Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
william Howard Taft was COM
mitted to his Maker today in
funeral services which bestowed
the last tender offices of the Gov
eminent he served, the church in
which he worshiped and the
people whom he loved.
Thousands paid their homage
as he lay in state under the dome
of the Capitol. Then in All Souls
Unitarian Church, high on Six
tenth street hill, he received the
simple ministrations of the Uni
tartan faith in which he lived.
The Federal Government claimed
him last of all for military burial
at Arlington.
A blustery March rainstorm, which
whipped into the faces of his military
escort and drenched the great nag
draued about his casket, overcast the
somber picture Of the passing Of the
only man In American history to serve
both as President and Chief Justice
of his country.
Hoover Leads in Tribute.
President Hoover led the Nation in
tribute. AS the cortege passed the
White House he stood bareheaded with
Mrs. Hoover beneath the portico. AT
All Souls Church he and all Of the
other high officials of the Government
took part in the short service.
The pew where Taft himself had
worshiped for many years was banked
high with flowers. His own pastor, Rev:
ULYSSES G. B. Pierce, read some bits OF
Toetrv intoned few lines OF scripture
and said a prayer. The organ pealed
the supplicating notes of abide With
Me" and Lead, Kindly Light.
That was all. There was no funeral
0rntion. ,,
from the house on wyoming avenue
where he spent his last days, the flag
draped casket was placed In state In the
Capitol rotunda shortly before 10 I'm.
Long lines Of those who loved him
already stood waiting under sooden
skies outside. Inside, great floral pieces
transformed the gloomy recesses under
lines passed by the bier in tribute.
Hundreds Stood with Bowed Heads.
All along the funeral way from Wy
ornine avenue to the Capitol thin lines
had stood with bowed heads to see tne
cortege pass. AS the caisson rolled past
the White House, President ana M .II
Hoover stood bareheaded under the
north portico.
Al the Capitol, soldier body-bearers
lifted their burden tenderly up the stesp
steps from the plaza and set IL IN Cne
center of the rotunda, on a caCaIalque
wnere Lincoln had lain in deatn.
A picked guard of sailors, soiolers
and Marines took station about tne
casket and then the waiting croWo was
admitted, to file slowly past.
They came from every class OF tnat
c;ti1enrv with whose destiny the life OF
the denarted had been so closely inter-
woven for four decades. They were OF
The Springtime and Winter OF lie, OF
fhe mountain top OF attainment ana
the valley of obscurity.
While his fellow citizens thus clalmeo
him for a time the church In wnicn ne
worshipped waited to minister TO MN
in a simple service at pm, just pre-
ceding the burial across the Potomac al
Members of the Taft family did not
accompany the body TO the CAPITOL
planning to go to the church before the
body was to arrive for services.
Rain Dims Military GIOries.
Fifth showers Of rain, cold and pene-
trating. began early in the day, dim
ming Somewhat the military glorieS of
the cortege prepared by the Govern
nent he served so long, but softening
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