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Show Mimic Avalanche Greets President's Party at Juneau Several glaciere will be vlaiteej- by Preeldenl Hardinea party In the tour ef Alaska, a number are visible from the government owned Alaskan re II read. Thle ia umeum plaeier, near Juneau. The tea la coming dawn tha. kill at tha enframe left, and farminf tha huge Icebergs In tha foreground. .-'- , . r ' '. V J Gun Shells Splinter Ice for Entertainment of Harding as Ship Enters Bay of Alaska's Capital ABOARD U. a. S. HKNDCRSON, WITH PftESIOENT , HAftDINO, July 10 (By A. P.) When tha trenepert Henssreen, carrying Prsetdent fterdtna and hie party, eteemsd In Taku bay an route ta Juneau, tha aapital af Alaska, ta-day, ta-day, prepared ta afford tha psrty ths rare e'oht af navy aue firing Inte tha ice af a huge glacier, a heavy fog aettled down and the bsmbsrdment wss sssndened st ths Isst minuts, ABOARD U. . a HENDERSON. WITH PRESIDENT HARDI.NO, July 1 (By A. P.) A spectacle of craahlng lea was planned to thrill President Harding and hla party aa tha Henderaoa approached Juneau, tha capital of Alaska, thle aiornlng. Flve-lnth ahalla fired from a navy gun en tha Henderaoa wars I shatter shat-ter tha Ice wails nnhd suj. lots Taks hay,"hlrU'-fii'ar mllea aouth of Juneau, by the Taks glacier, ending gllatenlna and craahlng maaaea tumbling Into tha water. The program of (he president' tour of the natlon'a northernmoat territory permitted twenty-four houre In Juneau, arriving at It o'clock this morning and depart-lng depart-lng tomorrow morning for Seward an a three-day voyage across the gulf tit Alaaka, at the north aad of the Pacific ocean. The preeldenl waa to ha wel-corned wel-corned to Juneau by Governor Scott C. Bona of tha territory, received re-ceived by a committee heeded by Mayor Ooldeteln of Juneau, and ee-sorted ee-sorted by the American legion and a detachment of regular troops from the Chllkeot barracke to tha gov. ernor'g manaion. The plana Include a greeting ts ths preelnent snd Mrs. Harding by childrea 'n white dreeaea, scatter, lng flowere In the el reel aa the pro-eseelon pro-eseelon passes. Ths day outlined for Juneau, tha busiest at nee departure of the Hen-dereon Hen-dereon from Tacoma, Waeft aa Thursday, called for a speech by Mr. Harding at tha governor's man-alon. man-alon. followed by a visit to Men. denhall glscler. Tbs road to the glacier la an - automobile highway along Oastlneaus- channel, with the water on ona aide and dairy and hay ranches on the other, scenes to make the visitors forget that they ara In Alaaka. - Secretaries Work, Hoover snd Wallace had before them confer. encee with the cltlxena of Juneau and tha surrounding country and visile to the minea. -Kor the svonlna. presentations by the Scottish Kite M aeons to Mr. Harding and by the tike and plo-neera plo-neera to Mrs Harding srs en the program. Indians are to come et that time with alf for both. Late In the evening a reception la to be held for federal, territorial and city officials. |