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Show IK QES GOOD PflOESS TOpM Time Chief Element in Regaining of Health by President;-Doctors Warn Against Too Much Haste MaMaa.ieaawa EXECUTIVE SPENDS RESTFUL NIGHT Normal Temperature and Less Labored Breathing Favorable Signs; Return to Washington Uncertain PRESIDENT HEA0QU0RTERS. Palace Hotel, San Francises, Aug. 2 (Sy A. ) Tha effieiel bulletin issued is-sued by Prealdent Harding's physician physi-cian at :4o a. m. today said that the ehief executive hed eeveral heure af reatful eleea during tha night and, eaeept for the marked ea-hewetlon ea-hewetlon ef an aeute lllneaa, that he had eapreaeed himself aa "feeling easier thie morning." The bulletin fellowsi t SO a. m. "The preeident had eeveral heure ef reetful eleep during the night, and, eaeept for the merked evhaua-' tier ef en aeute illneee, eKpreeee himself as fssling easier this mern-Ina. mern-Ina. "The temperature le M I degrees, ewlae 100, and respirstien from $2 te 0. "The lung condition hews definite defin-ite improvement. "Small qwentitie ef food are being be-ing teken and elimination remains aatiafaatery. "While recovery will .Inevitably take eeme little time, o are more confident than heretofore as te the outcome ef hi illness. (S'gned) I "C. E. SAWYER, M. O. "RAV LYMAN WILBUR, M. D. C. M. COOPER. M. D. -"J. T. lOONf, M. D. "HUBERT WORK, M. D." PRESIDENTIAL HKArKJUAR-TERfl. HKArKJUAR-TERfl. PALACE HOTLK. BAN FRANCISCO, Cel.. Aug. t (By A. P.) Time aermed today to be Ihe chief element In the recovery of President Harding It also wss regarded re-garded hy his phvalclans as one of tha most uncertain Tha question, "Whan will the president be able in travelT" found about aa many different answers among members of tha preahlenl tal party as (here ere persona ,n ,n party. Ths physicians attending the chief executive, however, would not even yet today venture an opinion. "The president's convslearenre Is going to take time." said Hrlgadler General Charlea E, rlawyar, his chief physlcisn, but' in answer to the queation aa to how much time ail that Oeneral Hawyer would say waa: "You never elect a time to be elrM. Tou llkewlae can navaf set a time to be well." MAKES PROGRESS. One thing was certain and that was that ths president was making progress towsrd recovery at the beginning be-ginning of the day. He obtained considerable eiaep during the night, end Juet before he dropped off to sleep, Oeneraf Sawyer "took stork." as he phrssed If, and found all In. dlcatlone favorable. Among these indications wss a normal lampera-turs. lampera-turs. leas labored and more tegular tegu-lar breathing and a pule that, while still rather high, seemed to show no indications of Inrreaaing. Oeneral Sawyer had shortly he-fere he-fere drmonstrsted his own confidence confi-dence In the favorableneas of the Indications by going out for an automobile ride. The nurse. Miss Ruth Powderly. during the evening, left the hotel for the first time since the president waa brought hare Sunday. She waa directed by Mrs Harding to take a walk In the fresh air. Mrs. Harding herself, however, has not been outside the hotel since she entered it Hunrisy morning Immediately after arrlvlrg In San Frsocisco. , WARNS AGAINST HASTE. v Warning waa given by General Sawyer lest night and repeatsd by one or two of the other doctora that too rapid, recovery should not he expected. ' General Sawyer asked that It be remembered that the president still was a "sick man." and eleo that there might ba "ootne upa and downs " For these reasons. It appeared that tha physician would be reluctant to approve at this time any plan for the future with) respect either to remaining in elan Francisco or leaving the city for soma nearby place of 'quiet, or to returning to Waehington. "We have got to feet our way along." said Dr. Sawyer, and that seemed to epitomise the feeling of the other phyelrtans, Mrs. Harding and even the president himself, although he asked Dr. Sawyer yesterday if ha though It would be poaalbl to etart for Waehington Sunday. Whatever What-ever the anawer the doctor made at the time, he left no doubt' in tell-Ing tell-Ing about It later that he considered consid-ered It out of the queetion |