Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-12
MRS. WILSON DIES
IN White HOUSE
FINAL SUMMONS COMES TO THE
WIFE OF PRESIDENT OF
UNITED STATES.
END WAS LONG EXPECTED
Suffered Four Months of Almost UNI
broken lllness-Was Unconscious
for Days-Shock Pros
trates President.

Washington, D. c., Aug. Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, wife of the presi-
dent of the United States, died in the
White House at o'clock Thursday af-
ternoon. Mrs. Wilson was kept alive
most of the day by stimulants. AL
though warned that his wife would
live but a few hours the president
was Frustrated when his physician,
DR.. Grayson, officially declared that
the first lady in the land had passed
away.
Mrs. Wilson was continually lap
sing from consciousness into state
of coma all Wednesday night and
Thursday morning. Physicians adopt
ed heroic measures in an effort ito
keep her conscious. Oxygen was used
to stimulate her heart action.
Seriously III for Months.
Four months of almost unbroken
illness, a complication of nervous all
ments and Bright's disease, Slapped
the vitality of the first lady of the
land. Physicians had been in con-
sultation for days and it was admit
ted at the White House Wednesday
night that hope for her recovery had
almost vanished.
Conscious only at intervals, Mrs.
Wilson was cheerful and called con-
stantly for her husband. Every spare
moment that could be spared from ur-
gent duties was devoted by the presi-
dent to his wife. At the side of his
constant helpmate and adviser, he
wrote the tender of good offices ap-
pealing to the European monarchs to
stay their conflict
President Remained at Bedside.
From the sick room he gave direc-
tons to the various department heads
for the relief of thousands of Amer
leans stranded abroad Press of do
nestle legislation, the European war
and Mexican situation, and the furry
over financial conditions throughout
the country, weighed heavily on the
president, as he maintained his day
and night vigil. i
Day and night the family has watch:
ed anxiously over her for the last few
days. On Tuesday her pulse stopped
beating for few moments.
Spine Injured by Fall.
One day last March Mrs. Wilson
slipped on a rug at the White House,
injuring her spine. An operation was
necessary. After weeks of GONZALES
cence she finally rose from her bed,
but the burden of winters activity
at the White House, together with
charity work in the slums of the city,
brought on nervous prostration. She
was we'll enough to attend the we'd
ding of her second daughter, now Mrs.
William G. McAdoo, but her recuper-
ative powers were not lasting.
Stomach trorNle added to her nerv-
Gus ailment and Bright's disease de-
veloped. Three weeks ago she seem
ed to rally and was well enough to
walk, supported by nurse, in the
White House grounds. She watched
with satisfaction as gardeners laid
out the last of the Italian gardens
which she had planned for the south
front of the executive mansion.
The relapse came last week, and
since then she has been sinking rap
idly. Only members of the family
were admitted to the sick room. She
had lost in weight until her thin form
seemed but a shadow of her former
self.
Married President in 1885.
Mrs. Wilson was Helen Louise Ak
son of Savannah, Ca, before her mar
rage to Woodrow Wilson, in 1885,
Three daughters were born to them,
Miss Margaret, Miss Jessie, the recent
bride of William McAdoo, secretary Of
the treasury, and Miss Eleanor, now
Mrs. Francis B. Sayre.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson was the
daughter of Presbyterian minister
and granddaughter of two others. She
received her education at home, and
when she grew older, obtained her pa
rents permission to go to New York.
where she became an active member
of the Art Students league, and event.
ually their president. She possessed
a national reputation as an artist, her
paintings being exhibited in the lead
ing art institutes.
Mrs. Wilson, though she possessed
a strong individuality, appeared little
in the limelight This had been her
desire from the time she went to Bryn
Mawr as the bride of the young pro-
lessor there She submerged herself
in his personality, and made her en-
| tire existence subservient to his adj
| yancement.