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I PRICE FIVE. CENTS SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON.' TUESDAY MORNING JULY 28, 1925 6IBT luIIR I ra'snrau BEST IIIILIIISTI CRIME PROBLEM RESTS : GOHMPIS PLOTTERS ARE STATED TO HAVE REVEALED PLAN PURITY OF PUBLIC LIFE DRY "NAVY" IS ELUDED- WITH PUBLIC; STATED PRAISED . BY COOLIDGE LIQUOR CARGO DOCKED IIIIEB I0.BHTI! mm i r ID IKE 1(1 ! II . BHftWLEY GfiSt I IN lil ttiPLlT CITIZENS MUST HOLD OFFI ENTIRE CONVERSATION COP IED RV POLICE REIOUTER MRS. BRYAN RECEIVES MES SAGE FROM PRESIDENT HITCH? SHIP IS SEIZED AFTER CERS TO STRICT ACCOUNT . DISCHARGING BOOZK . .1. it Commoner's Oft-expressed Wish Will Be Fulfilled; ; Plot' Is Marked : . Public Official Most Understand They Are-Sworn to Their . ; - . Duty ,-i';;-'- WILL BE BURIED FRIDAY Cereruonle TTUJ B Simple; Cro- f t ader for : Peace VI1I j Rest ' With Honored Dead r 1 ' f of Many Warn. WASHINGTON. July 27.; (By Associated. Press ) .Near the crest of a 'sweillng slope,' where sleep a greaticompanQotiftbe iKiead;: of jsanv ?wars. the American govern ment today marked out In Arllng lon national cemetery a final rest ing' place for'-, William I Jennings Bryan, . HJa burial there late Friday fternpon. with simple ceremony will fttlfM his' own oft-repeated wlab peace, In ' life, a crusader for he chose in death to He where: the tombs of military men : look down tipon the capltol, amid the beauties of the, Virginia hills but yet nearby the towering me mortals reared to Washington and IJncolh'M'f W'f'ii 'iTbej right he thus asserted to a . place in the nation's citadel of ' military dead was his by virtue of those stirring days of '98 when he wore the unjform as a colonel of volunteers. .His grave will be In that community of death where 1 sleep many comrades of the Span Ish-Amerlcan war, not far from the Dewey mausoleum and the monument that .honors those who died an the Maine. , , s 1 -; Not! all the plans for Fridays funeral, services 1 had 'been , ar - - ranged tonight but it seemed cer tain that the commoner would be committed to his tomb with only , those ceremonies which are fitting for. aplaioi and humble citizen i-jcd" plans ad been made to sound . for him the bugle call that Bays - last farewell to the soldier, nor to heap upon , his bier the pompous tribute of a great government for Jafalleny.lcadef.1; Those of his friends who are CHICAGO, Jury 27. -(By Asao- elated Press.) -The crime prob lem can be solTed only when citi zens make clear to law enforcing authorities that they must "solve in accordance with their sworn duty or give way to other officials who' will," .Colonel' Henrj" Barrett Chamberlain; operating detective of the Chicago crime commission said today 'in a survey of crime and crime conditions as they exist in large-cities. ; ' . : : ' ""It la the bfggest civic .problem f today," said Colonel Chamber lain. "I am not talking. "however. of city and county administration am talking of all th officials who collectively constitute the ma chinery established 1y law for the enforcement of Justice.- ! "The church can perform a per manent i-erviee to the' community by creating a public - sentiment which will make each official do his share toward that end. Federal Authorities File Mo tions for 'Dismissal of Evolution Case i Officials Said to Have Overheard j Commoner Euloglxed By Chief AH Wans Iaht by Three Defendants . Executive; fx mm to Nation Experience! Wrong Henry Kirk Now Be lieved to Have Been Kill- V ed inTruderv'-'Duer'' LOS ANGELES, July 27. Dif ficulties which might be exper- niQRPQPFP.T IC PH&PfiPnl lenced in -kidnaping Mary Pick- lra, screen eutr, were ruinca ,u court records , here late today where three men are on trial. charged with a plot to kidnap the actress and hold her for $200,000 ransom. - The obstacle which the state charged the men discussed ere contained In the alleged con vocation of the trio, obtained by police through the use of a physi cian's stethoscope. