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VOL. XXV. NO. 310
WOODROW WILSON IS TAKEN BY DEATH
DIRECTED VERDICT
IS DENIED CANDLER;
JDRY TO GET CASE
kMore Correspondence Is
MBjlead as Sides Conclude
k % 'Rebuttal Testimony—Final)
Arguments Under Way
I
A motion that Judge Samuel H.
Sibley direct a verdict in favor of I
the defendant, was overruled in I
United States district court Monday I
afternoon at the trial of the $500,000 |
suit instituted against Asa G. Can- ;
dlcr, Sr., by Mrs. Onezima De- I
Bouchel, of New Orleans.
Judge Sibley held that whether i
Mrs. Deßouchel went to Reno, Nev., I
for the sole purpose of obtaining a |
divorce, as is alleged by counsel tor
Mr. Candler, constituted a question
for the jury to decide. If she went
to Nevada with that view, even
though she was physically present
for the required six months, he said,
the divorce would be void in Nevada
and, therefore, could not be recog
nized tn Georgia.
Immediately after Judge Sibley
rendered his decision on this motion,
final arguments in the case were
begun by opposing counsel, with At
torney Harry Gamble, of New Or
leans, as the first speaker for the
plaintiff. Each side ■—‘ll be allotted
two hours, and the case is expected
to reach the jury some time Tues
day.
• Jury Sent Out
The ?ury was sent out of the cham
ber while Attorney Marion Smith ar
gued the motion in behalf of Mr.
Candler. He set up that the plain
tiff had not presented sufficient evi
dence to allow a. recovery of any
damages, and further asserted that
Mrs. Deßouchel was legally mar
ried at the time she became en
gaged to marry Mr. Candler, and
that, therefore any engagement was
invalid and could not be enforced.
Judge’s Ruling
"A decree of divorce,” said Judge
Sibley in his ruling, “that is void in
the state where granted is void in
other states and not entitled to rec
ognition. The state where the couple
resided at the time of separation is
the matrimonial domicile, and that
state has full jurisdiction. Where
both parties leave the state the mst
rimonial domicile, vanishes and goes
with neither spouse.
“Where only one party leaves the
state, that state has jurisdiction over
the inaHial rights of the one remain
ing and the power to grant, divorce.
"A. state where an applicant for
divorce is a mere sojourner and the
other party is mt present has no
jurisdiction in the matter of divorce,
ami a. divorce granted by it is void.
“I think that the question of this
plaintiff's intention in going to Ne- ,
vada constitutes a question for the
jury, and I therefore will have to
overrule the motion for a directed
verdict.”
• • Opening at 9 o’clock before Judge
Samuel IT. Sibley, the first hour of
Monday’s session was devoted to
further debate upon the validity of
Mrs. DeßoueheTs divorce decree,
vhich has been attacked by defense I
co .11 sei. Attorney Albert Howell.
Jr., was the only speaker.
Several additional letters written
■ by Air. Candler to Mrs. Deßouchel
were then rend, and Colonel Louis
p. Bryan, Mrs. Lydia C. Wickliffe
t Mrs. M. I*. McNeely, New Or
■t,*T'<ns friends of the plaintiff, took
J yf"- stand and testified in defense of
good character.
Jr Roth Principals Present
W The debate upon the validity of the
divorce decree was begun Saturday
as a collateral feature of the case. |
They were made i nt he absence of I
the jury, as any other disputed legal i
point of a trial is discussed. The]
jurymen were not allowed to enter
Ihe courtroom Monday until At tor-'
noy Howell had finished speaking. ,
Both principals were present for i
the fifth day’s session. Mr. Candler !
arrived while Mr, Howell was speak-I
, Ing, and Mrs. Deßouchel, accompa
nied by the same group- which has
attended her on previous days, put
y In her appearance shortly after 10
o’clock.
