Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Mostly cloudy tonight, temperature about freczing; row falr. today low! ended at 2 p.m 5 p.m. yesterda am. today. % Full report on page 17. sty Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Temperature for twenty-four hours Highest, 48, with lowest tomor- at 33, at 1 _ No. 29,130. Tntered as second-class matter post oftice Washington, D. C. @h WASHINGTO D. C, FRIDAY, | FALL ABLE TO APPEAR f BEFORE COMMITTEE, PHYSICIANS DECLARE Subpoena for His Presence at Hearing Tomorrow Morning Is Issued. - DOHENY SAYS HIS FIRM PAID McADOO $250,000 FOR SERVICES 5uttie oyt Tooms i House a6 Gregory Also Employed Senate Prober Told—White House Drops Him as Special Oil Counsel. Developments came thick and fast from all angles in the Tea- [« pot Dome oil lease inquiry today. Albert B at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The board of specially appointed physicians reported to the jrevenue frem normal income taxes Senate committee this morning that there was no reason why Fall should not appear to testi vice the Senate committee subpoenaed F: Acting on their ad 11 to appear before it McADOO AND GREGORY HIRED. L. Doheny, renewing his testimony before the committee, declared that both William G. McAdoo, democratic candidate for the presidential nomination, and Thomas W. Gregor crat chosen by President Coolidge to prosecute the government’s | Meilon, thus the demo- oil lease cases, have at times been employed by oil interests. Following Mr. Doheny's revelations concerning Mr. Gregory's mployment by oil interests, the White House intimated that he prosecution. employment ated to the public. ¢r. Doheny said his company had ployed McAdoo to represent it in .ghington on Mexlican affairs short- after he left the cabinet. His com- f oy and “half a dozen othe he d, had employed Mr. Gregory to present them before the President getting permits to drill oll wells 1 Mexico. Mr. McAdoo received $250,000 from is company, Doheny said, and Mr. regory received $2,000—Doheny’s ompany share of the fee. Houwe Panses Walsh Resolution. \leanwhile the House took up and ssed without debate the Walsh res- ution for annulment of the leases, [ regoing all debate out of deference . Woodrow Wilson's serious illness. > House naval affairs committee itinued to direct its inquiry through stimony of Rear Admirals Latimer " nd Gregor: In his_testimony before the com- nittee, Mr. Doheny explained the autilation of the $100,000 note «!r. Fall, which the oil operator said had been torn in half so that Mrs. Toheny could keep part of it. The ‘vitness sald it was also desired that ayment of this note should not be pressed in casc of accident to either “¢ them. Broker Called to Testify. A new tack was taken by the ofl coeumittes today when it summoned B. Hibbs, a Washington broker, 1o inquire about transactions in stock of the Sinclair oil enterprises. Mr. Hibbs explained that it would require trucks to bring to the com- mittee room the books dealing with &1l of his transactions, and the fu- Ture course of procedure was left in doub The Senate, continued its debate on the Ji resolution calling on Secretary Denby to resign. Report of Doctors. The committee of physicians appoit- 2d by the Senate commitice to examine Mr. Fall submitted the following writ- ki statement: Mr. Fall shows the effect of severe nervous strain, but his general ap- pearance is fairly good. He is some- what anemic looking and his muscles are flabby. The radials are soft, the _pulse 92 to the minute and regular. The blood pressure is 170 systolic and 90 ayastolic. “The heart is normal as to size and + sounds sormal. The abdomen is negative ex- cept for slight tenderness in the gall- bladder region. Held Able to Appear. “We are told by the attending phy- * siclan that there is no evidence of disease of the kidneys. He is in an anxlety stite, but there is no evidence >t organic nervous disease and no 7 )sychotic symptoms. N “In our opinfon Mr. Fall is in con- tion to appear before the com- ‘ned) “Thomas A. Claytor - Stuart, jr.; Sterling Ruffi Doheny Letter Is Read. sopening its hearing, the Senate .mittee had read into the record a or from E. L. Doheny to Secre- v, Fall, dated November 28, 1921, ating to the cost of constructing