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The Omaha M< irning Bee ^”1»' than* in temperature. **“ *** ^ That nothing with t.od ran he acct - * --- "" — - ■ denial. CITY EDITION , V0L. 53-NO. 198. OMAHA. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1924. •» TWO CENTS «■ £ET.«,,,‘- V w-d>"arlh w*- J - — 1 ■ -By Mail (1 Year): Dally and Sunday, $6: Sunday, 12.50, wlltaln tha 4th aone. Outalda the 4th Zona (1 Year): Daily and Sunday, >12; Sunday only, Q5._______ * _ - - ■ ■ ■ 1 ■■ ■ -■— i .—i ... ~~ f iE OF DEATH - --9 - Doherty Paid McAdoo $250,000 • __ ■ ■■ ' ■ ■ ■■ '■ "* 1 ~*~ 1 * ■■■■■■■ ■ —1 Hired Him and Others as Counsel Ollier Members of Democratic Cabinet Later on Payroll, Magnate Says—McAdoo to Testify. Gregory Not to Take Case Washington, Feb. 1.—A new sensation was sprung this afternoon in the naval oil scandal when E. L. Doheny, multimillionaire oil king re vealed he had employed on a wholesale scale, ex-members of presidential cabinets to act as consel for his various oil in terests. While the committee room sat stunned, Doheny calmly recited how he had employed William G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury Thomas W. Gregory, former attorney-general; Franklin K. Lane, former secretary of the Interior and Lindley M. Gar rison, former secretary of war. f By Associated Preen. l-ios Angeles, Feb. 1.—William G. McAdoo, candidate for the democratic presidential nomination, late today telegraphed Senator Walsh of the senate committee investigating Do heny anil Sinclair oil leases, asking that arrangements be made for him to appear Ltfore the committee. ' Mr. McAdoo's telegram to Senator Walsh piloted the statement he al ready* had Issued relative to E._ L. Dohcny's testimony as to Mr. Mc Adoo's legal relutions with the Do heny oil companies. In conclusion he stated that as he .was leaving for Washington tomor row on account of the illness of his father-in-law, Woodrow Wilson, he hoped he would he able to testify at Hi? senatorial Investigation and ask h] the senator to make (Arrangement* for his appearance. Mr. and Mrs. McAdoo today 'had planned to depart for the national capital tonight but found that they could not “arrange to leave until morning." By I nitfrMil Hcrrice. Washington, Feb. 1.—Wiliam G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury under President Wilson has for five years been in the employ of E. L. Doheny, oil magnate and Doheny has thus far paid him a total of J2SO.OOO for his legal services. The senate committee investigating the oil lease scandals today heard this testimony given by Doheny, under investigation on suspicion of listing given h bribe of $100,000 to ex Score tary of Ihe Interior Albert B. Fall for granting to Doheny’s oil company a lease to take the oil out of the navy's reserve in California. Doheny further testified that he employed McAdoo because of his in fluence over the democratic admlnls □ rat Ion, of which he had just been a art. Gregory One of Counsel. The McAdoo revelation was the (Umax of a series of amazing dis closures made by the petroleum mag nate In a guileless, matter-of-fact way. Before Doheny finished. he had splashed with nil both the Wilson and Harding cabinets and thrown the blot of oil money over the names of former Secretary of the Navy Dun ids; George Creel, head of President Wilson's bureau of propaganda; ex Secretary of the Interior r,ane; ex As sistant Secretary of the Interior Cot ter; p.v-Secretary of War Llndley M. Garrison and ex Attorney General Gregory, just chosen by President i oolidge to conduct an Impartial tn vestlgatlon of the Doheny anil Sin clair oil leases. Astonishment Is expressed I hat President Coolldge, before appoint big Gregory, did not ascertain his oil con nections with Doheny In Mexico. It Is considered remarkable tlint Gregory himself did not triform the president of this fact, to save the chief execu tive from Ills present embarrassment. Produces Fall Note. At the very opening of Ihe hear ing. Doheny produced from Ills pocket book the missing note which Fall in December, 11*21, gave him for Ihe "loan" of $100,000. The signature of the note was torn off and Doheny said he could not find It either In New York nr I<os Angeles. He testi fied that he had this note In his pocket on Thursday of last week, When he Informed the committee that was In New York or Isis Angeles. The specialists appointed by the i cmnnlttee loot Thursday to examine I’nll report him able to testify and Ik* I* Vummonrrl for tomorrow morn In;*. Ho Imh toM hin frUnde li^> will fell flip whole ♦ ruth now, no matter where it etrikee. Creel Says Doheny Advanced $5,000 for Leasing Oil Land. By A »«<><■ in ted Tress. New York, Feb. 1.