San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-11

Thousands of persons in all walks
Of life Friday paid tribute to the late
President of the United States. who
was laid to rest in his boyhood town
of Marion. Ohio. Friday afternoon.
Services on Alamo Plaza at j
O'Clock marked the most important
event of the day. from the standpoint
OF numbers and city-wide interest.
Other important services was the
Protestant meeting at Travis Park
Church at 80 o'clock and the Catho-
lie services in all churches at . O'Clock
Friday morning. Scores of clubs. civic
organizations and private services
were held.
Several thousand citizens gathered
on Alamo Plaza at ) o'clock Friday
evening to pay a. farewell tribute TO
the late President. City officials, rep
rcsentatives from the army. and pri-
yate individuals took part in the cere-
monies.
Long before the hour for the services
to begin crowds had begun to gather.
men standing with barred heads in the
blazing sun. Many stood through the
services at distances where it was i'm
possible OF hear o word that was
spoken from the speakers stand.
Kinds Eu.ogizes Dead Chief.
The Postoffice band. in white, each
member with band of black crepe
around his left arm, opened the cere-
monies by playing funeral marcn.
Mayor Tobin. in charge of ceremonies.
then presented Maj Gen. Ernest
Kinds, commander of Fort Sam Hous-
ton and the Second division, who gave
the principal address. General Kinds
spoke on The Dead Commander. In
an elaborate eulogy 10. the late Pres
ident. General Kinds said:
ITO Warren g.. Harding as com
mander-in-chief of the army, we gave
not only our loyalty and obedience,
but also our affection as the leader o.
n great nation. As the leader of a
political party he naturally had many
political enemies. But, these were not
enemies to his personality. Wherever
he went he made only friends"
General Kinds stated that although
the late President might has beca
wrong in his advocacy for n world
court. it was his love for his cou1-
try and for universal peace that
prompted him TO propose such a
scheme. General Kinds also gave n
short biography of President Hardings
rise ifrom Il country boy to the head
of the nation.
The invocation ceremonies were said
by Rabbi Gerson Feigenbaum, and
President Coolidge's proclamation of
n day of mourning was read by Com
missioner Frank Bushick. Another
colorful number of the program was
the singing of Lead Kindly Light"
the late Presidents 'favorite hymn. by
Miss Mary Jordan. Walter Durham
was at the piano.
His Influence Will Live.
In an address. bearing on the late
Presidents character, Rev. Z. Il: Hill,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church. emphasized thee goodness of
the man. He was an honest and
Rugged American the Presbyterian
pastor said. "And he was true Amer
lean because he lived sand believed
what America has always stood for. He
was always actuated by a broad demo-
cratic spirit IN the decision of all
suestions of consequence"
DIR. Hill alse said that his was
chars cter dominated b. determination
and Kindness. which was never bet
ter illustrated than by the conditions
surrounding his death. 1T was a de-
termined spirit" he said. that car
ried him on his trip through the
Far West and Alaska. where he was
preaching the gospel of kindness and
friendship"