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WOODROW WILSON
DIES WITHOUT PAIN
FLAGS TO FLY HALF-MAST IN
HONOR OF AMERICA’S NOTED
WAR PRESIDENT
PHYSICIAN AND MRS. WILSON AT HIS SIDE
Died On Seventh Anniversary Of
Day He Ordered Severance
Of Diplomatic Relations
With Germany
Washington, February 3. —Death
tiptoed softly to the bedside of Wood
row Wilson Sunday morning and car
ried him away without a struggle.
The end came peacefully at 11:15
Sunday morning.
“Ho died Just like a tired man going
to sleep,” Admiral Grayson said-
Ijong before Mr. Wilson had known
that his end was corning soon, and
with calm resignation he lay wailing
for It. He dropped into a coma Satur
day night and then a few hours later
passed, without knowing it, into the
sleep that never ends.
A few minutes before, two of his
physicians, Rear Admiral Grayson and
l)r. Sterling Ruffin, examined him and
found him barely alive. His heart,
weary with the long struggle, w T as just
fluttering perceptibly in the last stages
of fatigue. It was certain that the
end was very near.
Dr. Ruffin left the house, but Ad
miral Grayson stayed at the bedside
to he there ut the end.
Mrs. Wilson and the former presi
dent’s daughter, Margaret, rearranged
the pillows on the bed to make Mr.
Wilson more comfortable. Then Mrs.
Wilson sat down at the bedside and
watched
About fifteen minutes before Mr.
Wilson died, he came out of his long
sleep and opened his eyes, without
apparently regaining consciousness.
Mrs. Wilson and his -daughter, Mar
garet. who were sitting on opposite
sides of the great four-poster bed,
spoke to him, but he showed no recog
nition.
Mrs. Wilson could scarcely note her
husband’s breathing and* it was only
from the reassuring nods from Ad
miral Grayson from time to time that
she know her husband was still with
her. At times she leaned lightly over
the bed and stroked the feeble arm.
Hut already life was flickering too
faintly (o respond to these last
touches of affection.
Anxiously her eyes followed Admiral
Grayson as he leaned time
to listen to Mr. Wilson's heart, and
then, with the nod of assurance, she
would settle back with a weary sigh.
Hut once when Hr. Grayson leaned
over his face tightened as Mrs. Wil
son watched. There was a moment
of agonized suspense—a flicker of
doubt. Then a sad shake of the doc
tor's head.
The weary heart, which had car
ried Us body along so courageously,
had at last yielded up the ghost, and
this great world figure, who had stir
red even the lowly peasants iu the
heart of Europe to anew glimpse of
what civilization might be, became
common dust before his Maker.
“His eyes remained open for about
10 minutes,” Di\ Grayson said, describ
ing the detfth scene, “and then he
closed them and passed away short I v
afterward just like a tired man going
to sleep.”
There was a gasp from Mrs. Wilson
ami a moan of grief from Margaret.
Five minutes later the anxious
crowd of watchers in front of the
house saw the door open. Admiral
Grayson came out- The visible grief
written on his weary face foretold
had news. Newspaper reporters rush
ed up while the police held the crowd
on the opposite side of the curb. In
a low breaking voice. Dr. Grayson
read the statement announcing the
death, as follows:
“Mr. Wilson died at 11:15 o'clock
this morning.
“His heart action became feebler
and feebler and the heart muscle was
so fatigued that it refused to act
any longer. The end came peacefully.
The remote causes of death lie in his
ill health which began more than four
years ago; namely, arteriosclerosis
with hemipelgia. The immediate
cause of death was exhaustion follow
ing a digestive disturbance which be
gan in the early part of iast week but
did not reach an acute stage until
the early hours of February l.
(Signed) “OAKY T. GRAYSON. ’
Thus closed the book of the man
who threw the sword of America into
WOODROW WILSON
the balance at the crisis of the world’s
greatest war. That voice, which car
ried the message of the Wilson soul
into the darkest recesses of the world,
had become stilled forever.
Woodrow Wilson was a precedent
smasher from beginning to end. He
began by reviving the practice of
Washington and Jefferson In deliver
ing his messages to congress in per
son; he finished by actually leaving
American soil and going to Europe-
His was the responsibility of deciding
when a country, with a people torn
by conflicting sympathies, was ready
to throw itself into the great World
war, and when the responsibility of
throwing in the men and millions,
which turned the scale to victory.
Whatever an army of Boswells may
write, that will be the part in which
he will be best remembered by com
ing generations.