Claims Residence Degal
Attorney Howell in his speech
raised the question of Mr. Candler’s
right to invoke the public policy of
♦ Georgia in his efforts to defend him
sent} against the result of a breach
of contract.
lie revk ..-rd the question of
whether Mr. Roequet, Mrs. De-
BoueheTs divorced husband, was
served with notice of divorce action
and declared it'was agrede in stipu
lation between counsel that such had
been the case. He then reviewed
the contentions of the defense in
the legal issue being argued and de
clared that the plaintiff's position
was that Mrs. Deßouchel had been
» and was a legal resident of Nevada
both in fact and intent.
( The Weather
Virginia: Rain; colder in west por
tion.
North Carolina and South Caro
lina: Sh*wers Monday; colder in west
* portion
Geovg a: Rain followed by colder.
Florida: Showers; cooler by Tues
day night.,.
Extreme Northwest Florida and
Alabama: Rain and much colder.
Mississippi: Cloudj ami much
colder, probably rain in south and
ram or snow in north portion.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Rain
and much colder, probably changing
to snow.
Louisiana: Probably fair, colder in
east and south portions.
• Arkansas: Probably fair, continued
cold.
Oklahoma: Probably fair, rising
temperature in northwest portion.
East Ti xas: Fa ■ . continued cold
West Tex.i - F.< :r. rising tempo 1 i
tut? the Fanhan
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Il r orld News
Told In
Brief
MOSCOW.—President Obregon, of
Mexico, sends only condolence re-.
ceived from a national executive on
death of Lenine.
WASHINGTON. —Arteriosclerosis
and paralysis are officially ascribed
as the cause of Mr. Wilson’s death.
PARIS. —Clemenceau sends mes
sage of sympathy to Mrs. Wilson :
and. says France wlil never forget
her husband.
WASHINGTON. —President Cool
idge receives first word of Mr. Wil- i
son's death from the pulpit of First
Congregational church, Washington.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex—General
Francisco Moyano is within few
miles of Monterey, with large body
of lebel troops, according to dis
patches.
MEXICO CITY.—War Secretary
Serrano reports that revolutionists
have begun evacuation of Morelia
and refuse to give battle to loyal
troops.
ROME. —Four thousand officers of
Fascist militia? sw%ar fidelity to Italy
and vow support to Mussolini at cele
bration of anniversary of organiza
tion. "
SANTIAGO, Chile. —Jesse Maza, a
young liberal, is authorized to form
new ministry, after agreement is
reached by liberal and national union
parties.
PEKING. —The diplomatic corps
submits to foreign office memoran
dum outlining basis on which it is
willing to accept proposed trade
mark law.
WASHINGTON. —De Da. Huerta
agents here predict “dramatic
events” in the north states of Coa
hulia, Nuevo Leon and Chihuahua
within two weeks.
WASHINGTON—Senate oil com
mittee decides to postpone the hear
ing of all witnesses until the ques
tion is definitely settled whether Al
bert B. Fall shall testify.
WASH INGTON. — President Cool
idge, in proclaiming honors to Wood
row Wilson, asserts that his death
brings “to many of us the sense of
a profound personal bereavement.”
ROME.—Former Premier Orlando,
declared to be resentful of Woodrow
Wilson’s attitude respecting Italy’s
claims at the peace conference, de
clines to make public a statement on
his death.
NEW YORK.—One arrest of two
men in Pittsburg- nips plot to circu
late spurious bonds of Italian gov
ernment totalling lire (about
.$200,000 on a gold basis), federal of
ficials say.
LONDON.—Frank B. Kellogg,
American ambassador to England,
and Sir Eante Howard, newly ap
pointed British ambassador to Wash
ington, are guests at dinner of Pil
grim society.
RALEIGH, N. C. —Josephus Dan
iels denies statements by Edward L.
Doheny to the effect that as secre
tary of the navy, he favored the
Standard Oil company in connection
wit ii naval oil lands.
1,0 NI )ON. —Lloyd G eorge describ
ed Woodrow Wilson as one of the
i great figures of history, but says:
' “The tragedy of all was his refusal
to give up personal animosities, a
weakness which doubtless contribut
ed to his death.”
