The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-21
NATION HONORS LATE CHIEF JUSTICE
 EDWARD D. WHITE
Services Impressive In Their and Cabinet, and Other High Officials of Government In Attendance Salutes Fired at Every Army and Navy Post and Every Warship On the Seas

Washington, May 21-
 With the same lack of os-
 tentation 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 jur- ist were impressive in their simplicity. In keeping with the character of Jus tice White as Washington had learned to know it in the more than 30 years of his official life here. Save for the presence of the highest officials of the government, the president, the vice president, members of the cabinet, senators and representatives, officers of the army and navy and foreign diplomats The funeral of the late Chief Justice today might well have been that of any other Catholic citizen
 well beloved by his fellow men,
 Only the flags dropping at half mast in the misty May sunshine and the quiet which prevailed around govern mental departments and courts closed in honor of the dead, gave mute testi- ington at the passing of one of it's greatest members, one who had served the government well for more than three decades.
 All over the world. wherever the American flag flies today, the govern ment officials spoke it's sorrow at the death of Justice White. American army posts from Alaska to Pana- ma, from China to the Rhine, fired a salute of seventeen guns in his hon. or at o'clock this morning. Navy posts and every warship on the seas which could be reached with wireless orders did likewise In every coun- try. where the United States maintains official representation, the flags hang at half mast and will continue to so hang for thirty days.
 ed%frem St. Matthews church. But a few blocks from the home of the late Justice in Rhode Island avenue. It would not hold tenth of those who sought admission to do final honor to the memory of the chief justice Members of the family. the higher officials of the government, and the intimate friends. of the dead jurist made up the company who found places inside the churchi. Many un- able to gain admission stood respect fully in the outer sunshine until the services were over.
 The venerable rector of the church, the Right Rev. Mgr. Thomas S. Lee. was celebrant of the high mass of requiem He had been a close friend and neighbor of the Chief Justice for many years. Iney ndd much Tn com mon. Chief Justice White was de- scended from a long line of distin- guished jurists and Catholic pioneers in Louisiania. Mgr. Lee likewise typi- fled the old Catholic life Of the near by state of Maryland being a great grand son of Charles Carroll of Car rol1ton, the last surviving signer of the decEaratoin of independence.
 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 few days ago administered the last rites of the church to the dy- ing jurist- Thus the church last den- izon was given-the last de profoundis | was sung over the body of the Ninth l Chief Justice of the United States.
 Following the conclusion of the | brief services at St Matthews, the l body was taken to Oak Hill cemetery in Georgetown for burial. Accom- it as hnora.ry pa1lbearers were the eight surviving members of the Supreme court-Justices McKenna, | Holmes Day. Van Deventer, Pitney, | Brandeies and Clark the first three of whom had served on the bench with the dead justice for 1 upwards of 20 years.
 Others who followed the body of | the distinguished jurist to it's last resting place were the members of | the select committees of the Senate | and House, headed by Vice Presid enF Coolidge and Speaker Gllett and the | full congressional delegation from his native state of Louisiana