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APANESE MOURN “LOVER OF PEACE" Press Acknowledges Efforts of Harding to Forward Cause of Humanity. Dy the Associated Press. TOKIO, August 4.—The Asahi con- siders I'resident Harding's greatest accomplishment the adjustment of his country’'s finances after the war. It expresses the deepest regret at his death, but finds solace in the assur- ance that of fostering friendship will his policy American-Japanes not be altered by President Coolidge. The Hochi savs that President Harding. “the greatest lover of peace, has left Lehind him many tasks to be accomplished for the cause of hu- manity—tasks that the world relied upon him to complete. His death is @n irreparable loss to the world.” « nment Almost Unani The Kokumin, a militar ic organ, strikes a discordant note in the al- mOSt unanimous lauditory press com- ment It declares that: “While the Washington conference was @ success for Ameried, it was not S0 watisfying to Japan and anything Dut welcome to & majority of the na- tion. Whether the result will con- | tribute to the world's peace remains | to _be seen” The news of death came like where but cncouragin covery had b news of the mous. President Harding's a bombshell to Tokio, ew hours before most bulletins of his rapid re- ) published. The first exceutive's demise came in a message from the Associated I'ress to the Kokusui News Agency and was immediate broadeast througout Tok new extras. Ambassador Notifle Woods Ami £pending notitied Ly time he had or who was few at Nikko, was his embassy. Up to thi not received the official message from Washington. Col Uchida, former American minister, expressed his personal and yrofo d sympathy for Mrs. F ding | ind the American people. He culo: | #1zed the lLute President as the warm- | St wdvorate of international peace, | ind said his name would Ko down in 1 as the man who promoted the | Washinston Foreien M egrim conferenee nister Uchida sent a_tel- to Ambassador Woods at Nik- essing his heartfelt sympathy stncere condolence. Similar me. Suges were cabled to the State partment at Washington by the ermment, including Premier Jinisters Uchida, Shidchara, gawa and other high officials. VATICAN RECALLS KINDLY RELATIONS Toku- Stress Laid on Efforts at Co-Opera- tion in Settling War's Aftermath. Dy the Assoriated ROME. Au recall that 1 after the Tresident Harding, McCormick came was said to b from Mr. 4—Vatican circles election of Meaill | irope on what a semi-official mission Harding. The senator was to | nis 'Laddie Boy Is Vainly Waiting~ ____ THE EVENING. Return of His Beloved Master LADDIE BOY. | By the Associated Precs. There White Housc quite comprehend which hung sion It was Harding's vanion Coming to the White boned, callow pup. 1 in two years, grown to the dignity &nd wholesome official surroundings Laddie Boy knows that his master and mistress made frequent-jo away from home, and he always watches for their return. Of late he has been casting an expectant eye and cocking a watchful car the motor roll up the White wax one member of household who e the the uldn't sir of over executive man Laddie T airedale fric a raw Boy has, respect for neys at cars House Both in his n aut 1 autc and drive Loved Animats. dog sense 1obile took ile must vester he was For., way, he fi i m away, bring thes as on the watching the stur cars listening for voices he knows so well. The White Hous attaches shook their heads and won dered how they were soing to mak Laddie Boy understand. as, of course he will in time, ry does. Laddie Boy reflected friendship Mr. and Mrs stowed upon him and for him typified the fe for all animals. Mrs. lost an opportunity in to give her aid to any stood for a decent chance imals “and Alas President took. as p. of membership in an A ization, a vow never to horse or dog Scored Dog Poixoner. Warren Harding never referred to them as “dumb animals™. he often said they were far from a that they had their own ways of expres- sion. It was not a fad or a fancy with kim. Years ago, wh o back, other duys I ) for recently of his askan ora: 1o be unkind received several by Pope Benedict and had ions with Cardinal secretary of state, ted to Mr. Me- Vatican's viewpoint on the various questions the war C: asparri said the holy see believed that the best solution of the reparations and interallied debt problems was to « only one cred- nd only one debtor. America, should pay the debts of the tries, Germany becoming a to America McCormick lan to the tion of irding. but the Vatican is have heard of it since. that Cardinal Gasparri to this plan, although 1t under present con- would be more difficult to conve asparri, papal er communic the of from b arising debtor onl the ¥ H was at sked to bring Presid said ne it is belie still adhe he admits ditions 1t cagry out. Otherwise, it is added circles, the holy see wa isfied with the attitude of the Hard- ing administration toward it. The greatest diality was manifested whenever two came into contact with her, as in the case of the work in Russia EBERT DEPLORES | in Vatican always sat- eac relief DEATH OF HARDING { i Comes at Time When World Sit-] uation Is Grave, Declares German President. