Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-16
ROOSEVELT TO LEAVE
HOSPITAL IN TEN DAYS
Confined from page ~

there IL p~oSslDllls Va uhhS0' !
ON the wound WIS the admission oi
,r Terrell. who accompanied Coione'
oosevelt to Chicago.
N would not wish TO say at this time /
,at he IL no dangerously
aid the surgeon The gun was IA foui
ne. and the bullet passed through to"
,auy substances before II entered the
fo, the fear OF blood poisoning
lot 10 he imminent.
..(.olouel Roosevelt has n phenomenal
Ieyelopment of the chest. II Is ihrtely
To the fact thai lie IL u physical
,,rvel that he was not fatally wound
ID He IL one of the most powerful
neu have ever seen inid out Oh M
,or,.t,, table The bullet OF the as
sassip lodged in the MASSIVE nluSe'eS"
his chest instead Of penetrating hh
pro
! lowspIte this view Of DR. Ferret ~
W.. ~>sadouarters gave out the fol
are absolutely no n- ia that there
Colonel Roosevelt's case. .sntorns In
custom in modern surgery to pro-the
onc in cases Of gnnshot POUNDS, The
only danger left in Colonel RooseveIt's
case. and 1t IL 4 remote one. is that of
blood poisoning. A probe increases
the danger of this. and 80 its use IN
delayed aud frequently 1t Is not used
at ALL"
To Make Ono More Speech.
The colonels speaking tour has been
abandoned and alt dates cauceIed. Ii
possible the colonel will nIahs sue more
speech before election day. however
The Progressive national committee
will arranK to have him speak at
Madison Square Garden. in New York,
on Oct. 26 Ii he recosers auiiicisntly
by that time.
While disiuclined to talk for pubiica
ton except for the official bulletins is
sued. it may be SAID that the surgeons
base a large amount Of hope FOR the
ultimate recovery on his remarkable
physique. la the evening bulletin they
characterized his ply sIcai condition Us
ex, eilent and due to habitual exercise
and constant abstinence from liquor
and tobacco.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., and
his wife, Miss Ethel koose,e cit and Ur.
lambert are due in Chicago uu the
wenlIeth Century this morning from
New York clIy. Kermit Roosevelt ~
in Brazil. News OF the attempted as
WAS cabled To HIM Monday
and he repiled in u cuUlegram t.
his father.
lie colonel was not allowed to re
many visitors through the day
called. but lew got past the from
yate Of the hospital, which Is carefully
guarded by Al ponce olnciai.
A chller OF yesterday afternoon was
Hiss Jane Addanls Of Hph1 House, but |
hiding The toionel asleep. she sand she
sHu1d return later. When she return
u the second time the patent was |
examined by physicians. Ii she
vent away without seeing hun. A SEE
md time she was accompanied b,
MRS. Joseph T.. Bowen. The colonel
VAS greatly disappointed at not see
Miss Adams.
Mrs. Long worth arrived at the hos
with Mrs. MediII Mccormick aft
IT the patient had been notified his
laughter was In the city on the way
his bedside. She WAS detained In
antero0m outside his apartment
or several minutes until a ~consulta- |
ion between Colonel Roosevelt and
John Z. Schaner relative to future
WAS finished.
Mrs. Longworth met Albert Martin. |
who saved her father from further |
lttack by the Milwaukee a~ssailant. |
and warmly Thanked him. She asked
kat he tell her just how 1t ha opened.
3he listened attent veiy rs he descrtb- |
.d the positions Of the principals in
he attempted ASA >SiIu ton and what |
did. Colonel Cecil Lyon Of Texas /
nterJected casual explanations.
Warmly Praises Martin. |
ut was a wonderful thing to do"
he said to Mr.. Martin. Just wonGer
ul. l am proud of you. You couldn't
ave had much time to do 1t. and you
a great risk In doing what you
lid. am rs grateful as one possibi,
HI be-"
MIR. Martin b~lushingly displayed the
orn and perforated manuscript and
pectacle cas- which helped to lessen
he force OF the bullet and disclairI J
ii any heroism. but the daughter OF
hs fo ter president would not have
I ~.
For awhile In the evening Colonel J.
Roosevelt sat In bed propped up byd
.illows. with books and magazines
lacked up around nlm. His kilograms
10 had read and answered. 'eaviuR
/ ose coming after 8 D. u. to bs an
wered today
With his ~spectacles comfortably al
all his books within reach. his
Iowny pillow replacedlb by cushions of
urled HAIR. he told Miss Margaret
fitzgerald. the nigAt nurse Assigned
D his room. thai an he wanted was
within his reach anu that NO neeu
worry Dou han iii he began worry
NJ for them. Within tive minutes INT
rowds had gone and the hospitai gave
% indication that IL housed all In
ured former president.
He bade the last of his callers good
light and prepared for Il comfortable
He III he felt tine and told
John +. COLLEEN. who is Keeping
over him. that unless the final