MEXICO (TTY. —To obtain funds
for military campaign, President
Obregcn has ordered seizure of prop
erty belonging to those participating
in the revolution, and also advance
j payment of two months’ taxes in
I the federal district.
I LOS ANGELINS?—-William G| Mc-
Adoo telegraphs Senator Walsh and
asks that he be allowed td testify
i before senate committee investigat-
I ing naval oil leases; declares “drag
| ging in of his name” is wholly un
justified.
WASHINGTON#-New York re
I m:\ined the largest port of the t'nit
| ed States in foreign tonnage during
fiscal year ended June 30 last, three
| times aggregate of Xew Orleans’
j tonnage, which remained second, be
ing handled. Port Arthur, Texas,
was seventh, San Francisco eighth.
Galveston ninth, and Los Angele?
from twenty-sixth to tenth place.
SPRINGFIELD? Mass. Major
General Leonard Wood was not giv-
I en a command in France primarily
because General Pershing did not
want him to have one, and secondly,
i because President Wilson, though
' crediting Wood with “unusual abil
| ity” thought him “apparently abso
lutely unable to submit his judgment
t>> those who are superior to him
in command.’’ according to a letter
I from Mr. Wilson to the editor of
; the Springfield Republican. an
' nounced after the former president's
| death.
WILL TREAT CATARRH DEAF
NESS AND HEAD NOISES FREE
Davenport. lowa.—Dr. W. 0. Coffee, suite
•_'tit: st. Hotel bldg., announces he
' found a treatment which completely cured
u of . . tarrt. >■! the nose, deafness and
head livres. Thousands have used It sue-
■ Il< elieves it will relieve any
11. offers I" day supply Free to
j.. of ti' « paper ” is' writes him.
S< ml .'"lit name anti irldre-'
i tA'hcrtlsemcut. ‘
i
POMERENE PICKED
JS PROSECUTOR IN
DIE FRAUD CASES
Democrat Leader Named In
stead of Gregory—Suits to
Halt Production by Sinclair
Interests Are Prepared
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. —While
the senate oil inquiry was brought
to a temporary standstill today by
the refusal of former Secretary Fall
to testify, President Coolidge select
ed Atlee Pomerene, former Demo
cratic senator from Ohio, in place of
Thomas W. Gregory, to serve as
.general counsel with Silas 11.
Strawn in prosecuting the oil lease
cases.
At the same time the ground work
was being laid in the department of
justice for the institution of injunc
tion suits to prevent further extrac
tion of oil from California reserve
No. 1 by the Pan-American Petro
leum and Transport company and
from the Teapot Dome reserve in
Wyoming by the Mammoth Oil com
pany. Whether these suits will be
brought here or in the states where
the reserves are located has not been
disclosed.
The senate was in recess today,
but the oil muddle again got into
house debate as a result of unsuc
cessful efforts of Representative.
Fish, Republican, New York, to get
action on his resolution that a re
quest be made of Harry F. Sinclair,
through official channels, to return
to this country from Europe.
Demand for an investigation of the
personal income tax returns of Mr.
Sinclair was made by Representative
Jeffers. Democrat, Alabama, who
told the house he was convinced a
thorough check of the Records would
“uncover irregularities, graft, crook
edness and corruption.”
Stock Angle Aired
Although the senate committee ex
amined no witnesses, a number were
on hand today ready■to take the
stand. Among them was James
Sloane ; Jr., a White House attache
in the early days of the Harding ad
ministration. who subsequently be
came identified with the brokerage
-firm of Ungerleid'er and company.
Samuel Ungerleider also has been
subpoenaed along with the repre
sentative of other Washington
brokerage firms.
Mr. Sloane and Mr. T’nderleider
will be called in connection with the
phase of the committee’s inquiry as
to whether any governmental offi
cials had transactions in stock of
the Mammoth Oil company which
was organized by the Sinclair in
terests to take over the Teapot Dome
lease.
