PACE SIX
SAYS DOCTORS [
WERE MISTAKEN!
Physicians Claim the President Did
Not Die From Causes As Originally
Announced.
President Harding's physicians!
were mistaken. The President did j
not die "from apoplexy or a rupture!
of <; h ood vessel in the axis of the ;
brum near a respiratory center" as i
his physicians announced. He died
from a blood dot from & diseased
heart, knewu technically as an am- I
holism, >uys the Kansas I' ty Star.
Th.s is the pr? vailing medical op- !
in;on in Kansas City. The subject is'i
on" ?>f general discussion in everyj:
part cf the country among physic
ian>. Information n. re i.- that everywhere
the same vie?v i5 held. i,
Phy .a::.- r--"i<e<i m o?- quoted'
on the subject. It is contrary to
m edical etht publicly to criticise I
felio*v practitioners, bat they have,
decided \ ie\v: privately *>n the way'
the President's case was diagnosed!
and handled. The statement that]
follows is based on interviews with j
six medica; men, including leaders,
of the profession in Kansas City:
"How can you be certain the pres
uient's death was not caused by a
ruptured blood vessel in the brain?** i
these men were asked. '"There was
no autopsy How can you know it
was a blood clot?
"President Handing died without a
moment's warning" was the reply.
"He had spoken to Mrs. Harding.
Then he sank down and was dead. A
cerebral hemmorhage. a ruptured
blood vessel in the brain, never causes
instant death. The patient immediately
becomes unconscious but usual!?.
he lives several hours."
One physician did not want to say
ilVat death from .1 ruptured
.( - .. .1 ?vo. ivnn...^i!ilo Kilt o\-4.r
h? ha?: .wer heard ? f such a ca.he
sh? rti-.-t time between the stroke
. a death was coca by any j
the -rx vVas tnirty-fivv minute-.'
t -nc may. of wide experience could I
ecali one dea-h that took piace an
hour after the strike. Another re-,
ported two hours :i- the shortest
inn that h*. had known.
The phy-iein, - agreed t hat tbi ai
l. - invaria' caaof sudden
death ;s i blood e'ot from the heart
l! it i.- a small edoi it may lodge m
an artery in the .leu and cause car-;
_ < it my ?* * .
aiva ami be m&talr.en foi pneumonia. 1
If it ii a iaric- clot it nv.y block a
main a:?ei> The? tile eiivulath i t
Stopped ami the patient simply winka!
out.
Another possibility is the sudden
stopping of an overtaxed heart muscle.
*1 ii: a physician who ha.- .-oe>.
several death* from this cause .-aid
that i;- no case did the end ?. niv.-ixho'i:
distinct warning iastii seme
little time.
"Was an ihcorrect diagnosis respur.-ii?ie
for the Pesiuent'.-. death?"
wa- .1 que-tion asked > ? ea n ... t ?
phys.ciai:-. Coiild have la be on
jffflWfig rhe ?>** i>aa uiuwrStood
. . r; i v . .' < o?;id any *!...
m? :. have i bed him?'*
"N. and yes." was the ,v-w.-r.
*A. San Erancisco i1 probably waLoo
late t i -.iv.' him. Tiro i? no j
mon In p for an than There
is for a cerebral hemorrhage IVheiVi
you are dealing with a had ht a : the
only way T<- help it is By iv?: :?vag _
before it gets into the filial stages in'
the Pin sid-mi* s ondition a.- revealed i
by the bulletins, in* ought never to j
have heeit allowed to go on the trip.
Certainly hiss illness in Kansas City;
should nave beer, a warring to cail
the trip on. That \va> the time to
save his life."
"liere is tm. general picture." a
composite statement of these men
won hi say "hated on the official bulThe
Prsuint. u ar told had a
touch of kidney trouble a blood pressure
of 180, and hardening of the ar:<
rivs. He was considerably over the
normal weight. All these conditions
put an abnormal strain on the hear,
rid we should expect to rind his heart
itigned and eh 1 urged. In fact a bultin
after his oeath mentioned heart,
ymptoir.s that had been evident since
his attack of influenza last spring.
"Perhaps it is being wise after the
event, but the condition was such
that the President was taking a serious
risk in undertaking so strenuous
a trip. It would have been hard
on a *eil man and Mr. Harding was
not well. Any ordinary patient with
these symptoms would have been
cautioned by his physician to take
care of himself and avoid strain.
Certainly the situation called for a
close watch on the President and for
the abandonment of the trip as soon
as the heart showed itseif laboring
under the strain.
"That there was such evidence is
indicated by informal reports that
Mr. Harding complained of fatigue
and of his failure to recuperate.
