Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-23
BY The Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press
In the presence N distinguished
gathering of national and International
figures. including the President and
Vice President of the United States. the
ashes of Melville E. Stone. former gem
eral manager and co-founder of the
Associated Press, were committed TODAY
to the crypt of Bethlehem Chapel in
Washington Cathedral.
The final honors accorded the Jour-
nalist were In recognition of his service
III the advancement of national and
international Journalism. The Episcopal
burial service. simple, but impressive,
was conducted by Right Rev. James E.
freeman, Bishop of Washington,
assisted by Very Rev. G. c. r. Bratenalll.
Dean OF Washington. The actual
vault was reserved for members of Mr..
Stones immediate family and associates.
President and Mrs Hoover sat on the
right side of the chapel during the cere-
mony. Behind them were Justices Stone
and Butler of the Supreme Court, Vice
President Curtis. the Secretaries of
State, Treasury, Interior and ,abor. the
Postmaster General and Attorney Gen.
eral and members of the Senate and
House. Ambassadors and Ministers and
other representatives of nearly a score
OF nations also we're seated in this
section.
Wife Unable to Attend Rites.
On the left side we're Miss Elizabeth
Stone, daughter of the journalist: a
r,ia iu,1 Il hill
5. Thompson, Mr. Stones secretary, Mrs.
Stone was unable to leave her New York
home. With members of the family
were Frank B. Moves. president: Kent
Cooper, general manager, and members
OF the board of directors of the Asso-
ciated Press
AS the strains of Chopin's Funeral
March sounded, the funeral procession,
which had formed in the adjoining
chapel of st. Joseph of Arimathea, be-
gan it advance promptly at IL O'Clock
through the south corridor to Bethle-
hem Chapel.
The procession passed in slow cadence
the tonbs of Woodrow Wilson and
Admiral George Dewey and I'D the
center aisle toward the altar. The
cathedral crucifer robed In white
vestments and carrying the cross, LED
the procession. followed by the men and
boys choir, the cathedral verger and
clergy.
Four Garry Catafaiaue.
The cstafalque. draped in gold
fringed damask and containing the urn
with the ashes OF Mr.. Stone, was car
ried by four bearers. As the procession
advanced. Bishop Freeman recited the
burial service. beginning:
Il am the resurrection and the life: :
he that believeth in Me shall never die. ''
With the last strains of the funeral
march, the catafalque was placed on a
pedestal at the chancel. The choir
sang the l2lst Psalm: Il viii Lift Up
Mine Eyes Unto the Hills"
Bishop Freeman then read the les
son from the First Corinthians
Now is Christ risen from the dead" "
After the anthem. Souls of the
Righteous in the Hand of God" was
rendered by the choir, Dean Bratenahl
led In the recitation of the Apostles
Greed. Then followed prayers by the
bishop and the singing of the hymn
Jesus. Lover of My Soul"
During the reading of the committal
service the damask canopy OF the
catafalque was lifted and earth cast
upon the urn. The benediction then
was pronounced, and as the recessional
hymn. THE Strife Is Ger, the Battle
Done" was played. the funeral process
cessional departed to the adjacent
chapel this time accompanied by rela-
tives of Mr.. Stone.
After the congregation had departed
the family returned to witness the rites
OF committal. Immediate associates of
Mr.. Stone and the officiating clergy
were the only others present at this
ceremony.
The ashes of MIR. Stone were brought
to Washington last night by members of
his family from New York, where hss
died February Is.
Because of the mounting roll of
vered men whose last resting placsis
the crypt of Bethlehem Chapel.~ = the
Cathedral is coming to occupy a place
In America like that long held in Eng
land by Westminster Abbey.
The right of sepulture there. along
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