Show SECRETARY TAFTS r MOTHER IS DEAD u MUll Mass Dec Der 8 Death which bad had been expected almost l hourly for fOI fora fOIt a week t k past pact I D t was wan announced this morn morning morning ing at al 12 1220 in dock elock o from the th Iw bedside ld ld of Mr Mrs Ir Louisa Maria MarUi Taft mother of Bret Secy of War William If H Taft Mrs Mr Taft Tarl waa wa aa the lh widow t of If f Taft T ft tar of war and I I j i c c II of nf the United States Stale tat under President J I Irani Orant and later minister to Austria and Russia Mrs Taft Tart resided melded In n the old Mme home I stall td where br she the had lived 11 14 aa as a girl girland rl I and nd which Is I sow now the Ike home of her da dator ter tor Miss MIll Della Dell Torrey i Mrs Mra Taft was wad 11 born bom In Boiton nn ton Sept Ik pt 1 Davit 11 It l l 1527 the daughter of Samuel Daven Dav purt port I Mrs Urs Taft la a survived by four chit chil children hU hUd dren d n of whom hom aho m Mary Secy Taft Tah I Is the eldest The Th other oth son eons are artt Henry n W Taft of the New Nw York Tork law firm of A R Cadwallader and Horse Horace D Taft founder ant ami head hed of or the Taft tIft school hool for tor hoys Mya at t Watertown iris CU Ut Th Fanny U L 1 Is III the t wit wife of tit Dr nr r William 1 S m A Edwards Edwardl of Los Loa An Ani telee i I |