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Show Profoimd Sorrow Prevaik Death of President Gomes as Distinct Shock; Local Citizens Join Nation in Paying Respect NIGHT. THRONGS ? STUNNED AS , PASSING OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS ANNOUNCED IN SALT LAKE Utah Loses Friend in Harding, Who Won Admiration of All on Visit Here J V New of th death f , Preldet , Harding apread Ilka tha preverBlal 1 wildfire la Salt Lake City esse sight It came aa a dtatlart thoch ta thousand. fispateha earlier l the day had give hope that the calef executive would recover and far that resaon th shock waa all tha mere ever. t ' Th new, aa flashed . ever the Aeaoclated Pre wires. wa received re-ceived by newspaper men at 1.1 o'clock. Salt Lake time, gaa Francisco,- or cot time, la one bear behind be-hind that hr. Th theatre and several heed af organisation wr laimedlalely called by The Telegram. Wlthla a I few minute tha nwa waa eommoa property. - The theatree promptly bulletined the tragi aew upa their erraen. The word wa carried car-ried from month to month aad ease sll of 8slt Lake Ctty ws la poo-aesstea poo-aesstea af th laformatlon. I At the theatree the aewa waa received re-ceived with meny a gasp and a short jcutafloa. 'Thea dead al-lencer al-lencer prevailed uattt th aaeamblle recovered from the hock. freV found aympathy waa xpred. Thea the preskleat'e tllnees, rathar tha th offsrtng af the theatre, eemed t be the one engrossing toplo for a fsw momenta Ignoring formalltlea of Introduction, one person per-son turned t another In the theatre the-atre and discussed the president' death and mny were heard to sy tht they Woadered how Mr Harding Hard-ing would ei sod up under tha great bereavement. A the newa crossed over the elty group of men and womea gathered pt different place on th aldewalk and eonvreed la low tonea en the udden demise. Many persons tayed up longer than usaal, aa local lo-cal nawspsper men Covering' the new wilt testify to. There waa hut ens eubjeet aad bat oae thing respoasihl. 4 that waa the death of th aattoa'a leadar. SHOWS HIMSELF A MAN Ta those who were moreor las acquainted ac-quainted with the prealdent on hla recent trip to Utah, tha tiding war received with deep Borrow. Th president bad shown himself while here to be not only a great man for the highest honor of the land, but also a man In every aenae of tha word. Hla democratic attitude. atti-tude. In which he would recognise not only looal leader but also the humblest, wa commented upon. Tha prealdent created a favors Me Impression when be spoke hara five waeka ago. Tho thousands who heard him in hi publle speech recalled re-called some of hla phrases. There waa poignant grief among) all rank .In Bait Lake aa the new waa received. re-ceived. . Prealdent Harding while here proved to be extremely popular with the children. Hie talk to them at Liberty park will linger long In their memory. Ha wa klndnes personified. And the pioneers. On his trip to Slon canyon they practically worshiped wor-shiped him and Mrs. Harding. Hla words of encouragement and thanks to those who had led the way to establlah great empire In the West did not fall upon deaf ears. Thar wa rapt attention throughout, through-out, s UTAH LOSES FRIEND. On might recall Prealdent Harding Hard-ing in probably his most democratic role In Utah. That was wasa he assumed the attire of a cowboy of the plain and traveled by horse acrosa the aaad beyond Angel a landing In Slon canyon. He returned re-turned smiling and with loud praise of the acenla wonders of Utah. It j la generally agreed that In hla passing Utkh, ha lost a great friend. It was with regret that many here saw ths prealdent depart from Utah. At the time the newapaper men accompanying the prealdent la I party on the transcontinental trip feared that It waa loo strenuous sn affair to undertake. The disaster In Colorado when an esteemed member of the party was killed seemed to dampen the spirits of ths correspondents. There were some who did not want to ao ta Eton canyon. But the president, having promised, waa determined te go. He went and gathered friends ta him all along the rout a Xfany In diacuaslng his death last night referred to hie msgnlflceat speech at Vancouver, B. C, a few days ago. la which he referred to the fact that no sentinel waa need-, ed on the forty-ninth parallel. His speech was for a a enduring peace between the peoples) of the North American continent, ' Tode- tbeee peoplea Join tn eorrow that he who espoused peace. Instead of wax; Is dead. |