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 4.—"T plore that President Harding called from the world's political stage at the very moment when grave, com- was deeply da,] | plex problems world's « dealing with the, reconstruction and ! reconciliat of nations and peoples are awaiting urgent solution,” Pres! dent "Ebert said to the Associated | Press i Herr Ebert declared th history would associate President | Harding's name with the Washing- rmament conference. one m betiet that | | ne active as editor of the Marion somebody poisoned a pup and Warren Harding k editorial about it that showed how he felt Thix is what he wrots sewood Hub, o tie registes, a mark of bhis breedimg, but to us just Hub a little Boston terriur. whose sentient eyve mirrored the fidelity and devotion of his joyal heart. The ¥et- erinary sald he was polsoned: per haps he was, his mute suffering sug- gosted it Daily Visitor at Ofice. t to be ing who claims man's estate S0 hateful a coward as to torture and kill u trust defenseless through h the human master, but One honest look fron ves was worth o bur etings from such inhu though they wore the “One Euman b could be ruthlessly vietim, 1 is reluct eve that a ing fdence re are such Hub's trus dre n heines men haps you wounldn't devote thes: » u dog. But Hub was a Star viritor nearly every day of the in which he deeped at tachment. e was a grateful and de- voted dog. with a dozen lov ind it ces the % of Lroken companionship memory deserved tribute. crthodox to aseribe a soul 1L means immortality & and loyal Tests its patient, e lines office six ve anality faithful; more than hu- for, no lure 11 him' from the master. He rs, especially an emulation. and he ind 1 tic retimes ed to o Jistress or minded worthy would kill or He was n these v d. un hi of entry was properl Man Can Lea “He couldn't speak thouzh he somehow he could uttering t oth No. thes. soul. and t} Dog. ir language understood, but was eloquent with and wagging tail expressions haps he zs are the spirit of lo “Whether the Creator or environment and anionship have made learn richly through be i eve pe th ssenee able life. planned human it so0, me the ' love it | may t0 a crown mixht of mmortality No President Resis in Capital; Nearest Grave at Mt. Vernon No President has been Columbia executive that of George ington at Mount Vernon. Va., een miles distant Five Presidents were York state. four cach Virginia and two each of the buried in The nea United States rest is eight- uried in New Ohio Massachu- in in and i setts and Tennessee Washingion is bur John Adams cemetery, Jeffe George Mount Vernon, Congregational Mass.; Thomas Albemarle county, Va.; Jame son, Montelier, Orange county. Va.: James Monroe, Hollywood cemetery Richmond. Va.; John Quincy Adams, First Congregational Church. Quincy Mass.; Andrew Jackson, Hermituge r Nashville, Ter Martin Van Buren, cemetery Kinderhook. New ed at First Quincy. son.” Mon lliam Henry 1ilton county. Ohio ywood cemetery. i James K. Polk. F Ter Zachary Taylor. field ouisville, Ky.: Mil- Filn t Lawn ce ery, uffalo, N anklin Pierce, Minot o1a Concord, H.: James Woodw Hili raham ifield, 11 ille coun Riverside Par Rutherford B. Hayes uneds Freemont. Ohio; atficid, La View ceme- ¥, Cleveland. Ohio: Chester A Arthur., Rural cem ry., Albany, N. Grover Cleveland cemetery, “ton. N. I Benjamin Harrison. Hill cemeter, Indianapolis, William McKinley, cemetery, Canton. ORio: Theodore Koosevelt, cemetery, Oy Bay. Long Island Harrison, North John Rich- ik pl ra ter Pow-wow Stopped DEATH OF HARDING i As7 Tribes Honor By the Associated Press PONCA, Okla. Augu eral thousand Indians, ing tribes, pow-wow ncar her twenty minutes ‘as mourning for their vhite father.” Genuine sorrow ert among the a ative redskins whea ident Hardinz's the camp. Hoise Chief Eagle of the Ponca tribe, who had visited the dent at the White House n 1 —Sev- ent- their for “great repre -d seven late ppar- undemon- word death 1 became | E SEEN AS TRAGEDY Dead W hite Chief ... .. iated Prves. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, August 4.