A start on this part of the investi
gation was made today with the as
signment of three accountants of the
federal trade commission to go
through the books of W. B. Hibbs
& Co., a Washington banking and
brokerage concern. The accountants
are searching for transactions in
names in the possession of the sen
ate oil committee. The list is with
held. A similar examination of the
certain oil stocks involving a list of
books of the other brokers is con
templated.
None of the cabinet officers in the
Wilson administration who E. L.
Doheny has told the committee were
retained as counsel for his compa
nies after, they retired from office
ha. sasked To be heard by the com
mittee as yet. William' G. McAdoo,
former secretary of the treasury
and a candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, is expected
to request a hearing, however, after
his arrival here from California. As
serting that he had received only
$150,000 in fees instead of the $250,-
000 figure given by Mr. Doheny. Mr.
McAdoo has announced that he will
seek opportunity to testify.
Gregory on Hand
Former Attorney General Gregory
arrived here today from Texas, but
his conference with President Cool
idge was deferred until tomorrow.
The executive definitely made up
his mind yesterday not to retain Mr.
Gregory, who was his first selection
as Democratic counsel, because of
the testimony given bv Mr. Doheny
that Mr. Gregory had acted as coun
sel for the island and other oil
companies.
This decision having been reached,
Mr. Coolidge summoned former Sen
ator Pomerene to Washington, and
| had a long conference with him to
! day. During it the president; ten
dered, a d Air. Pomerene accepted
I appointment as special counsel in
the oil cases. Formal announcement
was withheld as the executive desires
to consult with Democratic leaders
in the senate beforehand.
Announcement in Chicago that Mr.
Strawn's law firm has acted for
the Texas company in Chicago, in
looking after local collections,
brought word from the White House
today that ’ the character of this
service was not regarded as such
that would prove in any way em
barrassing to Mr. Strawn in carry
ing forward the work he already has
undertaken for the government.
Supporting his motion to bring
lup his resolution requesting Mr.
Sinclair to return from Europe,
Representative Fish told, the house
that wit limit Mr. Sinclair** presence
in the United States, “any invest!-
, gation of the Teapot Dome oil lease
ior any court action, instituted bv
I President Coolidge would become a
| farce or be indefinitely deiayed.”
Former Secretary Fall is a bro
ken abject creature, perjured by h’S
own testoimony and crucified by his
own conscience." said Mr Fish. “In
the eyes of the people he is already
condemned, even if he could exp.ain
I the difference between a loan of
: SIOO,OOO while secretary of the in-
I terior and a bribe. The public is
I convinced tha the was seduced by
i great wealth in their money mad-
I ness and arrogance, which stop at
I nothing even to setting the torch
; tn the verj edifice of the sow.:,
ment.” ■ w. «J#
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. ’ Pill] ' I ~
SHOALS MEASURE
FACES OBSTACLES
IN CRUSH OF BILLS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—With the
McKenzie bill authorizing acceptance
of Henry Ford’s offer for Muscle
Shoals formally reported to thexhouse ,
today, a move by advocates of the!
measure to secure prompt considera
tion apparently met with but little
encouragement from Republican lead
ers.
Representative T.ongworth, of Ohio,
the majority leader, said it had not
been determined what place could be
given the measure. He said the res
olution of Actmg Chairman McKen
zie. of the house military affairs com
mittee, requesting early considera
tion for the bill, had been taken up
by the Republican leaders to ascer
tain when it could come before the
house.
Representative Garrett, of Tennes- ‘
see, the Democratic leader, declared ’
he was in favor of the McKenzie res- ;
olution, and would exert his influ- 1
ence to obtain early consideration of
the bill.
The tax measure and appropriation
bills, Mr. Longworth pointed out,
have precedence over other matters,
and, with a request also for prompt
action on the immigration bill, it was
difficult to predict any date for the
shoals discussion.
The resolution of Mr. McKeqzie
provides for ten hours' debate under
the five-minute rule, with the time
to be equally divided between advo
cates and opponents.