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 27. (By Associated Press. Presi- dent Coolidge late today sent the LOVE AFFAIRS TANGLED following' letter of condolence to Teachers Said to Show Irreverence for Bible; : Would Stop the 1 Salaries of Offending Schoolmen , WASHINGTON; Jaly 27. -(By the Associated Press.) Formal motions for the dismissal of the the widow of William Jennings Bryan: My dear Mrs. Bryan: "The sudden death of Mr. Bryan brought a sense of personal loss to Mrs. Coolidge and myself. .It was only the ther day that he had been our guest at the white Glenn Gravatt, police shorthand) house. We wish to extend to you reporter declared he took note and your family our most heartfelt Officials Believe Kirk Made les- perate Attempts to Disprove ' Chances; Identity Mistaken Washington evolution case f were on conversations three different j sympathy. filed in ' the District of ! Cotumbia supreme .-ourt today jay the Calted States i. jvernment and Washing ton city authorities. " f : Tiiy will be presented, to Jus tice PiJdoDs tomorrow when the court calls up the injunction pro ceedings instituted by Loren H BRAWLEY. Cat, July 27. i(By Associated Press). That there were two Henry Kirks in the trag edy revealed by the "duel" deaths of two men In Imperial valley I last week and that it was the "wrong" Henry Kirk who was slain, is the latest theory developed by inves tigations working on the case, j In discussing the case tonight District Attorney Utley expressed Exploit Sakl Most Daring In Pro. hibltloa History; Cargo v Worth Fortune WIttner, a government employe, to Chicago's crime conditions an; ! stop the payment of salaries to bad. Its murder recotd la mere! certain ' Washington city school He was endowed I tho helief that John Truden. found the actress and the effective-1 with the great gift of eloquence, f dead at Jacumba with a suklde of the, athletic,, ability of The sincerity of his motives was note in his pocket stating he had tiun one a day. - Robheriee pre ctnnmilted at will. Neither, life itui pre perty is safe, t . -1 4 am inclined to 'tbrt-i with Judge Kickham Keanlan of the eu- perlt-r ctourt of Cook couniy. whin he Bitriiiutes the priuci;..! cause et crime to thj decadence of vae Atn! lean home, and I ' lelieve re ligion as a prevontatlra of crime will he the religion that enter the Lonso." . . TITLE IS EXPLAINED BRYAN CALLED f XHC GREAT t COMMONER'! BY ABBOTT 1' ing for him the last earthly serv ice believe he would approve 6f no funeral program but the sim plest. ? ri't'-T- T!f '! 1r:s '''$'W'' tfM k t )''"'! : 1 In other ways, however, the government and the nation ! will do what they are permitted to do to ' honor him. By direction 1 of President Coolidge, flags i on the government buildings will fly at half mast on the funeral day.-' His CHICAGO, July v 2 7. -(By As sociate ' Press.) The Chicago Herald and Examiner tonight says that the title "the great common er" was given, to William Jennings Bryan. by a newspaperman, Willis J. Abbott, now editor of the Chris tian Science Monitor, Must after Mr. Bryan's nomination in 1896, a the , democratic -candidate ior Al ptesroeTItr authorities on the ground; that they permit teaching In the public schools here of matter In disre spect for the Holy Bible.? Appearing for Frank WJiite, treasurer of the;-United StateB, one of the defendants In Wittner's suit,. .District Attorney . Cordon asked dismissal on several grounds the chief of which are that Wit tner as a taxpayer has no stand ing In court and that the United States government cannot be sued without its consent. Other grounds enumerated are: that the bill of complaint does not state tacts sufficient to constitute a valid cause of 'action in equity, That-' the complaint states no facts which. If true, ' would en- (Continued on pf 8) AIR gASE TO BE. MOVED TWO-f 1IRIIBLES MAY . BE HA R BORED IN SAN DHIGO 8AN Plans home DIEGO, Cal., July, 27.- for making San Diego the air port of the rigid dirig Ibles Los Angeles, and Shenandoah , and the main operating:! base of j all; future rigid type aircraft con structed by the United States navy today I were announced by Secre tary of the Navy Wilbur. The; unexpected announcement came Voluntarily from the secre tary brut a few minutes before he sailed with the congressional com mittee aboard the transport Hen ; derson for Hampton -Roads and i Washington. "San- Diego Is the only logical place In the country where lighter than air training and flight oper ations, of all kinds may be carried , out under the best possible con ditlons the year round,'1 said Mr, Wilbnjr. 