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Show SERVICES HELD AT CAPITOL FOR CHflf GLARK Funeral Takes Place Where Former Speaker Fought His Legislative Battles CASKET COVERED BY WEALTH OF FLOWERS Lack of Formality Feature At Last Rites for Noted Missouri Mis-souri Congressman WASHINGTON, March 6. Funeral, ervleea for Chajnp Clark In the hall of tho house of representatives today marked the final passing of the vet- ei an IC-fcirMUHT liuin .,,.- a.i.-.; ui ...... 26 years of political life and leader- ship as a member of congress. The body of the ate Democratic I leader lay in state In the house cham-1 ber this morning. President Harding members of the new and outgoing cabinet, the senate. and the chief Justice and members of the supremo court had been Invited to j attend the services at 10:30 this morning. morn-ing. . UjLERY 1 II. I. ED. Lonjs before the hour for the ser- vices the gallery had filled with qulst hundreds gathered to do honor to the' former speaker. The casket, conceal-1 ed completely by a great carpet of j flowers stood before the speaker's, stand, but there was no mark of formality for-mality nor guard of uniformed police I in the chamber to detract from thoi service intended to show that It was a warrior of legislative battles, a plain American cttli. without military mili-tary pomp or rank to whom the trlb-ttt.- was given The odor of the flowers and their bright coloring lent a strange touch to the biu' hall and above it all. draped above the speaker's seat, was a, broad national flag that looked down upon tho warfare in the house over which Mr. Clark presided for eight years LTJuIJBS FROM H KII. Among Ihc f lowers grouped abefut the casket was a wreath of calla lilies from the President and Mrs Harding.) There were floral tributes, too, from the Mississippi and North Carolina i delegations and from Irish sympathlz-l ers. while among individuals who sent! In flowers wero former Governor Cox of Ohio, and one offering marked "from a little Democratic boy from North Carolina." A monster basket of flowers came from the Democratic national committee. commit-tee. SOMBRE mii The black gowns of the supreme court Justices added a sombre note to the ceremony. Tho uniform of Gen. Pershing, who sat among government Officials, was the only touch of color In the front row of seats. The diplomatic corps sat Just behind the "space reserved for the. bereaved family, and when the senate members had been seated, the room was filed with men In dark clothing, with only tin light dress of a child here and there eated on her father's knee relieving re-lieving the picture. REED AM" MANN SPEAK, In the simple services, without shcrw or pomp, "nd In the shaken voices of Senator .R. ed of Missouri and Repre-j s.iitati-.e Minn of Illinois, elected by their fellows to speak the love In which the dead leader was hold, lay the highest tribute of all. At the conclusion of the brief service ser-vice the casket was opened and for an hour mourning friends passed by to look their last on the face familiar to oVery man, woman or child about the nation's capltol. Then It was transferred to a special train that will carry It to burial In Missouri soli, guarded to the last by an escort of fei.w house members and senators who knew and loved him. |