The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-10
SIMPLE FUNERAL
RITES AT MARION
Mrs. Harding Wishes Will
Be Carried Out
TO VIEW REMAINS.
Friends and Neighbors To Be
Given Last Opportunity To
See Favorite Son
[Associated Press Dispatch.l

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
Marion, Ohio, August 9-Rev.
George NJ. lands, who will con-
duct the funeral services hero
for President HARDING Friday
afternoon, probably is one Of tho
youngest ministers to whom the
task of preaching the funeral
Grafton for a chief executive sof i
nation ever fell. Rev. LandIs
hurryina from a vacation trip in
J, Massachusetts, with his wife and
daughter Is about thlrtystwo
years old and only q few years
Chicago. Members of the com
sregation do not recall Mr., Hard
Ing ever having heard HIM de-
!, liver a sermon. He came hare
aboutstWo years ago.
Marion, Chic, August Skis homo
town of Marion awoke, today. Gag
erly awaiting the arrival Of the fun
eral train bearing back to Ohio for
eternal rest the body of Warren q.
Harding.
The train with the body Of the
dead president was due to arrive
here at ten : a. M, central standard
time. preparatory to the fnal Mner-
al services tomorrow that will be In
direct contrast to the official serv-
ices held yesterday In the, capitol at
The elaborate servicsA yesterday
were for Warren G. Harding, prest-
dent Of the United States. the sim
pie services here tomorrow will be
for Warren Harding, citizen. friend,
sneighbor-and husband.
will Be Entombed tomorrow
For two days, his friends and
neighbors will accord the late presi-
dent the customary funeral ritesSOf
the small towns of the niddlewess
and then, with strict simplicity will.
accompany Mrs. Harding and the
body to the cemetery where 1t will
be entombed tomorrow afternoon.
The oplv funeral services here
u be at the cemetery and they
MN Y sicorsses e, tts So s a9ss s1as;
Mrs. Harding. Only relatives ard
intimate friends will make up the
small party gctng to the scemetery-
zen newspaper men VIII besex
cluded from the services ut the
tomb. When the funeral train arr
rives here, the coffin will be TAKEN
20 the home Of the dead presidents
ather, Dr.. George 7. Harding, SRI
Y.
At his fathers home, the body
will lie in private until two o'clock
this afternoon, from then until ten
o'clock tonight. the public viii be
permitted to gaze upon the kindly
face of the former Marion newspa-
per publisher, who became chief ex-
secutive Of his country.
Procession To Cemetery
Again tomorrow from nine a. M,
=
a last opportunity to pass by he'bier
OF Mr.. Harding. At two o'clock the
neral procession will form for the
journey to the cemetery and at
three o'clock the body of Warren G.
Harding will be laid at rest.
1t will be placed In a receiving
vault until a suitable mausoleum
can be erected.
Only members of the intimate
with President Harding are aboard
/ the funeral train.
President Coolidge, members of
the cabinet and other high govern
tment officials, who as private citi
zens will attend the funeral sefvic-
es here, viii arrive tomorrow at
eleven a. m, on another special
train. It was Mrs. Hardings' wish,
and her wish is Law In her home
H. = T.
No Soldiers In PROFESSIONS
In today's !. funeral procession
from the station to the Harding
home,> and in the last journey to-
morrow from the home to the CO.
metery, there will not be heard
the tramping feet of soldiers; civic
orr other organizations will be in
line. Only Nthe family and intimate
friends will directly follow the,
hearse.
Mrs. Harding's desire for a sim
pie, private funeral for her husband
resulted today In the cancellation
Of plans for Ohio newspaper pub.
fishers, members Of the associated
Ohio dailies, In which Mr.. Harding
was an active worker, to march in.
the procession as q body.
Although there will be no military
escort today or tomorrow, ten
thousand Ohio national guard
troops today patrolled the streets
OF Marion, keeping back the huge
crowds that came to pay their last
respects to their dead chief.
Marion Is Thronyed
Marion was crowded to- over
flowing this morning and other
countless thousands were, blacken
ing the highways leading into the
state authorities stationed patrols
along the main roads to prevent
speeding and consequent injuries
or loss of life
Hundreds of Marion residents
today opened their homes to care
for the many visitors who could
not find hotel quarters. Many mo
florists came prepared with tents
and camping outfits.
Business will practically be at a,
standstill In Marion today and to
morrow. The whole city plans t.
give itself up to deep mourning.
State Troops On Guard
All points of interest connected.
with the life here OF Mr.. Harding
were being heavily guarded by state:
troops to safeguard them from the
rayages OF souvenirs hunters An.
especially heavy guard viii be
placed around the old Harding honaa
from which Mr.. Harding. then 4
Undted States senator. conducted
his famous front porch campaisn
for the presidency, and where after
he met and conferred with the.
fcontlnusd on sae u