The hili, as formally reported, em
bodies practically the offer as made
b\ Mr. Ford two years ago.
The section authorizing replace
ment. of the Gorgas plant with a
similar steam plant differs slightly
from Mr. Ford's wish as expressed
to the committee. It provides that
the new plant must be located at or
near Dam No. 17. on the Black War
rior river, Alabama. Mr. Ford had
suggested a clause be added, provid
ing for either the location specified
or some other point mutually accep
table to the government and him
self.
The report declared that the com
mittee had reached the same con
clusion as did the committee of the
Sixty-seventh congress in that “the
Henry Ford offer is the only pro-
I posal which meets all of the require
! ments of the national defense act.
: and when judged in this light the
I Ford offer is found to be satisfactory
I in all respects.”
South Carolina Rate
Os Increase in Wealth
Exceeds W isconsin’s
wealth of South Carolina showed a
ntwe rapid rate of increase than
that of Wisconsin in the ten years
from 1912 to 1922. Census bureau
announcements were made today
giving the estimates of those states
as of December 31, 1922.
South Carolina's wealth was $2.-
404.846.000, an increase of 96.4 per
cent, with-a per capita wealth of
?1,35“. an increase of 74.2 per cent.
Wisconsin's wealth was §7,866.-
981.000. an increase of 83.9 per cent,
w th a p-'r capita wealth of $2,867
>n Increase of 61.* per cent.
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"TAPS”
CARTER SLOWLY PENETRATES
NEST OF GORGEOUS SHRINES
IN TUTANKHAMUN’S TOMB
Golden Casket Holding Body
of Ancient Pharaoh Is Fully
Revealed as Crowning!
* Stage of Work Nears
LUXOR, Egypt, Feb. 2.—(By the
Associated Press.) —With steady
strides, considering the bewildering
difficulty of the work, the excava
tors in the tomb of Tutenkhmun
are approaching the crowning stage
of their labors —the opening of the
I great pink stone coffin.
Good progress was made this ]
week with the work of dismantling i
the three outer shrines, so that with |
the removal of the two side cornices :
of the third shrine this morning the
fourth casket now stands disen
gaged save for the walls of the third
' shrine, and fully disclosed in its
I gleaming golden beauty.
i As Howard Carter draws nearer
I to the heart of this bizarre, beauti-
I ful nest of shrines, evidence ac-
I cumulates that the body of the
i mystery pharoah still is withi i.
Tucked away in the corners and the
narrow spaces between the differ-
I ent caskets have been found suc
i cessively such attributes of royalty
as the king’s sceptres, maces of
gilded wood inlaid with faience and
now, within the last few days, the
discovery of two great ostrich
feather fans with gilded handles
more than three and a half feet
long, stamped with the two car
! touches giving the King's family
! name and official title. proclaims
: that the body of pharoah is indeed
‘ close at hand,
i For these fans, which have been a
I symbol of royalty in the Orient !
I through lhe ages and are frequently
' depicted in mural relief in the an-
I cient Egyptian temples, were borne
close behind the monarch by great .
! nobles, who were honored by the .
i charge, even as today in Rome great
fans are borne close beside the sedia
Gestatoria, bearing the pope.
Were further indications required
they would be found in the protec
tive goddesses of death with tenderly
spreading wings which are beautiful
ly depicted in gilded gesso on the
■ covering of the fourth casket, simi
lar to the goddesses distinguished
by the excavators incised upon the
! outside of the stone sarcophagus, in
. their brief glimpse of the coffin a
! month ago.
Mr .Carter was at first extremely
puzzled by the problem which the
fourth casket presented. Obviously
his first move would be to take off
rhe doors, which in the ease of the
other shrines was not an operation
,i of great difficulty. For the rest.
• however, the shrine appeared to be
in one piece and how to dismantle it
without damage in the narrow space
! at his disposal was a problem.
Closer inspection today showed
that after all the shrine is in see
; tions like the others. As a result
I of this afternoon’s work, bv means
I of wedges, Mr. Carter succeeded in
1 raising the roof of the shrine about
' r i sixteen inches, disclosing part of
■ the lid of the sarcophagus beneath.