age tankage at Pearl Harbor, awail. This was two days before ‘. Doheny, according to his volun- vy statement, loaned Mr. Fall 100,000. Ssnator Walsh, democrat, Montana, ointed sut that, although the com- ritee had called upon the Depart- nent of the Interlor for all papers lating to the leasing of the naval of | would not be employed as special counsel in the oil lease case A formal statement issued at the White House said that such might be an embarrassment to Mr. Gregory and | perhaps otherwise would be improper.” White House Statement. . The formal statement from the White House said: “Mr. Greg: sry is on his way here, at the invitation of the President, for the | purpose of conferring with the President in regard to employment | the oil lease cases, representing the government, as previously | “In view of the statement of Mr. Doheny that Mr. Gregory +as been his attorney, that employment might be an embarrass- ent to Mr. Gregory and perhaps otherwise would be improper.” ! —in committes, at least—benina the Mr. Gregory is due here at 1 o'clock tomorrow. H. Foster Baln, director of the bu- reau of mines. In the letter, Mr. Doheny cstimated that the tankage would cost $3,360, 420, which, if paid for in crude oil taken from the naval oil reserves, would call for 2,973,823 barrels of crude ol at the price then prevailing. Further Search of Filen. As a result of the inquiry the com mittee ordered that Holland be per- mitted to examine the files of the Navy and Interior departments for any documents that might relate to the ofl leases. Director ialn told the committee that he thought that the file contain- Ing the letter was a duplicate of the fliles which had been sent to the com- mittee. A note from which the signature had been torn was presented to the committee by Mr. Doheny as evidenc of the loan to Mr. Fall. It was dated at Washington, November 30, 1921, and was made payable on demand. Mr.. Doheny said he belleved it to be in the handwriting of the former In- terior Seeretary. Explaining the absence of a slgna- ture, Mr. Doheny said he and Mrs. Doheny had come across the note some time ago and had agreed to “tear it in half,” each to retain a part, so that coliection would not be forced by an executor In case of the death of himself and Mrs. Doheny. He said the loan was an “accommo: dation one” and it was not desired that its collection be forced. ‘Wife Retained Signature. The witness said Mrs. Doheny had retained the signature and he had retained the other part. He added that a search had been made for the part bearing the signature, out success. | Mr. Dohery was asked why he had not given the committee the infor- mation about the tearing of the note. “I thought it best,” he replied, “to present the entire note and not only a part of the note, because the pro- ceedings in the pubilc mind are 1 { garded as a crooked transaction.’ The witness testified that he and { Mrs. Doheny had carried the two | pieces of the note around with them. “If we were killed in a railroad wreck,” he sald, “the note would be on our bodles. 'Our son would have known what it was, but executors would not. Our idea was that Mr. Fall should not be pressed for pay ment until he was able to pay. Quentioned About Cheek. Questioned about the check for £100,000 which was cashed in New York and the money which was car- ried to Fall in Washington by Mr. The lungs are apparently | Doheny's son, the witness said he had | the proposed board of tax appeals. sent for the check and that a man was now bringing it from Los An- gele: ! ®% think e winl arrive tomorcow he said. Relating again at the insistence of Chairman Lenroot the circumstances surrounding the loan, Mr. Doheny testified that he had indicated he would loan Mr. Fall the money need- ed to enlarge the New Mexico ranch holdings and that Mr. Fall had call- ed him on the long-distance tele- phone in New York on November 29, 1921, and said he was ready to ac- cept the offer of a loan. Two Checks Issued. Chairman Lenroot developed -that the $100,000 in cash was received on a check of his son and mot his per- sonal check, as he previously had testificd. He sald he gave his son two checks in payment. Replying to Senator Adams,edemo- crat, Mr. Doheny said ho had had the plece of the