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WOODROW WILSON HAD UNIQUE PERSONALITY (Continued from First Page) incumbency of the White House, never won to a state where Mr. Wilson called him * or “Edward.” Neith- er did Mr. Wilson cail him lonel™ the complimentary title by which Mr. House was most commonly known. Through all their intimacy up to the moment of the celebrated breaking- oft point, Mr. Wilson always called him simply, “House. Priendship With Physician The one enduring friendship which Mr. Wilson made in the White House was with his personal physician, Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who re- stored him to health when he came into the presidency a sick man; watched over him he wonld a new- born baby, and finally snatehed him trom a deathbed at the time of his breakdown and prolonged his live several years after he left the White House. They never quarreled, al- though thelr friendship was a most intimate one. Woodrow Wilson , has a way of thinking things out for himself and making his own decisions. When he was working through a crucial mo- ment, he invariably shut himself up in his study and worked the thing out on his own typewriter. He called for information when !:/ was working to- ward a decision, bt he preferred to have it in written form. He wanted the facts cold, and untinged by the personality of the purveyor. When he got mad-—and he did gct mad once in & while just as any other man—it was his favorite trick to jam on his hat and walk around the block to “cool off.” He did that when he heard the Germans had torpedoed the Lusitania. Then he came back to his study, full master of his emotions, and penned the historic note to Ger- many which forecast war. He read it to the cabinet and the secretary of | state after it was well on its way over the cables toward Berlin, It was typical of Wilson's way. Having de- cided on a course of action he wanted ro adviee, Cabinet meetings during the Wilson administration were de- scribed by those who chafed under the restraints, as a morning in the school room with the “school master"” at the head of the table. Reason T'or Seclusion It was said of Mr. Wilson that his seclusion in the White House result- ed, partially, at least from some mis- information he got about Wushing- ton and its atmosphere before he took office, Somebody, so the story went, iurneyed to Princeton and told him that there was a local ring of social celebrities, bankers and others who profited most from the prestige of as- soclation at the White House Wilson, it was said, made up his mind to have none of their company. He further determined not to have on his visiting lsts, committecs of bankers, and railroad unions and manufac- turers when he was considering public questions in which they were inter. csted The result was that when Mr, Wil. son moved his family—-a wite and three daughters—to the White House, he shunned the formal state pariors on the lower floor, leaving them to the tourists, and instalicd himself with his own family effects including the sewing machine, on the second floor, where the Wilsons recreated their old home at Princeton. Family life on that scale continued uotil the death of the first Mrs, Wilson and the mar- riage of two of her daughters. Mr. Wilson paid his first respects to Mr, | | Occasionally he invited to lunch or dinner some man who had been | closely associated with 'his adminis- tration during the war period, but he had no more intimates out of the White House than he did while in it, and his wife had very few, PROCLAMATION ON MR. WILSON'S DEATH President Goolidge Orders Flags Hall-Masted for 30 Days Waushington, D. C., Feb, 4—Upon tearning of the death of ex-President Wilson yesterday, Dresidept Coclidge «d the following proclamation: president of the United America. A Proclamation issy By t States of To the People of the United States: | that promise was kept probably only | The death of Woodrow Wiison, president of the United States from March 4, 19135, to | portals in her first moments as fits mistress met with an unimportant but painful accident. There was a call for a doctor; answered immediately by Grayson, ~ Mrs. Wilson commended to her {husband this modest young man, who seemed so devoted to duty, He became Mr. Wilson's aide and physician, and as the years went on, his friend. No political wires were pulled; no influ- ence figured in the disposition in one of the most coveted posts in Washing- A little more than a year later, one hot August afternoon, with a world war bursting into flame, the first Mrs, ‘Wilson lay on her death bed. Her last words to Grayson were: 'ake good care of Woodrow. Promise!” How well a recording angel may now know. Some time after Mrs. Wilson's March 4, 1921, death, Dr, Grayson introduced to Miss the death of Woodrow Wilson. RS- GOV, COX CALLY FOR MOURNING Massachusetts Leader - Asks 30 Day Period - Boston, Feb. 4.