San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07
WASHINGTON
AWAITS BODY
Of. HARDING
Capital to Pay Tribute
Before Burial in
Ohio.
THOUSANDS ARE READY.
Steel Cables to Hold Back
Throngs Of Funeral
March.
THOUSANDS ARE READY
by the Associated Press.

washington, I'D. e.. Aug. "A
- city of mourning awaited today TO
pay supreme tribute at the bier of
Warren G. Harding before his body
is taken TO lie forever in the Ohio
soil among the kinfolk and neighbors
he loved and who loved him, not for
the greatness of his place in life,
but for the generous heart so sud-
denly stilled in death.
Hours before the long special train
with its freight of sadness was due
the folk of Washington high and low
had begun to gather along the way
10 the White House. Reports of the
trains delay had not altered the plan
of thousands here TO be in their places
early. Steel cables that but short
time ago held back rolliaking thou
sands gathered for a Shriners' con-
c'ave, in which the President played
So large part. again girded
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. this time 10
edge the ranks of silent humanity
waiting patiently through the summer
heat to glimpse the casket as it rolled
by behind the Gathering cavalry
escort.
As the hour Of arrival drew near.
tne machinery of government ceased
10 move; the great departments of
government grew blank and silent and
The thousands of government workers
irooped out 10 join the other citizens
in the sorrowful throngs.
To Gather at Station.
President Coolidge and the few
cabinet members in Washington. upon
whom has fallen the sad duty of
planning the honors to be paid in
the "1me of hundred million Amer
leans 10 the fallen chieftain. had ar
ranged their program to be gathered
at the station only n short time be-
fore the funeral train appeared and
to assemble in the Presidents waiting
room, designed especially for the
happy events of the nations life, for
the welcoming of new Presidents and
of honored guests of the nation.
BY that route came many great
men to Washington in the yesterdays.
Thus came the men of place and
power in Europe during the war 10
consult as to Americas part in that
rSeat adventure; thus Pershing came
10 receive the thanks and the
plaudits of grateful nation; thus
came Harding himself only two short
years ago, walking strongly. his wide
shoulders erect. his face lifted his.
eyes alight with elation yet showing
the thoughtful resolve to spare him
self nothing of his best endeavor in
the nations service.
Before. when Harding came TO
claim the post his countrymen had
given him, cheers greeted him as he
stepped out under the arched entrance.
OF the Presidents room to see the
wide flung plaza packed with happy
people waving him friendly acclaim.
A little beyond lowered the gray dome
of the capitol. where he had sat
through contented years rs sena-
tor. Off to the West, beyond the
providing building. was the White
House, the door to the great labors
he was TO know.
Silent Honor Now.
Today he was to come 10 n plaza
crowded with people who had stood
long hours to do him silent honor;
10 flags drooping at half mast from
the triple staffs that front the great
building and from the roof of the
silent capitol beyond. He was to
come TO honors prepared for him such
as only dead Presidents may. know
and to a night Of peace and utter
rest at last in the dim. stately set
ting of the East Room of the White
House.
Before the train came, the cavalry