St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 11, 1923
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SPORT? om. a — ~~ a Se — SPS “a om Oe we ee ee te ee = s o- » — — . — a a ar a we es - ~ : - eee ee a eS — eee ee - ee —e le RS LS ee a6 —- So es > AE I A I ere, 5 Se _ eR RE a Ee ig THOUS POST-OISPATCH _ SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1923. oT. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH _8ck in their cars and the great lis, Ohio; Ernst, Kentucky; Shep-| Crowd of onlookers was moving pard, Texas; Hale, Maine; Phipps. slowly out of the cemeter\ : pay Colorado; Warren, Wyoming, and | During the service a little white ; Shipstead of Minnesota. | Fox Terrier came among the mourn- Then began a steady stream of/| *™® and circled about the easket. persons of note—Frank W. Stearns | 50™mebody started to “Shoo” the dor of Boston, the backer of President | *¥28: but Christian ntervened. He Coolidge, and Mrs. Stearns: William | knew his chief's fondness for dogs M. Butler. Republican National Com- | The terrier went up to the door of mitteeman for Massachusetts; R. B.. ve hava # a3 =e a ioe Creager, Republican State chairman | ae sue Ceremony. 7 bese of Texas; Mir. and Mrs. Henry Ford, | taken in land lost elght of in the Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, Mr. | crowd : and Mrs. Hi. S. Firestone, John T. | Adams, chairman of the Republican National Committee; Edward T. | (larke, secretary to President Cool- | idge—-these and others. Four army trucks came and un-| ‘* said Mrs. Harding last nicht, ‘‘that loaded masses of floral pieces—em- Bemus BE every conceivable design |tongrnegrss net ™ here whol TWO) OFFERS OF GRANITE FOR HARDING MAUSOLEUM Block rom Stone teeaaatie in Geor- gia Tendered City ‘ the Associated Preasg which were placed on the mound | | covering the tomb Salute Greets Funeral Party. B 0 Y 5 C 0 U TS T R | B U T E At 2:45 p. m. a gun began firing asalute. The crowd of distinguished | mourners arose from the camp | Place Flag at Halt Hast on Summit} of Mount Harding. chairs and moved farther to the} left, to leave greater space for the'| funeral party. Chairs were taken) out of the way All remained) | standing. Gen. Pershing chatted | Harding, one of the highest moun-| york City with Henry Ford tains in fhe Mission range, a branch | will be that of getting the granite —— A few minutes before 3 p.m. the /of the Bitter Root Mountains in funeral party could be seen walk-| Western Montant. Tho Hagpo'e and gram ing down the graveled road from a flag were put in nlace by 30y | dian point 100 vards away, where the Scouts. lea bv Indian guides, whoilion cars had haited. Its appearance wag Showed the way to the summit, more body the signal for the crowd outside the) than 12,000 feet ahove the sea. been enclosure to rush forward. It Mount Harding was named last sum- the erection of a proper memorial for massed itself thickly. Laughter and mer. Mémbers of the Netional Icd- the talk could be heard There was ai- itorial Association participated in Marion nite ¢ The Employers of St. Louis pe- ruse and patronize the well-filled N ‘Mountain Want Ad columns of the Post- last der | Dispatch, having learned by long ad experience that it is the city’s most ekg reliable guide to good help. Get ing your ad in and get a good position. body | | | Leave With Your Druggist or THE POST-DISPATCH Late President's Body Being Carried From. His Father’s House Atlantic and Pacific Photograph. Following behind the flag. President /ing been permitted to serve a great Harding when the train was brought| President, a most humane and con- | ‘siderate chief, and the finest friend ‘it has ever been given a man to have. “I left at Washington my resigna- Coolidge with a tender of any serv- ices I may be able to render him and | ,any assistance I can give his secre- jtary. It is my expectation to enter | private business just as soon as | may be able to complete my arrange- ments therefor.’ Christian added informally § that he had no desire to continue in pub- lic office and would not look with favor on any Federal appointment. The former secretary left here last night for Washington with Mrs. Harding to assist her in removing ‘personal belongings from the White ‘House and to clear up the desk of the late President. —~ -——— ee pcre of $95,000,000 Arranged to late | Stabilize Franc. veS-| By the Associated Press. PARIS, Aug. 11.