—Governor Chan- ning H. Cox in a proclamation issued today directed that in® memory of ‘Woodrow Wilson a 30 day period of | mourning be observed, with flags half masted on all public buildings and proper ceremonies in schools and churches. He also sent this tele- | gram to. Mrs. Wilson: | *“On behalf of the people of Massa- ,chu-tu leot me ‘express their feeling | of universal sorrow in the death of Mr, Wilson. Massachusetts held him in honer while living and will cherish 1%5 memory. You have the deepest ‘aymahy of our people.” Th€ proclamation read in part: “With profound sorrow the people our commonwealth have learned of The of ot g 1.5 e . s -t N NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1924. GRAYSON CLOSEST T0 EX-PRESIDENT | ' (Continued from First Page) | ~“YET T0 BE SEEN (Continued From the First Page.) vealed to anyonc hqw far he might be prepared to go in reasserting his claim to a place in party councils, | It ia certain there was no truth in | widely ecirculated reports that the former President planned to again be- | come a candidate for the nomination. | And if he had any preferénce ameng | those who are seeking to “inherit his some of his closest friends. He did plan, however, to make a | very definite effort to align his party behind the policies that he believed to his dying day comstitute the para- | mount issues before the ceuntry and | the world, He expected to place be- fore the democratic convention in con- { crete form a declaration of principles | whose adoption, to his mind, would | signalize a reconsecration to the { fundamenitals of democracy. Not only. | in regard to foreign affairs, but in do- mestic questions as well, he was pre- h occurred at 11:15 o'clock Sun- | Helen Woodrow Bones, President Wil-| 1o, qer who carried the heavy burden ! Pating to lay before his party the at his home at Washington, Dis- sou's kinswoman and guest at the of the national government during trict of Columbia, deprives the coun. White House, a friepd of long ac- eight years of deepest trial has ended try of a most distinguished citizen, | quaintance, Mrs, Edith Boiling Galt.| g earthly labors. and is an event which causcs uni- o us it brings the sense found personal bereavement. His early profession as a lawyer was abandoned to enter academic life, In this chosen field he attained the high- est rank as an educator, and has left I his impress upon the thought of the country. Miss Bones took her into the small Woodrow Wilson. Madc Rear Admiral 'rocommcnduion of Secretary Daniels of the navy department, nominated “His was the mighty responsibility /hold them steadfast to their purpose unto the end. His large contribution be held i brance. e country is the better for He gave his life in the service | fruits of his long months of retire- i ment and refiection. 4 Believed in Loague | To the last he méver wavered in his versal and genuine sorrow. To many | White House circle where Mr. Wilson | of symmoning the American people to | belief in the league R nations that he of a pro- met her, The lady later became Mrs.| enter the greatest of wars, and to | did s0 much to create, but it must re ! main one of the problems of history whether in his declining -days there Sometime after that, Mr. Wilson on o the preservation of civilization will | was any softening of the determined the most grateful remem- | stand he had taken against a com- promise in the form of American intellectual Grayson for promotion to the rank of | the ideals to which he gave expres-| participation in the league’s activities. From the rear admiral. The real truth of .that gjon. Almost his last public ytterance was presideney of Princeton university he matter was that in conversation with of the people who honored him living | a reaffirmation of his complete con- was called by his fellow citizens to be Mr. Danicls soon before her death, the and who ate crushed with universal!tempt for those who had blocked the the chief executive of the state of first Mrs, Wilson asked the sccrctary| grief by his death New Jerscy. The duties of this high office he so conducted as to win the confidence of the people of the United States, who twice elected him to the Chief Magistracy of the Republic. As presidant of the United States he was moved By an earncst desire to pro- mote the best interests of the country as he conceived them. His acts were | prompted by high motives and his sincerity of purpese cannot be ques- tion. He led the nation through the serrifie struggle of the world war with a lofty idealism which never failed | him. 116 gave utterance to the as- | piration of humanity with an elo- quence which held the attention of all the earth and made America a |new and enlarged influence in