Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-10
NATION PAYS FINAL
TRIBUTE To FIRST
LADY Of THE LAND
Impressive Funeral Services For
Mrs. Wilson Were Held
This Afternoon
WILL BE BURIED TOMORROW
Body of Presidents Wife Will
Be Taken to Rome,
Georgia
WILL BE BURIED TOMORROW
BY Attnciated Press

Washington, D. c.. Aug. 1o.-The
nation to-day is paying its final tri-
butte to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Arrangements for the funeral serv-
ices in the east room of the White
House at o'clock this afternoon were
marked by simplicity. such as Mrs.
Wilson desired.
Only members of the Wilson family
and a very few intimate members of
the Cabinet and their wives, commit
tees from the Senate and House and
the employees of the White House were
asked to be present. Those invited
made group of less than 200 persons.
The mahogany casket, covered with
gray broadcloth. was taken from the
room in which Mrs. Wilson died to
the east room and there surrounded
by a profusion of beautiful flowers
sent from all parts of the country.
With the President and his daugh-
ters. Miss Margaret Wilson. Mrs.
McAdoo and Mrs. Sayre, were Secre-
q tary McAdoo, Francis b. Sayre and
Professor Stockton Axson, Mrs. Will
sons brother. who arrived here early
to-day from Oregon.
Near the family a place had been
reserved for the members of the Cabi-
net and their wives. The employees of
the White House had a special part
of the room assigned to them.
No music had been arranged for
the services and the Rev. Sylvester
Beach, of Princeton, n. j., the Wilson
family pastor for many years, and the
Rev. ]. H. Taylor. of Washington,
whose church the President has at
tended since coming to Washington,
decided on the simplest kind of serv-
ices. They selected several verses from
the fifteenth chapter of First Corin-
thians and the fourteenth chapter of
st. John for the scriptural reading
and short prayers and benediction
completed the services.
Let not your heart be troubled; We
believe in God. believe also in me-"
was the opening verse from the Scrip
lures. I'm my Fathers house are
many mansions If it were not so, 1
would have told you. I go to prepare
a place for you. / will not leave YOU
comfortless: | will come to YOU"
Marshall Heads Committee
The members of the Senate COM
mittee. headed by Vice President Mar
shall, gathered in the marble room of
the Capitol to drive to the White House
together. Speaker Clark and the other
members of the House committee.
which included the senior member of
each state delegation, also met at the
Capitol to attend the funeral in a
body.
There were no honorary pallbear-
ers A group of White House attend
ants who have been on duty there for
many years were honored in being
chosen to bear the casket
Both houses of Congress were in
recess until tomorrow and orders had
been issued that all government de-
partments be closed al / O'Clock to-
day and tomorrow afternoon. All
flags in the city on public buildings
and private homes and stores were at
half mast.
The trip to Rome. Ga. where Mrs.
Wilson will be buried late Tuesday
beside her mother and father in Myrtle
Cemetery. will be made on a speciaI
train.
The South has planned to pay tri-
butte to Mrs. Visions life as the special
train passes toward Rome. In Alex
andria, Va, and many other cities and
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