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Show FriESIDEffl" FGHCEG- TO REl.IAKJ IH DS9-Od DS9-Od SPECIAL THAK Plans for Harding Visit to Yosemite Park Abandoned Aban-doned as' Result of Attack At-tack Ptomaine Poisoning ejSTsVMBMMWSia v . ... ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARD-IKO'S HARD-IKO'S SPECIAL TRAIN, July , M By -A P.-'r-e?laBa- fer Treaidewt Rardlnfa vlait to Toeemlte National Nation-al park, arranged for tomorrow and Monday, vara canceled tonight and his special train waa directed to proceed to Ban Francisco, striving there about t o'clock Sunday morning, morn-ing, ao aa to give tha chief oxecu-tlva oxecu-tlva two whola daya of reet before he raaumea hla apeaklng tour. Becratary.Chrletlan aald tha canoe can-oe Mat ton of Preaident Harding's propoeed trip to Yoeemlts valley should not bo Interpreted as meaning mean-ing that tha presldent'e condition was In tha least alarming. buWwaa entirely precautionary and taken mm a meana of avoiding tha beat of the San Joaquin valley and of permitting permit-ting Mr. Harding to get needed reat. Brlgadlar General Sawyer, tho president's personal physician. In a statement to newspaper ma tonight, to-night, coincident with tne announcement an-nouncement of tho Changs In plana, said: . . Tha preeldent'e condition la somawbat Improved; tho bowel trouble has disappeared entirely and hla tamperaturo thla evening ta considerably con-siderably lower than earlier la ths day." Tba trip Into tha Yoeemlte was abandoned after Brigadier General Sawyer had advised complete reat for tho chief executive for tho next day or so In order that he might recover re-cover from tho attack of ptomaine poisoning from which ho oufferod last nlrht and today TROUBLED SY HEAT. , ' ; Tho heat had trouble tia president presi-dent somewhat during ths day0-en-sral Sawyer said, and from ths other oth-er sources It was learned that one of tho factors In th decision to proceed direct to San Francisco was tho hops of obtaining cooler weather. weath-er. . Tha heat waa intense today aa tho presidents train traversed the state of Oregon and oa.taroovCaU-fomla. oa.taroovCaU-fomla. Tho president and Mrs. Harding on arriving In 6a n Franrlwo tomorrow to-morrow morninr, secret ry Christian, Chris-tian, said, will go duoct to the Palace Pal-ace hotel and will spend tomorrow and Monday raatinr.. During these two daya they will receive few If any callers and participate 'in no functions of any kind. Beginning Tueaday morning they expect to ao through with tba prov gram for that day and for Wednesday, Wednes-day, as has been arranged. Including Includ-ing tha address .on America's for eirn relatione to bs delivered by the preaident Tuesday evening at fpie Auditorium. The party wilt leave San Francisco Wednesday, as already al-ready arranged, for Los Angeles, tha trip to, tho Yosemite being out out altogether. NOT TO ABANDON TRIP Mr. Christian aald In answer to tnqulrlea that the prealdent'e condition condi-tion waa In no wise auch as to gore causa at thla time for consideration of abandonment of the tdp from San Diego to New York by way of th Panama canaL ' Althourh ptomaine polsonlng-exe-sultlng from having eaten crab moat was ths direct causa of tha preeldent'e Indisposition, tha chanr from tha cooler weather of Alaska to tha heat of the Paolflo cbast aK& gra rated his condition. It was saT Tho presidential train will ba run Into the Third and Town send etrseta station at -San Francisco, arriving ar-riving thera at l:ia o'clock tonaor-rowwn-oming. Tho day of complete rest al-theaigb al-theaigb It reaultad In disappointment disappoint-ment to thousands In a dosett or so Oregon dtles through which tho presidential train paaeed, was held by ths two physicians to havo boew of great benefit to Sir. Harding. who bad bean silently Indisposed for several days or alnco ho ate something which did not acres with him aboard ths transport Hcndareoa Just