New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1923, Page 11

* WAS TRYING 70 GET . CLOSER T0 PEOPLE Harding Dies While Bringing Government to Public By The Associated Press. San Francisco, Aug. 3.—Warren G. Harding made the supreme sacrifice in an effort to “bring the government closer to the people and the people closer to the government.” The ef- fort was not futile. On the long and strenuous journey which he began June 30 to achieve that purpose by personally visiting the remote sections of the country, meet- ing the people and learning their problems first hand, including even those of Alaska, and ultimately the Canal Zone, Porto Rico and the Vir- gin Islands, he had those with him who still remain on duty in Washing- ton and will carry on as though their chief still stood at the helm, guiding and directing the future course of the nation. From the inception of his idea, Mr. Harding preserved the objective and steadfastly refused to permit those who would want to inject any element of politics into his visit to the coun- try or the declared purposes for which he set out from Washington. At one time when the plans for the then pro- posed journey were under considera- tion at the White House, definitely an- nounced that if the trip was to be made political in any degree, he would give up his idea and stay in Wash- ington. Invited Those Interested To serve his fixed intention to bring the government and people into closer contact, Mr. Harding invited those of his cabinet officials, whose departments were most concerned with the problems of the country to be his guests. , Secretaries Hoover, of commerce; Work, of interior; Wal- lace of agriculture; accepted the in- vitation. Then still further to ex- tend the knowledge of Washington, he drafted Frederick H. Gillett, speak- er of the house of representatives— the man under whose gavel legislation is enacted for the nation and money for its needs is appropriated. The cabinet officers, Speaker Gillett and the president worked as they traveled. The objective—to secure knowledge beneficial to the nation as a whole and for the guidance of Washington government in adminis- tering its affairs—was always kept in the front. In Alaska as well as the states traversed by the party, conferences with local representatives were held almost at every stop. Community interests became fami- liar to the Washington executives. No question was considered too local for | the attention of the president and his aldes. Doctor Was Provided | A woman in a small Alaskan vil- lage told Mr. Harding through his cabinet officers that there was need in that section of the Northiand for a doctor. Her plea was heard. The president said the government would station a medical attendant at that point within the reach of all. Almost as a secondary relationship to the journey he was making, did Mr. Harding treat his more important addresses and the subjects they dealt with, with the possible exception of his Denver speech on national prohi- bition, that at St. Louis on the per- manent home of internatienal court and that at Séattle when he reported to the American people on his studies of conditions in Alaska, the president was more concerned with the people’s problems than with his own.” The visit to Vancouver, B. C., was in line with the president's main ob- jective in the visits made within Am- ericar. boundaries to know the peo- ple and to be known for the mutual good of both the localities rei,chcd and the Washington government. It was held fitting by members of the president’s Alaskan party that Mr. Harding's last speech should have been made to the newspaper men of Seattle. He spoke to his “co-workers" there as one newspaper man would speak to another. San Francisco was the first city to know the president as a seriously ill man. The -American battle fleet, dressed for review in Seattle harbor saw him as its commander-in-chief, as he stood on the flying bridge of the transport Henderson, receiving the ship's salutes as he passed by, never suspecting that he stood at attention racked and torn internally. Mind Was Clear to Last, Hoover Says of Harding By The Associated Press. San Francisco, Aug. 3.—President Harding’s mind was clear to the last. Never for a moment, according to Secretary Hoover of the Commerce départment, who had been extremely close to him, did his mind wander even under the burning of the fever from which he suffered and his de- meanor throughout his illness was composed and collected, even occa- slonally verging on the humorous. Al- most everyone who went into his room was greeted with a joke,” sald Mr. Hoover, Reuters Agency Doubts Lloyd George’s Visit By The Assoclated Press. London, Aug. 3.