Show r N Nation tion Mourns Mourns Commoner Common r c 4 5 7 i I 1 s 1 s 3 v c t 4 g I r pk I MM b i n 4 4 9 Tribute from friends and opponents alike was expressed expressed ex ex- I pressed today for William Jennings Bryan celebrated leader in American politics for r more than thirty years I who died Sunday y afternoon at Dayton T Tenn nn y y Bryans Bryan's Body toR st st. ryans DO t tOn On Arlington ington Knoll Knoll Overlooking Potomac f sA fN G O. O ui t pf rTh if far wi l mJ J Jennings Bryan will be held he here e Fr afternoon and burial will wilt take pi place co late that day daya a at W r. r July f 27 27 27 Pr Press s A ibIe pI in vin in f I the southern part of Arlington national cem cem l o on th the crest cret of a little knoll that slopes steeply toward the Potomac wilf bethe be the final resting place Of f William Jennings Bryan Ben G. G Davis former secretary to the he commoner visited the cemetery today with officers of the lie Corps orp arid and ri J sele selected t d' d the plot plo for the grace of Bryan By JOHN I ICK 7 United Press Staff Correspondent DAYTON DAYTO Tenn July 4 7 l ii g Bryan r f the crusader crusader grim grim of feature in hi de l' l de death he 1 in life i rests ts today today to to- da day in il itlie c camp mp of his friell t and a. a f follo llo rs liere r he of hi his lus last great battle There here will be no funeral s services s here previous to to departure de de departure c part re of the body for Washington at a a. 40 a. a m. m Vf Wednesday r The elt city of ot Dayton Its i ts stor stores 5 los d in honor o of hi his memory and n 1 its its' people offering as one Onel whatever aid aidis' aidis id is is possible for the stricken en widOw Is in mourning SCORES SCORES SCORES' PAY PAY TRIBUTE Tod Today y the great Com Commoner oner voice yoke for tor thirty years ha pas has espoused espouse doctrines ranging from flom if international j peace to free silver l 1 lay Y y state inState on the front lawn la of th the R Rj h hard td Rogers home horde F From oin 2 t toiS 5 scores of folks fones p p passed b bt th ih bi r to pay him final hallI age in in lh death Tomorrow the tue bO body y ilg again in wll be taken taken o out f. f BO c that those hose w vh who did not see him today may have another opportunity On the porch of the home Mrs Mra Bran Bryan sitting In her wheel chair chai- watched the slow sIw file of of r Da Dayton t n citizens pass by Wednesday his widow will tak tiki him to Washington t for r burI burial l on ri tIe the green slopes of ot Arlington ce cemetery nete tery last resting place of many AmerIcan American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean heroes DECLINES SPECIAL TRAI TRAIN TRAIN- J The So Southern th rn r railway Uway re l td to furnish a special train for tor the the- rl rip nip D to Washington but Mrs Dayton Dayon declined It It would be top much sh show W. W she said simply So the tile body will be taken in her care care ozi on ozia ona on ona a special c car r only c cA A special guard of at the American I legion will accompany it It The funeral services In ion ion ton probably probably will wil be held held F Friday ay Elated with the r reception eption accorded ac accorded ac- ac corded crded him at Winchester Winchester- Tenn where he delivered del a a. a stirring l before fore a record crowd Bryan yesterday returned to th the home of R Rl hard Rodgers his Ie headquarters 1 d during ring the recent Scopes trIa trial I fOr nev never r felt feit better In my life he said su agai ln and again in In re re response re- re to inquiries of ot friends who feared his activity In speechmaking speech speech- 11 making maling ing over over the week weCk end might I pro e too great greit a a astraIn strain So he rite ate a 1 hearty a ty Teal lI He t then en decided decided decided de de- de- de to take a a. nap and went to toija l his ija II room adjoining the front porch Mrs Bryan sea seated ed her herself ef on the porch to read A few minutes later I Mrs s. s C C. E. E Stevens l Ir Mrs frs Bryans Bryan's housekeeper passed through through- the he commoners commoner's roomI room I II 1 think im lm going to g get t a passed good sleep Bryan told her cheerfully Sometime later Mrs Bryan heard heard hearda a t f faint int groan h In her hus husbands husband's husbands hus' hus I bands band's room About 4 o'clock she became nervous and asked Wll- Wll I Ham fam H. H McCartney McCartne the the family c chauffeur to go to her husband and see If he was as all right 1 McCartney y was was' wasU U unable bl to puse rouse puse nr Cryan an Realizing something was he called a neighbor neighbors A. A B. B Andrews who summoned D Doctors Continued on ozi page 8 1 pryan s Body to Rest t On Arlington Rno Knoll from pa pass paa 1 1 ii Broyles s and W W. Thomison Thomis si r ryan r had been been dead twenty l t s. s the physicians said pi occurred at about Vj Apoplexy acco accompanied by I e 1 hemorrhage was as as the i se according to Dr Broyles 3 Sue e Hicks and end McCartney wern erA the last to converse with Bryan before his death I i TO PUBLISHER J About p. p in m. Mr BryanS Bryan S caked If d me On the telephone and ce ve tall talked l a few minutes Hick R said ld Ht HE was having printed in bt form orm the speech he was us t to hav presented to the tho Scopes j Jury r had the necessity arisen Bryan conversed freely about C ht hf Ma speech and said he was ha having V al ilal ral co copies les sent me Near the thee e en ep JV of our conversation M Mr l- l Bry n complained of feeling iii b t tl pass flit it of off lightly with th the bark that he would be fit as as 31 a le after aHer a few Cew hours hours' sll sleep p. p Lr t to have a physician v k him nm but DU ne he laughed and id was no need of any alarm Its It's Just a little bad feeling Ill I'll be light in a few minutes I f Il