-— ute was paid to President Hard- 18 by United States Senator James Watson of Indiana, when he ar- rived here from Washington. Senator Watson learned of Mr. Harding's death while he was aboard the train last night Senator Watson issued the follow- ing statement: “It is needless to say that the death the President came as a great £hock to me. I have known Warren Hard for thirty years, and in- ble attri- | with | and | com- and {fidelity of & brave and devoted dog. casily add luster STAR, - WASHINGTON, —— . 0. C. LABOR BODIES - VOICE DEEP 1085 Declaration Adopted at Meet- ing of Thirty-Five Officers, Called by Gompers. At the call of Samuel Gompers, presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, thirty-five officers of local labor organizations met at the federation building today, and adopted the follow- | ing decluration, in regard to the death | of President Harding : | “We are profoundly grieved by the passing of ~President Harding. = The &hock of his untimely and unexpected {death brings to us & sorrow and u sense | of loss that must be felt by all Ameri- cans. To Mrs. Harding we desire to | express our deep sympathy and our | great admiration for her devotion and | sublime courage ‘We believe we speak for the great masses of the wage earners of our country in ouf expression of serrow in ! this hour of national sadness. It s u characteristic of our people that, differ though we may among ourselves over mdtters of policy a an unfailing regard and respect for the | President and tire presidency. “Those who have sometimes opposed the President out of conviction feel no less dceply grieved today than do those who have becn his consistent supporters. For ourselves, paftisanship has never {Daen a personal question. It has been {and must alwayg be a matter of con- wiction and principle—a matter of jud; | ment in relation to iskues. but not in | relation to men. Our hope and.effort fs | for. humanity within our | for the perpetuity. of Its institutions. i Mourn With Countrymen. In this spirit with our trymen N the death of a President who ave his life in the servi of our nation. The bur- dens which he bore in a time of na- tional stress and strain were tnordi- Inate, as were those of the President in whose suffering wake he followed. All Americans hope that the great burden of the presidency may be less !-A\:u'(mfl and trying for the successor to thut exalted office. With the pass {ing of Tresident Harding the office devolves upon the Vice President, and we address oursclves now in a com- mon citizenship to the new incumbent, President Coolidge. As to the future the wisest are blind and we cannot see what lles ahead But we praoffer to the new President our whole- hearted consideration and co-opera- tion in all that gos for the upbutld- g of our country and for the wel- {tare of our people | “In this pirit we bid our wel- !come to the man who comes now to {take up the fallen mantle. We bow in grief and reverence before the Lier ur fallen ent; we offer our s citizens, our thought and © Strength. to our government un- ider him who is now called forth to sume that commanding post of duty nd service, we join cou mourning Many Bodies Represented. The following were present at the meeting: Samuel Gompers, president American Federation of Labor; Frank Morriso: secretary, American Feder. ion Labor; John Donlin, presic dent. building trades department, A. F. of L.; James O'Connell, presi- dent. metal trades department, A. F. 10f L. A J. Berres, secretary, a | trad department, A. F. of L.: John aning, secretary, union label trades department, A. F. of L G. J. Rich on, secretary, International Asso- clation of Fire Fighters: Felix J Belair. sceretary-treasurer, Brother- {hood of Bookbinders; C. osemund, president, International Federation of {Draftsmen's Unions, Technical Engi- neers and Architects; Edward J. Gainor, president, International Asso- clation of Letter Carriers; Thomas . F €rty, Secretary-treasurer, Nation- {al Federation of Post Otfice Clerks; P. iJ. Conlin, vice president, International | Association of hintsts: G. M. Bugniazet nul Brotherhood of ctrical kers: Luther C. .\’.lr-\\ ard, president, In national Federation of Federal Employ {Gettrude M. McNally, v Internatio: F ple secretary- treasurer, International Federation of Federal Employes; William Collins, president, Iway Mail H. W. Strickland, secer y. Railway Muail Association: N. P. Alifas, presi- dent. District Council, No. 44, Interna- tional Association of Machinists James, secretary, Washington Cen- tral Labor 1 n: C. H. Evans, Wash- inzton Allied Printing Trades Coun- ¢il; X. C. Sprague, vice president, In. ternational Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union, No. 1; C, C. Gas- trock, International Printing Press- men and Assistants’ Union. No. 1 Clarence Cooper, Sheet Metal Work lers’ Union: A. M. Lawson, Interna- tional Union of Stereotypers and Elec- trotypers’ Local, No. 99; R. A son.” International Printing Pressmen and A stants’ Union, ) H. Long, president, Columbia Typo- graphicai Union, No. 1015 George . Seibold, secretary, Columbla Typo- graphical Union, No. 101; Andrew J. Fallon, president, Plate Printers' Union,” No. F.'J. Coleman, Plate { Printers’ Union, No. 2; James Windsor, | Plate Printers’ Union . 