the | destiney of mankind, | In testimony of the respect in which his memory is held by the gov- ' jng Weodrow Wilson a well man and ! lernment and the people of the United States, 1 do hereby diréet thut the [flags of the White House and of the I several departmental buildings be dise I'Pluyed at half staff for a period of 30 duys, und that suitable military retary of war and of the secretary of the navy, may be rendered on the day of the funeral. Done at the city of Washington this third day of February, in the scar of | speakiig trip in 1919, Grayson of all| {Our Lord one thousand nine hundeed the physiclans called for consultation | {and twenty<four, and of the indepens ! dence of the United States of Ameri- ca the one hundred and forty-eighth. By the president, CALVIN COOLIDG ! Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of state, I'eb, 8. FRENGH PAPERY Washington, of the navy to give to her husband's physician and aide some rank com-: mensurate with his responsibilities, and to insure his attachment to th | White House against any routine a | rangement, He never knew he had been nominated for promotion until he read it in the pewspapers. There | was opposition, somewhat like that which attended President Roosevelt's promotion of General Wood, It s0 of- fended Grayson's modesty that later, when he had an opportunity te be- come surgeon gencral of the navy, he declined it Probably no one will ever Kknow | what the complexities and difficulties of his position as physician, friend and confidant of Woodrow Wilson really were, One thing is certain. He de- voted seven years of his life to keep- four more to kceping him alive, The lute Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia had declared that Mr. Wilson never would gerve out his first term in the White House. Grayson and | fought the first warnings of an in.| naval honors, under orders of the sec- | gidious malady with a regimen of re-| laxation, open air and exercise and won. Later, when Mr. Wilson suffered his first stroke of paralysis after the |return from his league of nations sald he could prolong the patient's Iife. He did, 1aore than four years, and lost his fight only when as Mr. Wilson himself said: “The old ma- chine has broken down.” When Mr, Wilson went abroad to the peace conference he was not only | Mr. Wilson's physician but he was his 'eyes and ears—his intelligence officer, | Many European statesmen wondered where Mr. Wilson learned the inti | mate things he really came into pos scssion of through his quiet, modest doctor, Other persons who professed to FUNERAL T0 BE HELD WEDNESIAY (Continued from First Page) In the prayertil quiet of a Sunday morning, death felded him gently in its embrace and bore him to his mak- er. He passed from life while he slept, with those he loved best, close about nim. His breken bedy had weakened Iittle by little until the last spark of his vitality went out. But his spirit was supported to the last by the in- domitable courage of the old fighting days. In his last wakeful moments he told his loved ones that he knew the end had come, and wus ready. The federal government already has offered to do whatever is fitting to express the nation’s reverence at |the passing of a great leader, Presi- | dent Coolidge called yesterday at the house of bereavement, expressed bis regret and his readiness to be helpful, and then issued a proclamation of thirty days official mourning. Over the White House and the governmont ldeplrtments. on the nation's fighting ships at sea and over the outposts of American diplomacy in foreign lands, the Stars and Stripes were brought to half-mast, Congress today recessed in respect for his memory, and the whole machinery of the government whose guiding genius he was for |cight momentous years will stand till on the day of his funeral, Today the frayed remnant of his |mortality lies in the cfamber whose walls looked down yesterday upon the last scene of a career that bad way of his proposals in the senate, but | in the two days of his last illness, af- i ter he saw the end nearing, he appear- !ed to put out of his thoughts entirely {all the public questions that for so | long had been the meat and bread of | the keen intellect, | His plan to place | squarely before his party and ask for a decision was long in maturing dur- ! ing the months of waiting for the op- | portunity he saw in the offing, But before he died he had made up his ! mind, and the very few confidants to whom he imparted his intentions "km-w that once Woodrow Wilson had reached a determination, nothing but ithe hand of death could stop him | from putting it into execution. | Will Unbroken For his power of will remained un- broken to the end-—as militant as it jwu in the days of his dominant leadership; as dotermined as it was In 11916, when he