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Show PRESIDENT ORDERED BACK TO WHITE HOUSE I Federation Chief Defines The Strike Issues l . Villi I Sis n DATE S 1 Dr. Grayson Orders President Back to Washington. NERVOUS REACTION Suspension of Trip Made Imperative by His Physical Condition. I. WICHITA, Kans, Sept 26 Presi-j Presi-j Ident Wilson cancelled the remainder I Hf his tour under orders from Arl- Biral Carey T. Grayson, the presi- cnt's physician, and will return to I (Washington direct from Wichita AJ-I AJ-I Hdral Grayson gave illness and physi- pl exhaustion as the reason for his I KcUon. f Although It was said there was notb-j notb-j Msg critical about Uie prealdept'j u- Eared a nervous reaction affecting Hi digestive organs made suspi nsl a of his trip imporativi I Mr. Wilson was ill most or list night and the decision to return at lobce to the capital was r-a hl j':.-t Ibefore his train arrived in Wichita. The president hims If wanted to con-; con-; tinue his speaking procnm, hut I t I S Grayson would noi permit it. The president's address which was , to havr- been delivered at the Ejrum building this morn in, v. a - canoTl"'' i i The pr viii u.i I t lain 1 1 il 1 1 u ' hi. II L Into the station ai Wichita whero a I liargo crowd was waiting to welcome the president. Although h wanted to Eat least greet the p ople In re, Dr. Grayson would not permit him to leave ! his private car Tumulty Issues Statement. : Secretary Tumulty issued the !ol-1 !ol-1 lowing statement 'President Wilson has i xercifaed himself .-o con.-t.antly and under such a f strain dunn; the last year and lu . t hpent himself without reserve on tin. I ftrip that it has brought on a nervous I ireaction in his digestive organs ' "Dr Grayson therefore insists up' r fit the canrellatjon of his remaining ap- polntraenis anu )n imnn diate r - 1 1 j t r I to Washington, notwithstanding the i president's earnest desire to complete I Uis engagements " Leaving Wichita at 11 o'clock today after a stop of about two hours, the Presidential special will reach W h 1 ington sundas morn ins It will tro I Iby way of Kansas City and 81 Louis Has Made Speeches. Mr. Wilson has made nearly tort f speeches since he -n Washing! n on I September third and has spent ail but half a dozen nights on the train. Five Jl addresses remained on bis uncompl. t- B?d schedule. After the two toda he! was to have spoken in Little Rock I ind Memphis tomorrow and in Louis Ule Monday morning returning to I Washington on Tu sdaj B It was declared by members of the1 n president's parly that one of the or t leals which seemed to be mosl n E in his nerves has been the automobile I grades through the cities he ha I Ued. He has traveled many milt I I standing in his ear and waving bis hat jn response to the elieers or welcome. I This feature of ibe trip al:o appar-I appar-I Mltly has been very nring lo Mis I Wilson also, who has accompanied I him wherever he went, and who, dur- J 'DG the last few days, has shown f i Spaces of being anxious for the strain! 1 to end B In order to avoid the crouds, the President has made several minor1 S Shifts in his schedule M San Diego. I Cal , last Friday he went aboard bit ! I train immediately after the informal, f dinner Kiven in his honor instead of' F remaining for the night, and when he r reached Ixis An?eles the next dav he! I tried in vain to slip quietly to his ho-pwl ho-pwl for Sunday s real Later in the day at Los Antrelos he' arranged to take the air in a brief au-j lomohjic rile by sending out person-I person-I and hiring a Laxicab instead of Jjsling the conspicuous draped car that I nad beeu provided for his use. Tried to Curtail Program. tu a nurnher of other cases sinte I 'hi Q Pre3i(lonf has tried to curtail His program and has seized every op-BPortunity op-BPortunity to get a momenty r (Continued On Page f; oo WILSON CANCELS DATES (Continued From Page d lion. His train was stopped tor more than an hour yesterday evening aftei 'having Pueblo while Mr and Mrs. Wilson took a long walk down a dusty country road by the Arkansas river. The details of the president's indisposition indis-position were not revealed, but i was indicated that he had a slight loucn of indigestion Dr. Grayson thought it would pass away quickly if Mr. Wilson remained quietly in bed. but j said he would insist upon absolute rest. Special Ic Delayed. Although the presidential special (was due to reach Wichita at seven 'o'clock this morning, the arrival was delayed until nine, as has been the icase in all cities where an earlier sr- rival had been scheduled. Shortly before be-fore nine, the train was sidetracked on iho outskirts of the city and ll was a half hour later that the decision to suspend the trip was announced in Seeretary Tumulty's statement. Assistant Seeretary Drahaney went by motor to the Wichita station, a mile away, to tell the local reception committee that the president could not leave the train. On the way the streets were lined by thousands who had gathered along the route of the scheduled sched-uled automobile ride in the business section Later the following statement was issued from the train "To the people of Wichita. ' "It is with sincere regret that I ami unable to meet the fine peopie of Wichita, Kansas, to lay before them all the facts regarding the treaty of peace and the league of nations. I know with what candor they would U sire to treat this important matter and I am confident what their jurg-ment jurg-ment of the facts would be I is a real disappointment to me that 1 must leave Kansas without having the pleasure of coming into personal ..'on-tact ..'on-tact with them (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON 1 Just before the train left Wit'dta 11 27 o'clock, it was said the presihrn was feeling better and was Bitting up |