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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-03
RARE QUALITIES OF PATIENCE AND KIND
 DEALING EXHIBITED

WASHINGTON Aug. 3.-tBy Asso- ciated Press. .)-Warren c. Harding brought to the Presidency infinite patience and kindness in dealing with public questions and men which en. abled him to handle problems of gov ernment without the stress and worry which handicapped many of his pre- dicessors. Whatever else historians may say of him there probably will be little dispute that few Chief Exc eutives came to office in peace time facing problems more complex in nature and greater in number. All international affairs were unbalanced as never before with many princi- pal settlements of war still to be ef- fectuated.
 How President Harding measured up to the task before him must be left to history. but his friends say that his coming to the Presidency as he did with open mind, desire for counsel and intimate contact with the processes of government made him the type of man needed for the job at the present time.
 Of Hardy Stock
 President Harding came of hardy pioneer stock He was born at Blooming Grove. Morrow County. Ohio, November 2. 1865, the son of pr. George T. Harding, country physician.
 Like most country born boys. young Warren went to country school be- tween morning and night chores. La ter he attended college at Iberia Ohio He then tried. school teaching for a year. but having had a smell of printers ink while sticking type for the college paper. the lure drew him into newspaper fields. His fam. fly in the meantime had moved to Marion where he obtained his first newspaper job, and where ambition to become a publisher was realized At the age of nineteen he bid in the Marion Star at Sheriff's sale. The paper was under heavy mortgage when he purchased it and his friends have often said that the struggles and hardships the President exper fenced in making the paper sue cess had much to do in fashionine his character and developing the broad patience and tolerance which were his chief characteristics. What ever his other attainments his great
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-03
NEW CABLE FOR
 ALASKA IS SURE
Four Bids Are Opened in Washington-Contract Will
 Shortly Be Awarded.

SEATTLE. Aug. }. = A Seattle Times dispatch from Washington says that following the examination of bids for the new Alaska cable. Colonel Seaone announced the pro posals were within the estimates and time limits were satisfactory. assur- ing the laying of the new cable next year. The new line will be operat- ing by September or October. next year.
 Three of the bids received were from the English. the fourth from Germany. No bids were received from the United States.
 The contract for the new cable will probably be let within few days.
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Bryan Says Underwood
 Wetter than Gov. Smith

MIAMI, Fla, Aug s.-The News Metropolis quotes William Jennings Bryan as saying in an interview re- garding the candidacy of United Senator Oscar Underwood, for the Presidency
 "If Wall Street and the vets con trol the convention and write the platform, it will doubtless regard Underwood as the logical candidate. He is wetter than Governor Smith and represents Wall Street in point of view on public questions.
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High Spots in Harding's
 Life.

