The Arvada enterprise., 1923-08-09
Apoplexy Strikes Harding Down
In Midst Of His Apparent
Recovery.
END IS sAoCnMGLY SUDDEN
% Rscovsry-Mra Harding Reading
70 Him At Moment Of Sslzurs-
Hs Dies In Twenty Minutes
Devoted wife Bears UP He-
roicaIIy Under Grief.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. G. Harding Is
dead. The body Of the late president
was speeded across the continent by
special train for state burial In Wash
ington. Tie final intcrment will be at
Marion. Ohio.
The special train left San francisco
at y. IN. Friday. routed directly to
the capital by way OF Reno, Ogden,
Cheyenne, Omaha and Chicago.
The train made no stops en-
route except those necessary for It's
operation. The body Of the President
was borne In the rear car. The car was
lighted ut night, and at all times two
soldiers and two sailors. part OF u
naval and military guard OF sixteen
enlisted men. stood ut attention guard
ing the casket
The train carried the presidential
party as composed during the trip
across the country to Alaska. and also
General Pcrshing. Attorney General
Daugherty, md Mr.. and Mrs. f. f.
Remsberg and family, Mrs. Remsberg
being n sister OF the President.
Untold thousands Of American citl-
gems stood with uncovered heads. day
and night, as the train passed.
Through Nevada In the hours Of
daylight and darkness there were
mourners ut the stations. Utah con-
trtbuted Its thousands the next day.
Wyoming's citizens m0urned en- masse.
And so on, across the continent. At
the cities. especially. large crowds as
sembled ut the stations.
President Harding died Of stroke
Of apopiexy ut $50 o'clock Thursday
night (lO:3O p. m. New York tlme).
His exact age was fifty-seven years
and nine months.
The end came suddenly while Mrs.
Harding was reading to him from a
magazine and after what had been
called the best day he had had since
the beginning OF his illness exactly
one week before.
Suddenly II was noticed that the
President was shuddering and gasp
ing. Mrs. Harding ran to him, but
uS WIS W pSSt'u'l W iVt ~
Quirics. She then ran to the door OF
the sick room and called to the secret
service men there to summon the
Presidents physicians.
When General Sawyer reached the
room the President was still alive. but
he died almost ut once.
Collapse 10 Sudden.
In greater detail the facts Of the
death are related, With Mrs. Harding
In the sickroom were two nurses. Due
to the seeming Improvement In the
Presidents condition. members OF his
party. including the physicians who
had remained In constant call. We're
confident they could leave the hotel
for few hours relaxation. Many OF
them were nj dinner.
Mrs. Harding. however. refusing to
desert the post, was seated by the
bedside. reading TO her husband. when
at 7:l0 o'clock the President suddenly
collapsed. His breathing, which had
been quick ever since the Illness over
took him. suddenly became spasmodlc.
Mrs. Harding. leaving the nurses to
take whatever steps they could in the
emergency, ran TO the door OF the
presidential suite.
get the DOCTORS" she called. as she
RIM part way into the almost deserted
corridor A secret service operative
was seated about twenty feet down
the hall. She hurric,!ly told the secret
service man that the President had
had n sudden and seemingly severe re-
lapse, and begged the detective to try
10 locate Doctor Boone or any OF the
other physicians.
The secret service man took M the
search for the physicians. while Mrs
Harding returned 10 the bedside They
located Doctor Sawyer mt once.
Hoover Arrives Quickly.
Word OF the Presidents sudden turn
for the worse spread through the
hotel and efforts wcr. launched nj
once TO try 10 loca,c the members VI
his official party.
Herbert Hoover, secretary Of com.
mercc and one Of the closest cablnc,
members 10 N" President. was the
first OF the cabinet members 10 reach
the bedside. He hurried into the cor.
ridor. already aware that the prcsI-
dents life was uhblng fast, and the
door to the suite closed behind him. A
short time after he came out. He was
completely broken w and could not