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Harding’s Body Now Rests in
Spot Near Scene of Boyhood;
Is Burned as Plain American
MARION. Aug. 11.—Warren G.
Harding, of Ohio, is home sleeping
the firm away near his mother at
whose knee hie first childish dream
of greatness was prattled.
Before his tomb, as chiming
vcice3 yc"h:dpy altunon Fang soft
ly am ng thr tirsr "Nearer, My God,
To The s” ane’hc r slender and brave
woman sloed with aching heart,
her veiled face lifted to the sky.
A moment later she stepped for a
brief moment into the dim vault
whore her dead husband’s jsurney
of life had ended. Then she turned
away, brave to the last to face the
ltnely years ahead. She waited net
lo sec the iron gates close softly
upon hci dead.
REPOSES IN VAULT.
MARjun, Ohio, Aug. 11.—Warren
O. Harding yesterday afternoon re
joined. In the quiet cemetery, just
over the way from the places of hl3
youth and manhood, the dead ona3
who had gone before.
The iron gates of the stono vault
shut softly after he had passed
within and he was alone at last
with the memories of his triumphs
and his sorrows.
And from sea to sea a nation
stilled its busy life in reverance.
There scented a breathe of a mes
sage from his countrymen saying:
‘‘Well done, thou good and faith
ful servant.”
»ln life he was President but in
death he was again Warren G.
Harding, of Marion, plain, honest,
ILLINOIS N, G,
IS MOBOLIZED
Ten Units Are Ordered to Be
Ready to Go to Strike
at Zinc Plant.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 11.—
Ten units of the Illinois National
Guard has been ordered moholized
for duty at the plant of the Ameri
can Zinc Plant at Hillsboro. Sev
eral hundred employees arc on a
strike at the plant and although
no clashes have broken out, Sheriff
Hill Is said to have fears the situa
tion will soon be beyond control and
the presence of troops adequately to
preserve order Is a necessity.
VILLA PLOTTER
UNDER ARREST
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 11. — The
Monterey police today arrested a
man believed to be Jesus S^flas, De
puty from Durango, whose name
was signed to a letter received by
President Obregon In which be con
fessed to having directed the assas
rinatlcn of Francisco Villa near Par
rell on July 20. The letter stated
the assassination was for the pur
pose of avenging Villa's multltudious
victims .
upright American gentleman and he
was entombed with the simple serv
ice he wished to be.
Only the proud flag of Presi
dents)' carried by humble friends in
navy uniforms, the little squad of
rcldiers and marines who had
watched over his last sleep, flowers
heaped mountain high, aonio bear
ing the names of kings, a littlo
j group of officials, including Presd
dent Coolidge, his successor, marked
the entombment as that cf Pre.i
dent.
Ail morning yesterday, friends
land neighbors filed reverently pasae 1
the bier for the last glimpre of their
friend.
Simple Services.
Then, at 1:30, the line stopped
and simple services were held at
i t ho home.
Thrm-andr who still lined the
sidewalk:: ['lifted quickly t > points
ait ng the line of the funeral pro
cesfion ;hat lend to the cemetery
where the last formal ceremonies
were held.
Shortly before the funeral train
reached the vault, an army motor
truck, laden with flowers, drove up
to those already grouped before the
tomb.
As the procession reached the
gates of the eemeteiy, distant guns
heralded the coming of the cortege
While the cortege was slowly near
ing the vault, groups of Senators
and others from Washington, un
officially there to pay tribute to
their dead colleague, were admitted
'WORSHIPPER
ASSASSINATED
Two, New York Gunmen
Commit Murder—Man Shot
at Memorial Services.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11. — While
1200 worshippers were praying in
| the Rutgers Street Synagogue yes
terday afternooon for the repose of
the soul of the late President
Ilardlng, two gunmen drove up in a
taxicab and shot dead Ixiuls
Schwartzman who was sitting on
the Btcps. Leveling their revolvers
at the members of the congrega
tion who rushed from the syna
goguo the gunmen held them at
bay while they made their escape. I
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i MRS MAGNUS JOHNSON
TO GO TO WASHINGTON
KIMBALL, Minn., Aug. 11—Is Mrs.
Magnus Johnson, wife of Minnesota's
Senator-elect, going to stay back on ,
the farm to milk seven cows every
morning before breakfast?
Yes, she is not!
This rrom tne Senator-elect’s wife j
herself, with not a trace of hesitation
or doubt In her voice. She admits
she is crazy about the farm stuff
and milkpails and cows and every
thing like that, hut—
"Washington is a nice city,” she
says, "and there are just as line
schools there I guess as we have
out here in Kimball."
