Show Sudden Death of President Harding in San Francisco I Warren G. G Harding president o othe of the United States Staten died Instantly In inthe tho the Palace hotel San Francisco August 2 7 30 p p. p m. m of apoplexy Just one week prior to that he suffered suffered suf sur- stomach and Intestinal trouble on his voyage from Seattle Later pneumonia developed The president and party were on the return trip from Alaska and had traveled between between between be be- tween and miles The Tho president had made GO speeches Physicians in attendance gave out the tho following statement Last spring following a long period period period pe pe- of overwork and great strain President Harding was confined to his bed with an attack of influenza which w was s followed by a few nocturnal nocturnal nocturnal nal attacks of labored breathing His recovery was slow and he had not fully regained his normal strength and health when he started out on I. I the trip to Alaska He had also had some attacks of abdominal pain and indIgestion and at times he had some pain associated wI with h a feeling of oppression in the chest For some years his systolic blood pressure had ranged around and there here was evidence of some arteriosclerosIs arteriosclerosis arteriosclerosis arterio arterio- sclerosis enlargement of the heart and defective action of or the kidneys Except for fatigue and the fact that hs his heart and blood vessels were some ome years older than the rest of his body ody he lie was in reasonably good health On the return trip from Crom Alaska lie he le had an acute gastro intestinal atack attack attack at- at tack ack associated with abdominal pain pan and nd fever ever In spite of his illness he insisted on putting through his program program program pro pro- gram of speaking in Vancouver and Seattle He had considerable difficulty dIfficulty culty in completing his hs addresses in Seattle because of weakness and paIn ain Because of this he was persuaded per- per to come directly to San Francisco Francisco Franisco Fran- Fran cisco isco and arrived at ithe the Palace hotel otel Sunday morning July 28 He dressed and walked to the automobile from the tran train Sunday evening a consultation was wag called because his temperature had risen to and his pulse and respirations were abnormally rapid The abdominal d had by this time become localized in the gallbladder gall gallbladder I bladder region but there was a general general general gen gen- eral toxemia with fever and tests Central bronchopneumonia soon developed on the left leCt side It Itt was accompanied d by br short circulatory I j tory collapses with cold sweats and aud an irregular pulse Most disturbing I 1 of all was the rapid and irregular breathing suggestive of arteriosclerosis arteriosclerosis arterio arterio- sclerosis of the brain vessels in the of the respiratory center Under treatment marked improvement improvement improvement im im- provement in the pneumonia and circulatory circulatory crI cir cr- I disturbances took place mid and a d Thursday August 2 he was free from fever and pain the acute lung condition condition condition condi condi- tion was practically gone He was resting comfortably in bed and convers conversing conversing con con- vers with Mrs Harding and General General General Gen Gen- eral Sawyer when he died instantaneously Instantaneously instantaneously without word or groan We all believe he died from apoplexy apoplexy apoplexy apo apo- or a rupture rupture of blood vessels in the axis of the brain near near the respiratory respiratory respiratory res res- center His death came after after after af af- ter recovery from the acute illness was in process It might have occurred occurred occurred oc oc- at any time One of his sisters sisters sisters sis sis- died suddenly in n the same manner man man- ner The body arrived In Washington last Tuesday and lay in state until Wednesday when it was shipped to Marion Oho Ohio the home town for burial T The e funeral services were very simple o 0 o I |