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2 SURGEONS ATTENDING COLONEL FIND WOUND SERIOUS Absolute Quietude Is Essential to the Patient's Recovery Leaden Missile Lies j Near the Breast Bone Ball Is Embedded in Harmless Position Against Fourth Rib on Right Side of Body »\ cry phase of his wounding and i on dition. He asked for Macaulays Mis cellaneous Essays, and read this vol ume for more than an hour. He was propped up in a mass of pillows. Early in the evening his daughter, Mrs. Longworth. calltd and was ad mitted to the sick chamber. The greet ing between father and daughter was affecting, but Mrs. Longworth bravely stood the ordeal and showed that she was of the true Roosevelt stock by re fusing to cry. At 7 o'clock Mrs. Medill McCormick, wife of the Chicasro pub lisher and one of Roosevelt's strongest supporters In the middle west, was re eelved and remained in the eolotwfs room for half an hour. When she left the hospital Mrs. Longworth accom panied her. and the two were driven to the MeCormiek home in an automo bile. Mrs. Longworth will spend the night there. Secretary E. E. Martin received the r,A\rspaper men in behalf of the former president, and announced "that, as far ?s The surgeons could determine, there had been no change in the. location of the bullet. The patient's fever had in creased * fraction of a degree, due to the visit of his daughter and Mrs. Mc- Cormick. ENJOYS FIRST lIi:\RTV MEM, After the departure of the visitors Colonel Roosevelt was allowed his first hearty meal since the shooting. Toast, egps and tea comprised the meal, with a fresh peach. He ate ravenously and would have ordered a second serving but for the watchfulness of the nurse. Quiet is the watchword <>f the hos pital, and private physicians invariably obey the rule. Swarms of personal friends flocked to the hospital during the morning to offer their sympathies to the former president and extend whatever aid they might be able to give. None was admitted and those who gave their cards were, told that the, pasteboards would be presented to colonel Roosevelt as soon as his con dition warranted. The wound, the surgeons say la not a mere flesh scar, but a serious wound in the chest and the enforced <}uiet is absolutely necessary. Roosevelt's friends were, asked through the news papers to abstain from attempting to visit him or communicate with him. MRJi. ROOSEVELT DIE TODAY Tho monotony of the colonel's stay will be broken by the arrival of Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Helen, the Colonel's daughter. Refusing to be reassured by reports, the progressive candidate's wife and daughter insisted on com ing to the colonel's bedside at once, and it is said they will arrive, tomor row. With them will come Dr. Alexan der Lambert, the Roosevelt family physician. The. colonel eagerly anticipated the arrival of his wife and daughter, he asserted, so that he might personally assure them that he is not mortally wounded. Upon his arrival at the hospital this morning the colonel walked into the X-ray room of the hospital without as sistance. He was reading a message is he walked, and, having finished glancing over the sheet, lie looked up and joked with those near him about his pajamas having been forgotten in his trip from the specia; train which bore him to Chicago. He evinced much interest in the preparations for the radiograph and was inclined to be talkative while the photograph was being taken. While waiting for the treatment he read in a number of magazines. Several photographs were made. The doctors made it known, also, as soon as Colonel Roosevelt's <ondit,on warranted the transfer, he would be removed to his home in O' -tor Bay. PHYSICIANS SAY * SERIOUS WOUND Bullet Lies Near Breast Bone, on Righf Side, Below Clavicle 'B.v tbe Associated Tress) 'l! it'AGO. O't. 15.—Theodore Roose "> elt was not merely superficially wounded by ttie bullet fired into his i>reast last night in Milwaukee by John Schrank. After an all day exami nation and consultat'on. the physicians tonight definitely described the injury as "a serious wound in the chest," and not a "mere flesh wound." A late bulletin, which prohibited • ommunication between the colonel and persona other than those who arc at tending him. announced that "quietude -ulutely essential." The physicians asserted, however, that it was not now necessary to probe for or remove the bullet. Even this action was thought undesirable, and i the patient probably will be kept as! ■ aim as his nature will allow for a few days. .JOKES WITH NEWSPAPER MEX Finally, learning that the corre spondents accompanying him on his speaking tour, who had left him after Uie assault in Milwaukee to file their