MEXICAN PAYS DEATH PENALTY ON
GALLOWS FOR SLAYING POSTMASTER
PHOENIX, Arlz., Aug. 11—Manuel |
Martinez was hanged at the peni-,
tentiary here yesterday for the mur-|
der of Postmaster J. Frank Pearson
during a bandit raid in August, 1921.
International Case
FLORENCE, Ariz., Aug. 11-The'
fight to save Manuel Martinez from!
the gallows was one of the most bit |
ter and determined ever waged in |
Arizona and assumed an international
aspect as a result of formal Inter
vention of the Mexican government.]
Not only did President Obregon make |
a plea for executive clemency to'
Governor Hunt for Martinez, a citi-j
zen of Mexico, but Roberto Quiros.l
Mexican consul at Phoenix, set in mo
tion the legal machinery which on
one occasion saved him from the I
noose.
Originally convicted by the Santa
Cruz county superior court and sen
tenced to hang August IS, 1922, Mar
tinez was granted a stay of execu
tion on a ruling by the attorney gen
eral that his rase should be allowed
to go before the state supreme court
although his attorneys had failed
to file an appeal within the sixty
day period allowed by law. The su
preme court later dismissed the case
because of the delay in filing the
appeal and the Santa Cruz county
court reset the date of the hanging
for May 25, last.
Obregon Makes Plea
It was at this point that President
Obregon made his plea for a com
mutation of the sentence to life Im
prisonment. The plea, together with
other documents, was submitted to
the state board of pardons and pa
roles, which however refused to re
commend executive clemency.
Twelve hours before the time set
for the execution attorneys repre
(Coutinu«4 on Post eoroD )
to the enclosure. When they were
In place, the guards were with
drawn and the pecpie were permit
ted to close nearer to the tomb.
Funeial Service Held.
Just before 3 o'clock the casket
was lifted down from the hearse to
rest in front of the entrance of the
tomb while the funeral services were
held.
The choir raised again the com
forting words and melody of the
hymn Harding loved most, "Lead,
Kindly Light."
Only a few of the nearest rela
tives and friends were close enough
to the vault to hear the prayer and
the last services that followed but
the last hymn, "Nearer, My God, To
Thee,” rang clearly out through the
hushed throng. ;
The entombment took place at
3:18 o'clock.
Funeral Pregram.
The following was the funeral
program yesterday:
Prayer at the home before the
cortege left for the cemetery by j
Ur. Walter A. King, former pastor
of the Trinity Baptist Church.
Cortege left for‘cemetery at^i,
o’clock arriving there at 3 o'clock.
Firing of Presidential salute as
hearse entered the cemetery. , i
"Lead, Kindly Light,” by the
Trinity choir.
Scripture reading by I)r. Georg©
Landis, pastor of Trinity Baptist!
Church.
Prayer by Dr. Jesso Swank, pastori
of the Kpworth Methodist Church.
‘‘Nearer, My God, To Thee," by.
Trinity choir.
Benedtctlon by William K. An
derson, of Cincinnati, Methodist;
Bichop of Ohio.
TRIBUTES OF MEN.
WASHINGTON. Aug. II.—Prom-1
tnent man all over the world have'
paid their tribute to the late Presi
dent.
“He left a name that will not
rile,” said William Jennings Bryan
at Miami.
“Tested and approved," were the
words of John Sharp Williams whoi
sat tn the Senate with Harding and!
who called him simply “My Friend.”|
W liile remnants of the Grand
Army in the North marched or
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IOWA CITIZEN
POLICE CLEAR
OUT OUTLAWS
Bandits and Bank Robbers
Chased from One State I
by Trained Vigilantes.
DES MOINES, Aur. 11—Iowa, which |
for many years was the stamping
ground of bank robbers, apparently;
has become the “No-man's land" for:
bandits and outlaws, as a result of;
the activities of 3,800 trained vlgi
lantes.
The state bankers’ association,
which is responsible for the organ
iation of the vigilantes, recently re
ported that during the si* months;
ending July 1 there was not a bank!
robbery in Iowa—a record unsur-J
passed in recent years in the Hawk
eye state.
Dosses sustained by banks and cus- j
tomers in 56 robberies during 1921. j
before the vigilantes were organized,!
totaled $228,973.84. During the fol-|
lowing year, when the vigilantes,
were just getting under way, there |
were 30 robberies and losses of j
$54,941.85. But $30,000 was obtained |
in the year just ended.
The record of Iowa, the only state
having such an organization, has at
tracted the attention of bankers and
authorities throughout the states and
a number have visited here and ob
tained a working knowledge of the
system with a view of having it In
troduced in their own states.