Warren G. Harding was born at Blooming Grove. Ohio, Nov 2, 1865. He began his career as a newspaper publisher Nov. 26, 1881.
 Was elected to the Ohio State Senate. Nov. 26, 1898; elected Lieutenant Governor. Nov 3, 1903, and defeated as the Re publican candidate for Governor, Nov. 8, 1908. He was elected to the United States Senate on Nov. 3, 1914; nominated for the Presidency on June 12, 1920 and elected President Nov. 2, 1920. He was inaugurated on March 1. 1921 He died August 2, 1923.
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est pride was in professional accom- plishments and training as printer, editor and publisher.
 As ambition carried him into the ranks of publishers so fancy took him into the realm of politics. From the first he was an ardent partisan, and his insistance upon wearing a stovepipe hat, badge of his support of James c. Blaine, while working as reporter on a Democratic news paper brought him a sharp reprimand from his chief.
 Harding's ability as stump speak CT won him early party recognition. His first office was as Ohio State Senator to which he was elected at the age of thirty-four. He served two terms and Was later elected Lieu tenant Governor. Tn 1910 he sought the Governorship and received the Republican nomination, but he was defeated by Gov. Judson Harmon who was the Democratic nominee for re- election. Four years later he was elected United States Senator where he served six years. much of the time as a member of the important Foreign Relations Committee. From this position he was elevated to the Presidency. for which position he was nominated by the Republican Convention at Chicago June 12, 1920. on the tenth ballot His election to the Presidency occurred on his birth day, November ?. 1920. and he re- ceived 404 electoral Hvotes to 127 for Gov. James M. Cox, and a plurality of more than 100000 of the popu- lar vote.
 In the early years of his public service MT. Harding became acquaint- ed with President Mckinley to whom close friends most often likened him. He was also close to Roosevelt, Foraker. Penrose and others high in Republican party councils.
 He was lifelong member of the Baptist Church. and was a member of the Elks and Moose fraternities, and after he became President he became a Thirty-Second degree Mason and a Shriner a.As
 Golf was his favorite recreation. He also liked to fish though partici- patton in that sport was limited af- ter he came to the White House. He played hard and possessed the faculty of putting all worries behind him during recreation hours.
 He was married July 8, 1891, to Florence King, daughter of banker at Marion. O., and she was his con- 1 stant companion. loving helpmate and closest advisor during the early struggles and final great sccesses that followed. She was at his bed side, reading to him the news of the day when the end tcame.
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ence from the city of George B. Christian, the Presidents private secretary. Neither were members of the party able to say whether the body would be taken to Marion or Washington, but it will remain at the hotel until removed directly to the train
 The news of Harding's death swept through the hotel and out over San Francisco with almost elec- trical suddenness.
 Flag at Half Staff.
 The hotel officials were among the first to learn the word of the tragic event and then immediately had the great blue Presidential Flag hauled down and hauled to half staff.
 A minute or two later. the assist ant manager rushed into the Rose Bowl room, where dinner dance was in progress and the orchestra playing, made the announcement of the death. The orchestra stopped playing and the dancers gathered into little groups. gathered their warps and departed.
 The news passed from lip to lip. Some of the guests. more curious than their fellows. gathered in groups at the ends of the corridors leading 10 the Presidential rooms and started down the railways.
 Cabinet officers hastened up and Town halls, hastening to express oondolence to Mrs. Harding, or hur- cying back for nasty conference; among themselves or with other officials.
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er-in-law said that he had pre-. monition that the last illness of the Chief Executive would be fatal
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-03
PRES. HARDING DIES SUDDENLY
 IN CALIFORNIA
Chief Executive Passes Away from Cerebral Apoplexy
 No Warning Given.

(Continuea Eron rage one.)
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TO VISIT IN STATES

Mrs. L.. P. Dawes left on the Ad- miral Rogers enroute to the States to spend months visiting relatives and friends. She will go to Wis consin, Omaha, Chicago and Kansas City and expects to be absent from Juneau until shortly after January of next year.
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News Spreads Rapidly.

closed the show for the
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 Secretary Work met with other Cabinet members. in a room on the seventh floor immediately below the Presidential suite, to arrange details for taking the body east. Col. w. w Shipley. District Passenger Agent of the Baltimore X Ohio Railroad, and in charge of the train which carried the President on the ill-fated journey, and Paul Shoup, Vice Presi- dent of the Southern Pacific, were in the conference.
 Christian Absent.
 Members of the Presidents party said probably the body would leave Sai B1hncisco FMday evening but it was impoesihle to make 9 definite announcement because of the ab-
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-03
FUNERAL TODAY

The funeral services for Mrs. Susie Bean. Indian woman. who died Tues day evening last, from the effects of cancer, we're held at two o'clock this afternoon at the Presbyterian Native Church. The services were conducted by Rev. David Waggoner. Interment was in the Native Gene. terY.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-03
JUNEAU PEOPLE
 NUMBED; DEATH
 CAUSES SORROW
Death of Harding Shocks Community-Mayor Wires
 Towns Sympathy.

