| Show PRESIDENTS PRESIDENT'S PE ID NT PAS ASSES THE FIRST CRISIS IN SAFETY HP i froton roton Mass s. s Feb l 1 12 1 a a. a m The m. The its ts is in 10 the infirmary lor tor nearly two h Eli's Elis peen turned tow lOW 1 t roton la i c rb L. L The U.-The 11 reports f rn m tile the sick lCK r room om of ut N v t Jr Ji the to e eldest ion on ot oi trig thu I been n tit III o 0 1 last nos luI w h n nn In at al ute Uk Groton ln- ln I ve me t y ry I. I L w III show abow W na un V w wu t u. u a 11 u CIUL lu his than 1 ita h t l W XI better neuer last t t. it as 1 t t. Uie Ure same time Ja lEJ COME COME- CRISIS V LT 10 C I to Le 3 of C the Within the next x j and n l 1 I Is looked for Cor The Thel hours w ty four or Clr thirty sri their n ildeni ident l em and his wife believe an and w meet this crisis ii ID shape shape will reco r In Inthe p Ping Ing II a t turn In Inthe the M f the r slight favorable relived t the strain tod today t ha hll hub greatly 0 and the day closed much muche oth them iii e a rh t than Own yesterday y F TEAR An HOPS HOPE AND EN Mr 11 Ill in 1 I te e e reports Issued through President ran to In th the elou secretary hupe and tear rear BeginnIng with where the boy after aCter an add adm ad- ad t mo inc wh ft Do was reported 3 as Im- Im m d hard Su-r Su nIght sy p wa s y m ent one this favorable at ri ble l f tend ga through the noone noon n y v w s a continued fI e statement SLIGHT SLIGH t 11 clock o'clock Secretary Cortelyou Co made I 11 h folk l- l vAng The condItion I if the th b buy boy j since Inco the favorable announce- announce n n l. l lit nt or the morning morting has remained un- un pleurisy which was deo de- de and md the tho t has proved to berl be bo bosit morning o oe e l this m rl e sit ht thus faren far fur en 1 i 2 45 P Pr m m. It was stated that boi bo s temper iture had rl risen cn and andt t it would high h and If any- any l' l nS' nS rift a i lithe UtI tow toward ld morning I The sombre tone seemed seE almost to neutralize neutralize neutralize neu neu- the mornings morning s encouraging notes 1 FAVORABLE CONDITION HELD The Th next report at 6 20 p p. p m m. showed that notwithstanding the high temperature tempera tempera- ture trel I the boy hart had more than held his own during I tho day cUy and aid that his is condition condition condi condi- n r tion l was favorable v A Hopefulness e e w was In Increased Increased In- In creased by an a additional and voluntary report on Mr s part at 8 o clock o'clock that the lad was In better condition condition con con- than at the same time last night although he said there had hadnot not been much change hange during the day meaning day that thal th u Ih the tho favorable condition of the mornIng morning morning morn morn- ing h had id ben been practically maintained ed BOY IS BETTER t u sr AI these reports report were were auth authoritative and In addition tb there re was a cheery ie ry Int Interview In- In t tor l w w with Secretary of ot the Long after a h hurried visit of courtesy o s to l Ills his chief In n which c I ho lie f frankly kl klo said that h the boy wa was better CONFIRMED BY PRESIDENT To confirm rm this came the Presidents President s sudden Budden appearance a little later In the afternoon at the new Sporting Dome a recreation house houlle built built by Mr Gardner adjoining his own mansion n. n The President President dent was waG dressed in a a. suit of or flannels and seemed ready for some exercise on ont t the e lIe new He did not play however how how- I the ever although h he remained m l In n the sunny n nI building nearly f y two hours watching i hT a a. gam game between Mrs James Lawrence and Hev He Sherard Billings I KING KING NG EDWARDS EDWARD'S S- S SYMPATHY Another r interesting event of oC the day Was the r receipt elI tC of a telegram from Emb Em- Em b at Washington conveY conveying con con- veY ng KIng Icing Edwards Edward s expression of or sympathy thY thY- for tor the tha President and hope for tor forthe forthe the th speedy recovery of ot his on P PLAiN STATE STATEMENTS TA 9 t I Then ThE reports report issued d dl ti lip bya Mr Cortelyou dining the tle day were fit same nature a as sen to Lo Ili is XI m velt at ashl to- to At tHe et ea est request est of or orthe the President the reports leports were not iss Issued ed In bulletin form Mr Ir Cortelyou absolu absolute e- e ly refusing t to give statistics of t tempera temper temperature ture i- i pulse e and respiration I I In fact no technicalities were used and arid at his re re- re- re quest quotations also were omitted I They were merely plain statements of the condition of the boy bov- Each time one was given Mr Cortelyou cautioned the newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper men against making it too encouraging en en- SECRETARY LONG ENCOURAGED Then came the interview with Secretary Long which contained far Car more encouraging aging words than any nY from the the- sick sickroom room The Secretary said franklY that the boy was better and that both the President and his wife wite were much encouraged en en- He said laid that no plan had been made for the tho Presidents President s departure alI although al- al I I though intimating that if the boy boys boy's s condition condition condition con con- continued to Improve at the same rate the boy would probably be improved sufficiently to allow the President to leave for tor Washington Thursday No Iso arrangements arrangements ar ar- he said had been made to towar toward toward to- to war ward the removal of the boy when he be is well enough to leave the infirmary He Heald said ald both the President and Mas Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt were much worn and worried but otherwise quite well wel OFFICIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTED For two hours houra today the President was engaged In transacting transacting- official business and answering letters He lunched with Mrs Roosevelt at the Infirmary after the thed d departure t of Secretary r Long The g 6 30 o g. g clock o'clock report it from Mr Nr CortelyOU Cortelyou Cortelyou Cortel Cortel- you practically ed much of what Secretary Long Iong had said It was In effect ef effect effect ef- ef that the boy boys boy's s condition while unchanged unchanged unchanged un un- changed showed Improvement for the day His Ills temperature had Increased slightly but respiration and pulse lse were about the same INDICATIONS FAVORABLE At 8 o o'clock clock Mr Cortelyou gaVe gage out another another another an an- other report stating that medical examInation examination nation of at the patient showed that he was much improved and considerably better than last night The President spent the entire evening at the Gardner house The last sick room bulletin for the day was given out at 11 o clock o'clock Mr Cortelyou Cortelyou Cortelyou Cortel Cortel- you said that at this time every indication indication indica indica- tion was for a favorable night for far the boy but the fever had fluctuated somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- some some- what an and It Jt was Impossible to tell just when the cn cri crisis l ls would come although It was looked for by Wednesday |