—CJeorge Creel, bead of the bureau of public informa tion at Washington in President Wil son's administration, whose name was menliotied by E. I>. Doheny in the senate oil lease Investigation today, issued the following statement. •'In late November, l‘J20, 1 was vis ited by Deo J. Stack, an old-time ftenver friend of mine, lie said that lur was in the oil business—an inde pendent—and had a plah in connec tion with tho Wyoming naval reserve. As he made it clear, the incoming re publican administration with Senator Fall, as secretary of the interior, meant to turn over most of the Wyoming and California reserves to private interests. “Since this was bound to be the case, why not have them go to a company that would give the navy a fair bargain and the best possible royalty terms?" He offered me an advance of $5,000 to associate myself with him and I accepted. "I gave considerable time to the plan and we went to Washington and made repeated calls upon both Secretary Daniels and his adviser. Secretary Daniels’ position remained the same throughout. He did not doubt that the naval reserves were going to be turned over to private exploitation by the incoming repub lican administration, but he was re solved that neither word nor act of his should lend countenance to any such procedure. "Some weeks later, while in Wash ington, I met Mr. Doheny in a hotel lobby and be made haste to inform me that the $5,000 advanced by Stack had been Doheny money. The news was an unpleasant shock, for never at any time had Stack mentioned Doheny’s name, and I withdrew at one© from all connection with the affair." Daniels Denies He Favored Leasing of Oil Reserves By Associated Prm. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 1.—Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy, tonight declared that state ments made by E. E. Doheny today testifying before the senate commit tee investigating the Teapdt Dome leases to the effect that he had dur ing his administration favored the Standard Oil company and other pros pective leases of oil reserves, were "without foundation." Mr. Daniels added that ‘‘Mr. Doheny would have a hard time con vincing the Standard Oil company that I favored them.” He said that the only kind of leasing he had favored was to prevent the loss of naval oil by wells adjacent to naval reserves. He asserted that he had declined to densider a proposition for leasing the oil reserves to two oil men whom George Creel had told him wished to lease them. He said also that the records showed "that though there were applications to lease oil re serves, not one was made to anybody in my administration." Slayer of Detective Views Body “That's the Man," Admits (innman—Ordered Held for Trial by Coroner's Jury. Woman Witness Missing Joe Guzcweeo, known to police as Joe Dunn, slayer of Detective Frank Auglie, viewed the body of the dead detective at the Brailey and Dorrance undertaking establishment during the inquest yesterday, and admitted that “that's the man.’’ He was ordered held for trial in district court in connection with the slaying. Paul Steinwender, deputy county attorney, who conducted the inquest, said lie will be charged with first degree murder. The room was filled with patrolmen and detectives, friends of the slain man. Tell of Struggle. fteteetlves who wpre with Auglie at the time he was shot, testified to the circumstances of their entering the drug store at Sixteentli and llliams streets W'here the shooting occurred, and of Aughe's struggle with Guze wesc after the latter attempted to shoot his way to freedom. The only new feaure of the incident brought out at the Inquest was the fact that Detective William Davis fired one shot during the melee. It developed that police have been unable to find a woman who was in the store at the time of the shooting, with a baby in her arms, and upon whom the state has been depending to base a great deal of its case against Guzewesc. Hearing Probably Monday. Preliminary hearing probably will be held Monday in municipal court. Guzewesc, on the stand, denied the testimony of detectives that he cried out “Stick 'em up. or I’ll kill you.” "I didn't intend to kill anybody,” he said. His answers to questions continued to be evasive. He even declined to admit that he had killed any one until he was shown Aughe's body. He ap peared unmoved. Dr. S. McCleneghan, coroner's phy sician. testified that the bullet which killed the detective enteredehelow the heart and took a downward course, piercing the Intestines. He also re ceived a wound in the thigh. The other bullets passed through his over coat. Guzewesc was taken back to Cen tral station under heavy guard/ Resume Work on Capitol. Lincoln, Feb. 1.