stories, had rejoined his entourage at •ospital. Colonel Roosevelt in sisted that the edict of his physicians against communication with him be ignored for the time. Tie received the newspaper men with a;i apology for not arising, jested with ihem about his condition and told them, "I'll hurry up and get out of BO I can keep you busy again." His doctors, however, did not feel inclined today to allow him to leave inside of 10 days, so that they might have no break in their minute by min ute watch for possible infection from the bullet. Unofficially it was made known to day that the physicians do not con sider it necessary to probe for or op erate to remove the bullet. It lies, as shown by the X-ray photographs brought from Mil waukee by Dr. J. R. Jansson J Mercy hospital, not far from the breast hone, on the right fide, and probably Inches below the collarbone. The. missile did not get inside «he ribs, but plowed upward and inward for five inches. The flesh along the course of the bullet showed no discoloration to day and there appeared to the physi cians no cause for concern. LMouel Roosevelt, anxious |hat his friends. and particularly members of his family, who were en route to Chi cago, should not be unduly apprehen sive, protested against the edict barring callers from his room, but ac ceded when all the consulting physi cians indorsed the plan. He was anxious to greet members of his family. His concern, all day, ap parently, was not for himself, but for those who he believed were likely to be too fearful of his condition. He read all of the hundreds of tele grams that poured into the hospital and was particularly delighted with several from men of note he met while abroad. k Outside the hospital grounds a curious crowd hung all day. asking for news from all the usual callers who left the institution. Each was hailed as he left with an appeal for "inside information." but none was available besides the posted bulletins. All of Colonel Roosevelt's speaking dates were canceled today, save one tomorrow night a* Louisville. To the Kentucky city, former Senator Bever idge of Indiana was sent after a con ference with the colonel today, with a message the colonel insisted be read th^re. FITIRE PLANS PROBLEMATICAL No announcement regarding future plans of Roosevelt, was made, all such action depending upon the length of time demanded of him by the phys icians. Until th» ultimatum of the doctors against callers was Issued, the corridor outside Colonel Roosevelt's room was filled with those coming or going, and with those who sought to extend any aid that might be useful. After the order was issued the corridor became as usual on ordinary days. His room is on the third floor, in the southwest corner of the building, and at the south end of the corridor. It is No. ;: 14. and that next to it. No. 312, serves as an anteroom and consulting room. No. 310 is occupied by Dr. L. Terrell, the colonel's personal physi cian, and by J. W. McGrath, Roosevelt's secretary. Out in the corridor all afternoon watch was kept by Patrolman J. A. Tomney, and here the small band of attendants gathered, and from the dis cussion light was thrown on the actum] story of the assault. It-was disclosed that Elbert K. Mar tin, the secretary who seized the as sailant, saw the pistol before the shot was fired and that the weapon was dis charged just as he flung himself upon £c blank. SCH RATV X ALMOST STRANGLED Powerful of build, he was forcing Schrank'a neck back till the assailant was gasping for breath. Henry Co chems, who had arisen from his seat in the automobile, shouted several times: "Don't kill him, John; don't kill him, John:" Martin, wresting the pistol from Schrank and holding the assailant in a grip fast rendering him unconscious, shouted back resentfully: "My name's not John!" The colonel laughed at the incident and recalled It today. The patient was interested in the | mottoes hanging on the wall of his | room, which he inspected when he I walked to and from the room in which [an X-ray photograph was taken of i him. He gazed long and earnestly at j a verse from Adelaide A. Proctor's "Railor Boy." which ornamented his anteroom. It read: Judge not the workings of his brain And of his beart thou canst not tee; What looks to thy dim eyes a stain In God's pure light may only he A MBr, brought from some well known field Where thou woultist only faint and yield. Sisters passing quietly along the hallway, crossed themselves and mur mured prayers when passing a framed apostolic benediction signed by Pope Pius, asking divine favor on Dr. J. B. Murphy, chief physician at the colonel's bedside, and "any patients he might have within these walls." LOADS OF FLOWERS RECEIVED Flowers