PRES. HARDING
DIES SUDDENIY
IN CALIFORNIA
Chief Executive Passes Awa}
from Cerebral Apoplexy
No Warning Given.
(Contlnuea »«rom ra,ge One.)
the President had had since his ill
ness began.”
Tho physicians in a formal an
nouncement said that “during the
day he had been free from discom
fort and there was every justifica
tion for anticipating a prompt re
covery.”
Lieutenant Commander J. T.
Boone, General Sawyer's assistant
said: "The President had had a most
splendid afternoon, and when I left
the room I commented, 'Doesn’t he
look splendid.' then all at once he
went just like that.”
The Commander snapped his fing
ers, “just like that," he repeated,
"something just snapped that's all.'
Secretary Wallace was the second
member of the President’s official
family to learn of the passing of his
Chief and he was so overcome with
grief that, he could say nothnig.
Cooudg'e Is uotinea.
An official statement issued at
8; 15 P. M. announced that Vice
President Coolidge had been notified
The message was signed by Attor
ney-General Daugherty and Secre
taries Hoover, Wallace and Work
The statement follows:
“The following telegram announc
ing the President's death was im
mediately sent to Vlce-Presideni
Coolldge, Chief Justice Taft anti
those members of the Cabinet whc
were not in San Francisco:
"'The President died at 7:30 p
m. from stroke of cerebral apoplexy
The end came peaceably and with
out warning.”'
With the passing of Presiden
Harding the office of President de
volves upon Calvin Coolidge, a mat
silent in nature but demonstrate!
as strong in emergencies.
Suddenness of End.
The suddenness with which thi
end came was shown by the fac
that only Mrs. Harding and tw<
nurses were in the room at the time
Mrs. Harding with characterise
faithfulness and constant tantiemes!
was reading to the President at thi
time. Then without warning tin
President collapsed. Immedlatel:
Indications of distress showed them
selves. Mrs. Harding ran to the doo
and called 1 Jcutenant-Commande
Boone and for the other doctors tt
come quickly.
, Mrs. Hardinjr Brave.
It was announced in a fourth of
flclal statement that “Mrs. Hardin?
withstood her husband's death, ant!
continued to be the bravest ntcmbei
of the group." Her first words were
“I am not going to break down.”
Only Doctors Sawyer and Boone
were able to reach the room before
the President passed away.
Dr. Boone Summoned.
Dr. Boone was found in the city
•freets by a messenger and he im
mcdltely returned to the Palace
Hotel and entered th Presidential
suite at 7:30 o’clock, wearing a
grave expression and walking rap
idly, almost at double time cadence
He passed through the door intc
the President’s apartments when the
end came. Dr. Boone was called
by Mrs. Harding, who then rushed
Into the hotel corridors and com
manded Immediate search for the
other physicians.
General John J. Pershing, Rear
Admiral Hugh Rodman and Mayor
James Rolph, passed into the Presi
dential room when summoned.
Wild Rumors Started.
After Mrs. Harding’s frantic ap
peals, rumors began to by about
each wilder than Its predecessor and
all were denied soon after by official
bulletins which were Issued as rap
Idly as the executive officials could
obtain the facts and put them on
paper to the steadily increasing
crowd of newspapermen which
thronged the corridors and congested
doorways near the death chamber.
Shock Strikes Dumbness.
The shock of the President's death
struck the city with dumbness.
Newspapers whose entire fronl
pages were devoted to half a dozen
words, telling the news, had
boen rushed from the press too fast
for more than a picture and the
phrase “Harding Is dead.” circulated
like wildfire through the down town
districts and even far out on the
residential streets within a few min
utes after the official bulletins an
nouncing the death had been Issued
The news brought a shook to the
crowds which a few minutes befori
were sure that the city’s dis
tlngulshed guest was well on th
way to recovery and had started ou
to spend the evening at theatres
dances and other amusements.
Officials Confer.
Secretary Work met with othe
Cabinet members, in a room on thi
seventh floor immediately below thi
Presidential suite, to arrange detail
for takng the body east. Col. W
W. Shipley, District Passenger Agen
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
and In charge of the train whirl
carried the President on the ill-fatei
journey, and Paul Shoup. Vice Pretd
dent of the Southern Pacific, wer
in the conference.