—Exterior work on the new state capitol has been re sumed with the return of tHe thaw ing weather. The laying of stone in the paxaphet Is now In progress. SUNNY SIDE UP Sentence of banishment has been pronounced. No more after this morn ing will this department be found staring you In the face from the front page. Over It goes to the edi torial page, there to nil* and mingle with the possessors of the elevated domes of thought. Opinions differ as to the reasons for the change. You are at liberty to roll your own. We have no opinion of our own concern ing the mutter. It js of small mo ment to us so long as the route is unchanged to the caged-in depart ment presided over by the charming young lady who so deftly thumbs those attractive hits of paper between 3 and 4 p. m. each recurring Satur day. A "Thirty Years Ago Today" de partment in an out sinte exchange recalls that Madison county farriers were petitioning Governor Orounse to call a special session of the legisla ture to deal with the Russian thistle. Governer Orounse refused, but the next legislature passed a drastic law. Today' the Russian thistle Is held In high regard as cattle feed. There was *a time when sweet clover was considered a dangerous pest. Charley Hall, an editorial brother, writes that lie likes all but the head over tlijp stuff. He prefers his eggs turned over. We do not wonder at his taste In eggs. There are those who prefer their breakfast fried. Con tinning. Itrcr Hall admits that lie Is old enough to recall when he was pulling a Washington hand press In those departed days when a scuttle of real suds could lie purchased for a nickel. Those were the days of the good $2 a-tlnv hotel, and of the 25 cent meal, pie Included. We also re member when a request for a bundle of old papers left him wondering whether the pantry shelves needed new covering or the hustle had lost Its contour. Charley threatens to guide me tc a food dispensary sonic day . so that while storing away the fodder we may gossop of the old days and See What We Tan Do About It. He i* dared to undertake it. •'Anonymous.” Thanks for the [correction. Horry to learn of your bad spell. Hope it is not worse than' dome in your letter. All will be for given. however, if you make good on that 92.601915 proposition. You have groused our curiosity. Urbane and scholarly gentleman sitting at the typewriting maghine over to the left, suggests that this department goes over to the editorial page so that habitual readers may se cure by contrast a comprehensive knowledge of just how good 'I he Bee’s editorials really are. _> In I he interests of historical accui acy, we are impelled to make public the fact that Walter W. Head once Nil tig second tenor in the Plattshurg (Mo.) mole quartet. Apologies to the efficient firemen. Awoke nt 2 a. m., and spent several long minutes pronouncing anathema upon Hie gol swinked Individual who hnd driven his auto under my window and left the engine running and tie* cut-out open. Discovered upon aris ing for a Int• breakfast that It wasn’t mi auto, hut the fire engine pumping the whole Missouri river Into the Knod < ’enter fire. Have asked the Recording Angel for a reconsidera tion. Perhaps it Is permissible to say st this time that when Mosaic gets back to Kansas lie will stand hitched until all possible Information is extracted "Buck and Ball’’ used to ipake a pretty good team. "Buck" has Just retired after long service ns chairman of the hoard of governors of Ak Har Ren. but only because he 1m compelled to do so by pressure of other bus! iiesu. lie Is succeeded by a good tins” quite capable of pulling th‘ load But, of course. "Buck" will ■ I ways be nn hand when the press „ung foregathers at the stockyards. W. M, M. $ Wonder if She Ever Regrets Her Divorce and Hasty Remarriage t rV ciwtucy 77 Bank Messengers Held Up; $100,000 in Checks Taken Des Moines Bandits Pounce on Employes at Alleyway— No Cash in Loot Taken. Des Moines, la.. Feb. 1'Two bank messengers were held up st an alley ivay In the business district here this morning and robbed of a. satchel con talnlng approximately $100,000 In :hecks. No cash was obtained. Judge From Sioux City May I’reside on Bluffs Bench Federal Judge Stevens of Sioux City probably will preside at the Feb ruary term of federal court In Coun ril Bluffs, which convenes February 26. Judge Martin J. Wade has been in California for several months, as a result of ill health. Church Founder Honored. By Associated I’rrss. Yankton. S. D., Feb. 1.—Achieve ments of Dr. Joseph • Ward, actual rounder of the Congregational church In South Dakota in 1869, were Im mortalized here today In a ceremony In which the Yankton Woman's club presented to the state gallery at Pierre an oil portrait of the pioneer. Dr. Ward also founded Yankton academy In 1S72 and Yankton colleg" in 1 SSI. Married in Council Bluffs Ths rollimlnif i.sisens .iblnln.il mar ring” I If#* ii *c n in Council Bluff* )e*tcrd«\ Henry BtuniHti "inHlm Alice Bo'idler, Odnr Bluff*. Neb I * William Kaplaer. 