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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1924)
?|Mrs. Harding to ! Be Laid Beside ,'jjr Late President i ^ : Jfuneral S<*twire ' Will Dupli ■if cate That ~p{ 15 Months Ago; De»th Follower! i'uj' Three Weeks’ Illness. 4> ■ I’*]), (Contlnowl From Fagn One.) temporary relief from the severtj ijHjboin which she was suffering. Since ilijihe operation her condition had va “lljjried from day to day, but a general ■.iflfeiving .way growing more apparent IKtHeveloped as the days wore on. By 'InterTiatloniil News Seryipe. >r. Sawyfn’s bulletins throughout t. Harding’s illnyss of less than r ■ weeks have been- ’Indicative ; of opelesh condition of health if one 1 between the lines. The physi r attempted 1o follow as closely possible the wishes of his illustri-l patient.' who was cherished as *arm friend of the Sawyers. Mrs. rding had always insisted that / the most meager Information be ;n ’out as to her health and the eripnee at the White House dur her serious attack of 1922, at chf time the family could not so llyt control press statements qted in her memory as a siege did not wish repeated In the r Illness that all who knew her lized might very probably result : was also Mrs. Harding’s posl i refusal to permit consultation t prevented Dr. Sawyer from lging, outside specialists into the a, although he ventured her dls isure by calling Dr. C. J7 Wood, jin abdominal specialist of Cleveland after Mrs. Harding had developed a menacing mass in- the upper part of jPghe abdomen. '. This, it was feared "Ifclght prove to be cancer of the liver. flBfut inasmuch as*the heart condition , Rendered any sort of operation out of ihe question, "the diagnosis was not Jfipsltlve. At the time of Dr. Wood’s Visit, however,' an effort was made to ■effect dralinage. in the event, the con V.tHnts of ;f the formation might be liquid. Aspiration was resorted to Without aby; results and the patient .ivas not V’apable.'of enduring any ■iurther disturbance. , Trip Called Ofr. ! Even before the. public was given an intimation that. Mrs. Harding's 'condition vas’' disturbing her friends, ,2Dr. Sawyer suggested to Mrs. Frank ,T. Longshore;* of Marion, Mrs. Ilard , ing’s niece, that serious developments might be expected and as a result of . this warning,f”Mr- and Mrs. Long shore decidedHo, abandon their plans for a trip to. thfe west coast. Chris tian. Mrs. Longshore and Mrs. Roscoo Mezger, her •dadghter-in law, and Clif ford B. Kling.ther-. brother, who was Availed backVfrom Florida, early in the Mlness, and'iDr. tieorge T. Harding, tithe life presJdaM’s father, a^id Miss ’“iXugail HaEdmgT’the late president's . Bister, have- tjeen with Mrs. Harding -ah nost constantly. Airs. HardTng's last public appear ance in Marion, except for her almost ;,flally visits to the tomb of the late .^resident, was on October 16, when JlSf1 e attended the concert of the Untt jjifed States Marine band at Garfield •Urark, where the notification cere i:2l monies were held. On the occasion of the visit of the musicians to Mar ion, advance arrangements were marie by the Klwanis club for a funeral dirge at the Harding tomb. This was played early in the afternoon and Mrs. Harding also attended the after noon concert. The first news that Mrs- Hard ing's condition might he alarming was given out by Dr Sawyer, when he announced on October 30 that she was compelled to deny herself to all visitors. It was then learned that she had been confined to her bed for several days and that her condition even at that time was most discour aging to those who were intimately acquainted with her. Shock Hastened Death. Since the death of President Hard Ing at San Francisco on August 2, last y ', Mrs. Harding had never been regarded as quite recovered from the shock and the terrible strain of crossing tho continent on tho funeral train with the endless grief-ridden formalities that followed. W-hlle she preferred to be in Marlon with her home friends and relatives, sue was surrounded here by sym pathy and depressing memories. She left Marion early in January and lived at the Willard hotel, Washing ton, up to the time Brigadier Gen erat Sawyer, who had long been her physician, was relieved of his duties as physician to President Coolidge. General Sawyer was compelled to re move to Marion to attend to his own affairs and continue his work as sec retary of tho Harding Memorial as sociation. Mrs. Harding remained in Wash ington for several weeks, until on July 15 she suffered an attack of nausea and immediately sent for her physician. General Sawyer had at tended Mrs. Harding over a period of 18 years and her confidence in Mm, who so thoroughly understood the history nf her seuwal serious at tacks of kidney trouble, brought about the decision that she should return to Marion to remain in con stant touch with the general. When General Sawyer died sudden ly September 23 of an acute heart attack, almost in the presence of Mrs. Harding, she suffered a renewed shock which her condition was scarce ly capable of counteracting. More over, she had been extremely de pressed from time to time by the reports of the deaths of a number of the friends and government officials closest to the Hardings during their occupancy of the White House. Mrs. Hubert Vi nrk, wife of the secretary of interior, who accompanied the Hardings on the Alaskan trip, on which ono of the newspaper men was ktiled in an automobile accident, and from which the president was brought back on the funeral train, was also the victim of a motor accident that resulted in her suddeA death. The illness of Henry C. Wallace, score tnry of agriculture In the Harding cabinet, was most distressing to Mrs. Harding and when she rend tn the newspapers of his death on Ortober . • she went to lied almost Immediate ly and never left It. George Christian at Bedside. George B. Christian, Jr.. President Harding's private secretary, who