The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-13
PEACE DECLARED IN BASEBALL;
JUDGE lands HEADS TRIBUNAL
PRESIDENT WILSON
EXPECTED TO TURN
TO LITERARY WORK
ny DAVID LAWRENCE
Copyright by The lntelligenceD

Washington, Nov. 12.-Presdent Will
son continues to improve IN health,
The statement Of Ambassador Davis on
his arrival in London that the President
was a much sicker man than the public
knew Is not considered here 10 be IN
conflict with the optimistic assurance
given BY Secretrry Colby after seeing
the President week ago. Mr.. DAVIS
is believed TO have been referring TO an
earlier period in Mr. wilson's illness ana
not 10 recent weeks.
seems TO have become more hopeful
now about the Presidents ultimate re-
covery. His Improvement has been so
much more than was expected ana SO
much better than is ordinarily true OF
cases OF the kind that Mr.. wilson's ex-
traordnary vitality IS now expected 10
win the long struggle for life which ne
has been waS-g Tor more than a year.
Instead of n owing a shock 10 him. the
election passed by without untowara et
feet upon NJ. wilson's health. Fhose
who knew the president best say TINS IS
due 10 sublime confidence In the
righteousness or the cause ne 1ougnt TOT
and that his habit ot mind Is not 10
think of the incidents OF two or three
years but OF the political movements
and tides ot an era or epoch Tne
President IS represented as contldent
that before many years he will have
been vindcaied.
on tho other hand. the passing OF re-
sponsibil!ty from his hands has had tho
OBJECT OF relieving his mind or the many
worries and burdens wh'"h tor eight
years have beset him. AS the fourth or
March approaches his friends expect ne
will get stronger and feel better: There
Is some hopc that he may be well
enough to surprise everybody next
month by appearing in congress Tor mis-
farewell address.
II would make n dramatic picture
ne President OF the United States being
wheeled on an invalid'S chair through
the corridors OF the capital which IN
earlier days he walked so oriskly.
Therc was a time when. discussion was
going on as u Mr.. Wilson's mental At
ness 10 continue in office. that the Pres
dent is said 10 have considered serious
Iy going 10 congress and reading an ad,
iress Indeed. none OF the. folks around
n eWhtte House will admit that at any
lima during his Illness have the Presi-
lent's mental faculties been impaired by
ais weakened physical condition.
A curious sldelight on the popular i'm
preston OF Mr. Wilson's condition Is the
number OF communications whtch have
poured into the White House constantly
asking the President TO write for maya
zines. weekly periodicals. newspap pers or
syndicates. All seem to he predtcated
upon the idea that Mr.. wilson's mental
vigor Is unchanged and that he viii de-
vote himself to writing when he leaves
the White House The general hope 10
that NJ. Wilson will write about the
peace conference or at least tell some
of the unpublished incidents of his oWn
administration OF eight years. : But
there again the public may be surprised.
for while Mr.. Wilson may occasionally
have something TO say on current affatrs
he Is represented as being unwilling to
write about himself or the incidents OF
his own administration. He Is believed
20 be ready 10 wrlto on governmentsI
subjects In an impersonal sense. II -
suggested for instance. that he VIII
write books and essays about constltu-
tional government, outlining stil rur-
ther the theories and conceptions OF
popular government.
The President has theories OF his own
concerning the changes that ought 10
DO made in order TO make the executive
and legislative branches of the govern
ment more closely responsive to the VIII
Of the people and II Is considered prob
able that he viii develop these ideas In
his writings. using specific incidents OF
his career only as illustration.
For the present the outlook Is that
Mr.. Wilson will be aSlc 10 devote him
SELF to literary work when his term OF
ofrice expires. Everything however. on
matters OF health is u gamble and with
Mr.. Wilson's age nothing Is certain.
However he will live In Washington,
probably on an estate outside the city.
and will pursue his laoors leisure!y. 1t
may be long time before Woodrow
wilson writes anything for publication
lfter he leaves the White House.