Show FAR FAR WEST PAYS P PA A is SILENT SILENT T TRIBUTE i I TRAIN MOVES j TOWARD EAST EASTON I ON SCHEDULE I I II People Stand in Reverence Beside Railroad Tracks FEW STOPS MADE IJ G I Mrs Harding Bearing UpWell Up UpWell UpWell Well Under Continued UpI I Strain I By Br ORGE Gr-ORGE R R It HOI In International News cc Staff pon l n t- t tON tON I ON BOARD HARDING FU TU FUNERAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON WAShINGTON D 11 C Augut 4 Over the sun bill baled cd deserts and through the mountains mount ot of the tar far west cst e t thc Harding funeral train burdened with the th sorrow of the nation I made scheduled time today on Its long long lone east eastward rd trail trall- trall along the tho route Irom fromn the themore themore 1 more thelmore pretentious cities citie to the tiny thel and mining camps of Xe ada Utah and Wyoming al reverent people came cam forth Corth to titanS tand silently beside the railroad I track and thu thus pay hom e In the only way they could to the silent silent figure r wrapped In the th colors of ot the flag lIag In the rear carAll carAll car carAll All day d y and night it was same unfolding panorama panorama of desert mountains and green clad hills dotted at varying Intervals with silent thron throngs of ot people silent re- re respectful rc saddened Jt It t was In the small email mall towns that Warren G Hard Hard- Harding Inc Hard Ing loved so well that th the rever rever- reverence rever-I rever reverence ence seemed more moro pronounced It was Warren G I Hardin Harding himself came from a smalltown mal town He 10 hosed ed the small mall small town he often otten told his audiences audience He had helped to mike one FEW STOPS MADE L Stops were few lew and fir hr between Only when necessary for tor fuel and water compelled did the long hea heavy train come to a panting halt Then there was Wt lI a a busy few lew minutes of ot among thi traIn crew occasionally a 0 fresh en- en engino gino Icino en-Icino and nd then on again acain eastward toward the capitol where the fl-a fl na- na lIonal sorro sorro-c will be b more mor core core- w expressed next week welk at the atthe White House where he lived nd labored as ns chief and aDd under the dome of ot the great capitol ator where n here ho worked as ns sen- sen senator senator sen senator The fhe heat of oC the dav day and nIght Wa was trying to Mrs herding Harding but hut with nith that th t control already has hM aroused the th un-I un un nudging of ot all who see her Ir sh seemed to get a stronger grip on herself as the tho train i ploughEd steadily eastward As Athe the day dav wore ore on an 1 night ap- ap approached she the to th gain cain In re rc- rc Cole ohe not not to break down a as she herself expressed It so often otten and even the watchful physician rela- rela 11 and nd friends aboard the I sor- sor sorrow sorrow-liden row laden train were compelled to admit that she hc appeared to be win win-I win win-nic nil nig her light Ight in a s truly cent nt manner Mrs Harding bad badI I fairly j the benefit of ot a fairly night and a some somewhat hat Ie less lay day y 1 limo Iho he first 15 IS hours hour she spent In bed In her apartment In the car that that carried the remains of the president inc ST ELJ At I 11 1 0 o clock this morning sh she rang for her maid and dressed dr and had kritt brea-kritt J then hn with l the S li of ot her Ier compartment sI rf k lifted she sat at and looked 1 out for lor eral ral sei se hours on the eon eon- con constantly On- On changing chang panorama The Thi others aboard seemed silently to toI t I her hr desire for lor solitude I and only when she expressed a i wish alwish to see some member m rober of the al par did they approach the silent rea ream car Dr and Mrs Irs C F Christian Sawyer and Mrs en Gorge Giorge B D Chris Chris- 1 tian were her thief chief companions during the da it t Is I no 1 ton to say ay that the ph are surprised and STat rat Wed at t the tho th courageous cour tny wiy In which the widow of ot the late tivo Is la hearing bearIng up Her Intense not to break down hal ha h apparently pp the physical physic weakness with which she sh heon his h- been eon l afflicted since sine her ow own nearly la Ia- Ia tal fit l s last l t autumn ron Sh She Is Ia I a physical Invalid sail ono of the att attending 1 Mr fr I T Harding throughout his illness rind he added only only it a woman could cou d do o It He said only rarely did Mrs Irs leave her apartment to t walk the tho scant cont ten feet teet to where the Ihl corridor broadened out ouinto L Into the ob observation space pace of ot the th p cir car holding the casket She would woul w speak pek a 0 few Cew words Word to the silent Continued on Page Pace Two I II I T TRAIN J RAIN MOVES TOWARD EAST EASTON EASTON ON SCHEDULE Continued from from FaCe e r c OnO One guards at each corner of ot the th bier then return to her ber room to sit it and watch the mountains and hills bills lilt flit speedily by her ber win window win win- window do dow Cut CAH SIMPLY GARLANDED The well ell on the th car that holds the late presidents president's remains remain has been kept In the th same lame simplicity that marked Warren W G O Hardings Harding's life There Is the th flag tl r draped asket In the center resting on a alo alow alow lo low platform top A-top lies Iles a single floral florat a victory ot of laurel and olive leaves and white I flowers the offering of ot the grief grief- stricken I stricken of ot Ohio Overhead stretches ropes ot of Chinese asters In the th varying shades of purple