Born in Staunton, Va„ December
28, 1866, of Scotch-lrish parentage, he
was christened Thomas Woodrow Wil
son, and he was known in early life
as "Tommy.” After he was graduated
from ITinceton in 1879 he was known
only us Woodrow Wilson. His father
was the Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson,
a Presbyterian clergyman, and his
mother was Jessie Woodrow.
When he was two years old the
fortunes of his father took the fam
ily to Augusta, Ga., and later to Co
lumbia, S. 0., where *at the age of
seventeen Thomas Woodrow Wilson
entered Davidson college, but left
there soon to go to Princeton. After
graduation at Princeton he studied
law at the University of Virginia, and,
In 1882, hung out his shingle in At
lanta, Ga.
Meantime he coutred Ellen Louise
Axson, the daughter of a Savannah
Presbyterian clergyman. They were
married In 1885, and had three daugh
ters, Gargaret, the eldest, w'ho did
not marry; Jessie, who became the
wife of Francis Bowes Sayre, and
Eleanor, who became the wife of Wil
liam G McAdoo, secretary of the
treasury during her father’s adminis
tration.
Mr. Wilson once said that, as a
young lawyer, he wore out the rug
in his office walking around the desk
waiting for clients, so he abandoned
a legal career and went to Johns Hop
kins university, of Baltimore, for a
post-graduate course in letters.
WILSON S CAREER
December 28, ISS6 —Born, Staunton,
Va ’ " ■
1874-5 —Student at Davidson college,
North Carolina.
1879 —Student at Princeton.
ISBl—Graduate in law. University of
Virginia.
1882—Practiced law in Atlanta. Ga.
ISB3-s—Student at Johns Hopkins.
June 24. 1886 —Married Ellen Louise
Axson.
ISBS-S—Professor Bryn Mawr col
lege.
1888-90 —Professor Wesleyan Univer
sity.
IS9O-1902 —Professor Princeton
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
WORDS OF WOODROW
WI L S.O N WHICH
INSPIRED THE WORLD
“The world must be made safe
for democracy. Its peace must
be planted upon the tested foun
dations of political liberty. We
have no selfish ends to serve.
We desire no conquests, no
dominion. We seek no indem
nities for ourselves, no material
compensation for the sacrifice
we shall freely make. We are
but one of the champions of the
rights of mankind. We shall be
satisfied when these rights have
been made as secure as the faith
and the freedom of nations can
make them.” —From President
Wilson’s message of April 2,
1917, In which he called on con
gress to declare war on Ger
many.
1902-1910—President Princeton.
1911-13 —Governor New Jersey.
November 4, 1912 —Elected presi
dent United States.
March 4, 1913—Inaugurated presi
dent.
August 4, 1914 —Proclaimed neutral
ity in world war of United States.
August 6, 1914 —Wife died.
February 10, 1915 —Sent note to Ger
many holding German government to
a “strict accountability” for safety of
American ships and lives.
December 18, 1915 —Married Edith
Bolling Galt.
November 7, 1916 —Re-elected presi
dent.
December 20, 1916 —Sent “peace
note” to belligerents.
February 3, 1917 —Severed diplo
matic relations with Germany, dis
missing Ambassador Bernstorff.
March 4, 1917 —Second inauguration.
April 2, 1917 —Asked congress to de
clare the existence fo the state of war
with Germany.
April 6, 1917 —United States declar
ed war on Germany.
November 11, 1918—Read terms of
German armistice to congress and an
nounced end of war.
November 29, 1918 —Named Ameri
can peace commission.
December 4—Sailed from New York
for Europe as head of American peace
commission.
March 4, 1921—Turned over presi
dency to Warren G. Harding.
November 11, 1923—Delivered his
first public address since retirement
to private life.
PROCLAMATION OF
THE PRESIDENT
Washington, February 3. —President
Coolidge’s proclamation on the death
of Woodrow Wilson follows:
By The President of the United States
of America.
A proclamation.
To the people of the United States:
The death of Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States from
March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1921, which
occurred at 11:15 o’clock today at his
home at Washington, District of Co
lumbia, deprives the country of a
most distinguished fcitizen, and is an
event which causes universal and gen
uine sorrow. To many of us it brings
the sense of a profound personal be
reavement.
His early profession as a lawyer
was abandoned to enter academic life.
