Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
LONGWORTH PAID
FINAL HOMAGE BY
NATIONS LEADERS
Burial Beside Father in Gin
cinnati Follows Simple
Rites at Church.
PRESIDENT AT BOTH
FUNERAL SERVICES
Townspeople Gather for Tribute
at Residence-Bishop Hobson
0ficiates.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI Ohio, April H.
Leaders of the Nation paid silent
tribute to Nicholas Longworth, Speaker
Of the House. as he was buried here
today beside his father in Spring Grove
Cemetary.
Funeral services at Christ Episcopal
Church were simple. The Right Rev.
Henry Wise Hobson, bishop coadjutor
Of the diocese Of Southern Ohio. read
the service which lasted less than a
half hour. No words of eulogy were
spoken
At the cemetery with a short ritual
Bishop Hobson committed the body to
the earth
President and Mrs Hoover, Vice
President Charles Curtis and members
of the congressional delegation. repre-
senting the Government, paid their
tribute by their presence at the church
among Mr.. Longworths friends and
relatives.
The President. Mrs. Hoover and the
Vice President also attended services
at the grave. Shortly afterward the
Chief Executive and his party boarded
their special train for Washington.
Mr.. Longworth, who had just COM
pleted his third term, as Speaker Of
the National House of Representatives.
died in his sixty-first year Thursday
at Aiken. s. c. after a short illness
OF pneumonia. His body was brought
here on a special train from Soutl.
Carolina, arriving early this morning
Crowd Awaits Body.
For hours people sto&I outside on
the lawn of the Longs Jtth residence
atop a hill on Grandin road, awaiting
the arrival OF the body. Many of
these remained until the funeral
cortege left shortly after 80 o'clock
President Hoover along with national
and local friends callsd during the
morning. The home was opened to the
townspeople. A soldier stood guard
at the head Of the casket. When the
cortegs left for the church, a distance
of more than miles, thousands who
had waited for the opportunity TO pay
tribute stood along the route.
In the procession from the home were
Mrs. Longworth. Mrs. Theodore Roose-
welt, ST.. her stepmother; Mrs. Ethel
Roosevelt Derby. her sister; Archibald
and Kermit Roosevelt. her brothers;
their wives, Miss Mildred Reeves, Mr..
Longworths private secretary, the
servants of the Longworth household,
and the honorary pallbearers, who were
some of the outstanding leaders in all
walks Of American life.
President and Mrs Hoover and the
congressional delegation and local
leaders had already taken their places
in the church when the body arrived.
This arrangement at the request of the
Presidents aides, was to keep the Presi-
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way through the huge crowd.
Procession Into Church.
The active pallbearers. Kermit and
Archibald Roosevelt; 3. A. Wallingford,
sr.. and his three sons. B. A. Walling
ford. jr; Landon and Nicholas. took
the body to the front door of the church.
where Bishop Hobson and Rev. Bernard
Hummell, assistant rector, led the pro-
cession to the chancel.
Members of the immediate Longworth
family followed the casket. Behind
them came Miss Reeves and servants.
The vested choir came next and took
their places to the right and left OF
the bishop.
The Psalms and the Epistles to the
Corinthians and the Romans and the
Gospel Of st. John provided the prayers
for the funeral service.
Because of the Speakers love for
music, a string quartet from the Gin
einnati Symphony Orchestra played
melodies from the masters and the
parting dirge Burial followed
Christ Church chancel was a bower
Of roses, lilies, snap dragons, daisies and
q dozen other flowers.
Among them was huge wreath Of
Ivy, holly and fern. from the President
Vice President Curtis sent a large spray
Of roses and lilies of the valley. That
Of the House of Representatives, over
which Mr.. Longworth presided. was a
pillow of roses, Snapdragons and lilies.
Other floral tributes came from
foreign embassies at Washington. the
National Press Club. the Gridiron Club,
the American Society Of Composers,
authors and publishers: Mr.. and Mrs
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