2; Frank { Milovich, Plate Printers’ Union, No. 2; !.»laurl e McAuliffe, Plate Printers i Union, No. i Austin Jarvis, Plate { Printers’ Union,” No. 2; Thomas Mc. | Quade, Plate Printers’ Union, No. {J. E. Giles, president, Stenographers, ! Typewriters, Bookkeepers and Office | Assistants’ Local eary, general organizer. ederation of Labor; { Wright, director, information and { publicity service, American Federa- tion of Labor: James P. Egan, editor, { American Federation of Labor Week- {1y News Service; W. C. Roberts, {chairman, legislative committee. | American’ Federation of Labor. |MRS. ROOSEVELT GRIEVES {OVER MRS.HARDING’S LOSS Widow of Former President Shock- ed by Death, Throws Self N.A. Union, 1 American Chester M. nd principle, we have | republic und | Anna ) By the Asnoclat BAN FRANCISCO, August 4.—Mrs. Florence Harding, wilow of the late Prosident, standing between Mr. and Mrs. George B. Christian, jr., as the Rev. James 8. West read the prayer over her late husband's body here yosterday, nodded her head slightly as the pastor raised his hand and sald: 30d is our refuge and strength. ! As the minister ended his prayer, !Mrs. Harding safd, “Amen.” | The widow stoed and watched the haMf-hundred pernons as they filed out, waiting for the roem to clear in order that she might have a few minutes alone with hgr dead before !the body was taken to the train | for transportation to the National Capital The body of the dead reposed in a drab brown steel coffin, lined with { white silk. The only Inscription, | engraved on a silver plate was “War- | ren Gamaliel Harding Many Floral ‘Tributes. offin was banked with flowers {and floral tributes from citizens and {consuls general of many filled the sitting room of the ‘dential suite where the simple I glous ceremony was conducted. | " The setting sun poured through the 1dows and flood- i { The presi- reli- i lower portion of the w jed the flower bower with sunlight, which igave the room the appearance of an {outdoor flower garden. Mrs. E. 5. Rems- berg, sister of the late President, and Attorney Genmeral Harry M. Daugherty D. C, BATURDAY,. AUGUST 4 Mrs. Harding’s Courage Unbent As Services Are Held in Frisco Stands Bravely by While Prayer Is Said at Flower-Banked Coffin of Her Husband. jons | 1923. fort and sustaining grace be upon members of the stricken family, his uged father, his brother and sisters, and especially, upon his faithful, de- voted wife, and helpmate. Comfort her with'the hope of eternal life and according to her great need, be Thou her sufficiency day by day until that ¢ bright morning dawns when she shall see again the face of him whom she has loved long since and lost awhile. “We make this petition for Th! rich blessing upon the nation and the world in the name of Him who is the resurrection and the life, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.” Others Leave Room. Mrs. Harding's eyes were dry at the finish of the prayer and in a half- choked volce she uttered the word “Amen." When the minister finished. Mrs. Christian stepped back to her original place and Mrs. Harding, leaning on Secretary Christian's arm. walked to the front of the coffin, held her hand out to Rev. Dr. West and gazed at the face of her dead husband. However, her gage lasted for only | #_moment, and she began to talk with Rev. Dr. West. Several times she looked toward the small crowd, land after a few seconds her wishes seemed to be Instinctively felt by those present. Gen. J. J. Pershing and’ Gen. Morton led the procession out. Mrs. Harding stood crect and watched those passing out, with never a break in her figure or a catch in Iher voice as she continued to talk | with the minister. Al Cry Unashamed. once during the entire serv- ecretary Christian seem wor- ried about Mrs. Harding. As the min- Only ice did were the only persons in the room \‘_l\l) | were seated during the ceremony. The | Attorney nera was helped into (h"} {room by Licut. Commander Joel T { Boone, one of the late Vresident's phy- | sicians, und was assisted from the room {by Commander Boone after the cerc- lmun,\. Mrs. Harding was the last to enter the room. She was holding the arm of ! Secretary Christian and continued to {hold his arm as she stood