were sent in loads to the colonel's anteroom, and the enjoyment the patient took in deeply exhaling the odor laden air became lessened by the pain the exertion caused, and he di rected that part of the gifts should be taken to the rooms of other pa tients, which was done. Colonel Roosevelt talked little today of the attack. Most of that discussion was in jests with those who called on him. When the physicians turned back the covers of tlie bed- the bet ter to examine his wound. Colonel, Roosevelt exclaimed, forgetful of his condition: » "Doift lose my place, doctor; don't lose my place." Tie referred to a book the physi cian had laid to one side, and which, containing the essays by Macauley, -had furnished him' an interested hour. lie asked seriously how his wound looked and leaned his head forward from his half sitting posture and sur veyed it himself. "That doesn't look bad, doctor," he said, "what do yon think?" WARNED TO KEEP <fcl'IET "That, as it is, doesn't bother us." responded Doctor Murphy, nodding to his fellow doctors, Arthur Dean Bevan and Doctor Terrel.. who accompanied him: "it's what you do to it." The patient raised his eyebrows in terrogatively and was informed that the doctors, by way of precaution, felt he had better see no one, so that the rest would remove further any possi bility of a setback. He was disap pointed for a few minutes, but the examination being over and a pint of buttermilk having been ordered, he, reached again for his books and smiled "all right.'' An hour's sleep kept his good spirits at flood tide and he said It had been the most refreshing rest he had en joyed for a week. "This will give me a good rest up. anyway." he said, "and if I must stay here, I suppose I might as well make the most of it." DEACE OFFICER r TERRIBLY HURT Collides With Train While Speeding on Motorcycle to Meet Roosevelt [Special Dispatch to The Call] CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—While hurrying to me<>r the train carrying Colonel Roosevelt to Chicago, Austin Fitch, a THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1912. The two principal surgeons who are attending Theodore Roosevelt in a Chicago hospital. road and Nortli Kedsle avenue. Fitch had received orders from Ser geant Joseph Dnebach, head of the motorcycle squad, t" report at the Northwestern station to meet the Roosevelt special. Fearing that he would be unable to reach, the depot on time. Fitch sped his machine at the rate of a mile a minute. At Blooming dale road, not seeing a passing freight train in time, he crashed into one of the cars. Members of the crew, hearing the collision, stopped the train. They pulled Fitch from beneath the car unconscious. By a lucky chance he was not run over, as he was hurled directly under the car and no part of his was covering the track. It was found that both of his legs were broken and he was suffering in ternal injuries. Fitch is Z2 years of age. Hoy Huffier, also of the motorcycle squad, was riding on the tandem at-1 tachment to Fitch's motorcycle at the time of the accident. He was thrown off to one side of the tracks and bruised. . He was able to proceed to the depot and join the colonel's mounted escort. rOLONEL TURNED AS BULLET SPED This Movement Saved Him From Being Shot in Heart [Special Dispatch to The Call] <TTTCAGO. Oct. 15.—A simple inci dent saved the life of Colonel Roose velt and another saved the life of the assailant, according to Prof. Charles EL Merriam, who was with the colonel at the time he was shot. The story of the shooting was told by Professor Merriam at the weekly meeting of the Hawkeye Fellowship club in the Auditorium hotel today. "Schrank was standing on the curb not 10 feet from the colonel," said Professor Merriam. "The colonel was laughing and chatting with Henry Cochems, Colonel Cecil Lyon and others of-his party. As he got in front of Schrank the colonel turned slightly to answer some question just as the bul let was fired. "Had it not been for that slight turning the bullet certainly would have entered his heart." LYON SE|S ASSASSIN Schrank Admits to Texan Newspaper Articles In flamed Him [Special Dispatch to The Call] • CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—Colonel Cecil Lyon of Texas, who was with Colonsl Roosevelt in Milwaukee last night, said tonight: I went over to the police station In Milwaukee to identify Colonel Roosevelt's assailant and to get what information I could from him. It developed that Schrank. the wouldbe assassin, was a former saloon keeper in New York. When asked for his motive in In tending to kill Colonel Roosevelt, he said he was incited to the act by a dream he had had, and also that his attention had been espe cially