Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-07
WHOLE COUNTRY
! IN MOURNING FOR
PRESIDENT WIFE
Mrs. Wilson's Last Words Were
for Husband and the
Poor.
,ONDoLENcES COME FROM
MoNARcHS AND PAUPERS
Tags at Half-Mast-Congress,
o. implying With Her Wish,
Passes Charitable Law.

WASHINGTON Aug. Humble
hands today raised the pail of grief
from the White House. The Ameri-
s can people. poor and rich, lowly and
r,rpminent, in the death of Mrs. Ellen
Wilson, wife of the President, made
his mourning their own.
Fl the flood tide of sympathy which
engulfed the White House today
ta1ne spontaneous messages from
hundreds of humble homes. With
messages of coincidence from crowned
beads of Europe, financial and other
Bowers here and abroad, the cabinet
Ind officialdom, came flowers and
Messages of sympathy from slums
md alleys of the capital where Mrs.
wilson had made many friends in her
fdorts to aid the poverty-stricken.
The President and his daughters
bore up well today under their be-
4sAvement. In the White House, de-
ing themselves to visitors thev
W&re alone with their dead. Cares of
med conflict abroad were largely
<crgotten. The hush of death placed
seal of silence upon the former
Inc of the first lady of the land.
Flags Mt Half Mast.
Flags at half-mast and closed
Eftes mutely testified to the loss of
ne wife and mother of the chief ex-
&&utive and his family
HInal arrangements for the simple
Ui|tstentatious funeral desired by
#1'S Wilson We're made. 1t was hoped
h>Et Professor Stockton Axson, of
1Inceton University, her brother,
I've in time. He was TELEGRAPH 4
l8et night at Pendleton, Ore. Mrs.
3tEest Howe, sister, is in Europe
end will be unable to attend.
A stream of carriages with callers
1fInging cards of coincidence filed up
~ the executive offices all day. Floral
4ributes we're numerous. White
Z14onse telegraphers were swamped
hinder messages of sympathy.
Relatives of both Mys. Wilson and
fhe President arrived today, as well
IS tome close Princeton friends
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson died In the
White House yesterday Afternoon at
B o'clock. ss.s. !.
! She is the second wife ofssf Presf-
dent to die in the executive mansion,
kfe first being Mrs. Benjamin Harri-
son. the first wife Of the late Presi-
6ent Harrison.
Her Death Peaceful.
Mrs Wilson'S death was peaceful.
1:he President held her hand as she
t&ssed away. Her three daughters,
RS. Francis Bowes Sayre, Mrs. Will
It'd G. McAdoo and Miss Margaret
xflson, knelt at her bedside.
me had been unconscious for about
[8ree hours before the end, but at
bout 2 o'clock reused herself and
<{jled family at her dear ones. She
=<s too weak to speak to them Those
Sthe bedside not relatives were the
consulting physicians and nurses
m the naval hospital.
&bout the middle of the forenoon
e. Wilson stirred and called for
Grayson.
Doctor" she said family. "T am
1[T8 away. I want you to promise
To- take care of Woodrow"
ind DIR. Grayson promised her
<hfully that he would.
<I1cials of the White House imme-
fe1y notified the Vice President
"a members of the cabinet and
ecker Champ Clark, Representative
Norwood and Senator Kern of the
Recurrence. The House and Sem
&==t Iinmeu1dtely ADJOURNED. A reSo-
4II<ion was put through the House
#ilieh provided for the appointment
81 3 House committee consisting of
<hs Speaker and one member from
zach State In the Union to represent
tae House at the funeral. The an
founcement was made in the Senate
III Majority Leader Senator Kern.
The President and his daughters
Ithdrew to the. private apartments
t'i< the mansion after the death. All
ERE prostrated with grief and their
|4ns vigil at the bedside of the wife
md mother.
< president Bears Up Bravely.
The President bore up bravely and
fried manfully to comfort his weep
ing daughters.
Details of the arrangements for the
funeral will be decided today, when
Lhe President can be consulted. I'M
6ediately after the death of his wife
BE- President shut himself in his
Bonn and refused to see even the
4ernbers of the family.
1t Is expected that the funeral will
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