Evening star., 1924-02-01

At noon Mr.. Wilson had rallied a
little, but there was TO material
change in his condition. He was fully
conscious. and in faint voice talked
with those at his bedside.
aMachinery Broken" He Says.
About IL O'Clock DIT. Grayson. with
tears streaming from his eyes, came
out Of the house and greeted the
newspaper men.
''Mr. Wilson is very low he said.
Then he recounted how the former
President, in perfect possession of his
faculties, leaned toward him and
patted him on the shoulder. In a
whisper, DR.. Grayson said, Mr.. Will
son murmured: You have done the
best you could for me, but I'm a
broken machine"
Then he added: But I'm ready for
it,"
When DR.. Ruffin left the Will
son residence at 1925 O'Clock, fol-
lowing a hurried consultation with
DR.. Fowler and Admiral Grayson, he
gave out the following bulletin;
changed There will be another an
nouncement later. Contrary to re-
ports. we have not tapped the pa
tient."
DR.. Rufin spoke in very solemn
tones and with bowed head. appar-
dition of the former President
Mr.. Wilson fell asleep about noon
and at l o'clock was still slumbering,
Admiral Grayson said on leaving the
S street house for lunch. He return
ed few minutes later.
1ny ell fp M
a turning point for the better, DR..
Grayson said that he was hopeful of
such a change. The ex-President'S s
pulse is somewhat better, he pointed
out. There is no sign of a tempera-
ture and respiration is about the
The admiral said there had been no
stoppage of the kidneys. DR.. Fowler
was sent for, he explained, as pre-
cautionary measure.
weakened by Suffering.
Already weakened by more than
four years of suffsring, Mr. wilson son
days a digestive disorder at first re-
Earded as more or less harmless, but
now threatening to prove 100 mucIl
for him to master
Yesterday his condltlon showed
some Improvement, and when ne re-
tired for the night it was hoped he
might be on the road to recovery. He
siept little, however. and his pfysi-
clan. Rear Admiral Cary I. Grayson,
found toward morning alarming lnol-
cations of q relapse.
"Mr. Wilson had a restless night
and has lost strength" said DR..
Grayson after he had assessed mi
nutely the changes of the past few
hours. During the night he took a
worse. regard his condition as very
aeriOuS."
DR.. Grayson had spent the night at
the wilson home and, with Mrs. VIII
son. was in constant attehdahce a.
CAPITAL yesterday from a trip into
North Carolina after word had reach
cd him that the former President had
developed symptoms of a new char
acter.
Physicians Unsurprfsed.
The present complication. although
q. surprise to those who have been
accustomed to see Mr.. Wilson TAX
ing his daily automobile ride through
the city or his weekly trip to the
theater, was not wholly unexpected
to his physicians.
During the past few weeks. TOO, he
has taken an increasing part in pub
lie affairs again. He has been very
active in his exchange Of letters with
old friends and admirers over the
country, and many of his letters have
been on topics of current political
interest and have been published.
On Armistice eve he delivered his
first address by radio from his
street home, and 1t was such a mill
tant utterance on foreign affairs that
the whole country realized his ILL
ness had not modified the intentness
Of his old fighting spirit, whatever
it might have done to his physical
alertness. He also received a group
of admirers on Armistice day, and
two weeks ago shook hands with
committee as they filed through his
study.
But those who know the inside