Christian Absent.
Members of the President's part
sold probably the body would leav
Bid jfttuiCisco ffnidey evening but I
was impossible to rank* * deflqit
announcement because of the ab
MRS. HARDING IS BEARING UP WELL.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 3.—Mrs. Warren G. Harding, though
bearing well under the loss of hor husband, had the services of
nurses throughout the night. The wives of the Cabinet officials
alternated as companions.
One said Mrs. Harding was far from collapse or hyBterla but
had little rest during the night.
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High Spots in Harding’s
! Life.
Warren G. Harding was horn |
at Blooming Grove, Ohio, Nov.
, 2, 1865. He began his career as
a newspaper publisher Nov. 26, |
, j 1881.
Was elected to the Ohio Ktate
j Senate, Nov, 26, 1898; elected |
Lieutenant Governor, Nov. 3,
• I 1903, and defeated as the Re
■ publican < andidate for Governor, j
j Nov. 8. 1908. He was elected to
the United States Senate on
Nov. 3, 1914; nominated for the
Presidency on June 12, 1920 and j
i elected President Nov. 2. 1920.
He was inaugurated on March
4. 1921. He died August 2,
i 1923. |
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once from the city of George B.
Christian, the President’s private
secretary. Neither were members of
the party able to say whether the
body would be taken to Marion or
Washington, but it will remain at
the hotel until removed directly to
the train.
The news of Harding’s death
swept through the hotel and out
over San Francisco with almost elec
trical suddenness.
Flag at Half Staff.
The hotel officials were among the
first to learn the word of the tragic
event and then immediately had the
great blue Presidential Flag hauled
down and hauled to half staff.
A minute or two later, the assist
ant manager rushed into the Rose
Bowl room, where a dinner dance
vras in progress and the orchestra
playing, made the announcement of
the death. The orchestra stopped
playing and the dancers gathered
Into little groups, gathered their
warps and departed.
The news passed from lip to lip.
Some of the guests, more curious
than their fellows. gathered in
groups at the ends of the corridors
leading to the Presidential rooms
and started down the hallways.
Cabinet officers hastened up and
town halls, hastening to express
condolence to Mrs. Harding, or hur
rying back for hasty conference;
imoivg themselves or with othei
officials.
FATHER IS PROSTRATED.
MARION, Ohio, Aug. 3. — l)r
Qoorge T. Harding, aged father ol
the President, was prostrated with
the news of the death of his son.
As soon as the news was received
here, a messenger was sent whr
found I>r. Harding had retired foi
tlie night, lie was awakened wltl
groat difficulty.
AFFAIRS IN SHAPE
MARION. Aug. 3. — George T
Herding, jr., the President's brother
. said today that, before his brothei
I left on tiis western trip, he place:
his affairs in shape as though hi
■ fee red he might not return
“ President Harding made a new
> will and reorganized his financia
» investments. He sold his newspaper:
and disposed of the farm which hi
recently purchased near Bloominj
, Grove on which he spent his boy
i hood. The farm was deeded ti
I Giorge T. Harding, III., with tin
- understanding that the Preslden
i and father would retain a life in
terest.
Mrs. Harding’s plans are unknowi
f here.
■
t HAD PREMONITION
t SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. — t
- E. Remsburg, the President’s broth
iVh
er-in-law said that he had a pre
monition that the last illness 01
the Chief Executive would he fatal.
ONE VOTE IS LOST.
WASHINGTON. Auk 3.—The Re
publican organization in the Senate
will lose a vote during the next Con
gress through the death of President
Harding, a vote which the party
leaders thought might be necessary
fo save party control, now that the
j Vice-Prosidency is vacant. The Sen
| ite must select from its membership
| i presiding officer as Senator Cum
munn. President Pro Tempore, de
sirrs to be relieved in order to give
more time to the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
RARE QUALITIES OF
PATIENCE AND KIND
DEALING EXHIBITED
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Warren O. Harding
brought to the Presidency Infinite
patience and kindness in dealing with
public questions and men which en
abled him to handle problems of gov
ernment without the stress and worry
which handicapped many of his pre
dicessors. Whatever else historians
may say of him there probably will
be little dispute that few Chief Exe
cutives came to office in peace time
facing problems more complex In
nature and greater in number. All
international affairs were unbalanced
as never before with many princi
pal settlements of war still to be ef
fectuated.