"On the return voyage from Alaska
he had an attack which was reported
as 'ptomaine poisoning. We
were less concerned in the symptoms
of a touch of intestinal indigestion
than we were in the unmistakable
heart symptoms that were reported.
1*1'ifti'rV&riifihii ? ...... . ^
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At Seattle the President was barely
ible to finish his address because of
wart fatigue.
Mr. Hardin? is taken to San
r>aa?5eo. It is announced that he
s recovering from his intestinal at- ,
:ack when a slight pneumonia sets (
-.. Possibly this was a correct diag-1
osis It cannot be disputed at long
distance. But in view of the heart1
-iruation and of what happened later'
lure is a strong chance thai the j
pneumonia symptoms were rvalr. !
those of a blood clot in the lungs.
;i led technically an 'infare:
"Next it is announced that the'
t ?.e>?uvu'. vi? ??/
temperature but ht still ha- a rapid'
hea". In combination with hi- history
and what had gone before that
should have been a danger ..-n.nl.
But ;t seems to have been ign red.
Then death comes without waning,
ar.d the bulletin sa/:t co h?*n
rhe President was rvcov.-nn; t.oni
his acute iilaes.-; that it was <1 to
'apoplexy or rupture of a blood v<?s- j
.? * i in * h axis of *he brain n ur the!
resj irat try i ter,' and that it might
'have oc' irrr-.-d at any time* infer- *
ring" that i: had no connection with
his illness
The illness on the return from Maspea
was heart trouble. It was the be- !
grinning of the end. The Prevalent
was rot 'in the process of recovery"
from an acute illness when he dietT^j
His heart was showing symptoms of
its dangerous condition. He did not
di from apoplexy or a cerebral hemorrhage.
He died from a blood clot
from the heart that stopped th- circulation
if was not something that
might occurred al any time It
was something directly brought on \
by the strain of the trip on a man j
in his weakened condition/"
Not a'.'. >1 them would express j
f.emse'ves - ;> vigorously iir.pi&d
criticism ?f thy-- i:. : r.arge * he
ca-- a- th'.s >:i indie.;: - hut
'he;, wor? it .-.l" i ni- t on * hWa-l:
!K hat causes a Mood c!ot bpit. as
v ' i th? Pre -i.k r.t- lit".
ne pny>.c:an was a>kc i.
He exp'ain-. >i I hat a dilated and
feebly ar'.uc heart with - de wails ,
!\ ughen-d by disease was a favor-1
rode puwe fi)t' the Meed to c.-agu-j
late. ' are apt to form av.uust
Me side < f ih?- nails of tile chamber:
--the left ventricle.
Then a fragment ?>f the coagulated
hh.'oa breaks off and is expelled from
she heart' into the blood stream. If
it is large i nough to block an artery
it ath is itr.mediate
H.?w did u happen that -cmpt -ms I
I nLarded by physicians as ot?V; as ^
-hoitld have escaped the atTtntior. : j
the men called in to attend the piv>ier.t"
On this subject there was
general reluctance to speak.
Mr. Harding's personal physician'
one or the medical men said **vv;
u warm personal friend of long star
lit- \va - 'K'MUr'l .?> tP.0 f\
uent. but is not a man whose train<!iiT
ami i. xpori'-iua would be thoup
' .pm.ifv him to *ako 'wjiree of ;
important c;?m The naval doctor
atit-mlariCf. ha had a limited evp
The two preside r.s oi the A
v'luar Medic--.! \.--?o< ...: on who >ye<
ailed in as i a:..: :- ire dist.
gulc-hed . bid <Uive bt-cq out
.._'tiVv pra rice for years. l? .
Work fiizridoi a >ar.i'ariuni for nn- ATHi
uiscCiSi'S ill the 'A"t
has been so busy .n polities ths.:
h? ha- l'vt-f. hainrar of his Sta
Committee, : aucnai committeeman,
and a cab met oti.cer. IV. Wilbur lias
Peen a uni\er.-.l> president tor tht
past seven years swampw with adnuTiistraii"\
details I know little about
the tilth consultant. Dr. Cooper,
hut I believe he is a man of excellent
standing. 1 do r.?.t know how much
j he had to say ..'-out the Fresident's
ca a-. ;
However, n >body could have saved
his life :r. San Francisico. The
charee :?.> save it was in Washington.
That chance was overlooked."
Fourth Class Postmaster Examination.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an examination
to be held at West Jefferson
X. C. on October 5, 1923 as a result
of which it is expected to make cerfTleation
to till a contemplated vacj
ancy v* the position a^ fourth class
: postmaster at Brownwood.
; and other vacancies as they may oci
cur at that othce unless it shall be
, decided in the interests of the ser:
vice to fill any vacancy by reinstate
The compensation of the postmas|
ter at this office was $536 for the last
liscs^ year.
