The Washington times., 1921-05-21
NAT|ONKNEELS
AT WHITE BIER
Only Highest Officials Attend
Simple Funeral, But Whole
World MOurns Jurist.
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES.
international News Service.

BY GEORGE r. HOLMES.
international News Service.
With the same lack of ostenta-
ton that marked his long and use-
full 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 SIM
plicity, in keeping with the char
acter of Justice White as Wash
ington had learned to know it in
the more than thirty years of his
official life here.
PRECEDENT ATTENDS.
Save for the presence OF the high
est officials of the Government. tie
President. the Vice President. mem
bers OF the Cabinet. Senators and
Representatives. officers OF the arm,
and navy and foreign diplomats, the
funeral OF the late Chief Justice to
day 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 aud
the quiet which prevailed around
Governmental departments and
courts. closed in honor of the dea T..
gave mute testimony of the sorrow
of official Washington at the passing
of one of its greatest members. one
who had served the Government well
for more than three decades.
FLAGS DROOP OVER WORLD.
All over the world. wherever the
American flag flies today, the Gov
ernment officially spoke its sorrow at
the death of Justice White. American
army posts from Alaska to Panama,
from China to the Rhine. fired a sa-
lutte OF seventeen guns in his honor at
o'clock this morning. Navy posts
and every warship on the seas which
could be reached with wireless orders
did likewise. In every country where
the United States maintains official
representation. flags hang at half
mast, and will continue to do SO for
thirty days.
SERVICES AT ST. MATTHEW'S
The simple services were conduct
er from ST. Matthews Church, just
a few doors from the home of the late
Justice, on Rhode Island avenue. 1t
would not hold a 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 dead jurist made
up the company who found places in
| side 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 Rev. Monsignor Thomas S.
Lee. was celebrant OF the high mass
OF requiem. He had been close
friend and neighbor OF the Chief JUS
tice for many years. They had much
in common. Chief Justice White was
descended from long line OF dis
tinguished jurists and Catholic pion-
GERS in Louisiana.
DESCENDED FROM CARROLLTONs.
The ceIebrant. Monsignor Lee, like
wise typified the old Catholic life OF
the nearby State of Maryland, being
a kreat grandson Of Charles Carroll
OF Carrollton, the last survivor of the
sieners of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
The final requiem was in keeping
with the simplicity OF Justice Whites
spiritual life. Participating in the
simple services we're 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's last
benson was given - the last de
profundis was sung-over the BODY
Of the ninth Chief Justice OF the
United States.
BURIED At OAK HILL.
Following the conclusion OF the
brief services at st. Matthews, the
body was taken to Oak Hill Cemetery
in Georgetown for burial Accom-
banging IL as honorary pallbearers
were the eight surviving members OF
the Supreme Court-Justices Mcken-
ma, Holmes, Day, Van Devanter, Pit
ney, McReynolds. Brandeis and Clark
the FIRST three of whom had served
on the bench with the dead Justice
for upward of twenty years.
Others who followed the body OF
the distinguished jurist to Its last
resting place were the members OF
the select committees OF the Senate
and House. headed by Vice President
Coolidge and Speaker Gillette. and
the full Congressional delegation
from his native state of Louisiana.
Monsignor Bonzano, the Apostolic
| delegate, was among those present
at the fHaAxal ceremonies