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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
'ALL STORES URGED
TO. CLOSE TWO DAYS
Asked to Draps Doors in
Mourning While Body Re-
mains in Capital.

Closing of all business establish
ments in the District on Wednesday
and Friday of this week was recon-
mended in lengthy resolution
adopted at a meeting of the board
of governors of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. in The
Star building today.
The resolution also urged that the
entrances Of all business establish
ments be draped in mourning. Sec
rotary Columbus was directed to con-
fer with the Commissioners regard
ing the selection of a committee
which will canvas establishments on
the Avenue with a view to having
all OF them in mourning for the state
funeral.
Text OF Resolution.
The resolution follows:
whereas Almighty God has taken
from the sphere OF great influence
warren G. Harding. President Of the
Therefore. be il resolved. that We.
the members Of the board Of gov
ernors of the Merchants and Manu-
fdcturers Association assembled this
9th day OF August. 1923, do hereby
toS'fu me great sense OF sorrow
that we feel at the passing OF our
noble President. Mr. Harding. who
was not only wise administrator
OF the affairs of. state. but brought
TO that great office an appreciation
OF the true spirit of brotherly love
and humanizing influences tina,
heIped TO make US better citizens and
our country stronger nation
Flags at Half Mast
n
expression of the deep sense OF sor-
row felt by the business firms nr
washington and their personnel, all
nags on business establishments shaf.
be kept at haf-staff for a period Of
one week. beginning today.
That at least the entrance Of all
business establishments shall be
draped with mourning for the same
period of time.
1T is further recommended that ALI
retailers. wholesalers and manufac-
turers of the District of Columbia
shall close their business establish
lnents all day on Wednesday, August
3. and Friday. August 10, in order TO
permit the executives and employees
to attend the funeral exercises to be
held in Washington. and in accord :
ance with the letter and spirit Of the
proclamation of President Calvin
Coolidge
wherefore be Il resolved, That a
copy of these minutes shall be trans
mitted to the membership OF this as
ISOLATION and a copy thereof sent TO
the family of our deceased President"
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Train, of SorroW
Crosses Harding's
HomeState oday

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 6.-Speeding
eastward to the National Capital.
homage. the train bearing the
body of President Harding will
travel for several hours over the
rolling hills of Ohio. which were
home to him.
Leaving Chicago late this after
noon, the train will enter Ohio near
the close of one of those long sum-
mer twilight evenings he and Mrs.
Harding loved so. well during their
days in Marion.
Mrs. Harding Keeping her vigil.
the body of the nations chief will
pass Ohio farms, whose owners,
made him the second in command
of their state, elected him to rep
resent them in the national Senate
and later aided in making him
ruler of the nation:
Little sleepy villages and the
larger towns, many containing
personal friends and relatives of
he who sleeps and she who
watches. will flash by as the even
ing passes, the train rolling out
of the state into PENNSYLVANIA a
few hours after midnight on It's
swift way to Washington.
North Baltimore, a small Ohio
town dating back to early days
of the state and many times
visited by the late President, will
be passed shortly after, and Fos-
toria, less than thirty miles from
Marion, his home and the scene
of his newspaper career, before
10 o'clock.
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CHICAGO PLANS TRIBUTE.
Tens of Thousands to Pay Homage
to Mr.. Harding.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 6.-As the flu
neral train sped eastward with the
body of Warren G.. Harding, Chicago
for the. second time in its history pre-
pared to receive the body of ma
tion's Chief Executive.
Fifty-eight years ago funeral
rain bearing the body of the martyr.
lincoln, was brought to Chicago on
the way to Springfield. where it was
laid, to. rest. Then elaboratae memo
rial services were held here. Toda Y
the body of President Harding will
remain in Chicago only while the fu
neral train passes from one road TO
another, a matter of less than an
hour.
The city. the largest through which
the body of the President will pass,
had prepared a tribute little different
than that paid to the memory of the
Chief Executive everywhere on the
long, sad journey from the Golden Gate
to the nations capital.
Thens of thousands of people will
line the Chicago and Northwestern
and Baltimore and Ohio tracks as the
crepe draped engine with it's load of
sorrow creeps through the maze of
switches and yards and gathers speed
for it's final dash to the Capital.
Last night the train sped from the
mountains of Wyoming out on to the
plains or NEBRASKA ana forged east
ward toward the Mississippi.
Details Completed.
Few details are lacking here for
the transfer from Chicago and North
western line to the Baltimore and
Ohio tracks of the funeral train upon
it's arrival, expected shortly after
4 o'clock, daylight saving time.
With only slight pauses of few
moments to change engines and crews
heretofore, the first stop of any
length will occur here when about
one hour will be taken in changing
engines, switching. taking on ice and
other details. With this completed
the train will resume its journey with
the next scheduled stop, the National
Capital:
The train will avoid downtown ter
mfnals here, but will transfer from
the Northwestern over the Belt Line
to the Baltimore and Ohio in the
outer section of the city.
The schedule from here to Wash
ingten will rest entirely with the
presidential party, according to Paul
|C. Benedict, divisional passenger
agent. who said preparations have
been completed to give the special a
clear track one hour, before and after
leaving here, even crack limiteds be-
ing sidetracked to give it preference.
According to plans Of the sched-
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american Begins Daring Dash
To Rescue 5 on Wrangel Island

