The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-11
End Came at Early Hour
Today Just One Year
After First Appear
ance of Sinking Spell
Husband and Sons
Among Those At Her
Bedside.

Doom, Holland, April 11.-Former
Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany
died here at 6 o'clock this morning.
BY strange coincidence the end
came just one year after she suffered
her first serious attack of heart dis.
ease
1t was while she was preparing to
enter the House of Doom. the pres
ent home of the former emperor OF
Germany. after her long residence a.
Amerongen, that she was stricken
with what at the time was believed ,tC
be a fatal attack. That was on April
IL. 1920. For few days there were
reports that her death was momen
tarily expected. but she rallied and
accompanied her husband to Doom
on May Is last
Attacks of her fatal malady recurred
at frequent intervals, each sappine
her vitality and multiplying the meas.
ures taken by specialists to restore
her health. When her son, former
Prince Joachim, committed suicide in
Berlin last July she was in such
serious condition that news of his
death was kept from her for a long
time and it is said she never learned
her son killed himself.
Late last autumn the former en-
press condition gradually became
worse and on several occasions her
children were called to Doorn,i but
her strength was such that she rallied
bravely when the end was believed i'm
minent. Since the first of this year
it had been known that she was grad
ually sinking
The death came as 4 shock to the
N Tln0IsTl cfl loc
the patients condition had seemed
less seious. Nevertheless last Satur-
day DR.. Haesner, after consultations
with Prof. Hymans, the Dutch heart
specialist, thought it advisable to
send message to Princess Victoria
Louise, the only daughter of the for
mer emperor and empress, calling her
to Doorn. The Princess who then was
in Vienna, had not reached Doom
when death came to the former en-
press this morning.
Last night the patient was only
semi conscious. She was kept from
suffering by frequent hypodermic in
jecti0ns but her breathing appeared
to become more difficult hourly At
o'clock this morning DR.. Haesner
assisted the attending nurse and
Countess Won Kellar, an old friend of
the former empress, to adjust the pa
tients position so that she might be-
come more comfortable.
AS the day broke breathing became
still more difficult for the failing pa
tient and her pulse grew weaker.
1t was then evident to the physi-
clans that the end was near and DR..
Haesner warned former Emperor Will
liam and Prince Adelbert of it's ap-
proach. The ex-empress became un-
conscious and her breathing became
fainter until at 6 o'clock her life left
her frail body. The ex-emperor stood
by the bed with bowed mead as death
came to his consort and he remained
in the room for some time afterward.
Funeral at Doorn
London, April 11.-Funeral serv-
ices over the body of the late former
Empress Augusta Victoria, of Ger
many, will be held at the House of
Doom tomorrow and will be attended
by only members of her family, says
an Amsterdam dispatch to the Cen
trail News. The remains will be TAX
en- to Potsdam on Wednesday and an
other funeral service will be held
there.
Doom Is Shocked
Doom, April 1.-THE quiet little
village of Doom was greatly moved
by news of the ex-empress' death,
which spread rapidly early in the day
as the artisans were going to work.
AS the death bells tolled, the streets
filled with little groups of villagers
discussing the event.
Augusta Victoria had lived in Doom
less than a year, coming here with
the ex-emperor from Amerongen last
May. During the first months of her
residence she visited the village two
or three times, but afterward her mall
ady grew more serious. and she was
only occasionally seen by the people
driving in the park in a pony cart
.l Son Is informed
Wiernegen April 11.-Ex-Crown
Prince Frederick William was in
formed early today of the death of
his mother. He prepared Immediately
to go to Doom, awaiting the arrival
of the Dutch authorities to accom-
pany him thither.