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III day." DR.. Grayson says. "This
morning he was certainly alert.
When / brought Drs. Fowler and
Ruffin into the room he said to
me too many cooks spoil the
BROTH But he didn't smile. He Is
always kidding me like that"
More questions.
Eyes, am sure he knows he's
going to de-" Grayson continues,
"but he is game. He is not CIV
ing up"
us he conscious all the timer"
mot all the time"
COnverses With Family.
"What did he eat during the
/"Broths and juices three or four
times. but small portions"
"EIave all the visitors seen him?''
mo, only Mrs. Wilson and Miss
Margaret Wilson. He recognizes
them both. No one else has been
permitted in the room. Both are
bearing up wonderfully well under
the circumstances. Mrs. Wilson is
at his bedside now. She Is q won.
derful woman and has been a de-
voted wife to Mr.. Wilson. She is
a great comfort to him."
as Mr.. Wilson reminiscent to-
day."
'Not today, but he IL sometimes.
Mr.. Wilson now and then speaks
Of the war days. But not during
this illness. am speaking Of
some months ago. He nearly cries
at the sight Of soldier with an
arm or leg gone. He il interested
in the service men. Why, he per-
sonally answers every letter from
a soldier. sailor or marine. He
reads them all. Sometimes he
takes the letters when he goes
riding. He answers these letters
before he replies to letters Of
prominent people. The service boys
come first in his heart.
Mr.. Wilson IL usually cheerful.
l remember during his illness sew
eral years ago, was looking into
his eyes. He asked me what I was
doing that for. I told him ! was
his pupils. Well, I
have certainly had many pupils in
my days. he told me. He's always
joking with me-"
Ready to Flash Word.
"Dr. Grayson, how long do you
think he will Liver"
IT'S hard to tell. He may die
before the night is over. Then
again he may Enger for several
days. But he 10 bad off. I can
give no encouragement"
Does he know of the delegations
who are out here?"
''No, hardly think he does"
More questions and still more
questions were asked. DIR. Grayson
entered the house. The crowd
dwindled. The newspaper men
rushed for telephones, which had
been placed at their disposal dur.
ing the day by kind neighbors. An
other group rushed up the street to
a small contractors shack, which
had been turned into a telegraph
station, with direct wires to the
offices of the various news services.
This crowd Of newspaper men will
be on the job until Wilson dies or
RECEIVERS. If he dies, the world will
know in a few seconds. The news
paper men are set to flash" the
world.
Necessity IL the mother Of inven.
ton. and s street is turned into q
newspaper office.
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END Of Brave FIGHT
LIKELY TO COME
AT ANY TIME
IA AENW II kHMUE
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but he is gradually ebbing away. The end may
come at any moment. -
There were tears in his<eyes as he spoke and his
voice was choked with emotion.
VAIN, BUT MAGNIFICENT FIGHT
Every word that came from the sIeepIess physi-
clans and relatives who watched helplessly in the
sick room emphasized that the magnificent fight Mr..
Wilson is putting up is frutless.
1T is only question of time," they agreed at may
be twenty-fOur forty-eight"
But they do not believe it be longer The doctors
and the family prepared for the end So is the former
President himself.
From time to time during the long night vigil he ind
Gated unnstakaby to those in the sckrOom that he be-
1ieved their efforts in vai that this time after
four long of nvadism and scares" he really
going
His courage and his calm resignation the inevitable
made the of those around him all the more
poignant They could not speak of it except with sha
ing voices and fearful eyes.
GIVEN MORPHINE FREQUENTLY.
There frequent injections of morphine during the
night and early this morning They eased the pain and
provided periods Of sumber in which he appeared
be resting easily. But it unnatural rest and
that il realized could not long be maintained.
1t definitely determined today that the former
President suffered another stroke early Friday morning
and that this the "crash" which his doctors
perenced Wednesday, this proved the all but fatal blow
1t similar stroke four ago that almost cost
his lfe and left him the seminvad he has been since
he retired private lfe His system will not stand
other. The doctors marveled that his ra constitution
survived the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-02
PRYOR DIVORCE
|SUPHELDBY
COURT
Appellate Body Sustains De-
cree Given on Ground of
Alleged InfideIity.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Feb. 2.-Tho
court of appeals of Maryland has
affirmed the decree Of the circuit
court for Anne Arundel county in
granting an absolute divorce to
Commander Frank d. Pryor. Of the
United States navy, on the ground
Of the unfaith1ulness Of his wife,
Margaret s. Pryor.
A younger officer. Ernest J. Poole,
jr., a midshipman at the Naval
mission Of the alleged offenses, IL
written by Judge Adkins, the testi-
mony Is carefully reviewed, and at.
tention IL called to the fact that,
though acts Of unfaithfulness were
not proved by direct testimony, a
preponderating weight Of testimony
to that effect Is sufficient.
Nature Of Testimony.
While the most damaging testl.
mony was given by two domestics,
and attention Is given to the unre.
liability Of such evidence in general,
there was much confederation Ivy
others, and 1t was shown that tho
two servants, who testified. as to
the intimacy Of the officers wife
and the youth. were friendly
toward her.
The record Is full Of testimony
as to love passages. kissings and
pettingS between the two, and also
that the midshipman had spent the
night at the home Of the defendant
and frequently had been out with
her until very late.
The court did not interfere with
the action Of the lower court in per.
hitting the mother to keep the two
young children.
The Pryors were married June II,
1914, and lived together until
August 81, 1921, when the defend.
ant wrote her husband that she
had decided to part from him
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VIRGINIA WOODLANDS
DESTROYED RY FIRE

