The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 30, 1923, Page 1

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JULY .30, 1923. PRESIDENT H DEATH GAME | DEATHENDS PICTURESQUE CAREER WEATHER, FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Tues- day. Rising temperature.. [ FRNA eon PRICE FIVE CE ARDING IS VERY ILL ¥ PEACEFULLY TO A. W. LUCAS Died as he Lived, Serene and Calm, Says G. A. Hassell, Who Returned with Body TRIBUTE PAID HERE Large Number of People at Station when Body Arrives —Many at Funeral A. W. Lucas, to whom Bismarck this afternoon was paying solemn tri- bute in funeral services at the city Auditorium, died at he lived—serene, peaceful and calm, G. A. Hassell, who was with Mr. Lucas in Chicago, id after he arrived with the body in Bismarck jlast night. Mr. Hassell went to “Mr. Lucas’ rooin in the Morrison hotel Friday night about 10:40 o'clock to bid him good-night, The door of Mr. Lucas’ room was not locked, being left open sa rule so that he might receive any business visitors. Mr. Hassell found him lying on the bed, fully- clothed except that his coat was off. He still wore his eye-giasses. Appar- Mr. Hassell said, he had lain to take a nap, and passed away fully, without pain and without ightest struggle. He was lying as if in a peaceful sleep when Mr. Hassell found him. Death, Mr. Has- probably occurred about k Friday night. Doctors said heart fi re was the cause. t’ had been voiced by Mr. Lucas except that after coming to Chicago he remarked frequently that he felt very tired. Mr. Hasseil saw him about 4 o'clock Friday after- noon, and he then remarked that he was fatigued, but appeared in good health and did not complain-of any pains. Were Going East Mr. Lucas left Bismarck last Tues- \. dey night. He spent. Wednesday in St. Paul and representatives of wholehouses have informed local peo- ple that he appeared in good health there. Mr. Lucas went to Chicago that night, arriving there Thursday morn- ing. He and Mr. Hassell completed their buying task in Chicago Thurs- day and Friday and had secured trans- portation to take them to New York Saturday morning. % Mr, Hassell said that Mrs. E. H. L. perman and E. G, Patterson of arck, who were in Chicago, heard in the Vv Bi of the death or read of it morning Chicago newspapers, and called and offered assistance. None was needed, however. The formality of an examination was conducted but the death was such a plain case of heart failure that fhere was no in- quest. ‘ The body arrived in Bismarck last night at 10:30 o’clock, Mr. Hassell had been joined at the Twin Cities by P. R. Fields, representing the Elks; Henry T. Murphy, representiag the Rotary club, and C. W. Paulson, rep- tesenting the U, C. T. Several hun- dred people were at the station plat- form, and stood’ silently as the body was removed and taken to the Perry undertaking parlors. Several Elks and close friends escorted the body. A large number of friends viewed the body'in the Perry Undertaking parlors this morning, where it lay in state. Elks Have Charge The funeral will be held at the Auditorium en We”bady laid to rest in St. Mary’s cemetery. The Elks were summoneg to meet at the lodge-room at 2 p. m. and es- cort the body to the city Auditorium, with the Elks band playing a fun- eral march. The Elks ritualistic ser- vice was to be carried out at the Au- ditorium with the following as offi- cers: Exalted Ruler, Alex Rosen; Esteemed Leading ‘ Knight, Robert Webb; Esteemed Loyal Knight,| George D. Mann; Esteemed Lectur- ing Knight, A. P. Lenhart delivered by Scott Cameron; lain, Judge. I. C. Davies; Esquire, J. L. Kelley. Representative for the city commission’ on the platform was i planned. A deviation from thé Elks ritual was planned for the short services at the grave, Dr. M. W. Roan, a very close friend of Mr. Lucas, was, to de- liver the last\ short tribut rhis memory, i ‘ ~ Drs. ¢. H. and Geo, A. Kohler of Minneapolis, brothers of Mrs. Lucas and A. H. Schimansky of Solen, a cousin, arrived here. for the funeral. Mrs. Hilda ~Schroll, sister of Mr. Lucas, is ill in her home at Kansas City and is’ unable to make the trip te Bismarck. OF MAJOR M'LAUGHLIN, WIDELY KNOWN INDIAN AGENT OF PIONEER Friend of Bismarck, He Served as Agent at Fort Totten and Standing Rock and Negotiated Some of the Most Famous Treaties with the Indians in the North- west—Author of Book Giv- ing Account of Custer Mas- sacre. Major James McLaughlin, 81 years old—the oldest cmpjoye in the Unit- ed States Bureau’ of Indian Affairs and a true pioneer of North Dabota, —died at Washington, D. C. Satur- day, according to informat:on reach- ing here today. Through all of the stirring days of