before reaching Vancouver, B. C. Sscretary of Interior Work, himself a physician, waa summoned sum-moned -by 1 ths president to bis compartment and lnstmctod to explain to people who had gathered gath-ered a(, tho railroad stations ths rsaeoaa for his Inability to appear. ap-pear. This was dons by ths soo-retary soo-retary at Roseburg and later at Grant's Paea. -Ton ebould know at this point" " Secret ery Work aald at Orant's Pass, "that it comes about ' that during our last day at asa many of as were attacked by - a temporary indisposition, not aaa-. ectknesa. but due to an Item of food put o la I can. I will not aay what ths Item dt food was. Ths indisposition was temporary. All bars recovered almost . completely com-pletely and tho president has about recovered. TRENUpUft DAY. "Had he bean a bio yes tarda y to take care of himself he would have been In hla usual vigorous! health this morning, but ths re-oeptioo re-oeptioo at Seattle waa so cordial and ao overwhelming that the hours consumed in a street parade par-ade entailed a - great physical hardship. He was two hours la tho Sun bareheaded acknowledr-, lng the plaudits and afterwards ; spoke to more than lOS.-ake people ' at threo different times. j The preaident waa overtaxed. I Bo this morning he called me to ask me to say theaa things In a confidential way to you fe)!nr that you who have oome In t..e (Continued on sage tenj. l PRESIDENT FORCED v ' (Continued from pa 1.) hot ran to w.lcom him ar m-tltlrd m-tltlrd (o hi. confidence." VSlnc iMtrln Wuhlncton. Dr. Work conllnu.d. th prcildent baa not. srvd hlmlf. H haa inado addreaaaa from thla platform In hla draaalnc (own. If w. oama to a town bfora iara waa tlma for him to draaa ha appaarad and ha would ratnaln up lata at nlcht to fraat and apeak to tha paopla who eama out to maat him. "Whlla I waa ettln my hi-tmrtlona hi-tmrtlona I noticed him looking at tha draaalns (own and I had a feallnir for tha momant that ha would appear before you In It. Even aa I looked tha wlaa and truaty phyaiclan alttrn( in tha door keepln( people out and tha prealdrnt In, aaemed to put hla yato on It and I ave up hope that he would be allowed to meat you at thla tlma. KXPREsSEf REGRET. "I wlah to expreea the regret which tha" prealdent feela very keenly at not beln( able to epoak lo you aad to (Iva you tha aa-aurance aa-aurance which we all feel that hla ailment la merely a temporary one auch aa wa all went through and wa ara aura that ha will promptly be reetored to tola normal aplendld health." Beveral tlmee durlnf tha day and tonight Prealdent Hardln( told Dr. Sawyer that be dealred peraonally to (reet tha people of Oreiion. hla Indupoaltton notwlth- aundln(. but waa dlaauaded from leaving hla bed or m any manner Interrupting hla reet and proceaa ot treatment. Tna aociore ai even prevented a aonference which Benatora McNary and 8tan-flld 8tan-flld -of Orea-on had 4 requeatad with tha prealdent Tha two aen; atora boarded the presidential train at Eumna early thla mom-In mom-In and Senator MeNary had broorht with him a number of tel-earame tel-earame and petltlona from agricultural agri-cultural organisation, which, he aa chairman ot the aenate agricultural approprlatlona aubcommlttea, . had bn caked to place betora Mr. Harding'. Moat of theee commu-nlcatlona commu-nlcatlona urged that eongraaa be called In apeclal aeaalon to enact additional farm relief lobulation notably tha Ooodlng wheat price stabilization bill and meaauraa designed de-signed to bring; about reductions In freight ratea oa agricultural producte. The two Oregon eenatora conferred con-ferred with Secretary Hoover and were tha ue of .Mra. Harding at luncheon, aire. Harding throughout through-out the day endeavored aa much aa possible to take tha place of her huehand, appearing on the rear platform at tha various brief alopa. Secretaries Hoover. Wallace and Work also were presaed Into service aa aubatltuta apeakera. |