The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-07
HARDING COUSIN
NOW FACES LONG
TERM IN PRISON
Chicago Lad, Who Posed as
Presidents Relative, For
mally Charged with Imper
sonating q. S. Official.

tSOAOeAAS ~ NJ O4AACldAs
Chicago, April 4.-Everett Hard
ing, who posed as a cousin Of Presi-
dent Harding, faces long term in
the penitentiary. He has been for
mally charged with impersonating
government official and was held in
the Woodstock jail Sunday in default
of $5,000 Government officials said
undoubtedly he would be prosecuted
to the limit, although President Hard
ing had not demanded it.
1t developed Sunday that young
Harding had posed as cousin Of the
president since the first mention Of
his name as a presidential candidate.
Thomas i. Porter, chief Of the Chi
cago secret service, said his investi-
cation disclosed that Everett Hard
ing had at one time pretended to be
attached to the Lowden organization.
He also claimed utilization with the
Wood campaign mana gers.
As Campaign Manager"
When President Harding announced
his candidacy Everett Harding i'm
mediately claimed to be his cousin
self as the Harding campaign man
ager until officials Of the national
campaign headquarters started an in
vestigation when he dropped out of
sight.
Young Harding next came to the at
tention of the Harding campaign Off
Gals when Harding headquarters
We're opened in Chicago. He intro
11JnoI him a q ~ cf ha
idential candidate and spent much of
his time at headquarters, telling his
friends he was acting in an advis-
DRY capacity for Cousin Warren"
Harry Rudnick worker in the
Harding campaign, told Sunday how
Young Harding was detached from
the Chicago organization.
81 wrote into headquarters offering
my services as a volunteer worker.
A day or so later a man giving his
name as Everett Harding and saying
he was a cousin of the presidential
candidate, called my wife over the
telephone and told her to tell me to
come down, that l would be paid for
my work.
Escorted to the Street.
81 thought it rather strange" Mr..
huuHlCR DuC went OOWu
to headquarters Thomas L. Manning
ton was in charge. He told me young
Harding was acting without author
ity and had no business answering
my letter."
According to mir. Rudnick. mir.
Warrington Immediately took the
matter up with Harry Daugherty,
national manager, who advised that
= - &~.II ~. Is
The next time Everett Harding came
to headquarters he was escorted to
the street Mr.. Rudnick said.
No accurate estimate could be made
Sunday night Of the amount Of money
Everett Harding had obtained from
political friends of the president.
While some estimates had placed the
figure as high as $4,000 government
authorities said it probably would not
exceed few thousand.
The chief charge against Everett
Harding is that he posed as "Presi :
dent Harding's assistant secretary
Conviction on this charge would
mean fine of 900 and not 1nore
than three years In the penitents&ry
"A LITTLE OFF,"
SAY PARENTS
| Chicago, April 4.--Everett A. Hard
ing. the dapper, suave young i'm
| poster, under arrest for posing as
President Harding's cousin is q
little off in the head" to use the
words Of his parents.
A year ago his father took him tc
the city hall and had his head ex.
amined. He was found to be mental
| ly deficient, his father said.
Everett and his new found friends
conceived the plan Of chartering &
special car for the Harding inau.
guration. 1t went over" big.
Pearl Harding, Everetts 49, year
: old sister became known as the White
House baby
Before Mr.. and Mrs. Harding knew
what was happening. they said, Ever
EFT was in on a number of PROPOSE
tions' which included the building o
the Harding hotel in Chicago, at
cost of s3,o00,oo0 the establishment
Of chain Of Harding candy stores
ard the founding of a MONTH.
magazine "the Unlock" which wa
to carry special articles by the presi
dent and serve as the official organ
Of Illinois republicanism.
FARMERS, LABOR TO ASK