The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-05
CARUSO FUNERAL
 HELD IN NAPLES
Expenses Borne by City Of Naples as Last Tribute
 to Noted Son
By Associated Press

Naples, Italy, August 4.--rhe fu- neral of Enrico Caruso took place to- day. From the royal church of San Francesca di Paola the cortege moved through the streets lined with troops and,<yast crowds to the cem- etery where the body was placed in vault.
 Services were held n this famous church by permission of King Victor Emmanuel. who sent a special repre- sentative to attend the ceremony. A great choir composed of hundreds of singers assisted in the requiem high mass.
 The crystal coffin encased in a wooden casket was borne in hearse drawn by six horses. There were innumerable floral offerings among them being wreath from the city of New York. All places of business had been closed as sign of mourn ing and as the great procession passed airplanes flew overhead.
 So dense were the throngs the troops had difficulty In holding the people back. All the windows and balconies were crowded and many of them were draped
 Eulogies were pronounced by the Prefect of Naples in the name of the King and the government by the director of the conservatory and by representatives of the mayor and the artists of the city.
 The basslllca of the church was draped with black and gold tapes tries, some of them royal treasures of the former kingdom of Naples,
 In Bower of Flowers
 The body of the great singer lay on catafalque in the center of the structure. surrounded by hundreds of candies. The catafalque, covered with black velvet and gold, stood in bower of flowers.
 Before the church was opened to the public, Mrs. caruso. holding her little daughter Gloria by the hand, band once again. She placed beside it large bunch of roses.
 Others of the grief stricken rela : tives gathered in the bassilica and looked for the last time upon the face of the dead which seemed to be of one eeping~peacefully Giovanni, brother of Enrico, first knelt beside the coffin, then rising, invoked Caru- so to breathe again. Rudolfo, the son, was equally affected
 The expenses of the funeral will be borne by the municipality of Naples as a last tribute to noted son. Former Premier Nitti came to Naples from his country place where he has been spending the summer. to pay his last respects.
 Speaking to deputy Porzio, the exc cutor of the will, Mrs. Caruso ex- pressed the desire to live either in Naples or on the estate Caruso pos sessed in Tuscany, but said she would first go to New York, accoi~- panied by Giovanni Caruso to settle her husbands affairs there
 In the chamber of deputies, D9 capasso, professor of surgery in the University of Naples. paid tribute to the memory of Caruso. He empha- sized the loss to lyric art and also to the prestige of Italy abroad. es- pecially in America. Deputy Marco Rocco joined in the tribute, saying' that all mourned the death of the distinguished representative of the Italian nation and good son of the church. .
 The secretary of instruction re viewed Caruso's life, praising his pa triotism and his generosity toward his compatriots abroad. The president of the chamber, Sgnor de Nicola, eulogized the singer in the name of the whole chamber.