New Britain herald., 1923-06-25

thlrd victim ef the automobile aeelr
 dent in Rear Greek eanyen yesterday,
 Mir Dawson vas with the group Of
 nevspapsrmen in President HaTdins's
 party which arrived here yesterday,
 By The Associated Press
 Denver, June :s,-BuFdensd with
 grief over yesterdays tragedy which
 resulted in The death Af at one mem
 her of his party, severed the life cord
 of a DenvsF host and ended with two
 psrsens identified with his visit here
 in q hospital suffering from injuries
 President Harding today faced his
 prosram with a heavy heart hut com
 pelled by the necessity and lack af 'ad-
 ditional time 10 carry on as ihe orig inAl plans for his stay required These included a parade through the city. a greeting Of school children at the state house, q formal address at the auditorium and a visit 10 chey' enns. Wye. later in the day. where another addoess was 70 be delivered,
 Before commencing the days du- ties, however. the chief executive oh. tained reports from the hospital as 10 the condition of Donald 4. Craig. manager Of the New York Herald's Washington bureau. and Of Thomas F. Dawson. Of Denver. both Of whom were injured when the automobile in which they were riding yesterday plunged over a 76 foot embankment and killed Sumner Curtis of Wash irgton, a representative of the repub- ,.-nu ,,a tlonaf cap, p,itfaa and Tom my French of Denver. who was driv- ing the machine as host 10 the visi- tors of the presidential party.
 President Harding was encouraged by the reports he received and in- structed the hospital authorities to keep him advised concerning the con dition of Mir. Craig and Mir. Dawson as he continued his tour. There was some indication that change would be made in the program beginning after the Cheyenne visit and that the proposed trip to Zion park, Utal1 would be abandoned, the party mo- toring from ogden 10 Salt Lake.
 Henry C. Wallace. secretary of az and will go through the Alaskan itin- | SIaIy W1tn the president,
 The accident occurred when one of the cars in which newspaper cores pondents with President Harding and | local newspaper writers were riding through Denver's mountain parks went over a cliff in Bear Creek can yon, dropping 75 feet into the creek led
 Mfr Curtis for many years was a widely known newspaper correspond ent
 Mir. French was statistician for the Great Western Sugar Co.
 MT Dawson for 20 years was a member of the Washington staff of the Associated Press and later con nected with various newspapers. In re cent years he had been director of the historical department of the Col orado Historical and Natural History society
 MT. Craig sustained a. badly lacerat- ed scalp bruised shoulders and severe shock: early this morning it was said at the hospital that he would recover unless complications developed
 MT. Dawson suffered a broken ankle, bruised shoulders and lacer- ations. His condition showed slight this morning, physicians said, but due to his advanced years his recovery is in doubt.
 It is believed that a broken steer ng knuckle caused the car to become Curtis was pinned be- heath the car and Craig had been thrown clear. French was found lew feet from the wrecked automo- pile and Dawson about 50 feet down he incline. It is believed that Curtis vas killed instantly.
 Shortly before leaving his hotel yes erday afternoon Curtis sat in his .oom and talked to his wife in Wash ngton over the long distance tele- phone. He told hep, friends said, that a crowd of newspapermen is going Q take us into the mountains Tn an iour or so we'll be up where they lon't know what heat is, in the heart f the mountains