1 - s .' "It-Is the Intention of the navy department as soon as funds may become available, to transfer the entire lighter than air activities of the navy to San Diego. The reas- ,oa for; this is that there are great er opportunity here for training with the fleet." Alter air. Bryan's famous "cross of gold", speech, which brought him ; that nomination, his hotel room was filled j with newspaper men. ' The secretary of the presl dent of the Burlington railroad, following a custom T5f many years standing in those days, came to tenderl to candidate the use of the railroad president's private car to return home to Nebraska. "But, Mr. Bryan, you certainly cannot do that," spoke up Mr. Abbott, the theme of the "Cross of gold" still fresh la his, mind. you are commoner. You are the" great commoner. K Mr. Bryan did not' accept the railroad president's offer. Several years later. In 1901, be tounded his weekly entitled, the "Com doner ; , - ... LAST SPEECH PREPARED BRYAN ADDRESS TO BE GIVEN '"' TO N EWSPAPERs nights, with the aid of a stetho-l -Mr. Bryan had been. a promin scope inserxea unaer a aoor in aient ngure m puDiic altairs for a d v;ntown hotel,--where the ' mn third of a century. He has been are ulleged to have flnajly agreed a leader in the advocacy of many to kidnap the actress. . ; t moral reforms and was represen- The major obstacle, according j tative of the effort for purity in to the documents, was in "picking our politicaflife up "- u .- k . buiuui, auuni v I hc oiuicuit UI U1S moilVBfl was I nnl. In h a luvbat atatlnor . . t . . f 1 1 I . . I " uuugias fairuanns, . ner nusuana, 1 oeyona aispute. He was three killed Hnrr Kirk in a duel and if they had to tear her away from times chosen head of a great oolit- was about to kill himself, thought him. Then again, the alleged con- leal nartv and held the eiaitt r.l h .u nmir unM irirv Mrm. versauonai siatement saia 11 ansa rice of secretary, of state. His er husband of Mrs. Bertha Kirk of ficKiora earned a gun and irw career was another examnio fJ Portland, when hfired the bnllet wnac American . opportunity at-1 that killed Henry Kirk, former fords to those who have the .will Industriously to apply themselves. It would be difficult tn find '""s aia coniemporaries any one with so larre ' a circle, nt friends and acquaintances who had so generously bestowed upon nim their esteem and confidence, I trUSt that VOIl mav".j vlrn ed yhen they feared. she, could npt great consolation In rememw.n John Truden " iv vuau UCi icica. o n,a Wftrth OTlrt In n 1. 1 J I I I unci B idici He also told of plans to kidnar faith thaf f i.t r, . , .1 1 v...c yiuiiucuCB UBS v-su, wuita was uruii- ordered U things well I'ctp wtauBo voogaa was a couxi vard. ' ..; ' ' The two on trial with Stephens u on mem rtnings wouia not Be o good." The first witness of the proat-l cutlon, M. T. Harney, a fohni-r roommate of C. Z. Stephens, one of the accused, declared the plot to kidnap film notables was hatch ed j three years ago. Pola Negi wr.s discussed as a possible victi?i, he .said, but the idea was abandon- comb, truck drivers. ;, The will be resumed tomorrow. trial Honolulu photographer. ! Utley bases his theory on :two letters, one the suicide letter of Truden and the other a letter written to the Associated Press by Mrs. Bertha Kirk expressing - the belief that the slain Kirk was: her former . husband, who six years ago married the divorced wife of said he and Kirk had been bitter enemies for six years, but admitted he was puzzled, because when he finally found himself Irving In the same town with his foe he "did not title plaintiff to the relief prayed I are Adrian Wood and Claud Hil- bnTAN DEATH AFFIRMED! recogn,Ie b,m here at tne botel for. That it Is manifest upon - the face of the eom plaint that Treas- n-rai Wttlta Yiaa nn 1n riiH n a 1 In terest in the controversy, and that ROBBERY ATTEHPT FAILS tne unued states alone wonia oei . . t affected by any decree against I TWO YOUNG MEN RUN AFTER wt. t a ,i . , I t 1 We. N .1 . FIRlAU GO. IN - AIR t .Cornoratlott Connsaltavena Jor 1 t . - --. . . ,nrv--: ----- the Washington . city authorities for-several weeks.1 FORMAL STATEMENT ISSUED Inquiry among relatives of the BY SECRETARY KELLOGQ 8laln Klrk devel0ed apparently not have been the Henrv Klrk who WASHINGTON, July 27. (By married the divorced wife of John Associated Prees.) By direction J Truden six years ago.