Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
President Wilson With Bur- den of Grief Deposited His Loved Wifc's Body Within Sight of Her Girl hood Home
TORRENT OF RAIN ADDED TO GLOOM
Thousands Gath cred at
 Rome, Ga., to Manifest Sympathy With Head of Nation in His Greatest
 Trial

ROME, Ga. Aug 11-Nrs. Wood row Wilson, wife of the nations president, was buried here at Myrtle Hill cemetery today The rain fel in torrents while the casket was be- ing lowered into the grave, which is beside those of Mrs. Wilson's fath- CT and mother, and almost within sight of the house in which she lived as a girl.
 Tonight the president is speeding eastward on his return to Washing ton. Although thousands of visitois came to Rome today to do honor to the memory of Mrs. Wilson, a sab bath-like quiet prevailed.
 The special force of police, aug mented by members of the Georgia national guard, found little to do be- yond warning traffic from streets through which the procession moved. It was exactly twothirty o'clock when the presidential train arrived. d few minutes later the casket, cov- cred with grey broadcloth. and bear ing a single wreath of flowers, was lifted from the funeral car by eight of Mrs Wilson's cousins and borne to the hearse.
 As the train steamed into the sta- ton, church bells throughout the city | tolled. A wide space had been clear ed about the station, and the thous- ands of people assembled there stood back respectfully. The president. followed by Secretary and Mrs. Me Adoo, Mr, and Mrs. Sayre, Miss Will
 son, Professor Axson and other near
 relatives and members of the party
 quickly left the train and entered their carriages. The procession then moved through the black draped
 streets to the First Presbyterian
 church.
 More than eight hundred relatives
 and friends of the Wilson and Axson
 families were already gathered in
 the little church which Mrs. Wilson used to attend when her father, Rev. l Edward s. Axson, was pastor there | The church was draped in black. with intertwined wreaths of white 1 flowers. On the wall is a white
 marble tablet to the memory of Mrs. Wilson's father Flowers were piled IllSl tbOul Niit SdtoldiAut'
 As the president entered, following the casket, Chopin's funeral march
 was played on the organ. A simple. short service was conducted by Rev. ,G. G. Snyder, the local pastor. The
 president his daughters, Secretary
 McAdoo and Mir. Sayre occupied a
 front pew in the center and back of
 them were other members of the
 family. Dr. Grayson and Secretary
 Tumulty Two old hymns, girlhood
 favorites of Mrs. Wilson, were sung
 then read briefly from the scriptures
 and spoke of the beauty and charity
 of Mrs Wilson's life.
 AS soon as the church service was ended the short journey to Myrtle
 Hill cemetery began. School girls.
 dressed in white. holding laurel
 branches. lined the streets through which the procession passed Be- hind them thousands of people. with
 barred heads, bowed silent and sor- rowful. The cortege was close to the cemetery when the rain began to fall The downpour soon became
 torrential. A tent erected over the
 grave gave a partial shelter to the
 family group, but the thousands of persons who came to witness burial
 were without protection.
 The services at the grave were
 brief. but of impressive simplicity. The president stood with his head bowed, as the final rites were per- formed As he stood there with his
 daughters. MT Wilson made no ef- : fort to conceal his grief As the hushed voice of the. preacher read the burial service, the president s form was visibly shaken by emotion and tears streamed down his cheeks.
 Others of the party wept silently . and softly.