One of the next things to be done is
to provide the elaborate tackle of
pulleys and differentia! "par re
iquired to ra’>e the immensely heavy
jUd of the sarcophagus.
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Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, February 5, 1924
Lloyd Warren Named
By Ware Democrats
For Office of Sheriff
WAYCROSS, Ga„ Feb. 2.—Lloyd
C. Warren, deputy sheriff, and per
hqjis better known than any other
Ware county officer, not only in
and around Waycross, but through
out the entire state, won the Demo
cratic nomination for the office of
sheriff of Ware county in the sec
ond primary Wednesday, defeating
Dan T. Cowart, former mayor of
Waycross, by a majority of approxi
-1 mately 900 votes out of the total
j 2,600 votes cast in the run-over.
Others nominated are:
i Tax collector: Crawley Jordan won
i over H. J. Benton.
Tax receiver: W. K. Ponsell de
! seated Dan Cowart, of Fairfax,
j Superintendent of county schools:
]R. Y. Cavender won, defeating C.
I W. Pittman, present superintendent,
j by a narrow margin.
In the first primary the following
won the Democratic nomination for
county offices:
Clerk of superior court J. D.
MiR-hell, to succeed himself.
Ordinary: C. L. Mattox, to suc
ceed self.
Judge of city court: J. L. Craw
ley.
Solicitor of city court: Will C.
I Parker.
I County commissioner D. A. Wood
] ward.
Treasurer of county; W. K. Booth.
‘ Coroner C. J. Stroud.
Surveyor: S. R. Kirton.
Resignation of Parks
As State Legislator
Accepted by Walker
The resignation of Warren B.
Parks- as representative of Terrell
I county in the Georgia legislature
! was accepted by Governor Walker
Saturday, in a letter that expressed
regret at the retirement of Judge
Parks. The press of personal busi
ness was given as the reason for the
resigna tion.
“While I was in disagreement
with you as to some of the matters
urged b- you for passage bv U..e
legislature, I believe you know I
was prompted solely by what I
thought was right and that nothing
personal or political actuated me,”
Judge Parks wrote the governor.
“I accept your resignation with
great personal regret,” Governor
Walker replied. “While vou did not
agree with me in the matter of tax
reform, you are of that high-minded,
sincere, honest type of representa
; fives which the state so badly
I needs.”
Three Killed as Car
Plunges Into Creek
BLAKELY, Ga., Feb. 4. Three
persons were killed late Friday night
• when the automobile in which they
were riding plunged off a bridge
i into Blue creek, near here, and pin
ned them on the bottom of the
stream. The dead are Mr. Jackson
Davis, driver of the car: Miss Mamie
and Miss Ifo.sia Hutchins. A sister
..f two toting women e.-capr.T
.with nnnor injuries. _
EHO fflIK SUNDAY
imiimniE;
ALLNATIONMDURNS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. (By the Associated Press.) —Woodrow
Wilson will sleep for a time in a. stone vault within the great cathedral
rising on the hills that look down over Washington from the west
ward. And while he rests there, men who acclaim his memory will
take a counsel together as to the manner and place of his last
sepulchre.
The hard decision was made ttfday by those who loved him best.
Word came from Dr. Grayson, as friend and spokesman for the sor
rowing widow and family, that the claims of the nation to show him
lavish honors must be denied. His funeral next Wednesday will be
as simple as his last years of life. .
While this plan was in the making, a great tide of tribute to'his
courageous spirit and lofty purpose was rolling in from around the
world. His death had loosed men’s tongue’s to speak their admira
tion even as it stilled the already dimmering clamour of criticism that
beat about him when his hands still firmly gripped the powers of the
presidency. From friend and foe in the harsh days of the past, and
who still oppose some of the tenets of his faith, came
generous, unstinted tribute to the high idealism that had ruled the
heart and mind of him whose death they mourned. '
Death levels Barriers .
