Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
Funeral at Executive Man.
sion to Be,CIosed to Public
Except War Employees.
BODY WILL BE BURIED
AT OLD HOME IN IOWA
Colleagues Assemble for Regular
Cabinet Meeting, but Adjourn
Out of Respect.

All Tic cdSI EOOIH Ol LIle WLllCe HOUSE,
where the Nation has honored many of
Its distinguished sons, President Hoover
and other officials tomorrow morning
at IL o'clock will pay a final mark Of
respect to James w. Good, Secretary Of
War, who died last night after valiant
struggle against blood poisoning.
Those attending the ceremonies will
include Vice President Curtis, members
Of the diplomatic corps. delegations
from the House and Senate, as well as
members of the family Of the late War
Department head. After the services
the body will be taken to Union Station
to be sent to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for
burial.
The public will not be admitted to
the White House, but after the services
employees of the War Department will
be permitted to enter to view the body
Of their late chief.
The body will be accompanied to Iowa
by Mrs. Good, her two sons, James Will
liam, jr., and Robert Edmund; Acting
Secretary Hurley, Gen. Charles P. Sum-
merall, chief of the Army staff; the
Senate and House delegations and a
representative OF the President.
Capital in Mourning.
Today, meanwhile, the Capital was in
mourning for the late cabinet member.
Secretary Stimson, as head of the State
Department issued a proclamation at
the direction of President Hoover clos
ing all executive departments in the city
until o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and
ordered all flags on public buildings
throughout the country displayed at
half-staff until Friday.
In addition to this proclamation, the
War Department, through Mai. Gen.
Summerall, ordered that gun be fred
at half hour intervals at all military
posts tomorrow commencing one hour
after reveille until retreat is sounded
after which salute Of 19 guns will be
fired,
In addition to ordering all flags at
half mast, Gen Summeral commanded
all officers to wear military mourning
around the left sleeve of the uniform
coat and oyercoat and on the sabre, and
the national and regi1nental colors and
standards will be draped in mourning
for period Of one month from today.
AT the White House, the other nine
members OF the cabinet assembled for
the usual Tuesday meeting with the
President. The gathering was per-
functory only, adjourning Immediately
out OF respect to their late colleague.
Later, 1t was announced that Charles
Francis Adams, the Secretary of the
Navy, had been selected to act as off,
cial representative of the President at
the services to be held in Cedar Rapids
and would accompany the body from
Washington.
AS head of the War Department, Sec
rat
Arlington National Cemetery, but for
sentimental reasons and in compliance
with the wishes of her husband, Mrs.
Good has selected the little burial
ground back in their home town."
Death Was Great Shock.
The death Of Secretary Good, who
as he went about his daily activities,
and who attended the cabinet session
at the White House last Tuesday, came
as a great shock to the Capital.
Mr.. Good was one of the best liked
men in public life, and because of his
long residence here as Representative
in Congress from Iowa, and since his
appointment to President Hoover's cab
met, he had an exceptionally wide ac-
quaintance. o..
News of Secretary Goods death last
lowing the word from Walter Reid Hos
pital Sunday night that all hope for his
recovery had been abandoned, was none
the less just as overpowering and
shocking as though 1t had not been
expected.
Mr.. Good was stricken a week ago to-
night He called his fellow cabinet Of
flcer, Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur of
the Interior Department, an eminent
V1Iax AA1
Boone, President Hoover'S personal
physician, to his assistance, and they
took him at once to Walter Reed
Hospital.
Operation Was Difficult.
The operation was performed The next
morning by Col. William I. Keller, a
famed Army surgeon. Unforeseen Diff
ficulties were encountered. The ap-
pendiX was in much lower position
than is normal and lay on the left side
of the pelvis. EXcision was extremely
dif1cult The patient was under
anesthetics for nearly an hour.
Then began the struggle which ended
last night in defeat. A general Eepsis
was discovered, which, in spite of the
efforts Of physicians and the patients
vitality, spread steadily.
So valiant was the dying mans fight
against the overwhelming odds that he
lived exactly "a hours after attending
physicians had announced death as in
evitable. He was in an unconscious
condition all Of yesterday.
A short time previous to falling into
his final coma Mr.. Good mumbled some
thing about knowing how i'll he was
to the two physicians standing by his
bed. With a return Of flash to his
Ieverish eyes, he said:
IT am going to get well. have never