Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1924, Page 1

- know all the fa WEATH Jowest ~temperature grees; tomorrow Temperature for twent ended at 2 p.m. toda at 4:30 p.am, yesterday noon today. KFull report on aby Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Entered as second-class matter No. 29,135. post office Wa R. Mostly cloudy and colder fair and colder. lowest, 38, at onight; out 26 de” y-four hours Highest, 46, n page 7. shington, D. C. 8 @ WASHINGTON, BREWER EVIDENCE GIVENTOCONERESS BODYINBANK HERE Reporters Barred When Con- tents of Two Huge Safe De- posit Boxes Are Bared. DECLARES DOCUMENTS WILL GO INTO COURT Woodruff Protests Expulsion of Newspaper Men, But Later Agrees. Behind locked doors of the board- room of the Union Trust Compfany Charles B. Brewer and his attor W. Gwynn Gardiner, this afternoon laid before a committee of members s the “evidence” from two e deposit boxes upon which es of duplica- tion of government se bureau of engraving and printing and which will be used before the District Supreme Court in a suit filed by Brewer to personally retain it. paper men, who were at first -d to attend the meeling, were asked to leave the room, after @ con- sultation befween Brewer, his coun- scl and members of Congres: Protests Newspaper Men, Mr. Gardiner, Brewer's counsel, pro- toste@ against the presence of news- paper men on the grounds that the alleged duplicate securities to be viewed by the committee were later o be used in evidence before the court; Mr. Brewer himselt declared he had no personal ob: newspaper men he did not wish to lay himself open to_ “the criticism of my enemie: It was sald that information cerning the meeting might be given to_the public afterward. The conference, which was cailed by Representative King, republican, 1llinois, to hear Brewer's case, and to Bee the securities upon which Brewer bases his position, was attended by republicans, democrats, independent and farmer-labor members of the z them w tives Nelson of Wi ihe progressive hloc efald, farmer-labor, Sinclair, republican, “laxue, republican, Guardia, republican, in the of Minnesota North Dakota; Minnesota; La W Woodruff, republican, Michigan; Jef- | &ers, democrat, Alabama; Kavale, dependent, Minnesot; King, lican, Illinois, and former sentative John Baer, North now comnected with the Federation of Labor. Gave Keys, to King. in Repre- Dakota, Atr. Brewer, prior to the closing of the doors of the board rooms against reporters, explained that the primary purpose of the meeting was to pre- sent officially to Representative King | and such other fellow members of . Congress as were called together, s in the safety deposit boxes i Mr. King held the keys. Brewer sald he had given the keys to Representative King, who e two hoxes were brought the delegation Brewer was Vi done with th s the first indi at newspaper men had that wére three boxes of “evidenc cation v replied to the question that | hadn’t brought it along.” From reliable sources, it was learn- ed that Brewer some time made arrangements to present his case similarly to a committee of Con- gress, but that in view of develop- ments it had been decided at that time not to do it. Members of the delegation did not express themselves definitely upon the Brewer proposals except tu say that they had come to see what he had to present, The exclusion of ne at first objected to Representative Woodruff of ichigan, who claimed that the public should be aliowed to in the case. Upon the representation, however, of Brew- er's counsel that the evidence was to be used before w court, it was agreed the reporters should not be present, This was the first step in the investi- gation program of Representative following a meeting In his oftice ye: day, when Brewer laid before a meeting of twenty-six members of the House his story of the investigation of the bu- Teau of engraving and printing. Brewer, the pre ing bureau matters, had been “hound- ed” by special agents of the Depart- ment of Justice and hindered in his investigation of the Dbureau, Repre- sentative King said. The man had twice been asked to resign and twice been reinstated. and now, before he “went down the third time,” Mr. King said, he wished Brewer to have a chance to be heard by members of Congress. A Brewer injected fresh sensation into the entire bureau affair yesterday by flling_his suit for injunction against Secretary Mellon, Attorney General Daugherty and others to protect and personally retain his evidence. His appearance later Spaper men was before the special commtteo In Representative King's of- tice also was taken as further indica- tion that the man who has begn severe- 3y criticized by administratin leaders For his connection with the bureau diemissals, and who has been slated for dismissal, ald not not mean to be let out without a fight to justify his own position, His brief befure the court relates sn detail his personal connection with the bureau