The vigilantes, armed with army
pistols and rifles or sawed-ofT shot
guns, and the authority of deputy
sheriffs, are, for the most part ex
service men, trained in the use of
guns. They are subject to call 24
hours a day. 365 days a year. Their
names and telephone numbers are
on a special switchboard in the tele- i
phone office of their home town and |
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LONDON’S LATEST WEDDING IN HIGH SOCIETY.
y Ehistace Cecil, to Lady Gwen
dolyn God el pill tie Osborne, eldest daughter of the Duke and Durhe'e of Leeds, took plaee recenty In
Westminster CuU*dBral, Ixtndon. The photograph show? the bridesmaids and paRes at the wedding.
Demands Ihc.ease
For Extra Session
Of Congress
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| WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—
President Coolidge, when he
j returned today from Marlon,
' “tound the demand. Increasing
| for an extra* u&.wm of Con
| gross. The President, heard
several proponents hut did not
indicate his decision.
PROHIBITION
MEN KILLED
Kentucky Moonshiners Trap
Prohibition Officers and
Three Are Slain.
L.ENNUT, Ky.. Aug. 11.—Wound
ed in the shoulder and leg, and
crawling anil stumbling along, Alex
ander Oayheart, Prohibition officer,
made his way to the railroad sta
tion here this morning reporting
that he was the only man left of
a party of four prohibition men who
were trapped in a small, valley by
moonshiners. Tho moonshiners kept
up a constant rifle fire for hours
upon the Prohibition officers. Gay
heart escaped finally, after feigning
death, crawling to the brush and
then to the country road.
AMERICAN COLONISTS
FOR SOUTH AMERICA
TO START NEXT YEAR
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11—Col. Wil
liam H. Murray, "Alfalfa llill,” for
mer member of Congress from Okln
homa, where he was President of the
Constitutional Convention and first
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, Is preparing to leave next year
with 25 or 30 families, the first of
hlR Bolivian colonists. About 300
families will follow, he said, in 1925.
He has a concession from the Boli
vian Government for 192,000 acres
and th° promise of several times
that 1f Ills colonization scheme should
demonstrate the need for more.
"Alfalfa Bill” says one of the ob
jects of the colonization Is to muke
a market for American made goods
abroad, and his concession provides
for the free entry to the colonists
for a period of ton years of goods
from the United States.
A similar colony, hut smaller, will
locate near the Murray colony. It Is
being organized in California. Only
married people or their relatives are
accepted a» colonists.
Former Spokane Mayor
Diet Suddenly in Idaho
SPOKANE, Washs Aug. 11.—C.
M. Fassett, former mayor of Spo
kane, died suddenly , bis summer
home at Spirit I-ike, llaho.
GOVERNMENT SEEKS NAVAL FUEL
SUPPLY IN NORTHERN WATERS
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“Laddie Boy” Is
Given to Secret
| j Service Operative
I MARION, Aug. 11. — Mrs.
Harding lias given “Laddie
| Boy,” the late President’s pet
I dog, to Harry Barker, Secret
, Service operative, who attended
j on the trip to Alaska.
IS OPTIMISTIC
AS TO RUSSIA
NRW YORK, Apg. 11. -Optimism
la to Ktisala': future Is expressed
by former rntted States Senator and
former Secretary of the Interior A.
B. Fall, returning from a European
trip, including visits to Russian
cities. i
Fall said Russia is in better!
financial condition than many of the.
adjoining countries.
TRY TO KIDNAP
BERGDOLL; ONE
MAN IS KILLED
Attempt Is Made in Germany
to Get Possession of Am
erican Draft Dodger.
—
EBERBACH, Aug. 11—Grover Berg
doll shot and killed one man and
wounded another, who was arrested.
The men, concealed In his apartment,
seized him in a kidnapping attempt.
Two other men who were waiting
outside in an old American army
automobile with an American shield
on the aide, were arrested alter be
1 iug menaced by a crowd of Ger
mans.
It is said one of the men was an
American Army Lieutenant and the
other a Russian Prince. Both of
Bergdoll’s assailants have he n Iden
tified as Frenchmen In the service
i of the Americans.
Bergdoll said the men seized him,
he broke loose and fired.
Bergdoll is known as the “escaped
American draft dodger."
SAYS ALB
A$riA
IS QUIET.
TIRANA, Albania, Aug. 11 —W.
F. Stirling, official adviser to the
. Albanian government, who has just
; completed a tour of the whole
country, says the reports of insttr
! rection and fighting In Albania are
[pure Inventions, and that the coun
try w.a» never more tranquil
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WASHINGTON, Aug. U—(By Asso
ciated Press) This last ‘‘mystery
land” under the American flag, a vast
stretch of mountain and plain In
northwest Alaska, now Is under ex
ploration by the federal government.