in the center of the room, directly in front of the glass-covered cotfin. When Rev. West concluded his Bible text and bowed his head for prayer ! Mrs. Christian stepped from the side of {the room and stood on Mrs. Harding's {right. Both Mr. and Mrs. Christian {held the widow's arms throughout the entire ceremony Prayer for President. Mrs. Harding, dressed in deep mours ing. with « black cape reaching to her hoe tops, was veiled. She held her gaze on the minister while he read his text, but bowed her head as he raised his hand for the following prayer “Almighty d, . our Father, Thou wri the Supreme {of the nution and of the world. the Toving Heavenly he: of all Thy children, almighty in Thy strength and infinite in Thy tenderness {""“We approach Thee humbly and I reverently. but boldly and expectant- ily in this hour, when our hearts a | { Heaven Rul wrung with sorrow, the nation bowed in grief and the eyes heart svmiathies of the world turned toward this place “The great and beloved magistrate of our nation h denly fallen at the moment wo most brightly hoped that our earnest pravers for his speedy and complete recovery were being gra- clously answered. when his great work. as it seemed to us, had on well begun. Our hearts are broken, we are fore strlcken with the sense of loss to his family, loved ones, friends. the nation and the world ‘Our_ hcpe iv in Thee. and Thee only. We bumbly bescech Thee that Thine infinite grace and comfort may be bestowed upon us abundantly in this hour of our supreme need, as individuals and as a nation We thank Thee out of the depths £ our hearts for the noble, Christian { character. lofty principles and not- able service of him whom Thou hast chief sud when aternul. We bles shrinking cournge. =trength, his radiant gontleness., for his self-forgetting devotion to the cause of Justice brotherhood and peace for the indi- I vidual. the nation and the world, in {the provagation of which he sacri- {ficed his life. and as a_martst to which he is lovingly cnshrined for- ever in the hearts of the grief- stricken but grateful peonle “We fon hope and e: that we do what he wished and sought to accomplish by his life may now be accomplish by the death. To raise up {others, we beseach Thee, {carry forward and complete the great work which he began. “We beseech to bless with wisdom, poise and strensth, ali those who were associated with him in the great af. fairs of the nation, and upon whom with his going there rests so great a burden of responsibility g “We beseech Thee, pecially, to bless him, who by this providence is called to the chief magistrate of the republic. "Lt Thy Thee for his u his stalwart kindness and tenderest bendiction of com- [HARDING DREADED TRIP TO ALASKA, SAYS FRIEND B the Associnted Press CLEVELAND, Ohio. August 4.— President Harding showed the effects of the tremendous strain he was un- der just prior to his western trip, according to Dr. John Franklin Stephan, for more than fifteen vears his personal dentist and close friend. Dr. Stephan has made annual visits to the White House and treated the teeth of both Mr. and Mrs. Harding since the President's inauguration. “The last time I treated him was just prior to the start of the western trip,” Dr. Stephan sald today. “At that time he showed the effects of called from sacrificial service to rest! who shall | ister uttered the words, “We bless| Thee for his unshrinking courage, | his stalwart strength, his radiant | Kindness and gentleness; for his self- forgetting disposition In the cause of | justice, brotherhood and peace for the individual, the nation and the world, 1 the propagation of which he sacri- ficed his life.” Secretary Christian re- moved his arm and started to put it/ around Mrs. Harding's walst, but as he glanced at her face, he imme- | diately placed his arm where she| could again hold it While Mrs. Harding, a pathetic fig- | ure, £tocd dry-eved, tears of sorrow ! streamed unchecked down the cheeks | of many, including Washington news- | paper correspondents, among whom | ¢ late President numbered many of 1 closest and most intimate fricnds. Men who make a business of report- 1% the disasters and sadne:s of the country and who ordinarily are un- | concerned in regard to their work | £tood unashamed as they cried for one they loved Ceremony Lastx 14 Minutes. mes C. McReynolds, justice of the iited States Supreme Court: taries Hubert Work, Henry C. Wal- +cc and Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Work, Mrs. Hoover and Mr. and Mrs. Mal- colm Jennings of Columbus, Ohfo, and Dr. and Mre. C. E. Sawyer were 2mong the members of the presiden- tial party who lined the room during the religious ceremony, which started