note handed to tne com- mittee today in his possession when he testified, on January 22, but had not produced it because it was not a complete document without - the signature. = Mr. Doheny sald that in the event of tha death of himself and Mrs. Do- heny the loan was to be a “legacy to but with- | | downward revision | NELLORPOINTS 0T (T 0F S37 6149 BYDEMDCRATPLAN ! His Own Tax Reduction| Scheme, He Says, Carries ] | | | Only $287,814,261 Loss. i i ————" K PRINCIPAL REDUCTION SEEN IN INCOME LEVY| Majority Decides to Back Secretary. | The government would suffer a! loss of $347,981,491 in revenue with | u reduction of taxes as suggested the democrats, against a loss of 14,261 under the Mellon plan, cretary Mellon informed Represent- tive Garner, author of the demo- atic scheme, without comment in imates announced today. | The principal the estimate i points out, would be entailed in the loss, which the Garner plan would reduce by $186,257,286, whereas the Mellon of $7 Lo 854 . However, the smaller cut in sur-| taxes proposed by the democrats | | would result only in a loss of| 1 1 while the Mellon plan, to | reduc axes to a maximum’ of | per_cent, would mean u loss of | 00 { Iépresentative Garner's plan would | cut the normal rate to 2 per cent on | incomes under 000, 1 ad of 3 per cent under $t oposed by Mr. | Baed on 1921 Returns. |Fires Bodies of Wife, Her The figures w a. 21§ = returus and showed that the srescess | TWO Sisters and Brother. | Taken by Posse. ac er reduction. lar loss under th roer plan would re- sult in the taxes on incomes under { $3,000, wherc $135,81,730 less revenue would be collected. Reductions under the Melion plan would save taxpayers on incomes of this amount $50, The estimates considered Dy the Assoctated Prese. LAKOTA, N. D., February 1.—Theo- dore Larson, a farmer, killed his wife, her two sisters and his brother- | {n-law on a farm near Kloten, N. D., {late yesterday when they interfered i | with his eftorts to selze his four- only losses in revenue resulting from re- duction of income rates. provided for a reduction of about 100,060,000 in the misceilaneous taxes and the House ways and means com- mittee already has reduced these taxes by $103,000,000. Battle Royal Assured. | Assurances of a battle royal on the Miles away, n ' iflour of the House over tax revision | Fendercd to & posse, which Mh d ;;:nq | have been increased by the action of| e NeigRbors extinguishe o the republican members of the ways | 5® betore the bodies had been conu- ans 5 ¥ | sumed. and means commitice to stand sotidly | 4%l et il Be (Al today, and it also is planned to ar- raign Larson for murder. | mittee, naving abandoned attempts to | TeeuiGun Wilen Oupoted. | | frame a non-partisan measure. voted | In addition to Mrs. Larson, who was i:l to zh_v.l»s}crua to sulm;un‘lhe sur- | ¢hirty-two years old, the other vi | tax schedules proposed by Secretary : < { Mellon, the chief bone of contention | times were Helen Quanbeck, thirty | botween them and the democrats. st ma Quanbeck, twenty-one, Their decislon, reached after a con- | and Olaf Arnescn. {ference with the republican steering | - 1o 2 {committec, binds them to vote ip{ Larson is alleged to have beaten committee’ for the reduction of the|his wife so severely two weeks ago i ’urtaxl mu?imum flrom G0 to 25 per!that she required medical attention. {cent, but leaves them at liberty to| s . her father's Ct differently when amendments are| (T that she went to her £ Both plans vear-old daughter, poured kerosene | over the bodies and ignited it. Lar-| son fled to his father's home three was disarmed and sur- | Mellon bill wtihout material change. | The majority members of the com- | taken up on the floor under the recent | home, taking her daughter. Larson { modification of the rules. is sald to have followed. Yesterday *m’l‘hree of the republican committee- | ho appeared unexpectedly at the en voted yesterday for a 32 per | cent maximum, and Representative ‘(jarner of Texas, author of the dem- | ocratic tax pian, which reduces a | surtax maximum only to 44 per cent, | reiterated that his party would sup. port his proposal vigorously. The | democrats also are counting on sup- | e . port 1-om the revublican insurgents, | who have declared opposition