White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05

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the United States, died Thursday
evening at 1880 o'clock at San
Francisco.
He was lying on his bed i'll the
Palace hotel, Mrs. Harding sitting
near and reading to him. Brigadier
General Charles E. Sawyer, the pres
ident's personal physician, and two
nurses were present. While the
reading proceeded slight shudder
was observed to pass through the
presidents frame, he threw back one
of his arms and was dead.
Mrs. Harding fastened to the
door of the sickroom and asked that
a search be made for the other doc
tors. In a few minutes DR.. Hubert
Work, who is secretary of the in
terror, DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, DR.
C. NJ. Cooper and DR.. ]. I. Boone
We're on hand and at 1885 they is-
sued a bulletin saying the president
ried of stroke of aroplexy.
The news reached Ely at o'clock,
coming in first over the radio of Wal
lace H. Boyle, city engineer, who
after being convinced of its authen-
ticity, which required only few
seconds, hurried over to AultmaE
street on his way to the uptown Of
Ice of the White Pine News. Meet
ing two representatives of the News
on the street he stopped, saying:
"I was just looking for you If
you newspaper men want news
item can give you one. The pres
ident is dead"
Mr.. Boyle explained that he had
Just then received it by radio and the
trio hastened to his home on Camp
ton street and listened in only few
seconds, which was long enough to
get the main facts An orator at
the broadcasting station on top of
the Los Angeles Times building was
delivering fine eulogy to the dead
president and in the course of it he
gave particulars of Mr.. Harding S
sudden demise.
He related that Secretary Work
came to the corridor, meeting the
assembled newspaper men, to whom
he said:
Boys. / cant say anything.
Shortly after DR.. Boone came out
and said the cause of death was un-
doubtedly apoplexy. saying:
'The president just went like
that" swapping his fingers as he held
mp his hand. then repeating the
words and the finger swapping
fastening to East Ely, where the
White Pine News printing plant is
located, tho work of running out an
extra was started Fortunately the
office arrangements were favorable.
the linotype was ready for immediate
use and inside of an hour and half
the extra was hack at the Northern
hotel, hundreds being sold in a few
moments Many persons bought Two
and three copies.
Rumors of the presidents death
meanwhile had gotten abroad, Mr..
Boyle having been asked over the tel
ephone and Morgan Leonard had re-
ceived confirmation of it over mis-
radio set in the Richmar. Meanwhile
Mr. Boyle had been able to get con-
nected with San Francisco, getting
further confirmation A banquet of
read men in honor of Gael S. Hoag
was being held in the Crystal cafe,
announcement having been made
there by the toastmaster, who had
learned Of the facts by inquiry of Mr..
Boyle, and the extra arrived just as
the banqueters were coming out of
the door.
Most of the people of the city had
retired for the night, 80 the majority
did not hear the facts until the fol-
lowing morning, when the extra was
still cried out in every part of town
by newsboys and sold as fast as they
could be printed and handed out.
Every essential facts was given in
the first reports received by Mr..
Boyle's radio set and was published
fully in the News extra. Further re-
ports were merely confirmatory and
supplied later information on funeral
arrangements, transportation OF the
body to Washington and back to
Marion, Ohio, and regarding mes
sages of coincidence from Vice-Presi-
dent Coolidge, ex-Presidents Wilson
and Taft. Secretary Hughes and 9TH
ers.
Mrs. Harding is quoted as having
said Immediately after the instant
summons, II am not going to COL
lapse" She held her poise, though
terribly tried by it's sudden awful
ness, and throughout the trying
hours following she advised with the
cabinet members present and their
wives about the funeral arrange
n,ants and her Immediate future.