In this chosen field he attained the
highest rank as an educator, and has
left his impress upon the intellectual
thought of the country. From the
presidency of Princeton university he
was called by his fellow citizens to be
the chief executive of the state of
New Jersey. The duties of this high
office he so conducted as to win the
confidence of the people of the United
States, who twice elected him to the
chief magistracy of the republic. As
president of the United States he was
moved by an earnest desire to pro
mote the best interests of the coun
try as he conceived them. His acts
were prompted by high motives and
his sincerity of purpose cannot be
questioned. He led the nation through
the terrific struggle of the world w r ar
with a lofty idealism which never
failed him. He gave utterance to the
aspirations of humanity with an elo
quence which held the attention of
all the earth and made America anew
and enlarged influence in the destiny
of mankind.
In testimony of the respect in which
his memory is held by the government
and people of the United States, I do
hereby direct that the flags of the
white house and of the several depart
mental buildings be displayed at half
staff for a period of 30 days, and that
suitable military and naval honors un
der orders of the secretary of war
and of the secretary of the navy may
be rendered on the day of the funeral.
Done at the city of Washington this
! third day of February, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-four, and of the independ
ence of the United States of America
the one hundred and forty-eighth.
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
By the President:
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES.
Secretary of State.
THIRD GAS HIKE
CALLED OUTRAGE
CRUDE OIL PRICES DO NOT WAR
RANT INCREASES, SAYS AT
TORNEY GENERAL NAPIER
STATE NEWSJF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here
And There From All Sections
Of The State
Atlanta.—“ According to all informa
tion and indications, there is no prop
er reason for the latest increases in
the price of gasoline,” said Attorney
General George M. Napier, when in
formed that announcement had been
made by the Standard Oil company
that another increase of 2 cents per
gallon would go into effect at local
stations.
“It appears to me to be an unwar
ranted outrage,” continued Mr. Napier.
“Increases in the price of crude oil
are not sufficient to warrant such
jumps in price and every indication
is that it is entirely arbitrary action
on the part of the refiners.”
Mr. Napier has been active in a
committee of members of the National
Association of Attorneys General,
which investigated prices of gasoline
last summer and, following increases
of the past few weeks, this commit
tee is planning to meet again and
deive thoroughly into market condi
tions and circumstances which permit
these “apparently arbitrary” fluctua
tions in price
Mr. Napier pointed out that price
advances were by no means uniform
all over the country, some states hav
ing been jumped six cents per gallon
in three weeks, as in Georgia, while
in other the increase had been small
er and in some there had been no
advance at all.
‘‘While there has been a slight in
crease in crude oil prices it is cer
tainly not even approximately suffi
cient to warrant a six cents a gal
lon advance, such as Atlanta has seen
In the past three weeks,” said Mr.
Napier. “Every indication is that
these prices are made at the will of
refiners and, in addition, the way in
which all companies follow in the
steps of the initial mover for increases
would indicate a very close associa
tion in conduct of the business, at
least.”
Mr. Napier state ! he had received
many letters from all parts of the
state commending the move to get to
the bottom of causes for fluctuating
gasoline prices, as well as many val
uable suggestions. One man wrote
suggesting that prices for by-products
of crude oil be investigating, saying
crude oil cost more when gasoline
sold for 10 cents per gallon 12 years
ago than it did last April when gaso
line sold for 26 cents per gallon.
The latest price increase of two
cents per gallon was announced in At
lanta by J. H. Cook, assistant district
manager of the Standard Oil com
pany, making the third two-cent ad
vance in Atlanta in the past three
weeks. The price is now 24 cents per
gallon. £
Mr. Cook stated the advance will
affect all Standard Oil stations in
Georgia and assigned as a reason an
advance in price at the refineries.
New prices have gone into effect.
Power Co’s Earnings Show Increase
Atlanta.—The Georgia Railway and
Power company had net earnings for
1923 of $5,373,171.27, as compared to
$4,661,107.55 in 1922, according to its
annual report recently filed with the
Georgia public service commission.
The percentage of increase in net
earnings for the year is given as 15.28
in the report. After deducting $1,903,-
986.59 for leased properties, and sl,-
032,946.34 for owned properties, the
company shows a net income for 1923
of $2,436,238.34. The Atlanta street
railway department had a total income
for the year of $1,409,629.51, in ex
cess of its operating expenses, the re
port shows. Revenues for electric ser
vice within the Atlanta seven-mile
zone were in excess of operating ex
penses by $1,325, 102.26, while electric
service outside the seven mile zone
exceeded expenses by $2,295,851.67.
Total revenues from the gas depart
ment exceed operating expenses by
$791.428.55, the report shows.
