The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-21
HONORS WILL
Be PAID TO CHIEF
JUSTICE At FUNERAL
Wheels of Government Swing
to Rest During Obsequies
Held Today.

Washington, May 2o.-The wheels OF
government swung to rest in Washing
ton tonight to stand idle until last
honors shall have been paid tomorrow
TO the memory OF Edwar Douglass
White, chief justice OF the United
States Supreme Court.
Under Presidential order tho cxecu-
tive departments were to remain CLOSED
all day: lesser courts also were AT
Standstll and the senate adjourned late
today until Monday. The house alone
was TO he IN session after the funeral
driven BY the urgent requirements Of
public business, having already sus-
pended for a day in honor Of the dead.
While the wishes Of the family were
for simple. private ceremonies. the great
place Justice White held as head Of one
Ct the three coordinate branches or
American government forbade abandon
mcnt OF all official part in the mourn
ing After services at st. Matthew's
church. the body will be carried I'D oak
Hill cemetery in Georgetown for bur
ial, accompanied by tho eight surviving
members OF the greatest legal tribunal
as honary pallbearers. by Vice Presi-
mite. Speaker Gillett and The leaders Of
majority and minority in the house and
the full delegation in congress from the
dead mans native state. Louisiana.
President Harding also was expected 10
attend and cabinet members and rank
Ing officials OF all the government de-
partments.
stream Of l6sssagss
of attnStinR
Justice Whites high place in the legal
fraternity continued today TO pour into
the supreme court from men Of the law
throughout the nation. Hardly an or
ganized society Of lawyers had failed
TO add It's share to the flow OF tribute
and affection when the day ended. Al
tho house. too, messages Of sympathy
piled up through the hours from every
part Of the world. but relatives OF the
late jur.st did not make these public,
perhaps out OF respect to the life long
,nodesty Of the man whose virtues the
messages extolled.
As last arrangements for the funeral
were completed the Presidents orders
were filtering over the world by cable
10 bring to half mast for thirty days
flags that fly over American diplomatic
and consular missions. Already the or
ders had been flashed to army ana navy
posts and the navy ships at sea that
would bring tho colors tomorrow the
world-old sign Of mourning and with
these went instructions that funeral
salute Of II guns should boom out at
the funeral hour. Army batteries from
the far Philippines to he Rhine and
from Panama to Alaska Will rumble
with the last military tribute to the
dead beginning at o'clock in the
morning as the colors are half masted
for the day.
Washington, May -2e.-cIhf MESSAGE
from tho Korern,nent Of Panama on the
death Of Chief Justice White was de-
livcred today to Secretary Hughes by
j. z Lefevre, charge q affaircs here.
1t said:
Panama is, and wishes TO BE- always,
the loyal friend OF the United States.
and shares in the great loss to the United
States through tn" death Of the IL
lustrlous public servant, Edward Doug
lass White, chief justice OF the United
States. 20 whose virtues Panama rem
ders the homage Of admiration and pro-