?|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.
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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
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4
Iowan Found Dead
in Omaha Hotel
('aiuly Salesma nDied While
Sleeping, Police Surgeon
Declares; No Inquest.
W. W Bruce, 45, a candy aalesmin
of Hamburg. la., was found dead In
his bed when a maid entered hjs
room at the Millard hotel shortly after
noon Friday,
Hie body bore no maVks of vto
Ienre and no trae# of poison w.is die*
covered. Dr, Floyd H. Kinyotin, po
lice surgeon, sab! that death was duo
to natural causes and that he hud
probably died while sleeping He had
apparently hern dead for sever . I
hours when his body was di.-cos.. *■
Hruca registered at the hot' I
Thursday evening, paying for his
room in advancer He had no hac
gsge. His clothes we;e well tailoied
4nd apparently expensive.
Authorities at Hamburg, Is. ha'"
been notified. County Coroner T’sul
Stelnwender took i harg“ of the bod',
hut does not expert to hold an In
quest.
Bess—Come girls, I must hurry. I’m off to Thomp
son-Belden’s for one of their smart coats to wear to
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That s what thousands of s'omach
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A lien the liver and bowels are per
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:oes indigestion and stomach trull
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Have yon a laid taste, coated tongue,
ioor appetite, a laity, don't-care feei
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Take one or two at bedtime for
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