The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-16
AMBASSADOR
REID PASSES
AWAY HIS
LONDONPOSl
American Minister to Court
of St. James Dies Alter
Brief Illness, Not at First
I Thought Serious
MEMBERS OF ROYAL.
FAMILY TO ATTEND
FUNERAL OF STATE


irg Visit to New York,
" hen He Entertained the
Duke ofCcnuaught-Start-
cd His Career as J1urnaiist
in Ohio
LONDON. Dec. is. - Whitelax
Reid, American ambassador TO the
I court of ST. James, died at Dorchea~
ter House, his palatial London hotla6
at ten minutes. after noon today. 1,nlys
his wife and daughter, and Mrs. JOHN
Huhart Ward were at his beside When
rhe end came. His son, ogden MINI
Reid, sailed from New j FORK yesEer~ss
day. The family did not r.alize the
ambassadors condition until friday.
= ~GontraEy to many. rsparts. The ssIIz&ssS
bassador did not take to his he'd untiGa8
Friday night when. for the first tiImdKa
he consented to turn over all offici9A#
correspondence to MIR. Irwin Laughs
lin, first secretary of the emba8SVy@
Until tssat tsrsss ting 7sssa
+ lteved himself suffering merely frOu1M
the effects of the cold which he cauxhtS
November 1st when he addressed the
students OF the University College of3
Wales. at Aterys Twyth, on tia sub
Ject Of Thomas Jefferson.
AS late as Friday the ambassadors
/ sent large number of dispatches tos
the state department at Westinghouse
which he dictated himself and signed.a
| During that night he feii into a etu~
per from which he did not rally e.
eept at intervals. He was uneonScto64
t<nAIx
| dav night. although every aid knowusS
to medical science was applied, Ther1a
was slight rally early this mornings
| but the patient soon sunk into uncon~a
/ seriousness. from which he did not
again rally. Sa
Break Down in Nsw York. q
| Ambassador Reds breakdown dateM#
| frcm his trip TO New York last wfn~S
| ter to entertain the Duke and Duchess
Of Connaught. who came from OttawAs
TO be the ambassadors guests at hlA
/ town house in New York.
/, He had b n a sufferer from asthnfAM
| for many years, and 1t had been hi4@
habit every winter TO spend seveFAkA
weeks in the south of France, wher4%
! he seemed to find relief from the haxSM
RAISING aiiment asst winter, H0W@N
ever In order to entertain the Ira
and Duchess of Connaught and theiM#
daughter. Princess Patricia. he ahal1S3
foned his trip to France and sailed 101s3
New York. His social duties there t4Sz
| tigued him greatly and when he io&&#
| New York on the return trip kMS
| February, his nerves We're In sera013M2
| condition. On the way over he cauG0M6
| a severe cold. the effects of which. N3
his overweight nervous state. he w1
unable TO shake off.
situation Is Unus mi.
| The death of an ambasSadrr ml&
his post Is an unusual occurrence f1&&
London and it is quite probable thM4
a state funeral will be given hlN
| here in Westminster Abbey. XIII
George and the members of tha rc2
| family, with the entire fipscmAt@
corps and the peace delegates ffa1
| the Balkan states and Turkey, MUM
gre now just gathering for their ~
mentous conference, will probably 1l
| tend.
| King George has inquired daily e.
to the ambassadors condition Mn
/ the fact that he was seriously IN M
came known. Hon. John Warfl NH
was at Dorchester house. teleph0M@
| Buckir raam Palace Immediately W4X
the death occurred and within ta8
| hour, Sir John Legge, the Idae4
eouerry, called to convey Ina &s5
arlences Of the king and queM
i Other members of the royal fatN1S
4
endra. and the Princess vic-oria
dispatches bearing their cond1aAA
so Mrs Reid. Ss
Bulletins Announce Death.
Bulletins announcing the leathA
! the ambassador were posted ~
the. prominent hot,eis lin .Londons A1k
In the afternoon. The Sunday
server, owned by Waldorf Aetnx.
sued a snecial edition containing
news OF the death and the paperxsWN
eagerly bought In all parts a.
| citv.
| Mrs. Reid IL tonight prnstratedz S
grief and the strain due to.
| over the serious condition Of hNf
band Owing to her admitt6dlX
/ ious condition and the absenss
/ the son. Ogden Mills Retl. M
/ rangements as vet have h-en
regarding the funeral. The bOdT
| of course be taken to Amerfca
/ the funeral here. yxs
Within half an hour aGt&&
death was announced. the hax 1y
| American embassy was placed M4
mast and the embassy staM
| themselves In arranging such
~ procedure as were nece4g
| the matter. !Ss
| TIE following efficial staternsli
| issued at Dorchester hOn~Y h%
| 'i-g physicians during
terroon: gg48ss
| "A fortnight ago the amhq2
had a return CT the asthma
wh,cs. he had previouslv sunegz
vereiy at conssderahle !ntervMlg
/ ualsv bronchitis ssipervened M1
asthmatic raroxysrcs became NJ
were. ieaasng to extreme exM1
| II was horned that he mlSl4
- no pneumonic symptoms ~
1 peared
| ..Alshough with great didl2
ra~cxyHrns Of asthma weSM
under control early TODAY M
became extreme. ~. 1NGm