Show life sto story r y of W garmaliel Garn aliel tr hal ir 10 aing P warren Ga gamalyel Gamul mallel lel L lording hording twenty ninth president of atu united states M at born november 2 on his grind grandfathers gr ind fathers farm just outside the vill lillge ge of dooming blooming grove in morrow county ohio lie ile was its descended from two pioneer amerlean fa families milles hardy hotle pl datch oil the one side and lib erty loing ing scotch scot ell on the other his father dr george T HardI vig Is still a practicing physician in fit marlon marion 0 despite ills his advanced age of seven ty nine i 3 eurs ears ills his mother was rhoebe phoebe elizabeth dickerson harddng mr harding was a self made man in the best sense of the phrase lie ile bivol ported ped on his farm and attended the milage school until lie he was fourteen years old and then he be entered the ohio central college at laberla he worked his way through that institution by cutting corn pointing painting his neighbors barns and helping on the grading of the roadbed of the T A 0 C railroad ile he also played in the village band and was editor of the college paper when he graduated from the college warren went to work in the village age printing office at the time lie he was nineteen years old his father moved to marion with the family and there aided warren in gaining control of the marlon marion star of which he was publisher until after he the office of president of the united states already he knew how to set type and to do all the other duties of a printer and when the linotype was introduced he learned to operate er te that machine always he car ried r M a pocket piece the printers rule ht he used in those days the star was ills his idol and he was very proud of it and of the more than friendly arlt adly relations that existed between him and his big employees there wasi was never a strike on the paper and about fourteen years ago he instituted a profit sharing plan whereby the employees received dividends that were paid them in the form of stock in the mr harding was identified also alth ft ath the industries that sprong sprang was su so successful that in the election of november 4 he received elec CILC toral votes to tor for james M cox the democratic nominee lie he was in augu rated march 4 1921 with a degree of simplicity in the ceremonies that pleased the american Amoric nn people classed when in the senate as a conservative president harding did not depart roar markedly kedly from conservative lines lilies when in the white house though his supporters always said lie was mus us is progressive as the good of the lie country warranted and as conditions lie he like president roosevelt had a great cepal aunt rul miners ners strike on ills his hands and labored hard bard and with a measure of success to bring it to a peaceful and just end arms limitation conference the outstanding accomplishment of his administration was the great international intern conference for the limitation n of armament held la in washington opening on oil armistice day november 11 1921 at his instigation the conference was authorized by congress and after feeling out the big rowers powers and finding them agreeable he issued invitations to great britain france rel belgium italy japan chinn the netherlands and portugal each country sent some of its most eminent statesmen as delegates those of the united states being secretary of state hughes chairman of the conference senators lodge of massachusetts and underwood of alabama and ex cs secre tary of state eliba root the conference adjourned february 6 1922 after negotiating these treaties A covenant of limitation to naval armament between the united states great britain france japan and italy A treaty between the same powers as to the use of submarines and noxious gases in warfare A treaty between the united states great britain france and japi capi it 0 relating to their ln insular ular possessions possession and their insular dominions in the pacific with a declaration reserving american rights in mandated territory W W xit g A WARREN G HARDING ip cp in marlon marion as it grew from a town of to a city of more than he was a director in a bank and in several manufacturing companies and was a trustee of trinity baptist church his hia rise in polities politics As editor end and publisher of a lively Tte republican publican paper it aa was Ineita gnei liable ble that fiat sir mr harding should take an active interest in politics and his attainments brought him to the front in the state lie ile was a member of the ohio senate from 1900 1000 to 1904 and then served bt arved as lieutenant governor of the kate in 1910 1930 he was the republican nominee for governor but was defeated in caf asir lie he was sent to the united states senate serving until 1020 1920 when he resigned to make the campaign tor for the presidency dincy in the pre convention campaign that ear lie he had been looked on as one of the possible nominees for the high billee but his defeat 4 in en the arlos for election of delegates from ohio seemed to spoil his chincey ch eb inces ances however the conservative gerders herders of the republican party pre tailed in the gathering in the chicago coliseum kind and mr harding was nominated noral ills was based largely on opposition to 0 o american parti participation ct in the league of nations and A treaty between the nine powers in the conference relating to principles and policies to be followed in matters concerning china A treaty between the nine powers relating to chinese customs tariff because france refused to consider the limitation of land armament at the present time that part of the conference fell through cut but what it did ac lilee was