Show io VILSON SAYS A oft 61 I Its It's t S No N o Use Us e Im I'm Broken Machine Physician Told WASHINGTON Feb Woodrow l-Woodrow l 1 Woodrow Wilson Vilson is at deaths death's door Wasted by months of suffering the war time pres- pres president pres president ident is is fighting what his physicians believe may be his last battle An upset of the digestive organs which began last Monday and seemed Inconsequential at first so racked his feeble frame and constitution that he lies today clinging to life by a slender thread which may break at any hour r Today roday oday he alternately slept fitfully or took light nourishment while family and physicians watched the flickering flame and hoped for the best Many times his death was rumored Once flags at government buildings were placed at half mast A general wearing out the result ofa of a five years gallant struggle which began when he was laid lowthe low atthe the White House has left him too weak and worn fight off the present difficulty But all day long today his pulse was strong and nd his heart action was good although he was in sucha such a state of exhaustion th that t he no longer was able to whis whis- whisper whis- whis whisper whisper per to those at his bedside without the greatest difficulty difficulty culty UPSET BEGAN MONDAY I The stomach upset which brought him to his pres pres- present pres- pres present ent exit collapse occurred Monday and was some indiscreet choice of food It upset him thoroughly and he insisted on sending for his friend and physician Rear Admiral Grayson who was out of the city on a hunting trip Dr Grayson found Mr Wilson up and about his room looking after his correspondence and ordered him to bed Further stomach upsets continued accompanied by a violent bleeding of the nose which weakened hima him hm a great deal Wednesday night he failed further and last night he collapsed Dr Grayson Crayson fearful of his patients patient's ability to withstand the attack called consultations but there was lIttle to be done except except to make Mr VIlson Wilson comfortable No opiates have been given but some stimulants have been used to which Mr Wilson has responded He has been conscious all day but too weak to talk above a whisper or move He knows that little short of ofa a miracle can prolong his life many hours DECLARES HE IS READY In Im Ii ready he said to Dr Grayson when the last sinking spell came V Youve ou ve done all you could for forme forme forme me The pId old machine is worn out that's all Its It's better that I 1 sho should ld go than remain a helpless invalid Mrs Wilson bearing up with the same great forti forti- fortitude forti- forti fortitude fortitude tude she displayed while her husband lay at deaths death's door in the White House constantly is by his bedside with the nurses and physicians There has been no difficulty with natural body eliminations anda and a remarkable absence of complications complications complications so far If H Mr Wilson lives until tonight there will be an- an another another an another other consultation of physicians at 9 o'clock o'clock o'clock After a sudden turn for the worse during the night he lay throughout the morning hours hOUIS between life and death He rallied slightly at noon and talked in whispers with those about him In the early afternoon he seemed perhaps to be resting easier but his attendants saw little hope that the end could long be delayed At 1 I o'clock o'clock o'clock h hs his s friend and physician Dr Grayson announced that the former president was asleep and that his pulse pule was ua a a trifle stronger little At o'clock-Mr o'clock o'clock-Mr o'clock a although he was very weak Dr Grayson re reo returned turned to the sickroom sick room with the intention n of remaining remaining through the day and night PHYSICIANS CALLED INDr INDr IN INDr Dr Grayson in addition t to the force of two nurse nurses and an orderly already on duty called in during the morning Dr Sterling Ruffin and Dr H A A Fowler both bothof of whom helped care for Mr Wilson while he was wasill wasill wasill ill in the White House Besides the physicians only a few of the forme presidents president's closest friends were admitted to the house hous Vance McCormick former chairman of the n national committee leaving after fter a short talk with th M Ms Mrs s Wilson said that death might come today or might stay its hand until tomorrow President Coolidge was one of the first to to send to-send send Jt 4 message of sympathy When he heard of th the serious serious situation of his predecessor he and Mrs Coolidge con conveyed con a message in which they included a prayer for recovery ii The The messages of conc concern n came from the lowest asI as I I Ib on Two b 1 I I WOODROW WilSON DYING AT ATI ATHIS ATHIS I j HIS HOME IN WASHINGTON