mont at Petrovalesk for permission
go to Wrangel and that in case
was unable to communicate with
Petrovalesk I was to proceed direct
~ to Whalen. Siberia. for permission
to sail. but only on condition that 1
first take on board two Russian
government agents for the purpose
OF conf1scating any furs which may
have been trapped by the party. on
delivered to the Russian government
at Anadyre or Whalen.
Disre gards Russian Order.
The document was signed by the
chairman Of the committee, Peda-
showed. and by the secretary. Seaver-
In. Upon receipt of the communica-
and stated that unless 1 received in
structions to the contrary. j would
disregard Russia and keep as far
away from the Siberian coast as
possible and only in case Of my
being absolutely compelled by ice
rian coast would I bring the Donald
son inside Siberian waters
In making this decision. have
been governed entirely by my desire
people of wrangel- For I have no
real assurance that the Siberian gov
eminent would not break Its word
and seize the Donaldson and prevent
ucF ITOTl hGi tiip' -
in my opinion. would endanger the
lives of the party on Wrangel Island
as their supply of ammunition by
now, their only remaining source OF
food. Is doubtless nearly exhausted.
Stefanssen in his reply to the above
information orders that the colony on
WrangeI must not be withdrawn and
that / am to discharge my cargo on
Wrangel OF course il the people
now on Wrangel desire to return 10
civilization shall offer them passage
AS to the international complication
which would doubtless arise from
this Wrangel Island expedition.
have no predictions to make. and
might add that being an American
citizen, / am not personally interested
in the political aspect of the situa-
ton.
My only concern is for the safety
of the people Of Wrangel. and / shall
make every effort to reach them this
season and do not intend to return
to civilization without having done
so.
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CHRISTMAS SHOWS
GAIN BY TRANSMISSION
General in Central American Wars
Able to Rise in Bed After
Getting Blood.

