The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-12

hy Admiral williams aud General
3lias aud then ylm. fh. cabinet
governors u' .Il.eH. Nu|uT General
bslvuuo. .uwWiudbut of muuuvt.
and Senator DuwWu- president uf
the senate. the sD0Atoa watkins
the speaker ut the huu.. tuI th,
rour hundred odd mrwu.rs ut tine
house also eight uhrcu... thu medal
of honor mon. representatives uf
army navy. marine corps and
roas, guard eight abreast. and l32
representative ut individual statvE.
HohiuB those in svymugly never
ending proc aIoM came ihu r'ptU.
s'utauNus of military and patriotic
socictioH eight abreast slowly,
tulrmuN the cavalradc passed.
grounds out into the broa' oNpans"
of historic Penney lvnuia avenue
that once echoed the tramp uf
Grants men returning home from
war
There were no cheoriuF. oNcltrd
happy people, Co mark the lime ~
march Hs THE grand pageant passed
down thc famous thiOuEhfarD.
only l0Dcs OF silent. rcverrut pco-
p'o paying a respectful homage TO
the nations dead
The silence of thnusauds who
tined the curbs was marked aA tho
shiny black ,a,ssou. bearing ita
flaE -drapod burden passed thvm 10
continued untU we'll back In tho
pruccss ION came the open carriage
with the pale man iu high hat and
mufied iu "a heavy coat
Then &c broke and there was %
wave OF appiuW, and Chrors thnt
swept scrpout Ike down tho wind
ing line of thuusauds
Harding '.vticws Procession.
The head oi the procession passed
the white house soon aftcr o o'clock
and the president dropped out
taking up hi3 position un the curb
ing from which hc reviewed tho
rest of the procession.
when the Wilson carriage drVw
alongside, the former prcmdcnt
tipped his hat TO the man on the
curbstone and Mrs Wilson. sitting
beeide him, bowed. President Hard
ing ined his hat I'M acknowledge
mcnt and the carriage passed ON
until it reachcr Jackson place and
there It turned out OF the line. The
horses broke into - trot ns they
gwung clcrr of the procession and
started back toward street
when the president dropped out
OF the line al the white house, II
forced a temporary halt of the
procession Ina the interval of ro-
forming the line. President Harding
strodc out from the curb and shook
hands with each Of tho medal OF
honor mon
Tho review OF tho procession by
the president wnE completed at
lg.i5 after which tho president and
Mrs. Harding returned TO the white
house They were accompanied by
| chief Justice TAFT and Nlrs Tart.
The president and Mrs Harding
left the house Ht 1l.25 aud muturcd
directly TO Arlington.
Tho great marble 0mphitheatcr
shining frustily In the feeble sun,
presented scene OF unforgrtablo
| beauty ana splcndor when the scrv-
| Ices opened.
The apse which held the body
was a was great glorious mass OF
| flowers They came from the fai
| ends OF the earth In tribute 70
Americas namelcss horo---roses from
! England, lilies from France, bios
! SONS from everywhere.
Behind this mass ~ fragrance ant
| color cleaned the brilliant uniform
| and court trappings of the repre-
sentatives OF the great powers OF IN
earth.
oriental splendor OF dress min
! gled with occidental In profusiol
| Of color.
Marines Play Chopin's March.
The shiny black caisson, heHrini
/ the remains. drew up before th'
marble entrance sharply at ll;2l
| a. IN. The bodyboarera stepped
| forward as the marine band bro"'
! softly forth into the solemn beauty
| Of Chopin's funeral march. Tho
/ audience stood uncovered until thu
sinlWHrt medal of honor men. with
( slow and solemn tread, bore their
! burden through the west entrance
[ and around the right Cnlonnadc "a
| the flower covered apHe II was
/ preceded only boy tho clergy and
choir followed boy the pallbearers.
AZ far as the Cye could see tho
I roads around the amphithcatcr were
] chokcd with automobiles. Many Of
! those entitled 10 seats were unable
/ 90 nm them because OF tho uuprc.
| codeutcd jams on the roads. Prcsl-
| dent Harding himself succeeding In
reaching tho cemetery only nftor the
( greatest difficulty He managed "a
/ arrive only just on scheduled time
Tho audience rose As the president
| and Mrs Harding stepped out on th'
! apsc directly behind the MI,
/ nowcr-coverod mound that almosi
/ hid tho black of the casSst
Thon az the audience stood un
/ covered the marine band hrok'
forth into the stirring stiains uf ia,
national anthem.
\ prayer FOR world tranquility wa
uttered by col John T. ANtou, chic
Of chaplllus, y. s. A., who then do
liverCd his Invocation over th'