1.1»• bfl-ld. NHi Mu be I Kllllon. <lr*nd Inland. \”b John Mar well, Offer Itapid* Neb T« Laurelm Chamber* I’blcago. Ill l> I*. Sullivan Omaha ’ i Manu Van ri**V«\ Omaha ......... 0 John I’oiicr. Omaha . . .... ... . 4.! Mnrln Hennlater. Omaha . 4f, Wlllinm Wanner Omaha 40 Kalelle Luce, Omaha .... ;.7 j ■ 1 . ■ ■ ■" ■■■■ —-. —" , What do Motion Picture Actors Think? What do They do? An Intimate story of the life of the si-ri-rn folk begins today In The Omaha Morning Bee. "Behind the Screen," by Sam (toldwyn, is a story of the people seen on the screen in every community. It is written by a man who knows conditions and paints them ns they arc Farm Relief Put Up to Financiers as Emergency Action Is Delayed Iff P. C. POWEL1+ UA-hmclon Correspondent The Omalm Bee Washington, Feb. 1.—Monday# February 4, may ha a great day for tha farmers. And again, It may not. It all depends upon tha philan thropic condition of tha heart strings of tha railroad presidents, bankers, and others summoned to Washing ton to attend a so-called farmers' con ference by Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, arranged through the president. An investigation has divulged, that under the plan for the conference as outlined by Secretary Hoover, those things emphasized by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace for relief of farmers, namely methods whereby they could obtain higher prices for their crops and get out of debt, is not the subject for primary consid oration. That very important part of a program, for farm relief isn't contemplated under the present plan fop the conference, although it is possible some of the bankers and railroad men may inject higher prices through agriculture relief measures as a paramount need in seeking per manent relief. Appeal to Financier*. The principal purpose of the con ference. it is stated on good author ity. is to appeal to financial Intcrefta of the country, so largely represent ed at the conference. These Interests are to be asked to go directly to hanks and Insurance companies and loaning agencies and ask them to extend loans for an indefinite*|*rlod to farmers who cannot pay. The question of Interest on these notes may be discussed. Again, It may not. In many quarters, it Is hoped that large bankers Invited will volunteer tn mjno their Influence in • lilting interest rates on extended m 'c*j of farmers. Among railroad men, will be Carl Cray. Hale Holden, and other presi dents of western lines It may he possible they w ilk be re quested, pending rate readjustments for farmers ho wheat and other crop* can be shipped to waterways as < heapl.v as In Canada, to take an in terest in the banking business. In fart, they may be nuked to purchase additional stock In banks in tht middle west and thus Increase bank capitalization, relieving strain on mid •lie western bunking institutions Kcllef Measures rushed. Meantime, every effort—1» being made bv the l>epwrtmont of Agrlcul tine to expedite relief measures it believes most neces*ni\ for farm ers, such as a higher wheat tariff. Ic4|iiatc legislation to provide foreign markets and bolding grain for prices • hove the cm t of pioduetion The pepartment of Agrti ullmv i t •king I no hntid in preparing or outlining s V I program for the so-called farmers conference of next Monday, although some of its representatives may be on hand In an effort to impress on hankers and railroad men the need of higher prices, with a higher tariff and readjusted freight rates rather than extended credit as the para mount and most essential detail in solving the problem of the American farmer. Also, the plan to use surplus wheat fo- relief In Germany may be consid ered. Liquor Makers Suspend Work Manufacture of liquor in Omaha has been stopped temporarily, due to the high price of sugar, according to announcement Friday morning front a bootlegger whose name was garbled in transmission. The report states that the industry has suspended In anticipation of an expected drop in price. The Day in Washington • K. I-. Dohenjr, oil operator, be fore the senate oil committee, named four former democratic cabi net member* a* having been con nected with oil enterprises after they left the cabinet. The house adopted the W aJ*h resolution calling for annulment of oil lease*. \ drastic* immigration hill was reported hi tile house immigration committee Henry Ford’s Muscle shoals of fer was reported to the house by its inilitat) committee. Senator Oddle, repaid loan, Nr xmla, expressed dissatisf action at wlmt he rhnractcriied a* “failure" of Hired or Hines “to clean house" in the veterans' bureau. The senate oil committee was in formed by