Evening star., 1922-08-17
LORD NORTHCL|FFE
IS LAID AT REST
Paid Tribute Rarely Given
Any EngIishman Holding
Unofficial Position.
By the Associated Press.

/
LONDON. August 1.-THE funeral
ICED at noon today in Westminster
Abbey. seldom has the last tribute
to any Engliishman whose position
was wholly personal and unohicial
gathered such an assembly.
The dean OF Westminster undouotz
he asked Lady Northclfre to per-
NIT the rites to be celebrated in the
Tabbey. The great company Of emf
nent people gathered within the
famous edifice as we'll as the crowds
of humber ones In the streets outside
| gave testimony of this.
| The service was arranged by Canon
Carnegie: The opening sentences Of
the burial service, 81 am the resur-
rection and the life" were sung in
by the psalm Lord, Thou hast been
/ our refuge" The lesson was from the
Corinthians. 1851, Behold, 1 shew
you a mystery" Then, following two
| hymns. the service was concluded
with a sixteenth century prayer.
Buried I'm Ffnckley.
| The "Dead March in SAUL was
played. and, as the procession left
the abbey. Chopin's funeral march.
way to st. MaryIebone cemetery in
Finchley. northwestern suburb Of
London.
| The American ambassador, George
Harvey. was among the host of
mourners. chief of whom were the
| widow. viscount Northcline's aged
| mother and six brothers, namely, Wis
| count Rothermere, Cecil B. Harms
! worth, Sir Robert Leicester HARMS
| worth and Hildebrand Aubrey. St.
! worth. Other near relations and mem
bers of the household stan were pres
| ent.
Diplomats attending. besides Am
! bassador Harvey, included the French
ambassador, the Serbian minister. the
| Secretary Winston Spencer Churchill
and p. c. Larkin. Canadian high COM
| missioner: Sir Joseph Cook. Austria
| lian commissioner; Premier Squires
Of Newfoundland and other promi-
| nent colonialS
| acting lord mayor Of London: the d.
rectorate of the Times and the allied
Northclihe publications and repre-
! sentatives Of all the London news
! papers, news organizations, printing
| trades and distributing agencies
count Cowdray, Viscount Burnhanl.
| Lord Waring. Baron Montagu of
| Beaulieu. Baron Stuart OF Wortley,
Sir Thomas Upton and Rudyard Kip
ling.
NorthcIiffes funeral thronEs of people.
| Including many Americans. gathered
along the streets leading to the late
publishers residence in Carlton
Gardens.
a steady stream of distinguished
visitors and near relatives of the
family Floral offerings from all
over the world were 80 numerous that
the rooms Of the Northcliffe home re-
sembled a hugeGewe&r & garden; asn,..rnea There
tives Of American newspapers. busi,
ness and civic organizations and
friends of the deceased.
There were scores of floral tokens
from the stats Of the various publica-
tions with which Lord NorthclifYe was
identified. Many of these were in
scribed simply ITO Our Chief" One
of them was a huge vacant chair OF
roses from the night stan Of the Daily
Mail, Anosher was sos.d mae hoek 81 frn no~ep fbs
I.ongleffow's Psalm of Life" begin
mind u.s."
Most conspicuous of all the floral
offerings perhaps was magnificent
broken column Of white flowers from
the directors of the Associated News
papers.
Ambassador Harvey interrupted his
vacation in Scotland to be present at
the funeral ceremony. He was accom-
panied by Consul General Robert P.
Skinner and Post Wheeler, counselor
to the American embassy.
Lady Northcliffe, who has shown
splendid fortitude in tho face OF ner
great loss. has been deeply touched by
the constant stream of messages of
coincidence from the United States and
Canada. She asked the Associated
Press today to convey her profound
appreciation of these expressions OF
AZ opd 0aDeroSitv.