The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-04-12
Death OF N Or ess

he is"r,".
Death OF E1-Emyress
prorr tiul!anG. Apr i 'hy rae
.N>>"c=,;.d i'r"S>'- Former tIrP7'N'
NucG~i.. Victoria e ';"rm"DN. d!"I mere
A, . ,,iN,n .u.> mu5r4ng. El = sirAns-
,n~.n,ld"nc" III. end came Just one H""'
urt"r she suffered urr uc~, serious a.
;Ach ~ hea~r disease. II MS oh'i" she
NaS pr pa:inE = "u''r "a" Mouse 81
Doorn. tn~ present home @? III" former
emperor OF ,;crm%ny. after her long res
dent at AmerouGcn. that Sn" was Str;rN-
or with ~hat ~ tn" tine was be-
Ircvrd - b" q fatal .ttach. That W.
on .>pr:l u. 40. For a few days thor"
was reports that her death WAS momHn-
;ar:iy -Npsr,cd. hu. She ratified and I"-
med nsr husband to Doorr on May
-. last.
Attacks Of hnr Et:al maladv occurred
at trequen; intervals. each sapplnG hrr
Vitality and r~ulHfytn+ tn" measures
.aAcn BY specialists 1" restore her
health.
When her son. former Pr.nce Joachim.
committed suicide N Berlin last July.
she vas IN such serious condition 'hat
n" news OF his death was kept from
her for a long me. and II Is sad she
never lea rned hcr Sor Killed himself.
Lat" last autumn tn, former empress
cond ton gGaIualiy became worse. and
90 several OCCASIONS her children were
called {" pooru. but her strength was
such that >h' rallied hrar",y' when IN"
ond was believed 70 30 ;inin n"Ul.
S'nc- he first OF this Year. il mad hcen
known tina; Sh" saS g~rldWt'.y sinking.
Fbrmr: Emperor William and rrnce
Adelbsrt were a; tn bedside when 'Hr
former empress d"l They had been
called by Or. Ha.Sn"r. v no attended me
Former empress throughout her res
dencc in Holland.
Driven INTO Exile.
Collapse of ne central powers and
thu N.C:SSitudcS rr war that drove for.
,ns- Emperor William of an"
hi Con>"r; into poi tea, exile ia Ho..
land III November. l9lN. Was the lower
.nG % the curtain in the life Of IL" once
beautiful empress and queen OF PrIs-
STA. Augusta Victoria. who. for nearly -
ears. nad been n" most beloved hlux-
trnu of The t;erman people. In the
Netherlands. whore she and her hUs.
hand resided. first at Amcrongen and
hen at Doom. me former ka! SCI :
~!"nE-Cont!uurd illness was made more
grave by her yeara.ng to return 10 Brr.
80 pit - u. WI NtN"I SlN!'H
since her residence n Holland Nom
ocrs NJ her family huv" been sum
o 20 her bedside IN anticipation OF
ner death. bu, Shr rall.e ID and survived,
Knew Nothing or Sons Suicide.
tn" eN-empr"SS' grave loud. next
20 tn" abb cation -: W:'!iam II. was
the traslr death "f her son. Pr!nCs IoHr
him. who committed ~u,r:u" by Sh"u:.Ng
h,mSr': n Beg in lH.n. She va
nsNrr :nfurrn"d, Z Is sad 'hL, JulCh II
had taken his own Grp. Another do
pressing even; which haunted her wa
the Russian revolution ani IN" In "
d. that bef"ii E:mpsr"r N:rh"IdS md rs
'amily. with al 81 whom. h".or. IA.
war. She had been on the %kindl;eSt
terms
Augusta Victoria was notable en- "tl>
FOR her keen interest N charitable work
and N IN" GHt;Srn"r; # "a" ..Nlng con.
dtion2 OF tn" German poor. /, has
been sad "c her ;hat size wa no; An
especially gifted woman and that she
ca'"d NOR" Cor ne simple duties 81
h"m" Re taau Ter royal functions.
The Re~ered. Mother.
J. e no. known hat >h- exercised
any conS,d"rLh," ~.nt!ucur" po;!;I, ally
or 'hH; Sh' desired {" H. SO. H"- "a,
"nt~ seemed. instead. {" l." Grcct"d tt
IN" TASK Of h", oming a helpful wife and
4 devotcd mother t" her six sons and
one daughter. That sh" achieved this
am. n" former emperor attr>t'd FIRE,
~qucntly. n" onc" described her IS the
:asal OF nc" Virtues az = German rr.n,
"'ss. She !, -" h. l">Iar-d. 10 whom
| owe that | Im ab!" 1" bear tn" w"'shli
responsibilities .! my position II {;
lrEful -p,rt'