threatened to pack his grip and go to St. Louis unless the convention in session there to re- | nominate agreed to accept the kind of plank he wanted regarding the Ger- man-Americans; as virile as it was in 1920, when he conferred in hi k- room with the newly nominated democratic condidate and astonished !nnd« sorely disappointed. his cnemies by making a thoroughly convineing | presentation of his views, followed a ! few hours later by an announcement by Governor Cox that he and Mr. Wil- | son were in complete accord. Once he had put his declaration of | principles before the national conven- on, the former president expected to call on the party leaders to nominate a man who could stand four-square on {such a platform. But if he had any desire to actually select the candidate, | the name of the man he favored must | remain locked forever in the tomb. mantle of leadership, he kept it from 4 his pnllrln‘ ASIDE FOR_WILSON Lodge Pays Tribute to Dead Man-- * Adjournment Teken ‘Washington, Feb, 4.—Congress put aside today the bitter partisan debate which has held forth there in recent days, out of respect for the memory f Woodrow Wilson. Both houses met at noon as usual, but it was only so that their leaders, of all sbades of political opinion, might pay-tribute to the fallen chief tain and pass resoluti>ns commen- urate with his services to che ution. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the republican leader, and one of Mr. Wiison’s most uncompromising poli- tical foes, joined with Senator Rob- inson, of ‘Arkansas, the democratic leader in the senate eulogies of the former president. o “In sympathy and sorrow and vith every mark of homage,” said Scuator Lodge, “we stand with bowed hecads in solemn recognition of this event, at once sad and momentous, which las thus come upon us in the wisdom of the overruling providence that guldes the destintes of mankind.” The republican leader said republi- can senators had heard with profor:nd segrow the announcement of Mr. “Wil- son’s death. “In common with all tie peopic of this country,” he said, “we have felt a very dcep sympathy for the suf- ferings of President Wilson during his long illness, which he has Lorne without complaint and with so muck fortitude. 4 » “or Ability” “Mr. Wilson was & man of remark- able ability, and of strong character. Through laborious years of thought, and study he devoted himself to se- curing a mastery of the historical subjects, the economic questions, and the theory and science of politjics and government which communded his especial interest, He ros2 to be presi- dent of the ancient and honored uni- versity of which he was o gracduate. | From this high place t the fleld of education, he turned to public life. He was elected to be goyoerner of New Jersey, one of the 13 original states, eminent in our history, and on the sotl of which so many of the Lattles | Jof the revolution wer. fought, MHe was then selected and reelvcted presi- dent of the United States, which is {to us and which I beliove to he the | greatest office among men, ) “During his period of service in the { presidency came the war with Ger. | many, the most terrible war from | which mankind has suficred during the period of recorded history. After the victory of the allied and associat- ed powers-it fell to Mr. Wilson to | play the leading part in the unspeak- |ably difficult work of making peace. 'He stood there a chief figure in this | great transaction and so he will stand {in the pages of history in the day that are to come, There is no figure more conspicuous than his in the cvents of that time, which closed one period in the history of mankind and 'opened another. Here in the capital of the country, the scene of his many |triumphs, this remarkable career | comes to an end.” Lnds Great Career Senator Robinson said [ nouncement that former President | Woodrow Wildon had passed away !caused grict throughout the civilized | the an- | “His departure,” he sald, “marks POLTIGALEFFECT 5 CONGRESS PUTS AL GOV, TENPLETON, EXPRESSES REGRETS Country Lost a “Most Distin- guished Citizen” in Wilson PRCEESSSERT Waterbury, Feb. 4. — Governor Charles A. Templeton today, express-" ed his regret at the passing of for- mer President Wilson. In a statement given out to the press-the governor speaks of the late president’s devotion te duty and his many other admirable traits.and characteristics, which made him one of the prominent and im- portant figures in the world. The gov- ernor's statement follows: “In the passing of former President | Wilson, the country has lost a most distinguished citizen. As the presi- dent of our nation during the greatest war in history, he led our people to heights of patriotic fervor and spirit- ual exaltation, that have not been ex- ceeded in any other period in our na- |tional