Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04
Noted Man Goes
To Final Sleep
AS Tired Child

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Wood-
row Wilson, America s war presi-
dent, was sleeping his eternal sleep
today--while a world reverencc.l his
memory.
His body, worn and weakened by
the battle Mr.. Wilson had fought.
finally gave way and at Has a.
IN. yesterday the man who had made
history as few other men have done,
quietly drifted Tnto eternity.
The life which, during its closing
years had known little but struggle
TO make a materiaistic world accept
its idealism, came to peaceful end
He died like a tired man going
TO sleep" Rear Admiral Cary T.
Gravson, who was with Mr.. Wilson
to the end, told newspapermen as he
described the last hours Of this man
who had described himself as "a
piece of broken machinery
Last week Mr.. Wilson had resign
ed himself to the inevitable.
II am ready he had told DR..
Grayson as hrs physician intimated
TO him that this illness might be
his last.
He had come to the realization
that his work was done. During the
succeeding hours he had merely lain
nnd awaited the moment when hi:
tired heart could beat no longer.
All through Saturday night the
Geath of Mr.. Wilson had been ex-
peeted hourly. Then daylight arriv
I'd and the morning visit of the three
physicians.
Call Ills Relatives
Finally came word 70 the silent
feverent crowd awaiting outside the |
Wilson home that the former presi |
dent had perhaps but minutes tc
live. Doctors Grayson and Sterling |
Ruffin had found the fluttering OF
the strong heart was barely per
eeptible.
DIR. Ruffin quietly slipped away
from the house while DIR. Grayson
took his place with Mrs. Wilson at
the bedside to count away the min
utes il would take the soul 10 make
the flight. aL.
Miss Margaret Wilson was called
TO the room. She and Mrs. Wilson
carefully arranged the pillows, hop
ing they might make even the last
moments the more comfortable.
Mr.. Wilson opened his eyes, Mrs.
Wilson and Miss Wilson spoke soft
~ TO him but apparently he was too
weak TO hear.
DR.. Grayson, counting each of the
heart beats, assured them that Wood
row Wilson, alive, was still with
them.
Fifteen minutes passed. Then DR.
Grayson leaned closer over the quiet
form before him. There was mo-
ment of agonized suspense. Then &
sad shake of the Doctors head.
Woodrow Wilson was now just
clay before his Maker.
Five minutes later Admiral Gray
son opened the door Of the Wilson
home. Police held back the crowds
who sensed what he had some TO say
whrle newspapermen gathered IL
little knot around him.
Tells Waiting Crowd
Holding a paper in his hand he
read from it.
.tMr. Wilson died at 1l:l5 this
morning. the bulletin said.
"His heart action became feebier
and feebler and the heart muscle was
SO fatrgued that it refused 10 act
any longer.
1.-THE end came peacefully.
"The remote cause Of death lies
Ia his i'll health which began more
than four years ago, namely arteri-
osclerosis with hemiplegia.
1.-THE immediate cause of deatf
was exhaustion following a digestive
disturbance which began in the ear
lv part OF last week but which did
not reach an acute stage until the
carly morning hours of February J..
(Signed) "Cary T. Grayson.
The big door. opened again and
DR.. Grayson stepped back into the
house. The blinds were drawn.
Sneh was the end Of Woodrow
Wilson.
Visitors of Note
The storm doors of the Wilson
home were hardly thrown, open early
This morning when the first Of
steady stream of eallers-hi2h gov
prnment officials, former associates
az the late president and friends
and others began 10 arrive TO leave
messages Of coincidence and sym
pathv for Mrs. Wilson and Miss
Margaret Wilson.
Among the early callers were See
retary Of the Navy and Mrs. Denoy'
Associate Justice Of the supreme
Court sutherland, Assistant seere'
tary OF State Phillips and Senator
Bali OF Delaware.
Later came John Barton Payhe,
former secretary Of the interior;
Rev. S. George Tucker, who repre-