The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-30
ls q Sick Man

The president Is SICK man.
How serious is his illness his ply
sicians have not said beyond a state
ment issued last night saying that
"new symptoms" have arisen during
the day indicating complications IN
the case, Of the President"
| But 1t was regarded sufficiently
serious last night to call a cancella
alton Of the chief executives entira
California program and to bring
about a consultation into which two
leading California physicians were
called.
| Four physicians participating H.
the consultation concluded thei
meeting early today without issuing
any statement, although Brigadier.
General Sawyer had previously an
nounced that q bulletin would b.,
| made public.
| \ None of the four physicians would
make a personal statement.
/ Heart Specialist Called
The consultants were Dr.. Sawyer,
DR.. Hubert Work, secretary Of the
interior department and q former
president of the Americas Medical
Association; DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur.
president of Stanford University, and
the present head of the, American
Medical Association and DR.. Charle!
M. Cooper of Stanford University, &.
heart specialist.
! The calling in Of DR.. Cooper TO-
gether with other developments in
dicated that the effects Of possible
complications on the President
heart action was being closely watch
ed. f~
The decision to call off the Cal
ifornia program and to hold in abey
ance arrangements for the return 60
the Atlantic coast by way Of the
before IL o'clock at a conference in
which Mrs. Harding, Secretary Work,
General Sawyer and Secretary Chris
tian participated. Secretary Christian
soon after made the announcement
of the change in plans, saying that
the President had approved It be-
cause "he realizes the great incon-
venience imposed upon public author
tiles, volunteer committees and the
people in general by reason Of un-
certainty whether the program in
WHICH he was to have participated
can be carried out"
1 To Remain in West
An informal statement made in
connection with the formal announce
ment of the cancellation conveyed
the information that Mr.. Harding
| IL B.
he completely RECEIVERS.
| The Presidents sick room is on
the eighth floor of the downtown no
tel to which he went upon his arrival
early yesterday, after abandonmen t
of his trip to the Yosemite. Every ef-
fort has been made to give him Nv
much quiet as possible and early this
morning orders we're given out to let
no one except members of the Pres .
idential party on the floor.
Cause Of Illness
The real cause Of the executive <
i illness as explained by DR.. Saw
yer lies in some crabs he ate
aboard. the Naval Transport Hender-
son just before reaching Vancouver.
| ID. ~. AucSC CtoOos I'll Suc VPsuhOn VI
DR.. Sawyer, were "copper" tainted or
like sea food taken from several
small areas of Alaskan waters had
become impregnated with coppei-
from the deposits of that miner u
along the coast lines.
The heat Saturday as the Preside
tial train travelled through southern
FOregon and northern California Al
so worked to hinder recovery. He got
a fair nights sleep Saturday aboard
the train. and on arriving here YES
terday morning walked from the
train to an automobile looking re-
markably improved although notice
ably weak and pale.
Although Mr.. Harding's illness AZ
the present stage is not comparable
at all with that of President Wilson
during his league Of nations tour in
1919 there was somewhat Of 8 coinci
dence between the two. Presiden.
Wilson continued with his, trip .e
Wichita, Kansas, before abandonins
it but the first evidence Of the i'm.
minent breakdown became slightly
noticeable to those close TO- him m
San Francisco.