The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-03

Funeral Train Will Reach Washington
tuesday Afternoon; Casket to Be
Placed in Car Former Executive
Rode In When Touring Country

SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 3-The following was
announced as the list of key points thru which the
funeral train bearing the body of President Harding
will pass while route east:
Leaving San Francisco, August 3, at p. m. Ar
irving Ogden, sos p m, August a. Arriving
Omaha 2:15 a. m, August 6; arriving Chicago $3.50
lp. m, August 6.
Arriving Washington via B. & O.. 1:3o D. M,
August Z.
The presidents remains will be carried in the
observation compartment of the car Superb in which
he has travelled on nearly all of his considerable
journeys since he was nominated for president.
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN
PALACE HOTEL, San Francisco, Aug 3.-All
that is mortal of the late President Warren G. Hard
ing lay at rest today in the hotel room where at
7:20 last night the living spark snuffed out by
"a stroke of apoplexy
Smoothly and silently preparations were completed
for the sad journey to the national capital where
fitting honor will be shown by the nation.
als haroing, showing amazing forttude under the
OF the final arrangements for the funeral journey She
to that the comfort Of all the 80 members of the party
would be assured aboard the special funeral which will
leave San Francisco for Washington at p. m.
She shows signs of her great grief but signs of weak
ness as she went about her tasks She poised
tho she approving plans for happier event. while
she read and her sanction to the railroad schedule
mapped out for the train.
Under this schedule, the late presidents remains VIII
arrive IN Washington late in the afternoon of Tuesday Aug
lying state of the body in Washington nor for the funeral
later expected to be Marion Ohio the former home Of
TRAIN WILL GO OVER
THE OVERLAND ROUTE
The train will go over the Central overland route
Sacramento Reno Cheyenne Ogden, Omaha Chicago and
thence by the B. o. to Washington 1t will slow down
where people gather to last silent tribute There will
be no stops except those incident to train operation
AT IL today definite arrangements had been
made regarding the brief funeral service which was an
nounced would precede removal of the remains to the train
This service probably will consist only of PRAYER offered
by San Francisco minister and then escorted guard
of honor of four young United States Marines the casket
will be placed in heaIse and taken to the railroad station
HONORARY PALLBEARERS NAMED;
BAPTIST MINISTER TO PRAY
All members of the presidential party who accompanied
Mr. Harding in life his fatefu transcontinental and
Alaskan trip will follow the hearse to the train in funeral
procession There will be ceremonies whatever incident
to the removal of the body the funeral car San Fran
has asked to stand silent as the cotege
That will be its only farewell to its guests
In leaving the hotel for the funeral train the honorary
pabeaers will be Attorney General Daughery Secretaries
the of California the mayor of San Francisco Adj
mira Simpson, commander of the naval forces in the San
Francisco district and Gen. Norton commander of the
tary forces in the San Francisco district.
The Rev. James S. West, pastor of the First Baptst
church, San Francisco will deliver the prayer at o'clock
Immediately before the remains are removed from the hotel
PALACE HOTEL, San Francisco, Aug. s.-The.
president is dead.
Death, apparently baked by medical science.
struck suddenly and with no warning, at Z 20 last
night.
The president was definitely on the road to recov-
cry from ptomaine poison, acute indigestion and q
pneumonia infection which followed them
But death found way thru the armor-it struck
into the brain with apoplexy, and without struggle or
word, and only shudder of his weakened frame and
the raising of one hand the nations head passed be-
yond.
| Tonight they will take Warren G. Hardinp's bodv;
home-back to the White House, where he lived and
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