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Show Teutons Fail in Their Attempt to Take Liege Forts DEATH CLAIMS DEVOTED WIFE OF PRESIDENT End Comes After a Brave Struggle for Months, Med ical Science Being Unable Un-able to Save MR WILSON BOWED DOWN WITH GRIEF i Last Thought of Faithful Helpmeet Is of Her Husband, Hus-band, Gloom Settles V Over Capital. "WASHINGTON Aug 6 Airs Woodfl row Wilson, wife of the pres dent of the TJn ted States d ed at the Wh te house at 5 o clock this afternoon Death came affer a braye struggle of months againstBrighi disease vwith compli cations The pres dent was completely un nerved by the shock and his grief was heartrending He bore up well under the strain however and devoted h m self to h s daughters The end came while Mrs Wilson was unconscious Her illness took a turn for the worse shortly before 1 o clock in the afternoon and from then on she grew gradually weaker Kneel ng at the beds de at the end were the pres dent and the r three daughters Dr Cary T Gayson TJ S N and a nurse were in the room and just outside a door were Secretary Mc Adoo and Francis B Sayre Mr Wil son s sons in law and Mr Tumulty his secretary Both houses of congress adjourned when Mrs Wilson s death was an nounced and for a br ef t me the wheels of the government pract cally stopped while everyone pa d respect to the loss of the president Informed End Was Near The beginning of the end came at 10 o clock this morning when Dr B P Davis of Philadelphia who had been called in for consultation real zed that the time for hope had passed He took the president into the red room of the White house and there in a broken voice told him the truth. Mr Wilson s face blanched but he bore the shock well He was informed the end was only a quest on of hours Mr Wilson then took his daughters Mrs W G McAdoo Mrs Sayre and Miss Margaret Wilson aside and told them of their mother s condit on Un til then they had thought there was a chance for recovery From that time on the pres dent and his daughters rema ned constantly at Mrs Wilson s beds de. The pres dent held h s wife s hand and the three daughters were grouped near by Until Un-til she became unconscious Mrs Wilson frequently nodded to one or the other and smiled cheerfully Dying Wife's Devotion During the day Mrs Wilson spoke to Dr Grayson about the president whose health she thought more about than she d d of her own Promise me she whlsnered fa nt ly that if I go you will take care of my husband It was the same touch of devotion wh ch she had so many times repeated her constant anxiety having been that the pres dent might not worry about her or be disturbed in his off cial tasks The pres dent returned to the s ck room from the last conference with the doctor h s three daughters lean ng on h s arms Franc s Bowes Sayre and Secretary Mc4.doo and Secretary Tu multy stayed outside the door Mrs Wilson lapsed into unconsciousness but rail ed By 1 o clock she began- to sink rap dly She could still recognize those about her however and loosed cheer fully toward them with the same sweet smile that will linger long in the men ory of the many who knew her It was (Continued on Page Eight.) DEATH CLAIMS IHt WIFE OF PRESIDENT (Continued from Pago One ) character st c express on of sweetness th ch off e rs and the r fan lies as well as people n tho slun s wl om she had bofr ended had learned to love Sinks to Final Rest At ocockMs V son was st con hnt her strength lad almoU de ted and few m"n tes ater she sank Fntn the e eep of unconsciousness f om lni u never awoke For three hours 7? cJi nt and h s three daughters Usny So er e es he hope t at she m ght speak to t en aga Dut B ?heUsun S'as ca ting ts long s adows f Jm he Potomac o he sout grounds co wins the fo nta ns garden, a d e ms T ere was a hushed st ness In the pier apartments A e es were turned oard the southwest corner of the "jJIt at the hour of 5 fleath came The r es dent and his da g ten, were In teas Secretary Tu nu ty wa ked slow y tot e execut ve off ces lis ead boed Qu etly he announced to the correspond ents that the end had co o Gloom at Capital A ca of g oom sett ed o er the ex ecutive mans on and t e off ces Pres ent y Dr Grajson his face haggard and worn (om day and night vigil came to the offices There was an impress e slence e erywhere Secretar es at taches clerks and servants seemed over C0Vce President Marsha 1 and members of the cab net and t e leaders n con gress were notified Bot 1 ouses Prompt i adjourned Tie flag on the Tyhite house was dropped gates were c osed and the illence of deat spread over t e White house for the fl st t me since 189 when Mrs Benjamin lUrr son passed away No Funeral Arrangements Funera arrangements ha e not jet been made Tie pace of burial will be e ther Rome Qa her childhood ome or Princeton N J whe e the fam y had ved for twenty Ave jears Dr Sylvester W Beach, pastor of the Fi st Presby terian ch reh of Princeton where the fam y has attended for ye.rs had vis ited Ms 1 son frequent y during her i ess but w as not here todaj P ofesso Stockton Axson 1 er on y brother was en route east from Oregon on a t nion Pacific tra n and "was reached by te egraph at Pend eton O e with the news Men bers of the cab net Justices of the supreme court and members of the d plomat c corps te ep oned the r con do ences and sent ca ds From many humb e homes came flowe s as Mrs W son had made many f ends in the s urns and city genera y In 1 er endeavors to he p