- But the of President Coolidge, Secretary Kelfogg today formally announced also took the position. that WUUj (ui highwaymen failed In a rob- ner is wunout sianamg, ana ae-jbery attempt on the service sta TACOMA July 27.- Two youth-J for "the government the death of clared that the complaint falls to set forth any specific facts as to the teaching of anything In . dis respect of the Holy Bible tion of A. Orman this morning when the operator gave battle and routed them. When the attendant refused to lift hta hands or turn over the PASTORS DUE IN FALL contents of the station's till to the robbers, one of them tried to m- REV. STOVER IS RETURNING tlmldate him by firing a shot from AFTER FOtR YEARS a irevolver over bis head Into the roof. . , Fearing detection after the re port of the shot, the two robbers fled. - . , -. , A few minutes later officers ar rested Harry T. Lewis, 22. He was brought to central headquar ters and Is said to have confessed pulpit , for. seven l taking part m the attempiea BARLOW SITE DEDICATED MONU5IENT ERECTED TO ME5I ORY OP OREGON PIONEER 1 POftTLANp; 'July 2 7-A : mon ument In memory of . Samuel K. -Barlow, Oregon pioneer,! was dedi cated at Government camp on the Mount Hood loop highway today. It wa$ Mr. Barlow who carved the firet jroad across -the Cascade mountains I Into , the Willamette valley; and through his leadership the first wagon trains crossed over more than three-o.uartera of 'a eeatary ago. The monument was placed through efforts of the Sons and Daughters of Oregon ; Pioneer association. t Among those' who spoke at the -dedication ceremonies wag .Gov ernor! Walter M. Pierce and George Htmea, curator fit the Or- 'gon historical society. (The mon ument was unveiled by Madelon Brodi. Virginia Lee Harding and Susannah Lee Harding of Oregon City ai d Vernice Barlow of .Salem. DAYTON, Tenn., July 27. (By Associated Press). The . last speech of William Jennings Bryan will be delivered tomorrow after noon. Instead j of- being enunci ated in the ringing tones of the "boy orator of the Platte," how ever, it : wlir reach the. public through the medium of the news papers; - i ." ' Prepared by Mr. Bryan for nse during his participation in the pro'secutlon. !of f John . T h o m a s Scopes in the evolution case,' he was twice cheated of opportunities to deliver It. The first chance passed by a freakish twist of the. Scopes trial aa the attorneys', after expert tes timony was ; ruledr lnadmissable, agreed to confine their, remarks to the jury to a brief appeal for a verdict of guilty to speed the case on its way to the higher, courts Death intervened the second time, Mr., Bryan had determined to deliver the address during the next week . in Tennessee and had made arrangements for it to be printed and released to the press. After his death, announcements were made that .It would be re leased to newspapers for publica tion tomorrow; r; Rer. H. C. Stover, who lett the pulpit of the Central Congrega tional church here four years ago. will return Sept., 1, In answer to a call from his congregation.. Rev. Stover is at Freewater, Or. at present. Before leaving Salem, be occupied the years. : Rev. Norman K. Tully ot Ra ctne. Wis., left for Salem yester day, having preached his last ser mon there Sunday, according . to word received here. ' Rev Tully will take up his work as j pastor of the First i Presbyterian church Sept. 1. The trip to the coast la being made by automobile, J with He admitted firing the shot which narrowly missed striking the attendant of the station, po lice say. . ' . V William Jennlaga