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Show THOMAS EDISON LAIDJO REST Simplicity Marks Rites At N e w Jersey Home; : Notables Present. WEST ORANGE, N.. J.,' Oct.. 21 (L'.Pl With the old-fashioned simplicity sim-plicity that marked the pattern of his life, Thomas Alva Edison, went to his rest this afternoon in a sunshine sun-shine flooded cemetery overlooking his beloved rolling countryside in the oranges. In the subdued atmosphere .of Llewellyn park, at the comfortable old mansion that has been the Edison home for years, and later In the shadows of a great oak that 1 stood by the graveside, the pres- ence of notable Americans who came not as officials but as friends to say farewell to him, seemed unmarked and unnoticed. Even the presence of Mrs. Herbert Herb-ert Hoover, representing the president presi-dent of the United States, reflected no measure of official display at a ceremonial which was as homely as it was brief. A nation will be plunged, into darkness- tonight as a final tribute. At President Hoover's suggestion, lights will be turned out for 60 sec-, onds at 8 p. .m. Mountain time, when the entire country is depending depend-ing on the filament bulb hy Edison. Provo's lights wiil not be extinguished ex-tinguished for one minute at the time designated, according to oflieials of the Utah Power and Light company, who suggest sug-gest thnt all desiring to do bo observe the matter Individually. |