Evening star., 1914-08-07
MRS. WILSON DIES
AT WHITE HOUSE
Chronic Kidney Disease, With
Complications, Fatal After
Months of Suffering.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
NOT COMPLETED AS YET
Either Washington, Rome, Ga, or
Princeton, N. J., Will Be Place
of Interment.

Mrs. Ellen Axson Wilson. wife Of
the President of the United States. died
at the White House at 8 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. DEATH which came
after months Of suffering patiently and
uncomplainingly borne, was due to
chronic kidney disease, with other
complications. The effects of over
work, eliminating in complete ner-
vous breakdown. and the injury to her
spine, received when Mrs. Wilson
slipped and fell at the White House
last winter. contributed, and the COM
hination of disease, shattered nervous
system and spinal injury proved too
much for the vitality of the sufferer.
Funeral arrangements. 1t was stated
| today, have not been completed, pend
ing the arrival in Washington Of Prof.
Stockton Axson, Mrs Wilson's broth
err who is on his way here from Ore
gon. Services, which are to be of the
strtctest privacy, 1t was announced,
are to be held at the White House,
probably Monday, and it is believed in
terment will be made in Myrtle Hill
cemetery at Rome. Ga, where Mrs VII
sons parents are buried.
Several kilograms were received to-
day from ,gir1hood friends. expressing
their sympathy and asking that she
be brought back home"
Princeton Also Considered.
Princeton, N. J.. home of the family
during the years Of President Wilson, g
connection with Princeton University,
also has been considered as a possible
place of interment
Rev. Sylvester Beach of Princeton,
N. J., an old friend Of the Wilson fam
| lily, who performed the marriages of
Mrs. McAdoo and Mrs Sayre, prob
| ably will ofhciate at the funeral.
Wherever the earth receives the ashes
of the beloved wife of the President
| there. too, will be his last resting place
Whether under the blue skies of the sun
| ny south, toward which the sympathies
| and love of Mrs Wilson SO often turned
| under the sod of Jersey, or in the beau
! tiful capital of a sorrowing nation, the
place will be decided largely with view
to the wishes of the grief-stricken hus-
band and father.
At Rome are buried the father and
| mother, and other near relatives of Mrs
Wilson, although that southern city has
little OF intimate connection or associa-
ton with President Wilson himself
The Presidents parents are buried at
Columbia, S. C. At Princeton the Presi-
dent fought the eternal conflict for
| democratic and higher ideals. made
family, for his convictions. There.
however, he rose to the prominence and
greatness that attracted the attention
| Of his fellow-citiZens and brought
elevation to the highest honors in the
land. Washington. the seat Of his
! achievements and triumphs. probably
to be his home until the grim reaper
calls him to Join the one nearest and
dearest to him, has been pleasant in
| its associations to the. family, and may
finally be decided upon.
Services Will Be Simple.
The funeral, in any city or town. will
be as simple and as private as possible
| The President, his heart wrung with
poignant grief, today refused to perrni,
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