Coming without warning, news of tho death of President Harding last night was almost numbing in its effect upon the residents of Juneau and other communities on Gas tineau Channel. Today the entire Channel mourns the untimely end of the Nations Chief Executive who recently was the guest of Juneau and many other Alaskan communi- tics.
 Offices, both Federal and Terri torial, were closed this morning and remained shut throughout the day. Instructions were received from the Department of Justice by A. C.. Shoup, U. s. Attorney. closing for the day all of it's branches in the Territory. Territorial offices were closed under instructions from Gov. Bone. Flags, wherever flying from staffs all over town. were at halt staff.
 Mayor Wires Condolences.
 This morning Mayor l. Goldstein sent a cablegram to Mrs. Harding expressing deep sympathy in her loss, as follows.
 "The citizens of Juneau join me in this expression of our deepst sympathy in the loss of the best friend we had in your husband and our beloved President"
 In every walk of life, business and professional men, officials, clerks, miners, fishermen, employers and employees there was a common feel ing of sorrow, a sense of loss, and deep-rooted sympathy for Mrs. Harding, as well as genuine regret that the Presidents Alaska voyage of discovery had ended so tragi- cally.
 Greeted with Incredulity.
 The first word of the Presidents death was received here in an As socited Press Flash" by The En- pire at S15 D. m., saying: Harding is dead" This was immediately bull letined and as the news spread around town, it was greeted with some unbelief and utter astonishment IS the latest news prior to the death bulletin had been reassuring to the point that complete recovery of the sick man seemed almost unques toned.
 Almost everywhere about town where word was received, all activi- tics were suspended, in the card rooms players suspended their games and in ot her places of amusement games halted while the players gathered in groups and endeavored to grasp the meaning of the news. At the Palace Theatre. where the first show was in progress, Manager John T. Spickett stopped the ma chine, announced the death of the President, called off the performance and. after asking the patrons to stop at the ticket window for
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-03
FATHER IS PROsTRATED.

MARIUN. 7Uhlo, Aug. 5. - pr. George T. Harding, aged father of the President. was prostrated with the news of the death of his son.
 As soon as the news was received here. a messenger was sent who found Dr. Harding had retired for the night. He was awakened with great difficulty.
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refunds, closed the show for the evening.
 News Spreads Rapidly.
 By telephone the news spread rapidly all over the Channel. An extra edition of The Empire was on the streets in a short time car rying official accounts of the death and was in the hands of those in the residential sections of Juneau. in Douglas and as far out on Glacier Highway as the last road camp in a short time
 Will Hold Services.
 Memorial services. joined In by all citizens of Juneau. it was an- nouneed today, will be held at II a. m. Sunday at. Holy Trinity Cathe- dral. All local churches, it was stated. will participate in the serv- ices.
 Igloo No. 6. Pioneers of Alaska, will hold special memorial services on the day of the funeral services for the President, 1t was announced by Secretary H. R. Shepard. During his visit here. the President was mndo an honorary member of the Igloo when he formally received the Pioneers at Governors House during the afternoon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-03
ONE VOTE IS LOST.

WASHINGTON, Aug 3-The Re publican organization in the Senate will lose a vote during the next Con- gress through the death of President Harding. vote which the party leaders thought might be necessary to save party control, now that the ice-Presidency is vacant. The Sen ate must select from it's membership presiding officer as Senator Cum nuns, President Pro Tempore, de- sires to be relieved in order to give more time 10 the Interstate Con- meree Commission.
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AFFAIRS IN SHAPE.

MARION. Aug. 3. - George T. Harding. ir, tho Presidents brother, said today that before his brother left on his western trip, he placed his affairs in shape as though he feared he might not return
 President Harding made a new will and reorganized his financial investments. He sold his newspapers and disposed of the farm which he recently purchased near Blooming Grove on which he spent his boy hood. The farm was deeded to George T. Harding, ILL, with the understanding that the President and father would retain a life in- terest.
 Mrs. Harding's plans are unknown here.
 HAD PREMONITION.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01
Commencement To Be Held.

loptSluJ q ne FTS6 -|TeSS
FGlda, Mimi. May 25.-The an
nual commencement exercises OF
the Fulda high school will be held
on Friday, June ]. W. L. Veneer
former superintendent of the school
now an attorney of Chicago. will
deliver the address to the members
of the graduating class.
Tracy. Mimi, May 25.-Twenty
seven students will be graduated
from the Tray High school on June
1. Attorney Sperry Of Owatonna
has been secured to deliver the ad
dress to the students.
Sleepy Eye. Mimi, May 25.-The
annual commencement Of the Sleepy
Eye High school will be held June 1
Rev. H. B. Adams will deliver the
address to the members of the class
Slayton. Mimi. May 25.-Plans for
commencement at the Slayton high
school have been COMPLETED. The
exercises will be held June l and a
class of 21 will receive diplomas
Professor Cochran of Carleton col
lege will deliver the address to the
graduates. ...I
Adrian, Mimi, May 25.-The AID
rian high school will graduate q
class of FIVE students on June 1
Rev. H. F. Alderman of the Meth
odist Episcopal church of Worthing
ton will address the graduates.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01
DULUTHTOHONOR
MORRIS BIRTHDAY
Federal Judge To Be Banquet
ed At Zenith City On Eve
Of June 80

