| Show Harding Nomination and Death Foretold By Fortune F T By HARRY B HUNT NEA Service Writer Aug Fate 6 Fate ate true to prophecy in ill the life H and death of Warren G Harding Probably no more striking instance of the influence of the stars on human affairs as 81 preached by occultists ts and ever was known know than that in m which months before hi his nomination harding was picked as the neat president by a astrologist Madam Marcia ho ho at the time pre pre- predicted predicted that he would Ih li lie e out only a little more than half his term tei-m I The en end 1 she he said bald in making this prediction in m 1920 when when it comes will be sudden budden after an illness s of short duration I went ent to see sec this astrologist with whose hose former predictions I was familiar on Tuesday July 31 when harding lay ill il m San aan an Francisco The rue bulletins from the bedside at the tune tUlle I called announced the patient was improving ing lie He was ou oil the highway to recovery Cry the attending physicians agreed I i But Dut Madam Marcia l who ho had spent s the morning poring 0 oer er the horo horoscope cope of the ill III man shook her head hrad IL GS DEATH It Is the tle end she said lie lIe never recover The crisis will I come Thursday night He will be dead by Friday lay beI I In the face of or the tho doctors bulletins I smiled at her But ut she sheI I as aas immovable steadfast t in her tragic forecast He can not re- re recover recover cover re-cover cover he bhe he persisted He will be dead by Friday I Believers In fate will find In I Madam Marcias Marcia's readings of what I life held for Harding seeming proof to sustain their faith In the he power of the stars I I nack In February 1920 four Women all all unknown to the a as aa called on Madam Mi am Marcia all Vc Vo co want our horoscopes read they said We Ve Vo want to know which of us Is to be the next nest first I lady of the tho land The charts were vero drawn and im proceeded to the study or of what they foretold Halt Half way through h the reading she the pointed to Mrs Harding and s sold said d If It any my of you ou ladles are aro to be the bethe first lady this Is the one Some Rome time later the woman who had been selected as the future I first lady whO o Identity WU was wai still unknown to Madam Marcia called 1 I want you to read this horos- horos horos on Pace ac Two I I HARDINGS HARDING'S DEATH I IS FORETOLD BY I FORTUNE TELLER I Continued from Page Pose One cope she said qaid giving giving- a birth date of Nov No 2 1865 at S a m rn OID lORL ELECTION AND AD DEATh This hs person Madam Marcia toM told her In the course of the MarCIal read read- reading reading ing tog will be the tha next president ot of the tho United States But ho lie will ill no live out his term He will die a sudden if It not violent blent death In or order er to Identify Identity this horo horo- horoscope scope it wa was marked with tho the tnt tnt- Initials Ini Initials r I r K K H given by tho the still unknown caller On May 20 1920 this woman called again on Madam Marcia The I madam could no longer restrain her curiosity I can not figure figuro It out she said This will still III be ho the next t president nt but I can find no I presidential possibility with Ith Initials r K K ic H I can not understand its it's It I I I didn't say those were the Initials of tho the person whose horo- horo horoscope horoscope horo scope that is Mrs Harding re- re replied replied re replied plied They are my Initials She then disclosed her Identity I I ha have base e come corne to you ou for ad- ad advice ad advice vice she sho continued Ml Mi Hard I Hard Harding ing lag i Is under tremendous pressure from the highest party leaders to withdraw as a candidate What should he ho do He must stick Madam Marcia saId He He will s ill not be bo nominated until after noon on Saturday of the con consention But ho he will wiil be nomi nomi- nominated nominated nominated BLOCKS IL WITH WITHDRAWAL At 10 minutes of 12 on Saturday during the con convention at Chicago the nomination s seemed emed dead dead- deadlocked deadlocked locked Harding sent tent a note to Mrs Harding who was l seated In Inthe inthe inthe the auditorium with Mrs Harry C Woodyard wife site of tho the from West Vest Virginia Florence the note read ihy hy do you not want me to draw nith draw when you do not want mo me to have hav it Stay Slay until after 1 12 o'clock and Ill I'll tell you Mrs Harding wrote hack back hackOn backOn On the tho next ballot the deadlock broke At 10 minutes after 12 I Warren G C Harding had been nomi nomi- nominated Mrs Woodyard who was with Mrs Harding at the convention was the woman who first took her herto herto herto to visit Madam MarciA The other two of the party of or four were ere ero Mrs Poindexter and Mrs Mra Sutherland both wives wius wh s of senators who alto had I nUal The made in jest cst after a at- at at at their whist wl club follow follow- following following ing Hardings Harding's nomination and elec- elec election elec election tion became a a mighty serious mat mat- matter mattar matter ter tar to them thorn For or It raised a a new whether man Is or Is IB not after all alla alla allu a thing of destiny an Instrument In the hands of fate ratE simply play play- playing playing ing his part in a role cast to for by the immutable stars Copyright 1923 NEA Service Inc mc shortly before 4 o'clock this morn morn- mornIng morning ing lag There were ere ere many others at atthe athe a the smaller tol towns ns of Dennison Carroll Scranton and Boone all of which the tho train reached before 7 o'clock and bet before ore the mist had dIsappeared from over the cors corl I fields I Even In the smaller pI Ices there Stood awas always a band of ot world war ser serIce Ice men taco forming a II guard of honor bonor and farmers living hiving miles from towns went to the nearest roal with their families I At one toy town n a circus train stol Ion on a aiding elding and bet beside It stood the circus folk foU In honor of ot the dent NEBRASKA ON 01 BOARD nOARD HARDING FU- FU FU TRAIN T Neb Au 6 The IP CA CAThe W The Tho trans Missouri cst cst 16 hac paid Its final tribute to the tho memory of ot Warren G Harding and ani the east was given Its first opportunity opportunity today as the funeral train bearing his body from from San Fran ITan- Francisco Francisco cisco to Washington sped steadily to ard the national capital As eloquent and silent and Ira Ira- Impressive Im Impressive as aa