A great American is dead, and in
death the bickerings and tragedies
of misunderstanding and cross pur
poses have been swept away in a
flood of tribute to his greatness of
heart and to his service to his coun
try in its hour of sorry trial.
Messages of sympathy poured in
on Mrs. Wilson from every foreign
capital. They rank with the same
spirit that ruled among the allied
powers in the grim war years, when
the dead man had stood like a rock
of refuge wielding his great powers
to save civilization; they recalled
the hours when he voiced the yearn
ings of humanity for lasting peace;
when he spoke a vision of hope into
the ears of hate-ridden peoples.
At home also the chorus of recog
nition and admiration swelled hign.
It centered in the senate and house,
met only to eulogize the dead, and
from there spread down through all
walks of American life. Here in
Washington, men who met casually
on the street laid aside - their ever
day affairs for a moment, to speak
of him. History’s estimate of Wood
row Wilson was in the making.
Plans for the funeral on Wednes
day are •brief. Two religious serv
ices will be held. The first will be
at the <tuiet home on S street, and
very few even of the limited circle
of intimate friends will share in that.
There is room for few, besides the
! family- and nearest relations. The
j time has been set tentatively for 3
I p. m. and the service will take less
■ than half an hour. The Rev. James
H. Taylor, pastor of th e Central
Presbyterian church, wherp Mr.
Wilson worshipped, and the Rev.
Sylvester Beach, of Princeton, N. J.,
whose church he attended in the
days of his quiet life as a college
president, will conduct the simple
rites of the Presbyterian faith for
the dead.
Services at Cathedral
From the house, the casket will
be carried up the short way to the
cathedral grounds, where services
will be held in Bethlehem chapel.
The cathedral is hardly half com
pleted. Looking up from the city
its carved walls are as yet but a
suggestion of the vast bulk of the
building that will One day- dominate
from the hilly bastion on which
stands the spreading life of the city
below.
It may be that Woodrow Wilson
will find his last resting place in
that dignified surrounding, first of.
America’s great dead from civil life
for whose'honored repose provision
is being made in the building plans.
That is still to be decided by the sor
rowing family.
The chapel services will be at 3:30
p. m. on Wednesday. Seats will be
taken from the structure, so that of
the thousands who desire to pay a
last tribute, as many as possible
l can be admitted. They will be but a
: handful at best. Bishop Freeman,
1 of the Episcopal diocese of Wash
: ington, Mrs. Wilson’s faith, will of-
I ficiate. The bishop comforted Mrs.
Wilson at the stricken home last
Friday when she first was told that
i Mr. Wilson could not survive the
I shock of his last illness.
There was great pressure on Mrs.
] Wilson today to surrender her' dead
to the claim of the nation that would
ilo him highest henors. It came
from men like former President
Taft, who said the world would not
understand if so great an American
should be carried to hrs last rest
without the full circumstances of a
I sorrowing nation and funeral cere
' monies befitting the great place he
| had held in life.
A large number of friends and
former associates will be designated
as active and honorary pallbearers.
Among them are Bernard M. Baruch,
Vance McCormick. Cleveland H.
Dodge. Cyrus McCormick, some of
the members of Mr. Wilson s war
time cabinet, and others: who were
associated with him during his terms
I in the White House.
Military Guard Offered
White House officials again were
! in communication with the Wilson
hom fl today to render what assist
ance they could. During the morning
Secretary Weeks called on relatives
; of the former president to talk oyer
any plans they may have in mind
for a military guard of honor at the
funeral and entombment.
President Coolidge called yester
day at the house, expressed his
, regret and readiness to be help
ful, and then issued a proclamation
of thirty days’ official mourning.
!At the White House and the gov-
I ernmental departments and the na-
I tion’s ships at sea. and over the
| posts of American diplomacy in for-
I eign lands th< Stars and Stripes w- re
• ' . ' . s Cong:
Liiay recessed in respect lox; his mem-
o CENTS A COPS,
$1 A YEAR.
ory, and the whole machinery of ’
the government, whose guiding ge
nius he was for eight momentous
years, will stand still on the day
of his funeral.