life. His brilliant intellectual gifts, his strength of character and lus rise from obscurity to the highest fficial place on earth are typical of he genius of America. His un- | swerving devotion to duty, as he saw it, was mever questioned. “During the past foyr years the gpectacle of his pathetic suffering, borne with uncomplaining fortitude, has deeply touched the hearts o fall his countrymen. “It is idle at the present moment to speculate on the exact position he will occupy in history, or to form a just estimate of his qualities and achlevements. But the commander- in-chief of our armed forces during| the most critical period has passed on land all his countrymen bow their heads in sorrow and in sympathy.” GRAND JURY GETS CHECK TO KORAITIS Sesed in Raid in S, Louls and ' Bronght to Hartlord Hartford, Feb, 4.—~Checks issued by Dr. Robert A. Adcox, sald to have |been the agent in finunclal transac tions which certaln colleges issuing |so-called “fake medical diplomas” |had with various indiviudais are in the posscssion of the extraordinary Jury which has been conducting. o probe, and among them are four sent to Connceticut physiclans, it was an- nounced today. The grand jury s now in reccss but a presentment is {being prepared to be submitted to | the court. ¢ The four checks which the grand Jury have been examining were is. sued to Dr. Ralph L. White of New | Canaan, for $1.150, ber of the | celectie examining . te Dr. | George, M. Sutolife of Unj: 4 dee a charge of maiisia xv $300, to Dr. James W. ~ n% | Struttord for $100, and to Koruitis, of New Britain, derstood that the checks were sent lout by a concern which grand Jury has not yet been able to locate. The doctors who are sald to have re- ceived these checks have heen wit- nesses before the grand jury. One of the allegations which ‘the jury was following up was that the ingtitutions It is un. FEATURE DEATH Demise of Ex-President Com:| known all the heights and depths of | human emotion. In death he appears| ar if in peaceful slumber, his features con~ |Serene and composed and his square about | Jaw set with the old detormination. | But the lines are somewhat decper| the end of a career glorified by many notable achievements. | The following committce was | named to represent the senate at the | tuneral of the former president: | Benators Lodge, of Massachusetts; under inquiry were able to secure in | Connecticut advanee coples of exam- inations which the state cclectic board required of applicants. It has been further alleged that Dr. Adeox wi the agent through whom the insti- wonder why they fell into presidential | disfavor could learn the reusons why, | could they induce Grayson to divulge | some things Woodrow Wilson |fided to him. Many things !whieh historians will wonder could the loeal aristocracy by declining an invitation to join the Chevy Chase club, the most exclusive golf, dinn®r and dancing organization in the city, and going across the Potomac to golf NEW YORK PAUSEY T0 PAY RESPECTS On [ at an obscure “poor man's club” one of his first rounds over the links, ke failed to hear “fore” of a local merchant, who paid his respects in language not usually addressed to the president of United States, Mr. Wilson threw doWwn his clubs and Wwalked off the links. He did not re- turn when a committee of the club | offered an apology. Outbreak of War 1t was said that Mr. Wilson's attis tude softened a little as time wore on, but there was little opportunity to test the aceuracy of that because the country soon was cngrossed in the world war, later took an active part, and he soon thereafter was stricken helpless. All social functions were discontinued during that time, and the president saw practically nebody. Capinet meetings were postponed for weeks at a time, there were days and days when no cabinet officer nor even his secretary saw him. DPersonal asso- ciates during that time he had none, except members of the second Mrs. Wilson’s family and his physician, Dr. Grayson. With all his seclusion ack of secking advice, he was not in making decisions, and having made them, attempts to reverse them gen. erally were futile. Jt was a common saying that he became impatient with those who disagreed with him, but it became apparent that those who made it & point to agree with him feit his displeasure when events turned out wrong. He dubbed one prominent adviser, “the champion acquiescer of the world” and later dis missed him from his officia while the man was supposed to be en- joying the highest favor. Personal Likings There was a good deal of public ex aggeration about Mr. Wilson's pen- chant for reading detective stories, al though he did do some light read- ing. He took to #olf as a health measure at his doctor’'s orders and learned to like it: he liked music and the theater when the en