Show HARDING BEGINS LONG JOURNEY SPECIAL TRAIN CARRYING CHIEF AND PARTY LEAVES washington FOR WEST st louis Is first stop scheduled president will make addresses from R acar car of train voice will be amplified washington washing ton president hardin was on the way wednesday toward toward realization ot of one of the hopes he has held ever since he be entered the white house nearly two and a halt half years ago the chief executive has looked forward practically ever since march 4 1921 to the time when he could leave the capital long enough to visit alaska and there study at first hand band the lie problems which he feels are still lacking the solution that will make for proper development of the territory that time came wednesday with the departure from washington of 0 a special train carrying sir mr harding mrs harding and a party of seventy with alaska as the ultimate ultima to destination desti naton the first scheduled stop of the presidential special is at st louis with a seven hour visit planned for that city and with the first of the presidents formal addresses there it was considered more than probable when the train left here wednesday that the president would open the speaking portion of the trip with one or more rear platform addresses before arriving in st louis to permit rear platform addresses to large crowds special voice amplifying apparatus has been installed on the presidents special car this apparatus will carry the voice of a speaker so as to reach all in a crowd as large as persons whereas rear platform addresses in the past usually have been heard only by a narrow circle about the rear of the train |