The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-08
MRS. WILSON TO Be
BURIED AT ROME, GA.
White House Service on Monday
VIII BE Simple, With Few
Present.
PRESIDENT SHOWS STRAIN
Insists That Family Be Re-
garded as Any Other That
Has Been Bprcaved.

WAsHrNGroN. Aug 7.--Tentative plans
for the funeral Of Mrs. Woodrow VIII
SON wife ~ the President, who died yes
terday. were announced at the white
House this evening
simple funeral service will he held
In the East Room of the white House
NJ o'clock on Monday afternoon The
body will then he put aboard a spccial
train and taken to Rome. Ga Mrs. VII
sons former home. Interment will he In
Myrtle I'M Cemetery at Rome, where
Mrs Wilson's parents are hurled. imme-
dtately after the arrival uf the special
train on Tuesday morning
The services NJ the White House and
at the grave will he conducted by tho
Rev. sylvester Reach NJ Princeton. an old
friend Of the Wilson family. who per
formed the ceremonies At the marriage
OF the Presidents two daughters
These plans are only tentative They
have not been submitted 10 Prof stock
ton Arson Of Rice University. Mrs WI
sons brother. who Is hurrylnr to Wash
ington from Portland. ore Prof. Arson
will arrive on Monday morning and II was
said changes may be made IN Difference
to his wishes.
Services 10 He simple.
II s the Presidents wish that tho fu-
neral services he conducted with all sim
plcity. BE wishes, too, that no ex-
traordnary action he taken by Congress
or the Government departments because
Of Mrs wilson's death He refused to-
day 20 permit the Government depart
ments to be closed IN her memory, and
when he learned that II had been pro-
posed that Congress adjourn until after
the funeral he requested that this should
not be done
Through Secretary Tumulty MIR WI
tab 49, Ia ..
House family should not he regarded dit
ferently from any other 10 whom sorrow
| had come II has always been the strong
wish Of the President that members Of
his family should be shielded as far as
possible frNn the publicity which natur-
ally might he expected IN fan upon per
sons In their station. and II j. 20 now
that Mrs Wilson II dead
The service ~ the East Room will be
| the simple one 81 the PRESBYTERIAN faith.
| II will he attended hv members of the
I Cabinet. who arc expected to he desig-
mated rs palib"arers. 10y specially desig
! mated committees OF the House and
senate representing each state and Ter
! rI,ory bv officials Of the Government
and close friends of the family. II y not
expected that the cabinet rs body
I viii 20 10 tho burial al Rome.
Alone with VI. Dead.
/ Mrs wilson's body lies in the room in
/ which she died. the southwest bedroom
/ Of the white House. which overlooks the
! Potomac River. The President spent a
! considerable time ther" alone this morn
| Ing
Aftervard hc went to the executive
/ offices to confer with Secretary Bryan
on tho most pressing problems growing
out Of the European war and to sisr
some nominations and pagers whlcr
! ,..dad immaculate attention
While he was IN the office the President
saw some ~ the kilograms which have
/ poured in 70 the White House by the
/ thousands expressing grief and sympa'
/ thy The kilograms are from every VAIN
/ Of life and from many quarters Of the
globe They come from old time friends
Of Mrs wilson or the President, from
rulers Of other Governments and from
citizens in every section of the country
Some of those who telegraphed were
the President Of France. tho president
OF Cuba the aforementioned Of Can
ada, sir Edward Grey, the British FOR
eicn Secretary Cardinal Gibbons and
many other distinguished persons.
The President Is shaken by the ordea
through which he is passing. and his
physical condition is. of course not FAVOR
able. HIS friends say he Is bearing w
hraveIy and exertng his will power to the
fullest to meet the demands OF his duties
EupnR-ment- cancelled.
An Of his engagements for this week
and next week have been cancelled. pnlS
Cabinet officers viii he received, and thes'
interviews will he limited 90 a discus
sion of the matters of the greatest ur
gency
Relatives Of the family who are at
the White House ar" the President :
nephew. Dr George Howe Of Chapel Hin
n. e.. and Y. r. Brown of Atlanta, rela
tive Of Mrs. Wilson. Joseph Wilson, 4
brother of the President. spent last might
M the White House and returned 70
Baltimore to-day.
\ telegram was received from Mrs Ed
! ward Elliott. sister Of Mrs. Wilson
sayiug she was too M IN her California
home to come to the funeral
Most of the former presidents Of Prince
ton University are buried AZ Princeton
and IL was thought for a time that the
president might wish To have Mrs. Wilson
buried there, regarding Princeton stu az
the home Of his family. The President
parents are buried at Columbia. ;. 9.
Tho executive Offices we're open to-day
and received a stream Of personal callers
including members Of the Cabinet Jus
,icas of tho supreme Court, Judges o'
other courts. members Of the diplomatic
CORPS. Government officials and persona
| friends who called to express their sym
patty and leave cards
WILLS AND APPRAISALS.