investigation since he was appointea by Président Harding and ziven a place on:the rolls of the De- partment. of Justice. Ousted employes of the bureau hope that a congressioial investigation will grow out of Brewer's charges before the court. ‘Workers Want Inquiry. “We have alwayh been in favor of an investigation té know just why we were dismissed.” said a spokes- man for the ousted kroup today. “But we never have been able to find out the real charges upen which the ad- ministration decided to oust us. We are not afrald of any evidence which may come out in tfe investigation. We welcomo it ¥ The resolution of Shnator Caraway, democrat of Arkansss, champion of the dismissed men, c2lling for an in- vestigation now is ¢n the table of the Senate. Through an acknowl- edged agreement' botween Senator Caraway and republipan leaders, of- ficially. revealed in - Senate Jast Friday, it had b%en agreed that Bepator Caraway would not press ac- upon his resolutibn provided the sdministration wouldrestore all the ousted men to their @aces. Impatient at the ;dela “I{Continued on, pag urities at the | tion to the | remaining, but sald | repub- | American | would | ago had | sidential agent prob- | debate | SCORES ARE ROUTED ~ BY APARTMENT FIRE iBaby and Invalid Taken From { Building on New Hampshire 5 Avenue. | | Scores of scantily clad persons were forced into the street from the Fill- more apartments, 1129 New Hamp- shire avenue, this morning by a fire that started in a dumb waiter in the hasement and spread up the shaft to the roof. Firemen after a stubborn fight were forced to turn in three alarms to prevent serious damage. | A baby belonging to C. Applegate, oceupant of an apartment, was ca ried out with another tenant, Mr: Barcett, an invalid. The fire was con- fined to the roof and the dumb-waiter shaft RAISE IN TEACHERS PAY OVER SCALE N - BILLISINDICATED! Representative Keller Plans to Fight for Restoration of Original Terms. Strong indication t salary bill will re jcreases over the pay schedules pra posed in the bill introduced in the House last Saturday by’ Chairman | Reed of the House District commit- | tee were glven when the committee met today. | Former Representative James T.| Liovd, who was for many years him- self & member of the House District committee, accompanied by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, ppeared before the committee today urging early hearings on the teach- {ers’ pay bill. Mr. Lloyd said that the bill comes to Congress with the indorsement of the hourd of education, the Commis- sioners of the District and the bud get bureau. Representative William C. Hammer of North Carolina, dem- ocrat, wanted to know if the bill is) satisfactory to the teachers, and Mr. i Lloyd replied that he did not know. i . Representative Oscar E. Keller of | Minnesota, repubtican, then asked if ! { this is the bill as originaily framed by the board of education, and Mr. Lloyd replied that to perfectly frank it was not, as the salary sched- ules had to be reduced in order to| get them by the bud; To Fight for Inerease. “While as a general principle I am | behind the budget bureau,” sald Rep- | Irosnnufli\'e Keller, “in this instance I} iam not golng to be influenced by the | budget bureau. I serve notice now | that I will endeavor to repiace the figures originally agreed upon by th | board of education.” 1} A subcommittee to hold hearings on | | the teachers’ salary bill was appoint- i ed, with Representative Florian Lam- pert of Wisconsin as chairman. The | other members ar Representatives | | McLeod, Michigan; Zihiman. Mary !land; Hammer, North Carolina, and | Gasque, Sout rolina. i | Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas, the ranking democrat on | the committee, proposed that the Dis- trict committee should seek a special | | rule making the fifth Monday in each month a District day. It was de- | cided that it would be better for the| acting chairman of the House Dis-| | trict committee to make a unani- | mous consent request to the House that the fifth Monday be given for { consideration of District legislation. | The first and third Mondays of each month_are unanimous consent days |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) CUONNOR CHOSEN SHP BOARD HEAD at the teache sibable s ¥ Vice Chairman Designated | i i ! { by President for Far- *Roueoep A3) H T. V. O'Connor of New York, vice ' chairman of the United States Ship- | ping Board, was designated by Presi- | dent Coolldge today to be chairman to | succeed Edward P. Farley, who re- | signed from the board several weeks ago. In making this known at the White House today it was explained | { that the board itself will elect a suc- cessor to Mr. O'Connor as vice chair- man. i The selection of Mr. O'Connor to { head the Shipping Boad did not come {as a complete surprise inasmuch as {his name had been prominently men- itioned in the speculation regarding (the appointment of a successor