Evening star., 1924-10-27
WALLACE FUNERAL
HELD|NEAST ROOM;
BODY GOES TO IOWA
President and Mrs. Coolidge
Lead Notable AssembIage
in Solemn Tribute.
FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS
CLOSED FOR SERVICES
Flowers Make Beautiful Display in
White House-Fellow Workers
Pass By Casket.

faSS by CaSket.
While the Government halted today
to mourn the death of Henry C. Wal
lace. Secretary of Agriculture, simple
but impressive funeral services were
held at IL o'clock for the distn-
guished cabinet officer in the east
room of the White House, where had
rested before the bodies of Lincoln,
Garfield, Mckinley and shortly more
than a year ago that of Warren G..
Harding.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge,
whose lives were saddened not so
many months ago by the loss of their
youngest son, led the Nation in
mourning. With them were all high
officials of the Government. members
of the diplomatic corps, ranking Army
and Navy officers, departmental chiefs.
Mr.. Wallace's widow and family anG
a small group of her most intimate
friends
Flags at HaIf-Stan.
BY executive order the President
stopped the wheels of all Federal de-
partments while the services for Mr..
Wallace were being held and at the
same time Cancelled all of his engage
ments. Flags on the Government de-
partments flew at half-staff at the di-
rection of the President, and in the
public schools of Washington exer-
ciscs We're held in honor of the late
chief of the Agriculture Department.
Arranged simply. as it was for the
funeral n lt-io
historic east room presented pic
ture of sadness. In the center Of the
room, directly under the east win
doWs, rested the body of the late ag-
ricultural chief, with a silent mill
tary guard of two soldiers, a sailor
and a marine standing nearby.
Wreath From CooIidges.
On top of the casket was a large
wreath of faint pink roses. white
carnations and white chrysanthe-
NUNS, bearing the sympathy of the
President and Mrs. Coolidge. Beside
it lay smaller wreath of vari-col-
ored pansies, the symbol of grief.
from the family of the late Secrc-
tary of Agriculture. Scattered through
out the room We're large wreaths OF
chrysanthemums of all hues. pink and
red roses and other flowers. Conspic-
uouS among them was a wreath of
large white chrySanthemum blooms
from the department over which Mr..
Wallace was chieftain, and the floral
tribute of the cabinet-a wreath of
small Easter lilies and purple orchids,
which rested on the floor beside the
casket.
An hour before Rev Wallace Rad
cliffe, pastor emeritus of the New
& hI-t y-ia r1b
| began the rites over Mr.. Wallace's
body, a large crowd of curious spec
tators peered into the White House
grounds through the picket fence
along Pennsylvania avenue. The east
room was barren save for the caSket,
the military guard and the profusion
of richly scented flowers. Ushers,
which included the White House mil
itary and naval aides and attaches of
the State Department, in full dress
uniform, were stationed at the door.
East Room Is Crowded.
At II o'clock the large room was
almost filed to capacity. The Presi-
dent, with Mrs. Coolidge on his arm.
was among the first to arrive and
was uShered to their seats. Immedi-
ately following them were the grief
stricken widow of Secretary Wallace
and members of his immediate family.
In the latter party besides the widow
were her two daughters, Miss Ruth
Wallace and Mrs. Angus McLay of
Birmingham. Mich, and three sons.
James A. Harry A. and John Wallace.
John II. Wallace, brother of the late
Secretary. also was in the party.
DIR. Radcliffe opened the services
with a prayer and benediction and
followed the reading of the Scripture
by Rev. c. L. Hawthorne. who assist
4 L., hA brnS -hxvf 10 N
burial rites and later leading in the
recital of the apostles creed. Miss
Helen S. HowiSon, soprano, sang
Rock of Ages" She was accompa-
MED by c. B. Hamlin.
After the services the body of Mr..
Wallace lay in state in the east room.
where scores of employees of the De-
partment of Agriculture filed past to
pay reyerent respect to their late
chief A number of Mr. Wallace's
friends and admirers also were in the
long line.
Burial in Des MOines.
The body was taken to the Union
Station in time to be placed on a train
leaving at 8 80 o'clock for Des Moines,
Iowa, where the final funeral rites and
burial will be held Wednesday.
Howard NJ Gore, Acting Secretary of
Agriculture. and Il candidate for Gov
ernor of West Virginia, will accompany
the body 10 Des Moines in addition to
other representatives of the Agriculture
Department. Among them will be w. A.
Jump, l.. A. Goddard. DR.. H. c. Taylor,
E. d. Ball, T. II. Mcdonald and Judge
]. c. Davis, director general of the rail-
roads. DR.. Hubert Work, Secretary of
the Interior, will also go as the official
representative of the President.
The honorary pallbearers were close
associates of Mr.. Wallace as we'll as
men who were actively interested in the
work he was doing. They were: Secre-
tary of the Treasury Mellon, Secretary
of War Weeks, Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur, Postmaster General New, Sec
Ietary of the Interior Work. Secretary
of Labor Davis, Attorney General Stone,
Solicitor General James NJ Beck and
Acting Secretary of Agriculture Gore.
Prayer by Minister.
DR.. Radcliffe, in his prayer, asked
a blessing for "the enviable posi-
tion he held among his fellow men,
his strong character and his faith
in God and mankind; for his many
endowments and his service to his
government" He then read from the
81 and 23d Psalms.
Besides the President and his cabi-
net, Chief Justice William Howard
Taft, the associate justices of the
SulAeme Court and members of their