The evening world., 1920-12-04
HARDING ESCORTED
TO NEWPORT NEWS
BY AIR FLOTILLA
Motor Trip in Search of Pair
of Shoes His First Act
Ashore.
MAKES TWO SPEECHES.
Calls for the Final Abandon
ment of SectionaliSm in
This Country.

NEWPORT NEWS. va, Dec. A.
Returning TO American shores to-day
from his vacation voyage president
elect Harding received n rousing well
como from the Virginia tldewater
cities and responded with a message
OF renewed national confidence and
unity.
Final abandonment Of sectlonalism
and a rebirth Of fearless nationAllsm
furnished the theme OF several
speeches on his programme during the
day in Newport News and Norfolk.
He declared that although his trip
away from home had furnished many
pleasant experiences It had served to
make stronger his devotion to indie
pendent America.
The steamer Pastores on which the
President elect and Mrs. Harding
made the return voyage from the
Canal Zone came into Hampton roads
soon after daylight and docked here
at 1880 A. NJ. DISCRIMINATING imme-
diately, the party was taken for a
ride through tho Newport News ship
yards and the city's downtown sec
ton before Mr.. Hnrding's first speech
Of the day at the Academy OF Music
Crossing to Norfolk on a destroyer
early in the afternoon he was 10
spend the remainder OF the day there
as the guest of that city.
AS she steamed up the Roads tho
pastores was accorded a tr1umphal
ovation. A hotllln OF twenty-five
army nirplanes from Langley Field,
accompanied bythree naval dirigibles.
went out to form a guard of honor
and tho ships along tho path o. the
President elect were dressed In marine
signal flags spelling out a welcome
home.
The Presidential yacht Mayhower,
which brought, Secretary Colby to the
Roads on the hfst leg Of his Journey
to South America, dipped her nag. as
the Pastores passed and the battle
ship Florida, waiting nearby to take
the Secretary aboard, manned her
rail to honor the President elect. Big
and little harbor craft Joined in a
laundering chorus of sirens and fog
horns.
Tanned by exposure TO the tropical
sun and the. salt air. MIR. Harding
came down the gangplank a picture
OF health and Mrs. Harding, who had
been i'll much of the time since she
left New Orleans, Nov. Is, also APP
peared in excellent health. They
greeted smilingly the crowd that
waited for them at the pier and dur
ing their ride through the city they
we're kept busy waving acknowledge.
ments to cheering crowds,
A not unusual vicissitude of trave
delayed the start Of the motor rid
end held UP for a few minutes thu
elaborate schedule OF entertainment
| planned by city officials. At the las
| moment on shlpiboard Mr.. HardinI
discovered that in packing he haI
neglected to leave out OF his bags
pair OF high shoes suitable for tn
| chilly atmosphere into which the Pas
torres had run overnight. Rather thai
attempt TO overhaul his baggage h
made q flying motor trip 10 a down
town shoe store and changed iron
his low cuts TO a now pair of hig
| tops while his parade waited.
The entertaipment schedule ar
| ranged for the President elect pro
y-ided for luncheon in Newport Now
4 and for a formal dinner in Norfoi
before his departure late o-night 10
Bedford, Va, where he speaks TO
morrow,