to {Mr. Farley. Mr. O'Connor is a native jof Buffalo, N. Y., and achieved & na- { tional prominence as president of the Longshoreman’s Union, and for & inumber of vears has been prominent lin the unfon and political activities. {He was appointed to the board two |years ago by President Harding as | @ representative of the great lakes {section and had the support of Semn: lator Wadsworth .of New York and jother republican leaders of that state | ias well as organized labor and ship- ping officlals for appointme chafrman. Dpplatiat an| i | In Charge as Chalrma, | Since the retirement of Mr. Far- {ley from the board Mr. O'Connor as | {vice chairman has been the presid- ing officer of the board. At the time the Senate commerce committee report- ed adversely up on the nomination of Mr. Farley for appointment, it ex- plained that inasmuch as My. O'Con- nor was a member of the board as a representative of the Great Lakes section the law prohibited the ap- pointment of another member of the board from that section. - | The {call complaining against trepass on | nounced this afternoon ! doubt in my mind but that the prop- | vite the attention of Secretary of U. 3. FLAG IS NAILED OVER DOORWAY OF GERMAN EMBASSY Unidentified Men Act in Night After Refusal to Lower Own Colors for Wilson. POLICE GUARD PLACED IN FRONT OF BUILDING Teuton Emblem Is Flown at Half- Staff From 12:30 0'Clock Today as Tribute. The German embassy, 1439 Massa- chusetts avenue northwest, which yesterday refused to lower its colors to half-staff out of respect for Wood- row Wilson—then changed its mind and announced the colors would be lowered at 12:30 o'clock today—-} greeted early morning passers-by to- day with u large American flag, hung from the porte-cochere, and ap- parently nailed there, How it came there will remain a mystery except to those who carried it to the embassy and put it up about 4 o'clock this morning. The group was composed of a score or more of men, one of whom visited a new paper office and told of their plans. men apparently tried to scale the front of the building with flll—i intention of flying the flag from the embassy staff, but unsuccessful in this, hung the flag from the port-co- chere and left quietly. There were no eye-witnesses, Police Remove Fiag. A crowd was beginning to gather outside the embassy building to wateh developments early today | when two bicycle policemen, pedaling post haste from the second precinct, arrived and removed the flag. They had been summoned by a telephone embassy property, but who tele-| phoned the complaint was another mystery, for the embassy denied hav- ing called the police and refused to/ say anything more about the matter. | After taking down the flag and) dispersing the crowd the officers were | stationed in front of the building to make sure there would be no further demonstrations. Lieut. Michael Ready was placed in charge of the detail. Decided to Lower Fiag. After the German embassy had an- nounced yesterday that because Mr. Wilson was considered a private citi- zen the national colors at the em-| bassy would not be flown at half-: staff. it announced later the colors would be lowered at 12:30] o'clock today, when the government departments close. The anfouncement follows: “It having been officially an- that ther will be general mourning for the late President Wilson, after 12:30 o'clock the German embassy will join thé! expression of the nation's mourning by fiying its flag at half-staff.”, In connection with the flag inci- dent, Paul J. McGahan, department commander of the American Legion of the District of Columbia, last night | issued the following statement: Protest by Legion Head. “Members of the American Legion, of which Mr. Wilson was a member, deplore the failure of the German government in the matter of paying| respect to his memory, and the fact! that the officials at the German em- bassy here acted as they did. “There will be no lack of emphasis} on the part of the posts of the Ameri- | can Legion in this department and throughout the country in express- ing their sentiments. “In order that the full force of the American Legion’s opinion may be behind this expression, and the form it will take, I am bringing the inci- dent to the attention of the national commander, and requesting him to take such steps as will fix the re- sponsibility so that the people of this country may be fully informed. May Appenl to Hughep. “If there has been any breach of diplomatic courtesy or any failure to co-operate in the matter of offlcial courtesies on the part of the German government or its representatives at the embassy here, there exists no was er officials of our own government will be prompt to seek redress. “The District of Columbia Depart- ment of the American®Legion will in- State Hughes to the incident for such action as lies within the power of this_government. s “When diplomacy fails of action in ety and courtesy there should (Continued on page 5, column 6). 