Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-27
Journey k Suddenly Brought 10 Halt Tn kansas, Starts fer
 Washington. LONG REST NEEDED.
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O. Boara pre>saez. Wzsaa,s Spe>.". IEa.a, >eat. SS-I.. @~an Over eNertsor oa hi> long ieas fer tae peace treaty PTe>saeaf N son tooay eaDceltea tHe >pea&.-c 4atts Tema'nag on Ai> >e hedale an5 5a777s-5 tasA toward Washington. Ca1ze4!es1 dates include Ok.arama CI9, f1tt4e Rock, Memphis and Louisville.
 Fho president acted 8nas- eraerS from h1> personal phSiesar. pv sry I, GraY>on. wha >aiG n formal statement late ;hiS afternoon 1h2t ] Nf. Wilson was >afferlnE from nervous exhaustion, and that while his condition was not alarm ing, . considerable period ef rest would he necessary fer hsS @ecov- iery.'
 After q few days al the capital. where the presidents Speoia. tram Will arrive Sunday morning 5; the end of fast nun half way aSrass the continent, the president may go to some secluded resort for conn plcte vacation from the official cares winch have occupied hls attcn- ] tlo continuously for many months \ plan for Mir. Wilson to ee la New York late next week to welcome klnE Albert, the sovereign ef Bel gium. virtually has been abandoned. but the president expects to receive the nations visitor later at the white house Ali other engagements for the immediate future have been cancelled.
 After night of illness, during which Dr Grayson and Mrs. Wilson were in almost constant attendance upon him, the president aec3de3 to abandon his trip shortly after o'clock this morning while his train ! was at Wichita. Kansas. He ohd not leave his private car there and during most of the day he was ia bed In the afternoon and evening he got some sleep and was able to take some nourishment.
 Strength 0vertaxed.
 In a formal statement late thss afternoon. Dr. Cary T. Graysoon, the presidents personal physician. said Mir. Wilson's condition was not ! alarming" but he would require rest for "a considerable time" Dr. Grayson's statement follows.
 "President Wilson's condition IS due to overwork The trouble dates back to an attack of influenza last April in Paris. from which he has never entirely recovered.
 The presidents activities on his trip have over-taXed his strength 1 and he is suffering from nervous exhaustion. His condition Is not alarming but it will be necessary for his recovery that he have rest and quiet for a considerable time.
 (Signed)
 "GRAYSON." i Sine he left Washington SepteRl- Der 3. the president has delivered 40 speeches for the treaty and when he reached Wichita had travelled more than s,200 miles on his original ten thousand mile schedule. Besides the Wichita speech, he was to have spoken tonight at Oklahoma lity, tomorrow at Little Rock and Mem phis. and Monday at Louisville, ! reaching Washington Tuesday. Cancellation of the remainder of the trip was announced m 8 state. ment by Secretary Tumulty and later the secretary issued another statement announcing cancellation of the presidents other engagements for immediate future. The state ments follow:
 "The president has exerted him. self so constantly and has been un- der such strain during the last year and has so spent himself without reserve on tris trip, that 1t has hroupht on a nervous reaction in his digestive organs.
 "Dr. Grayson. therefore, insists upou the cancellation of his remain ing appointments and his immediate return to Washington, notwithstand- ing the presidents earnest desire 10 complete his engagements.
 "Upon the advice of Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, the president $ physician. it has become necessary 10 cancel all the presidents engage ments for the immediate future
 Although Mir. Wilson's illness did not take an aggressive turn unth late last night, he has not been en- tirely we'll since he left Washington on September 5. A slight cold several times has handicapped him in speaking, and for several days he has suffered from headache. After leaving his train for a three m,ie walk late yesterday near Pusoio. Colorado however, he seemed m much better trim.
 In the evening Dr. Grayson spent some time with rim and during the night made another visit to the pre- sidential private car. He found that the president was not sleeping well, and That Mrs. Wilson, who has been