Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-16
PLAN SIMPLE RITES
Services in Memory of Justice
John N. Harlan.
FRIENDS TO PAY RESPECTS
Interment to Be Private in Rock
Greek Cemetery.
TRIBUTE BY HIS COLLEAGUES
Justices of the United States Su-
preme Court to Serve as Hon
orary Pallbearers.
BY HIS COLLEAGUES

Marshall Harlan of the United States
Supreme Court will be held tomorrow
afternoon from the family home. at 14O1
Euclid street, the details having been
completed today. At the house there will
be only a brief prayer service for the
family, and the body will be taken to the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
New York avenue and II street, where,
out Of Difference to expressed wishes, the
hundreds Of friends and associates of the
deceased jurist will be given an opportu-
nifty to pay their last respects The service
at the church will begin at 2 o'clock, con-
Quoted by the Rev. Dr. Wallace Rad
cliffe, the pastor. Because Mr.. Justice
Harlan often had expressed his admira-
ton of the beauty and peacefulness of
Rock Creek cemetery, it was decided at
a conference OF the Harlan family and
close friends that burial should be made
there.
The interment will me strictly private,
in keeping with the wishes of Mrs. Har-
lam AS has been customary at the
funerals of deceased members OF the
United States Supreme Court. Mr.. Chief
Justice White and other members Of the
court will act as honorary pallbearers.
Obsequies Marked by Simplicity.
Although the Harlan home already is
nearly filed with floral tributes, and
food of kilograms and other messages
of sympathy continues to be received at
the house, the funeral of the distin-
guished ilrist will be marked, SO far as
| is possible, by extreme simplicity. Gath
cred at the church, Of course, will be
members Of President Taft's cabinet,
scores of officers of the army and navy,
| the judges Of the various courts of the
District, members Of the interstate COM
MERGE commission and other depart
| mental officials, as well as all members
| of the Senate and the House who at this
| time may be in Washington.
With the exception of Rev. DIR. Richard
Harlan. who is in Europe, all OF the sons
and daughters of Justice Harlan are in
have arrived, while still others are ex-
pected later today. Mrs John NJ .Har-
| Ian, wife Of a son of Justice Harlan. and
two of her children, reached here yester-
| day, and this morning she was Joined by
! her son, John Marshall Harlan, jr., the
| only grandson of the deceased jurist.
| Rev DIR. Wallace Radcliffe. pastor Of
| the New York Avenue Presbyterian
butte to the memory of MI Justice Har-
| Ian. He spoke Of the dead mans long
| and valued membership in the church,
| and then said:
| The nation mOurnS one OF It's greatest
| citizens the judiciary one of it's strong
est pillars, the church of Christ and the
| Presbyterian Church especially, one Of
| its most honored names, this congrega-
| ton tower Of strength, and all of us
one of our best and most devoted friends. -
Tribute by Bible Glass.
| AT the session of the Justice Harlan
Bible Glass, which was led by Rev. DIR.
William II. Bates yesterday morning in
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
! Church Sunday school, the following pa
| per was unanimously adopted:
This Bible class, organized by Mr..
Justice Harlan over fifteen years ago,
| given his honored name and taught by
him since that time. meets this morning
to express the deep personal grief of
every member caused by his unexpected
| death, and to pay tribute to his memory.
| Although burdened with the duties
| of his great Office and full of years
when others would seek respite, we
| found him here every Sunday morning
these many years. in all weather, with
a cordial greeting for every member
| of the class. with whom he cultivated
a personal acquaintance.
THE mornings lesson having been
| announced by him and the reading of
the Scripture relating to the lesson
| having been completed by the class
in this the Justice taking his turn
the class at once saw that to the les
| son he had given hours of study and
| reflection. and that this service to
young men was one of self-sacrifice
and conservation.
Fully prepared and fully alive to the
| opportunity Of impressing the hearts as
| well as the minds of the class, he was the
| ideal Bible teacher, his great powers of
statement. his wide range off knowledge
and of experience in affairs of national
| life. his absolute and unshakable faith in
| the lfoly Scriptures as the inspired reve-
| latien of Gods love to man. his winning
personality, all combined to leave an
| impress for good never to be effaced.
| Hundreds upon hundreds of young men
have thus by him been instructed and
| given inspiration toward better life and
stronger faith; and we take this occa-
| sion to avow our individual grief at his
| death and at our irreparable loss thereby.
and also to express our profound SYM
pathy with the bereaved family and
| friends
Supreme Court Pays Respect.
! The United States Supreme Court. out
of regard for the death of Associate
Justice Harlan. adjourned today to meet
next Wednesday.
| Ordinarily this would have been q
busy day. the first decision day" OF
the October term. Instead Of a court.