PETERSBURG, Va, Feb. g.
"A destructive woodland fire has
Deen burning for the past two days
IN Chesterfield county between the
Woodpecker and Hickory roads,
eight miles from Petersburg, which
mas destroyed an immense amount
OF standing timber and much cord
wood and fencing.
The fire, the origin of which is
unknown, has burned over several
hundred acres, entailing a heavy
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Ex-President Weakly
Whispers to Wife

Shortly after o'clock this morning the former President
the ROOM and he gnaed her to close She leaned
the bed and he whispered to her for few moments The
aud the doctor moved quietly Then she went
choking from the and the patient dropped back
hausted from the effort.
The medical chart this morning showed that Mr. Wilson's
vitality was getting lower and lower.
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NAL. His respiration is 20, pulse
l96. He has gradually lost ground.
He has no pain"
The frequent ministrations Of
opiateS covered the mo pain"
Message without number poured
into the stricken household today.
They came from everywhere-from
Virginia where he was born, from
New Jersey where he first rose to
political prominence. from all parts
Of the nation he SO long presided
over, and from the far-off countries
of Europe where he attained an
eminence that has been accorded
no other American in history.
Delivery Of them was temporarily
discontinued last night because OF
the desire to have the night as
quiet as possible about the house.
But early this morning messen.
gers fairly staggered to the house
with overnight loads Of them.
The doctors were agreed today
that it did not seem possible for
the former President to lose much
more ground. Since early Friday
morning It has been one steady
recession from an already serious
condition.
Hull and Hoover CAN.
The first callers at the Wilson
home this morning were C0rdell
Hull, chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee, and Secretary
Of Commerce Herbert Hoover, one
Of the ex.President's, neighbors.
They left their cards, but did not
enter the house.
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GOLD IN SEA REDUCED
BY SUN SPOTS ACTION

LONDON, Feb. 2.-The quantity
Of gold in the sea has been re-
duced recently by the action Of sun
spots. says the annual bullion letter
Of an English firm.
at is reported" the firm says,
"that the quantity has been reduced
from one grain to under one.thou.
sandth Of a grain per ton Of sen
water.
I'VE have been informed experts
In England and in America have
shown that one metal can he
changed into another at certain pc.
RODS Of radioactivity. such as when
there are sun spots. This III said
to be the only possible explnna.
tion.n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-02
BABY PLANES ON SKIS
USED BY RICH SILESlANs

BRESLAU. Sllesia, Feb. 2.-In-
terest in winter sports in the Giant
Mountains district has been in.
creased this season by the appear.
ance of airplanes equipped with
skis, instead of wheels, for taking
off and landing. The planes.
which have become popular among
the wealthy classes. have motors
Of 30.horsepower.
The snowfall has been unusually
heavy and more skiers have par.
ticipated in the sport this winter
than any years since the outbreak
Of the war.
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Grayson Watches.
It was a sleepless night, but
a quiet one around the Wilson
home. DR.. Cary T. Grayson,
chief Of the attending ply
sicians, spent the night there
again, most Of the time in the
siclroorn watching the uneasy
slumber Of his patient and
only occasionally stealing away
for q few moments respite.
From time to time he left the
house for a quick turn in the
cold February air to drive
away the lethargy that comes
from long sleeplessness. The
nurse was always there, and
Mrs. Wilson, who has been his
constant companion and nurse
through four hard years, was
in and out Of the room through
out the night.
Reporters Wait.
Outside the house a constant
" shifting group of reporters
paced up and down waiting
word from the bedside. Since
early Friday morning this
group has been there, with re-
placements from time to time
as day gave way to night and
night again to day. The only
sound to break the quiet still
ness Of s street was their
shuffling feet and the taxicabs
that came and went. All other
vehicular traffic has been
barred from the narrow, billy
street. The "rubberneck F"
wagons that added S street to
their routes after Mr.. Wilson
retired from the White House
have had to change their
itinerary.
Admirers Come and Go.
Others besides the reporters
o and went during the night,
Tide the police lines that were
ablished a block on either side Of
he modest brick house. These
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-02
coUNTERFEITER, CAUGHT,
SAYS HE FLED ATLANTA