to the | Urges 25 per cent Cat. 1] ~ Mellon rates. | ing necessary to the “integrity and | Official Announcement of London Action Is Made This Afternoon. Quanbeck farm and demanded that the child be given to him, was op-| posed, and shot down the four persons who objected. !future of the whole income ta: in | letter received by Chairman Green | | from Prof. Thomas S. Adams of Yale, { who declared a cut to 44 or 40 per | cent would be “useless.” Professor ‘Adams, who served as tax adviser to the Treasury Department from 1911 to 1921, while the income tax plan was getting under way. also advo- cated taxation of staie and municipal ecurities. ! ""Representative Clancy, democrat, Michigan, in a statement assailed the committee's action in refusing to re- ! duce the excise taxes on automobiles and accessories, and charged it was Brought sbout by a solid republican | LONDON, February 1.—Great Brit- vote. He warned that a fight would | o0 Tt "pycn recognition de hen the revenue _bill 2 sehoethe floor to reduce the taxes ' jure, it was officlally announced this afternoon. BEZE RN 28 10 NEW PLAYGROUNDS THIS SUMMER SEEN 700,000, and a duce revenue by 31"‘."00"‘20 i Seventy playgrounds, more than the city ever has had in operation be- fore, may be opened this eummer if Congress grants the allotment of $20,000 for summer recreation, now being considered in the appropriation act. This estimate was made today by iMrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor ! of playgrounds, who has just returned | {from a trip to the west, In the course | of which she inspected recreational activities in a number of cities. Last summer the District had sixty By the Associated Press, | antomobile parts used in repair work | would result in a loss of about $40, | 000,000. Changes in Mellon Bl 1 Acceptance of the Mellon Income rates will place the Treasury Bill be- fore the House with only the follow- ing chariges of importance: Rejection of the proposed joint tax on com- munity. property; limitation of the reductions for earned incomes; re- striction of the repeal of taxes on | theater admissions; modification of !and special reductions in taxes to | apply on those pavable this year. Senator King, democrat, !troduced a bill in the Senate yester- 'day which he will offer as an amend- inent to the revenue bill when it that body, proposing te fi‘a’.’a’!fll'ii‘frfiormau tax rate to 2 per:play centers in service, of which T Con. incomes under $4,000 and to | thirty were school yards. The open- 3 per cent on other incomes. He y,o of these school yards was made i surtax :’:‘;:;fl larefii‘lc;ertggntm:n‘ nll::zo‘mes ‘of | possible by an appropriation of $15,- $175,000 and over. The amendmenl'ooo. If $5,000 more is allowed in the also’ would Increase exemptions for|new District bill it will enable the single persons to §3,000 and for MAT| oo missioners to open ten more I S nBer the n Ta ichool grounds. IT Gnder the Mellon rates the normal | taxes would be reduced from 4 to ' Congress recently has shown & dis- ipericent on OB UNASE S5 position to -encourage and support; the opening of school yards. Two| from 8 to 6 per cent on incomes above that amount. No changes would be years ago the allotment was only| $10,000. made in the exemptions for personal |income tax payers. Mrs. Rhodes sald the spring sea- | son on the playgrounds probably would begin March 1. On her trip to vislt relatives In the west Mrs. Rhodes inspected play- grounds in Clinton, Okla; Oklahoma City, St. Loufs and Columbus, Ohio. Plans for enlarging District play- grounds will be discu;sed by the ex- ecutive committee of the Public School Association at room 208 Wil- SHIP SINKS; 8 MISSING. Seamen Lost After Collision Near Partridge Island. ST. JOHN, New Brunswick, Jan- uary 10.