and repeatedly called by articles appearing In the New York Herald, which, lie said, never re ferred to Theodore Roosevelt by name, but always called him the "third termer," and that the New York World further had aroused him by its-violent articles In oppo sition to a third term. When I asked him about his poli tics, he said: "Of course I am a democrat and a Tammany man or 1 could not have run a saloon in New York." Schrank denied that he was a member of any secret societies, but said that he had from time to time belonged to various social clubs, and was vehement in his de nial that he was ever a socialist or an anarchist. He very frankly said he had gone south for the express pur pose of killing Colonel Roosevelt and was In Atlanta and Chatta nooga when the colonel was in these places, but that the move ment of the colonel's party pre vented him from attempting assas sination at cither of those places. t His statement concerning the movements of the party Is correct. ' because at both places we arrived late and had to hurry. He also stated that he visited tbe Coliseum last Saturday night, but had no opportunity to g p t near enough to the colonel to attempt assassina tion. 1 regard the man as absolutely sane. unless, perhaps, ha is a . paranoiac on the subject of a third term, and- this should teach all papers and persons the cowardice and Incitement to anarchy of such attacks as have been made upon Colonel Roosevelt lately. rHICAGO POLICE Protection ; Given Former i : President in , "Windy City ; Saved Him From Murder - 1 [Special Dispatch foThe Call] \: CHICAGO/ Oct. 15.—How Theodore Roosevelt was saved from an .* attack by the assassin, Schrank, in " Chicago ■by i police vigHanc'* was related g today by : Herman ,*; assistant i: . ■'■£.- I ,Ji-i«-yi^W(Htait*''v<i;'-''-'--'i;-."-.*;.V, superintendent -pf JseiT^e. •■ , .-*.< ! "We must ourselves when .?, we hear from the " assailant's own lips thalf he tried to reach ? : Colonel ; Roosevelt in Chicago and * failed." said the assistant chief. "Colonel Roose velt was saved here by the police pre caution in escorting him through the alleyway to the Coliseum mass meeting Saturday night. 1 Had an attempt been i made to push the colonel through the ; crowd the assassin would have had his chance and perhaps his evil design would f have met with other conse quences.,' : ! '.j'-\Xl* *><:•':':'Z*'.*.~ : -'\'\ ■■'■' :: .K 1 "I do not think l | that It is impossible for a t shooting "of^T; this kind /tor occur in Chicago, but it is i lest likely here than i elsewhere. Chicago X has the po lice and the police machinery < for the handling of great crowds. I have had a: police lesson from 7 the : assassination of Lincoln. ;; Garfield "■'.. and ' McKinley. Safety means to keep crowdjs away from the president. It may seem un democratic i and unreasonable lin | a re public, but it is the only way to assure absolute safety. Avoid direct • contacts. It has been my practice in Chicago to surround the noted visitor with as many police, motorcars and motor cycles as possible. It helps to add distance between the crowds and J their guests. hen \'.the^' crowds must be sprinkled with plain rlothes and secret service men. It is a difficult task in a great ' city. When Ojlonel "i Roosevelt was in > Chicago every precaution was taken to insure his personal safety. Wherever he went he was accompanied by mounted policemen and detectives." t;Schuettler detailed 5 eight detectives from the - central r station to prevent any annoyance to Colonel ,§ Roosevelt during his stay at i the Mercy hospital. -~, ..-■■... , - ■ - • . :: ■ . • DEVERIDGE WILL DsOUND LAST CALL Indiana Man Chosen to Give Roosevelt's Final Cam paign Message CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—Colonel Roose velt's final message in this campaign, summing up the developments of one of the greatest presidential contests in the republic's history and setting forth what he hopes to achlev© as president of the United States, will be delivered la Louisville. Ky., tomorrow night. Former Senator Albert J. Beverldge of Indiana will be the means by which the colonel will give this message to the people, and he is in Chicago tonight learning from tha colonel just what it is which he wishes to put before the voters of the United States. Colonel Roosevelt's Itinerary, which. of course, has been abandoned, called for addresses in Indianapolis tonight and In Louisville tomorrow night. When he was Informed by the sur geons in attendance that he probably would not. be able to take a further personal part in the campaign, he de cided that the Kentucky city should be the place from which his battle call should be sounded. Beveridge was reached by wire and the circumstances explained to him. He at once started for Chicago, but before doing so waived any claims he might have had on the progressive party leaders for his own contest and offered to go into the neighboring state as the bearer of the colonel's message. DEST WELCOMED BY THE^ PATIENT Prepares Early for Com fortable Night and Shaves Himself in Bed CHICAGO. Oct. I"..