The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-04-13

brought here from Europe, the body of
the dead financier will lie in state
until Monday morning, when the
funeral services will be held in St.
Georges Protestant Episcopal church.
Flags at HaIf-Mast.
The France came into the harbor
with her flags at halfmast. Through
thick weather and amid torrents OF
rain she crept to her pier at the foot
of West Fifteenth street. All her
passengers, save the funeral party,
we're ashore half an hour before Mr..
Norgan's body was removed to the
hearse.
Mrs. Herbert l.. Satterlee, the dead
financiers daughter, and Miss Helen
Morgan Hamilton, his granddaughter
the only women in the funeral party,
were met aboard the vessel by Mrs.
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr. The three
women left in an automobile for the
Morgan home before the body was re-
moved. J. p. Morgan Jr, son of the
dead man. met the France at Quar-
antine and remained aboard with Her
bert l.. Satterlee, H. II. Harjes.
partner in the Morgan banking firm
in Paris, and DR.. George Dixon. Jun
ius S. Morgan, grandson Of the finan-
cier. joined the party when the ves-
sci docked
Prepare Coffin for Removal.
When all other passengers had left
the vessel the men of the funeral
party assembled in the mortuary
chapel to follow the body to the
hearse. The mirrored doors opened
and ten uniformed men Of the
Frances crew emerged with the
heavy casket. Across it was draped
a great American iflag-the same flag
which the United States government
gave to the France to commemorate
her maiden voyage as the largest ship
which the French had ever sent over
to America.
The casket passed between double
file of the ships company,standing at
attention with barred heads in the
passageway while the ships orchestra
played THE Star Spangled Banner
Floral Offerings.
Attendants, bearing some of the flo
raj Offerings followed the fmeral
party to the hear. Among these
offerings was a w:>ath wrought IN
solid silver from the town OF AK Les
Bains, a beneficiary of Mr.. Morsans
generosity. A great cross Of orchids,
which had withered on the trip across
the Atlantic, remained in the chapel.
This was the offering of the German
emperor. Later it was sent to the
Morgan library. Many rare flowers
which perished en- route were strewn
upon the Atlantic before the ship
reached port.
Through the driving rain the hearse
slowly carried its burden to the Nor
gan home. Two automobiles followed
it, one conveying Messrs. Morgan.
Harjes and Dixon, the other
the servants and attendants.
Description Of Chapel.
The mortuary chapel where Mr.,
Morgans body had reposed during
the trip was thrown open after the
casket had been taken away and the
ships officers and crew tripped silent
lv down to see it. The catafalque,
on which the <asket had rested, was
draped with it's great covering of
black with gold embroidered cross in
the center.
At the head and foot there rose two
slender silver electrOliters. Back OF
the catafalque there hung heavy dra- !
perry brilliant in gold and silver trim
mings. The walls of the death room
were spangled with silver stars and
maltese crosses with fleur de lis here
and there.
In this mortuary chapel ]. P. Nor
gan, Jr., looked for the first time
upon the dead body of his father when
he boarded the France at Quaran-
tine.