Evening star., 1923-08-09
DISTRICTS HEART
TO Be At MARION
BURIAL TOMORROW
Federal, Civic and Business
Activities to Stop for Trib-
ute in Churches.
Warren Harding is gone.

warren Harding Is gone.
So Washington mourns today. sin
cerely, deeply and quietly. Wherever
the eye turns in the sections of the
city where the wheels OF government
turn the signs of reverence are evil
dent.
From flagstaffs throughout the city
that most impressive tribute of
mourning is displayed-the national
emblem dropping halfway from the
peak. Government workers are i'm
pressed with the knowledge that a
friend is gone forever.
Stores Open Today, However.
j Stores and business houses are open
| today. When the funeral takes place
tomorrow in Marion, Ohio. their
doors again will be closed.
Washington is remembering today
| those brilliant occasions when the
President participated in local affairs.
1t is remembering the occasion Of the
Serenade of the President and Mrs.
Harding two yaars ago. and the school
children who sang are telling the
story to those not lucky enough to
have been on the Ellipse on that day.
The city. is remembering the man
who made Washington his home in
deed as we'll as IN name for the time
when he resided here as Chief ESecu-
tive of the nation and as a senator
of the United States.
Washington will be in Marion in
spirit tomorrow
Virtually all Washington churches
will hold memorial services tomorrow.
Starting in the morning and continu-
ing until late in the evening in
churches of all denominations memo
rials will be conducted in tribute to
the memory of the departed PreSi-
dent. In the presence Of those desir-
Gus of paying a last tribute to the
memory of President Harding will be
buglers to sound taps at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon. when the body will be
lowered into an Ohio grave.
Where Taps VIII Sound.
William +. Franklin. past com
mander of Vincent b. Costello Post.
American Legion. has charge of the
plan to have this last mark Of re-
spect paid in this city He obtained
the services of experienced Army and
Navy buglers. Names Of the buglers
at six of the places and the locations
were announced as follows:
District building, Harry Smith
Capitol steps. Henry Loveless: Lincoln
Park, Edward kerweise; Columbia
road and 18th street. Thomas Murray:
Mount Alto Hospital. Cornelius
Murphy. and 1st and T streets, Louis
Green.
Service men will sound taps at
Washington barracks. Marine bar
racks, navy yard. Naval Hospital and
Walter Reed Hospital.
Cars to Stop at 4.
All traction service in Washington
will be suspended for a period of five
minutes. beginning at o'clock, to-
morrow afternoon. During this in
terval the trainmen will stand silently
with bowed heads and their hats re-
moved.
Orders to the traction company en-
ployes to observe the silent period
were issued today by the Washington
Railway and Electric Company. the
Capital Traction Company, the Wash
ington-Firginia Electric railway and
the Washington Rapid Transit Com
pany.
Virtually every telegraph. cable
and telephone line in the world that
is owned or controlled by American
interests will be silenced from two
to three minutes tomorrow after
noon.
Suspends Phone Service.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company announced today that
during the period from 4 to 4:02
o'clock tomorrow no calls will be
handled and the operators will SIT
at attention at their posts, as a
final tribute to the departed execu-
tive. If telephone calls made be-
fnr A .En
pleted when the time for the silent
homage arrives. however, the con-
nection will not be pulled down, it
was stated
The Postal Telegraph and Cable
of the system from Paris. France,
to Shanghai. China" have been noti-
/ fled that the telegraph lines and
cables are to be siIenced for two
minutes. from to 4:O2 pm.
The Western Union Company also
lines anu cables for a period of three
minutes, from to 4:03 PM
One Delivery MaiI.
There will be one delivery of mail
by carriers here tomorrow, with a
special suspension of postal activities
during the hour of the interment.
HoStai stations throughout the city
Will be open from s to IL am. to-
i morrow, with registry facilities
available at the main city post office
building from to IL am. and from
B to pm.
Today one delivery less than usual
is being made by carriers, carriers
| who ordinarily make three deliveries
making but two, and those usually
making two but one. The clerical
force at the post office was excused
today at 2:30 p.m., to report again
Saturday morning
MIII EME0pHE AlAf