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Show CITY OF MOURNING WAITS TO OFFER TRIBUTE AT BIER Crowd Begin to Gather Early to Receive Remain of Dead President and to View -Solemn Procession -. Honorary Pallbeartn. L WASHINGTON, Aug. 7Tha . antor , and ropraaantatlvoa "oiwiW 's a fcwrf pail 1 baaror. at Proaidant Harding', funaral hare rbmorrowi Sonatara Lodga, MaMaeKu. Mttai Curtla, Kanun Witwa, Indiana i Ovarman, North Carolina) Caro-lina) Plotchor, Florida, and Kan drieh, Wyoming. paakor Otllett and Raproaan tatrvaa Burton, Ohioi Butlr, Pamtaylvaniat Ceo par, Wlaeon-(in Wlaeon-(in Oanratt, Tannaaaaat Oarnor, Tax. and Haugan, Iowa.- - WASHINGTON. au. 7 (By A. P.) A city of mournlnv awaltad today to pay auprcm. trlbut. at tha blar or Warran O. Hardin b-fora b-fora hi body la takan to II. for-avrr for-avrr In tha Ohio poll among tha ktnfolk and avighbora ha loved and who lovad him. not for tho araat naa. of hi. Dlaca In Ufa. but for the genarou. heart ao audd.nly (tilled In death. Hour, before tha - long epeclal train with It. freight of aadneee waa due. th. folk of Waahlngton, t high and low. had begun to gather along tha way to the Wblto Houaa. Reporta of tha train', delay had not altered tha plan of thouaande here to ba In their place aarly. Mtrel cable, that but a abort time go held back rollicking thouaande gathered for a Bhrinera conclave. In which the preaident played ao - large a part, again girded Peonayl--anla .avenue, thl. tlm. to edge J tha rank, of gll.nt humanity walt-f walt-f Ing patiently through tba auramet heat to catoh a gllmpaa of th. oaa-ket oaa-ket and aavalry eacort. - Thar. win no ..coramonlaa planned aalde from th. brief mlll- - tar. honor... t tha etatlon and again at th. Whit. Houaa. At the -antrane. to tha atatlnn . - tho auuinax aaod .waa to play. Th a.k.t wa. to ba. carried out andl - lifted with gentle handa to a blapk wheeled gun limber. ' VOOLIDQE TO BE PRESENT. Preaident Coolldre and the few cabinet members In Waahlngton, upon whom ha. fallen- tbo aad duty of planning tho honors .to be paid In th. nam. of a hundred million Americano . to tho fallen chieftain, have arranged their program In order to bo at tha station only a abort tuna before tha funeral train appeara They planned to aseem-bl. aseem-bl. In tha preeldant'a waiting roam, deaigaed eapecially for the happy evante of tha nation, life, for th. welcoming of new pre.ldent. and of honored guaata of tha nation. By that route came many great - man to Waahlngton in th. -eater- days, xnu came th men or piac and power In Kurop during th war to consult aa to America' part In that great adventure: thus Pershing cam to receive tha thank and the plaudit of a grateful grate-ful 'nation: thua cam Harding himself only two short years ago, walking strongly, bis wide shoulders shoul-ders rect. bl fee lifted, hi ers alight with elation, yet showing th thoughtful resolv to spar hlmeelf nothing of bia boat endeavor en-deavor In tho nation'a aervto. That ai etc waa riven lavishly; ao lavishly that death swept down with terrlbl suddenness to check him In full course and turn him back, to oemer again to Waahlngton Waahlng-ton through the preaident' room. ut thla tlma sleeping in a flsg-d flsg-d raped easkst freed forever from the care of tha great ffic that r flapped hi 11 f away. CHEERS ONCE OREETED HIM. Before, when Harding came to claim tho poet hla countrymen had given him, cheers and shouting greeted blm a be stepped out under un-der th arched on trance of the president V room to oee tho wide flung plaaa packed with happy people peo-ple waving him -friendly acclaim, k A HtUo beyond towered tbe gray V dome of tho eapltol, where he bad sat through contented years as senator, with flag streaming; from th staffs on senate and house - wings. Off to tha west, beyond ths crowding building, wa th Whit House, th door to th grt labors be wss to know. Today flags wore at hslf msst from tha triple staffs that front ths groat station building and from tb roof of the silent