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Show 1 Justice Taft Shocked ' by Harding's Death mIrRAT BAT. Ont., Aug. Th toes of President Harding cannot can-not ee overestimated. Chief Justice William Howard Taft, former presl-' presl-' dent of th United (Hat, declared . today. . Mr. Taft, spending th summer I j 'at thle resort. Issued th following f atatament: . J : - am shocked beyond erpreeelon J at lis news of Presides! Harding' M death. Th loee 1 a deep peraonal J sorrow to ins. Th loaa to tha poo- I ' pl f th United State cannot ne I otairastlmated. Ha had Impressed I th wbol country with hts aohllity I of character, th eweetness of hi I patur. hi wonderful patienea, I breadth of vision, high patriotism J ' and ill love of human kind. Hi 'V deatk t thl Juncture la th affalra - af tha oountry ana th world la a ari calamity." |