—Eight members of the crew of the British schooner Maid of Scot- oil teserves, the letter had not been ; Mr. Fall.” land are missing following the sink-!kins building tomorrow afternoon at ‘There were sharp exchanges be. ing of the craft in a collision today|4:30 o'clock. Capt. Jullus I Peyser, Transmitted to the committee until search for it had been made at the tween.Mr. Doheny and Senator Piti with the ‘Peruvian steamer Perene|president of the association, will be ucistanoe of John Holland, private man as the senator sought to -have near Partridge Island. ‘It also is|asked to report on the recent ac- . cretary to Senator Walsh., The let- *f wes found ia the Possession 0f the witness concede that he had not (Contigued o Page upn 1), tivities of the board of education, of which he is & member, s feared that several men : from the Pereng may-have been logy - ¢ Fpening FEBRUARY 1, Wilson’s Illness Halts Partisan Debate in House Appeal to the House to abstain from partisan debate in view of the serious condition of Woodrew Wilson was made in the House to day Ly Representative Nicholas Longworth, the House leader, when the resolution authorizing appropriation of $100,000 for prosecution of the oil leasing frauds was called up in the House for confirmation. “We have just heard most dis- quieting and distressing reports of the extremely serious condition of a former President,” sal resentative Longworth, ems to me that it would be in very poor taste at this time to indulge in partisan debate on this question. We are all for it, passed the Senate unanimously. let us all get behind it and hastén the prosecution.” The resolution was adopted with Tour dissenting votes, OODIE WANT S HINES 10 “CLEAN HOUSE” Would Have Him Dismiss Most of Assistants Inherit- ed From Predecessor. Dissatisfaction with what seribed as the failure of Director Hines to “clean hofise” in the Vet- erans' Bureau on the basis of dis- closures in the nine months of Senate investigation has arisen In the spe- cial Senate veterans' committee, Senator Oddle, republican, Nevada, one of the three members of the com- mittee, declared In a statement to- day that he was “thoroughly dissatis- fied and provoked because the very necessary changes that should have been made In the personnel of the Veterans' Bureau have not been made.” “As a result,” he sald, “thero has not been the improvement in the handling of individual cases that there should have been. Contlnued injustice to a large number of former service men naturally has followed. Refers to O’'Ryan's Report. In this connection attention was called to a specific recommendation for a general shake-up in bureau offi- cials contained in the report of John F O'Ryan, general counsel for the committee, who was in close touch with Gen. Hines throughout the in- quiry. Urging that Gen. Hifles, “for the good of the service,” call for the resignation of most of his assistants in the Washington headquarters ‘whom he found there when he as- sumed his duties,” Mr. O'Ryan de- clared that it became clear during the investigation that a “ring” exists in the central office “which largely determines the policle: A detary 2 s of the bu. “The bureau’s activities are so nu- merous and widespread,” the O'Ryan report said, “that the director is forc- ed to depend upon a staff of assist- ants to execute his general- policles and_orders. The members of this staff constitute the group who have access to the director. Circumstances bar the admission of others to the director’s councils, except under rare conditions. Says Reforms are Needed. “No matter how personally efficient and well intended the director may be, the reforms so much needed will fall to materialize unless their de- velopment and application are in- trusted to assistants of integrity and capacity who are loyal to the direct- er and his policies and who have no personal interests -to serve.” Paying a tribute to Director Hines as an official of Integrity, experience and industry, Mr. O'Ryan declared it could be “said almost with certainty that he will not succeed unless he dispenses with the service of a_sub- stantial number of men whom he in herited from his predecessor and who are holding important offices and act- ing as his assistants, Makes Due Allowances. Mr. O'Ryan added that, “making due allowance for a reasonable and proper caution on the part of Gen. Hines in relation to the inauguration of changes along the lines indicated, I believe, nevertheless, that he has been lacking in vigorous and effec- tive action as regards this group.” Friends of Director Hines point out ~{Coptigusd on Fage is de- 1924 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. * Personal friends inquiring a 2 p.m. today were told that the conscious. At 2:45 o’clock this afternoo tary to Mr. Wilson, leaving the had been administered and that MISSALICE' LOSES lies near death in the home here | Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, | A crisis is believed likely be | Activity in Politics Said to Be bers 4 Dr. Grayson, in addition to by Bureau. | S { Ruffin and Dr. H. / By the Associated Press. | Wilson while he wa. MUSKOGEE, Okla., February 1.