How President Harding measured
up to the task before him must be
left to history, but his friends say
that his coming to the Presidency
as he did with open mind, a desire
for counsel and intimate contact with
the processes of government made
him the type of man needed for the
job at the present time.
Of Hardy Stock
President Harding came of hardy
pioneer stock. He was born at
Blooming Grove, Morrow County,
Ohio, November 2. 1865, the son of
Pr. George T. Harding, a country
physician.
I-ike most country born boys, young
Warren went to country school be
tween morning and night chores. Ea
ter he attended college at Iberia,
Ohio. He then tried school teaching
for a year, but having had a smell
or printer’s ink while sticking type
for the college paper, the lure Arew
him into newspaper fields. His fam
ily in the meantime had moved to
Marion where he obtained his first
newspaper job. and where ambition
to become a publisher was realized.
\t the age of nineteen he bid In the
Marion Star at Sheriffs sale The
paper was under heavy mortgage
when he purchased it and his friends
have often said that the struggles
and hardships the President exper
ienced in making the paper a suc
cess had much to do in fashioning
his character and developing the
broad patience and tolerance which
were his chief characteristics. What
ever his other attainments his great
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: eat pride was in professional accom
plishments and training as a printer
! editor and publisher.
As ambition carried him into th<
ranks of publishers so fancy tool
him into the realm of politics. Fron
the first he was an ardent partisan
and his insistance upon wearing !
i stovepipe hat, a badge of his suppor
of James G. Blaine, while working
as a reporter on a Democratic news
i paper brought him a sharp reprimant
from his chief.
Harding’s ability as a stump speak
er won him early party recognition
His first office was as Ohio State
i Senator to which he was electee
j at the age of thirty-four. He servet
two terms aud Mas later elected Lieu
tenant Governor, in 1910 be sough
the Governorship and received th<
Republican nomination, but he wa!
defeated by Gov. Judson Harmon wh<
was the Democratic nominee for re
elertion. Four years later he wat
elected United States Senator where
he served six years, much of the
time as a member of the iinportanl
Foreign Relations Committee. From
this position he was elevated to the
Presidency, for which position he
was nominated by the Republican
Convention at Chicago. June 12. 1920
on the tenth ballot. His election tc
thp Presidency occurred on his birth
day, November 2‘.'1920. and he re
ceived 404 electoral votes to 127 foi
j Gov. James M. Cox, and a plurality
of more than 7,000,000 of the popu
lar vote.
In the early years of his public
service Mr. Harding became acquaint
ed with President McKinley to whom
close friends most often likened him.
He was also close to Roosevelt,
Foraker. Penrose and others high in
Republican party councils.
He was a life-long member of the
Baptist Church, and was a member of
the Elks and Moose fraternities, and
after he became President he became
a Thirty-Second degree Mason and a
Shrtner
Golf was his favorite recreation
He also liked to fisli though partici
pation in that sport was limited af
ter he came to the White House. He
played hard and possessed the faculty
of putting all worries behind him
during recreation hours.
He was married July 8, 1891. to
Florence Kling, daughter of a banker
at Marion. O., and she was his con
stant companion, loving helpmate and
closest advisor during the early
struggles and final great accesses
that followed. She was at his bed
side, reading to him the news of the
day when the end came.
Bryan Says Underwood
Wetter than Gov. Smith
MIAMI. Fla., Ails 3.—The News
Metropolis quotes William Jennings
Bryan as saying in an interview re
garding the candidacy of United
Senator Oscar UnHertvood, for the
Presidency:
“If Wall Street and the wets con
trol the convention and write the
platform, it will doubtless regard
Underwood as the logical candidate.
He is wetter than Governor Smith
and represents Wall Street in point
of view on public questions."
