The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
;WILSON PASSES 2 TO LAST SLEEP;
 NATION MOURNS
End Comes Peacefully At His Washington Home
 At 11:15 A. M.
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-ssa,. rial. which is sure to mark his final tomb is prepared. Where that may be = s still is matter of conjecture. At one time Mir. Wilson himself considered ss-o choosing his birthplace, Staunton, Va, .s .s. but later gave it up.
 < V Memorial Suggested
 Those about him feel that memo s.S- rial, wherever located, should be easy sf-. of access to the thousands who will come to call it shrine; and the capi r tai of the United States, where he rose to his greatest fame, naturally has Fl Suggested itself as the place.
 1t is not improbable that his body sn may rest. for time at least, in the :, great National cemetery now rising on Mt. Saint Albans, overlooking the city from the northwest section. It is .ercpIanned to have place of sepulchre for st~ the nations great dead there, after the Es~frinanner of Westminster Abbey in Eng Lls land.
 .9s5Ls Mir. Wilson's active pallbearers will 7 FA~nbe chosen later from among the men Ns- who were most closely associated with him during his terms in the presidency. SenlAonorary pallbearers probably will be esr selected from men of Congress, from Ss.1 which also representative committee a29twil be delegated.
 94G4I1 Whether the funeral services will be private or q great public ceremony probably will be determined tomorrow, sTl4 when the time and place of entombment s.A also probably will be selected.
 yesnoi A death mask was made today for the SEs Use and guidance of sculptors and other -AS7artists.
 sse.ao Stricken Last Friday
 Last Friday the grim reaper had L1.fbrced his way into the house after '-waltins on the doorstep more than four years. Saturday he had advanced to the landing on the staircase and stood counting off the ticks of the great clock Saturday night he knocked on the chamber door. A faithful physician and loyal wife stood with their backs against it. At 9 o'clock he rattled the knob and called to the peaceful, pros trate figure on the bed-a great bed, long and wide-a replica of the bed in which Abraham Lincoln slept in the White House. with golden American eagle and tiny silk American flag just over thu headboard.
 Wife With Him To The End The watchers knew the battle was lost At the portal of the door now open, the faithful negro servant hov- cred. On the bed, sitting beside her husband. sustained with all the forti- tude and composure of woman fac ing crisis, was Mrs Wilson, holding between her hands the wan. withered right hand that had proved the pen mightier than the sword. Near the foot of the bed was his eldest daughter Margaret, resigned to the inevitable. Close by, tears yelling from his eyes and coursing down his checks was Dr. Grayson, taking the measure of the suffering pulses, weaker and fainter w'h eacf effort.
 Death ranced and beckoned for the .latt ilns The tired, wornout man eeew < lang, breath, there was slight fiIttef ol te eyelitls an almost imper- 5. r., cePssble taqtch of the nostrils
 Wood oF Wilson's soul had drifted Sss out o1 the great dark tide that runs aroGtid thG world. Out trough a city stled in a Sab bath morl ng's reverential calm, his name was oeing spoken from a hundred pppts. h the Central Presbyterian church, were he faithfully went to worship VI ile the flesh was able, a cEoEed up )ngregation had sung:
 Favorite Hymns Sung "The Son of God Goes Forth to War" How Firm a Foundation" and Onward, Christian Soldiers" favorite hymns in which he loved to lift his voice in happier, better days. Over a 1 great land that had acclaimed him chief { in lands acress the seas where he had been hailed as a God of Peace. prayers were rising for the repose of his soul | In the street before the square brick house where he had lived with his | memories. his hopes and his regrets, d | ering of people there. It was as i crusading throng come to a Mecca in | pllgramage to attest their faith in the | ideals he personified. It was a group of men ard women | kneeling on the pavement in silent prayer. Small prayer slips bearing the | inscription, Peace on earth. good will | toward men, held in their hands. flut- | tered in the chill wind which swirled up the debris and litter left there by the watchers engaged in the solemnity of the death that the world might know |
 MT. Wilson Is attaining the peace l that passeth all understanding, said >-.-, their leader while the throng sank to s its knees and remained in silence for minute. Then a sickly sun broke yf through a cloudbank. A little native warbler, q pilgrim venturing north in search of early sun and spring, stopped for moment and from his twig aloft uttered happy note. Almost at that moment Mir. Wilson was passing on.
 Government Acts Immediately the great government over which he presided for eight years began taking steps to give expression of its respect. President Coolidge heard the word of Mir. Wilson's death while in church with Mrs. Coolidge. Imme- diately at the conclusion of the serv- | ices he drove to the Wilson home and left cards. Later he sent his secretary to offer any aid whatever
 Flags on government buildings and government property everywhere were lowered to half mast The news went to army posts everywhere and to ships at sea. A 30-day period of official mourning ordered as the govern | ment had done for Colonel Roosevelt and other former Presidents. Congress arranged to adjourn tomorrow execu- | tive sessions were ordered to close on 3F the day of the funeral. Official telegrams were dispatched to the embassies and legations abroad for the information of foreign governments One cabegram going to far-off Siam carried the news to Mr. Wilson's daugh- ter, Mrs. Frances Bowes Sayre. She is with her husband at Bangkok, where he is advisor to the Samese govern ment. Another telegram was dispatched to Mir. Wilson's other daughter. Mrs William G. McAdoo, who, with her husband and children, is speeding to Washington on a train from California
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