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Show UTAH PAYS TRIBUTE TO I DEAD CHIEF Governor Matter Present V Floral Offering in Name of State a Train Reaches Ogdeo Union Station FLOWERS REPLACE fy CHEERS AND MUSIC I Train Arrives Back on 1 Route Taken " by Na- I tion's Executive on Trip West Just 30 Day Ago OS BOARD HARDIN Q TV-KKB-KLt TRAIN AT OODEN. Utah. A us. 4 (By A. P.) Th .pelsl train bearing the body of Warren O. Harding shortly after It o'clock, mountain tint, tonight started over a portion of tho rout it traveled Jus thirty-nine Sara aro carry lug Mr. Hardlns;, then well. . happy and hopeful, t tho Pacific eoaat and Alaaka. Th. same peopl of Ogden that en th morning Juno M wl-comad wl-comad Mr. and Mrs. Hardlns to Utah with cheera, mualo and flow ers ionlght stood tn silent raves Pioneer of, Utah and Nevada, Ne-vada, Always Held Dear by Harding, Stand With Their Heads Uncovered LATE CHIEF PARTIAL TO WEST FRONTIER ,. I , , , , Passing of Silent Funeral Train Draws Comparison Compari-son With Cortege of Unknown Un-known Soldier at Capital OX BOARD HARDING FUNERAL FU-NERAL TRAIN AT ELKO. Nv.. Ail. 4 (By A P.)-rTh pioneer of th West paid thlr respects today lo th memory of Warren 0 Harding. -'.'"" A tha funeral train- bearing th body of th lata pratdent crossed th broad state of Nevada, hurrying hur-rying on to Washington. men, women and children atood by the railroad aide with heada uncovered, uncov-ered, hearts aching and often with mlaty eyea, ' President Harding had had . the pioneer much' In mind during1 hte lll-dBtlned trip.- Ha had wjsited their settlements in aouthern lwh. be had celebrated . their achievements achieve-ments In Meachaai. 'Oreaon. and ite j ncc. They sorrowed (or th paas-ins paas-ins Of iha on and they sympa-thlrtd sympa-thlrtd with th. other In hr siief. There war no cheers an' BO muele ' tonlsht, nut thr were flowers. Th cltliens . of Osdea, . throush contribution of not mora . than tt cents for each Individual. had purchased a wreath to be J placed by tha bier o( th dead president. Charles R. Mabey, tha 9r sovernor of tha atata of Utah, who M traveled wlUr th preeldentisl party for two daya. waa at tha station B here .when th funraj train nr- B " rived, and presented floral trlb B ' utn tn tha same of th atata, ' I BRIEF aTOP fD. . . . . Jk r Th train paused her nut a few v minutes and than continued on Ita way. paaalna aelween her and fheyann. vr -th sam rout V traveled Jun II and tl. It due in reach Cheyenne at 1:1 9- m. tomorrow: W vMra. Hardlns- ajaln tmt1t re- ( l-d early. Dorlns th day aha ' St remained- In her - room lea 51" thirty feet from whr rest-Slth rest-Slth coffin eontalnlns th body ier husband. Member of th Sly mad frequent visits to talk s ner an endeavor to help r maintain her brave, calm flinar. - - . 3Bacea were sent from the n her tonight to thos In afrr of the funeral arrangements J, Washington that It waa the n -of Mrs. Harding that the Sos In th capital conform as 4!.eh as poearol to til order of These held .ther for President lf r-K'nly. - v VURIAL A CITIZCN. ' 1 Th servV-es at Marlon, fcy re--.. 1 test of Mrs. Harding, will be as 1 npl sa powlbl. Tner will V-ejiar military or fraternal pal-1 pal-1 L clpatlon and Warren O. Harding will ba burled In hla hbm town aa a dtlsen of that town. " Another An-other request mad today by Mrs. Harding waa that thla train be kept Intact and that all members of th party that mad th transcontinental trans-continental trip. Including th cabinet' cabi-net' member, ether offlclala and newspaper men, male th trip t Marlon. Thus when th train leaves Waahlngton on tha vn!ng of Au- gust t for Marlon It will carry, a far aa possible, th aarae party L that left Washington on Jun ! bad visited what he. liked tn call "the nation's frontier" In Alaska. Today eras tha pioneers' opportunity opportu-nity to show . appreciation and lov fnr their dead leader, and they did. ' FLOWER PLACED ABOARD. Not alon did the pioneers stand silent and uncovered, but they placed bounoets and wreaths aboard the train In order that there might alwaya be freeh bloe-eome bloe-eome In th death chamber of tha last eary Tha hearts of .thee Tinbronied men;, women and 'children; not only ached because of the death of their chief. bu,t ther beat- In sympathy for Mrs. Harding. It can be aald m Hheur 'war fee ueauadlKlog taut no living woman la more popular In th West than Florenr Harding Hard-ing and th heart of the West went out to her In her bereavement. bereave-ment. Throughout the day she continued to bear op bravely un- j der her great sorrow. Th funeral train la In every ems all that th nam Impllea ! It Is silent, deadly so. . Th at-moaphar at-moaphar of happiness and comradeship com-radeship that filled Ita coaches on th trip West Is gone, atranse-ly atranse-ly missing In th conduct of those who are making th journey home. Only th newspaper 'men ar astir and th typewriter key clicking new of th train break th .com-plet .com-plet allelic prevailing. DEAThl WATCH CHANGED, f Every two hour at detail of four men. representing th army, navy and marina corpe. pass through th coach from their car ahead to relieve as many of their comrade on death wateh In th ear where th coffin rests. Th curtains ther ar raised high at th windows. Persons who gathered at every point of today's run through eaat-srn eaat-srn California. Nevada, and tonight In western Utah, aaw a picture through tha wlndowa of the rear ear. th flret glim pee of which caused many of thm to turn away and other to bring forth their handkerchiefs, not