jat p.m. and finished at 5:19 p.m. veral minuteg prior to the de- parture of Mrs. Harding there were wild reportg being circulated to the cffect that she wis so {ll that physi- cians had forbidden her to make the journey east. These reports soon proved unfounded. The true reason for the delay in bher departure was the dcsire of members of the presi- dential party to spare her the ordeal of having to make the slow journey to the station As Mrs. Harding passed down the hotel corridor leailing to the elevator { ¢he turned to a policeman, who had | been detailed to the floor on which the presidential suite was located, and Sobs Replace Confidence of Harding’s Nurse By the Associated Pres SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., August 4.—Last Tuesday night a white- clad nurse flared up in indigna- tion that some one.had dared to say the President, her patient, was not making progress toward recovery. Yesterday that nurse, clad in the black of mourning., sat bowed at the head of what would become in a few minutes that President's bler, sobbing, sobbing quietly, and from outside came the tolling of a church bell BELIEVES PRESIDENT DIED UNDER STRAIN Walter F. Brown, Reorganization Expert, Says Work . Is Too Great. By the Associated Press. TOLEDO, Ohlo, August 4.-+After ex- pressing his grief at the death of President Harding, Walter ¥. Brown of Toledo, close Intimate adviser of the late President, and his personal representative on the jomt congres- #lonal committee assigned to reorgan- ize governmental departments, de- clared today that “faulty construction of the government organization is the primary cause of the breakdown of all our Presidents.” Brow Who has made an intensive study o the duties evolving upon a j Chief Executive of the nation, said it is humanly impossible for any per- £on to stand up under the strain. He aid there is no doubt but what the exactions of the office hastened the death of President Harding. “Popular government under the Con- stitution has lost one of its sturdfest champions at a critical time in the history of our country,” said Brown in commenting on the passing of the nation’s Chief Executive., Brown said there is no question but What President Harding was a martyr to the “crucl system” which makes the President's’ office a perpetual “twenty-four-hour-a-day” job. He stressed the necessity of thé creation Of & new post, such as an “asxistant to the President,” to relieve the na- ¢n's Chief Execcutive in the future the details incidental to the office £0 that he can preserve his health and concentrate attention and energy on major questions and policies. SORROWING OVER LOSS OF “BROTHER PRINTER” Typo Craft Sends Message to Mrs. Harding. Saying the Nation Mourns With Her. B the Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, Members " of “the printing craft throughout the country expressed sorrow in the death of their brother printer, President Harding. the de- ceased 'President’'s wife was told in a message of sympathy from head- quagters “of the International Typo- graphical Union here. The message, signed by Charles P. Howard, president of the union, fol- ow “Words can but fail vour grief, even though mourns with vou in your great bereavement through the loss of your husband and our President. The sorrow of his brother printers is especially poignant. Warren G. Hard- ing’s pride in his craftsmanship was typical of his lovable character and modest_disposition. To printers espe- cially his life will serve as an inspir ation for future generations. May God's grace sustain you in this hour of immeasurable grief. Ind, August 4.— to assuage the nation said “Thank you very much, Mr. Wat- i nestly pray | It stands alone in all Washington as a Remarkable Moderate President Harding was an honor- ary member of the International Typographical Union. Stands Alone - Nothing Just Compares with URJEITH Priced Home Development. We know that it should have been done much sooner. ington was sadly in need of Homes like these and for a long time. But Big Developments like this can not be rushed. Now the opportun ity is yours. You can profit High-Class Homes at Low Prices HARDING CHOSEN 10 END DEADLOCK Compromise Candidate, He Swept Country With Great- est Majority Given. By the Associated Press. Although coming to the White House with the greatest majority ever given a presidential candidate—ap- proximately 7.000,000—Warren G. Harding entered the field as a com- promise candidate. It was upon him that republican party leaders were able to unite after the deadlock be- tween Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, Gov Frank O. Lowden of Illinois and Sen ator Hiram Johnson of Californ had threatened to carry the 1920 Chi- cago conventlon over long days of fruitless balloting. But Mr. Harding was not a dark horse in the strictest sense of that term. He had been a candidate for the nomination from the first, enter- ing his name in the presidential pref- erence primaries in his native and other states. He captured most of the Ohio delegation, but was unsuc- cessful elsewhere. Declaring that the prefergnce primary had given him a vote which was a call to service, he was early on the ground at Chicago, surrounding himself with managers widely experfenced in national poli- tics and convention work. Held Initial Strength. On the first convention ballot he received 643 votes, drawing support from the south and west to supple- ment his strength from his own state He held this level fairly well on the other thrce ballots that day, June 11, and the next day saw his nomination on the tenth ballot after a landslide of the great bulk of their support With the expected deadlock devel- OPINg Tight at the start of the first day of the balloting, the party lead- ers, many of them colleagues of Hr. Harding ‘in the Senate, recessed convention 1 entered into a series of conferences which lasted through- out the night. Early the next morn ing it became known that Harding was regarded as the man most likely to break the dead lock should none of the leaders be able to muster the necessary majority for nomination. Landslide Starts. The first ballot of the da that there had been a considerable overnight accession to the Harding column and his strength continued to Brow with each successive vote. Gen Wood lost heavily when the Harding drift got going, and_ Senator John- son also went steadily down hill Fearing a landslide was impending, {the Johnson managers obtained a |cess and in the dramatic succes of conferenc that followed, the fate |of the candidates virtually was sealed. On_the next ballot—the ninth—Gov. Lowden released his instructed del- egates to Harding and the Ohio ator's total vote was swelled to 374 N the largest any candidate had re- ¢eived up to that haur. The next ballot saw a stampede of the del ’l.'nlag to the Harding camp, his offi- {cial nominating vote being 692 Elected on Birthday. ng from Chicago to . Mr. Harding speedily put his in order so as to give all his time and energles to his campaign He returned to his home at Marion on July 5 and accepted the nomina- tion on July 22 Then, like _his friend and mentor, William Mec- Kinley, he conducted a “front porch campaign at his home, addressing scores of delegations that came from far and near to visit him He made occasional speaking trips. going as far west as lowa and as far east as Baltimore. Also he made a trip into the south, speaking in Tennessee. which alone of all the southern states, gave him a majorit: in the election which came on his fifty-fifth birthday. - disclosed Wash- Wash- It takes time. by it if you will. the tremendous strain he was under, | but otherwise seemed to be in con- | dition.” “I had far rather be going with | you on this trip than upon the strenu- | | timately ‘for twenty <. Much of the time we were boon companions, having thought alike on most public “tuestions and having acted together president w hearing of rican _chief pressed himselt visibly death affected of the executive, and ex- as surprised, inas-) red to him affectionat Into Arms of Son. ig chiel | ingten on tribal busine:. By the Associated Press. ts reaching Berlin for! elght hours had led 10 the belief that the President was safely on the road to recovery. \ Chancellor Cuno and Baron von! Rosenberg, the foreign secretary, sent | messages of condolence to the Ameri- can ambassador, Alanson B. Hough- ton, and later in the day the foreign! secretary made a personal call at the ~mbassy. ! SOVIET JOINS U. S. IN SORROW AT DEATH Py the Associated Press MOSCOW, August 4—A statement from George Tchitcherin, the bolshe- | vik minister of foreign affairs, ex- | pressing the sympathy of the soviet | government and of the Russian peo- ple.on the death of President Hard- | ing, was read last night by Santeri Nuorteva of the Anglo-American de- partment of the soviet foreign office | #t a dinner at the Business Men's Club, at which United States Senators William H. King of Utah and Edwin F. Ladd of North Dakota and Repre- entative James A. Frear of Wiscon- sin were present. The note referred gratefully to America’s great generosity in coming to the aid of Russia in her hour of need. Regret was expressed that “the prevailing conditions of the world prevented the Russian govern- ment from having close economic col- Jaboration with the United State during President Marding's adminls. tration.” s