Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-24
0BSEQUIES TODAY
 FOR MGR. LUCEY Acting Vigar General to Celebrate High Mass, As
 sisted by Four Priests.
SECURE SPECIAL CARS
Extra Baggage Car Needed to Trans- port to Fort Smith Numerous Flor. al Offerings-Many Will Accom-
 pany Body on Last Journey.

Lucey. beloved soldier -prelate' who died Saturday will be conducted this morning at 10:3O o'clock at St. Josephs Catholic church on West Sixth avenue.
 Requiem high mass will be said by Father J. P. Enright, acting vicar general of the Little Rock diocese and pastor of the Little Rock cathedral He will be assisted by Father J. L. Walsh, cousin of Father Lucey, who arrived yesterday from Albany, New York; Father Horan of Fort Smith, Father J.. Norton of Pine Bluff and the dean of Subiaco college. An augmented choir of thirty voices will sing during the services and, Father Horan will deliver the sermon at the close of mass.
 The following have been selected to act as honorary pallbearers: Gen. R. M. Knox, Gen. Thomas Green, Sr., w. z. Tankersley, Dr. V, l.. Dewoody, Maor H. A. Mccoy, Dr. Junius Jor- dan, John M. Oracle, John H. Dell mon, Judge A. B. Grace, and Mayor Simon Bloom.
 The active pallbearers are Judge E. J. Kerwin, J. E. Boyce, John Matz, John P. Cady, w. o. Taggart, J. Frank Fraley, Jules Borreson and Mat Donovan.
 Knights to Take Part The honorary pallbearers selected from the Knights of Columbus are Jules T. Borreson, J. Frank Franey, Mat Donovan and John Dellmon. The officers elected by the Knights of Columbus to conduct the services are: H. H. Daley, grand knight; Wm. Miller, deputy grand knight; J. J. Holland, warden; A. J. Holland, treasurer; Toney Franey, secretary; M. J. Blake, recording secretary; Frank Dietz, councillor; F. P. King, advocate; A. c. Briener, trustee. The above officers with the active and honorary pallbearers will accompany the body to Fort Smith.
 z At the request of Mayor Simon Bloom, Young Mems Progressive Business league and Chamber of Con- merce, virtually every business house ill the city will close it's doors this afternoon from until 5 o'clock as a mark of respect to the dead priest who has been a great factor in the upbuilding of Pine Bluff, and whose advice and counsel was eagerly sought by many.
 After the services this morning the body will lay in state at the church until 4 o'clock this afternoon when It will be taken to the Union station and at 5:10 o'clock taken to Fort Smith, where it will be inferred Thursday.
 Special Car for Flowers.
 A special baggage car to carry the body and floral offerings, and al special coash for the accommodation of the many who will accompany thel body will be attached to the train. lti is expected that more than fifty friends and admirers of Father Luceyl will accompany his remains. Be- cause of the many beautiful floral offerings sent by friends, quite lit tie difficulty was experienced in de- termining how they will be taken to Fort Smith. As many as can will be placed on the floor in the baggage car, where they will be watered at regular intervals between this city and Fort Smith, so that they will be we'll preserved. Others will be plac- ed in boxes and shipped.
 Acting in conformity with the ex- pressed wish of Father Lucey that four Confederate Veterans accom2 apy his body to Fort Smi'h, the fol- lowing members of J. Ed Murray camp, of which Father Lucey was chaplain, will go with the body this afternoon: Prof. Junius Jordan, w. l.. Dewoody, H. A. Mccoy and Thom- as Green, Sr.
 At the church this morning, mem bers of the local Knights of Colum- bus will assist fin the services and at Fort Smith the services at the grave will be conducted by the Knights of Columbus.
 Obsequies at Fort Smith. 1
 The remains will arrive at Fort i Smith Thursday morning at $40 o'clock. The funeral cortege will be met at the train by Knights of Colum- bus of that city and escorted to the church of Immaculate Conception. where the body will lay in state until a. m., Thursday morning, when there will be requiem high mass by Dr. Horan, assisted by several otier priests
 Immediately after the services at the church the procession will move to the Catholic cemetery, where in- terment will take place in. the family