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Show 7: resident vVill He cover, D o etc rs Now Confident I Dr. Sawyer Believes Crisis Has Been Passed; i Thinks Executive, Now Safely on Road to Restored Health PRESIDENTIAL HEADQUAHTEItS, Palace Hotel, Ran j Francisco; Aug. 1 (By A. P.) An official statement issued at 10:10 a. m, today by the five doctors attending President Harding laid Mr. Harding atill w "much exhausted, but maintains his normal buoyancy of spirit." " The statement follows: , , "Ths president is fairly comfortable this morning after a few hours of sleep. His breathing is less labored "and There is but little cough. The lung condition is about the same as ' yesterday: He is still much exhausted, but maintains his i normal buoyancy of spirit. Small amounts of food are being I- taken regularly ' and there is regular and satisfactory elirai-' elirai-' nation. The temperature b 99 degrees, pulse 114, respiration 30 While progress is being made, every care is necessary ' to assure freedom from further complications. " ' (Signed) .. - C. E. SAWYER, M. D., . v ." 3 4 ,." , "RAY. LYMAN WILBUR, M. D, I "C.ii. COOPER, M. D., T: -v.," ' "J. T. BOONE, M. D., - : :' "HUBERT WORK, M. D." - PRESIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS. HEADQUAR-TERS. Palace Hotel. Ban Francisco. Cai Aug. 1 (By A. P.) President j Harding today seamed certain of ! recovery, barring; Improbable development de-velopment of new complications la his Illness, er th equally Improb-abl Improb-abl increas of th present one. Brigadier General i Cbarle US-Saw US-Saw yer. chief of the staff of physic phy-sic Ian on th president's cae,-stlU wa standing by hi statement of last night that th nsi has been passed and that ths president le well en the road to recovery-Added recovery-Added to this was the declaration from an authoritative source that th only reaaon for concern ever tba president's condition wa because be-cause th patient was th president presi-dent of the United State, and not becauae of any new symptoms or li i ' hood f any. "tfinco w hava cur toxin we' nder control, I f4 " In eaylng that we have passed the peak load of trouble." waa the way OeneraJ Sawyer aummarl'd th situation In an Informal statement. "I don't want to b -too emphatl gbout It, because we always face complications. complica-tions. But I feel that tha crisis Is over and that tha president 1 well on the. road to recovery." OTHER PHYSICIANS CONCUR. Thi feeling we manifestly shared by sil of ths Other physicians physi-cians and by members of the president pres-ident Immediate party. Mr. Harding, who ha been hv th sid of her husband throunnout this fight, as she has been In all struggle strug-gle he ha waged, wa understood to be even more optimistic, and the president himself we convinced that the battle had been won. for he wma uoted by Secretary Work as having said late yesterday: "Work, t think we're almost out of th wood a." The preeident own feelings were expressed at a tlm when bis con I duton waa not o satisfactory aa It became a the evening earn on ana Jn turn grew into th night ' He was said to, b extremely cheerful cheer-ful when he awakened about 9 o'clock last night from what Dr. i Sawyer described ee the best and most natural sleep he had had sine hi llloe a began. He waa awake i oniy a aort urn and men arvppea , back Into a sleep that waa da-aciibed da-aciibed a ejulte different and x-ceedingly x-ceedingly more etaipfactory than th aeTVotjs slp of Monday Bight, when- all the pkyalclane were sgraed that his condition was grav. LCEP MUCH NEKDEO. Prom tlm to tlm laat night Word cam from th presidential suite thst Mr. Harding was ealeaa, and each time thosa who remained en watch became more and more optimistic. lS.p and reet to repair re-pair the breaches," General Sawyer Saw-yer had said, was what tn chief executive most needed, and o far aa could b learned prior to issuance issu-ance of an official bulletin, till need wa being met. A ei3dy Increase In the amount of eriouriahment being taken by th president wae another cause for optimism. HI diet a prescribed yesterday and ap continued today eonatated of eg noggs, fruit lkilcea. milk, toast and soft boiled eggs. Th nourishment obtained by tha preeident. it waa said, was quit sufHcient for on In his condition. The decided turn for th bettor vii indicated In every possible wsy laet nignc. Generil Bawyer went j "-it for a walk about o'clock the f rt time he had been outside the 1 hotel einc the president wa i t (Continued oj pag I.) , FFlESiDEtlT VmLL - ' (Continued from page 1.) h -ough. here Sunday, Returning, he spent half an hour or eo 4m the preeident'g room and then retired. The bead nurse a!ao took advantage advan-tage of the change In her patient's condition and obtained some sleep-. Lieu t ens n t Commander Joel T. j Boone, asslstsnt to Dr. fcawyer.a alone remained In the president's room or within csll throughout the night, Mrs. Harding having retired about midnight. - I RESTING COMFORTABLY, . Oeneral Sawyer, after hie teat I visit, to the president's room and before going to bed. Issued a brief J s'eteinent ss to Mr. Harding's condition. con-dition. This noted a pulse of lit, temperature 100. J and respiration 44, and ended by saying ibat he was "resting comfortably" Announcement waa made shortly before midnight that no more bulletins bul-letins would be Issued until after the morning consultation today at 9 o'clock. The betterment of the president's condition, however, did not lead to sny serious discussion of the future fu-ture program of the party. Whatever What-ever may be recommended, Mr. Harding will have final decision, and there le no Intention of placing plac-ing any such matters as that be- j fore htm until he gete back his1 strength. William Wrlgley Jr. 1 presented to Becrenary Christian an1 Invitation to ths president and alra ( Harding to spend the days of the former's convalescence at CataUna. where he haa a large estate. Neither was the change for the better Immediately noticeable In dimlnlshment In, the number of) telegrams received. All through t he early hours of the evening messenger boys continued to msas frequent trips with telegrams and the stream got under way again i early this morning. Meantime ; aliant efforta were being made ; to write and have signed acanowl-elsmeris acanowl-elsmeris of the wishes tendered I snl solicitude shown. Among these was a response to a telegram sent hv former President Wilson. None of the messages was made public, THE RETURN HOME. There was an understanding to-: to-: day among members of the presl-; presl-; dential party that the chief executive execu-tive and Mre. Harding would return t d rect to Washington, leaving Van ! frTanciero ss soon as the physi- j i nans would give their permission , f--r the president to begin trvel. I The roule r ast was e pec ted to be1 1 via O?on, Utah; Omsha, Neb., and j from t hicage to Washington." Some of the president a advisers . I yesterday Indicated their belief j I that It would be beat for him, dur-I dur-I lng bis convalescence, to spend i so-ne time visiting with .Wiiham J I Wr.Ky Jr. on Catallna Island, off. tk southern California coast, v r r has sked Hecretsry Chns-f Chns-f i ') take the Invitation to Mr. t . r.c ss soon as the chief exec- i i. (AT be talked to about such' ti . t it It waa understood later! iri m-r was ne possibility, that. I the tr D to Ca'M'ina would be made. t'' road iiiciaa have given . i rr( A atjdy to the selection of ths of and route east and have rec- I om"1An'id that the trip home be ' n.le that wv. tne trajn running! at a f",t ?i'-,ai). speed and pro!-- , aMy s i t at n.grtts in rder tht tj.e . Vnt mignt have con : p e re;. ' v hsd no Idee, how- ' i vr, as to wno the s'art would t.A rn i sri the pvnictsns at-' t-n k Mr. Har l r g the t'TS 0- -4 ennreiy on tne rap.fiity i ,:.tT the r ;-1-nt recovers. L 1 , n .-nt ! ..rovement coniin- - I a -4 tfre was no reiapse. 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