The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-06
Death of Mrs. Woodrow Will son Is Expected Hourly. Hope for Recovery Prac-
 tically Abandoned
THE PRESIDENT AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY
 CALLED TO BEDSIDE
Complications of Nervous Trouble and Bright's Disease Sap Strength of Suffering Woman--President
 Dispatches Business
 From Sickroom

Washington, August G.--tt T a. m. no change had bcen reported in Mrs. Will that hour she was said to he resting quietly.
 Washington. August 5.--Nrs. Wood row Wilson, wife of the President of thc United states, tonight lies at the point of death.
 A Four months of almost unbroken ill., ness, II complication of nervous aiI- mcnts nnd Bright's disease. have snpped the vitality of the first lady of the of days. perhaps hours. Her husband and three daughters arc nt her bed- side aud relatives have been sum- rnoned. Physicians have been in con- sultntion for days. hut 1t was admitted af the Waite House tonight thut hope fcrfhcr recovery had almost yanishcsI, Conscious only at Intervals. Mrs. Wilson has been cheerful and has called con stantly for her husband. Every spare mcment that could be spared from urgent official duties have been devoted b9 the President to his wife. At the side of his constant helpmate and adviser, he wrote the tender of good offices appealing 10 the European monarchs to stay their conflict. From the sick room he has been giving directions to the various department heads for the relief Of thousands of Americans stranded abroad The press of domestic Ie egislation. the European war and can situation, and the furry Mexican situation. and the furry country have weighed heavily on the Pres ident as he has maintained his day and night vigil,
 Hope Is Slight
 For several days 1t has been known to these in closest touch at the White House that Mrs Wilson was gravey ill., and that hope for her recovery was slight. The President himself has clung desperately to the hope that she might survive the crisis, but her frail constitution. drained by months Of nervious Illness has been unable to withstand the battle.
 One day last March Mrs. Wilson slipped on a rug at the White House. injuring her spine. An operation was necessary. After weeks of eonvalescence she finally rose from her bed but the burden of winters activity at the White House. to- gether with charity work in the siums of the city. brought on nervous pros tration She was well enough to attend the wedding of her second daughter. now Mrs. William q. AlcAdoo, but her re- cooperative powers were not lasting. Stom- ach trouble added to her nervous ai- ment and Bright's disease developed. Three weeks ago she seemed to rally and was well enough to walk, supported by nurse in the White House grounds. She watched with satisfaction as garden CTS laid out the last of the Italian gar dens which she had planned for the south front of the executive mansion. A marble statue of a boy playing a flute was placed, at her direction, in the gardens near the executive offices With her taste for tr- artistic, developed in many years of land scape painting. she practically had rear ranged the gardening If the White House in a symmetry of hedges and flowers.
 Urged Cooler Climate
 With her apparent recovery, the pres- dent urged that his wife go to a cooler climate. The heat of Washington was particularly oppressive, but she stead fastly declined to leave her husband. .jhe took an active interest Tn the contest over the confirmation of Tn h)mas B. Jones as as member of the federal reserve board. and called for many document on con gr ssional affairs. The relapse came last week. and since then she has been sinking
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