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FIVE ACRE TRACT NEAR HIGHWAY
AND TRAINING SCHOOL
FOR SALE. H. W. HORTOxV.
.
?
} THE WATMJ
FARMER GOT NEWS
BEFORE CITY FOLK
THIS TIME, BY RADIO
Bine* radio started to squalls*
thiols in the matter of keeping
folks posted as to what's going on.
tanners hare not only been placed
on the same tooting with city
dwellers, but on occasion thoy
bare eren "beat em to it." Ooe?
such cnae occurred oo the ereniog
of July 4. when a party of city
men, returning from an automobile
trip iu the Adirondack*, began to
speculate on how the Dempsey- !
GibboQs prise fight resulted.
Passing a farm and noticing that
there was a radio antenna
otrotcbed between the house and
the barn, the* stooDed to inquire it
any news had been recelred. Ths
farmer was found just coming In
! from tho barn He listened to
their Question calmly, and irnrn^
j dlately answered. "Deropsey won
on points."
He had beard the report of tho
fight aa broadcast by WGY, the
General Electric Company's station
at Schenectady. N. Y.?and he
bad got the news as quickly as
anyone in the United 3tate9. E^en
the metropolitan newspaper offices
lid not hare it any sooner.
BEST ENERGY IS
POWER LINE KIND j
Agricultural Engineer Says This
Sort Gives Farms Volume of
Power Needed.
IS FLEXIBLE SERVICE, TOO
Steadily the trend of electrical deTelopm.st
in the United States Is
reaching out to embrace the aneleetnv
d rural sections and the great
farming ar as. according to C. A
Atherton. chairman of the power lines
committee of the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers. Mr. Atherton,
who is in *l e engineering department
of the Oen. . al Electric Company's National
Lamp Work?, is positive that
the various difficulties new retarding
the extension of electric transmission
line. istdgSfa.rating districts by eiectri
light trad power companies! will be
successfully met.
"American farms." he sail, following
the recent annual convention cf
the National Electric Light Associa11
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horse and cattle s
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and all to gain. W
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big carniva:
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WAGON ENTEI
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St ' Great interest
ball that will be ]
tvveen the countic
the question of tl
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REMEMBER
the War?$1.00
i UP
25 cents. SEPT
G X DEMOCRAT
1 1 W
lion, "to low using three buadr.Mi
thousand isolated aloe trie 'ight aorl
power plants. Such plants will probably
always be used la the more remote
districts. But It Is ouly natural
that what the farmer realty wants Is !
the convenient, flexible and less limit
ed service from the big city power
houses.
Farming a Big Industry
The electrical Interests kemselve*
want to know how far electricity can
be economically carried Into the rural
districts. Farming is the biggest and
most important industry In every
country. Not only does it employ
more people, but It use* more power
than any other. It Is coainarable In
size with general manufacturing of
all commodities
"Undoubtedly the chief factors In
creating the present strong demand
for electricity on the farm are the
g-.>wing realization of the labor savins
which may be effected for the farmer's
wife and a newly awakened
p-ide in having the moat up-to-date
living conditions. Vet the part of
electricity In the industry of agriculture
la by no mean* sinal-. only there
must be adequate farm machinery for
electrical application.
Electrified farm machinery must
b? quite different from the heavy
farm machinery of the past, intended
f ir use a few hours each year, and
then allowed to stand without atten
tlon until the next season. It must be
made small, efficient, probably operating
at i higher speed, and must be automatic.
v
Division of the Energy
"It must be arranged so that each
morning the raw material may be ted
In. a switch turned aDd without mors
attention the finished material piled
or stored automatically. An entire
process with such a machine 'might
consume several weeks, demanding a
quarter horsepower to do what formerly
took four or fire men and as'.xtr
horsepower steam engine two days
to do.
"But sixty horsepower, two days a
yvax. Is very Impractical and unprintable
on an electrical line, whereas
e cht weeks of a quarter horsepower
is quite practical tnd may be made a
profitable part of the producing equipment
of the farm."
Better Than the Mine Mule
In a Wyom ng coal mine there is an
electrical mine locomotive that Is still
g. '.ng strong after 27 years. It was
built bv the Thomson-Houston Elec
trie Company, predecessors of the
General Electric Comprny, and lias
ha--lied 2.712.500 ton3 of coal an average
of 1.6 miles. Many a mule has
go;e to a quiet grave in that period,
fc? aules may come and mules may
g<\ but in electric locomotive goes all
the time.
TWELFTH A?
NSON
RGER THAN EVER B!
i oitu Trim
i uiii, i tun,
in all Departments. No
talis and all livestock. Brii
rite for Catalogue
L?NO IMMORAL SHC
IONS IN FRONT OF Tf
)N ASCENSION WITH 1
TRICK HOUSE" WOR!
