Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-07
DWIGHT v. MORROW
PAID FINAL TRIBUTE
Coolidge and Curtis Head
Throng of Leaders at Rites
in EngIeWood Church.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ENGLEWOOD. N. j., October T.
Dignitaries of the Nation came today to
Englewood, hushed and grief-bowed
community. to pay Nations tribute at
the bier of Dwight w. Morrow.
The funeral setting Was as simple and
quiet as the man himself. There was
little octentation to show that United
States Senator, who in four short years
had risen to the heights of statesman
ship was being buried. That was as he
would have wished it.
The service at the First Presbyterian
Church at O'Clock this afternoon was
for the public. especially the Engle-
wood neighbors among, whom Dwight
Whitney Morrow was' friend and
champion for rs years.
Interment to Be Private.
The time of burial was not made
known. The family requested that
there be no intrusion during the inter-
ment at Brookside Cemetery.
Heading the list of national, foreign
and diplomatic dignitaries were Calvin
| Coolidge and Vice President Charles
| Curtis, the latter representing President
| Hoover Secretary of State StinSon
represented the diplomatic corps, in
which Mr.. Morrow served so brilliantly
, as Ambassador to Mexico.
Twenty-SiX United States Senators
arrived at Newark to attend the serv-
ices for their colleague. They were
! Senators Kean, Moses, Watson Robin
son. Borah, Fletcher, Ashurst. Pittman,
! Sheppard, Walsh of Montana, Harris,
| Harrison, Glass, Reed. Copeland. Fess,
| Frazier, Bingham, Schall, Walsh of
| Massa chusettS. Tydings, Wagner. Hast
ings. Goldsborough and Walcott.
Representative Tilson of Connecticut
headed the delegation from the House.
Legislature Is Represented.
Other delegations include the New
Jersey Legislature the Board of Trus-
tees of Amherst College, the New Jer-
! sey State Board of Institutions and
Morgan & Co., of which Mr.. Morrow
was once partner; the Amherst Col
| lege class of 1895, the American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The City of Englewood, which saw
Dwight Whitney Morrow rise from a
small legal practice to heights Of glory
in finance, social position. statesman
ship and political honor. showed very
| deeply the affection it had for its most
| illustrouS citizen.
1t was at Englewood Mr.. Morrow was
! drafted for the important post at Mex
| leo City. 1t was at Englewood, too, that
he became a famous father-in-law.
| when his daughter Anne was married
| to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. And it
was in Englewood that his grandson,
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr, was
! born.
Lindberghs Coming Home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Lindbergh, vacationing
! in the Orient. received word of Mr.
Morrow's sudden death Monday aboard
British battleship. They sent word
early today that they were canceling
the remainder of their vacation plans
and would sail at once for home.
Flags f1uttered everywhere at half
mast. Englewood schools and public
buildings were closed by proclamation
of Mayor Kitchel and all business and
| industry agreed to shut down at
o'clock
The local telegraph Office was open
all night, receiving hundreds of mes
sages from every corner of the globe
The four florists, unable to handle the
rush of floral tributes telegraphed from
other cities, sent to Newark and New
York for additional pieces and help.
There was no list of honorary pail
bearers. The ushers, headed by John
| c. Kerr, include Frederick S. Bale. Clar-
| ence D. Kerr, Thomas S. Lamont, Guy
! Emerson. Daniel E. Pomeroy. Douglas
G. Thompson. Charles W. Hulst, John
I. Howe. Col. Harry B. Moore Ray Pal
mer Foote, Bernard L. Lamb, Allen L.
Lindey. sr.: George r. Dye and Arthur
H. Springer.