Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06

BY the Associated Press.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, August 6
The Harding funeral train pulled into
the Union station here at 1918 am.
twenty-five minutes behind its sched-
ule time.
on BOARD HARDING FUNERAL
TRAIN. MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa. Au-
gust 6.-The funeral train of Presi-
dent Harding arrived here at $50 a. m.
| today. Since the train entered Iowa
this morning at Council Bluffs it has
not passed over a single mile where
| there were not people standing to pay
their respects to the late Chief Execu
tive. Thousands have come from all
parts of Iowa and stationed them
selves along the trains route.
! From Council Bluffs eastward the
passing of the train brought the
same scenes-a saddened people
| gathered before dawn. or in the busy
hours of the day, with common
| thought, TO express by their silent
| presence their respects for the dead
! President
Lodges. civic and patriotic organizs-
| tons and bodies of service men helped
which the funeral train passed at
every station.
Masonic orders in which Mr.. Hard
! ing was prominent. paid him bonor
/ as the train traversed each con-
! sistory.
Veterans Meet Train.
| National Guard and American
Legion men stood at attention for
| the passing of their dead COM
mander- in chief and dipped dsepsd
| flags as an expression of their ser
| row.
Everywhere the arrival of the rain
| found activities of all kinds ~
! halt. with only an impressive silel,ce.
/ save for the possible tolling OF
church bell. to tell of the pubic
! mourning.
/ A chilly dismal dawn with inter
mittent rain failed to decrease the
/ number of Iowans who trudged TO
! railway stations or drove long dis
! tanceS through the night to pay their
/ respects to the dead.
The funeral special entered Iowa
at Council Bluffs at $3.50 o'clock this
| morning, after covering approx
imately one-half of its S,O0o-mile
| Bluffs citizens were awaiting its
coming At every street corner were
men. women and children. upon
whose faces the somber light of the
! dawn disclosed expressions Of sor-
row. Some were in tears and one
woman was observed with out
| stretched hands as the train passed
| to empha size her regard for the dead
| executive ard her sympathy for the
bereaved woman who rode near his
| body.
2.OO0 Gather for Tribute.
! More than 1000 town and country
! folk were gathered in a steady rain
at the railway station at Missouri
/ Valley. when the funerel train passed
J that railroad junction.
! Virtually every resident of Den
nison, Carroll and jefferson stood
with bowed heads as the train passed
! through their communities.
At Boone the train stopped seventeen
minutes to change engines, and crews
| and nearly 10000 persons stood ST.
lently while floral tributes and mes
! sages of coincidence for Mrs. Harding
were placed aboard. The assembly
included large lodge delegatio from
| Des Moines and other nearby cities.
| Thousands also were awaiting the ar
rival of the train at Ames. where spe-
| cial trains and interurban cars had
| unloaded mourners who had Travelled
| through most of the night to pay
| their tribute to Mr.. Hardings mem
DRY.
And thus it was through the trip
across Iowa, with the assemblies in
| creasing in number as the larger
cities of Marshailtown, Cedar Rapids
and Clinton were reached
Nebraska Pays Tribute.
Nebraskans bowed their heads in
tender reverence and in silent tribute
to Warren G. Harding last night and
earlier today.
From the time the special train bear
ing his body from California crossed
the far western border of Nebraska
until it arrived in Omaha at the eastern
end Nebraska citizens, regardless of
their political beliefs, did homage TO
their departed President.
Casting aside any personal incoR-
yeniences, they came from all directions
and from all walks of life. From late
afternoon when the train was speeding
it's way across the western part of the
state, until early this morning. when
its huge locomotive numbered it's way
into Union station, they paid their
simple and silent tribute.
Thousands Turn Out.
At Sidney, North Platte and Grand
Island. at which points the train stopped
briefly, and at various other towns
along the route of the funeral train
Nebraska citizens turned out to show
their respect for Mr.. Harding.
Here in Omaha, where the train end
ed it's travels over the tracks of the
Union Pacific and started it's journey
over the right of way of the Chicago
and Northwestern for Chicago, $4,000
Omahans went to the railroad depot tc