the friendless and poverty str cken Last Wish Gratified She ad to d t e president th s morn ng s e wou d more cheerful y go away f t e b 1 for t e improvement of a leys were passed by congress A word to leaders f om Sec etary T mu ty and he measu e was adopted In s ence by the senate and soon reported In the house whe e It wU be passed tomor row She lea ned that the measure would be a a v in another day or so and ex pressed her sat sfaction She had be come deep y nte ested in the soc al we fare of t e commun ty and had worked a ways without seek ng the aid of the pres dent It was the strain of this the dut es of entertainment and the kidney trouble which became chronic last au tumn that sapped her 1 fe Mrs "Wi son took an active interest n the career of her 1 usband n h a eon tests with congress over egis at on and the numerous off c a dut es with wh ch e was bu dened Throughout 1 f e she has been his constant he pmate and com pan on Her clear judgment on po tical affairs and broad views of educat onal questions had been a source of g arid cat on to him for ears Always a Helpmeet W th her he p he wrote 1 a books and on he judgment he re ed Her devot on o h m accord ng to t ose who have known t e fam y Int mate y was of re markab e depth Her one thought was of h m Every morning: and every e en ing dur ng her ness hhe cautioned Dr G ayson not to te the pres dent if s e had spent an uncomfo c iour Her anx ety was that he should not be wor r ed or d sturbed Howe er painful her suffer ng t was her one aim to keep the pres dent from be ng affected by heV con dit on But the pres dent watched her sorrow ful y for weeks and real zed that she was s owly growing worse He spent every moment he could by her s de and if he was not there she was constant y ca ing or speak ng of h m Mrs Wi son was a woman of s mple wajs possessed of a nal e magneto n anner She had a facu ty of putt ng her guests promptly at ease and was a charm ng hos ess She was ever demo crat c and modest in het tastes Senate Adjourns When the news of Mrs Wilson s death reached the senate d scuss on of pend ng bus ness was mmed ately ended by ben ator Kern the major ty leader Inter rupting the debate on the shipping b 1 he a d Mr Pres dent it becomes by duty to convey to the senate t e me ancho y in tel gence of the death of Mrs Wilson the wife of the pres dent of the United States Of course the president at this hour 1 as the earnest sympathy of all the People of the nat on and as a mark of sympathy enterta ned here and all through the repub c I move the senate do now adjourn The mot on v, as silently agreed to and the senators quietly withdrew from the chamber News in the House Majority Leader Underwood In the house hurried to the floor as soon as he rece ved word from the W h te house He stopped t e discussion of the Moon rail way mall pay bill It is my sad duty he said to an nounce to the house the death of Mrs Wl son the wife of the pres dent of the Un ted States I think the house should show the proper respect at this time a d I t erefore.move the adoption of the fol lowing resolution Reso ved That the house has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Mrs Woodrow W son w fe of the presi dent of the United states Resolved further That a committee composed of the speaker and o e addi tional member for each state In the union be appointed to a end the fune al Reso ved, further That as a mark of respect the house do now adjourn The resolution was adopted in s ence Gradually Grew Weaker Mrs Wilson had been ill s nee last Februars when she fell in the tthite house and strained her spine fahe prac tlca y recovered fro n that Injury but in the meantime k d ey trouble set in and grad a y she grew weaker About two n o ths ago er condition began to gTOw ser ous and t vo weeks ago Dr Grayson became alarn ed Noted specialists were called in and trained nurses were kept in constant attendance She cont nue 1 to grow worse however until serious s nklng spel s came on Mon dav and Tuesday Mrs Wl son as 50 years old and when she came to the White house as n -o bust health Alwajs a hone lo er she nevert e ess in med ate y assumed the arduous duties of the wife of a president ''he took an act ve Interest In publ c af . fai s and frequentlv received delegations cal ng on t e president when he was 'too busy vlt otl er matter, Fven dur ng 1 er ast I ness she freque tly asked to be tnforn ed of the eve ts of the united States and of the word News Kept Trom Public T e news of the ser ousnes of her 11 neii vas kept fron the p b u 1 ves te da u t t was art ted he cha es of oo er wer el g Her eond t on cont nu hg to grow ors D Gravson th s mo n nf ja e oat ment in wh ch he des iftei , as a arm ng M During last n ght and earij IBM Ing "he nas kept a e 'J"" stmuants t 2 ckJM Dr Grayson gave out anouer re in wh ch he said that Mrs. m had two s nklng spels durl f"f ing and that she was growing weaker Th 1 was U"m before her death Messages of Condolence, I Three telegraph 0Pnltl' busy at the Wh e house , telegrams of s mpathy iron) " m the country The BJ men prom nent in po JJ off cla life and from "gM personal acqua ntance m jm president or Mrs. Wilson ,h 1 express tl e r sorrow 0 e m T'p Morgan Mf r$l Tork former Pres den' (T"LM vison former Pres a m members of the $ inet ere among the'MJL , egran s Most of the gfcM deep apprec at on ot J-tSM sonSl cl a ac eristics . and &jm t e manner in hch landled foreign during the tin e ot h s gr' M |