fiI the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. August Cen.
Lee Christmas. subjected to blood
TRANSMISSION yesterday in an effort to
save his life, shows marked i'm
provement, according to his physician.
Guy Moloney, superintendent of the
New Orleans police department. who
fought under Gen. Christmas in sew
eral Central American revolutions,
was none the worse for the loss of
pint and a quarter of blood which
he gave to his old comrade Physi-
clans said they expected to repeat the
operation in the near future.
The effect of the operation was re-
markable. For several days Gen.
Christmas had been so weak he was
unable to raise himself in his bed.
When the TRANSMISSION had been effect
ed he was handed a mirror in ord er
that he might see the color in his
face. which previously had been very
pale. He raised himself without as
sistance, gazed at the rudy glow and
rubbed several days growth of beard
on his chin.
"A hard-lookins citizen he COM
mented.
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PLANNED NEW TRIP.
Late President Had Decided Upon
New Tour for Autumn.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press.
ON BOARD FUNERAL TRAIN
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, August g.
Members of the party, which little
more than a month ago went west
ward with President Harding and
now are returning with mis- BODY,
recalled today as the funeral train
crossed the state of Iowa that the
late Chief Executive at the time of
his death had virtually decided to
make another trip this fall. going as
far west as Iowa and Minnesota.
Shortly before he left Washington
on his Inflated journey, Mr.. Harding
was asked one day by newspaper men
regarding reports that he was plan
ming speaking trip during the fall.
Let us wait until the trip before
us is completed before we decide on
another" he replied.
Thought of Trip.
1t is known that during his voyage
to and from Alaska he gave some
thought to a fall trip. and that when
the end suddenly came last Thursday
evening in San Francisco, he had
virtually decided to make such a
tour. He planned to make it. not for
political purposes. but to carry further
his campaign designed to bring about
helpful understanding between the
government and the people
1t was to be in line with the
declaration he made two weeks or so
ago that he would like to be known
as 1.-THE apostle of understanding"
The partially projected trip proba-
bly, would have included visits to Des
Mofnes. Chicago. possibly St. Paul and
Minneapolis, Detroit and Pittsburgh.
1t also was considered probable that
Mr.. Harding would visit Marion, Ohio,
where he will be buried Friday, and
also the farm at Blooming Grove
Ohio, that he purchased last spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06

sian government. but who. according
TO his own journal, had never seen
this particular land. The first actual
landing of which there is any record
was made in 1881. when the United
States revenue cutter Corwin. Capt.
Calvin l.. Hooper. touched there while
conducting a search for the survive rs
of the jeanette, belonging to the De-
Long arctic expedition which was
wrecked north of the Siberian coast.
Later on in the same year a second
landing was made by a United States
revenue cutter. this time the Rodgers,
under command of Lieut.. (now Admiral)
Berry, also engaged in the search for
the jeanette: its crew conducted eX-
plorations and made rough chart
of the island. which is still the one in
use They also formally took pos
session of the island for the United
States.
More than thirty years later the
next visitor arrived. In the winter
of 1914, the Karluk, flagship of Stef-
anssens (Canadian) arctic expedi-
ton, was crushed in the ice near the
island and it's crew and scientific
staff landed in February and remain
ed until rescued by the King and
Winge of Seattle. in September. II
was then that several members OF
the scientific staff lost their lives in
attempting to cross the ice en- route
from where the ship was wrecked
to the island and three others died
on the island. Stefassen was not on
board the Karluk, which was in
command of Capt. Robert Bartlett
who had commanded Peary's ship.
When the shipwrecked party
reached Wrangel Island Bartlett, with
an Eskimo, crossed the ice to Siberia
and thence made. his way along the
coast several hundred miles to the
nearest point, whence word could be
sent by cable to Nome.
According to international law the
discoverer of new land does not have
to make a landing in order to estab-
lish a claim for his country. Merely
sighting or landing will not hold
land beyond Ave years.
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MARION EXPECTS 100000.
Visitors During Funeral to Be
Handled by 5000 Troops.
BY the Associated Press.