41 WORKERS DRO D. | jeials there to hav | gruder WITH SUNDAY "MORNING EDITION C., WEDNESDAY, FALLOF VERA CRZ BELIVED END (F MEHEAN REVOLT City Evacuated in Haste by Military Forces and Sup- porting Naval Craft. The “entire evacuation™ Cruz by de Hufrta insurrectionists against the' Obregon government of Mexico has been peacefully effected and that city today is again under control of its regular civilian authori- ties. i The rebels ]x'(l‘ era Cruz in & man- ner safd by American consular offi- closely resembled «a panic. Both Insurrectionist military forces and the naval craft which ad- hered to them were dps‘rhwd as having departed in extreme haste. Their destination was unknown to the American oflicials. of Vi U. S, Crulxer on Hand. Advices describing the sit Vera Cruz received today from Con- sul Wood and made public by the ate Department said the United States cruiser Richmond had entered Vera Cruz harbor and Admiral Ma- was - co-operating with him In efforts to restore mnormal condi- tions. A paraphrase of Consul Wood's re- port, lssued at the State Depart- ment. said: c “Consul Wood at Vera Cruz has re- ported under dat tirely. evacuated without dis by ‘the de la Huerta forc military and_naval, although forces were in panic. “All of the Mexican ships have-left the port of Vera Cruz and the Rich- mond is in the harbor. “The legally elected civilian author- ities are now functioning effectively due to the moral support and sug- gestions of the consular corps. The police force has been adequately or- anized. “This office (American consul) upon the request of the local authorities and through the helpfulness and necessary co-operation of Admiral Magruder has furnished rifies and ammunition to the civillan authorities. BELIEVE REVOLT BROKEN. both these Bythe Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, February 6.—War Department _ oflicials _declare (Continued on Page 5, Column 7.) Lodge Is Absent From Service for Woodrow Wilson By the Associated Pres: Senator Henry Cabot, Lodge, al- though designated by the Senate as a member of the committee to attend Woodrow Wilson’s funeral services, remained at his home throughout the day. His office announced that he was confined on the advice of his physician “because of a bad throat.” WNED AS LAKE 5, SINKS AND FLOODS IRON MINE Seven Race Water to Safety—Bodies May Not Be Re- covered for Weeks in Minnesota Disaster. By the Ansociated Press. . CROSBY, Minn., February 6.—Col- lapse of part of the bottom of a swamp lake jsent a torrent of water into the Milford Iron Mine near here late yesterday and snuffed out the lives of forty-one miners caught like This disqualified Mr. Farley in the eves of the Senate committee because he was appointed from Chicago, Ill.. Following the divorcement of the Emergency Fleet Corporation from the Shiping Board and the appoint- ment of Leigh C. Palmer to pe sonally direct the activities of this agency, the position of chairman of the Shiping Board will in no wise be { rats in a trap. More than 160 feet underground the forty-eight miners were working, when with hardly a warning, water burst through the roof, flooding the mine within fifteen minutes to within a few feet of the top of the shaft. Alarmed at the first rumbling as colum, 4), . bas arduous as it was herptofore, . .the carthern roof and (imbers gave way séven miners near the shaft darted up the stalrs to safety, but their forty-one comrades, caught in the muddy, swirling waters met al- most instant death. The first check-up last night indi- cated that of the normal crew of fifty-five men, forty-nine had been in the workings, but the final figures announced early today by company officlals put the number at forty-eight :ld death 1list at forty-ome, with iven survivors. These survivors are Harry Hose| ford, at first reported dead: Jacob Ravanich, Emil Kainu, Frank IPra- | . (Continued on, ?su‘i.fmfiu‘uv. . forty-eight | 1 1 i | i | t | | f February 5 that | the | the city of Vera Cruz has been en- | whether ' 1had gat INCIDENTS AT WILSON FUNERAL SHOW LOVE NATION HAD FOR HIM Bugler for Unknown Soldier Plays Taps—Taft and Lodge Ill at Last Mom Soldiers’ Tribute Remains on Casket. Py tie Associuted Press. Long before the hour set for the sim- | ple home services a crowd of thousands ered in the street outside to stand In silehce as the great figures of the government and old friends of the dead President arrived to join the little family circle within. President and Mrs. Coolidge left the White House fifteen minutes be- fore the funeral hour, and when they arrived the little honor guard of sail- ors, soldiers and marines selected to perform the last ministrations for the ae var chief were drawn up in SEARCH OF STOCK RECORDS EXTENDED ion at| Aggountants Press Work in Preparation for Resuming 0il Lease Inquiry. Preparations for the active resump. tion of the oil inquiry were pressed teday while accountants broadened their search of the books of stock brokerage houses to determine for ‘nate investigating committee government officials had urbance ! gealings in the shares of companies formed to take over the naval re- serve lease The committee was in recess today out of respect for the memory of Woodrow Wilson. but it was pre- pared to press in the Senate tomor- row for readoption of the resolution under which it is proceeding so that it may recall Albert-B. Fall, who, as Secretary of the Interior, arranged the leases, for questioning with a renewal of the authority challenged by him last week. Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, algo is planning to seek action by the Senate tomorrow on his resolution looking to annulment of the lease held by the Standard Ofl Company of California on section 36, in the ik Hills, Calif., reserves. « Fails to Convince. Oscar Sutro, counsel for the com- that | pany, conferred yesterday with Mr. Walsh and Silas H. Strawn of Chi- cago and former Senator Pomerene of Ohlo, the counsel selected by 1 President Coolidge to represent the | government in the oil cases, in an effort to conVince them that former Sec- retary Fall's dismissal of proceedings designed to recover this section to the government had been just and legal, but, the senator said, he failed in his purpose. After Fall is again called upon to submit to examination. William G. McAdoo, candidate for the demo- aratic presidential nomination; Jo- sephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy in the Wilson administration, and George Creel, chairman of the com- mittee on pubjic information during the war, are expected to be given a hearing with reference to state- ments made by E. Lu Doheny, hold- er of the California naval reserve lease. Other Witnesses Called. Announcement came during yes- terday of the summoning of audi- ‘tional witnesses in the inquiry, chief among them John T. King, former republican national _ committeeman from Connecticut. Senator Walsh said Information had come to him that Mr. King is associated with the Association for the Protection of American Rights in Mexico; that this assoclation has spent sums of money in Washington and that it was desired to know for what the expenditures were made. Guy_Stevens and Thomas Lee of New York cily also have been sum- moned by the committee for exami- nation with regard to the books of the Assoclation of Petroleum Pro- ducers in Mexico and the Assoclation for the Protection of American Rights in Mexico. It is proposed to have accountants examine these books, as is being done with the records of W. B. Hibbs & Co., a Washington stock brokerage concern. Star to Give Full Funeral Details Fulk details of the Wilson ' funeral today will be found in The Star's 5:30 edition, -1, 7 (Contlnued on Page 5, Column 2 ¢ Foening Star. FEBRUARY 6, 1924~THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. ent, Unable to Attend. | sitent ranks before the door-of the home. The eight soldiers and the cight marines wore the field gray of the war days, and a like nbimber of bluejackets comprised in the little group were dressed as they were | when they eerved their country in the great war fleet, Some hours before the funeral was to reach the cathedral soldiers and marines without arms had taken their places along the winding way that {1eads from the house of death to the | hedral. They were placed at ~(Continued on page 4, column 2) SEESTIME LOST INCHURCH STRIFE Bishop Freeman Tells Dio- cese Session at Opening Work Is to Be Done. “I am so consumed with a desire| to make my own ministry and the ministry of this church effective to | the greater glory of God and the in- creased happiness and satisfaction of men that I find myself unwilling to | pause in my quest to join in discus- sions and controversies that only serve to hinder and impede the on- ward progress of the Christian faith,” said Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, at the opening ses- sion today of the twenty-ninth an- nual convention of the Episcopal Church in the diocese of Washington at St. Thomas' Church. here is nothing new or unique about these present discussions,” he said. “We are dealing with profound mysteries—mysteries that will al- ways engage the curiosity and spec- ulation of-men. The pursuit by some of that which is elusive and difficult to lay hold of need not disturb those who are dealing with the stern prob. lems that have to do with human needs, human passions, yearnings and hopes. “If we are observing and informed diagnosticians of the temper of our age, we shall readily discover that there is such a yearning today for the great central truths of our Christian faith, such a passionate desire for the reas- suring teachings of Christ as the world has never before witnessed. All our organizations, all our splendid parochial machinery, if they are not contributing to the one supreme end of making men and women more Christlike, more fit for the kigdom of God, should be scrapped. All our party rivairies, all our ungen- erous discussions and criticlsms about methods of administration of the church offices, where these meth- ods_do mot infringe the express direttions set forth by atthority of general convention, all our heated and acrimonious _controversies _over the church's formulae, should be silenced before the pressing claims ' presented by a world that is at our gates, cry- ing, ‘Sirs, we would see Jesus.’ One Supreme Master. “When the world situation is as critical as it Is today, when men's hearts are failing them for fear, when they are looking to the Church for light and encouragement on darkened and difficult pathways, be it ours to lift up before their vision the one supreme Master, who said, ‘T am the way, and the truth and the life." “The world needs today the prophet who belleves and practices the thing he preaches; it is yearning for the witness who has been with Jesus and learned of Him—yes, for the witness ‘who with boldness and fidelity d; to attack both the follies l};m ‘{fi: “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system cover every city block and the regular ed tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,838 ** TWO CENTS. WOODROW WILSON LAID TO FINAL REST AT MOUNT ST. ALBAN Cortege Moves Through Human Lane Unbroken From Home to Chapel. THREE MINISTERS READ SERVICE; PRESIDENT ATTENDS LAST RITES Only Members of Family Accompany Body Into Crypt, Where Eternal " Peace Is Found. “The strife is o’er, the battle done, The song of triumph is begun—' In the hushed sanctity of the hallowed little Bethlehem Chapel on Mount St. Alban’s gentle slopes, Woodrow Wilson has found eternal peace. There, just as the dying day surrendered to ap- proaching night, tender hands laid him to rest, while a nation bowed its head in prayer. Softly the sweet notes of the recessional whispered words of courage through the vaulted arches of the sepulchre, reverently white-robed men of God intoned prayers of hope—the silent grave embraced its own. The great spirit that once roused the soul of the world had passed through the vale of eternity. “The three sad days are quickly sped, He rises glorious from the dea As a minister of peace Woodrow Wilson was committed to his waiting tomb. True to his wishes, no peal of trumpets, no crash of musketry chorused his requiem. Only the soft voices of bo; choristers and the whispered prayers of men and women sped his soul across the Great Divide. Day Dawns Gray and Somber. Gray and somber dawned the day, the heavens themselves seeming bent upon drenching the earth in their tears the last few hours this world might gaze upon the sleeping face of America’s war President. . But the threatening furies of the elements failed to daunt the thousands who gathered to bid him a sad farewell. His funeral cortege moved through an unbroken lane ot sor- rowful men and women on its short journey from his S street home to the heights of Mount St. Alban, where the towering arches of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul beckoned him to peaceful sleep within its silent chapel beneath the sanctuary. In the Cathedral Close other thoifsands stood uncovered as his cor- tege passed. _ Simple and purely personal Rev. James H. Taylor, pastor of were the services at his home. the Central Presbyterian Church, which Woodrow Wilson attended as President, recited the 23d Psalm and Rev. Sylvester W. Beach, pastor of the church he at- tended at Princeton, offered a prayer. Bishop James E. Freeman read a passage from the book from which Mr. Wilson had read to his family circle daily. Book of Hope and Promise, 1t was a book of hope and of promise—“Daily Strength for Daily Need.” And it seemed strangely fitting that the chapters that had brought comfort to him in the last few months of his suffering and battle for health should now be urged to impart words of comfort to a bereaved widow and family. .. Then, tenderly as they might have handled a little child, the military guard of honor—picked men from the Army, the Navy and the Marine Corps—raised the casket of their former com- mander-in-chief upon broad shoulders and bore it to the open hearse. Up the hill to Mount St. Alban they marched beside i every man a veteran of the war down his life. Snowflakes Parting Tribute, Marked and sad was the contrast of that last journey up Massachusetts avenue to Woodrow Wilson's tri- umphant processions of the glorious past. Then he swept majestically through frenzied throngs that shout- ed his name as that of a conquering hero—the capitals of the world poured out sincere homage to the great American. Today he rode past men and women silent and bent under the burden of an overwhelming sorrow. As his_cask assed forever be- neath “The Way of Peace” a few gentle white snow flakes dropped softly upon his_casket, like a last benediction sent down from heaven. The fragrant perfume of a thousand flowers caressed him on