Tiie tia-t tom prists* some 115.1100
square miles, and was set aside last
February by President Hurtling as a
naval oil reserve. Some traces of oil
have been found on its borders, but
for the most part its qualities ami re
sources are a matter of speculation.
The exploration recently begun is
under the drlectlon of six scientists
of the Interior Department, whose
primary task will be to Investigate
oil mining possibilities, but who In
addition will make til" first maps of
the region ever drawn on scientific
Iinnes.
Four or five summers are to be con
Burned before the exploration Is com
plete, hut during the present season
it is hoped to complete u prelim
inary reconnalsance and determine
the location of the most promising
oil fields. For tills purpose the ge
ologists and topographers and their
camp hands have divided Into three
parties, in the hope that by this
means most of the tract can be
covered before winter begins.
The few fails known about the dis
trict are that It consists muinly of a
flat and barren land near the sea
coast, a narrow Htrip of which has
been visited by white men, and that
in the south it includes a high bar
ren range of mountains. It Is bound
ed on the north and west by the Arc
tic Ocean, on the south by the En
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New Chicago Clinic to
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Study Unruly Children
CHICAGO, Aug. 11 \ clinic for
unruly children, second of Its kind
In the world. Is to be established nt
Kush Medical College here, according
to Ur. ('. 0. Orulle, head of the chil
dren's department of the school.
"There Is too mu' h mother In the
modern family," dec-lured Ur. (Irulle
"That Is the reason unruly c hildren
in American homes are more nu
merous than ever before. In for
mer clays families were larg Now
adays when we have one and two
children In a family, the youngsters
get too much attention. They be
come self centered and consequently
unruly. Pity the only child! He Is
the product of modern civilization,
and he Is a social and medical prob
I lem.”
The new clinic at Rush will spe
cialize in neurotic children between
the ages of three and 14.
Nurses and physic ians of the new
dispensary will Investigate home con
j ditions first. In a majority of cuses
: they say. the trouble is not with the
i child hut with the home. Nine tlmei
j out of ten lie lias developed an ex
CUNO RESIGNS
AS SOCIALISTS
MAKE THREATS
Chancellor of Germany Ten
ders His Resignation to
President Ebert.
—
NO CONFIDENCE MOTION
IS CAUSE OF TROUBLES
[President Prohibits Distribu
tion of Literature of
Revolutionary Sort.
BULLETIN—LONDON, Aug, 11.
—The Central News say* Chancellor
Cuno has handed his resignation to
Pmidtnt Ebert who has refused to
accept it.
SOCIALISTS CAUSE TROUBLE.
BERLIN. Aug. 11— The early
rctiiement of Chancellor Cuno and
his minittry seems foreshadowed.
This is indicated by the decision
cf the Socialists to support a "no
confidence motion” introduced by
the Communists. This motion comes
un to a vote in the Reichstag next
Monday.
PROCLAMATION ISSUED.
BERLIN, Aug. 11.—A proclama
tion by President Ebert forbids the
circulation of pamphlets demanding
the overthrow of the Constitutional
government or incitement to act* of
violence or acts likely to endanger
public order.
COOLIDGE BACK
IN WASHINGTON
FOR DUTY, WORK
President Returns to Capitol
to Face Problems of
Administration.
WASHINGTON, Aug. tl.—Leav
ing behind him :n Marlon, entombed
with tender rare, the body of his
captain. President Coolidge returned
today to tTTe Capital to face the
problems of office. With the week
end facing him It Is probable ad
ministrative acts will not be forth
coming before Monday.
Pacing him is tlte Immediate ap
pointment of a Secretary and per
sonal physician.
Christian Resigns.
George B. Christian, jr., an
nounced in Marlon last night that
he had submitted his resignation a»
Executive Secretary to President
Coolidge.
“Christian said: “I entered pub
lic life with Warren G. Harding
and I leave it. now that he has been
called away. It is my expectation
to enter private business as soon as
1 am able to complete the arrange
ments therefor."
aggerated ego. He ha a been petted
too much.
"If you get at a child's environ
ment. you change his whole life,”
said Dr. (Jrulle. “Small families are
bad for children. If they spend a
short time In the company of other
children, they get their minds off
themselves and are cured complete
ly
“The cause of undernourishment
usually Is this same exaggerated ego.
; When a child stops eating or eats
j sparingly, he soon learns the whole
family Is upset. He enjoys being the
! center of interest.
I “The behavioristic clinic has as it*
I objei't the correction of obstinacy,
1 sulkiness and other faults. Likely as
not the child Is bored. We try to
1 give him something to think about.
! We get him interested in something.
I We do not scold, but if we promise
I punishment, we do not weaken. A
j child soon learns when his parents'
| threats are not to be feared.”
The only other clinic in the world
| specializing in the behavlorist prpb
i lems of children Is in Boston. ,