Today the frayed remnant of his
mortality lies in the chamber whos;
walls looked down yesterday upon
the last scene of a career that had
known all the heights and depths
of human emotion. In death he ap
pears as if in peaceful slumber, his
features serene and composed and
his squared jaw set with the old de
teilhination. But the lines ar?
| somewhat deeper and heavier, and
the flashing lire of his eye had gone
out forever.
Falls Into Final Sleep
The bed on which Woodrow Wil
son died and where his body rests is
of massive oak, a reproduction of
'the bed built at the White House
for Lincoln and used by every presi
dent since. It is of unusual length .
and has a golden American eagle
over the head. It was made to the
order of Mr. Wilson before he re-~
tired from the presidency, and was
installed in the S street house be
l had selected as his future home.
Although he had not known a well
day since he crossed the threshold
of his place of retirement, or for
months before, last Friday saw the
beginning of the end of his long
illness. His collapse during his
western speaking trip in 1919, fol
lowed by a stroke of paralysis soon
after his return to Washington, had
made him almost an invalid Jrmg
ago. Early last week a slight diges
tive disorder further weakened his
: delicate vitality, and on Friday his
' friend and physician, Dr. Grayson,
found his condition growing hourly
more serious. He refused nourish
ment, and by Saturday night he was
barely conscious. At 9 o’clock he
fell asleep, and never wakened
again. It was at 11:15 a. m. that
he died. From first to last he was
without pain, and in his last wake
ful moments he appeared to be rest
ing in complete comfort.
Mrs. Wilson At Bedside
As the end approached the little
| group watching in thp sick room.
I drew nearer about him.
i Mrs. Wilson sat on the bed beside
him, with his almost lifeless hand
in both hers. Close by was his eld
est daughter, Margaret Wilson; and
! Dr. Grayson, faithful in his minis-
I trations since the first sign of ill
, ness more than four years ago,
i watched for some new way at least
to help him as he crossed the bar.
But there was nothing to be done.
More ami more feeble became the
pulse-beat; there was a quickening
of the breath; little by little death
was completing its conquest. A
quick flutter of the eye-lids, a faint
twitch, almost like a smile, across
the wasted features, and the spirit
of the great war president had burst
at last the long-weakening fetters
that bound it to earth.
Thus, he who had dreamed a
high dream of peace for all th*
i world h id found peace for himself,
, and bad left behind a world stKi
i tossed by strife and turmoil.
Thus he against whom life had
j turned at last, after leading him
through paths of greatest glory,
found death gentle and even inercii
ful.
Thus, with the soft chanting of
l hymns floating in on the Sabbath
I air, was written the last letter of
i that imperishable chapter of human
! history comprising the life of Wood-
I row Wilson.
Official Announcement
Dr. Grayson, his friend and phy
sician, announced the end of th*
groat war president in this bulletin:
"Mr. Wilson died at 11:15 o’clock.
His heart’s action became feebler
I and feebler, and the heart muscle
: was so fatigued that it refused to
act any longer. The' end came
I peacefully.
"The remote causes of death lie
■ in his ill health, which began morft
, than four yea--s ago, namely: gen
eral arterlo-sclerosis with haemo
pligia. The immediate cause o!
death was exhaustion following *
digestive disturbance which began
.in the early pan of last week, hut
did not. reach an acute stage until
the early morning hours of Feb
ruary 1.”
Last Friday the grim reaper had
forced his way into the house after
, waiting on the doorstep more than
four years. Saturday he had ad
vanced to the landing on the stair- I
; case and stood counting off the ticks )'
of the great clock. Saturday night i
I he knocked on the chamber door. A
i faithful physician and a loyal wife
stood with their backs against it. At
j 9 o’clock he rattled the knob and
called to the neaceful, prostrate fig*
I ure cn the bed.
The watcher? knew the battle was
Jost. At the portal of the door now
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