Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-11

HdTuiHy was unuefStO0c 10 be
resting relatively free from palm
and still holding the slight i'm
provement which the bulletin said
her condition Indicated during the
day Sunday.
Washington, Sept. 10.-Mrs. Har-
ding spent fairly comfortable day."
the official bulletin from her attending
physicians at 8 o'clock Sunday night
said, and the decision relative to
whether or not it would be necessary
to operate has been postponed until
further consultation Monday morning
The night statement follows:
Mrs Harding's condition tonight is
as follows:
Temperature, 1905; pulse, 116; res
piration, 36.
"She has had a fairly comfortable
day with such indications of slight
improvement that the decision relative
to surgical relief was postponed until
Monday morning.
&C. E. SAWYER, NJ d.
While anxiety as to Mrs. Harding's
condition was evidenced throughout the
day by the White House staff, some
of the many intimate friends of the
family who called during the day were
extremely hopeful, basing their view
of the situation both on the continued
absence of any new unfavorable symp
toms and on the assurance that Mrs.
Harding was relatively free from pain.
Temperature Higher.
The medical chart as reported from
the sickroom Sunday night showed
slight increase In temperature from
that given in the noon bulletin, when
it was 100. The respiration also had
increased from 81 to 36 and the pulse
from 102 to 116
There was no comparative analysis
made of these conditions by the at
tending physicians, although it had been
pointed out that the ailment from which
Mrs. Harding was suffering, like most
diseases, might be expected to show
certain variations in it's progress dur
ing the day and night hours without
such changes having a necessarily pro-
portionate effect upon the general con-
dition.
The postponement of the decision as
to the necessity for surgical relief also
was seized on by many as ground for
optimism, although it was known that
such a step was regarded by many ex-
perienced practitioners as an emer-
gency measure.
President Remains Near.
Running through the sad overture
which enveloped the White House Sum
day were heard continual expressions
of admiration for the unusual pluck OF
Mrs. Harding and the fortitude dis
played by her husband, who, in all the
long vigil since her illness became Sc
rious. has never been beyond call of
the room on the northeast corner of
the mansion, where she is confined.
IL oh
Riddle, a senate page, who had known
the president as senator and whose
father died some time ago. The boy
took his fathers most highly priced
gift-a framed copy of the twenty
first Psalm, and left it at the White
House door with the wish that it be
given to the president, believing that
the words would strengthen him.
As the boy turned away, an old
negro, hobbling on a crutch, passed to
the attendant a single flower. care
fully wrapped in paper. He asked
that it be given to the presidents wife.
Previous to issuance of the bulletin,
DR.. Charles Mayo, who came to the
White House from Rochester, Mimi,
to confer on surgical aspects of the
case was in conference almost con-
tinuously from the time of his arrival
at 10 a. m with DIR. Sawyer; his son,
DIR. Carl w. Sawyer of Marion. Ohio,
DR. George T. Harding, Jr., of Colum-
bus, Ohio, brother of the president,
and DR.. Joel l.. Boone, naval physician
on the Mayflower, the presidential
yacht
Specialist Is Called
Or. John Finney, a Baltimore spe-
cialist. who previously had been in
consultation with the White House
uf haJ tn h11f
came back to the capital Sunday after
noon and participated in the late con-
ference.
DR.. Sawyer, after he had issued his
formal statement, told newspaper men /,
that he and his colleagues were await |
ing the return of DR.. Finney and the
results of certain laboratory tests be- |
fore determining on course of action. |
= was said at the time that an opera
tion might be deemed advisable, al |
though no decision had been reached |
in this respect and further consulta |
tion might convince the medical staff |
that none ought to be performed.
Throughout the day an air of sus-
pense pervaded the White House. Mrs. |
Harding appeared to be holding her
own, and in some respects her condi- |
tion seems more favorable, but the
findings of the physicians in attend !
erce were awaited by the president and
others with considerable anxiety.
At no time was the president from
the bedside of his wife. Worn by his
vigil of the past 4S hours, he spent
much of his time in the sickroom, oc-
cationally retiring to his study nearby
for a conference with the physicians.
Clifford Killing of Marion, O., a
brother of Mrs. Harding, arrived at
the White House shortly after s /
o'clock Sunday morning. Two hours
later, DR.. Mayo, accompanied By his
wife, reached the capital. DIR. Carl e.