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MRS. BRYAN RECEIVES MES
SAGE FROM PRESIDENT
HITCH? SHIP IS SEIZED AFTER
CERS TO STRICT ACCOUNT
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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
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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
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TRAIN HITS TRUCK; FATHER
AND SONN5, ARE DEAD
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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
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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
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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. :
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' 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
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(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.