TTAINERS
tnd Concerts in front of t
LL.
is being manifested by t
i . 1 1 1
played during the three d
;s of Ashe and Watauga <
le Championship.
THE DATES?Tickets
for three days ticket; 50 <
EMBER 12, 13, and 14.
iMBam
Reginald Denny
flv W
Popular Reginald Denny, the
"movie" star, was born in the MidSands
of England 32 years ago. He
stands six feet two and is a naturalborn
boxer. We is married. During
the war he served with the British
flying corps and was champion heavyweight
of his brigade. Hs has been
seer. In some of the leading pictures.
Kthel should wear sn agate if she
wishes happiness and success. According
to Its promise. It will bring her
the desire of her heart, give her courage
and a dauntless will. Thursday is
her lucky day and 4 her lucky number.
The wild rose Is her flower.
<C *?r th* WhHltr Syndicate. Inn.)
O
A LINE 0' CHEER
|| By John Kendrtck Bangs.
THE PLAYFUL ?KIES
k, r~ry i\-"-cy clo'itfa tbat ape'.1*! ft
ft [ by nl*ht ft
ft -IJivo mo a loiiK-for^ol de- 8
8 l!?M 8 ;
I s> For. as they sail ilon* th?? blue. K
Is The in-rry stare play "peek-a- ft
8 boo* ft I
ft K:*M merrily ft
8 With m?. 8
I And even though I reap but ft
K'on - i l!tll? child I laugh. ft :
And childish lauphter n-?** and 8 1
then 8
Is mighty good for worried men 8
i J> l.y Mi Clare N?wapnper Syr.1 IcaIa ) ft
4NUAL EVENT
CO.
SFORE IN ITS HISTOR'
SEPTEMBER 1
entry fees charged to an\
11 g all your exhibits; you h
3WS OR GAMBLING W!
-IEGRANDSTAND; HIG
DOUBLE PARACHUTE
n uirtw ni\/rrR A\in
?. is 1 uvji A * *_i v i i ty
he grandstand by high cl
he people as to the result o:
ays of the fair to settle thf
Counties, North Carolina.
?Same as before the war
Cents one day; Children
SEPTEMBER 6, 1923 ,
n=ri
I Sense JOHN W A KT 11 j
VOIR LEISURE HOURS
T" IKK N machine, you ou'.y rust
*?' while you ar*? idle, ltest Is nwesairy.
Idleness is not.
Ideas come of'enest In your leisure
hours. By making use of thes? hours,
not only for rest itnd recreation, hut
fcr thought, you may make them the
noHt valuable part or your life This i
is particularly true of men who are
employed upon tasks which require
more attention than Inventiveness.
There Is much tedious work to be
(lone In the world. Once th*? motion*
are learned there Is nothing to do but
follow them. Day after day It Is tin*
same thing over again, till the mind
becomes numb and the heart sick with
sheer weariness.
If you have this kind of a Job, you
will have to Jo most of your think lug
In your hours of leisure. It is then
that your brain, relieves! of the strain
of constant attention to a tin to.drum
Job. will be at Its best.
It Is then that you will hare t'me to
read?to think, to consider the future
and what you mean to do In it.
Even the dultoet duties can be done
better by a thoughtful man than by
an unthinking one.
But If you are engaged on?we will '
wy?a commonplace bookkeeping Job, |
yon will have no time to figure out I
better waya of working while yon are
bent over your desk with your pen In
your haud.
Your attention will be wholly consumed
by the labor. When the labor
Is done for the day?when you can
look at It from a distance?you will,
begin to get more light on it.
Lucky is the mnn whose Job Is a
constant Incentive to thought. The
engineer, the painter, the writer, can
think us he works, and his mind grown
with each day's task well done.
But such places in life :ir?* few.
Most of us must do the dally grind as
cheerfully as we can. and when the
whistle blows or Sunday morning
dawns, think how we are going to get'
i! better Job.
Keereanon. exercise ihitn are nec-i
esKury. Play is ?s* useful .t* work.
Hut nowadays e.very man has more
leisure than he needs f??r play, ff hei
employs it intelligently it may become
mere important than nil his workingj
hours.
Be systematic about the use of your
leisure. Read !n It, study in it. thlnl:
In it. And it is more than likely that'
the habit of thought you thus develop'
will carry you out of the tut to the
1 threshold of fortune
V 1
12, 13, 14 |
|bj
exhibitor. Free
1 * 1 ik;
ave nothing to lose s-p
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LL be ALLOWED
H CLASS ACRO.
LEAPS; DON'T jp
FAMOUS "HAY- p
ass uniform Brass
f the games of base sgl
; championship be- =?]
these games settlin |p
, during and after |Jj
over six years old El
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