—Reuter's agency today made public the following state- ment: “Reuter’s agency is informed that the statement of Baptist church officials in Canada that former Prime Minister Lloyd George is to be the | principal speaker at the world broth- | erhood conference opening in Toron- | to October 14, must have been under | some misapprehension. It is doubt- | ful whether Mr. Lloyd George will be able to leave for Canada, or if he does sail whether he will be in the dominion so late as October 14." | Canadian Premier Wires Words of Sympathy Ottawa, Aug. 3.—Premier MacKen- | zie King of Canada today telegraphed Mre. Harding: “In the feeling of in- | ternational friendship between the | republic and ourselv: never stronger ‘ than they are tod we trust there | may be something of consolation to you and to our neighbors in this hour of sorrow which we all share.” CAug FOUR PIECE WALNUT BEDROOM SUITE—Reduced to FOUR PIECE IVORY BEDROOM SUITE—Reduced to ........... 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Similar word was sent also to | | lowered in mourning for the dead the house were in Washington. Some t | There was wide speculation as to | and ministers and consuiar officers| N | stars and stripes to half mast over the | ‘l army and navy posts and ships every- | where that their colors should be B AREES ‘ commander-in-chief. H : ng! Very few senators or members of Realization of Harding's Death b | of these falled to hear of Presiden Gas[s Gloom OYGY Gny | Harding's death until after daylight. | whether a special session of Congress “Connecticut’s Best Furniture Store” BOOTLEGGERS FLEE UNDER GUN FIRE Surrender Alter 45 - Minutes Bombardment {only crouched lower and “gave her |the gas,”” Whereupon the gunner be- gan to take his work more seriously and in the next 15 minutes sent 40 shots down the white cone of the searchlight. Then as the woodwork of the lead- er began to be torn with long narrow grooves by the bullets, Messrs John and Thomas Murphy communed with | Joseph- Thomas. And as they talked, | one bullet frayed a streak along the | shoe of John and another went “ping" | through the gas tank. The case lasted SECRETARY SHOCKED Christian Says He Has Lost His| H | tation of the international traveling beasuseant of the Knights Templars to the Hollywood commandery. He and | his companions will reach San Fran- cisco tomorrow morning. |English Court to Go Into Mourning for President London, Aug. 3.—The following an- nouncement was issued from Buckings ham Palace this morning: : “The King commands that the Court shall wear mourning for one! AT GHIEF'S DEATH Best Friend its By The Associated Press. ‘Washington, Aug. 3.-— From highest officials to its humblest citizen ‘Washington aw(g\e today to slow re- alization that President Warren G.| Harding lay dead in far away San Francisco. | The suddenness of the blow struck last night with numbing force. Not until the morning papers bore the news over the city was it fully credit- ed. And among the common folk every where realization of the truth carried with it a sense of personal loss. The| big, kindly man who for two years| had lived at the White House had| come to be looked hpon with very| friendly eyes as he moved about the| city. There was that in his face that| won friendship for him from thou- sands who saw him only as a chanvfi‘ brought him into the streets or public places. | To the very few in high official life | who were in Washington- when the | wires brought the ill tidings over the| country the shock came with trebled | force. | Cabinet Was Scattered It was to a strangely scattered offi-| cial family that word of their leader’s death was flashed. Of all the cabinet only Postmaster Gen. New was actual- ly within the limits of the national | capital. Secretary Hughes the only other cabinet officer within more than | a day's journey was at his summer residence in Maryland. At the request of President Harding | the man on whose shoulders destiny has flung the mantle of high authori- ty, Calvin Coolidge, also has been a | | member of the cabinet family. He has | sat regularly in the bi-weekly councils | in the White House cabinet room ever since the inauguration. Thus unknow- ingly he prepared himself to