Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-08
NATIONS HEART.
SADDENED, GOES
OUT TO PRESIDENT
Thousands of kilograms and
Letters Express Sorrow for
Loss of Beloved Wife.

WASHINGTON, Aug 8.-Final ar
engagements made today for the fun
eral of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife
OF the President. made It certain that
the services. both at the White House
Monday and IN Rome. Ca. Tuesday
will be OF the simplest kind. Every
effort will be made to maintain the
privacy of the family and to conduct
the funeral as nearly as possible as
if the President were private citi-
zen.
Secretary Tumulty said today the
family expected, in addition To the
committees Of the Senate and House
and members of the cabinet, only
relatives and few Of the closest
personal friends of Mrs. Wilson and
the President to attend the services.
Only the family and few intimate
friends will go with the body 20
Rome for the burial.
Congress to Adjourn for Funeral.
Members of the congressional com
mittees will not go to Georgia be-
cause of the desire Of the President
that the work of Congress be contin-
ned without interruption. Both the
Senate and House. however, viii ad-
iourn from D. m. to ?. m. Mon
dav while the funeral services in the
east room of the White House are
going on. =,
There will be no honorary pail
haarars AT the White House services.
Attendants from the White House
will carry the body from the East
room to the hearse and then It Will De
taken directly to a special tram al
the railway station
Rev. Sylvester Beach, OF Princeton,
n. J., the pastor of the wilson ram
ilv and Rev. J. n. Taylor, Of the
rsnt~al PRESBYTERIAN Church. Wash
ington. will conduct the services al
the White House.
Her Father Was Pastor of Church.
The pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Rome, of which Mrs. VIII
sons father was formerly IN cnaree,
will conduct the services at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery.
The funeral train will leave Wash
ington at 4 D. m Monday afternoon
and viii arrive at Rome at about 2
m Tuesday. The last services
viii be conducted Immediately and
soon afterward the funeral party VIII
return to Washington, arriving mere
late Wednesday afternoon
American hearts today continued TO
nour forth their tidings of sympathy
for President Wilson. The flood OF
kilograms. mounting now past the
900 mark. was undated Rev
tokens of a nations SORROW NeFl-
table avalanche of letters-augIneile-
ed these expressions -.
The King of Sweden joined the
throne of sympathizers today. But
the majority of the messages and let
ters came from lowly homes where
though they had not known Mrs
wilson. they had felt the invisible
charm of her nature
Funeral plans early today contem-
plated only simple services at O'Clock
Monday afternoon at the Whlte
House. after which the heartbroken
executive will take his dead back
home to Rome, Ca, there TO sleeI
beside her parents in Myrtle Hi
cemetery.
Other plans. it was expected. win %
made today. Honorary pailbearerl
must be named and deeisioI
| reached regarding whether commit
tees of Congress will go South with
the body.
Professor Stockton Arson, Mrs. VIII
sons brother. was making sad race
10 reach Washington. He cannon
reach here before 10 O'Clock Monday,
and to do this he must make train
connections at each junction The fu-
neral plans depend upon his arrival
President suffers Braveiy.
The President today bore the strain
of his loss bravely, but his friends
knew that he was going through IL
tanic struggle. Mrs. Wilson's body
still lay early today in the west bed
chamber which looks over the Poto-
mac River, where she died. The
President paid silent homage there.
Mrs. Wilson's face was calm in
death. It seemed to show the trace of
that smile which won her friends in
life.
Only the most extremely urgent bus
mess commanded the Presidents at
tention during the day.
The President has personally read
two-thirls of the messages of SYM
pathy. The others he will probably
see before night. Every one of these
which rings with tone of sincere sor-
row will be answered by a brief note
as soon as possible