—Colonel Roose velt bade the last of .his callers good j i night at S o'clock and prepared for a comfortable night, which was to be spent In part in reading. He said he felt fine and told Dr. John F. Golden, who is keeping watch over him to night, that unless the final Injection of the tetanus antitoxin interfered, he would have the "first real comfortable evening" to himself he had enjoyed in 'many days. On his bed <oionel Roosevelt had piled several copies of the writings of Ma'caulay, several back numbers of magazines, and the bible. His tele , grams he. had read and answered, leav ing those coming after 8 p. m. to be answered tomorrow. With his spectacles comfortably ad- j justed, all his books within reach, his j pillows replaced by cushions, of curled j hair, he {old Miss Margaret Fitzgerald, ;• the night nurse assigned to his room, j that all lie wanted was within his I reach and that no one need worry j about him until he began Worrying ' for them. i Within five minutes the Crowds had ; gone and the hospital gave no lndica- I tion that it housed an Injured former ; president. Colonel Roosevelt laid aside j his book a few minutes after 9 and switched off his reading light- He soon I was fast asleep. Dr. Murphy went Into j the colonel's room at 9:30 and found j him sound asleep. The patient's pulse was 86 when j taken before he dropped to sleep. This i is two points higher than It was last J night after the shooting and 14 above j normal. His temperature was three fifths of a degree above normal. After having had several short naps. ; Colonel Roosevelt awakened at 10:30 p. m. and .called for hot water to shave himself. He sat up In bed, with a hand mirror against his knees, and shaved and then was given a sponge bath and an alcohol rubdown by his nurse. After the bath his clinical record was taken. I It read: Temperature. 98.8; pulse. 88. He turned on his night light and be gan to read again, saying tn'at he would ! continue until he got sleepy. Colonel Roosevelt told his nurse, as he picked up his book for a second spell of reading about 11 o'clock, that he: was going home to Oyster Bay Sunday. \ He ordered his breakfast for 7 o'clock, j and said: "Mind, I'll want a good one; I'll be hungry." He left directions about his clothes and his room, to everything In readiness to see Mrs. Roosevelt in the morning. "The colonel acts very eager to see THE PRICE IS THE SMALLEST PART I —it's as low as $75 an acre The Central California Traction It is located only 40 minutes j lands are selling low from the center of Sacra- \ because the railroad wants mento, the State Capitol. 1 passengers and freight. 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PARTY LEADERS f DISCUSS ATTACK Of No Political Significance in the National Cam paign [Special Ditpakh'lo The Call] tTHICAGO, Oct. 15.—With expressions of sympathy for Colonel Roosevelt and the usual headquarters routine, politi cal activities In practically all the na tional headquarters located in Chicago ceased today. The one topic of con versation among the leaders of all par ties' was the attempt upon Roosevelt's life and with one accord regret was voiced over the sssault and congratula tion extended that Roosevelt's wound apparently was not a serious one. From a political point of view no weight was attached to the assault upon Roose velt. The party leaders of all sides agreed that there was no political sig nificance to the assatllt beyond the crazed motive that Inspired it. As affecttng the Issues of the politi STEIN-BLOCH j* ¥F economy is a con- I $25 will interest you. 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It is awful to know that tbe prominent public men are always fen danger of attack by the poor dememted fellow=. who, brooding over fancjied wrongs, adopt murder as their remedy. J "It is a great consolation that Colonel Roosevelt was not more seri ously injured. Of course, it will have no effect one way or the other in the election. Sympathy will be aroused for Colonel Roosevelt, but no one will be foolish enough to give to the at tack any political significance what ever. Public men canrtot be too care ful in guarding themselves against cranks and lunatics, and those in au thority cannot be too careful in ap prehending and confiding all men of such mental condition as to be a danger to society." _^