Manslaughter Laid To Two Brothers
Ludowici. —D. P. and C. A. Sallette.
brothers, charged with killing Mar
shal McDaniel, have been bound over
to the superior court charged with
voluntary manslaughter under SIO,OOO
bond each, in the commitment trial
held here.
Boston Man Kills Self In Augusta
Augusta.—Frank W. Kirke, Boston,
Mass., shot and killed himself at a lo
cal hotel, it became known, wiien his
body was found in his room by a
chambermaid-
Resents Charges By Revenue Head
Atlanta—Declaring that it is a par
ty plaintiff to the court action nan
ed by a group of tobacco dealers t 0
test the constitutionality of the new
state tax on cigars and cigarettes the
Capital City Tobacco company, of
lanta, in a letter just made public
charges that various portions of a
statement given to the press recently
by John M. Vandiver, state revenue
commissioner, are erroneous. The
company charges that Commissioner
Vandiver’s statement was wrong when
it declared that the Capital City To
bacco company is not affected by the
Georgia law. Instead of this being
true, says the company, files in the
revenue commissioner’s office will
show the company is one of the con
cerns in the suit now in the courts;
that it has made bond as reguired
under supersedeas order of Judge Bell,
and, under this bond, has received its
supply of tax stamps without payment
of cash and has given its receipt for
same.
Heavy Fire Loss In Block Building
Atlanta. A fire of unknown origin
threatened the entire Frank E. Block
building, corner North Pryor and Ala
bama streets, and damaged stores and
offices located in the building to the
extent of $15,000. Prompt arrival of
tlie fire department materially lessen
ed the damage by flames, it was point
ed out., and most of the damage was
the result of smoke and water. The
fire burst out in the Beall-Jeffries
company printing offices, on the sec
ond floor, firemen stated, and threat
ened to spread to the whole structure.
The department had been unable to
determine the source of the conflagra
tion when last heard from. Besides
the Beal-Jeffries offices, losses were
suffered by the National Market, the
Carlos Soda company, Clown Candy
company and the J. E. Hanger com
pany. Losses were partially covered
by insurance.
Mutilated Body Of Man Is Found
Brunswick. —The body of Man.
Bunkley, 58, a white man, was found
badly mutilated in the woods a short
distance from a trestle on which he
was last seen with a negro. Bunkley
left the place where he was working,
six miles from this city, the day be
fore Christmas, bound for his home,
carrying with him Christmas fruits
and candies for his family; he also had
what was left of his weekly payroll.
Nothing further w r as heard of the man
until recently, when his body was dis
covered in the woods a short distance
from where he was last seen with ev
ery evidence that he had been mur
dered and robbed. He was shot
through the head and had evidently
been beaten and dragged from the
railroad track, on which he was walk
ing. The man’s head was found some
four or five feet from his body.
Experts Weigh Forestry Problems
Savannah. —Gregory Hall was again
crowded with more than 200 delegates,
many of whom are accompanied by
their wives and a considerable num
ber of Savannah citizens, as the sec
ond day’s session of the sixth South
ern Forestry congress got under way
here. The second session was taken
up largely by the reading and discus
sion of a paper read by O. H. L. Wer
nicke, president of the Pensacola Tar
and Turpentine company. The use o
cut-over lands was urged and sheep
raising was suggested as a profitable
venture, A statement made bv r *
Wernicke was that 30,000,000 people
ought to be inhabitaing the Southern
states * from lands now non-produc
tive.
Move To Change Name Of Phemx City
Columbus.—At the monthly meeting
of the Civic Improvement League or
Phenix City, Ala., a suggestion to
change the name of the town to t
name of Columbus, Ala., was made,
and action toward this end wi i
pushed, it was announced. A. •
Jackson, member of the league, su
gested the new name and empnasize
the logic of such a move. The P
vailing difference in opinion reld J
to the deciding on a name would
solved by this step, he d ®
well as assist materially to J* e t
building of the community, rhe
ter will be taken up in the next®
ing of the Civic Improvement uat
-53,300,000 Deal Closed In Gr ff n
Griffin. —Sale of the
uafeturing company to the
Cotton Mills, a deal involving:
three and one-half million dct.u- •
been reported here. The repon
the deal has been closed, tb
meeting of the stockholder .^g.
companies is necessary for 1 - •
tion. The new corporation w
known as the Georgia-kmcaid - -
facturing company. The ,e . m j S
ton Mills, of which J. H. che “ v _: y/.
president and treasurer, an
Norman is secretary, consis s
000 spindles and 900 loomS - buC *
ploys 600 people. Tern / roano
towels and dobby wea -- =
factured