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Doherty Paid McAdoo $250,000
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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.
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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.
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Wonder if She Ever Regrets Her Divorce and Hasty Remarriage
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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
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John I’oiicr. Omaha . . .... ... . 4.!
Mnrln Hennlater. Omaha . 4f,
Wlllinm Wanner Omaha 40
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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.
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“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
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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'
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