Bryan. The an nouncement follows: . -""By direction .of the president, the undersigned Is charged with the sad duty of announcing the death. July 26, 1925, at Dayton, Tmn., of William Jennings Bryan, a distinguished citizen of the Unit ed States formerly a representa- Mrs. Kirk! of Portland had been deceivad. f or a time at . least, by the similarity fif names and de scriptions of the two men. ; , It Is the district attorney's theory that Truden, fbo, was de ceived by the similarity of names and persuaded himself that ' the Henry Kirk he found in Imperial was the Henry Klrk he had been stops along the route forwlslts dynamite blast while clearing land with friends. , ; 'on his parents' farm near here. TWtf DIE IH CAR WRECK i. i. i ' ,"4- .,. - TRAIN HITS TRUCK; FATHER AND SONN5, ARE DEAD ' - i i :- X ' PORTLAND, July1 27. Steve Casale, farmer, was killed and his son, Louis, 5, died a. few hours later from injuries received when a truck driven by Philip Phillipl was struck by ah Oregon Wash ington Railroad Navigation: com pany work train at Buckley ave nue crossing i near here today Phillip! received injuries which physicians . said probably would prove fatal. ! RL.ST K1LIS WORKER - SAND POINT. Idaho, July 27. Glen Burwell, 25, was Instantly killed tonight by an accidental seeking for six years. i ! - Truden's suicide letter states: "T HMn'f i rMnrnl?A Mm ilT1rlr tlvc in congress from the etate of here at the hotel for 8evera, Nebraska, a colonel in the Spankh weeka. The ietter ai com. American war and secretary of piaina that Kirk kept "making Btt,J' . . excuses" in an effort to put off "In all these capacities hfc ser- the due, . xhege "excuses." Utley vices were characterized by a ;ith- beiiCves. may have been the des fulneae to duty and a devotion to perate efort9 of Kirk to explain public interest. His private life to Truden that there must be some wis one for the emulation of all TOi8take; that he knew! of no rea- Ameriacn citizen. inree iimes 8on wny Truden should want to the nominee or a great jjouucai i kJ1 hlm j rarty, bis aeatn win De especially Te mistaken identity theory mourned by ar personal following me no faTOr, however, with who held him in. affectionate e- Kirk's father, W. M. Klrk, who teem.' I came to Imperial valley last week "As a token or this respect, it is and haa hullt up his own explana ordered by the president that the ton of his son's death. 1 national flag be displayed at half The elder Kirk insists that staff on the national building at I there is no need to look beyond Washington on the date of thej tne borders of Imperial .county for NEW YORK. July 27. The 2.000-ton steamship Augusta 'was captured by... customs officers in the Hudson fiver off Dyckman street today after the ship had run the gauntlet of the rum blockade 'and her crew had un loaded and disposed of a cargo of liquor worth $250,000 at bootleg prices, leaving-15 bottles aboard. The crew of 24 men was arrested and the captain admitted having turned the liquor cargo over to "retailers" for distribution. . inis is the first known case since the coast guard blockade started that a ship of such size has successfully eluded the rum chasers and slipped into the har- As the ship was being towed to the barge office. Assistant Solicit or Barnes, of the legal division of the customs service, held a prelim Inary hearing aboard the vessel, examining Charles Wilson, acting captain, and ofhers of the crew. Customs officials said that the operations of the August were the most daring in the history of the customs and prohibition laws None of the officers had a license, it was charged, no log was kepi, and there were no ship's articles giving the names of the crew. The seizure of the Augusta came aiier customs oiriciais bad re ceived a tip that liquor was to be unloaded from It. Shortly before last midnight of ficers boarded the freighter, but found that of its cargo 2500 cases of champagne, "cordials and whis key, only 15 bottles remained se-j creted in the quarters of the offi cers. i Captain Wilson admitted that hefore dawn Sunday morning the liquor was transferred to a light er. Tally slips found