carly Dakota Territory, when the In- dian problem was a big one and hes- tile bands roamed the country, Major McLaughlin served thd government, and his tact and diplomacy often stood as a protection between hostile Indian tribes and the white settlets of the scarcely broken country. Year in and year out he diligently pursued his task as a representative of the government, first at Fort Tot- ten, near Devils Lake, later at Stand- ing Rock, and as a special represen- tative traveling over the entire west. Major McLaughlin was a staunch friend of Bismarck, and he first saw the town when it was in its meager frontier swadling clothes. He had many ¥arm friends in the city, among them Capt. I. P. Baker, the late Mar- shail Jewell, publisher of The Tri- bune for many years, and Mrs. Jewell. Major McLaughlin was in Bismarck on June 12, and visited numerous friends, being here on a business trip for the government. The town of McLaughlin, South Dakota, was nam- ed for him.+ Engaged In Big Task When here Major McLaughlin was ongaged in a big task for the govern- ment—alloting $347,000 to between 1,800 and 2,000 Santee Sioux Indians, seattered in Nebraska, South and North Dakota and Minneapolis. He was chosen for the difficult task be- cause of his wide knowledge of Indian affairs and his ability as an investi- gator in difficult problems. The award was made by the United States Cougt of claims and arose out of can- celled benefits because of the Minn-| esota Indian massacre of 1864. Major McLaughlin was held to be the only man in the Indian service who could properly solve the blems and although he was enfeebled by advancing years he set out to do it. He first went to Nebraska and South Dakota, then stopped in Bis- marck and went on to Devils Lake and thence to St, Paul where he was engaged in the work for several weeks. He had, it is believed, just about completed the task on which he was @ngaged when death ciaimed him. One of Major McLaughlin’s friends was Major-General Hugh L. Scott, famous United States Army leader, who was a young Heutenant at Fort Totten, in 1871. < Agent, At Fort Totten In 1881 Major McLaughlin was made agent at the Standing Rock re- During his period there 1) of the Indians notorious in the Custer massacre. For five years he was in daily contact with the principals in the massacre, and only after a long period of contact did they unfold to.him the Indians’ story of the famous battle of the Little Big Horn. Major McLaughlin wrote a book entitled “My Friend, The Indian,” and he gave what ‘is be- lieved to be the most accurate ac- cougt of the Custer massacre ever written from the standpoint of the Indians’ knowledge of the fight. While here in June, Major McLaugh- lin took exception to statements’ re- ported to have been made last win- ter in Chicago by A. McG. Bede, which indicated that General Custer was a suicide. Gencral Custer, Ma- Jor McLaughlin ssid, died with two bullet wounds—one in the forehead and one in the breast. ‘Among the Indians who held con- fidenge in Major McLaughlin were Chief John Grass, Red Cloud, Gall, £row King, Two Bea: Mad Bear, Hump and Rain-In-The Face, / Among accomplishments listed by the Bureau of Indians Affairs in . (Continted on Page Three) PLAZA MAN HAS NARROW ESCAPE Pro-, DAYS COURT QUITS FOR SUMMER The supreme court has formally adjourned for its summer recess, al- though some members of the court are still at their desks and a few ad- ditional opinions .may be handed down this week. The case involving the validity of the bond election ‘of the city of Bis- marck, in which funds were ob:ained to aid in the purchase and construc- tion of a municipal water plant, will be submitted to the court on brief, and it is possible that a decision may be rendered within a short time, MAN DROWNS AT SWIM MEET AT JAMESTOWN Sinks in Front of a Large Crowd of People at Spirit- wood Lake Jamestown, July 30.— Ernest Tinner, 25, Wimbledon, was drowned at Spiritwood Lake Sun- day afternoon. The accident hap- pened in front of a large crowd of people attending swimming and diving contests at the lake pavil- fon. The boy was swimming to- ward the diving car when he suf- fered cramps or a heart attack. He was the son of Mra. August Finner of Wimbledon, and ig survived by a large family. Burial will be at Wimbledon tomorrow. TO BE TALKED Meeting Is Called for Fargo Wednesday of This Week Fargo, July 30.