—| Miss Alice Robertson, former repre- [sentative from Oklahoma, has re- ceived notice from the Veterans' Bu- reau of her dismissal as welfare di- rector of the Oklahoma Soldiers’ Me- morial Hospital here. Since her application for an indef- inite leave of absence was denied by " the bureau “Miss Allce” has been zc- : dent mick, former chairman of the President Coolidge was one i sympathy. When he heard of t 1 cessor he and Mrs. Coolidge co | tive in political meetings, despite ! included a prayer for recovery. | warnings ©of federal ojcials that It| At noon Mr. Wilson had rallled a was In violation of civil service rules. ' Iittle, but there was no material Hospltal attaches said this was re- | sponsible for her discharge. | “Miss Aiice” refused to disc | matter except to say: did not resign. change in his condition. He was fully | consclous, and in a faint volce talked the swith thoee at his bedside. “Machinery Broken,” He Says. I never would | | have resignec. I wanted to make| About 11 o'clock Dr. Grayson, with them fire me.! ! tears streaming from his eyes, came She asserted that she will go to!OUt ©f the house and greeted the i aper men. Oklahoma City to become president | PeWSPaPe e low e 4 of the Woman's Coolidge-for-Presi.| 'Mr. Wilson is very low,” he said. dent Club in Oklahoma. | Then he recounted how the former Declaring that she is not worried | President, in perfect possession of his Decause her new job pays no salary, | gaculties, leaned toward him and “God will take eare of me. I have!Datted him on the shoulder. In a aiways done right” | whisper, Dr. Grayson said, Mr. Wil- son murmured: “You have dome the e 8 BURNED TO DEATH iriiimatmine” ™ ™ ™™ | Then he added IN TWO HOME FIRESE“';\'nen Dr. Ruffin_ left the Wil lmn residence at 12:25 o'clock, fol- lowing a hurried consultation with 1 'But I'm ready for tones and with lowed head, appar- AKRON, Ohio, February 1.—Four|ently deeply stricken over the con- ¢ the former President. persons, a mother and three children, | '§5 Wilgon ‘fell asicep about noon were burned to death and a fourth | and at 1 o'clock was still slumbering, seriously Injured early today when | Admiral Grayson said on leaving the fire. destroyed o home {n Hast Akron.| S strect house for funch. Iie return- .| od a few minutes later. The dead are: Mrs. Arthur Smith,| “ Asked if a long sleep might mean twenty-two; Anne, three; Kathleen, | a turning point for the better, Dr. two, and Arthur, ten months ola. | Grayson said that he was hopetul of David Haynes, a brother of Mrs. | By the Associated Press. such a change. The ex-President's pulse is somewhat better, he pointed Smith, is in the city hospital suffer-| out. There is no sign of a tempera- ing from serlous burns. ture and respiration is about the | same. All were trapped in thelr beds when | the house caught fire. Haynes made an unsuccessful effort to save his sister and her children. Four Die in Farm House. UNIONVILLE, Mich.,, February 1.— A man, his wife and their two chil- dren were burned to death in their | garded as more or less harmless, but [farm home five miles west of hero | now, threatening to prove too much S improvement, and when he re- fire exploded. The dead are Edward | {ived for the night It was hoped he Bowles, thirty-elght; his_ wife, w i v, He who | might be on the road to recovery. He as partly paralyzed; a boy of five | slept little, however, and his physi and a girl of two. RECOVER $75,000 MORE OF SCHOELLKOPF GEMS f a relapse. Al (¥ilson had a restless night and has lost strength,” -said Dr. | Grayson after he had assessed mi- nutely the changes of the past few hours. “During the night he took a ! gudden and decided turn for the By the Assoclated Press. Worse. I regard his condition as very NEW YORK, February 1.