Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-21
RITES ON
JUSTICE WHITE
BARE DEVOTION
Simplicity Marks Services
Throughout; Capital flushed
in Deep Respect.

rWASdINGIONs May Twin the
same lack Of ostentation that marked his
long and useful life. Edward Douglass
White. ninth Chief Justice Of the United
States Supreme Court, was Laid to his
long rest today.
The last services for the noted jurist
were impressive in their simplicity, in
keeping with the character OF Justice
White as Washington had learned to
know 1t in the more than thirty years
Of his official life here.
Save for the presence of the highest
officials of the Government. the Presi-
dent, Vice President, the members Of the
Cabinet, Senators and Representatives..
officers of the Army and Navy and for
eign diplomates, the funeral Of the late
Chief Justice might well have been that
Of any other Catholic citizen well be-
loved by his fellow men.
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
GRAVELY QUIET.
Only the fags dropping at hafmast
in the mystic May sunshine and the quiet
which prevailed around governmental de-
partments and courts, closed in honor of
the dead, gave mute testimony of the sor-
row of official Washington at the pass
ing Of one of its greatest members, one
who had served the Government well for
more than three decades.
All over the world. wherever the
American Tag flies today, the Govern
ment officially spoke its sorrow at the
death Of Justice White. American Army
posts from Alaska TO Panama, from China
to the Rhine, fred a salute of seventeen
guns in his honor at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. Navy posts and every warship on
the seas which could be reached with
wireless orders, did likewise. In every
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tains official representation, the flag
hangs at half mast and will continue to
30 hang for thirty days.
The simple services were conducted
from st. Matthews Church, but a few
blocks from the home OF the late justice
in Rhode Island avenue. II would not
hold a tenth Of those who sought admis-
sion to do final honor to the memory of
the Chief Justice. Members Of the family,
higher officials of the Government, and
the intimate friends of the dead jurist
made up the company who found places
inside the church. Many unable to gain
admission stood respectfully in the outer
sunshine until the services were over.
The venerable rector Of the church, the
Right Reverend MOnsignor Thomas s.
Lee. was celebFant OF the high mass Of
requiem. He had been a close friend
many years. They had much in com
mon. Chief Justice White was descend
ed from a long line Of distinguished
jurlsts and Catholic pioneers In Louis
lana. The. celebrant Monsignor Lee.
likewise typifed the old Catholic life OF
the nearby State of Maryland, being a
great grandson of Charles Carroll OF
Carrollton. last survivor Of the signers
Of the Declaration of Independence.
FINAL REQUIEM HAD
SIMPLICITY.
The final requiem was In keeping with
the simplicity of Justice Whites spiritual
life. Participating in the simple services
were Jesuit priests from Georgetown
College, one of whom but a few days ago
administered the last rites of the church
to the dying jurist. Thus the church 5
last benizon was given-the last DE
profundis was sung, over the body OF
the ninth Chief Justice of the United
States.
Following the conclusion Of the brief
services at St Mathews. the body was
taken to Oakhin Cemetery in Georgetown
for burial Accompanying it as honorary
ballbearers were the eight surviving mem
bers of the Supreme Court-Justices Nc
Kenna, Holmes, Day, Vandeyanter. Pit
ney, McReynolds, Brandeis and Clark
the 46-st three of whom had served on
8. <eh with the dead justice upward
> - years.
60 who followed the body Of the
f1nguished jurist to its last resting
Place were the members Of the select com
mittees of the Senate and House. headed
by Vice President Coolidge and Speaket
Gillett, and the full congressional dele
cation from his native State of Louisiana