tertainment was diverting. He con- fessed he had no digestion for grand opera and the heavier drama Many of his assistants called him ruthicss and others called him v grat «ful, while others recalled marks of the warmest personal considera tion. One thing he regarded as sacred and not to be trespasscd upon under any consideration. That was his fam fly life. Nothing arouscd him more than public discussions or printed teferences to the women folk of his houschold. He insisted upon a most rigid observance of conventionalitics. When he left the White House and moved to a home in the heart of the exclugive residential district. he con- tinued a fife of scclusion in which ¥ only diversions were & moter rid thiree or four times a weok and an oc- easonal visit 1o @ vaudevilie | show. and slow family | ight ! mented on Editorially Paris, Feb, 4.~Former President Wilson's death was featured promin ,ently by this morning's n““.!plp"l"l,llunlh‘ led to his death, Dr. Gru.-onl indecd almost to the exclusion of oth- er topics. There are many pictures of the American war president and co- pious biographies. Most of the com- mentators adversely criticise | achieveoments, though the reasons give en differ according to the leanings of the writers Andre Tardeu in the writes orget that, if Woodrow Wilson might have been mistaken in certain politi- cal aspeets of the peace, he gave his whole mind, soul and will to t He fell fighting on the battiefield peace for those ideas of collaboration to which the short-sighted egolsms who put the world where it now is have persisted in turning their backs. “France, after honoring him, be. rame unjustly severe to him. When time have struck a just mean our country will remember that this great assoclate in war was de- prived of office ng wished 1o remain our asseciate in the peace.” “No man ever, after caused ho National sha for h 1 0ruvre ralsing such high hopes, finally such deep disappointment 'LEAGUE OF NATIONS AFFECTED BY NEWS I"-vpfi and Admiration Voiced Headquarters of Which Wilson Sponsored. Orzanization 4 has ~Former President caused profound | Geneva ¥Feb | Wilson's death Nations or- he sorrow in the League of of which structure | architeet i many tributes Yof respect and admiration for him veoiced on all sides at thi headquarters. Mr. Wil son‘s death, it is pointed out, coin- cides with the presence here of American participants in the league's activitics and with the artival of the delegates of many countrics for work in connection with armament redoe- | tion i Of the n nal e rame was a s here, the Jour- Mr. Wilson's “be forever en- graved o 8 of history.” | ta Swisse charncterizes Mr. Wilson great tional Mealist who th the world Leagus of Na- newapancr consider. m n pro o ree- wspap cavs Goneva and gonie hoth 1hon to ra i tified. uwe covenant his | political | The people of France will not | be clearcd up if Grayson would telle but he won't, | ¥rom the time Mr. Wiison fen il in the west in 1919 and a few days 1|nu-r suffered the stroke which even- |tended him as he would have tended lone of his cifldren; and a man who |was commonly deseribed as cold and almost incapable of affection and companionship, responded as be would to a dutiful son, The whole story, of course, will never be told. One of the few people who claim to have known Woodrow Wiison well, fewer still will claim to ever have glimpsed behind what they commonly agreed upon as “the eurs tain of impersonality” which veiled his . inner nature, His friend and physician is one who lived behind that curtain. Closest friends say that now is the first time they have known him to give way to |the most human of emotions—the shedding of tears 'Millerand Sends the Condolence of French + Ansociated Press, Paris, Feb, 4.—President Millerand tod, cabled Mrs. Wilson as follows: “In the name of the French nation and in my own name I associate my- sclf with all my heart in the grief that has wo cruslly come to you “My country will never forget the great president who played such an important part in the decision where- by the United States came to take her place beside France and her al- lies in the war of right against might. “Homanity will cherish the ory of the generous thinker dearest wish was 1o assure the peace of the world.” By T Mesie whowe forcver Wreath on Door Changed Every Hour Washington, Veb. 4-—Hanging on the big door of the ‘home in which Woodrow Wilsen spent his last days i= & streamer of fogeh, yellow jonquils, miguonettes and Fihta, with a yel. low crepe rash and a green fern back- ground, the whoie bowhd around with 3 metailic ribbon. Pach hour these fiowers, a sign of death within, are taken down and fresh ones put in their place. CHILEAN PAPERS COMMINT, Santiago, Chile, Feb. 4. —AN the Chflean newspapers devote many col- vmns to the death of Woodrow WiI- son