pick up| the threads of national and interna- | tional affairs where they dropped so| suddenly from the lifeless hand of his | predecessor. { Daugherty Sends Message | Official word of Mr. Harding’s death came in a message from Attorney| Gen. Daugherty in San Francisco to Secretary Hughes. The telegram stat- ed merely that President Harding had | died of cerebral hemorrhage. This | message the secretary promptly re- layed to all members of the cabinet Secretary Work is among the physi- cians who were at the president’s bed- side and Secretaries Hoover and Wal lace were with the presidential party. Hughes is Notified Mr. Hughes received the first news of what had happened however from the press wires relayed to him at his summer home. He came immediately to hix office. He was in his office long after midnight and despatches went out to American ambassadors “LOW NECKS" PEEVE 'EM Athens, Greece,—A band of lots™ led by a Pfraeus grocer, are, ad- ministering coats of tar t4 women they find wearing low neck dresses in public. “aea- | would be one of the results of the| chan§9 at the White House. Appar-| New York, Aug. 3. — The ships of ently’ there is no legal requirements| Rum Row chafed their anchor chains necessitating such a course, and unless 'Wednesday night in a heavy+sea. Rain President Coolidge calls Congress be- | te)] through the mist. As night deep- fore the December session, there can | ened, the runners in their speed boats be no congressional action in 1.ribm.r=,i prepared for the dash to shore with to President Harding before that time. | thejr cargoes of liquor. -, s e | "The revenue cutter Gresham, L. C. WALLACE'S STATEMENT. | Covell, commanding officer, was eruis- Paris, Aug. 3.—Hugh C. Wallace,|ing in the vicinity of the British former U. 8. ambassador to France,|schooner Diamantina at 10:45. The made the following comment on the| Diamantina has been off the Jersey death of Mr. Harding: "Our country coast for a long time disposing of has sustained a colossal loss at the|thousands of cases of liquor. As the moment when it needed at the helm Gresham came looming through the the courage, wisdom and sense of| fog she made/ out a motor boat be- justice exemplified by President Har-|side the schooner. The revenue cut- ding. ter hove to and dropped her speed | boat overboard. The cutters are too —_— |slow to catch the fleet craft of the “UNCLE JOE” GRIEVES. |liquor pirates and so it has come to Danville, Ill, Aug. 3.—Former | fighting fire with fire. speaker Joseph G. Cannon when in-| The rum runners did not walt for formed by The Associated Press of|further observations but cast off from President Harding’s death was deeply | the Diamantina and prepared to slip aftected. “President Harding was|aWay with a roar of engines. In the very dear to me, for we bad been DOW sat Gunner but the cus- close friends for many years,” said |toms people ask that his name be Uncle Joe and I feel a deep personal | Cmitted as the gentlemen of the Row loss in his death. He was the most |Aare not too tolerant of people who can lovable man I ever knew. The coun- |Shoot the way this particular gunner try has lost a great man and at a |Uses a rifle. time when his usefulness is most Nevertheless he sat in the bow his needed.” | rifie held ready, the prow kicking up a sheen of spray under his feet, the | wind whistling around him. Present- {1y they pisked up the foaming train PHOTOGRAPH ECLIPSE. Ensenada, Lower Califoruia, Aug. —Astronomers from the University of | °f the liquor boat and then the boat California will make photographs and | tSe!f could be vaguely distinguished. total eclipse of the sun here Septem-| 2OWn the white track they sped, their ber 10, according to word received | archlight playing over the water from university officials at Berkeley, | 2head. Calit. Dr. Willam F. Meyer will| They were within hailing distance gather observation records of the | 2fter half an hour and the gunner head the expedition. | raised his rifle and sent a bullet sing- i | Ing after the quary, “Stop” roared the from |BUnDer, byt stopping there was none A Herald Classified ad used and the three men in the leading boat time to time assures success. The Defeat of a Shark A nine-foot shark weighing 600 pounds brought in after half | an hour’s fight against the hook, manila rope and heavy chain that ;snagged him off Hyannis, Mass. Sharks have been unusually fre- |quent in north Atlantic waters the past several weeks. 