to wave In hearty greeting waa don everywhere on th Western tour, but to wipe away tears which could not b suppreeeed r concealed. con-cealed. Never waa there a higher trlh-at trlh-at paid to th nation's dead than waa given by thee men. women and children of tha atates tra- Ifor th Pacific coast and Alaska. It was understood tonight that President Coolidge. the : othet ' member of th cabin!, th mnu-bers mnu-bers f th supreme eourt end the A senators and representatives and BIX th members of th Waahlngton I X diplomatic corps desiring to make the trip to Marion will travel on other apcclal tralna. FLOWERS EXPRESS GRIEF OF UTAH PEOPLE. . OODEK. Aug. 4. Governor Mabey tonight placed a floral . wreath on the bier of ths late President Harding. A card reading. ' "With, th reverent sympathy of ths people of tha Stat of Utah," was attached. sirs. Mabey handed In to Mrs. Harding a basket of gladlola with card reading: "My Dear Mrs. Harding In Hla Infinite wisdom th Creator haa seen flVto deprive aa of one whom we love moat dearly. Though the force of thla great grief muet fall . heavily upon you whom we love ' . nearest and: dearest, yet your loss . . Is our ipse sad In reverence and humility hu-mility rhe people of Utah pray tha ' privilege of sharing In your sorrow. , "May God guide and keep you. Wilh dsepet sympathy. - "CHARLR R. MABET." . hortk after tha funaral train left her for th east Governor Ma hey remarked of Its paaaage, "The moat tmpresslr and solemn sight I have ever witnessed." veisuu luoay wno couscceo along tha -railroad route from each, deeert dee-ert eettlement ranch bouse, town th .city nearby. Th comparison most frqunly made by passen-gers passen-gers on th train who had been with Mr. Harding from Washington Washing-ton throughout his Journey, wa with th acen In Washington when tba Unknown Boldler waa laid at rest In Arlington National cemetery on Armlatlc day of 1M1. -' RECALLS PROCESSION. 1 Th body of th nation's dead j leader paaaed through tha country much aa th funeral procession of th unknown passed through th streets of Waahlngton from th capitol to Arlington. The people who aaw lha train today war aa deeply moved aa those who witnessed wit-nessed th procession In Washington. Washing-ton. They were moved by the same feeling of devotlop and into tne sam alienee, tha Seam postures, standing, heads bowed and uncovered. uncov-ered. - Ther wa thla difference, how-aver, how-aver, between th two events, that of th funral train moving across the country from Ban PYanctaco to Waahlngton end that of the unknown's un-known's procession. None of the mourner todsy wss spared th knowledge that n heart -stricken woman, clad in new garmenta of deepest mourning, waa returning I home with the body of her husband. hus-band. Those who aaw th procession proces-sion -of 1!1 had no cause to pay tribute or extend ympathlea to I relative of th unknown. H waa alone In death, while Mrs. Harding was alone today with her daad. Mia Ruth Power! y. th nurse wtyo had attended Mr. Harding during hla tllneas and Mra. t'harlea 1 12. Bswysr. wife of Brigadier General Gen-eral Bawyer. the lata president's , (Continued en iac ten). 4 ' UTAH PAYS . (Continued from pas t.) personal physician. war th chief companions of Mrs. Hardlns durlnc lh day. Tbey and the physicians on th train kept ckee to th woman wo-man In black 'anxious to iv bar such comfort aa waa physically possible, and at th -same time keepin- alert and oa watch for any chance la her condition which they feared mlht develop aa tha result of th aever strain she has endured en-dured - sine 7:M Thursday ve-nlnl ve-nlnl and previously during th period pe-riod of Illness which ended la the deafh at that time of her husband. WIDOW BEARS UP. Th feeling of thos with Mr. Harding was but that of anxiety and determination to b prepared and ready to minister should occasion oc-casion arias. Mrs. Harding con-, con-, tlnued. however, to bear up bravely brave-ly and waa aald to be -cheerful aa could ba expected at a tlm Ilk this." - This statement soon after It waa mad, waa Illuminated In a etrlk-Ing etrlk-Ing way by an act of thoughtful-ness thoughtful-ness on her part.- Th secret ser-vle ser-vle officer assigned to Mrs. Harding Hard-ing waa called Into her compartment compart-ment by Mlsa Powerly. There he waa told personally by Mrs. Hardy Ins; to take a box of candy to th "newepaper' men." Th act revealed re-vealed again one of the outstanding characteristics which haa marked tha woman at all tlmee elnce March. 111. when she went from Marlon, Ohio, t the Whit House ear ho fires lady of -tha van - Railway officials In charge of th train kept continuously at their posts of duty, carrying out orders they had glyen at Mr. - Harding's request, the same sort that President Presi-dent Harding had suggested to them during the WestwaseJ 'Journey across tha country. Theaa ordera wars that tha engineer run slowly whenever people might be' sees ahead, waiting to pay their tribute. trib-ute. Tha picture which passed before the eyes of those waiting was that of a slow moving train, tha last coach of which revealed a bier and Ita guarda. tha latter standing at "parade rest." with eyes cast down, focused on the coffin about which they atood. Floral pieces of great beauty, banked against tha walla of the chamber, aerved aa a background back-ground for tha picture of thp men on guard and their charge as tha train moved on to gather 'speed again as It passed into the open country, devoid for miles, in some places, of any sign of habitation or life. |
