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Show ULLNES3 HALTS PRESIDENT'S TRIP COMPLICATION FOLLOW PTOMAINE PTO-MAINE POISONING. PRESIDENT PRESI-DENT CANCELS TRIP President to Return to Washington As Soon as Possible; Physicians Phy-sicians Give Hint of Heart Trouble San Francisco, Cal. I'resident Harding is a sick man. How serious is Harding's illness his physicians have not said beyond the statement issued late Sunday night saying that "new symptoms" had arisen during the' day "indicating complications in the case of the president." pres-ident." But it was regarded sufficient, ly serious to cause a cancellation of the chief executive's entire California Califor-nia program, ind to bring about a consultation into which two leading California physicians were called. Four physicians, participating in the consultation, concluded their meeting early Monday without issuing issu-ing any statement, although Brigadier Briga-dier General Charles E. Sawyer, personal physician to the president, had previously announced that a bulletin bul-letin would be made public. None of the four physicians would make a personal statement. The consultants consult-ants were General Sawyer, Dr. Hubert Hu-bert Work, Dr. Wilbur and" Dr. Cooper. The calling in of Dr. Cooper, together to-gether with other developments, indicated in-dicated that the effect of possible complications on the president's heart action was being watched carefully. care-fully. The decision to call off the California Cali-fornia program and to hold in abeyance abey-ance arrangements for the return to the Atlantic coast by way of the Panama Pan-ama canal was reached at a conference confer-ence in which Mrs. Harding, Secretary Secre-tary Work, General Sawyer and Secretary Sec-retary Christian soon after made the announcement of the change in plans, saying that the president had approved ap-proved it because he "realizes the great inconvenience imposed upon public authorities, volunteer committees commit-tees and the neonle in general by reason of uncertainty whether the program, in which he was to have participated, can be carried out." An informal statement made in connection with the formal announcement announce-ment of the cancellation conveyed the information that Mr. Harding would remain in San Francisco until he completely recovered. This was regarded re-garded by some acquainted with the executive's condition as likely to require re-quire ten" days or two weeks. |