—A mass meeting of farmers ang businessmen of Fargo and vicinity will be held here at 10 a. m., Wednesday to consider plans for urging a special session of con- gress to pass legislation to remedy the financial condition of the far- mers, The conference was called by Congressman Geo. M. Young of Val- ley City, who said the call was re- quested by farm@rs and tradesmen who are “already organized in Stutsman, Barnes, Griggs and La- Moure counties.” W. P. Chesnut, secretry of the Fargo Commercial club, wired Mr. Young that the additorium will be available for the meeting and that the club will co-operate in @very way. Mr, Young’s telegram said: “Wheat farmers are aroused in North Dakota and Minnesota as never before on acé6unt of. the suicidal price being paid for wheat. Our state faces depopulation to the same extent as once occurred in Kansas because wheat ‘farmers will take a loss on present prices of around 50 cents per bushel. Their credit is already exhausted by reasot of losses on previous crops and they cannot borrow money to tide over un- til another year, #1 have assurances that Minnesota will join in this mass conference and am now in communication with Frank W. Murphy, Wheaton, presi- dent of Minnesota State Fair asso ation, in. regard to it. The character of the legislation to be asked for will hbe determined at the conference.” FAIR HARVEST WAGE FIXED Grand Forks, N. D., July 30.—Ofi- cials of the North Dakota Wheat Growers sociation have agreed vhat from $2.50 to $3.00 is a fair har- and notice to this effect been sent to the 12,000 members of the ciation in the state, ac- cording to announcement, Due to the poor crop and the ruin- ous prices offered for it, it is nec ry to take drastic: steps to reduce seost of production by I. W. W. demanding exorbitant wages, George E.-Duis, president of, the association, de¢lared. H e av|N. P. ASKS CUT James E. Johnson of Fargo, one ef the first ticket agents ot-4 North- ern Pacific railroad in Bismarck, wil be retired, He is the oldest Northern} ' Pacific employe in North Dakota. Johnson is 70. years* old, hi en with the N:P. since He Began work in Farg aI ed city ticket agent in Bismarck ‘and]‘ after a few month h _ St. Paul. In the fall of 3 transferred to IN COAST RATE ‘St, Paul, July 30. permission’ for pplication for ction of rates ito. the Pacific ra 1s which will make it’ posstble le. compete with vensel lines for this business, will be filed soon with the }interstete commerce commission by ast Northern’ Patific,'Cherles _Don- Mi a is the advisable way. to railroads’ to pernelpate part of this busin ich now is going railréads to|®, Supreme Court Holds It Not Continue to Subsequent Crops of Individuals IN ROLETTE CO. CASE Court Finds Purpose of Leg- islature Defeated If Lien Is Continued The legislature of North Dakota, in enacting a law permitting counties to bond to provide seed und feed and giving the county a lien-to secure payment of the seed and feed, did not contemplate that the lien of the county would be good against crops each year until the county was paid Instead, it contemplated only that “the statute contemplates that the lien shall cover only those particular crops raised during the cropping sea- son for which the seed and feed were so furnished.” This is the interpretation of the supreme court upon the law, pressed in the case of the State Bank against the Minnekota Flevator Company. Many crop liens of counties and of banks and indjvi- duals will be sirected by the decision, it is believed. The decision of the court was de- livered on an appeal irom the d’strict court of Rolette county, A. G. Burr judge, the case being affirmed. The court's opinion is by Justice W. L. Nuessle. The Rolette State Bank brought an action for damages on account of al- leged conversion of grain taised by one Goode on which the plaintiff held a chattel mortgage. Goode guve a chattel mortgage for $2{000 to the bank on his 1921 crop. In 1920 he had obtained seed and feed from Ro- lette county and the county had per- fected a lien. When he went to market grain in September, 1921, the, bank and county both claimed pay- ment of the elevator company. The elevator company took the grain and paid Goode, the bank and county not being paid, The defendant, in answering in the law suit, had alleged that the plain- tiff is estopped fri asserting any claim on the grain by reason of the alleged mortgage lien being second and subsequent to that of the county of Rolette, and that the plaintiff, therefore, was not injured by actions of the defendant with reference to the grain. * opinion, after quoting the statutes with reference statute is rendered somewhat ambi- guous by the language employed. “However, after a careful exam tion of the various enactments be-, ginning with the original enactments, chapters, 152, 153 and 164; Laws of Information Given to House of Commons in Great Bri- tain of Proposal NOT HELD _ SERIOUS Dispatches Indicate That There Is Little Apprehen- sion Over Monarchy London, July 30—Reports have reached the British government of an attempt to set up a Republic in Greece in the place of the monarchy, Ronald MacNiel, under-secretary of foreign affairs, told the house of commons this afternoon. London, July 30.