| Show TRIBUTE PAID I I Visit Home of First President on Cruise WASHINGTON July Trl 21 21 1 TrI TrIbute Tri Tri- I bute ute to the tho memory of o Washing Washing- Washington on ton wu wi p ld Sunday by President Coolidge who iho ho Intel his ceL week end I end CI ulso on the tho to 10 Wakefield Va V bh of the thc fh flit t president The president accompanied only by Mrs Mr Coolidge his ls father tather Col- Col Colone Col Colonel one onel John Coolidge nn and his son John lIon left l tl the ship shortly after aner 8 0 o clock this morning about 15 ISmil miles below Colonial Beach Bench la a VaIn In a 11 White House automobile hid h been sent tent down from e dro dro to Wakefield a now flow deserted descried and Isolated spot only a marble shaft marks the of ashington W PAl S PA S ItEl RE CX CE Nearly an hour a wai spent pent by bythe bythe bythe the president In the vicinity of the SIte th monument which waR w-aa erected some 3 ago aco by patriotic pl citizens ns but which li Jq t eidom limited b the th thousands who ho pay tribute 3 sear car after lear 1 at nt Mount ernon v ernon Mr Coolidge after reading the tho Inscription tion on the tir simple Impi shatto shaft stood tood Un- Un Uncovered un uncovered covered for tor some ome time and then dro back to the tho little wharf to board the tho Mayflower er Arrangements for or the trip were re completed several c das da do s ago aeo but no announcement was sas 08 made and with the exception of o the tho secret ecret se lee Ice Icemen leemen men no one ono was present during the visit of o the th president and his family ReturnIng to the th river v which Is 18 nearly eight miles wide Ide at that point a series of Incidents begin begU which had not been arranged An outgoing ImposIble tide had made It Ible for any of the e 8 small boats boat to approach near en en- en enough en ough to horo to take the th party aboard and tho the president of ot the th United States literally was left letl high and dr TI 0 G G o The The Tho lest nc that could be used as wa at Colonial Beach Deneh a summer resort and there the tho pr pre pre- pre Ident and his hit family went b by au- au automobile au automobile while the tho Mo tta omed t med up the th rh river er The Th visit to 10 the beach town wai vos as unexpected and It as wa not until the lh 3 lacht acht anch- anch anchored anchored anchored ored all and a launch put out that those realized that a 0 soil soil- soli solitary tary automobile standing near n ar the th entrance to the tho bathing pier con con- con contained tamed the president As At soon oon an as the tho ne notis new s was wa flash flash- flashel fla I el ed about howe er Mr Coolidge's car vas wai as surrounded and nearly a thousand nd managed to reach the th pier before the th party parly could couK tot got aboard the th launch The Th pros pros- Id ident nt quite quit an ovation and an stood food In III the small mon boat waving hi his hi's hat s as a It sped out to the ClIO flower L I Despite the tho th unexpected incidents I the tho party arrived aboard the SIa- SIa Ma Mo I flower er In time for tor the Sunday ser vice which the th president has or or- or ordered dered to bo be conducted on the tho th 3 acht b a 11 L naval natal chaplain whenever lie Ie spends Spend a Sabbath on board The Tho Mayflower Sunday night sas anchored about 40 miles down don the tho thorh rh rier er with mth orders to get under ny ay aon on nyon ayon the return trip in time timo to lo bring the president back to VV W toi At ot About S t o'clock this morning I II I I |