his way down the narrow corridor to the chapel sepulchre. And there the at- mosphere was laden with the incense of nature’s choicest blooms, the part- ing tributes of the wide world. Tt was just a few minutes short of 3:30 o’clock when the flower-covered casket was borne beneafth the por- tals of the Bethlehem Chapel of the Nativity. Woodrow Wilson was near his journey’s end—he had réalized at last his life’s ambition. And upon the door of his sepulchre these words seemed to beckon: “The Way of Peace.” Chopin's Funeral March, Soft and low the deep notes of the organ were playing Chopin's funeral march as the mortal remains of Mr. Wilson were borne inside and placed for a few fleeting minutes before the Dbeautiful carved altar of the Nativity. All too soon, it secmed, the few per- sons bearing cards of admission were gathered. In a few minutes the world would sustain the fullest measure of its great loss. Mrs. Wilson bore up during the trying ordeal. Near her stood President and Mrd. Coolidge, there to do honor in the name of the thousands who could not be accom- modated in the chapel during the services. With the President were the members of his cabinet, high officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps and _delegations from the Senate and House. The others pri ent were the intimate friends of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and members of the heroically vices of his age. It will rejoice to heed and follow the man who has the courage, even in the face of public opinion or the conventions of polite soclety, to condemn practices or usages that are indecent, viclous and destructive of the moral character. Never before, perhaps, in human his- tory has the prophet of God had a more commanding place of power and influence than he holds today. “I am by no means to be regarded as pessimistic in my outlook, but I dare to affirm that there is'a vast need for a mighty revival within the church today. “If we have piped to the people and they have not danced, we have piped i &y family. Bishop Recites Ritual. The last minutes had arrived. Slow- 1y Bishop Freeman, wearing the eccleslastical robes of his high office, began to recite the burial ritual of the Episcopal Church. Beside him stood Dr. Taylor and Dr. Beach, two great religions united in the presence of their fllustrious dead. The last fleeting note of the solemn dirge had nded. = = Through the high gothic windows of the chapel, cach depicting in tinted -Jalass a part of the story of:the Na- in whose service Mr. Wilson laid i the dim light of the fading day peeped in somber shadés upon the solemn scene. Above the waiting tomb, in the very heart of the crvpt, a_tri-cornered lamp, symbolic of the Holy Trinity, burned with almost se- Vere consistency. “I am the Resurrection and. the Life, suld the Lord,” Bishop Free- man began, reading from the service. “He that believeth in Me, though he were “dead, vet shall hé live; and whosoever ' liveth and believeth in Me, shall never die. “I Shall See God.” “I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth; and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God, Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes all behold and not another. “We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave and the i Lord hath taken away; blessed Le the name of the Lor In the dim half light the simple stone columns of the chapel, support- ing the high-arched celling, stood out in sharp contrast to the shimmering white marble altar in the sanctuary. From its candle-lighted communion table the four evangelists stared with unseeing eyes—Matthew, Mark, Luko and John—graven sentinels for the sleeping dead. Picking up the thread of the service where Bishop Freeman left it, Dr. Taylor recited the ringing Christian appeal of the Ninetieth Psalm. “The days ot our age,” he repeated, “are three-score years and ten, and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is thelr strength then but labor and sorrow; so soon passeth it away and we are gone. Pxalm's Prophecy Noted. “0 teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Sharply the prophecy of the Psalm recalled that Mr. Wilson {passed away when he was within only I little more than two years of his | seventieth mile-stone. “Glory be to {the Father and to the Son and to the {Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen,” intoned the clergyman. Peaceful and soothing was the mes- sage of promise Bishop Freeman gave "to his stricken listeners us he began reading the lesson, saying: “Now is Christ risen from the dead and be- come the first truits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of | the dead. For as in Adam_ all dle, cven so in Christ shall all be made | alive. _ But every man in his own or- | der; Chrlst the first fruits, afterward they that ure Christ's at His com- ey oiee ‘But some men will say, How arc 'the dead risen up? And with what T (Contintied on page 4, colump 3%,