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Sirtutui tot ssrvn VOLUME XXI member of associated press LA GRANDE, OREGON,- FRIDAY, AUGUSTS, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 255 Lr ku 2)o .' : owtnan-Micks Co llowa MM While Mrs. Harding Was Reading to President a Shudder Passed Over Him and He Was No More 26,000 Acres of Fine Timber and Modern Mill Included in Deal New Owners in Charge . SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. (By Associated Press) .Yester day flags gaily decorated San Francisco streets. This morning sombre ciepe hung in place of the banners and bunting. . Yesterday San Francisco and the nation felt encouraged over LINEMEN ITCH prospects of recovery of President Harding. Today the body of the departed chief executive lay on the eighth floor of the Pal-j ace Hotel where he fought a losing battle for his life.! Downcast but not broken his brave wife was reading to the; Body Under Heavy Guard. -' fclA'M FRANCISCO,' Aujr. Guarded constantly by two soldiers and two saiior.s in tne ear which j will be lighted every night of the ! iourncv. President Hnnlinir's body is on.r to start from here this evening for isunmtioi, uia nub mo " o v . . r Grande was .called into 1" u A .7 ,T '"""" "Vi1"1' uramiB mumie lumuer company mesident when the end came suddenly at 7:30 last night by a' :.. i .k. jawau1" ,!:v"",m"Kh,r 1 Vu" A1. i? Vran! ttn' inut company in - iM.-ivitu ni.ii. uiiti.. lexpecieti me uouy win in; in Mine Stroke of apoplexy. Today she is receiving condolence of a mourn- jtanco wires and the Western Uni-lin the cupitul . rotunda where the in" nation. on wires were patrolled and other loonies 01 i.incoin, uaruem ami .uc Every available lineman in Today the lunftier plant of the Nrliley-Mininnugh Co., lit Waliowa, recognized ;bv manu- ! fucturers , to lie one of the most I modern and best appointed mills of its size in the pine belt, passed into 'ownership of the Bowman-Hicks 'Company and will in the future -be operated by II. N. Ashby who is the -Bowman-Hicks manager for all western operations. This ileal represents a large in vestment for it includes besides the mill, planer, and box factory, 26,000 acres of standing tiniber. borne or this timber is property of In the ball room of the Palace Hotel last night music and danc-j men kept under orders to stand by Klnley ing entertained gay throngs but when the announcement was1 '"'me-nate action snoum mere Wll s,m., cloS(!d. ,i : ,.T a- . (I ti . . 1 M. i')e any troubles with lines over which NiSW YOItK. Aug. a. Silence mmic oijihk uuuico uiu jjciiutiiicn, uii.- intoiucui mio juoi, ioovu , press tiispatcnes were streuming all reigned today' in the financial dis- away, music stopped, dancers toon their wraps ana quietly, de parted. . ' The body will leave for Washington tonight. Interment will be made fn Marion, Ohio, the president's home. President Harding is the sixth president to die in office. night long. The Blue- Mountain section escaped storms that might have harrassed the wires, and there was no interruption of service in this part of the state. The trans mission of press dispatches was robably heavier last night than it nrou lias been for many years. trict. Cabarets and roof gardens in the j city were closed. All Washington Closed. WASHINGTON, Augy .3. Secre tary Hughes, ranking official here ordered all government deparlinnts closed. eluded in the 'Itownian-llick manufacturing, operating the property. .Uimnaiigh Hoys iluildcd "ell. Change of ownership in the Whtl lowa plant brings to mind the work accomplished by Charles H. and James Mimniuigh, two of the most successful lumbermen of the 'Iulntyi Empire. The blocked up the tim ber to insure a long time run for their mill and then erected a mod ern plant. . The late James Mimnaugh was known to be an exceptional mill operator, a "fact which was evidenced during the depression m lumber for his mill continued operation many other plants were idle. Since the death of James Mini naugh and the removal of C. II H GUM IF AMERICAN SAFE LEADER (lly Associated l'rcs.1.) .;' Warren a. Harding brought to the presidency an Inflnlto patience and kindness In iU .1 1 Inj,- with public ques tions and men winch enabled him pur-1 chase all of the Wallowa county 1 Mimnaugh to the coast David I. lumber owned by the Grande Konde I Stoddard, formerly of the Grande Lumber company. Konde Lumber company, haH operat- The Meal has been pending for a I the Wallowa institution, few weeks. Cruisers have been at : " work and when their final reports I King Sonets Condolence. were turned into Mr. Ashbv, the ar rival of G. R. Hicks of Kansas City and Jesse Andrews, attorney for the Bowinan-Hicks company, also from Kansas 'City, caused final decision to close, the purchase. Today the Nihley-Mimnnuirh com pany ceased ut Wallowa and at noon tho Bowman-Hicks company WllCnUo handle lilt, nrohtnmu ..r . D-n.