney Sr Son store of Fuller
ton. took jpait in the raid.
Woman i» silent.
Mis Must!aarigo was taken to Cen
tral police station, hut would not dis
cus* the presence of ilte stolen mer
chandise in her house. The ofip.ers
aie looking for hn hgsband. they an
nounced
“We heard that'there were large
quantities of goods being sold in
Omaha last Tuesday so we investi
gated said Mr Townley of the de
teettve agency We finally obtained
some of ilte goods, and Mr. Bowman
«f the robbed store identified them
by price tags Then we traced the
goods to the house "it Woolworth
avenue."
Some It) silk dte«sr«. about a dozen
liolts of silk and many women's
w.lists were recoveied
Five Prohibition \pents
(Yapped 1>\ Moonshiner*
Hazard Kv . Aug 10.—Sheriff
Holliday ami a posse of deputies left
here today for a retime spot in the
mountains on t’oekeriMs fork of I,oet
Creek lj miles front It re. where five
prohibition enforcement agents,
headed by If M. Stewart, ate reported
to have been surrounded by moon
shinets entrenched in the hills. Ac
cording 10 the report ..hO shots have
been exchanged in th» Kittles so far.
bui no <.isinilt!es h»\ been reported.
Dead President Sleeps
Beneath Ivy-Clad Roof
of Tomb in Home Town
Last Honors Paid to Chief Executhe Who Died in Ser\iee of
His Country—Simple Ceremonies Mark Funeral at
Marion—Huge Crowds Visit City to Pay
I Sorrowful Respect.
Widow Faces Lonely Years Ahead With Bravery
Marion, Aug. 10.—Harding of Ohio is home tonight, sleeping time away
near the mother at whose knee his first childish dream of greatness was
prattled.
Before his tomb, as the chiming \oiees of (lie choir sang softly among
the trees. Nearer, My (iod. to Thee." another tender. brate woman stood
with aching heart, her teiled face lifted to the »h). A moment later rlw
stepped a meager moment into the dim tault where the dead husband's
journey of life had ended. Then she turned away, brate to the lasr. to
face the lonely years ahead She waited not to see the iron gates closo
softly upon her dead.
New York Silent
in Memory of
w
Late President
Hu«h Falls 0\er City as Citi
zens of Metropolis Pay
Tribute to Warren
Harding.
New York. Aug. 10—Hushed with
a reverent stillness unparalleled In
its history as a metropolis, New York
today paid sorrowful tribute to the
memory of Warren G. Harding.
Its great banks, brokerages, stores,
harbor deserted, the city turned to
its myriad churches where the sad
ceremonies at Marion were being
echoed.
It was more than a Sundav hush
that fell.
Sunday, to New Yorks millions, is
a day as m l.h for relaxation a» for
worship It is a day for the beaches,
the parks and th* country: a day for
motoring, car rides and golf.
Today it was almost as .f there was
a funeral in every home. Broad
thoroughfaic.- were stripiied of their
traffic. Subway and elevated trains,
running on reduced schedules were
sparsely occupied. Trains to the
shore resorts were almost empty. The
resorts themselves were as quiet as
if in winter.
The apex of lie day of mourning
, ame at noon when, w:th millions
assembled in the city’s churches to
do sorrow tul homage to the dead pres
ident, with the guns of the surround
ir.g forts and military posts booming
the presidential salute, and with hun
dreds of church bells tolling, the city's!
transit lines ground to a hah and its I
connection* with the outs.de world j
were temporarily snapped.
Another climax came » few mn
uses after i when the wires of the |
Associated Press, connecting the na
tion with Marlon, flashed taps, then
subaided for two minute# into an un
accustomed silence. A cast hush
filled the city. Grew* of ships and
tugs in the harbor stood at attention.
Foreign vessel* dipped their colors.
The stars and stri|>es of the Amen
can liners fluttered at half-mast
F.ven after the piesidetits hodv had
beer consigned to its tomb, the
riourtving continued Legitimate the
aters and vaudeville houses weieclos
ed Broadway vva* almost dark. A j
few of the motion picture hou*- »—'
all i losed dur.ng the day—opened
thi* evening, but their crowds were
small. Some gave * teuch of mourn
ing to their programs by displaying
the la;e president's picture oti the
screen while organs whispered hi?
favorite hymn.
Haney to Return.
