Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-03
HARDING STARTS
OFF WITH SHOE BOX
FILLED WITH LUNCH
Will Stop at Cumberland To-
night-Truck Carries
Effects Ahead.

Senator Harding, the republica n
presidential candidate. left Washing
ton today shortly after noon for his
home in Marion, Ohio, where on July
% he will be formally notified of his
nomination.
He is making the 9OO-mi1e tour by
automobile over the National high
way, with no stop planned before he
reaches Cumberland this evening. He
is accompanied by Mrs. Harding and
Jimmie Sloan, the secret service man
assigned to. stay with him during his
campaign.
Senator and Mrs. Harding will lunch
along the road from a shoe box pack
ed with sandwiches" as the senator
himself explained.
Before closing up his home here at
2314 Wyoming avenue he posed with
the secret service man and the news
paper reporters for both moving pic
lures and still photographs.
Truck Carries Effects.
A motor truck load of the senator's
personal effects and official papers
that he will need during the cam
paign from the Marion porch this
summer started ahead of the Harding
motor caravan. Two touring cars
carrying newspaper men trailed the
Harding car.
Today up to II o'clock the senator
was at his Office in the Senate Office
building, cleaning uD last minute mat
ters that had to be attended to before
leaving the capital. He also caShed
several checks SO as to be adequately
provided with funds along the way.
He expects to arrive in Marion
shortly after l o'clock Monday for
the big homecoming" celebration
his "old home town has planned for
him. Before starting he said that he
had several times made the trip by
motor in less than two days.
Trip to Be Rest Period.
Mr.. Harding plans to obtain as
much rest as possible during the trip
and itinerary was not made public,
because to do SO would make it un-
able for him to avoid crowds. He is
accompanied by Mrs. Harding, James
Sloane, the secret service attendant
assigned to him. and representatives
of press associations.
The understanding is that Mr..
Harding will spend Sunday night at
some Ohio city within easy motoring
distance of Marion, SO as to reach
that city in ample time for the home
coming celebration set for Monday
afternoon.
In travelling by automobile Senator
and Mrs Harding are carrying out
practice inaugurated on his election
to the Senate. Virtually all trips the
senator has made between Marion
and Washington have been by auto
mobile.
Unless a special session of Congress
should be called, Senator Harding
does not contemplate returning to
Washington prior to November.
List of His Callers.
Among his callers yesterday We're
Senator Hitchcock, democrat, of Ne
braska; Former Senator Jonathan
Bourne of Oregon; Senator Hale, re-
publican, of Maine: Senator Ball, re-
publican, of Delaware; Representa-
tive Langley, republican, of Ken
lucky. and Paul Wilecks. a manufac-
turer of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Representative Langley, who was
accompanied by Mrs. Langley, brought
the nominee good wishes from the re-
publicanss of Kentucky and assured
him of strong vote, especially in
the tenth congressional district.i He
said that kentucky republicans are
enthusiastic over the nominee for
President.
Poses for Movie Artist.
Despite the fact that he was very
busy cleaning up office work and pre-
pairing to close his home here for
the summer, Senator Harding posed
with Representative and Mrs. Lang
ley for moving pictures on the steps
of the Senate Office building. These
are to be used during the campaign
in Kentucky.
Representative Langley has been
renomnated without opposition by
the republicans and the democrats
have named no candidate against
him. Mrs. Langley is one of the ad
visory board of the national COM
mittee, and was the first woman who
ever served on the republican state
central committee. Mrs. Langley is
organizing the women of Kentucky in