Evening star., 1913-11-28
More Than Thousand Pay
Honor to Memory of Pres
ident Finley of Southern.
SERVICES TAKE PLACE
AT ST. JOHNS CHURCH
All Work on Road Suspended for
Five Minutes Out of Respect
to Former Head.

With more than 1000 clerks and other
employees marching in the rain to at
tend. funeral services over the body of
William Wilson Finley. president Of the
Southern railway, were conducted this
morning at IL o'clock at st. Johns
Episcopal Church by the rector, Rev.
Roland Cotton Smith.
Gathered to mourn the death Of Mr.
FINLEY and to show respect to his
memory as one of the commanding
figures in the development of the new
south were many presidents and other
high officials OF the railroads Of the
country
Fifty-three carriages assembled to car
ry these friends and the relatives OF the
dead railroad president to Oak Hill ceme-
terry. where the interment took place. and
one or the largest collections of floral
pieces ever gathered In Washington for a
funeral other than that of 4 President of
the United States was sent to the ceine-
terry in other conveyances.
Simple Episcopal Service Used.
No funeral sermon was preached. the
simple service OF the Episcopal Church be-
ing used by DIR. Smith, who was assisted
by DR.. Williamson Smith and Rev Ed
ward 5. Dunlap of ST. Johns. Private
services for the immediate members of
the family were held at the residence on
r street. where Mr.. Finley died after a
stroke OF apoplexy Tuesday, and the Gus
Al the cemetery.
The musical program at the church
was under the direction of II. II. Free
man. organist. assisted by choir of men
and boys. Before the service. at the re-
quest of Mrs. Finley. Mendelssohn's "F'u-
neral March and the dead march from
saul. by Handel. were played. AS the
body was carried out of the church
chopin's Funeral March was played.
During the service the following hymns
were sung by the choir. at Mrs. FinIeys
request: One Sweetly Solemn Thought"
Jerusalem the Golden" Peace, Perfect
Peace and For All Thy Saints Who
From Their LaborS Rest
Activities Suspended Five Minutes.
Many of the employees of the Southern
railway who assembled to mourn Mr..
Finleys death and pay respect to his
memory came from various parts OF the
railroad system. over the entire 7,oc0
miles of which at II o'clock the hour
Of the public funeral. all activities were
suspended for five minutes. Not wheel
turned. not = telegraph instrument
clicked, not an emploge. from the vice
presidents down to the hunlblest laborer,
ulo any Work IN that i've minutes.
group OF ushers chosen from the en-
plcyes of the road was in charge of the
seating arrangements at the church, which
was crowded to it's capacity. Those Sc
lected for this service were S. II. Hard
wick. T. s. Wynn, E. H. Kemper, Maury
Middleton, G. X Caldwell, II. H. Laugh
ton, ]. T. Duke, W. II. Cowilig, H r
Cary, G. w. Westbury, j. K Graves, c.
!. Kline, L. r. McMillin and F. L. Jen-
kins.
Among the prominent men at the serv-
ices were Fairfax Harrison of Chicago,
president Of the Monoa system; Adrian
tselin. jr., of New York; A. H. Plant Of
the Plant system: George T. Baker. jr
ci Baltimore; Daniel Willard. president Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad; ). Davies
Warneld Of Baltimore, and ". H. Day
president OF the Equitable Assurance
Society,