purple that Indicate high estate and mourning The heavy casket Is sealed and will w remain so until Washington Is reached There Is an atmosphere of ot stillness and and sorro sorrow aboard this train that extends from the smoky puffing engine In front to the silent Dent car In the th rear Con Con- Conversation Conversation Con Conversation In the cares between filled with cabinet members rela- rela relatives relatives rela relatives tives personal friends of ot the Hard HardIngs Hard Hard- Hardings Inc Hard Ings and nd newspaper nw paper correspondents Is carried on In low tones scarcely audible above the th roar of the train The blinds In many of ot the compartments are drawn I Attorney General Harry M Daugherty whose consideration for his chief in not desiring to bother him on the day or of his arrival In San Francisco resulted In his never again arain seeing teeing him alive Is In a state of ot bereavement second only to that of ot Mrs Hird lag In herself The bonds between HUd 1 Warren G O harding and Harry HarJ M f Daugherty were very close and there was a personal relationship of 30 years standing which no ot- ot of ot tidal relationship could approach The attorney general Jeneral locked him him- himself himself self self In his stateroom soon alter leaving San Francisco lie He did not appear until this afternoon The sorrow that Is In his heart henrt was plainly written in his face He ap- ap ap appeared appeared peard tired and drawn He saw Mrs Harding for a n time durIng the thc afternoon Flowers were put aboard the train at some of ot the few stops toda today DAS NEVADAS I At Nevada where the train hesitated a n few early this morning for operation earlY rea- rea cons ra-cons Tw eons Gons Governor Governs James G 0 I I a I silent delegation of Ne- Ne Nevadans Nevadans Nevadan vadans with a wreath on which appeared this erso His Ills life was gentle and the elements were ere ero so BO combined in hIm that nature might stand up and say sa sayto to all the world Thi Thil was man yAt J At Elko EIko and Cariln Carlin early t this ls afternoon other b brief let stops were made made- made madeA A striking e example ample of ot SIrs Mrs Hardin Hardings s shere here others arc are concerned ns ens os afforded hue afternoon Sho She one of the secret service men who hAS heC assigned to to her special duty P Peor eer eor since sine she has haa been In the th White House She asked concern concern- concerning Inc concern Ing the health of members member of the party and then asked him j to take great treat great bo hoc box of ot candy which had been riven Iven her in San and It the train with her The toll of ot bells could plainly be hoard heard Abo the noise of the thet I train In many towns town through which the train passed today Flies were at halt mast Occasionally a group croup of ot soldiers would bo ho seen teen In the lying towns townsand and they rigidly came to to remain so until the train Is I gone Conversation aboard tl-e tl train between members member of ot the th official party was limited to dIscussion of at othe tho causes leading up to the presidents president's sudden udden and wholly unexpected death and to Impend Impend- Impending I ing changes chances In Washington LACKED EXERCISE There is a general feeling among those who have hav been ben with the th party continuously sinco Inco It left Washington that Mr Hardings Harding's lack of ot exercise on the trip was waione i one of ot th the chief contributing tor fic-tor tic tic- tore tors In hi hll cOllapse This opinion Is shared to a ft great extent too by the th physicians Mr Harding has always led a vigorous life Physically more fit tit than most molt outlet men of ot his age te he ho found an out out- out let for his energy In sports chief chief- ly chiefly golf In his younger days lie Ie had played baseball he became came to Washington he h became a I devotee of ot golf rolf an occasIonal horseback ride rido and once in a while a long hike wore were his lila chief chiot recreations He Ha was regular in his ex- ex ex cx exercise From the time he be left eft the cap cap- cap capitol capital ital lol on June 20 0 until his hiu death 43 d days ys later Mr Harding found It Impossible Impo to obtain any exercise He Ho was iras even Ten dented denied I walking for every time tim he stepped topped from a hotel or A train It wa Into II a ailing automobile He p ayed played ayed golf golt olt but three thre times time during the tho I long trip trip-In trip In son Kansas In Salt Lake and In Vancouver only a few days day before his death On ship board he was busy with speeches and reading reports con con- conI con the various Alaskan prok- prok problem lem that were presented to him I th there ere Only rarely did he tramp the byan hyan deck Some Som recreation he got cot hy by an occasional game gam of ot whist wIth members of his 1115 party but It was mental and not physical exercise G G COMPOSURE MONTELLO NeA Nov Nev A ug ug 4 The I nott funeral train reached Montello not far r from the Utah line lIno at B 6 It 16 I o'clock o clock Mrs Mr Harding was wis notice notice- I daysh ably noticeably Improved DurIng the day she sho sh rested considerably and talked t with members of her party about the presidents president presidents president's Illness She seemed to gather I more composure con con- con constantly constantly ati The The train made a brief stop at pointon this point It tt being a division point on gathered cath the system A large crowd gath- gath ered at the station to pay a silent tribute to the fallen tallen executive |