Washington. Aug. 10—George Hat
vev. .American ambassador to Great,
Britain, spent nearly an hour jester
day in conference with Piesident
Coolidgc before leaving for Marlon
to attend Preaident llardlng * funeral.
The Harding proposal for American
participation in the world court. Mr.
Harvey said, was ore of the subject#]
discussed with Mr. Goolidge but he
declined to give any detail*
The ambassador said he planned to
icturn to his po*' st London early
next moti:
Omaha Bee Made
' 43.1%
of All the Gains in
Display Advertising
for the First Half of
1923
THREE OMAHA PAPERS
(1) Omaha Bee Gain. 33,416
(2) Second Paper . 29,728
(3) Third Paper . 14,396
“ Watch The Bee Grow"
Harding is home forever from life's
high places, where the restless, heaay
winds of ambition blow; home be
neath Ohio st.il, for above him tie
vaulted roof is mantled w ith giass
grown sod; home among the friends
and neighbors of his youth the kind
ly people of a kindly town. T;me ;»
ended for him and the shouting a> d
clamor that surrounds the gieat is
done.
It was a long road to that Silent
vault about which theie closed to
night a guard of the citize n soldiery
of his own state. There was endless
ceremony of the nation’s and the
peoples hashing to mark the way.
But it ended simply, calmly as 'he
dead would have had It end.
Simple Service.
Aside from the multitude that
walled the long way from hi*
father e home to the v ault 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 t.n his grasp. There were the
tanned men of his guard from the
sister services of the nation. the
admirals and the generals who formed
his honor escort, the friend and com
rade who now is president in hi*
stead, the colleagues of h.s gr:e£
stricken cabinet. That was all. ei
cept at the last, distant gun fire as
he came to his tomb and the soft
tones of a ougie sounding a soldier
requiem as the gates were closed.
Otherwise the funeral service was
that of a simple and much-loved
citizen of Onio. For all Ohio seemed
to have come today to bid him fare
well. Throngs whose number* will
never be known passed beside h:s
casket and looked their last upon the
dead fai» before the lime fo- :h#
las* ournev came.
(irrat Hag i/ad> Way.
From hts father's house be went
out again, carried by ;h« steadfast
men who have stood constantly to
guard a dead commander. Xo solemn
music of band* or military pageant
marked his going ««te the g m: d,g
of the pt-sideiu drooping in mourn
ing and tarried before him to the
gates of the tomb as he went.
In cars behind the simple heaissr
that carried now this honored leader
came President Cooiidge and the cab
inet and the friends at d -iose kr .
Theie too. tame t'h.ef Justice Taft
and tJenera! Pershing. East to leave
the memorted house was Mis Hard
ing, in black and with ' eii draw it
close, atsd just ahead of hti w il.ved
the old father, h* face plainly ?b.-\ -
mg the asonv of his grief
Through e s.ltrt f..c wailed
s reet the toir-ge |',cs. d t id i oirfi
the ip: rer t> t>e*q,net -einctety. \ «
>1 tame tow ai d e c.ies ■ g «
spoke afar in honor.
Old < onir.tdt - riyerr
l ue vault stands ivy-wrapped a- t
sei Kh k into the gentle hill w.ih lit
tie spa, • hr foie - s,. fe !.rv ..!
main was halted at a distance a-.d tl.w
• asket lifted down to be carried to a
resting place tie fore t e open en
trance to the tomb. Already a gtx>up
of senator* who knew this dead presi
dent under the • apitol dome be for*
passed to the tvhite House we e -
ready" gathered n waiting, in 1 «
across the roadway that runs befo »
the entrance. With them sto. d t e
comrades of camp.ng days Fold. Edi
son. and Firestone
The cabinet family came to stand
closer, at the foot of the casket w:.b
the.r new chief standing sorrow fu. v*
among.them The admiral* in g’mirt
Ing ttli te lined the way to the ief',
the generals to the right and beyond,
behind the cabinet stood the little
party of intimate* and freed* w .»
made the Masks journey that death
broke so suddenly
Then came Di Hard mg w.th t •
snows of h:s to v ea showing or h.s
bared head and then the brave widow
walking to her place at the right '?
the'casket with Secretary i'hr«t,an
and the Dieinbcv* of the grief bowed
family
I-VSI Service Begins
'V :h the shadow of - e ,v.,i
of ihr mull, the churchmen took
their place and frv'in the ahrubbe-v
that screened them ihe choir sao*
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