The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-16

everything. He says he is feeling fine but complains of little pain in the side If an operation Is necessary pr. Saylor says it can be performed with only a local application of cocaine"
 Telegrams Pour In
 Telegrams began pouring into the in- stituton almost soon as the colonel was brought there and many of them were read by the patient himself.
 X-ray plates showed the bullet did not take a dangerous pathological course. The cavity is in the right chest. an inch above the nipple. The course of the bullet ap- pears to be downward and toward the breast bone.
 pr John Murphy. chief physician of the staff in consultation over the patients case, announced that the wound was not dangerous in itself. He made this state ments before examining the skiagraphs. Following the announcement, by author ity of the colonels managers, that he would cancel his engagements and make no more set speeches during tho cam paign, it became known that the cam paign committee might consider it neces- sary for the candidate to make one ad- dress in New York. October 26 was mem toned a possible date for a Madison Square Garden speech. If the colonel was convalescent.
 Cars Are Released
 The Mayflower. a special car, in which the colonel had been travelling, and the Sunbeam, the correspondents car. which has been run with the eoloners car were released by tho colonels managers. The 1 first person whom the colonel asked to see after he had his breakfast was the Very Rev. E. l. Vattman a former army chaplain, who retired wlth the rank of major. He and the colonel are old friends. They enjoyed a conversation Of half an hour l Drinking tea and eating toast In bed, Colonel Roosevelt read Macaulay's es- says afterward He expressed regret that his managers had decided to give up the l remainder of his itinerary. This was the word brought out by Medill Mccormick | as he and Dr. J. E. Murphy left the l coloners room in the hospital 1 "Colonel Roosevelt Is still in active | charge of the campaign bureau" said Mccormick "although it has been decd- ed to his regret that his speaking tour 1 be abandoned"
 I the eX-Prosident's acts was unruffled ! when the physicians made their latest l examination.
 l The examination showed the patient had narrow escape from death. The bul- l let entered above the upper border on l the liver less one inch below the lower l apex of the lungs. The wound probably 1 would have been fatal if the ball had 1 penetrated either the lung or the liver. l If the bullet had entered the same place l on the left instead of the right side it would have penetrated the heart and ] caused instant death
 Colonel Roosevelt slept for an hour l and awoke refreshed. He called for l Miss Blanche WeIter She is the nurse and he wanted a pint of buttermillc. | This he drank with relish. Dr, Terrell took the patients temperature and count ed his pulse. He unoffcially announced | to the nurses there was no need for fear. | Terrell, can l take a rde?" inquired 1 the patient.
 | He thought the air was "stuffy" ! pr. Terrell said there was sufficient air The doctor, however produced a device from one of the sisters in charge l of the floor where the patient is quar- tered. This appeared to refresh him with the added ozone.