Westinghouse Funeral Attended by Many Prominent Persons

Eulogy Pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Samuel J. Fisher, Friend of His Youth — Wreath from President Wilson Placed on Bier.

In the presence of more than fifteen hundred persons, including men whose names stand high in the commercial world, the funeral services for George Westinghouse were held in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon. At the close of the ceremonies a procession of thirty automobiles filled with members of the family and friends followed the hearse to Woodlawn Cemetery, where there was a brief service at the grave.

The coffin, which was piled high with smilax, orchids, violets and Easter lilies, was carried down the aisle at fifteen minutes past two o'clock. It was preceded by the honorary pallbearers, who were Charles Francis Adams, Horace F. Andrews, Charles J. Canda, Charles Crane, George Gibbs, T. A. Gillespie, J. M. Guffey, J. H. Gantt, W. S. Hawk, E. M. Kerr, H. T. Herr, A. L. Humphrey, Dr. Alexander C. Humphreys, T. B. Kerr, Walter M. McFarland and J. R. McGinley. Among the mourners were Mrs. George Westinghouse, widow of the inventor; H. H. Westinghouse, a brother, and Mrs. Westinghouse and Mr. and Mrs. George Westinghouse, Jr.

Mrs. Westinghouse, who was conducted to her seat by her son and brother-in-law, was overcome and fainted twice during the service. Medical aid was called, and a physician remained at her side until the funeral party left the church. The chancel and pulpit were heaped with floral offerings of every description. There was a great bunch of orchids from President Wilson and a piece composed of orchids and violets from William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, who had long been a friend of Mr. Westinghouse. The Rev. Dr. J. H. Jowett, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, opened the services with prayer, and there was an address by the Rev. Dr. Samuel J. Fisher, of Pittsburg. Dr. Fisher and Mr. Westinghouse became acquainted when they were boys, living in the same boarding house. At that time Dr. Fisher was studying for the ministry and Mr. Westinghouse was attending a manual training school. Dr. Fisher paid a glowing tribute to the work and character of Mr. Westinghouse, of whom he said: "He walked in the full light of the world, every characteristic open, every phase of his life seen; nothing secret and nothing hidden."

In connection with the funeral service announcement was made yesterday that the Grashof Medal of the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, the highest honor in the gift of the engineering profession of Germany, had been awarded to Mr. Westinghouse last year. The award was made on the occasion of the official call to Germany of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and accompanying the medal was a certificate which read: — “Mr. George Westinghouse, who opened up new fields by his invention of the automatic railway brake, successfully fought for the introduction of the alternating current in the United States and did useful work in the designing of high speed machinery.” Among those who paid their last respects to the inventor yesterday were Nikola Tesla, Charles A. Terry, vice president of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company; T. C. Martin and a delegation from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, H. H. Vreeland, Paul D. Cravath, J. Barclay Parsons, Arthur Warren and Christopher Horrocks, the oldest employe of Mr. Westinghouse.