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SENATOR FALL SEES PRESIDENT AND FINDS I HIM ALERT ON JOB Wilson's Recaption of and Conference Wifh Republican Senator Fall and Senator Hitchccck on the Mexican Situation Ought to Put to Rest All the Alarming Rumors That the President Has Been Completely Disabled Mentally by His Severe Illness. Bv JAY JEROME WILLIAMS. (Washington, Deo. 5.?There is ai sick man in the White House, but he \ is one whose mind is keen and alert, he is able to understand and to give L counsel on subjects of the greatest i f importance to the people of the United States, and a grave illness of more than two months has not/been . able to down his good nature. j This was the composite impression | i brought back to the capitol today by : .. i-urn senators. Fall of New Mexico, a f republican, and Hitchcock of Nebras-j ka, a democrat?who were named by < the' senate foreign relations committee to see the president oil the Mexi-j can situation*. The senators were closeted with the | . president for more than twenty-five' minutes and it was the first time. v since the president was taken sick ! Fthat he was seen by a republican: senator. The greatest interest was therefore attached to what Senator . Fall said aftar the interview. " How Wilson Appeared to Senator Fall: "I was most agreeably surprised by the president's condition," were the ! first words of the New Mexico senator when he returned to the capitol. "He was proped up slighly in the bed, [ lying on his back, when we entered! | his room, and he shook hands with; Sonatnr K rhcoek and me. His! UVWJ MVAIMVV* ? mind was perf- ly alert; he was able to grasp every tuing that we said, and he asked me to put in a memorandum i form for his information the subs-1 L tance of the facts I told him. I talk- f ed practically all the time and gave j him my reason and proof of myj ^charges for a severance of diplomatic^ V relations with Mexico. B "The president asked me when the' ?I foreign realtions commiuee w<to cwi L meet ag?in on the resolution, and I V told kim Monday morning. I assume B that we will hear from him* by that W: time. He had no comment to make F on either the resolution or the facts J laid before him. He gave me no intimation of yphat he would do." , Tonight Senator Fall sent to the; White H6use the data requested by ^ "the president. The senator from \ New Mexico does noI believe that * T,r? ^ Tnnl-i-no frnm I tne release ux ?* 111. V. utiinniu V... . a penitentiary at Puebla changes the m situation an iota. In this he differs from Senator Hitchcock. But SenI ator Fall sai^ this evening that he k ^-had mentioned the Jenkins case only ^ incidentally to the president because { it didn't play an important part in the j H evidence he placed before the chief j ^ executive. Will Allay Rumors. The visit of the two senators to ^^Rte White House today -will probably ^^Btay practically all of the reports and * ' * -- ?i rtumors that nave Deen m tucuwwvu-j the past two weeks. Senator Fall was asked concerning all of them. "Did you notice any impediment in i the president's articulation V* was f the first question put to him. fci "No, I did not," was the reply, k^. "Will you say anything about the president's mental condition?" A "He certainly appeared to be in a ^^good mental condition as any ordi-1 ^ nary man who has been sick for nine ^Hor ten weeks," the senator said. "Was there anhytcike nss,hth-cs,'st "Was there any thickness in his V speech?" m "No more than might be attributed to a dry throat; I could see that the president's lips were dry because he moistened them occasionally, but that Iw is not unnatural for a person who has I been sick." I "Was there any appearance of r facial paralysis?" "None whatever." President Used Right Hand. Senator Fall said that the only movement he saw the president make j W was when he shook hands with him | g and Senator Hitchcock, and a little j ^Alater when the president reached with! n&is right hand to a small table ad-1 ^^Roming the bed and took from it a J HT copys of the Fall resolution. The j W president's body was entirely covL ered, but he wore a brown sweater, | f which revealed itself when he ex-1 tended his hand in welcome to the i visitors. Tiie arm of this sweater j 1 was either torn or cut at the should- \ l ' er, the senator recalled. k. "V/Mi nnt spp thp President ' IX VU U*V4 **vv ? ~ ^ ? ? , move his legs?" the senator was asked. "No," was the response. I "If you were asked .the question,; ['Is the president paralyzed below tiis! waist' would you be able to answer?" j | "I would not be able to answer that! question," said the senator. Senator Fall sketched his visit to | 'the White House in rapid-fire order. ! He said that he and Senator Hitch- j cock were met by Dr. Cary T. Gray- j son, the president's personal physi- j cian, who operated the elevator and j took the visitors to the president's quarters on the second floor of the j executive mansion. When they en-1 (tered the presiaem s room tney were greeted first by Mrs. Wilson and j then by the president. Senator Fall told the president he j did not want to fatigue him unneces-1 sarily and began his presentation of j the facts that he gave yesterday to j the foreign relations committee. President's Dooley Story on Mexico. ; He explained the work thp special j sub-committee had done on the bor-; der, informed the president of the cooperation between the committee j and various governmental .departments, renewed his charge that the ! Mexican embassy has been instrumen- i tal in spreading Bolshevism propaganda throughout this country, and declared that Carranza was impcs-> sible. The president then asked: ''Are you gc ntr ' <" ' up this ' ^esoluticn ? :ai "Th* t i.