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| geStive disorder from which Mr..
| Harding was suffering. The first
stage, he said, was marked by weak,
ness, which was easily thrown off
the second stage being exhaustion
required longer rest; while the
third stage was prostration in
which considerable time was requir
ed for development. of symptoms
! and the effect on the toxic condi
tion of the blood.
General Sawyer said at that time
he expected to know by Monday
noon just which stage the president
was in, but indicated he was not
worried.
Symptoms Develop Suddenly
The heart symptoms developed
with surprising suddenness late
Sunday evening, causing Doctors
SAWYER and Boone to decide to call
in the other physicians, decision
which was announced at IL p. m.
Mrs. Harding remained at the
president s bedside until an early
hour this morning, when she was
ordered to bed by General Sawyer
who told her he did not want two
patients on his hands.
Mrs. Harding had earlier in the
evening expressed the utmost con-
fldence that the president would u,
all right in a day or two and was
cheerful.
She is worried now, however.
General Sawyer is trying to as
sure both Mrs. Harding and the
president as much as possible, be
cause he does not wish to have the
! latter worry himself into Il fever
Sawyer at an early hour thi.
morning said there had been NJ
change, that the president was full
lv conscious of the nature of hi.
illness and that every one wa.
hopeful it would yield promptly t.
treatment.
Future Plans Indefinite
No decision has been reached as
to the time the president will re
turn to Washington. Neither has
it been decided whether he will &C
through the canal or by rail, though
General Sawyer said it would: bt
better for him to go by rail rather
than subject himself to the intense
heat of the canal zone.
All plans regarding returning
however, are held in abeyance unit
the present situation can be clear
ed up.
Doctors Wilbur Rld Cooper left
the presidential suite shortly after
Il. m. Both refused to say Il word
regarding the result of the consul
tation. General Sawyer thercupol
retired to his room, leaving DR.
Boone on watch near, but not in
the presidential room. Dir. Sawyer
at that time declined to add any.
thing to his first bulletin stating
that an announcement of some sort
would be made in the morning.
The fact that General Sawyer
went to his room and the other ply
sicians left was taken as an en-.
couraging signs.
Blames Canned Goods
The illness from which the pre-
sident is now suffering developed
just week ago and appeared to
come simultaneously with a small
epidemic among members of the of
ficial party aboard the Henderson
At that time it was blamed upon
too free indulgence in crab meat
Since then however, DR.. Sawyer has
expressed the belief that it was
due to canned goods eaten on the
ship or in Alaska.
Everyone else in the party, after
calling on DR.. Sawyer and DR..
Boone, recovered.
Mr.. Harding, however, put in
some of the hardest work of the
trip. He even passed up the fish,
ing trip at Cambpell river, B. c., to
work for hours on speeches to be
delivered on the Pacific coast. At
the time he was suffering some
pain and was unable to eat much.
Sawyer was treating him and by the
the time the party arrived in Van
couver, the president was feeling
fairly comfortable.
He had a recurrance of the trou-
bic in Vancouver due to serious
strain of the day but as the ship
approached Seattle he felt better
and said he thought he would get
through the day with no trouble.
All the presidents S efforts to
keep faith with those who expected
him in California were unavailing,
since the turn for the worse and
development of heart symptoms
made it necessary to cancel the en-
tire California program including
the foreign relations speech to have
been delivered here Tuesday night
speeches at Los Angeles and San
Diego, and II visit to Catalina
Island. He is confined in his room
at the Palace Hotel here.
Christian s Statement
The statement by George Chris
tian said:
''Thc president is deeply apprc.
ciative of the people of California
and its great cities which have
planned Il series of magnificent de
monstrations in honor of his visit
He realizes the great Inconvenience
imposed OH public authorities, vol
unteer committees and the people
in general by reason of uncertainty
as to whether the program in which
he was to have participated is to
be carried out. He has been par.
ticularly concerned to avoid the
possibility that many thousands
would travel LONG aistances ul