it* own i»ln sic Ians that Xlbert Fall I* able to appear, and summoned him for tomorrow. Secretary Mellon Informed Rep rcsentative tiarner. democrat, Texa*. that the democratic tax plan would cause a greater loss to the gox eminent than flic Mellon plan. i The White House indicated that the selection of Tlioma* W tireg ory as oil counsel might l*e can celed as a result of the testimony of K. L Dolirny. nie State department announced that the American ami Canadian go\ eminent* had entered into an agreement destined to curb tliir\ cry along the border. ) “Ready to Go,” He Says as Doctor Tells Him No Hope ot Living Longer | Family of War Executive and Physicians Realize Sudden Change for Worse Means Demise—Patient Regains Slight Strength After Day of Weary Fighting Against Great Odds. Still Conscious, Though Losing Ground in Night My \svxiatpd I’re^x. Washington, Feb. 1.—Former President Wilson has “gradually lost ground,” his physicians said in a bulletin issued at 10 :20 p. m. The bulletin follows: Mr. Wilson’s temperature is normal. Respiration. 20; pulse, 96. He has gradually lost ground. He has no pain. “Our chief present concern is to insure a restful night.” Dr. Grayson told newspaper men that the former presi dent was conscious. Washington, Feb. 1.—Woodrow Wil son is fighting against death at close quarters. With a tenacity born of the old in domitable spirit that carried him through so many desperate battles in the momentous days of Jiis service in the White House, he clung to life tonight after those about him had all but abandoned hope of his recov ery. By nightfall he had snatched back a little of the strength that had ebbed away in the earlier hours, but his con dition remained grave and the watch ers at his bedside realized how in significant a turn for the worse it v.ould take to snuff out the flicker ing flame of his earthly being. As the evening hours passed the broken remnant of his vitality reached the stage in which both friends and physicians were powerless to do more than hope for the best. No one knew at what moment the supreme crisis might come, or w beth el he again would emerge victorious. Death Matter of Hours. A conviction lay upon all of those closest ahout him. however, that even should he live to see the day, the end would be only a question of hours. The immediate cause of his relapse was a minor derangement which first appeared Monday. In the beginning it was not in itself alarming, but It was enough to undermine the slender and tottering support by which his vitality haa been sustained since ling ering illness first took a grip upon him four years and four months ago. He took a sudden serious turn in the early hours of today, and ever since has lain between life and death. While the great personages or Washington and the lowliest of hi* followers far and near were pouring in a flood of messages of sympathy or calling at his home to express their ccncern, he spent the long hours of the day and night sleeping fitfully and awaking to speak in faint whis pers to those who were with him. Fights Grim Battle. During the afternoon he was able to take some nourishment, his heart seemed a trifle stronger: his mind re roained for the most part clear and alert: he suffered somewhat, but bore i* stoically. The sinking sun and the twilight hours saw him still fight ing, hut there were- do signs that en couraged his physicians to believe that a material change for the bet ter was In prospect. He himself understood that the bat tle through w-hich lie was passing, probably would bo his last. • I'm ready," he said to his friend and physician. Dr. Grayson. "You ve done all you could. I am a broken machine. It's better that I should go than remain a helpless Invalid.” Mrs. Wilson, who has been his con stant companion since his long 111 ness began, remained silent at his bedside as the battle went on. Mis* Margaret Wilson of New York, the former president's daughter, and Jo seph Wilson of Baltimore, his broth er. joined her late In the day. Other members of the family also have l een summoned by telegraph. Grayson l ailed Front South. The digestive trouble that led to the present grave condition resulted ft t in some Injudicious choice of food taken Monday. Dr. Grayson was In North Carolina on a hunting trip, but Mrs. Wilson sent f--r him because out of her long experience with the deli etc constitution of the former prrsi dent she saw there might be real danger ahead. Meantime, Dr. Sterling KufTin. who had helped care for Mr. Wilson in the White House, made an examination and prescribed a course of treatment. When he reached Washington v'-> terday Dr. Grayson found the patient up ami around the house, although he hud canceled hi* daily automobile rides. The physician ordered him to bed. hut there were further stomach upsets, accompanied by a violent bleeding at the nose, bo rapidly had tbc new complica Hon developed that Dr Grayson spent The Weather i f'or r I hour*, fndtng p n ^#hru • ry l 1 rnt|H rnfurr ll.jthoat. 