—Belgium is much concerned over the fall of the Belgian |franec, which is now quoted at only \one-fourth of the par value Ac- at}cording to Brussels: financial corres- /pondents of the Paris newspapers. M | Lepreux, vice Governor of the na: tlonal bank of Belgium traveled t¢ Paris unannounced and completed “urrangements with Paris banks ty open a credit of about 500.000.000 | francs, (normally about $95,000,090) to Belgium for the purpose of «ta | bilizinf the Belgian france quotation The French financial writers are ‘continuing to blame sritigh finance for the depreciation of the france ind sare anxious to prevent the leians from thinking that their stand with ‘France in the tuhr has cost therm | too or 3 MEN ATTEMPT CHANNEL SWIM Two Americans aud an Argentine Began Effort. By the Associated Press. DOVER, England, Aug 11 An other attempt to conquer the En Klish channel, which assumes almogt the character of a race. waa begun at 12:35 o'clock this afternoon \. hen and Sam Richards of Boston, and homeo Maciel of Argentina, entered the water and struck out for the French shore. ST LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Founded by JOSEPH PULITZE 12. 1878. - Dec. | Published Dally by The eentaee o pbltettas Co.. Tweifth Boulevard and Vi; (Member Audit Bureau of sail MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Presse is exclusively entities to the use for republication of ali news dis. patcnes credited to it or not Otherwise cred- ited in this vaper and also the jocai news published herein. All riaghta of revublicatios of specia! disvatches e herein ar’ Biso reserved SUBSCRIPTION KATES BY MAI ’ ADVANCE udtaaees Daile and Sunday. one year........ $10 9 4 without Bunday one vear.. Remit either bv postal orier. express monev order or St. Louts exchange Delivered bv city carrier or out-of-tows Dally only. 50c¢ « RN ty Busday. 10ce Cv? wrecon4- otate , Matter Jule 17 ‘seta st et “— Postoffice laule Ma ender the act of March a LS7¥. Bell. Olive 6600. Kiniech Central 6606. Eyes of Taft and Hughes Fill With Tears nade Meets Them Beside the | Casket. of Mr. Hughes and Mr. Taft. Tears work of the late President, ang ivoked the _ divine blessing on ‘mourning company. Thea taken out, President Coolidge, “President Harding's father, Dr. | the others following.” FASCISTI PREPARE FR PRIVATE PHONE CONTROL MARION, O., Aug. 11.——-George B. “hristian Jr., private secretary to} last night that he had submitted his) Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch! ‘the state took over the.tel it found a great part of the ready for the discard. But tha terial is still being used, The son is that the state has not . companies with adequate inf tion on which to base thelr bids make their conditions, for Wé wish a guarantee of adequate & a ice also will Be given to private tlative. Two new stations anda adequate connections with the especially with North and telegraphs? wr “[ belleve the state will rene@ a control of all but the main Hne® 2a") telegraphs are run by the state at 4 great and increasing logs, but may maintain control of the lines for other reasons. “Are vou not afraid that the 1 F a influence which prevented the re toration of the railroads te hands will intervene?” ceded when jealousy between business interests forced the retain them,” he sald. ‘But I the state will relinquish vat the smaller lines to private tion I believe there is almost ing done better bv private init phones will be made at the pit meeting the last of this month. ae Smelter Closed Atter Workers between American and : Lm borers employed at the Tulsa Fe & Manufacturing Company's - ompan vy officials annovne at have driven the 18 foreign from the plant after a fights. ae « fa Pa a Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge and the members of the assemblage, *% retired and in a few minutes Seep. - “Mr. and Mrs. peta araee tp greet Mrs. Harding “Mr. President, 7 greet you,’ gag Mrg. Harding in a clear voice, we held out her hand. “Then, turning to Mrs. © she wished her success as thé tgp mistress of the White House, “She next greeted Chief Justice Taft and Attorney-General Daugh. erty and when Secretary Hughey stretched out his hand, she Krasped it and said ‘Mr. Secretary.’ She eguig sav no more. Tears filled the eyes filled the eves of Mrs. Harding. , “Quickly recovering, Mrs. « greeted the others, saying: ‘T Gam not talk to you, but I could hot think’ of having you enter this home with! out taking each of you by the hand.’ ”’ ihe “There was deep silence as of a minister thanked God for the Justice Taft, Secretary Hughes and Program of Ending National Ownership of Utilities to” Begin Soon. te. ¥ ” be *s ‘ and Chicago Daily Newh © (Capy ee. 1923.) ROME, Aug. 11.