on him con firmed his story. ! Assistant Solictor Barnes was unable to learn the names of the owners of the Augusta, but a con tract found among Wilson's- pa pers indicated that she had. been chartered by a new York man from a resident of Miami, Fla., for thesum of $1 and a.5A per. cent share of the profits. The contract stated the ship waa to be engaged exclusively In coast- Wise trade. It Is believed the liquor cargo was taken by the seized vessel from a suspected rum runner-off New Orleans. V1 A . . . me Augusta, a twin -screw freighter, is worth about $250,000 Day tort Friends Watch Be-. side Mortal Form of Will- .iam Jennings Bryan. DEATH COMES IN SLEEP Hamhle Follower Pay Last Trlb- - ute to Champ km of Chris tUn Faith; Body to Lie In State to funeral. (Signed) "Frank B. Kellogg. THE! GREAT (COMMONER CALLED TO DEATH -- I :- r i .?-Vf- J -:V. ": r ' : ' ' . . . ; ' V. ; . :' ..-. . .. -. ;: X.::. '; .' ' '"' t 1 'f ' '' ? ' h- '-''' H " - - 3'W ' , -' -i : ' , :n K" iV -7 " :. )fxJm t . , . s , ; ' t j i j :-.'. ; . ' -' i i ' . : : .. i: i ' '. ; . .". . ...... - ; ' ' " ' i ' - 1 s -.''' r ' ' -' i ; '. i . - " ! a motive: that bis son was killed over a woman living not far from the scene of the alleged duel. : He expressed I the belief today that a grand Jury Investigation would ' establish Uhis - motive beyond; a doubt and justify - the arrest of the woman In the case as well as her husband ASYLUM LAW IS UPHELD . j . - i JUDGE McMAHAN OVERRULES DEMURRER TO PETITION - Though questioning the legality of the state asylum taw. Judge L. H. McMahan overruled the demur rei to the petitioners to the state's return on tbe'.wrlt' In the Grant Mann habeas corpus proceedings Judge McMahan took the position that while commitments to tJe state hospital under the present Law might be unconstitutional, the matter waa of grave importance ! and would eventually be decided br the supreme -court. It i the statute is found unconstitutional, several hundreds of Inmates would be' found In the hospital on Invalid commitments. . ' The habeas corpus proceedings were brought by J. G. Mann, of HUlsboro. to obtain the release, of his brother. Grant Maan, who was committed from Washington county. : : , i - ' DIRIGIBLE IS STARTED This picture,' taken" a few days before his death, - shows William Jennings Bryan surrounded by,-bis aides; in the Scopes trial. ! All these men were Melons friends of tjM Ifciui statesman.";-Mr, Lryaif had 'held,, a conference with'them not over an hour before he. went to- his room for the" purpose of taking a short sleep. From right to It ft la tte photo! j 1L E. Hicks, J.' G. McKenzie, W. C. Haggard. William Jennings i Bryan, Harry M. Lawrence,' S. K-'nicka,- . MOONSHINER IS PAROLED ASSISTANCE TO OFFICERS RK- SULT8 IN RELEASE Six months in the county Jail and a parole, were riven ' Paul uno, confessed moonshiner when he appeared -before Judge Percy R. Kelly in circuit court Monday. The parole was granted upon the recommendation of District Attor ney Carson. . Muno, according to the district attorney's recommendation, had made it possible for officers to lo cate the Harry Bloeh still and had gone to his office Voluntarily. prior to the offense he had borne good reputation. Bloch. who la in the county Jail, will receive his sentence today. DAYTON. Tenn Jnly 27. (By Associated, Press.) Watched by his Dayton friends, the mortal form of WiHiam Jennings Bryan; whose spirit fled away as he slept late yesterday. Jay In the front room of a simple southern homo tonight while the Invalid widow worked out plans for bearing tho ' body of the former secretary of etate to Washington -for ultimate burial in the resting place of the nation's military heroes Arling ton -cemetery. Humble followers of the great commoner came from the Cum berland slopes late-today to gaze Into the face of him who was their champion of Christian faith and to pay the last tribute of honor and high esteem. -Tomorrow afternoon, under.! spreading maple on the lawn ot the Richard Rogers residence, . where the former democratic . chieftain spent his last days and -breathed his last breath, a mora formal ceremony