TO VI8IT IN STATES
Mrs. L. P. Dawes left on the Ad
miral Rogers enroute to the States
to spend months visiting relatives
and friends. She will go to Wis
consin, Omaha, Chicago and Kansas
City and expects to be absent from
Juneau until shortly after January
1 of next year.
FUNERAL TODAV
The funeral services for Mrs. Susie
Bean, Indian woman, who died Tues
day evening last, from the effects
of cancer, were held at two o'clock
this afternoon at the Presbtyerian
Native Church. The services were
conducted by Rev. David Waggoner.
Interment was In the Native Ceme
tery.
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Death of Harding Shocks
Community—Mayor Wires
Town’s Sympathy.
Coming witnout warning, news of
tho death of President Harding last
night was almost numbing in its
effect upon the residents of Juneau
and other communities on Gas
tineau Channel. Today the entire
Channel mourns the untimely end
of the Nation’s Chief Executive who
I recently was the guest of Juneau
i and many other Alaskan communi
! ties.
Offices, both Federal and Terri
torial, were closed this morning and
: remained shut throughout the day.
J Instructions were received from the
! Department of Justice by A. G.
Shoup, U. S. Attorney, closing for
! the day all of its branches in the
Territory. Territorial offices were
closed under instructions from Gov.
! Bone. Flags, wherever flying from
! staffs all over town, were at half
staff.
Mayor Wires Condolences.
This morning Mayor I. Goldstein
: sent a cablegram to Mrs. Harding
| expressing deep sympathy in her
| loss, as follows:
•'The citizens of Juneau join me
| in this expression of our deepst
rympathy in the loss of the best
friend we had in your husband and
our beloved President.”
In every walk of life, business and
professional men, officials, clerks,
miners, fishermen, employers and
employees there was a common feel
ing of sorrow, a sense of loss, and
a deep-rooted sympathy for Mrs.
Harding, as well as genuine regret
that the President’s Alaska voyage
| of discovery had ended so tragi
cally.
Greeted with Incredulity.
The first word of the President's
death was received here in an As
socited Press “Flash” by The Em
pire at 815 p. m., saying: "Harding
is dead.” This was immediately bul
letined and as the news spread
around town, it was greeted with
wme unbelief and utter astonishment
as the latest news prior to the death
bulletin had been reassuring to the
point that complete recovery of the
rick man seemed almost unques
tioned.
Almost everywhere about town
where word was received, all activi
ties were suspended. In the card
rooms players suspended their game3
and in other places of amusement
games halted while the players
gathered In groups and endeavored
to grasp the meaning of the news.
At the Palace Theatre, whore the
first show was in progress. Manager
fohn T. Spickett stopped the ma
chine, announced the death of the
President, called off the performance
and, after asking the patrons
to stop at the ticket window for
refunds, closed the show for the
evening.
News Spreads Rapidly.
By telephone the news spread
rapidly all over the Channel. An
extra edition of The Empire was
on the streets in a short time car
rying official accounts of the death
and was in the hands of those in
the residentis.l sections of Juneau,
in Douglas and as far out on Glacier
j Highway as the last road camp in
a short time.
Will Held Services.
Memorial services, joined In by
| ill citizens of Juneau, it was an
; nounced today, will be held at IX
■;a. m. Sunday at Holy Trinity Cathe
idral. All local churches, it was
rtaled. will participate in the serv
ices.
Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska,
will hold special memorial services
on the day of the funeral services
for the President, it was announced
by Secretary H. R Shepard. During
his visit here, the President was
made an honorary member of the
Igloo when he formally received the
Pioneer:; at Governor's House during
the afternoon.
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ALASKA IS SURE
Four Bids Are Opened in
Washington—Contract Will
Shortly Be Awarded.
SEATTLE, Aug. 3. — A Seattle
Times dispatch from Washington
says that following the examination
of bids for the new Alaska cable.
Colonel Seaotie announced the pro
posals were within tbe estimates and
time limits were satisfactory, assur
ing the laying of the new cable next
year. The new line will be operat
ing by September or October, next
year.
Three of the bids received were
from the English, the fotfrth from
Germany. No bids were received
from the United States.
The contract for the new cable
will probably be let within a few
days. |
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