—A start will be. made soon on the Fascist program of returning public utilities to pele vate ownership. beginning with tele- . phones, according to a statement . Telegraphs under Mussolini. Sie “Our telephones are nearly . the, worst in the world,” he said. “Ege 7 cept Russia, no clyilized country hag, — ‘son little . telephonic developmest- tion for the acceptance of President | | As to quality, our telephones. ar. even worse. Telephoning in Italy is an exercise in divine patience — More than 8000 villages are without any telephonic connection, Will Turn Over Whreless Also, “The blame must be laid indirect. ly on the state. When, year, a money for bringing the service to date. I calculate that 1,600, 000 lire must be spent before telephone service is equal to of best of other countries. “Profit on telephone service x slight and would be nil if we three advantages of giving the phones back into private hands t First, service will be better privately owned enterprises a give better service than state second, the?dervice will be m ized; third, the telephones will the state a large sum in t ‘than they now do as profit.” Pa “biow far have you gone turning over the system?” he oh asked. ch “We have provided all int Within 18 tHorths, our wireles® . power coltano station will America,’ Cesaro answered, May Keep Main Telegraph Lanes “lHiow far have you gone) with ¥ ae ‘The railroads were aireoial the sfarte dors that can The final decision conc — D the Assoctated Pres aN COLLINSVILLE, Okla, AMS Following a clash here 4 plant. which employs about ¥ wo sd be closed indefinitely a Amertean laborers were rep Ror ,entered with Secretary Christian, and were introduceg . tary Christian reappeared with | Harding, the widow, leaning! oe arm. and 20 minutes of the memo ie. Those who noted the r | noe | fhaplain of the Missourt de *®)*" ago. that hia gracious r eum. his direct ap earta, his words con HARDING'S WOR FOR PEACE THE AT CITY'S SER Audience Believed to Been the Largest Eve sembled at the Mun Theater. SPEAKERS EULOG LATE CHIEF EXEC F unereal Music Play Band of Volunteer cians — “Taps” Soy From the Stage. ) The work of President for world peace was the th speakers in the St. Louls m eervice, held yesterday afte the Municipal Theater, “His journey to the West ‘mission, a gospel,”’ Archbisho non deciared in his address, : hoped to see established ove earth the reign of law. He that the war-searred nations accept the rule of justice, pounded by an international He urged that not political diency, but Christian duty, ¢ us to do something, in name, for the suffering wor the unity of spirit of this ho tinue. unto the fulfilment by ica of its high and holy dut Rev. Campbell Speaks, “It was strangely fitting t should die on the shores of t cific.” the Rev. George A. C said. “For he dreamed of ing peace to the Pacific, an we heard any rumors of wa Pacific since his disarmamer ference? He dreamed of a peace which should come panding friendship, circle by till international peace show brace all the world.” “When I think of his tast said William T. Findly, “ his great desire to see the move on in peace, prospe brotherly love, I trust tha American people may take motto his last words, ‘Good, & The audience, which ts bell have been the largest ever bled at the Municipal Thea ceeded the theater's seating by many hundreds. The gf ond side spaces were filled, aftendance ta helleved to ha 12.000 or more. The only unod space was a draped box, ¢t which President Harding ce on his visit to the theate weeks before, Came Despite Heat. The theater, exposed to th noon sun, was oppressively everyone had known that be hot, but the people came end they stayed through t interest and the Sabbath-lik ness of the gathering belies nothing less than a violent like that of two nights befor have kept the people away. [nibrellas were kept rales many of the hillside seats. VY parasols of green and purp nated with the black canople the audience rose, the whi and «oatleas men were notie The rich-hued standards o elle organizations, including Louis posts of the American = silken flags of various and floral decorations, for - Kground for the stage sce band, composed of more th Volunteers from the memb the Musictans’ Union, sat at t o* the stage lagoon, and the food on the narrow plat front of the lagoon. Amplif red all voices to all parts of phitheater. Prelude of Funeral M A prelude of funeral music, ing a Bach composition, .W by the band. Then Acting Neun spoke of the presence © Kiel and President Vespe Chamber of Commerce at t “li in Marion. O He introd M. Hanson as chairman, wh of the late President as a m fluence for worif peace J.-M Breen, a Baptist min American Legion, offered th Allon. mentioning In partie Harding, the aged father. new President ‘N@arer. My God, to Th ®NMneunced, and its first ve more generally sung than later hymne The lack of leader ae emed to keep ma ae epting even the familia Of this hymn and later of “ The other hymn, “Lead, Light.” ts not suited to pu Ing. as the beautiful verses ‘inal Newman are in trreat tre, ana the alr ia diffiews ried to sing it, but all ste the band played each of t MWice, in riow and reverent Municipal Opera A quartet of Municipal Singers rendered “Face to ® choral version of the Twe Ml rry Archbishop Giennon's ad an with a reference to resident's tour acroaes the oe. the joyous greeting gt re and in ether cities ‘Tittle did we think,” he * Stood. on this platforr “ OS was the ‘Ave atque va fent Romans Hall and ‘o we recall hia speee
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