Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
President and Three Daugh- ters Kneeling at Bedside When End Came Con- pletely Unnerved by the Shock
SPIRIT DEPARTED
 AT CLOSE OF DAY
Second Time in History Wife of Chief Executive Dies in White House - Con gress Promptly Adjourns. Business Suspends
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHJ

1 W ASHlNGION, Aug. t. - Mrs Woodrow Wilson, wife of the president of the United States, died at the White | House al o'clock this afternoon Death came after brave struggle or months against Brights' disease with complications. The president was completely unnerved by the shock and ! his grief was heart -rending. He bore up well under the strain, however, and 1 devoted himself to his daughters. The end came while Mrs. Wilson was unconscious. Her illness took a turn for the worse shortly after one o'clock this afternoon and from then on she , grew gradually weaker. Kneeling at the bedside at the end were the presi- dent and their three daughters. Dr. | Cary T. Grayson and nurse were in l the room and just outside the door were Secretary McAdoo and Francis B. Sayre, Wilson's sons -in-law, and Tumulty. his secretary.
 Both houses of congress adjourned when the death was announced and 1 for brief time the wheels of govern | ment were practically stopped, while everyone paid respect to the loss of the president
 During the day Mrs Wilson spoke to | Doctor Grayson about the president, whose health she thought more about than she did her own. Promise me- she whispered faintly, that if go you will take care of my husband" It was the same touch of devotion which she had so many times repeated-her con-
  president might not worry about her or be disturbed in his official tasks Funeral arrangements have not vet been made
 The beginning of the end came at ten in the morning when Dr. F. P Davis of Philadelphia, who had been called in for consultation, realized that the time for hope had passed He took the president into the red room of the 1 White House and there in a broken voice told him the truth. The bresi- dents face blanched, but he bore the shock well. He was informed that the end was only a question of hours ] President Wilson then took his daugh- ters, Mrs. w. G. McAdoo, Mrs. Sayre and Miss Margaret, aside and told them of their mothers condition. Until then they had thought there was a chance for recovery. From that time on the president and his daughters remained constantly at the bedside of Mrs. Will son. The president held his wife's hand. with the three daughters group ed nearby Until she became uncon- scious, Mrs. Wilson frequently nodded to one or the other and smiled cheer fully. The president returned to the sick room from the last conference with the doctors, his three daughters leaning on his arm. Francis Bowes SaYre, William A. McAdoo and Secre-
 tary Tumulty stayed outside the door.
 Mrs Wilson lapsed into unconscious ness but rallied. By one o'clock she began to sink rapidly She could still 4 recognize those about her, however, and looked cheerfully toward them
 with the same sweet smile that will
 finger long in the memory of those who knew her. It was the characteristic expression of sweetness which officials and their families as well as people in
 the slums which she had befriended
 had learned to love. At 2 o'clock Mrs
 Wilson was still conscious. but her
 strength had almost departed, and q
 few minutes later she sank into the
 sleep of unconsciousness from which
 she never awoke. For three hours. the
 president and his three daughters gazed longingly into her eyes in the
 hope that she might speak to them
 again, but she could not. The sun was
 casting its long shadows from the Po-
 tomac to the south grounds. coloring
 the fountains. gardens and elms There P was a hushed stiffness in the supper apartments. All eyes were turned
 toward the southwest corner of the
 house. Just at the hour of five death
 came. The president and his daueh- ters were in tears. Secretary Humility
 walked slowly to the executive offices. his head bowed. Quietly he announced to the correspondents that the end had come.
 A pail of gloom settled over the , executive mansion and offices Pres
 ently Dr. Grayson, his face haggard A and worn from the day and night vigil came to the offices. There was D an impressive silence everywhere. s Secretaries, attaches, clerks and ser Y wants seemed overcome.
 , Vice President Marshall. members f of the cabinet, and leaders of con
 gress were notified. Both houses
 promptly adjourned. The flag on the
 White House dropped. the gates a closed. and the silence of death
 spread over the White House for
 the first time since 1892. when Mrs
 Benjamin Harrison passed away.
 The place of burial will be either F Rome. Ga, her birthplace. or Continued on Page Seven.)