The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1921-09-28
WILSON'S ILLNESS
MADE SUBJECT FOR
WILD CON]ECTURES
NO PUEBLO COLLAPSE.
The Collapse Came After The
President Returned to Wash
ington Suffering from the
Strain of the Strenuous Days
Through Which he had been
Passing.
(By David Lawrence
Copyright, 1921, by The Daily

Times.)
Washington, Sept. 27.-Just two
years have elapsed today since the
fatcful hour in the railroad yards of
Wichita when a group of correspond
ents stood in the vestibule of pri-
vate car and learned that Woodrow
Wilson had been compelled by his
trip and proceed to Washington.
Many are the stories, rumors and
'conjectures which have been printed
and circ ulaIed since then as to the
circumstances of the Presidents col
lapse and many are the rumors that
are still going the rounds as to the
progress. of his recovery. The air of
mystery, of seclusion, indeed of curl
Gus haze still envelopse the indomit-
able personality who is fighting on.
He no longer takes a hand in politics
or international affairs but with al
most superhuman wfll-power he hA6s
at bay an illness that has in theteast
taken the life of many man much
more vigorous than Woodrow Will
son
The FORMER President obedient to
the orders, of his faithful physician,
DR.. Cary T.. Grayson, has prolonged
his own life by doing the opposite of
what he was accustomed to doing be-
fore his nerves gave way. He NO
longer lives intensely. He lives quiet
ly, and with careful outstanding of
his energies.
With true medical reticence, the
facts of Mr.. Wilson's illness have
never been officially disclosed. For
SOME strange reason a. rumor gained
currency that Mr.. Wilson broke
Down while speaking at Pueblo. The
STORY has been circulated that he
7rambled in his speech and gave way,
that he had to be conveyed to his
train and that his break down was
visible to everybody That isn't true.
Mr.. Wilson's speech at Pueblo was
much like his other speeches. 1t is a
fact that in referring to the Ameri-
gave way to emotion as he saw the
tears come to the eyes of several who
sat in front of him, parents no doubt
of some of the wars victims Aside
from that incident, nothing unusual
occurred in Pueblo. Indeed, Mr.. Will
son chatted with correspondents as
he walked to his train.
1t was after the train had proceed
ed one hour from Pueblo that it was
suddenly stopped on siding and Mr..
| Wilson went for walk His gait was
brisk. He went for mile along the
country road, with DR.. Grayson and
Mrs. Wilson, and even took a little
sprint for a few yards to Timber up
When he came back to the train, he
said he felt fine. That evening news
came from Washington indicating a
more hopeful prospect of ratifying
the Versailles treaty Things were
more cheerful than they had been
since Mr.. Wilson started his journey
All went well aboard the train. The
President retired about eleven o'clock
but he couldn't sleep. Finally at one
O'Clock he got up and tried to read
Insomnia and extreme nervousness
were exhausting his all too scant
energy. DR.. Grayson saw signs of a
collapse. He awakened Secretary Tu-
multy and insisted that the trip be
cancelled at once. Mr.. Wilson's lips
were twitching. He was beginning to
show the effects of the terrible strain
he had been under during the war
and at the Peace Conference. At
nine O'Clock that morning, the official
announcement was made. The cor
respondents rushed in automobiles
from the railroad yards several miles
from the city of Wichita to the tele-
graph Offices. The train turned back