- r ' our visit to you. , o meet 1 j i | B g m 13 5c a packas bet 5c a packas dur gc a packas / > , THE FLAUl SO UOllQ I s , ' ' V I * again on Monday and prior to that ; time we would like to have your " opinion on it." j "Will you kindly allow me to have a memorandum on what you have 1 just told me at the earliest possible : moment?" tfie president asked. ] Senator Fall assured him that he 1 would. The president then told him < "Dooley and Hinnessey" story. 1 "It looks like we'll be after taking i Mexico pretty soon," Dooley is re- i ported to have said to Hennessey, according to the president. i "No, no," Dooley remonstrated, i ";fc pnntfl(Hons to us we'll eret it < 1V O WV w?? W ? w anyway." < Not . Mexican in a Physical Sense. , In relating tht story, Senator Fall said he did not want the impression s to gather ground that he construed : the president's antedote to mean that 1 he thought the president had any idea s of taking Mexico in a physical sense. < Senator Fall said that he would attempt to obtain action on his resolu- : tion before the foreign relations com- : mittee Monday. He said that he did !. not think, as did Senator Hitchcock, that its passage would give Carranza j an opportunity to cancel the forth-j ? ~ in MoviVti On tVip i i CUIlllIlg CiCtHUJlO 111 iilVA^w. " " j contrary, he declared he believed the j mere presentation of the resolution J had effected the release of Consul \' Jenkins, and that it had had a vary 11 beneficial effect. He said that it j showed Carranza that congress was j1 back of the government in its deal-1 ings-with Mexico. The senator said that the president while they were ' 1 there, was informed of the release : of Jenkins. i Rsponsibility on Other Shoulders. Senator Hitchcock told'practically j the same story as that of Senator Fall. The Nebraska senator said j that the president looked much bet- r ter today than when he saw him sev- j ^h'aaI'c n rv*A f v*7ilC i C1 CI i VV CCI\0 ? IHU ^ 111U .. I fuller and his color better. Mr. Hitch-i cock declared that he did not think i this country should intervene in Mex-! ico at the present time and that he I believes, as did the secretary of state, I that Carranza would be uninfluenced ! by any action on the part of the United States in breaking off rela- ; tions. "I'm doubtful whether we ought to j ask the president to take this first. step," said Senator Hitchcock. Hit.r?hrnf?lc had n few words with the president on the subject of ; the treaty as he was departing from ! the room. He asked the president if i he had anything to say on the treaty j and this, according to the senator, is j what the president said: "The responsibility is on other! shoulders now, and let it stay there j for awhile." ! TRAIN SERVICE WILL BE REDUCED Weight of Trains to Be Made Much Ligheter and Quantitl of Coal Saved. Atlanta. Dec. 5.?General curtail-' ment of passenger train scrvice throughout trie Southern region of j the United States railroad adminis-r tration effective at 12:01 a. m., Tuesday, was announced tonight at headquarters here. No specific re-j auction was announced it being left; to each federal manager to take off^ ?? ?, I I le ore the war i se ins the war ! I le I NOW i i I J OR LASTS UC DDirn liu r nivut "7 157 [ < as many trains as may be spared without serious inconvenience -to the public. In addition to taking off passenger trains, it was announced that federal J managers will discontinue many par-1 lo^ club and sleeping cars which add j to the weight of trains and increase consumption of coal. No special trains of any kind will be operated n the Southern region during the coal i crisis. No redaction of freight service is contemplated in the Southern region, it was said, because paucity of coal cargoes and a consequent shutting down of many industries already has greatly reduced freight haulage. Regarding the order to reduce passenger train service, the announcement from the regional director's of- ' fice said that "there has been no attempt to arbitrarily reduce service on a percentage basis in the region because conditions vary on different j J- 1 Jifforont sppt.ions to I roaus aim m uiuvivnv such an extent that an order of this i kind would result in an unnecessary inconvenience to the public in some places and at the same time fail to bring about the greatest practicable curtailment in others." On some divisions of certain roads, I it was explained, it might be possible j that no trains would be taken off. On t ' T.C. i others the reduction nugm range . high as 40 per cent. Figures on re- J ductions on the various roads were j not expected here for several days, t Federal managers have been working J on them J however, for a week or more . in preparation for just such an order. I The statement also explained that I "an immediate and substantial saving j of fuel will result" from the curtail-1 ment ar.d asks cooperation of the | public. It also announced tnat wnere j local trains are suspended their ser-1 vice will be taken up by trains now; operated on through schedules. Atlanta, Dec. 5.?Blacksmith shops] in small towns and villages and all { retail coal dealers were practically j exempted from closing regulation in j modifications issued tonight by the | regional coal committee. Both may; stay open as long as necessary. Another modification .permitted, barber shops to remain open until 9 I p. m., on Saturdays. On other days | their hours are 8 a. m. ta 6 p. m. Flour mills were exempted today j n 40 m?aa!/ vnlo if", ! irom inu ^?o nuui wcciv i uiv, i?uv*v . is necessary to grind grain on hand. Maccn, GaDec. 5.?W. A. 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