—Although’ there is continued Republican agitation in Greece’ resulting in much apprehen- sion among the monarchists there is little cause for immediate alarm con- cerning the stability uf the throne, British diplomatic officials have in- formed the foreign office here. London, July 30.—The Greek lega- tion here denied the success of a re public revolutionary movement in that country. LEGION PLANS FOR LARGE CONVENTION Many Entertainment Feat- ures Are Important Part of Program Wahpeton, N. D., July 30.—Plans for the biggest and best state con- vention ever held have been made and are being carried out by the con- vention committee of the Wahpeton Zegion Post. No effort is being spar- ed in making the stay of the dele gates and visitors in Wahpeton most enjoyable The ts of housing delegates ana visitors has been solveq by the erec- tion of the “Tented City,” which is to be established at the fair grounds. The “Tented City” will furnish all the comforts of a modern hotel. The Legion convention wil} be held on the 15th and 16th and the conven- tion of the “40 Hommes et 8 Che- vaux” will be held on the 17th. The work of the Legion convention will occupy two full days as there are many important things to come up for discussion, While the Legion convention ip, primarily, one of work, yet the enter- tainment feature has not been over- looked. On the night of the fifteenth there will be a boxing exhibition end on the night of the sixteenth there will be a monstrous carnival dance and Mardi Gras entertainment. 1890, we are of the opinion that the statute contemplates that the lien shall cover only those particular crops raised during the croppng sea- son for which the seed and feed were 80 furnished.” “It seems apparent that the legis- lature did not intend that any other crops than those raised in the parti- cular year in which seed and feed were furnished _ should be charged with the lien therefor. Any other in- tention would have been subversive of the underlying purposes of the legislation: because a lien on the crops of succeeding years would have made it difficult for the recipient of the aid extended to thereafter help himself by using his crops for such years as security; would have made ifficult for fim, did the need arise, to secure seed or credit from other than governmental sources. In short, such an interpretation as con- tended for by appellant would be either unwarranted, if the crop rais- ed were sufficient to meet the needs of the lienor, or if insufficient, would tend to make the recipient the per- Petual debtor of the county—in one case, unnecessary, in the other de- fey ing the declared purposes of the _ UNCONSTITUTION. District” Judge ae ae cording to information here, held ‘ional at } reason that Pi dee felva,, for the ‘inuing liens, ‘questi: yf the constitutionality the ONS an not raised in the Rolette county the supreme court. The ndige Kneeshaw, it is ing appealed. GURNEY LOWE SPEAKS HERE _ AT GATHERING Gurney, Lowe, originator of the Nesho. plan of poitiraes merch 9 ache On the 17th the convention of the 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaus will be held. Officers for the coming year will be elected and plans for 1924 will be laid. This organization is common- ly. known as the “Playground of the ‘American Legion.” On the evening of the seventeenth there will be an initiation of members. Over two hundred fifty candidates will be tak- y im of Voiture No. 240, will put on the initiation, Among the distinguished guests which wil] be present at Wahpeton are Teddy Roosevelt, Assistant Sec- retary of the Navy; Thomas Miller. Hatfield, representing the National Alien Property Custodian; George Hatfield, representing the National Convention Committee of San Fran- cisco. It is also thought that George L. Berry, Rogersville, Tenn.; former National Vice-Commander and Presi- 'dent of the International Printing Pressmens’ Union of North Amer- ica, and Past National Commander, "Hanford MacNider of Mason ‘City, ‘Towa, will be present. Store Entered ° i Third Time Jamestown. Jvly 30.