MARION. Ohio. August s.-Cpwarcl
OF 100000 people are expected to fiji
this city to the point of overfiowins
Friday, when last rites will be ae-
corded the late President Harding. To
handle the anticipated throng orders
have been issued from here by State
Adjt. Gen. Henderson for the mo-
bilization OF 1900 soldiers of the
United States reserve forces of Ohio
Hundreds of persons motored To
Marion yesterday and early in the
afternoon Company d Of Marion was
modified, the men being stationed at
points of Harding interest after sou
venir hunters became SO numerous
that such a move was deemed advisa-
bic to prevent destruction of property.
Kept Away From Homo.
No one will be permitted near the
home of DR.. George 7. Harding. sr.
where the funeral of the late CHIEF
Executive Will be held. the Harding
homestead in Mount Vernon avenue
the front porch" house. or the Hard
ing burial grounds.
DR.. George T. Harding. jr., brother
of the late President. and DR.. Carl "
Sawyer, son of Brig. Gen. c. T..
Sawyer. left here last night for Chi
funeral train today. Coming across
Indiana they expect to learn some
thing of the wishes of Mrs Harding
in reference to funeral and burial ar.
rang ementS mere. Dr. Sawyer is eI-
pected to leave the train at some
point in northern Ohio and return to
Marion to carry out arrangements de-
sired by Mrs Harding.
Lie I'm State mt Marion.
1t is the hope of Drs. Sawyer and
Harding that Mrs. Harding will con-
sent to have the body of the Presi-
dent taken directly to the Marion
county courthouse when it arrives
here Thursday to lie i'll state from
10 am. to pm. Then ii would be
removed to the home Of the late
Presidents father, where according
90 tentative arrangements, funeral
services would be held Friday morn
ing. The funeral CorteEe on its way
to the cemetery will pass the Marion
Star office, the newspaper which
President Harding recently disposed
of. and through the two main streets
Of the city, which will be lined with
troops. >
Troop A. Cleveland, the famous
Black Horse Cavalry unit. which
formed the late Presidents escort at
his inauguration, is TO act as an
escort.
At the cemetery it is planned to
extend a large circle of soldiers
about the burial plot and only reia-
tives, the party from Washington
and immediate friends Of the. family
will be permitted to enter.
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REFORM PROMISED
IN ABSENTEE VOTING

b. .. James. secretary OF state Of
Virginia. in letter to Postmaster
Mooney today stated that he would
take up with the legislature of that
state the question of amending laws
so that Virginia voters elsewhere
might have notaries public sign their
ballots instead of postmasters.
Postmaster Mooney last week
wrote the secretary, stating that the
large number of voters by mail. and
the work they asked OF the post
master and his assistant had been
interfe ring seriously with postal
business.
Secretary James. in his letter. said
that he realized the trouble caused
by the voters in large cities and
would be glad to take the matter
up at the next session of the legis-
lature and have Postmaster Moneys
letter read to the body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
OHIO STORES TO CLOSE.
Tribute by Merchants Planned Dur
ing Harding Funeral

COLUMBUS. Ohio. August O.
Plans which will result in simulta
neous closing of approximately sc. 900
retail stores in Ohio next Friday
during the funeral of President Hard
ing at Marion. were announced. last
night by President Fred Lazarus, IT..
of the Ohio Council of Retail. Mef-
chants.
If the funeral is held in the after
noon, stores will close at the hour of
the funeral and remain so for the
balance of the day. II 1t is held In
the morning, stores will remain clos
ed until noon.
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ule announced by those aboard the
presidential train. a twenty-hour
schedule is contemplated. with the
arrival at the Union station. Wash
ington. set for 80 pm. Tuesday.
This can be lowered two hours If
necessary. Mr.. Benedict said.
A city committee, consisting of
Acting Mayor Martin J. O'Brien, three
other officials and eight aldermen,
will board the train shortly after It's
entry into the city limits and will re-
main aboard until the train reaches
the Twenty second Street station on
, the Baltimore and Ohio. presenting
in the meantime a floral tribute in
behalf of the city.
Yesterday ministers throughout the
city led in memorial services for the
departed chief and prayers were Of
fered for the guidance of the new
leader taking up the responsibilities
of the nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06