6.; :■> melt 4' nor mal. * fottl AvflrlHit'i x * . .• January 1 i ft^ IVarlptfaf ton. Ini'hr* and II umirrdt l>% Total, rt Total alnrr Janu.n> I o»*S. ueficiatH'i m* llonih 11'Hiiifi aturr* Sam it i p i i IT Sum *9 2 p m it tarn Sft ipm hi y » m -ft f tv in ft a ip .Si «v p m |j tft a m 1? * p m t I I H lit 4 1 p III 13 Uuyt% . . . . 46 4pm 43 last night at the Wilson home anil toward morning he found symptoms that told him an alarming situation was likely. Soon afterward Mr. Wii b< n sufOred a sudden collapse, and at 9 this morning, tig- doctor sum- . moned other medical aid and an nounced that the former presidents condition was “very serious.", "\uu have done the beM could.” said Mr. Wilson to Dr. (tray son just before he fell asleep. "But I'm a broken machine.” • Then he added with a rail} of his waning strength: “But I’m ready.” \t noon >|r. Wilson had rallied a little, but there was no material change in his condition. He was fully conscious and in a faint voice talked with those at his bedside. t'oolidgea Mend Message. Besides the physician*, only a few of the former presidents closest friends were admitted to the house. Vance McCormick, former chairman of the democratic national committee, leaving after a short talk with Mr*. Wilson, said that death might come today or might stay its hand until tomorrow. President Coolidge was one of the first to send a message of sympathy. When he heard of the serious situa tion of his predecessor he and Mis. Coolidge conveyed a message in w hich they included a prayer for recovery. Dr. Grayson had spent the night at the Wilson home and with Mrs Wil lson, was in constant attendance at his bedside. He had returned to the capital, from a trip into North Caro iina after word had reached him that the former president had developed symptoms of a new character. The present complication, although a surprise to those who have been ac customed to see Mr. Wilson taking his dally’ automobile ride through the city or his weekly trip to the theater, was not wholly unexpected to his physicians. Outwardly the former 'president had appeared to be in large part his old self, except for a deepening of Un lines of his face and the lingering af fliction to his left leg which prevent ed him from walking accept with evi dent difficulty. He has gained in weight, and at a distance has the appearance of having taken on a new robustness during his long months of semi-seclusion. During the past few weeks too. he has taken »n increasing part in pub lic affairs again. He has been very active In his exchange of letters with old "friends and admirers over the coumry, and many of his letters hava been on topics of current political in terest and have been published. On Armistice e\e he delivered hi* first address by radio from hi* -5 street home, and it was such a m£. tant utterance on foreign affairs tl»: the whole country realized his ii)r.«sa had not modified the Intentness At his old fighting spirit, whatever 1t might have done to his physical alert ness. He also received a group -of admirers on Armistice day. and two weeks ago shock hands with mem bers of the democratic national com mittee aa they ftied through b.t study. WII UK's* m no Knew the ns id* story of the year* of solitude through which he has passed were swart of the delicate halance upon which h»« physical strength has rested. a£d Knew how it had tilted now hts way and now that throughout the gallant fight of l>r. Grayson—not only hi* physician, but one of his closest per sonal friends—to avert a crisis. It was for this resson that every disorder, even of the most moon sequential character on its face, has l>een watched with the minutest ,.irt and not without misgivings. The first 'symptoms of the late- at Sack developed early this week when Mr. Wilson became a prey to a diges tive derangement, at first of a minor character but developing quickly into a condition that at once aroused tbe (concern of those who have matched his illness In its smallest peculiari ties On Wednesday l>r Sterling Ruffin, who had helped attend Mi W ilscut in his illness at the \\ hite House was summoned by Mis Wilson in the absence if lir Grayson. Ho made a careful examination and on W ednC day night gave the public its first real news of the trouhle in a state ment saying that « complication tia developed, but for the moment was not of proportions to warrant glaett lie added that the development i\,, unrelnted to the old troubb that hnu assailed the former piewnkml d Ins wistciii speaking till lals m It'll' \