is now associated with Kotlman AVana maker in AA'ashington.i Philadelphia and New York, rushed to Mrs. Hard ing's bedside when he read the an nouncement of her illness on Ortober 3n. t*p to that time the closer friends of the widow had .pot been Informed that her condition was approaching the serious stage. Christian has spent some time each day with Mrs. Ilardlng and has at tended to all her requests. Her first remark on seeing Christian was: ‘‘I am glad you are here, George. I want you to take care of all this mail and see that every letter Is ac knowledged, and thank them for their kindness.” The first news of her illness brought letters and telegrams to Airs. Harding from all over the country and the number increased daily, un til the task of acknowledging them beoapie next to impossible. Other instructions were given^t Christian and when Mrs. Harding's vitality was so exhausted that she preferred not to he disturbed by talking, prac tically etfery wish had been rarrled out. It seemed to those nearest to her that she had completed all her arrangements. She made a new will, directed this or that message to be given to friends and lay apparently in perfect comfort awaiting the end. BEE WANT \l»s BEING RESULTS $181,000 Mark Is Passed on Third Day of Campaign Hope of Ending Drive Satur day Gone hut Determination “to Go Over Top'’ Is Still Strong With Workers. At the end of the third day of so licitation in Omaha’s second annual Community Chest Campaign, it was reported that subscriptions and pledges totalled $1 SI,313.24. Harley Conant, general chairman for the campaign, at the luncheon meeting at noon Friday read the fol lowing "greetings" telegraphed to the Omaha Community Chest by the Denver Community Chest organiza tion: ’’tireetings front Denver Chest campaign army. Denver has the best fighting army ever organized Budget. $730,000. Twelve per cent more than last year. Expect to raise full amount by next Tuesday, when campaign closes. What Is the good word from Omaha? Best wishes from Denver." The population of Denver is hut slightly more than that of Omaha, Mr. Conant pointed out. Yet the campaign budget there is $730,000, al most twice the amount sought In Omaha. Newspaper reports of the Commu nity Chest plan being carried on at Cleveland, O., were also read l>y Mr. Conant. Cleveland has a population approximately four, times that of Omaha. Yet its campaign budget this year Is $-1,375,000, which Is an In crease of $300,000 over that raised last year. That's more than 10 times the size of the amount to be collected in Omaha. “While these figures from Denver and Cleveland make Omaha's task look fairly simple, this Is not the case,'’ save Mr. Conant. “Conditions are somewhat different in these cities, than they are here. “It will take liberal giving If Omaha is to meet this year's quota,” he said. "It will not lie reached If everybody decides to give only the same as last year. Some of the sub scriptions must be larger. There should now lie no one In Omaha who would he willing to go back to the old way of doing tills job. The Com munity Chest idan Is more efficient and it is cheaper.” W. F. Baxter, member of the ex ecutive committee for the campaign, at tlie meeting Friday afternoon, urged the women workers to carry on. He asked them not to feel dis couraged If their collections did not total as mudh as Ihoso brought In by the men. With $613 subscribed by the em ployes. the Guarantee Fund Fife In surance association was added to the list of firms which are 100 per cent. There will be no noonday meeting of majors and captains today. Many of the workers wish to solicit right through the noon hour. However, the usual luncheon meeting will he hMd at the Hotel Fontenello Mon day. Frank Builta, chairman of the gen «rul team* division, has askeii all majors and captains to report at this meeting, not only the collections to date, but also on the amount of their territory covered nnd that which remains to he canvassed. This information will then serve as a basis for plans to he laid during the remainder of the drive. T. ,T. McCloskcy reported that em ployes of the Western Union Tele graph company In Omaha have In creased their contribution to the chest more than 300 per pent. Kmployes in the office of Joseph Koutsky, commissioner of public im provements, were the first among those In city hall offices to eontri bute 100 per cent to the Omaha Community Chest campaign. Henry Rosenthal, reporting for the Union Outfitting company, said the employes of his concern had given 100 per cent, the total contribution being $318, whereas last year It was only between $00 and $70. Mrs. W. W. Rhoades reported that the 32 visiting nurses employed by the Visiting Nurse association had made their contribution 100 per cent, giving $287. Five thousand dollars of Communi ty Chest cash have already been in vented nnd have begun to earn in terest. K. F. Folda, chest treasurer, learned where a City of Omaha bond for $3,000 could be purchased and promptly Invested the chest money. The bond will mature In the spring. "[ would like to invest *30.000 In bonds maturing during 1925," said Mr. Folda. "I would like to have City of Omaha or Douglas county bonds, for this is Omcfha money.” 1 Quitting usinessf §1 Is the Only Reason for the Drastic Way We J Have Slashed Our Prices ir 1 COMPLETE STOCK | High Grand Standard Brands Men’s Fur P nishings and Hats at Prices That Mean B I TREMENDOUS SAVINGS I I Buy Now! While It Lasts! I Underwear49c-79c ;; VaJue* Up to $2.00 Neckwear, 10c-29c j ^Valuei Up to $1.50 Hats,25c-98C-239 '£■ Value! Up to $7.00 Belts... 39c-79c Value* Up to $1.50 Vests,S2.98-S4.39 i Value* Up to $10.00 BathRobes585-785 Value* Up to $18.00 Gloves.. 19c-98c 1 Valuea Up to $3.00 E Collars.. 15c-29c I Value! Up to 50c S Hose . . . 15c-23c I Values Up to 65c Shirts, 98c - $1.591 Value! Up to $4.85 Caps, 98c ■ $1.79 Value! 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