Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-30
President Wilson Will Spend
The Summer at Woods Hole,
Mass, on Estate Of Charles
3, Crane of Chicago.
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
TO BE TAKEN THERE
Usual Staff Of Secretaries,
Clerks, Stenographers and
Secret Service Men Will 40
company Chief Executive. ~

Washington, March 29.-Presi-
dent Wilson vii, spend the summer
at Woods Hole. Mass, where the
summer White House will be es-
tabished on the estate of Charles
X. Crane, Chicago business man re-
Gently. appointed minister to China.
Arrangements are. being made for
moving the president and bis family
and a good part of the executive Of
fices there for at least two weeks
of June and all of July and August
The Crane estate is an extensive
country place which ovcrlooks Buz-
Yards Bay and Vineyard Sound and
is close by Martha's Vineyard, an
island which figured in colonial his.
tory. President Taft and his family
spent their summers at Beverley,
Mass, not far away.
The decision to take the president
away for the summer is interpreted
at the White House as further evl-
dence Of the continued improve
nent in health, which DR., Grayson.
his physician. has been reporting.
lp to a few weeks ago it had been
practically decided not to take the
president away for the summer, be-
cause it was felt that he could be
better cared for at the White
House.
Explains Reasons For Change.
The plan to spend the summer on
The New England coast DR.. GRAY
son said meant that the president
could continue motor riding, pos
sibly some SHORT yachting trips.
probably on the Mayflower and
might get in a few holes of golf
il his Improvement continues, The
trip ,,sill be by train, the Mayilower
golx:, later.
Last summer, like his first in Of
flee. the president spent in Wash
ington. Others have been spent in
Cornish, N. H. The first summer,
which was hot one, Mr. Wilson
put the air cooling. plant lr the
White House offices out OF COM
mission and announced that as he
was asking congress to stav IN ses-
sion in the capitol tlhrough hout the
dog days he would undertake it HIM
self. and he did SO.
He did not return from the peace
conference last year until midsun1-
mer and he spent the next Jew
weeks preparing for his long speak
ing trip in the west. from which he
returned a very sick man. 10 use
tic expression contained IN DR..
Graysou's official bulletin. and with
few occasional motor rides of late
he has been confined to the White
House grounds since October.
Beautiful Estates Near.
Secretary Houston has place at
Woods Hole, near the summer
white house and other beautiful es-
tatcs are close by. DR.. Grayson de-
cided to accept Mr.. Cranes offer,
il is said. because he wanted the
president away from the oppressive
heat OF Washington in mi dsummer
and near the salt water.
Under present arrangements the
president will be in New Eng land
while the democratic national con-
venton is in session in San Fran
cisco, although congress. from all
indications now, Will nominally nc
in session. but actually will be
transacting no business by gentle
mems agreement between leaders.
There have been some hints that the
president might rserve the much en-
pected official announcement as to
whether he wants third term for
presentation at the convention, and
il that be true, he. probably would
prepare his letter at the summer
white house.
4 The usual staff OF secretaries,
clerks. stenographers and secret ser
vice men will accompany the presi-
dent. Special telephone and tele-
graph wires will be installed, and to
all practical purposes: the white
house will be in Woods Hole after
lime