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Show ! UNKNOWN GIVEN : SIMPLE HONORS Harding Places Wreath on Tomb of America's Nameless Son WASHINGTON. Nov 11. (By the Associated Press ) President Harding laid a wreath of remembrance today I on the tomb of tho unknown soldier at Arlington national cemetery. It was set there as a wordless greeting from tho hearts of America to a valorous, honored son. and commomo-ratd commomo-ratd the first anniversary of his home coming from F ranee. SINCERITY IMPRESSIVE. And the utter simplicity and sincerity sin-cerity of the tribute today was In a way as prlpplng to the few who saw It a.s the day-long tide of emotional fervor that marked the home coming It set a custom for tho national observance ob-servance of Armistice day In the future fu-ture that will make the unknown from Franco the keeper of America's annual an-nual expression of pride and glory in her sons who fought In France, be they living or dead. A mere handfu of spectators and a little detachment of soldiers, sailors sail-ors and marines, to represent the three fighting services of the nation Were at hand when the president appeared ap-peared with Secretary Weeks and Secretary Sec-retary Denby to pay the nation's honors hon-ors to the dead. Cavalry had escorted escort-ed the presidential party from the V bite House but had turned a-side before be-fore the tomb was reached, There was no word spoken on the terraced sweep where the tomb lies except the commands that moved the rifles of the (,'uard of honor to salute- ll IRDIKG rot Ml I. The president seemed to feel .i d Bp slpniflcanec In the moment, as though he sensed the solemn approval of the hundreds of millions of his countrymen country-men in w hat he did in th. lr name He placed the great wreath against the stonework of the tomb, then steppe 1 back to pause a moment, looking l"Vn nn the plain block of masonry that covers a plain soldier chosen to typify the greatest among the nation's na-tion's heroes. The hush on the ter-race ter-race was almost breathless, and every eye was fixed on the still figuro of the president, standing with bared head bent as though In reverie. Slowly, Slow-ly, almost as though it were unconsciously, uncon-sciously, the president raised his hand In military salute to the dead, his shoulders straightening . Then he turned away and a moment later was speeding back to Washington, behind the trotting cavalry |