Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23
MUNSEy FUNERAL
ToBE TOMORROW
Publishers Body Lies in
State in New York Cattle
draI, With Honor Guard.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 23.-The
body of Frank A. Munsey. newspaper
and magazine publisher. who died yes
terday. was laid in state today In the
Cathedral of st. John the Divine.
guard of honor including several EN-
ploves. who had been in Mr.. Munsey'S
service more than 20 years, stood be-
side the bier.
Friends and associates began to
visit the cathedral soon after the body
had been laid in state. The funeral
will he held tomorrow morning. with
Bishop William r. Manning, close
friend of the publisher. officiating.
The list of honorary pallbearers
announced today. follows:
Ebert n. Gary, Charles Evans
Hughes. Charles E. Mitchell. Albert
J. Beveridge. Thomas w. Lamont,
Charles II. Sabin. Clarence II. Mackay,
James w. Gerard. Chauncey NJ. De-
John w. Davis, Otto H. Kahn and
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler.
Organizations TO Attend.
Numerous organizations have made
arrangements to be officially repre-
scented at the funeral. Among them
are the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association, the New York
Publishers Association and the Society
of Maine, of which Mr.. Munsey was
long a member. The Union League
Club has appointed a committee of
80 men to represent II.
After the services the body will be
placed in n receiving vault in Wood
lawn Cemetery to remain until burial
next Spring in place in Maine not
vet selected. Mr.. Munsey was born
on g farm in Maine.
Probable disposition of the large es-
tate left by Mr.. Munsey has aroused
wide interest.
His fortune is variously estimated
from S20,0O0.00O TO $4,000, 900, in
Guiding his two newspapers in New
York, the Sun and the Telegram. He
has no direct heirs
Whether Mr. Munsey. like Victor
+. Lawson, publisher of the Chicago
Daily News, who died last August,
has willed his large estate to friends.
employees and institutions, as we'll as
to relatives, is q subject of specu-
lation.
Mr.. Munsey. a bachelor. had no
other immediate relatives than an
older sister. Mrs. John NJ. HYDE of
st. Petersburg. Fla, who was not
called to his bedside during his illness
on account of her age.
Successful Investments.
Mr.. Munsey's chief business interest
was the Frank A Munsey Publishing
Co., capitalized at slO,G000oo. He
was president OF the company
Although his rise from a farm boy
in Maine to a leading editor and pub
Usher was successful financially, a
large part of his fortune resulted from
investments in common stock Of the
United States Steel CORPORATION
Through the advice of the late George
W. Perkins he bought heavily of
the stock when it was at S and and
in time came TO be the largest individ-
ual holder, his stock being valued at
S10.000,000 to $4,000, 900.
He had realty holdings in New York.
in New London, Conn. he owned the
Mohican Hotel and the Plant Build
Ing. He controlled the Mohican
chain store Co. operating grocery
stores throughout New England and
capitalized at 5000, 900. At his death,
besides two papers, he owned three
ma gaines.
He had a large Long Island estate
ana an Adirondack estate near Eliza
bethtown, \. \. He was also presi.
dent and principal stockholdersof the
Munsey Trust To. of WASHINGTON.
OF the many anecdotes related of
Mi. Munsey since his death possibly
none is more poignant than one told
by business associate. Keeping an
appointment, this associate found the
publisher at his office window gazing
into the street. Mr. Munsey apollo.
g1zed for his abstraction and re-
marked:
Today is my birthday, I've no fam.
lily. My only relative is a sister who
is older than l am. 1 wonder if it
Is worth while"
Curtis Lauds Munsey.
PHOENIX. Ariz.. December % Up.
cyrus II. K. Curtis, Eastern pub
Usher, expressed deep regret when in.
formed of the death of Frank A.
Munsey.
His going is a material loss" Mr.
Curtis said. ''Munsey was a man
who built his career on his efforts
rather than his friendships. He was
always a most fair and square man
and was so recognized in the publish
ing business in the East. He was a
country boy, born near Augusta, Me-,
but he determined to make a mark
for himself. His determination was
rewarded and his ambition realized"
WILL ATTEND FUNERAL.