capitol beyond. In preparation for his return. He waa to come back and recelv th honor such aa only dea3 presidents presi-dents may know and to spend a night of paea and utter rest at last In tb dim. stately setting of the oast room of tho White House. A cavalry eocof t from Fort Meyer waa under order today to form a lino across th plaxa at the taUon before tbe train cam and to wsit until th casket la delivered Into keeping of the army comrade - of tbe deed commander In chief to bo carried to tbo White Houss aa fallen soldiers are carried. A battery bat-tery of field truna ha polished every link and buckle of ths horses trappings for tbe occasion. It will also wait at tba ataUon. CREPE ON SWORDS. . No palna hav been spared that each man and animal may do honor to the dead In hla appearance. j Blooded mount of officer and f rangy troop horses and gun teams hav all been carefully groomed. Tbo men themselves were ordered to wear olive drab with tan pfimmed cape low over their y u0suau4 oa pajr 1 ) : CITY OFMOURNING . . (Continued from page 1.) . and chin atrapa. At each officara sword hut waa to rest a cluster of crepe that will stay there a, annii In token of the natlon'a loss. The colore were to bear long otreajnera of black. President. Coolidge and the cabinet nembera were to take their placea within the station to greet the train out In tha long abed. The great eoneonrae, with Ita high glasa roof, waa to be swept clear ot all but the official group and these immediately connected with the sorrowful functions. The great, terminal and the mllea of trackage were expected to stretch empty and el lent U await th funeral fu-neral train." Tha funeral program called for no ceremonies of greeting at the train or elsewhere, except for the atraina of tha band and tha salute of the troops outside. There waa to be lust the slow wslk behind the casket down the silent concourse and out through the presidents room to the awaiting gun carriage. Arrangementa had been mada to spars Mrs. Harding even thla and a cloaed car will hurry her by a. different route to the White House In order that aha may be ; 'there when the casket la lifted down and carried Into ita first night of erulel since It started from San Fran- CISCO. , CAVALRY TO LEAD. Two troops of cavalry were ordered or-dered to lead tha way from tho I trot for the awift Journey to the capltol grounds, then down around the peace monument to Pennsylvania Pennsylva-nia avenue and en to tha treasury and finally through th shaded grounds of. the executive manalon. The funeral caleeon. drawn by four black horses, waa allotted the next place in line, close on the heels of ths troops. Then waa to follow tha long string of motorcars bearing bear-ing President Harding' traveling party to tha aad conclusion of their long Journey; then other ear to carry Prealdent Coolidge and the offlclala ot Washington. Behind these were to be arrayed the third fronna nf eavslrv and rumbling guns of the artillery wer to Bring up the rear of the escort. At the White House, order to ths troopers directed that they awing aside to line up along the j broad avenue and sit client with 1 aahers at "present" aa tha caisson I paased. and. followed by th motor-cara, motor-cara, turn In through tha gate to ' atop before the wide door of tha mansion. Not Until the casket vanlahea through that door will the steel flash down to be sheathed and tha troopers ride away to prepare pre-pare for th greater ceremony tomorrow. to-morrow. Th official party was to oreak up at th 'While House, those who made th fateful Journey with President Harding going to their homes, only to reassemble at th train tomorrow evening and b with him to the lest, when th casket la lowered In Its final resting rest-ing place In the ejulet cemetery at Marlon. For tonight It will II at th Whit House, untroubled by the pomp and ceremony of th natlon'a woe. and with only th sorrowing widow and close friends to watch through th long hour until th nation again claim , its grsat dead. . |