I I I Continued from Page Par One Ox well as the highest among the fellow citizens of the for for- former former former did the of telephone in- in inquiries inquiries mer president presidents as great pressure quirks that besieged newspaper offices as soon as the th news spread Washington W and the country had heard many u ru- rumors rumor more mors heretofore about supposed relapses but this thi time tim I there seemed to bea be a universal realization that some some- something thing grave had occurred From admirers of the war warI wartime wartime wa I time president in distant states from friends of Wood Wood- Woodrow Woodrow Woodrow row Wilson in his youth and his collegiate days as well as public officials through all the branches of the government the inquiries and expressions of regret poured in a great tide of public sympathy and apprehension apprehension apprehension hension Although at first unrelated to the direct cause of Mr Wilsons Wilson's collapse in 1919 the digestive disorder had made such inroads on the strength of the patient today as to develop anew some of the old symptoms that had succumbed to treatment and accentuate others that had had clung on nn despite all that the best medical attention and the care do WILSO 67 YEARS n OF AGE Sir Mr Wll on wa win 87 67 e old on Dec mb r 28 It has hils been a little OHr ose T four Sour ears and four tour months ho lr d on his hia hl train ln In Colorado after delivering d 40 speeches In a d determined to stem th the tide of oC o nt that h had d risen n so eQ o high against t the ru ot of o n In the tho th enate cn The T news new ot of hl his breakdown n Will Was wasill gh en n to t the world orld when hen on the Ule tilen next day September r lb iIi UK q ho he was to leave leve leav his hla train to de liver e-liver liver an n address ss at f VI Kan iCan K nOver Over a clear cl r tr truck track ck the presidential p lal sped ped back to the th dt it and although he be was wis ws ablo abia abl to walk out om of ot the th Union station and o andna e a ao Ills lla hat Jat to a 0 Sunday morning cro crowd d that had gath lathered gathered red to see him come cOllie home Jome horn there waa wa a gra grao grae e ell ell- nt a f tw w days day later and he hehu hu has been burn able ablo abl only for short hort periods at a time tini to appear In public lie He H noer cr again allin has haa ha left Wash Wash- Wash Wash-InKton rom l-rom the th special train It Jt wa as u an- an announced announced an announced by Dr Grayon Grayson that the condition of ot the th patient nt Was wae due duto to 10 ov overwork folio nine folio Ing on the tho th heels ot of an attack of Influenza While the president was as as at the th peace In the early spring of 1919 1 Gun Ki n then n Vr M Mi Wll on was we from nervous e It a was 38 said he must remain quiet br I ft a considerable time lime and nd out of oC this flew glew the mOle moa serious conse conse- conse- conse consequences that ha hate ha e made mad him Mci al- al nOI an Invalid OHr oer a long lone period S During ht hi residence at the th S I atre street tr et t house hour where ho he h went vent directly after arter ho hl had hd turned tum d over vr tho the reins of authority to Warren G Harding he ha hM has ed tew fow lIe He seemed d to enjoy particularlY the tho chats ho h haa hM had In tn the th past few months l aith and Lloyd George But he h has haa h taken an en even keener Interest In talking over old times time and nd present tendencies ith that coterie ot of p personal friendS that have hav remained In hi dence defoe during durin the th years year of his hi con con- confinement First FIrM among amons- these the hue has ha been bren Dr Gryson Gr y oa with whom hom hom he had exchanged view almost dall dallon on ever every subject that has haa ha come corn hIs hi observation allon of that hat Is I taking place In the th world ou outside Another with whom he h often otten has taken counsel counci as i as BernardI M Baruch of New York and Mr today was wa the In first besides the to call and person person- personally personally ally ally express i to Mrs Irs Wilson his hope fur tor or the th former president nt a 8 re- re recovery r covery As A head had of ot the th war Indus Indus- Industries trio Indus industries tries board Ur Mr r Baruch was wa one of those the tb war wr time counsel counsel- counsellors lor bra lors of the th president In 1 whom hODl ho he h ays had Implicit and 1 It was as as Mr with whom he conferred last hen h he was fas set set set- setting setting ting forth upon his hi Ill fated trip for r the th peace p ac treaty Another caller during the th morn morn- mornIng morn ni tog Ing was IU Li Vane Vance ance 1 former chairmen chairman oft oct Democratic na- na national na national committee and also Iso an old friend |