-—-or the third time in three years the White clothing store was entered Sunday neht and clothing to the value of $290 was taken. YOUNG W PRESIDENT HARDING FARMER TAKES LIFE; LEAVES SUICIDE NOTE “Attempts to Conceal Identity- Says He was “Down and Out” and had no Friends Fargo, July 30,—William N. Nolan, 47, formerly a farmer living 60 miles northeast of Bismarck, committed sui- cide in a local hotel late Sunday aft- ernoon by drinking poison, the cor- oner's office here reported. An undated, unsigned onte was left by the decreased attempted to conceal his identity. It stated he was “down and out” with’ no money, friends or relatives.” All papers and marks of identifica- tion among his belongings had been destroyed. Nolan was found unconscious by a brother-in-law, Emil Schuh, but died before medical attention could be obtained. i Schuh stated Nolan was engaged to Miss Agnes Miller, a nurse af St. Paul, and>the wedding had been set for this week, E, M. Nolan, a brother, and Mrs. Elizabeth Ryan, a sister, living ‘near Bismarck survive. BANK CASE 0 JUDGE COOLEY Will Decide Controversy Over Williston Bank Controversy over the receivership of the Williams County State Bunk, which closed its doors recently has been shifted by the supreme court to the jurisdiction of Judge Charles M: Cooley. by the supreme court. The action was taken upon petition of Attorney+General George F. Shef- er, in behalf of the state banking board, The, supreme court order states that since the administration of a closed bank is invotved and Dis- trict Judge Cooley was appointed, un- der the new law of the legislature ef- fective'July -1, to administer affairs of closed banks the subject matter is transferred to him for appropriate action. The petition was made with a view of reinstating R. S. See, deputy bark examiner, in charge of the bank. Dis- triet Judge Moellring had uamed a receiver, The supreme court action is viewed as relieving Judge Moell- ring of any’ further jurisdiction in the case, NO ANSWER FROM FRANCE London, July 30.—Premier Baldwin told the House of Commions today that no reply, had yet: been recetved from France or Belgium to Great |- Britain’s reparations -ommunication and that it was very doubtful if any- |’ ‘thing, woulg be received which coula be published in Thursday's debate. MAN OF MEDINA BURNED TO DEATH IN KITCHEN IN HOME Jamestown, N. D., July 30— Mrs, Sarah Allison, aged 22, young widow, whp has been keeping house for John Reeder at his farm 16. miles south of Medina died Sat- urday .about 10:30 at the Buck-| walter hotel'in Medina from injur- jes as the result of attempting to k-|'died Saturday morning. the house at the time. Her two brothers and Mr. Reeder hearii her cries, came to her aid a she toe! rushed to Medina where Mr, ‘Todd was called. Her injur- ies were fatal .however and of th Il‘ kite! was ‘cl Po ee ahs aa imnable ta . Bos of clothes ALL ENGAGEMENTS CANCELLED: WILL BE RUSHED BACK TO EAST SOON, HISSECRETARY ANNOUNCES Crab Meat Eaten on Naval Vessel in Alaskan Waters Original” Cause of Trouble Which Is Followed by Complications —- Several Physicians Called in Consultation After President Reaches San Francisco — Encouraging Sign Is Seen in Quietness Around Sick Room in Hotel San Francisco, July 30. — President Harding will be rushed back to Washington by special train as soon as he recovers sufficiently from his present illnegs to travel, prob- ably within two weeks. Neither Brigadier-General Sawyer, the president’s per- sonal physician, nor Lieutenant Commander Boone, assist ant to Dr. Sawyer, would make any statement in advance of a bulletin promised for 10 a. m. There was encouragement, was quiet in the sick room. PHYSICIANS ISSUE WORD ON CONDITION San Francisco, July 30.—Presi- dent Harding spent a fairly com- fortable night, according to a bulletin issued at 11 a. m. today by Brigadier-General Sawyer, his personal physician. The astate- ment signed by all the phyni- cians participating in the consul- tation follows: . “The President had a fairly comfortable night with several hours sleep. His temperature at 9 a. m was 101, pulse 118, respir- ation 33. The abdominal symp- tems following the digestic dis- turbances which he experienced on the boat U. 8. 8, Henderson are now localized in the gall bladder region. There ‘are no peritoneal symptons.’ The lungs are clear. “The white blood ceHs, 10,800, with 82 percent polymerthornuel- ears. His Kidneys are:function- ing satisfactorilly and there was no disturbances of the nervous system except those associated with fatigue. “His condition is acute and he has temporarily over-strained, cardio-vascular system by carry- ing on his speakng engagements while ill. It will’ be necessary for him to have complete rest during the period of his acute symptoni NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE; ONE OTHER SOUGHT Farm Hand Is Charged with Attacking Woman with an Axe, Slaying ‘Her Yazoo City, Miss., July 30.