detail of twenty eight men. The
final section. composed of fifty-nine
men, will be stationed from I5tf,
street and New York avenue to the.
northeast gate OF the White House
Inspector Charles a. Evans win be in
command of the eighth section, as
Perfect quiet. in keeping with the
solemnity of the occasion. will he
maintained along the entire route.
The officers have been ordered to de.
liver all orders In quiet etonae go
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Continued from First Page)
Join county and state officials and the
military in paying their respects.
Omahans paid homage as the spe-
cial pulled into the Union station at
2:56 o'clock. Thousands. unable to get
past the iron gates separating the
station waiting room from the tracks.
peered, eagerly through the in
closure. while thousands of others
stood on nearby elevated streets until
the train pulled out at 1929 am.
This is wonderful-wonder de-
clared George Christian. secretary to
the departed President, as he stepped
from the train. who would expect to
see such a large crowd gathered to
hour of the day"
Mr.. Christian added that the crowd
here was the largest at night since
the train left the far west and also
praised the way Nebraskans paid
their respects at other points along
the line. Mrs Harding he said. is a
noble woman, and is bearing up
wonderfully we'll and with remark
able fortitude.'
United States Senator r. B. Howell.
republican, of Omaha and Maj. Gen.
George B. Duncan. commanding Of
ficer of the eth Army Corps Area,
were among those present. State Of
ficials, headed by Lieut.. Gov. Fred q.
Johnson of Hastings. came with
floral wreath bearing the word Ne
braSka." They brought with them.
too. a resolution of NebnRskas sor-
row for the departed one and mes
sage of sympathy for his widow.
Express sympathy.
1t follows: 1T is with inexpressible
sorrow that we hear of the death of
our honored and beloved President,
Warren G.. Harding. In his passing
we have sustained an irreparable loss
that will be felt in the hearts and
homes of all true. citizens of the re-
public. We bow in humble submits
sion to this aff1ictfon with the hope
that the God in whom our departed
President believed. and in whom he
PLACED his. trust, will guide our people
in the future as in the past
To his faithful wife. whose hero
ism and Christian fortitude have been
ar inspiring example. we wish to con-
vey the sympathy of our state"
This was typical of the spirit of
stopped at Sidney. North Platte.
Grand Island and Columbus. and at
other points where it had to he
slowed down because of the crowd.
Not only did they come from the
towns where stops were made. hut
countryside for miles around.
They gave of floral tributes. too.
religious organizations. fraternal
bodies and many others joining in
the movement Men. women and
children came.
In Omaha some folks We're carry
ing babies in arms while out in the
state even transforms at Brule. North
Platte. Ogalla and other points did not
stop them. At points along the route
special religious services were held,
as we'll as in other cities. the memo
rails including the singing of some of
Mr.. Harding's favorite hymns.
Storms Delay Train.
The train was somewhat late in
Omaha because of the storms and be-
cause the locomotive slipped d tire at
Chappell. This, however, caused no
serious inconvenience, as another en-
CINE from a train following was
requisitioned and the journey re-
sumed Pulling out. the train carried
officials of the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railroad Company.
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HEBREWS PAY TRIBUTE.

CARLSBAD. August 6.-(Jewish Tele-
to the World Zionist congress as well
as hundreds of other American Jews
who have come TO Carlsbad for the
gathering. participated in memorial
service to President Harding yeSter-
day, to which all Americans were in
vited. cablegram of coincidence was
sent to Mrs. Harding.
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TJonfnued from First Fage.)
panions from Marion was expected to
meet the funeral train at Dixon or
Sterling, Ill. according 10 Z. L. Ter
pening. assistant general superin-
tendent of the Chicago and North
western railway.
In order to carry out the wishes of
Mrs. Harding regarding the funeral
arrangements at Marion. Ohio. Drs
Sawyer and Harding Immediately will
go into conference with Mrs. Harding
and learn her wishes Or. Carl "
Sawyer. ii Is said. will leave the train
tomorrow afternoon when il is pass
ing through Ohio and take charge OF
the services in Marion.
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BOY, AUTO VICTIM, SUES.
1000 Asked by Philip Firmin,
Hurt Year Ago.

Suit to recover $1,000 damages was
filed today in the District Supreme
Court by Philip Firmin, a minor, by
his next friend. John c. Firmin.
against Lewis ", Pearson. The boy
was crossing the roadway at 18th
street and Columbia road August rs.
1929, when he was struck by an au-
tomobile said to be owned by the de-
PENDANT. and sustained serious In
jury. Attorneys j. w. Glennan and
M. c. O'Brien appear for the plain
fiMx .---a
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SERVICES IN LITHUANIA
FOR HARDING'S MEMORY
Premier Hears Eulogies of Late
President at Methodist Bal
tic Conference.
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COVNO, Lithuania. August ga
memorial service for President Hard
ing was held yesterday at the Baltic
Methodist Episcopal conference here.
Bishop John l.. Nuelson, who presided,
and the superintendent. Sr. Simmons,
delivered memorial euologies. Premier
Galvanauskas. Clement S. Edwards. the
American consul, and the diplomatic
representatives here were present.