considered a groat great step toward the attainment of world peace the ile treaties were soon yati ratified fied by the united states senate and the parliament and the other nations followed suit though for a long time it was feared france would not accept the pacts Hoi however ever president harding lived to see them ratified by abe french chamber and senate favored entering world court mr harding had not dot been long in the white house before it appeared that he did not favor entire isolation of the united states from european affairs bu but believed this country would have to do its part in the restoration to of europe to pence peace and stability to this feeling became more evident early in 1923 when he proposed that america should accept membership in the international Intermit ional court of jus tive tire had bad been founded under t alie h e n auspices ces of the league of nations the president was as InI insistent stent as cifor that this country should keep out of the league but believed the alio court was wag or would be independent atthe greuter greater organization against the advice ot of some lenders leaders of his party lie reiterated this advice on several occasions and his iian I ian formed the subject of some of his ses on ills his last and fatal trip through the west ile he did not think it would split his bill party and boldly continued continue to advocate it notwithstanding Mth standing ahn it was assumed to be almot almost a certainty that president harding Hardin ff would be in the republican national convention of 1024 sir mr nar hardings dings home heme life was ideal save that he be had no children lie ile and mrs harding who nho was miss florence kling of li marion larion were devoted to each other and site was always ills true helpmate both in ohio and irk in in the national capital mrs hording harding quickly made herself loved by all with whom size she came in con contact and during the western trip she was more eager even than the president to meet and mix with all linds of people his western trip president hardings alaska trip was orl originally ainaly planned for the summer of 1922 1022 ile he inherited the so called alaska pr problem alaska see seemed med to be on the down grade with decrease in population and mining output threatened en e d extinction of the fishing industry and numerous other unfavorable symptoms the situation apparently apparent called for the establishment of a definite alaskan policy various plans were discussed including a transfer of control to the interior department from the score or more of governing bureaus president hardings plans for 1922 came to naught but this year lie determined to get first he ha od igros motion matlon ile he was accompanied 17 secretary work of the interior department secretary wallace of the agricultural department and S secretary ecrett vry hoover of the department of commerce all of whom are immediately concerned in the alaskan situation the president left washington at the end of juno june and journeyed leisurely to the pacific northwest by special train making speeches at st louis denver helena spokane and other cities incidentally he visited two of the national parks first he be went to zion in utah the newest of our notional national parks which Is a many colored gorge cut by the rio itlo virgin next he be visited yellowstone la in wyoming created in 1872 the first national park in I 1 history and largest and most famous of the nineteen parks of our system here he motored boated fished fed the bears and had a good time his ahli plans also included a visit to yosemite upon his return trip but that was wa abandoned saw much of alaska the president celebrated the F fourth of july in the united states and then started for alaska on the U S transport henderson ills alaskan trip was waa extensive ile he went the length of the new government railroad and visited the capital juneau and the principal cities he also was shown the best of the majestic scenery on his return trip mr harding stopped off at vancouver creating precedent jn in that he was the first i american president to ate step p on canadian soil the president arrived at seattle july 27 and reviewed from the bridge of the henderson a fleet of a dozen or so battleships under command of admiral H P jones each of which gave him the national salute of twenty one guns even then he was suffering from the ailment that resulted in his death and soon after that the rest of his trip which was to include I 1 a I 1 return to the east via the panama canal cabal was cancelled president harding made a public address at seattle setting forth his views on the alaskan situation some of his bis points were these alaska tor for Ala alaskans w there Is no need ot of government managed mann ged federally paid for hothouse development there must be no reckless sacrificing ot of resources alaska Is destined for statehood in afew a few years where there Is possibility ot of betterment in federal machinery of administration improvement should and will be effected other conclusions presented by president harding were that generous appropriation should be made for rond road building that the th e federal government should be more liberal in encouraging the technical scientific and demonstration work in agriculture that restrictions should be laid ork on the fisheries and on the forests that the development of the coal mines must await time and econom economic fe candll conditions t on 8 that the government should retain ownership and operation of the alaskan railroad during the presidents illness the greatest concern concer rv was fc felt it and expressed in all foreign countries oni and their governments were constantly advised of his condition |