Duluth will tender a farewell ban
quet to Federal Judge Page Morris
on Saturday evening, June 80, his
seventeen birthday, which marks his
official retirement from the United
States bench after continued
service of twenty years.
S. V. Saxby, executive secretary
Of the Chamber of Commerce. this
morning announced the pleas for
the banquet and tribute which Du
luth will pay to Judge Morris on
the eve of his departure for Pasa-
Sena, where he will make his future
home. About 500 men are expected
to attend the banquet.
The banquet will be staged at the
Chamber of Commerce and it is
planned TO invite all members of
the chamber and the bar in ST.
Louis county. In addition. special
invitations will be extended to Fed
eral Judges Booth and MCGEE. col
leagues of Judge Morris in Mime
sofa: Judge Cant, who has been ap-
pointed by President Harding 10
succeed Judge Morris, prominent Of
ficials throughout the state, mem
bers of the Minnesota supreme
court. the district bench and a mum
Der Of old friends and acquaintance
of the eminent turist
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01
GRAND
SUCCESS IN KATO
Many Red Flowers Sold, the
Total Amount Reaching
$1,017.16

Poppy Day in Mankato was a
grand success, and much credit is
due all of the lady captains and
their assistants for the part they
took in the sale. These ladies in q
statement to The Free Press this
morning wished to thank the pa
triotic people Of Mankato for the
liberal manner in whach they re-
sponded to the sale The ladies had
ordered eight thousand peoples, but
at noon all of the little red en-
blems had been disposed Of. Then a
Geographic order was sent to the
headquarters of the tenth district
at Minneapolis, and two thousand
other peoples were rushed down to
Mankato by buss.. About one thous
and Of this lot was also sold. This
brought the total of the sales up to
81, OFT so. Every penny of this
amount will go toward the relief OF
sick and disabled soldiers in the
tenth district which comprises
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
and Montana.
The ladies were outspoken in their
appreciation of the courtsies ex-
tended by the National Bank OF
Commerce, which turned over a
number Of the rooms of the bank as
headquarters Of the drive.
Part of the popies left over will
be used to decorate a float in the
Memorial Day parade, and the re-
mainder will be sold. and the pro,
ceeds forwarded to the sick and
disabled.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01
RECORDER DISAPPEARS
City Recorder At FaribauIt SUITE

City Recorder At FaribauIt Suffer-
Ing III Health It's Believed
Faribault, May. 25.-Ill health is
believed to have been the cause of
the disappearance of City Recorder
Ed. w. Johnson i've days ago. The
recorders absence became publicly
known last evening at the session OF
the city council when he failed to
report for duty. o. .a,t'..
According 70 the city treasurer.
Miss Louise Thonet, Mr.. johnson
was last seen in this Office Friday
morning. when he came to get a set
of application blanks to have filed
out at the w. S. Kingsley garage for
a new auto truck recently bought by
the city. He transacted the business
with Mr.. Kingsley and later was re-
ported seen near the Security Ma
tional bank. =: -. IT,.
In the afternoon Mr.. johnson did
not report at the city hall and was
also missing Saturday. He failed to
show up at home Sunday and his
chair at the office was vacant Mon
day and yesterday.
According to Mrs. johnson her
husband had not been hims elf''
during the past winter and the, the
DRY of sudden nervous breakdown
Is held to be the explanation for his
disappearance. Those who saw Mr.
johnson previous to his disappear
ance Friday also said that he seem
ed i'll. -
City officials secuted any posi-
bility Of irregularities in the record
er's office in which the books were
kept and also because Of the fact
that Mr.. Johnson handled little
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01
YOUTHS ARE HURT
ABOUT SAME TIME
Accidents Occurred In Differ
ent Parts of City Late
Yesterday