and commen{ extensively wpon wis fife and sehlevements. The gen- eral tremd of the comment that Tatin America it gever to treasr wa ambodied the best idcale of the i most progressive people in the world - and heavier, and the flashing fire of | his eyes has gone out forever. | The bed on which Woodrow Wilson ‘dlt-d and where his body rests is of {massive oak, a reproduction of the bed bullt at the White House for Lin- coln and used by every president since. It is of unusual length and has a golden American eagle over the | head. | Mr. Wilson before he retired from the | presidency, and was installed in the 8 street house he had selected as his future home. | Although he had not known a well |day since he crosscd the threshhold few years ago was filled so often with | of his place of retirement, or for | months before, last Friday saw the | beginning of the end of his long ili- ness. His collapse during his western |speaking trip in 1019, followed by a stroke of paralysis soon after his re- jturn to Washington, had made him ialmost an inyvalid long ago. Early llu.'s! week a slight digestive disorder further weakened his delicate vitality, and on ¥Friday, his friend and physi- cian, Dr. Grayson, found his condition growing hourly more serious. He refused nourishmént, and by | Saturday night he was barely con« scious. At nine o’clock he fell asleep, and never wakened again. It was at 11:15 a. m., that life finally went out. | From first to last he was without pain, and in his last wakeful moments, he appearcd to be resting in complete {comfort. As the end approached the little group watching in the sick room drew nearer about him. Mrs. Wilson sat on the bed beside him, with his almost lifcless hand in both of hers. Close by was his cldest daughter, Margaret Wilson; and Dr. Grayson, faithful in +his ministrations since the first sign of fliness more than four years ago, watched for somé new way at last to help hi mas he crossed the bar, But there was nothing to be done. More and mere feeble became the pulse-beat; there was a quickening of the breath; little by little death was completing its conquest. A quick flutter of the eyelids, a faint twitch, almost like a smile, across the wasted featurce, and the spirit of the great war president had burst at last the, long-weakened fetters that bound it to carth. Thus, he who had dreamed a high dream of peace for all the world had | found peace for himself, and had left benif a world still tossed by strife and turmofl. Thus, he against whom life had turncd at last, after Jeading him through paths of greatest glory, found death gentle and even merciful. ! Thus, with the soft chanting of hymns fAsating in of the Sabhath air, was wriften the fsst Jetter of that jm- jie memory as a great man | pefishable chapter of human history, | comprising the life of Woodrow Wil- jsen. 'Flags at Hall Mast--Courts Ad- journed--Services at Sea | New York, ¥eb, 4, — New York It was made to the order of |paused In its whirl today to remember | Woodrow Wilson, Everywhere flags were at half staff |e=in busy Wall street, ' on crowded | Broadway, and on Fifth avenue, that “avenue of the allies” which only & military pagesntry as the men of Mr. | Wilson's armies marched to war and | home again. Many courts adjourncd while jus- ;Hccu and magistrates took occasion 1o pay tribute to the former president. ‘In the show windows of many de- | partment stores, portraits of Mr. Wil- son were displayed draped in crepe, and before each there was always a cluster of passersby who paused for a moment to remember the silent ihnuse in 8 strect, Washington, | Orders went out to all vessels of the |United American line, whether in !port or on the high scas, to fly their \flags at nalfmast for a period of 30 cays. A memorial gervice will be heid on Wednesday, the day of the services in Washington, aboard the Hamburg American liner, Albert Ballin, now en route to New York from German ports. The Cunard line its steamer's flags wowd be masted and that memorial services would take place Wednesday aboard (all incoming ships. Governors of the New York stock exchange will meet late today to take lmetion on the closing of the exchange as a mark of respect for the Jate Woodrow Wilson. Fellowing its pre- cedent the stock exchange probably will suspend trading for several hours on the day of the funeral. 'Ttalian Press on Death of Ex-President Rome, Feb. 4.