—De-|serious.” tectives recovered today from a gem shop on the upper West Side an addi- tional $75,000 worth of the -jewels stolen from Mrs. C. P. Hugo Schoell- i kopt of Buffalo on New Year eve a year ago. This makes a total of $161,000 worth of the jewelry re- . Grayson had spent the night at th?l;\'ll.-on home and, with Mrs. Wil- covered within the last fortnight in Denver and New York. son, was in constant attendance at —_—— 1 :‘:’;%R:i“'y"e’.;.e?ai}"v"rn'rf.‘"i“ifip‘“:k’:: MISS WILSON HURRIES ' TO FATHER’S BEDSIDE olina after word had reach- fé"éf‘mc?{n. the former President had | Geveloped symptoms of a new char- { acter. By the Associated Press. ’NEW YORK, February 1.—Miss| active nm E” ::3hl:dlr:‘:efrl:l:,ev?rw:ll‘: the former President, left hurriedly | been on topice of current political today for Washington, according to . interest and have been published. friends living in her apartment house in Washington Square. ! Miss Wilson took the train leaving | for Washington at 10:10 a.m. She| ‘was unaccompanied. LOS ANGELES, February 1.—Mr. and Mrs. Willlam G. McAdoo, son-in- law and daughter of Woodrow Wil- son, who early today recelved their|of admirers on Armistice day, and first news of ihe serious turn of Mr.|two weeks ago shook hands with ‘Wilson’s iliness from the Associated | members of the democratic national Press, will l:'l'. without dfihy &orr :?l’ral;llttoe as they flled through his Washingto! ‘Was announced at Mr. | study. man‘:o i S ST But those who kaow she juside $ The admiral said there had been no oppage of the kidneys. Dr. Fowler was sent for, he explained, as a pre- cautionary measure. ‘Wenkened by Suffering. Already weakened by more than fol}!!re)f‘eayfs of suffering, Mr. Wilson has sustained durihg the past few days a digestive disorder at first re- Physicians Unsurprised. resent complication, although bfl:m?l!e to those who have been Sccustomed to see Mr. Wilson tak- ing his daily automobile ride through the oity or his weekly trip to the theater, was not wholly unexpected i to_his physicians. | ““During the past few weeks, too, he has taken an increasing part in pub- lio affairs again, He has been very street home, and it was such a mili- tant utterance on forglgn affairs that the whole country realized his ill- ness had_not modified the intentness of his old fighting spirit, whatever it might have done to his physical alertness. He also received & group The Star's every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,196 of his family have been summoned by Mrs. W 3 [ 1in constant attendance at the bedside. Responsnble for Dismissal |in attendance, and an operation may be necessary < I V! A 1 G yson, he Mother and Three Children Trap-|pavo -oac the —following huticein: - . - “Mr. Wilson's condition remains un ped in Beds—Entire Family | changed. There will be another an- . ! nouncement later. Contrary to re-| Perishes on Farm. { ports, we have not tapped the pa- TR e | "Bt Rumn epoke in very sclemn “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s cairier system covers TWO CENTS. 'WILSON NEAR DEATH FOLLOWING RELAPSE, END EXPECTED HOURLY Digestive Disorders Take Sud- den Turn for Worse; War President ‘Ready’ to Die. M A BROKEN MACHINE,” FORMER EXECUTIVE TELLS DR. GRAYSON Wife at Bedside, Daughters Called; Mes- sage of Sympathy Comes From Coolidges Among First. t the Wilson home shortly after former President was very near death, but that he had awakened from a short sleep and still was n Joseph Tumulty, former secre- S street house said a hypodermic it was “only a matter of a little time” before death would come. Woodrow Wilson, war time President of the United States, that has been his place of seclu- sion since he left the White House. | A digestive disorder, first noticed several days ago, developed « U | a condition during the night that was described by his phy cian, as “very seriou fore the day is over. The men ¥ 1son, who is Three physicians also are the force of two nurses and an ! orderly already on duty, called in during the morning Dr. Sterling wler, both of whom helped care for Mr. ill in the White House. Aside from the physicians only a few of the former Presi- closest friends were admitted to the house. Vance McCor- democratic national committee, | leaving after a short talk with Mrs. Wilson, said that death might come today, or might stay its