Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13
.CAYNOR'S REMAINS
ABOARD LUS|TAN|A
Vessel Is Due to Arrive at
New York Dock Next
Friday.
UNUSUAL HONORS PAID
LATE MAYORS MEMORY
Church Of England Funeral Rites
Performed Catafalque Brought
From Westminster Abbey.

| LIVERPOOL, England, September 10
The body of the late Mayor Gaynor OF
/ New York was removed this morning
from the Liverpool town hall. where IL
| had been accorded unprecedented honors
1 by Great Britain, and taken to the Cunard
Line steamship Lusitania. 1t was placed
In the special mortuary chapel on the
forward deck of the steamship. The
Lusitania Is due to arrive at New York
on Friday September 10.
| special guard of six policemen
watched over the body in the town hal
throughout the night. The casket rested
on a great catafalque. which had been
| brought to Liverpool from Westminster
| Abbey.
| Early this morning the mayors body
| was re-embalmed. this being found to be
| necessary. A death mask of the fea-
! lures of the mayor also was taken this
morning in accordance with instructions
| received from Mrs. Gaynor.
| Services This Morning.
The Liverpool clergy. headed by the
Bishop of Liverpool, persuaded Rufus
Gaynor to consent to the holding of a
religious service at o'clock this morn
1 ing In the dim light of candles and In
/ the great fog which enshrouded the
| hallway the Reev. Theodore Howard
vicar Of st. Matthew's, conducted an i'm
press.ve church of England funeral rit-
! ual over the remains of the dead mayor.
The only attendants at the service be-
| sides several impressive policemen We're
Rufus Gaynor. the mayors son; the
nurse who accompanied the MAYOR on
| board the Baltic, Horace L. Washington
! United States consul and the secretary
| of the lord mayor of Liverpool.
| After the ceremony the body was car
Red to hearse. which was drawn by
| four horses through the deserted streets
of the city to the landing stage. 1t was
| then transferred to the ships tender
| where the oaken casket was placed In a
| deal box over which the Stars and
! Stripes were draped
The tender steamed alongside the liner
| Lusitania, which was lying in midstream
| and the casket was hoisted aboard
| where 1t was placed In charge or
| guard of honor composed OF eight uni
| formed quartermasters.
/ The Lusitania sailed shortly after 8
| o'clock this afternoon.
Body Lies In State.
| The body Of William Jay Gaynor lay
In state last night at the foot Of the
grand stairway of the town hall of Lily
erpool.
| It was an unprecedented honor tina,
Liverpool paid to the dead executive OF
| the American metropolis, for never be-
| fore had any one lain In state in the
historic edifice. Covered with the Stars
and Stripes and with the British Union
| Jack draped over Its foot. the caske,
| rested on a catafalque, brought here
from Westminster Abbey. London, and
many Of England's famous men. 1t was
last used at the funeral Of Field Mar.
shall Lord. Wolseiey in St. PauIs Cathe.
dral last March.
| Condlos In tho 0roof ooldon rand ole hr.
from Westminster Abbey cast a subduee
light up the wide stairway and over the
detail of picked men from the Liverpool
police force who stood guard all night
Harmood-Banner, lord mayor Of the city
| who Is absent on vacation. had tele
| graphed the city officials to do every
thing in their power in honor OF the dead
| mayor of New York. and they carried
out their instructions in minute detail.
Great Crowd at Dock.
When the steamer Baltic. on boart
which Mayor Gaynor died at sea las
Wednesday. locked at $50 o'clock las
evening the landing stage was cleared Of
all persons except the holders of tickets
a great crowd had assembled outside the
dock gates. AS soon as the gangplanl
was run out Horace L. Washington, thu
United States consul, accompanied by &
4
went aboard.
In the saloon Mr. Washington met Ru
fus Gaynor. son of Mayor Gaynor. ant
expressed condolences on behalf Of him
self and the lord mayor of Liverpool.
Mr.. Gaynor readily assented to the
plans of the Liverpool civic authorities
for the lying-.n-state Of his father. Act
| ing on the request OF AIR. Wash ngton
the port authorities waived the formal
tiles usual in the landing of the dead
from vessels, and the body of Mayor
Gaynor, in plain deal coffin which was
covered by an American flag. was brough
ashore as soon as the first-class passen
gers had left the Baltic.
The tide was SO high that IL was i'm
possible for pailbearers to carry the bod!
from the ship, and the coffin was lie
down TO the deck through the baggage
chute Here II was taken in charge by
London undertaken and sent down t
Liverpool by the American embassy.
Stand Uncovered in Streets.
From the dock the coffin was carried t
the street, where 1t was placed In
hearse drawn by four horses which wa
followed by the lord mayors carriage
occupied by Rufus Gaynor and Consul
Washington. The funeral cortege, es
corted by a squad of mounted police
made its way through dense crowd o
quiet people, who uncovered as tn
| aedTSe paSSSO " the tOWH Hdii n
hearse was followed on foot by woma
In deep black, who had at her side
little girl The woman declined to Civ
her name, but said she was a friend o
Mayor Gaynor's family.
The secretary of the lord mayor. as
sisted by delegation of civic dignitaries
received the body at the town ha l. Whe
the coffin was placed on the catafalQu
one end Of II was covered by beautiful
wreath OF lilies Of the valley bearing tn
following inscription: Deepest sympath
from the lord mayor and citizens of Liv
erpool." Another wreath, composed o
condolences of Mr.. and Mrs. Horace LIE
Washington"
The hall where the body lay was the
cleared and Rufus Gaynor was left alon
1 for a few minutes with his dead father
, Afterward Mr.. Gaynor was taken to
, hotel by Consul Washington.
When Mr.. Gaynor had left the buiidin
the coffin was removed from the deal DO
: and placed in massive fumed oak caske
On a brass plate on the cover was the In
, scription: civilian Jay Gaynor. Septem
, Der, 1913
: Six policemen. who were relieved at In
tervals, stood at attention around the cas-
, ket all night.
: Late last night a cable dispatch was re
ceiy ed by the lord mayors secretary frOr
Mayor Kline OF New York requesting tina
everything possible he done TO exDedit
the transfer Of the body from the Balti
!, to the Lusitania- Rep was sent tna
> the lord mayor would be glad to do h!
: utmost to honor the late mayor of Me-
!. York.
The lead of the lord mayor of Liverpot
in doing exceptional honors to Mayor Ga,
nor has heeu followed generally through