BALTIMORE. Nd, Jan. AR.
rested on a charge of counterfeit
ing, Hiram Lepher. fifty-seven, con.
fessed today. according to police.
that he was an escaped convict. He
said he was one of the four prison.
ers who tunneled their way under
forty.foot wall of the Federal
20.
Lepher was arrested trying to
pass bills raised from $40 to $40.
Police said the three who escaped
from the Atlanta prison with him
We're Ludwig Schmidt, George An.
derson, and Frank Haynes. The
first two were convicted in the
mlllion.dollar New York mail rob.
perry. Haynes was a counterfeiter,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-02
RABBI SIMON PRAYS
FOR LIFE OF Will SON

Rabbi Abram Simon, at services
In Washington Hebrew congrega.
ton last night incident to the
celebration Of his twentieth an.
niversary Of his call to this city,
offered a prayer for Woodrow vii.
son.
Somehow" DR.. Simon declared in
concluding his prayer, 20 Lord, /
feel there is yet service for this
man hdre-to work for peace and
Righteousness. May he DO spared
for his country and humanity"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-02
WIFE FILES CROSS BILL
FOR ALIMoNY IN ARREARS

Mrs. Hattie q. Brooks, whose hus.
band; Ogle I. Brooks, sued her for
annulment Of marriage on the
ground that she was not divorced
from Joseph Walsh when he mar.
ried her, flied a cross.bill yesterday
In the District Supreme Court.
Mrs. Brooks tells the court that
her husband is $3.50 in arrears on
an order requiring him to pay her
500 a month alimony. She asks
also that his interest in the home at
l69 INLAND Terrace b declared for.
Istted.
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were the ones who idolized Wood
row Wilson in the hey-dey of his
power and who have never desert
ed him nor the policies for which
he stood. For the most part they
did not tarry long, but obtained
the latest word from the pacing re-
porters and went away again into
the night, nameless and unknown.
One woman, dressed severely in
black, stayed a long while. She
was old. Yet for some hours she
paced up and down, a solitary fig
ure whom no one approached. She
finally stole off, quietly a. she
came.
Little Activity.
From midnight<on there was lit.
tie sign of activity within the viii.
son home. Shortly after the chimes
of midnight tolled over the city, the
blinds at the windows were noise
iessly drawn, a single window be-
ing left unshaded. 1t started into
the darkness like solitary eye un.
til the crisp sun of fair February
day broke into the shadows in s
street. Then the light disappeared.
Telegraphers Stood Watch.
A block and a half from the VIII
son home is a dilapldated construc-
tors shanty, thrown together with
odds and ends of building material
left over from the construction
work going on In q vacant lot. The
architects mass Of blue prints lie
neglected and haphazardly thrown
into a corner. On a makeshift pine
table in the center of the small
room is a mass Of telegraph wires
and instruments, hastily construct.
ed to provide means of carrying to
a waiting nation the word that
signaliZes the passing Of one Of its
greatest citizens.
There are no chairs, the teleg.
raphers standing cramped about the
table as they' work their keys.
There is no room for the reporters.
only for the telegraphers. The re.
porters come, thrust their copy into
the door and dash back again.
In the corner. q small wood stove
Is stocked by O solitary and i'm.
perturbable Waterman. It's all new
business to him. He stokes his
IRE method1cally and puffs his pipe,
the acrid smoke ningling with the
choking puffs Of the badly connected
stove. The air Is heavy.
The shack IL reached by crossing
vacant lot over a crazy quilt pat
tern OF pine planks, laid In the deep
mud.
To Give News.
II IL from such a place as this
that the nation will learn, probably
before night, Of the passing of him
who changed the history Of the
world at a time when civilization
was rocked by the greatest war of
all time.
At IL o'clock last night the fol-
lowing official bulletin was issued
from the sickroom:
"AIr. Wilson's temperature u nor:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-02
lTALY'S WAR PREMIER
RETlRES FROM POLITICS