-.,i.r. nient without tho muss and; worry which hail, handicapped many of hii predecessors. v What , olso historians may. say ot him, there probably will be itltlo dls piiln th.it Cow chief oxecullvcii camu to. oil leu hi peace tlmu lacing prob Icuia nun-., complcxed in their nature or gr.-ale;' In' number. All interna tlonal aiTuin weru , unbalanced aa never bclore,'"wit h nuinV "prluelpal actllcnu nls of the (ileal aru still to,ju eriiftuiiUtl. At homo tlio work io( No Rail fUmesi ' reconstruction had only Just hogun, SAN KRANCl lllslory Hill 'nil. LONDON, iAug. 3. The King to day sent condolence and ordered the court of St. James in mourning for one week. coast league games today on account hegnn nf tho President's death. . PRESIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS, Palace Hotel, San Fran cisco, Aug. 2. (By the Associated Press.) -Thestory of the president's tragic death was officially told in this way: The president died at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Harding and the two nurses, Miss Ruth Powdcrly and Miss S,ue Dausser were in the room at the time. Mrs. Harding was reading to the president when utterly with out warning a slight shudder "passed irough his frame, he col lapsed and all recognized Unit the end had come. A stroke of apoplexy was the cause of his death. Within a few minutes all of the presidential party had been summoned. ' ' j The suddenness with which the end came was show n by the! fact that only Mrs. Harding and the two nurses were in the room at the time. ' i Mrs. Hardin;;-, witMicr charactciislic faithfulness and constant i tenderness, was reading to the president at the time. Without' wanting a slight shudder passed through the frame of the chief' executive, he collapsed and the end had come. Immediately the indications of distress showed themselves. Mrs. Harding ran to the door and called for Lieutenant Comman der Ijooiic and for the other doctors to come quickly. It was announced in a fourth official statement issued at 8:32 that Mrs. Harding had withstood the shock of her husband's death and'Cdntinued to be "the bravest member of the group." Her first words, when she realized the president had died, were "I am not going to break down." Latest Picture of the President The first -indication that a change had occurred in the condi tion of Mr. Harding came shortly after 7 o'clock when Mrs. Hard ing personally opened tho door of the sick room and called to those in the corridor, "Find Dr. Boone and others quick." Dr. Sawyer, alone of all the doctors was in the president's apartments when the climax came. He first was called by Mrs. Harding who then rushed to the door leading into the hotel cor-! ridor and commanded an immediate search for the physicians. j The death of the president was announced in these words: "The I president died instantaneously and without warning and wihlej conversing with members of his family at 7:30 p. m. Death wasi apparently due to some brain evolvement, probably apoplexy." j During the day he had been free from discomfort and there was every justification for anticipation of a prompt recovery. ' The official statement was signed by C. E. Sawyer, M. D. ; Rayj Lyman Wilbur, M. D.; C. M. Cooper, M. D.; J. T. Boone, M. D.;i Hubert Work, M. D., and was dated August 2, 1923, 7:30 p. m. Visils His Mother's Crave. . RUTLAND. Aug. 3. President" Cnolidge stopped to visit hrs moth- n's grave this morning ne-r Ply-; i.inuth while en route to Washington. Atnililiim nf Ilrillli I'limllv llriims Inrrra-r In Crime ' l:i i:.' IS All:l-:s. July 6. (By .Mall) Aratniin;. abollshid the d.'atli pin-, all from lh.' penal ro.lo about a year ano. and slnci' th-n t)ir-r' has b'-.-n a liolli-rabln liu-n-ase In crimen of vlo. :en-.. In this city. The micstlon of rc- I.andis Orders No Came. CIMCAGO, Aug. 3. No big le igue rames today. I.andis suggested al so nn games on day ot lunerai oi Muring tho dvatli penalty has arln.-n. : President. '''"d a ''III 'his mil ban been Intro-j Harding" Had W ill." d uced In :gr M VR10X uir. The Pit -si- f-unrt numliiTS of emigrants from ( rknt's brother today rrvPiiiH t h fit Khiojm', many of them liclotifriitK ; Mh Pr?.-i'lrnt before lcavine for hit rrhnlnril claffwu. hnvc roim to i,-. n.-,,., a u-il! :imiI .It,- A t'lTi '11 1 Inu r.( intl .n.t lh.. i.i.l.hI po.-p.l of his affair.- as il not expect- trim.- w.iw i j.iirtiMiic-l to UiIh itiMUM9rj iiv,x to return alive. 