The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-10-03
WHITE S0X TURN TABLES ON REDS
President Wilson s Condition
Shoes No Change for Better
Doctors Agree Wilson Needs
lust Now Complete Rest
and Quiet.

Washington, Oct 3.-There
was no improvement in Presi-
dent Wilson's condition this
morning and Rear Admiral
Grayson, his physician, held an
other consultation with Rear
Admiral Stitt, of the naval med
ical school, and DR.. Sterling
Rufin, Mrs. Wilson's family
physician, who participated in
yesterdays consultation wi t h
DR.. F. A. Dercum, of Philadel-
phia.
The president slept some last
night. With him is a trained
nurse who is assisting Mrs. Will
SON in caring for the patient.
The president has no tempera-
ture and his heart action is good,
it was said at the White House.
There will be another consul
tation today, it was learned, be-
tween DR.. Grayson and 5 two
other physicians. The names of
the latter were not revealed, but
it was thought that they would
be Drs. RuAin and Stitt, who
were called in on the case yes
terday. A report that it would
be two physicians who had not
been consulted previously was
generally discounted.
While the presidents condition has
caused deep concern, Admiral Gray
son insists that it is not alarming and
is anxious that this be realized by
the country at large. In the mean
while, he is taking no cognizance or
the MANY rumors that are being cir
culated throughout the country and
which are reaching the capital.
Reports that X-ray examinations
have, or are, to be made, and that 1T
may be necessary for the president
to 20 under the knife, have brought
forth no formal comment.
DIR. Grayson reiterates that the
president is ION the ragged edge" as
the result of the intense strain he
has been under ever since the start
81 the war, and during the past year
especially, and that complete rest is
necessary for his recovery.
Admirals Grayson and Stitt and
DR., Rufiin were in consultation for
about two hours and this delayed the
issuing of the usual 10 o'clock bulle-
tin as to the presidents condition.
Responds Readily.
Although issuing statement that
the presidents condition is un-
changed. Rear Admiral Grayson this
afternoon let it be known that the |
president Is for the first time re-
sponding to treatment, and explained /!
that up to the present time the pres |
ident has chafed continually because |
he was not allowed to attend to q |
lot of affairs of state; but now he has !
begun to accept the inevitable and to
resign himself to the complete rest
that is necessary for his recovery.
The fact that DR.. Francis X. Der
cum, the noted neurologist, who was
called in on the case yesterday, had
returned to Philadelphia, was pointed
to as indicating that, while the presi-
dents condition may be anything but
satisfactory, it is not alarming.
In the meanwhile, messages of
sympathy are pouring down upon the
White House from every corner of
the plobe, very few of these have
been communicated to the president
ND to present time, it is understood.
Among them are messages from
President Poincare and Premier Gle
menceau, of France. There has been
n constant flow of callers at the ex-
ecutive offices to inquire about the
president and prominent among these
today was Edward Douglas White,
chief Justice Of the supreme court oil
the United States; Bernard M.
Baruch and Senator Owen, of Okla
homa.
Many of the affairs of state that
usually would devolve upon the presi-
dent are being handled at the pres
ent time by Secretary of State Lam
sing. The secretary, it is pointed
ont. is familiar with all of the presi-
dents policies and especially those
in connection with the peace treaty,
and he will continue to be at the
helm in this respect until the chief
executive is strong enough to take
them up again.
Goes to Fathers Bedside.
Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 3.-Mrs.
Francis b. Sayre, formerly Miss Jes-
Sic Wilson, left her Cambridge home
today for the bedside of her father.
President Wilson, at Washington.
Her husband, who is an instructor
at Harvard university, was scheduled
to follow her later in the day. Mrs.
Sayre left home hurriedly carrying
only handbag.