Two accidents occurred yesterday
afternoon at practically the same
time in different parts of the city re-
sulting in broken arms in both cases
Clifford Sheldon, eight year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Sheldon, ia
Record street, had his right arm
broken at the elbow late yesterday
afternoon when he fell from a tree
at Sibley Park. The young lad was
attending a picnic and with several
other youths were playing in the
trees when he lost his balance and
fell some distance to the ground He
was taken to the office of DR.. A. V.
Denman who set the broken bones.
Lillian Lyons, fourteen year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Ly-
ons, 1927 Center street, received a
badly broken wrist when she fell
while skating at the roller skating
rink on South Front street. Miss
Lillian had only been on the rink a
short while when the accident oc-
Cured. When examined at the Of =
fee of DR.. Denman it was found that
half of the girls wrist was broken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01
GAVE ANCIENT DRAMA

About seven hundred people wit
messed the oriental drama of Chris
tian Missions" in India at the North
Mankato Methodist church last
might. A large stage had been con
structed on the church lawn. Forty
gorgeously costumed characters
were in the caste, representing a
Hindu prayer meeting. Many peo-
pie going by in autos and on foot
stopped when they saw this bril-
liantly lighted stage and these
strange costumes, and left saying it
was the strongest appeal for Chris
tians they had ever seen or heard.
Melville Osborne of Boston. who
was born in India and whose grand
father was killed in the Sepoy re-
bellion being a lifetime missionary
among the Hindus, directed the
pageant, and took the part of the
native mayor of his Hondu village
Mr.. Move of Nebraska, a mission
airy to the PHILIPPINES, took the part
of the missionary; Rev. J. r. Hitch
cock Of the North Mankato church
acted the part Of a native Indian
preacher, while Arden Dubois acted
the part Of a Mohammedan prosely-
ter. The rest of the caste we're
young people from the North Man l.
kato and Centenary Methodist
churches, representing Hindu con-
verts to Christianity. The whole
drama was an appeal for right
Christian living, whether in India or
| in America, and showed that what
the world needs is the true Chris
tian spirit. regardless Of dogma or
! theology or creed or sect The Hin
| du mayor paid a fine tribute to the
American flag when he said I'VE
believe that wherever that flag goes
there will be found justice. right
eousness and brotherhood. In fact
where that nag goes there will go
the spirit of Christ, and it is up to
the Christians of America to see
that that flag is never dragged into
the dust and dirt of selfishness and
greed"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01
SEEK UNSIGHTLY SPOTS

Civic & Commerce Identification
Committee To Make Tour Of City
Unsighty spots in Mankato will be
noted next Thursday evening when
the City Identification Committee of
the Civic and Commerce Association
will make a tour of inspection of the
entire city. Record will be taken of
all unsightly spots, and the city
health officer will be provided with a
copy of the report which will contain
information pertaining to ash heaps,
tin cans and other rubbish.
Frank E. Morse, was asked to
make a report concerning the steps
that should be taken in arranging for
the preservation Of trees on our hill
sides and bluffs.
The committee has very com
plete and comprehe nsive tentative
program under consideration, which
includes at this time, plans for the
creation of a permanent city plan
ming commission. Data on the gen
eral subject is being secured from
other cities that have succeeded In
carrying out work Of this kind in a
definite systematic way.
F. ]. Sperry. chairman, DR.. H. J.
Lloyd, F. e. Morse and Miss Sophia
J. hammers all members of the com
mittee, were present at the meeting
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01
Watonwan County Farmers Are
Looking Over Dairying Prospects

A delegation of farmers and dairy
men from Watonwan county on a
tour of inspection of dairy farms
and cattle in several counties OF
Southern Minnesota were the guests
this noon at a luncheon at the Elks
club by the Holstein and Guernsey
Breeders association and the Civic
and Commerce association.
The Watonwan county delegation
are visiting all big dairy farms in
this section 10 learn the most modern
methods of conducting and main
tanning dairy herds The delegation
is led by ]. J. Brogger. president OF
the State Bank of BItterfeld who
is attempting to interest the farmers
OF Watonwan county in dairying.
The dairymen were met this
morning at Lake Crystal by a joint