were the tributes of ot estern estern states traversed those manifested by the people eastward from the Missouri river riser along the railway line IlDe to Chicago showed plainly the love and affection of the section of the country for the theman theman man who was as as until last Thursday e their chief executive It was only because of ot the In- In ln Increased creased population of the the stat states s traversed today that the groups of persons who have stood mourning along the steel train since the train left the Golden Gate city appeared in larger numbers and at more fre- fre frequent frequent fre frequent quent Intervals Their manner monner of tribute was but that of the smaller gatherings seen in the estern stretches at e every cry ranch camp railroad station or center of greater habitation and the effect ot of none was ass as lost by the woman nho ho ho Journeyed with the dead In Inthe inthe inthe the last car and who still resisted bravely against any outward sl n of surrender to her sorrows NEARING NE CHICAGO GO The Tho route followed fOlio ed today led through the states of Iowa and Ii- Ii Il II Illinois beginning at Council Bluffs I and continuing through Dennison Carroll Boone Ames Amea Marshall Marshall- Marshalltown town Marshall toy town n Cedar Rapids Rapid and Clinton loan a and St Starling Dixon and De- De Dekalb kalb De-kalb e kalb Ill III to Chicago Arrival within the Ole cit city limits ot of Chicago was scheduled for 3 30 p m rn central standard time and after a short pause there the tho trait train speed onward around the ti of Lake Michigan and add Indiana Indian II Though it was in the early hours this morning when the funeral train reached Omaha ther there were thou thou- thousands thousands thousands sands of persons who had kept watch for tor it and who like the other gatherings a at t points passed every every- everywhere where here since Friday evening heu the train drew out of San Sau Fran Fran- Francisco cisco Would I not permit a time fac- fac factor factor fac factor tor to prevent them from making their offering ottering of respect to the tho dead and of sympathy to Mrs Harding In Omaha as aa In the tho other places whore where stops were made floral noral pieces also were offered thus mak mah- mak- mak making ing lag It possible for those attending to such affairs on the train to keep the bier always I decorated with fresh flowers THRONG AT OMAHA Omaha was represented by about of its citizens with bowed bowd and bared heads eads as the special pulled into the Union station It at 2 56 o'clock Thousands were un- un unable unable un unable able to get past the Iron gates cep- cep sep separating orating tho the station waiting from the tracks but they peered eagerly through the enclosure while thousands of others stood on near near- nearby nearby nearby by elevated streets until the train pulled out at a m SECRETARY RY A AMAZED This Is wonderful wonderful-wonderful wonderful declared George Christian secre seere- secretary secretary tary to the departed president liS as liShe ashe ashe he stepped from the train Who expect to see such a a large crowd gathered to show their sym sym- sympathy sym sympathy pathy and love at this hour of the day Mrs rs Christian added that the crowd here was the largest at nIght since the train left the far ar west and also praised the way Nebraska pai paid their respects at other points along the line Mrs Harding he said Is a noble woman ane and tl Is I bearing up wonderfully well weIl with remarkable fortitude United States Senator R B How How- Howell How ell eli Republican of Omaha and MaJor Maor General George B Duncan commanding officer of the Seventh army corps area were among those present State headed by Lieutenant GO Governor Fred G John John- Johnson Johnson son John son of Hastings came with n wreath bearing the word Ne Ne braska They brought n ith them too a it resolution of Nebraska's so sor- sor sorrow sor sorrow row for the departed one and a message of sympathy for tor his wi- wi widow wi widow dow It follows TEXT TE 01 OF or RESOLUTION It it Is with inexpressible sorrow that we ise hear of the death of our honored and beloved president Warren G C Harding In his passing wo e o have hae sustained an Irreparable loss that will be felt In the tho hearts heart and homes of ot all true citizens ot of the republic We bow In humble submission to this affliction with the hope that the tho God in m whom our departed departee president belle believed and In whom he placed his trust will wUl guide our people in iii the tho future as In the past To his faithful wife whose hero hero- heroIsm heroism heroism ism and Christian fortitude have have been n an on inspiring exa example w we wo wish wil to convey or our ourI I state This was typical al of the spirit of o Nebraska everywhere a as a's the train stopped at ot Sydney North Platte Grand Island and Columbus at other points where It had bad to tobe tobe tobo be slowed down because use of the crowd Not only did they com come from the towns where stops wr were mad made but from other cities and villages and tho the countryside for niles lies around ERS PRESENTED TID They rhey ga gave gase e of flowers too re- re reI re religious I organizations fraternal bodies and many others joining inthe In tho the movement movement- Men women and children carne came In Omaha some folks folts were car car- carrying car carrying babies In arms while out In Inthe inthe Inthe the state even rain storms at Bru e North North Platte Ogallala and ADd other I points did not stop them At point i along the route I I services were held as well a as In other cities the memorials includIng Including ing lag the singing of of of some of M H hardings harding's favorite hymns The train was somewhat late In Omaha because of ot the storms anI because the locomotive slipped sUpped a tire at Chappell This caused no cerious Incon inconvenience as another engine from a train following fo as ss requisItIoned and the journey re- re resumed resumed re resumed Pulling Fulling out the train c car car- car carried u- u ned ried officials of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad company Reaching Beaching Council Bluffs the train did not stop but slowed do don from to 10 persons view viewing ing Its passing Knights there In full fun uniform uncovered nn and 1 saluted and Boy Scouts handed In Inas M as the train passed a tribute or of wild flowers flower The American 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