The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-27
is RESTING WELL
President Had Comfortable
Night-CORdition Not Serious.
Train at Terre Haute, Ind, Ear
ly This Morning.
REACHES CAPITAL TOMORROW
Mrs. Wilson in Constant At
tendance Upon President.
Executives Train Slipping
Quietly Thru Cities.

Aboard the Presidents Train, In
dianapolis, Ind, Sept. 27.--"The presi-
dents condition is about the same"
Doctor Grayson announced shortly
after 10 o'clock this morning. HE
has had a fairly restful night"
It was understood President Wilson
probably would remain in bed today.
The president. who is suffering from
nervous exhaustion and is being
rushed back to Washington on his
special train, was taking a nap about
8 o'clock this morning.
Doctor Grayson moved into a room
on the presidential private car. May
flower, last night and did not leave
the car even to issue his morning bull
letin.
Wilson is as comfortably situated as
could be expected aboard the train.
His room is commodious, with a dou-
BILE bed. His physician occupies a
room just a few steps from the pres
idents.
Says He Looks "AH In"
The president has not been seen by
those on his train-eXcept by his per-
sonal attendants and those closest to
him-since yesterday morning when
he cancelled his speaking date at
Wichita. He was described as look
ing utterly eXhausted-"all in"
The president is not in touch with
the progress of the treaty fight in
Washington just now, as he is not
reading newspapers, and no kilograms
had been delivered aboard the train.
Mrs. Wilson maintained a cheerful
demeanor this morning in spite of the
strain she has undergone. Her smile
still was there and she seemed to be
keeping her nerve. She and her maid
are the only women on the train,
which was averaging a speed of about
I Gs
Indiana.
Has Clear Right of Way.
The right of way for Wilson's spe-
cial was cleared for miles ahead to-
day.
Relays of locomotives with the best
enginemen of the railroads at the
throttles were ready at frequent in
tervals.
There were no unnecessary stops
and the presidents train went thru
some cities full speed, the crowds
on the platforms flashing past, mere
blurs. Wherever a stop was impera-
tive. inspectors and gangs of men were
ready to go over the train from one
end to the other, tapping wheels, ex-
aiming axle boxes, working under
pressure with the precision of well
trained football teams, so that in a
minimum of time the signal might be
given and the special resume its jour
ney.
ST. Louis. Sept. 27.-Hurrying back
to Washington, President Wilson. en-
route from Wichita, Kan, reached st.
Louis at 3:40 this morning and within
an hour was on his way again.
The presidential train slipped into
St. Louis unannounced and waited on
siding at the outskirts while the
train crew was shifted and engines
were changed.
There was no crowd to greet the
train. few stragglers curiously
watched the train maneuvers.
Special police and secret service
men threw a Gordon about the train
on its arrival and a detail of police
was placed ct bridges and vital points
en- route until the train departed forty
minutes later.
When the train reached the Union
station orders were given that silence
must be maintained and a guard of
five hundred police saw the mandate
was enforced by the score of persons
about the depot. No one was allowed
within hundred feet of the presiden-
tial car, Mayflower.
Lights on the train were out and all
| aboard apparently were resting. The
only sign of life was the appearance
| OF a few newspaper men who alighted
/ to send messages