hand until tomorrow. of the first to send a message of he serious gituation of his prede- nveyed a message in which they story of the years of solitude through which he has passed were aware of the delicate balance upon which his physical strensth has rested, and knew how it had tilted now this way and now that throughout the gallant fight of Dr. Grayson—not only his physician, but one of his closcst per- sonal friends—to avert a crisis. It was for this reason that every disorder, even of the most_inconse- | anential’ character on its face, has | been watched with the minutest care and not without misgivi | The first svmptoms of the latest at- | tack developed early this week when | n b to a dige gement. of a minc | but eloping quickly | dition that at once arou 1 of those who have watch- illness in § Hest peculi s. On Wednesday Dr. Sterling Ruffin, who had helped attend Mr. Wilson in his illness at the White House, was summoned by Mrs. Wilson in the ab- {sence of Dr. Grayson. He made a {careful examination and on Wednes- {day night gave the public its first {real news of the trouble in a state- ment saving that complications had developed, but the for moment. were not of proportions to warrant alarm. He added that the development was unrelated to the old trouble that had assailed the former President during bis Western speaking trip, late in Confirmed by Dr. Grayson. Dr. Grayson, on his return to Wash- ington vesterday, confirmed that diag- s and said he did not at the rd the attack as serious u should fail to vield to treat- ment. The change during the night, how- ever, manifestly aroused grave fears in the minds of Dr. Grayson and Mrs. Wilson, who has been the faithful attendant of her husband since the first symptons of his collapse became manifest during the western trip four and a half years ago. Today she notified all the members of Mr. Wil- son’s family of his_condition, at the suggestion of Dr. Grayson. None of his three daughters is in Washington. For a brief time this morning Dr. Grayson left the bedside of his pa- tient and made a hurried trip to his own home. He did not take leave of the Wilson home even then, how- ever, until he had summoned Dr. H. A. Fowler, a Washington kidney spe- cfalist, who had treated Mr. Wilson previously, to remain on watch. Dr. Grayson said the step was taken “as a precautionary measure.” News of the change for the worse spread rapily throughout Washing- ton. Alarming rumors were dissem- inated over the whole country dur- ing the night by radio broadcasting stations. iarly this morning, befors Dr. Grayson had issued his bulletin, messages of sympathy and_ encour- agement began arriving by the thou- sands. Coolldge Sends Message. President Coolidge was one of the first to convey his expressions of regret. As soon as he reached his office ‘the Preident learncd of the serious condition of his predecessor in office and he immediately sent to Mrs. Wilson a message for himself and Mrs. Coolidgs expressing concern and hope of a speedy recovery. The messages of concern came from the lowest as well as the highest amon the fellow citizens of the former Pres dent, as did the great pressure of tele- phone inquiries that besieged newspaper offices as soon as the news spread. Wash ington and the country had heard many i rumors heretofore about supposed re- |lapses, but this time there seemed to ibe a universal realization that some- jthing grave had occurred. From ad- mirers of the war-time President in !distant states, from friends of Wood- {row Wilson in his youth and his col- legiate day: as well as from publio officials throughout all the branches of the government the inquirics and ex- 1 pressions of regret pourcd in in a great On Armistice eve he delivered his!tide of public sympat and apprehen- | rst address by radio from his Sjsion. =4 i Although at first unrelated to the direct cause of Mr. Wilson's collapse in 1919, the digestive disorder had made such inroads on the strength of the patient today as to develop serious consequences. First news of Mr. Wllson's original breakdown was given to the world when, on the next day, September 26, 1919, he was un- able to leave his train to deliver an address at Wichita, Kans. 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