'l-.f'ipihlt' tlciiiviit. vr 1 L., ..,41, it OUR PRESIDENT IS DEAD Warren G'. Harding, president of the United States is dead. The end came hist evening in San Francisco at 7:30 o'clock where for several days he had been in the Palace Hotel fighting val iantly a case of ptomaine poisoning which became complicated and drifted into pneumonia. The great big hearted American citi zen who met the people of Eastern Ore gon with outstretched hand on July 3rd at Meacham is no more. The kind heart that beat for every American .citizen no longer beats, the voice that carried the loving kindness to all humanity, that rang with sincerity and honesty of pur posed stilled, and the American peo ple today bow their heads in unanimous sorrow for the man w hose woik was nn finished,. whose life would have been productive of great deeds fur America and for the world. ever uttered more sincere words than he did in his .Meacham speech; and no man ever enjoyed the social part of his stay with us more than did the iire.-.i- It is with the deepest sonow that the tL,nt whcn h(! viiSito(1 with the ladies Evening Observer gives this news to its readers. It seems almost as though a near neighbor and a close friend to every man, woman and child in the great Eastern Oregon had been called by death, for President Harding in the day's stay among us made himself a citizen of the great Inland Empire. No pu'olic in; n ever came to this sec lion of country a stranger and went who prepared the big pioireer dinner he did so with that ease and comfort which bespoke his heart, lie had lived in just such communities American communi ties and he fitted into the big cele bration perfectly. That death so soon claimed him is a shock to all and the heart of every person in Eastern Oregon today is torn with the bitterest sorrow at the loss of away a close personal friend to all as this great citizen, this manly man, this did President Harding. No public man true American Our I'.eioved President. .an !" -How Mr. Hnrdlni; measured ' up a ih.i limit bei'Oi'i! hnil' MUM lib' I'erV t'rt' -the historian, but- li in Irlenda . nnid thai,, cuiiiIdk to the presidency an ha did with an open mind, a'dcslrtt for counuel and an Intimate kuowlcdKi or tile proeessea ot ifovernment tic. ilidied in bin services In tho senate, lio was tho typo of man needed fop Ihe Job at such a time. I'reuelllnit upon every occasion tho 'doctrine ot Americanism, he set his taco ro. olnloly iiKalusl "cnlaiiKltns, alliances." Whilo thus ndhcrlnK to what he was pleased to term thu prlnclplci! of tho luovernmcnl In tin. founding fathers, jhe tievcrtlicletw lent tho moral an jsinlanco of tho Bovorninont in tho if I forts to bind up tho wounds ot thu j world. What lill'llielico waa onco declared iby him to bo not Inconsiderable, ami ;m Aiiiei-ica, under liln Kutdance, had la part silent though it was In the. ;maln, In el'i'erllim- thu settlements ot jnian world ijoestions. lla chief eon-'ti-lliiilion wan the W ishlnlon anna coiilcrciico. at which Iho principal powers cnci'Uanlcd to lllnt the ulau of their navies and thus I in from tax weary peoples the burden, or main taiuliiK tho' race lor naval niipremacy. I'nr American Mights. AlonK with tin; proffer or counsel In cricclliiK world settlement went ml HijflKlencu that American rlnhta be re. coHUl.i-d. In polished phratie, hut' with a directness of expression that wai; not to bo misconstrued, tho world was ulven to iindvi'Hl.-ind from the. very lln.t of tho Harding udniilllslr-ii Hon Unit tho fnlti-il Slates, freely re Hliccllnij the riiihls or thu other na tlonn, asked for he-Melr only that to which aim was entitled in. Hluiplo .Ipsliio ami that she could accept nothing less. , While in his deallu;;s with con. Ki tss, Mr. Harding prelcri . il t lio rolo -of counsellor rather than diolator, hn speedily removed any doubt that hia gill or patlenco denoted any lack of purpose onco ho hail charted a Icourse. Thus he lold congress thut soldier:!- monos li'gislatlou cither Isliouhl carry tho means of fiiiauc.huf 'or be post polled, and when tho legis jlators put aside htr. ndvlco he promt- ply vetoed Ilio hill they seal him. u l';-tiutmi- llritiuiultHt His tenacity of purpose waa fur-' Iher cvinpllllcd In Ms conlinual pounding for economy hi public ex. pemlaliires and IiIh Inshitence l,Mnt. conirrrsa pasa Hie niercllant nnrln aid bill w-llli a view to curtailing tho conl iinail drain wha-h the operation or the war built commercial rlect had become iiiioii the Ireasury. His great est single effort In thu field or tlonrt s llc legislation was In hehalr of tills measure. Not Infreciuently Mr. Harding was railed upon to play Hie role of penco maker In governmental affairs. Ho intervened In a dispute between con gress and the treasury -is to tho form general lax revision wan to take mid the program he approved waa carried out In the main wltti reduction of moiil titan half billion hi tho na tion's tax burden. Likewise. Ills council settled thu' .long controversy between thu hoilso ami senate on the question or Ameri can viiluullnn a the tariff law. Hit I proposed In Its place h Hexlblo tariff - i-1 .!. M.. in .nui.-i- Allien ine liyili 9 leommlsslon waa given authority, wittt (Continued onJPage 4) . u 1 1.. ...j.J.'