—Citt- zens of Myrleville, 18 miles south of this city, who, according to advices | received here yesterday, burned Wil- lie Minnifield, a negro farm hand at the stake, searched a large swamp near Myrleville throughout last night in an effort to capture a second né- gro accused of participating in an’ attack on the wife of a merchant, The woman was beaten with an ax in her home Saturday night. She is in a local hospital and physicians say that her wounds probably will prove fatal, . | M. Cooper COURT TAKES LOCAL CASE Bismarck Bond. Election. Case To Be Submitted on Brief The supreme court will receive the case involving the ‘legality of the Bismarck water works bond is- sue election ‘on brief, and will not hear oral argument, it is announc- ed. The court has formally ad- d journed, but it is expected that the briefs will be considered by members of the court and it re- assembled shortly for a decision in the matter. 4 The case originated as a friend- ly suit because bond house at- torneys asked for snhaiasion ito irfvolv- before she a courts of some points taken however, in the fact that al! Is a Stck Man The presiden sick man. How serious is his illness his phy sicians have not said beyond a state ment issued last night saying that have arisen during the. day “indicating complications it the case of the President.” But it was regarded sufficiently serious last night to call a cancella ation of the chief executive's entir: California, program and to briny about a consultation into which twv leading California physicians wer: called. Four physicians participating it the consultation concluded thei meeting early today without issuins any statement, although Brigadier. General Sawyer had previously an nounced that a bulletin would b made public, None of the four physicians woul make a personal statement. Heart Specialist Called The consultants were Dr. Sawyer Dr. Hubert Work, ‘seéretary of th: interior department and’ a former president of the American Medica Association; Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur. president of Stanford: University, anc the present head of the Americar Medical Association and Dr. Charle: Stanford University, « heart ‘spevialiat. j The calling in of Dr. Cooper to gether with ‘other’ developments in dicated thatthe effects of possibl: complications on the’ President’ heart action was being closely watch ed. . |. The decision to call off the Cal- ifornia program and to hold in abey }ance arrangements for the return to the Atlantic coast by way. of the Panama Canal reached shortly before 11 o'clock at a conference in which Mrs. Harding, Secretary Work, General Sawyer and Secretary Chris- tian participated, Secretary Christian soon after made the announcement of the change in plans, saying that the President had approved it be- cause “he real the great incon- venience imposed upon public author- ities, volunteer committees and the people in general by reagon of un- certainty whether the program in which he was to have participated can be carried out.” To Remain in West An informal statement made in connection with the formal announce- ment of the cancellation conveyed the information that Mr. Hardin; would remain in San Francisco unt he completely recovers. The President’s sick room is © the eighth floor of the downtown ho tel to which he went upon his arriv. early yesterday, after abandonme: of his trip to the Yosemite. Every ef fort. has been made to give him 2: much quiet as possible and early th: morning orders were given out to lct no one except members of the Pre: idential party on the floor. Cause of Ilness The real cause of the executive's illness as explained by Dr. Saw- yer lies in some crabs he at: aboard.the Naval Transport Hende, son just before reaching Vancouver. B. C, These crabs, in the opinion Dr. Sawyer, were “copper tainted” ur like sea food taken from sever:! small areas of Alaskan waters hii become impregnated with copp.+ from the deposits of that miner! along the coast lines. The heat Saturday as the Fireside: tial train traveled through southe): Oregon and‘northern California «! so worked to hinder recovery. He gt a fair night’s sleep Saturday aboai: the train and on arriving here yv<- terda: orning walked ‘from = the train e ‘an automobile’ looking » markably improved -although ‘noticc. ably weak and pale. 4 i Although Mr. Harding’s-iliness .¢ the present stage is not comparal: at all with that of President Wilson during his league of nations 1919 there wi mewhat of S.coinci- ce between the two. President. Wilson continued with his: trip. to Wichita, Kansas, before abandoning it but the first evidence of the im- minent breakdown became élight!y noticeable to those close to-him in San Francisco, CUNO GABE