45 minutes and ended four miles due east of Long Branch. The motor boat bore the license number K7428 and contained 40 cases and 50 bags each containing six Los Angeles, Aug. 3.—"I have lost the best friend I ever had and so has every American,” George B. Chris- | tian, Jr., secretary to President Har- | 0 | ding told the Los Angeles Times last ?;‘:{;‘-str’i‘:’t"&f;fgg‘g :: 225 West | pight wheh informed of the sudden ehidsitbecn e hdely Tho:nu“’;;t- Jeq | death of the chief executive in San West Eighteenth street. o Fr;;::‘s;giws was taken to Mr. Chris- ration HiLaed o M, T (hiak aad | Ban,ot Qieudsle, o subirh, by The assistant solicitor Edward Barnes aft- Lm}xxe:.r“!.'ll:est?:d Il er he had sent the prisoners to Com He was visibly affected missioner Edwin R. Stanton yester- 2 day afternoon. The Murphys and Thomas were re- leased in $25,000 bail each by Com- missioner Stanton and were charged :gm violating the Grimes act, the tar- | Senator Shortridge was the anr::e?::nt'-:st_ national prohibition | break the silence, exclaiming: Cf | “Oh, my God. Think of it." Alfred E. Berinton, grand com- Used to Bet on Reds, But mander of the Knights Templars of & 5 X California said the death of Mr. Har- Not After His Election | Marion, O. Aug. 3.—Warren G. . ding was a tragedy for the people of the entire country. Harding was always an ardent base- 1 &M moved almost beyond words,"” ball fan and up until the time he was 53!d Mr. Berinton. “It is a terrible nominated for the presidency liked to | (r25edy." wager small bets—always on the Cin- | The party had gone to Glendale to cinnati Reds. After his nomination 008rd a train for San Francisco. Mr. when his barber wanted to lay a wa- | Christian came from there today to and for All members of the their hats United States first to | on the ground. Christian party removed and bowed their heads. Ing sald: “The president of this| American republic must never bet on | anything. The office of president of | the United States is too aacred for| that sort of thin | Calm in Death, Harding’s 1 Body Reposes in Gray Room : San Francisco, Aug. 3.—As in life |80 is Presldent Harding in the quiet | dignity of death, calm, composed and | of peaceful mind. In a gray draped} |room far above San Francisco's bus- | lest street, all that is mortal of Amer- ica’s twenty-ninth president, reposed today. Death in coming had left ro mark upon his countenance. So sud- denly, so painlessly, had the end come, that his face, but for it pallor, might have been that of a man in| sleep. HERRICK'S STATEMENT By The Associated Prees. ! Paris, Aug. 3.—Myron T. Herrick | the American ambassador to France, was deeply grieved by the news of President Harding’s death He sald “President Harding’s death comes as another shock and a crushing blow to an overtired and nervous world. It is a disaster of the first magni- tude, . . Mr| Harding was a great- hearted, lovable man. I am grieved and shocked to learn of his passing.” APOPLEXY IS CAUSE San Franmcisco, Aug. 3.—The five physiclans who attended President | Harding, In a statement issued early today said that they all believed the |chief executive “died from apoplexy | or a rupture of a blood vessel in the | k™ T ase = axis of the brain near the Tespiratory | | g imas e mari B T center.” i - " pm—y { tully five minutes did not speak but| | stood still his hat in hand, his eyes week for the late Honorable Warren ; Gamaliel Harding, President of ‘the Urited States of America. The mourn=+« ing is to commence from this date.” LANDIS’ STATEMENT 7 Chicago, Aug. 3.—Baseball Com~ | missioner Kenesaw M. Landis today | issued the following statement: *“It is the sentiment throughout baseball that no games be played neither today | | nor on the day of the funeral of the ! late president, as a further mark of | pespect to his memory, flags at all ball | parks will be displayed at half mast until after the burial. Cincinnati, 0. Aug. x.—Au:un“ Herrman, president of the Cincinnati ! Nationals refused to make any coms ment when shown the statement from ! Baseball Commissicner K. M. Landis | that no games be played today or oa ' the day of th efuneral of the late President Harding. James F. Tierney, business manse | ger of the New York Giants, also ree fused to comment. ;. Not one person in 50 of the prese ent population uses his or her braim to half its full capacity says a fa= ger on the game that day Mr. Harq. TePresent Mr. Harding at the presen- | mous scientist. C W Vot O R