ROME, Feb. 2.-Definite an.
nouncement was made today that
Slgnor Orlando, Italy's war premier,
mas retired from politics.
rms IL expected to give Premier
Mussolinis Fascist party about
one million additional votes in
southern Italy in the forthcoming
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There are two groups gathered.
In one are thirty newspaper men
keeping the death WATCH" These
same men kept similar watch"
on Wilson not many months ago.
He lived through his serious Ill.
ness at that time. r.
Near the newspaper men are
gathered another group. There are
men, women and children who are
friends or admirers OF Wilson.
There are also Americas curious"
1t is 6 o'clock in the evening.
The writer Is standing on the door.
steps of the Wilson home. The
quiet of the night is broken by an
automobile. A friend has come.
She IL admitted to the home. It
is quiet again.
Come And Go In Silence.
Times passes. 1t is $3.50 and the
door: opens again. DR.. Cary T.
Grayson appears. The newspaper
men surround him. He has little
to say. He tells them he has little
hope. Wilson's condition Is about
unchanged" Grayson departs. He
will return at 8. he says.
Again quiet prevails. Seven
o'clock. More visitors to the VIII
son home. They are not admitted
The butler takes their card. The
crowd watches them.
Seventeen o'clock. Someone walks
hurriedly out the side door. 1t Is
a colored woman. THE cook"
somebody calls out in a stage
whisper. The newspaper men fol.
low her. They stop her. What
did Wilson eat today" queries one.
She is visibly nervous. Other
questions follow. She answers none,
but hurries away.
Visitors still come and go. Some
are friends, others are relatives.
The crowd is growing. The on
lockers are stationed across the
street. They gaze at the wilson
home. They say little to each
other. They shiver. But they re'
main.
EIGHTEEN. DIR. Grayson returns.
He promises a bulletin shortly.
More visitors follow. Nine O'Clock
comes. Drs. Ruffin and Fowler
appear. The crowd now talks In
hurried whispers. They know that
the physicians are at the bedside
of Wilson. They walt to hear the
verdict.
Only a few more visitors come.
Time is now passing slow. There 10
an air of expectancy in the crowd.
Ten.twenty. Someone appears at
the door. The crowd rushes Tor.
ward. The. front step is blocked.
A few minutes more Of waiting.
The door opens.
Rush To Get Bulletin.
DR.. Grayson appears. He reads
bulletin. Wilson's pulse Is nor.
NAL, he is gradually losing ground.
He suffers no pain. The doctors
hope for a restful night. Grayson
goes in again. He comes out a
few minutes later with Barney
Baruch.
- The newspaper men gather about
Grayson after a taxicab takes Mr..
Baruch away. Grayaon says he
came out for air. But he is getting
but little OF 1t. The crowd IL ten
deep. No fresh air can reach Gray
son. The doctor friend of Wilson
Is not cheerful. But he is courteous
to the newspaper men. He will tell
them what he can, he says.
Questions are fired at him one
after another.
mo. Mr.. Wilson said but little
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-02
WOMEN'S CLUB
FAVOR c. ". j.
CAMPAIGN
Washington Presbytery Adds
Approval of Drive for
Building Fund.

