Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
WILSON MAY SELECT
HOME IN MARYLAND
President Will Stay Near Wash
inston and Official War Rec
ords. Friends Say.

Washington, Nov. l6.-ln all the talk
,h,t mas been heard here IN connection
with the breaking up Of the President
ct6c,al family after March little has
hcen sand and little known regarding
the plans of the President himself.
Even now there IL no development IN
ia, connection that could bc pronounced
a. dchn,te but IL would not be surprising
Ia anv of the closer friends OF the ENecu-
i've Il he should become a Marylander
after ms successor has been nducted
into office.
Most oi these friends 'eel confident
mat he will move with ms family to one
al the attractive country places III Mont
rnmerv county. only a few mlicS from
Washington, but far enough away from
tnr Capital % make nIm cltlzcn ot the
statc and give him identify as such.
The question OF the Presidents future
home has been matter of family CONVEX
satlOu for some time, II X sand, and al
though. Stri tly speaking, u ~ none o.
The puhlics business where he goes or
how ne spends the latter wears OF his
hfr there Is n natural interest on the part
of ms fellow -countrymen as TO the state
D., aduptS the home nc selects and the
work hr viii engage IN.
Nresdv ms officially announced that
after ms term of office expires MIR. VII
son vii devote himself To writing hooks
IN his Bethesda speech, Secretary Iu-
multv said that
u am human enough. and all the
Irlsh arc very human. 10 want hum the
president ~ live for many wears, not
only for the sake of his personal friends
and the great books which he IS gong
a. write but also 10 see the vindlcation
which IS sure 20 come
Wrn inc continued improvement IN
ms health the President viii be fully
able nus family IS convinced 10 devote
many hours Of hrs time each day TO the
books 20 when Mir Tumulty referred.
His purpose To give the world his
WOW of many of the great events Of the
list four wears Is held 10 he another rea-
son whv hr viii eventually locate per
ulsnentlv in the nrighhorhood Of Wash
ington II NOT IN the city itself Il would
greatly facli'arr his writing, u IS SAID,
a. he near the records the archives and
thr librarIrs VI the government Much
III ihc iata which he will require, II IS
lnt,mated viii be left behind him in the
il,~ al the White House and the execu-
tive departments
AnoAher circumstance of some nm
parranc-e IN thus connection j. that VIZ
tually all ~ Mrs " NIlSon property i
located in Washington and u would he
matter II great convenience 70 her 70
lyc near enough to this city e DC able
III keep in close touch with her own
business affars
II has been suggested more than once
that the President might feel inclined
~ purchase home in Georgetown
n { That no former President has
ever lived in Washington permanently
s said to weigh not at all with Mr.. VIII
son What other Presidents have done
c- failed to do has never been a restraint
upon him. He has no respect for mere
r-ecedents in matters Of official conduct
Because of thus primarily, and be
cause of the proximity Of the country
"a Washington. II l. the belief Of many
~ the President friends that he will
locate in Maryland even though he goes
fny n few weeks or months to some far
southern citv Immediately after March
I TO escape the carly spring weather Of
this latitude
As already stated. no final decision
seems 10 have been reached by the Presl-
dent IN this matter Certainly nobody
has been authorized by him TO GO house
hunting in his behalf He feels, II Is
SAID. that he has plenty 81 time 70 settle
this question he has nearly four months
more 20 serve.