much as repc the past forty 1 | nation, INSTITUTE OF POLITICS " PRAISES MR. HARDING Members Exoress Grief at Death in Message of Condolence to Mrs. Harding. By the Associated Press, WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., August 4—The members of the Institute of Politics.in special assembly expressed their grief at the death of President Harding, and sent the following tcle gram of condolence to Mrs. Harding: Ve share in your sorrow and we deeply the great loss to_the not merely of the Chief Magistrate, but of a President who by his tireless fidelity to duty, by his lofty ideals for the republic and his personal character, had won the deepest affection of his fellow coun- trymen.” KING DEEPLY SHOCKED. Victor Emmanuel of Italy Sends Condolences to Mrs. Harding. By the Assoclated Pres TURIN, Italy, August 1 — King Victor Emmanuel, who is spending a vacation at the Royal shooting box at Santanna Vildieri, 5,000 feet up the Alps, was deeply shocked at receiv- ing the sad and unexpected news to- day of President Harding's death. He asked his aide-de-camp, Gen. Citta- dani to cable an expression of his svmpathy America has suffered, feel ! | and im meny public assemblages. Man of Noble Impulses. “’I:)u- President was a remarkable combination of heart and conscience brain He was a man of the noblest impulses and the purest pur- Pores. and no person was ever actu- ated by more beautiful sentiment or “t tained by loftier consideration of right and justice. never entirely divorced his head from his heart in his estimate either of men or meas- :Jlrl'lx,‘ and usually his decisions were righ He was one of the most Vi ompanions and one of lh:!o‘ragl:l genial men that ever has appeared in cur public life. No matter how mucen one differed with him on publie Questions, nobody ever hated him ‘and few even became angry with him. The charm of his personality and the ®incerit of his purpose impressed themsclves upon all with whom he came in contact, and always disarmed criticism and many times brought acquicscence if not actual support {rom those who originally opposed his ans. Lo:s Not Easily Estimated. “Kindly, considerate, genial and pa- tient aw he was, however, he usually clung to his purpose with great te. nacity, and once having formed his conclusion, he was turned aside from his intended course with great diffi- culty The loss of any good man is always a source of regret to any |community. but the death of so noble ja citizen, so eminent a patriot and e great a leader, as well as so steadfast a Christian, can neither be estimated nor measured. “To those wWho were permitted to be near him and enjoy the charm of his presence and the kindliness of his personality, his untimely death is a and sorrow for the loss [tragedy. the pall of which wi over them for years to come. NEW YORK, August 4. —Mrs. Theo- dore Roosevelt, widow of the late ed In black and wear- veil, was at the pier to welcome her son, Archibald, back from Europe, on the Mauretania. “The death of President Harding has overwhelmed me,” she sald. “My heart goes out to Mrs. Harding in her-grief. I have sent her a tele. gram of_condolence. Mrs. Roosevelt was too full of grief further to discuss President Harding’s death, and when her son came down the gangplank threw her- self into his arms. Archibald Roosevelt said he was deeply schocked by the news, and had already sent a message of con- dolence to Mrs. Harding. SORROW EXPRESSED | BY CHINESE PAPERS Dead President Symbolized Hun- dred Million People, Says Editorial. By the Assiciated Press. HONGKONG. August 4—The morn- ing newspapers here express profound grief and sympathy over the tragic and premature termination of the late President Harding's life. He is lauded as one who was manifestly beloved by his own people and highly teemed ant respected throughout the world. One editorial states that the late executive “symbolized the soul of a hundred million peopde—the most ad- vanced people on earth.” ‘The American consulate will be closed until August 8 out of respect “for the Jute President. S ous program ahead of me. President Harding wrote to Dr. Stephan June 18 upon the occasion of the latters going on the trial voyage of the Leviathan. SEES U. S. IN MOURNING let there be no music. America is in mourning.” These were the first words of Gen. Henri Gouraud, mili- tary governor of Paris and one of the world war heroes of France, when he stepped from his train to be the guest of the city of New Orleans and saw a band. News of the passing of President Harding reached the general's party through extra editions of newspapers put aboard the train last night. Gen. 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