—Jtalian (comment on the death of President | Wilson is savored somewhat strongly by the animositics still lingering from announced that the controversy at Paris over Fiume man in superior court today author- | and the Adriatic problem in general. | In concluding its comment, however, the Glornale DTtalia says: “Beyond the funeral pyre ha'reds ceasc to ex- ist, as the ancient proverb says. To- day, therefore, sinee Flume is re- joined to Italy and our dissensions with the Jugoslavs are happily re- soived, we too can forget our bitter- ness, recalling the decisive value of the entramee of the United States in | the world War.”, | Warren, Wyoming; Smoot, Utah; | Edge, New Jerscy; Brandegee, Con- | necticut, republicans; Robinson, Ar- | kansas; Overman, North Carolina; | Glass, Virginia; Sheppard, Texas; kd- wards, New Jersey, democrats, In the House. As he offered his resolution for adjournment of the house Mr, Long- weorth, of Ohlo, the republican leader, commented thus on Mr. Wilkon's death: | "It becomes my duty to make offi- | clal announcement to this house of the death of a great American, a great leader of men, Woéodrow Wil- | son, 28th president of the States, cxpired yesterday morning at quarter past cleven—it is comforting | to think, quite peaccfully and pain- ‘In-ly. Though by no means uncx- | pected this news comes to the ! membership of this house as a pain- tul shock, “President Wilson will be mourned | not only throughout the Unitcd States, | but throughout the entire givilized world of which he was in his time so | outslanding a figure. Our hearts go out, I am well assured, with profound sympathy to his bereaved family and particularly to the graclous lady who was his trusted and well beloved com- panion equally in the zenith of his |great powers and since iliness came slowly and surely to undermine them.” The Rev. Dr. J. J. Muir, senate chaplain, and the Rev. Dr. James |Shera Montgomery, house chaplain, jeet of Mr. Wilsoa’s death. “We thank thee,” sald Dr. Muir, “for the greatness of the man and all his associations in the great movement of the world's life, in the time of awful tragedy to the nations and we humbly approach thee, seeking thy favor 16 the sorrowful household.” Dr. Montgomery, in his prayer, said “the nation mourncd the loss of ope |whose public servicas shall be written in characters of living life on the | pag=s of history.” | = He had ggined by his scholarship by Imlhd motives. by untiring devotlon | the population of the respective eoun- 7 end by ynetinted sacrifice the right of newspaper eminent domain,” sald’the chaplain. | | fzed the receivers of the Manhassett | Mfg. Co to compromise a suit of the company against the Sterling re Co., amounting to $20,760 which had | resylted in counter ltigation by the Menring Co., agrinst the Manhassett Ca. The settiement will release at- tachments on the mill property here and in Taunton, Mass, thus permit. ting the receivers to so1) the same in accordance with a recent court order. United | . | tion from certain tutions were able to sccure the de- | sired information. ’ It is understood the cheeks and other documentary cvidenca now in the hands of the grand jury were se- cured during pelice raids in 8t. Louis, | Mo., on October 15 last. { | —— 'CONGRESSMAN REED 10 - SPEAK AT C. OF C. BANQUET | Speaker of National Reputation Fn- gaged to Open New Hotel, | March 6. ¢~ Congressman Danicl A. Reed, a speaker with a national reputation, | will address the annual hanquet of the Chamber of Congress on March 6, according to a report made by ¥Fred iOA Rackliffe, chairman of the banquet commitie, to the weekly mecting of the Chamber directors today. Congressman Reed is well known as a successful “spell binder” and is chairman of the congressional ecom- mittec on industrial activities and ex- + positions. The banquet will be held March § in the Elihu Burritt hotel. Jsaac Black, chairman of the board of rectors of the hotel, will be toast. master. | It was also reported that the hoard | of public works has agreed to inelude Iln fts budget an item of $1.500 in its 1924 appropriation for the outting haif- | Poth devoted their praycrs to the sub- | gown the brow of Shepherd's hill and | resurfacing the road, #o0 as 1o divert | traffic over Elm street to East Main reet and relleve some of the con- on on Hartford avenve from | Hartford. Tt is expected that this 1mfl will be paved in 1925 and also | that Hartford will pave New Britain lavenue, thus giving a continuous { paved street from the eenter of cach | city to the center of the other. | Attorney 8. G. Casale appeared in ;appo-lu'n to the Johnson immigra- {tion bill, which would cut the quota of immigrants from three per cent of {tries here in 1910 down to two per cent of the population of the respec- tive countries here in 1 , which he sald would aimost eliminate immigra- countries. Attor- neys Morris D. Saxe and Donald Gafr- | ney and Peter Crona were appéinted a committee to look inte the matter and report later. Montreal, ¥eb. d—Premier L. A Tascheran of Quebhee was robbed of 181,200 tast Saturday wight, it became known today. While asicep in a ho- 1161 his room was ovtered and the ‘--r pockets. money, in bifls, taken from his trous- |