will occur when the public is Invited to view the remains of the dead leader as ha , lies In state within a casket of bronze. . All details of the last rites fof . Mr. Bryan will be simple, with out display, in accordance with! the wishes ot Mrs. Bryan. The bereaved woman has borne he?, sorrow with unflinching courag and has at all timeM4rected tb arrangementa for theouTlal. The schedule ot the . funeral party as tentatively outlined lata, today by the widow and her grou of advisers, calls for the departure of,, the. body, from Dayton, on .a! special railroad car Wednesday" morning at 8 : 4 0 f o'clock After; the first part of the long Journey, the. 40 miles to Chattanooga, baa been made, the funeral car will be. attached to the regular train. of the Southern railway 'which: leaves for the nation's capital at 11:20- of the -same morning. Knoxrille, Bristol. Roanoke and, Lynchburg are scheduled stops for the sad procession before the body of the dead statesman la brought to Washington. In Washington it is planned to have the. body lie In state for another period, while thousands of friends and admirers march by to view the face of the man who fought so boldly In be hauf ot causes he held to be true and honorable. , ' . On Friday, at an hour to b determined as the events of the, intervening days unfold, Mrs, Bryan believed tonight the hones of her husband, thrice the presidential-nominee of his party, would be laid to final rest. These plans, it was made clear, tonight, were subject to revision. From the western states, two - , (CBtlDa4 par LAKEHURST, X. J., July 27. The navy dirigible ' Shenandoah was cast loose from her mast at 7:30 o'clock tonight tor the start of her, flight to -.Norfolk, - Ya., where she vflll take part. i maneuver wlth the fleet, j r : Events in the Life of William Jennings Bryan I860 March 19. born at Salem, 111. 1881 Graduated with highest honors and as valedictorian,' Illinois college. 1882 Received LL. B Union college ef law. Chicago: (A. M. from Illinois college year later) : admitted to bar in Illinois; practiced at Jacksonville. 111., moving to Lincoln, Neb., in 1887.. . .. 1884 October 1, married Mary Elizabeth Balrd of perry, in. 1891-5 Member of 52d congress and 52d congress from first Nebraska district. . . . 1895 Received democratic vote for U. S. senate from Nebraska legislature. 1894 Nominated for U. S. senator in Nebraska democratic con vention; defeated In legislature by John M. Thurston. 1894-96 Editor of Omaha. Neb,, World-Herald. , . 1896 Delegate democratic national convention., wrote "silver" plank and made famous "cross of gold" speech and received nomination for president of United States; traveled 18,000 miles in campaign and was defeated by William McKinley, I ' receiving l4 6 electoral otes to 271 for McKinley. - I 1 847. X rnnnaci1 hlmotatlam tan . , 1898 Raised 3rd regiment, Nebraska National Guard, for Spanish American war, becoming its colonel. 1900 Again nominated for president by democrats, populist tv. silver republican, conventions. ."Imperialism" declar".l paramount Issue. Receiving 155 electoral voter to McKin- .. ley's 292. ' . , 4 ;, " . 3901 Established the Commoner. 1906 Toured world and wrote for newspapers. 1908 For third time nominated for president at Denver conven tion. Jleceived 162 electoral -votes against 221 for William v Howard Taft,., . ! ' V 1912 Engineered nomination at President Wilson at -Baltimore. 1913 Made secretary of state. . - 1915 Resigned as secretary of state, breaking with YTilson. 1915 April 7. first urged democrats to espouse prohibition. 1916 Waa Woodrow Wilson's delegate at the democratic cations! . convention. - 1920 Held a proxy as a delegate to the democratic national con vention at San Francisco and was unsuccessful la fight for . a dry platform. 1919-24 Lectured and wrote on politics, religion and ethics, I -.it always an active influence in democratic party. 19?4 Delegate to New York democratic convention v.rir.K eoi.h satlon of McAdoo unsuccessfully. 1925 In May. espoused Bide of religion la. now Cf !. Lratf J evcl.i tioa trial in Tennessee. .---. 1925 July 26, died at Dayton. Tenn.