Resolutions indorsing George
Washington University's $1,000, 200
building and endowment fund cam
paign have been adopted by the
District of Columbia Federation OF
Women's Clubs.
The federation goes on record al
emphatically approving the univer
sity's development plan and offers
its support in the campaign to raise
the necessary funds to carry out
the plan.
1.-THE university" the resolution
institution and 10 rendering an i'm
portant service TO the people of the
District Of Columbia"
Approved by Pre6bytery.
A similar resolution has been
passed by the presbytery Of Wash.
ington city.
Though the university Is an en-.
tirely non.sectarian institution, the
presbytery asks that IL may go on
record as expressing "the utmost
interest and confidence in George
Washington University and most
heartily commencing 1t to the sym
pathy and benefaction Of our Chris
tan community"
Reports on the first two days OF
the campaign which opened at the
alumni dinner at the Raleigh Hotel
on Thursday evening. will be read
at @ meeting Of the division leaders
and team captains at the Hotel. Eb.
bitt today.
Leaders Of Campaign.
Division chiefs and their cap
tains are
Division 1. David s. Baer, leader;
Philip Ershler, Ersline Gordon. H.
Latane Lewis, H. H. Semmes. VIII.
liam H. Linkins, and Joseph w,
Cox.
Division 2, Charles I. Corby,
leader: DR.. Henry J. Jaeger. Will
lam W. Ross, John w. Brawber
DR.. Noble P. Barnes and DR.. Daniel
L. Borden.
Division 3, William Bruce King,
leader: Rev. Paul Sperry, II. T.
Domer. DR.. c. w. Chapman, Uric
s. ]. Dunbar, Major Harry Cooper
and DR.. o. B.. Hunter.
Division 4, Judge J. Wilmer Lati.
mer, leader; F. Seymour Smith, E,
T. Haycraft, Soterious Nicholson,
w. Parker Jones, DR.. ]. w. Bovee,
]. w. Burch. w. D. Ham and c.
M. Updegraft.
Division s, Capt. Hugh Miller,
leader; Major A. NJ. Prentiss, Delos
r.. Smith. Dean William c. Van
Week and Prof. H. Grattan Doyle.
Division 6, DR.. Thomas A.
Grower, DR.. Everett NJ. Ellison,
DR.. ]. Mallory, DR.. Gusts Lee Hall,
DR.. D. T. Birtwell, DIR. F. A. Horn.
aday and DIR. Albert e. Pagan.
Division Mrs. John Paul Ern.
est and Mrs. Joshua Evans. jr., lead.
ers; DIR. o. Josephine Baird, Mrs. f.
c. Brandenburg, Miss Elizabeth
Earnest, Mrs. Virgil B. Jackson.
Mrs. Dewitt Croissant, Mrs. Henry
g. Doyle, Mrs. Thomas NJ. Cooley.
Mrs. F. w. True.
Division S-Mrs. William Cham.
herlain and Mrs. Otto L. Veerhoff,
leaders; Miss Henryette Brum. Miss
Kathryn Harrus. Miss Olive Pres,
colt. Mrs. Rhoda Watkins. Miss
Leila Hardell, Mrs. Wilfred c. Gil.
bert, Mrs. William C. Van Week.
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman.
Division 9--Miss Evelyn Jones
and Miss Elizabeth Webb Wilson,
leaders; Miss Freda Egbert. Miss
Julia McCord, Miss Agnes Messer,
Miss Margaret Smith, Miss Emile
M. White, Mrs. Charles g. Morgan.
Miss Meta Neuman. Miss Martha
Waring.
Each Of the team captains has
ten workers under him.
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Coffin Thief Must Serve Term

ATLANTA. Feb. IA prison
term imposed upon Sam Ware,
negro undertaken. on a charge of
stealing collins from a graveyard
and reseliing them was affirmed
by the Georgia court Of appeals
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-02
FIELD COMBED
FOR FEDERAL
WORKERS
Many Unusual EmpIoyments
Are Found in Survey by
Civil Service.

In no other field Of employment
are there 90 many diversified posi-
tons open to workers as in the
government service.
Proof Of this is found in a sur.
Vey just completed Of the various
positions to be filled through Civil
Service examinations.
Contrary to the generally &C.
cepted opinion, 1t is pointed out,
OWL Service examinations are not
always strictly test conducted
along academic lines.
Experience Counts.
For instance when it comes to
recommending applicants for such
positions as spongers. sawyers.
plumbers. photonegative cutters, or.
thopedic nickel platers, millers,
mailbag repairers. deckhands and
laundresses the Civil Service Com.
mission conducts an exhaustive in.
Quiry into their record" What
they did on former jobs Is really
TIE determining factor.
Some Of the positions filled in
this way present the commission
with problem when 1t comes to
compiling a qualification record.
Take the case Of a band instrument
repair man. or a dSy kiln operator.
Expert band instrument repair men
are in continual demand among the
band instrument manufacturers.
while those developed in. the ranks
of musical organizations are rarely
available. Dry kiln operators are
also scarce.
Unusual EmplOyments.
One Of the interesting positions
filled by the Civil Service Commits.
sion was that Of a wind tunnel
mechanic. A wind tunnel, by the
way. Is the testing field where air.
planes are tried out to indicate
their stability and reveal latent con.
struction faults. Last year five ap'
plicantS were examined for this po'
sition. One was appointed. In this
case there IL an educational test.
Among the other unusual post
tons for which an educational test
Is required is that OF the timber
scaler, the pigeon expert and the
vocational adviser. Includable in
the group are the gyroscope ex
perts, two Of whom were appointed
last year..
APPLICANTS for these positions, in
nearly all instances, are required to
file their experience record" which
is thoroughly investigated by the
commission, the applicants rating
being based largely on reports sup
piled by FORMER employers.