WoO i hung up and the next I f he was was' dead J l s a few minutes after atter 4 I that L' L McCartney entered Bry Bryan's Bryans ns n's rO room nt and called nim The com com- J er did not stir and McCartney shook him FINDS FINDS BRYAN DEAD v He Jie didn't awaken so I shook Him hrin the chauffeur told th e Press Then I pla placed ed m my hai d I Id d on his forehead to see if he I was all right and he felt cold I jerked the sheet aside and felt his hist t face It was cold too His Ills hands w were r cold and then I khew he w was s dead Mrs Bryan Bran sat just outside the thedo do py reading and I called to her Airs Mr Bryan Im I'm afraid something lu has lias happened to Mr M. Bryan She dropped her papers Her tt JE g vent went white She knew he hev v wa- wa as ead before she came In and touched o C Ched hed ched him Darling Darlin Darling she called dynt went to to his s side de and s shook ool t hI him He lIe didn't answer an and 1 she ft til across cross the bed crying I 1 went ti n helped her away and o out t on porch where she dropped Into jt to I yelled for Mr Hicks null some of the others others others-I I dont don't it all very ery distinctly lt It such shock shock and and somebody I a know who came running sunning ls lawyer friends went Into Jj s- s and came out solemn ced d. d One cried a n little We caI called d a doctor but he couldn't S do anything but tell teU us something W Ws se already knew that knew that Mr Bryan jv as dead WIDOW NEAR COLLAPSE I The rhe physician gently drew v the he sheet over the commoners commoner's face facend nd rid then attended Mrs Bryan vho ho was fighting against a cole col- col e After the first outburst of offer f er grief she bote bore up bracely She reclined on a bed in ln the adjoining l lo sOm m mand m and lay jay sobbing faintly while preliminary arrangements were made for disposition of her busbani's hus- hus ban is body News of the death spread rap rap- idly D Dayton loved Br Bryan an and the death deith Eath report was wat a stunning blow to the citizens Many any refused to believe it and hastened to te tSe resl- resl dence denee where the commoner la lay Soon a solemn gathering of th the townsfolk to who recently had I h cred him in his prosecution of Pohn T. T Scopes assembled All stood respectfully bareheaded tearfully trying to realize news that seemed almost uno un- un o Because everyone Including himself him him- self Believed he had passed through the strenuous days of the evolution trial without suffering the least detriment to his health Bryans Bryan's death came me as a n tremendous dous OUs shock REFUSES TO REST Only a few hours before he had talked ked with friends of the big bat bat- ahead tle-ahead in connection with the theS S Scopes case Friends suggested a t ef f vacation before continuing the fight but over o hit bc recent victory in obtaining the conviction o of Scopes Bryan Bran re reUsed refused re- re fused Used to rest That Bryan Bran died of heart failure fail fali- ure Instead of apoplexy was tho the expressed t b y r Dr Raymond Wallace Chattanooga physician an wh who made an examination of BrYan last Friday Hi His Hla examInation examination examina examIna- tion tion revealed re according to Dr Wallace a slight dilation of th thi the i at rt with missed beats Blood pr pressure ure was normal though the ankles showed a n slight swelling Jn s h the physician attributed to II J heart action Dr Wallace said sad he advised rest and change changer V r diet but that same ame day Bryan ent to Jasper and made a speech loll followed owed by another at Winchester Saturday S 4 the ho time of His death one of Bryans Bryan's chief amt was for tor forthe forthe the creation of the proposed Doan Bryan university at Dayton He had planned to confer today with the promoters of the proposed col- col pege with the idea of arranging a financial clat program and curriculum After the conference he was to have h he e addressed a. a mass meeting at athe he Dayton courthouse Dayton's demonstration in his honor before b fore he left teft LEADS EADS IN PRAYER 4 Less than five hours before hi his hilt died the commo commoner er had been the center of Int interest rest at Qt t the Southern Methodist church where he ted fed ed the congregation In prayer Later he conferred with C. C Wesley Vesley Hicks choir hoir director on th the thEl music for the sermon on What Wha t Shall ShaH I Do With sus which Mr Bryan Bran was to toa a delivered last night Bryan Bran I asked that two hymns be sung One Sweetly Solemn Thought and Ill Go Where You Tou Want Vant Me ole to Go following the services practically every member of th the audience shook hands with him Bryans Bryan's three children William Jennings Jennings Bryan Jr of Los Angeles C Cal C l. l Mrs Ruth Bryan Owens of Mt Vernon Ohio and Mrs Richard L L. Hargraves all aU are on their way to t Dayton They are expected to rive iii Tuesday LH II E. E and Sue Hicks Wallace E. E Haggard and Judge J J. G. G McKenzie attorneys a who fought side by by side with Bryan during the Scopes trial kept an all night vigil over the body of ot their dead colleague White will be the mourning color which will be observed by relatives it was announced In compliance wit with a a. wish that he had expressed to his wife Bryan probably will be bo burled buried In Arlington Arling Arling- ton cemetery Washington D. D C. C Mrs Bryan telegraphed Ben G GDavis GDavis Davis an all intimate friend of ot the commoner at Washington and him to make plans pl-ns for the burial of Br Bryan an at Arlington Davis t today day was making arrangements with the war department RANKS AS COLONEL Bryan Bran Is entitled to a n military burial at the national cemetery be because because because be- be cause of his services during the Spanish-American Spanish war when he raised a regiment of volunteers and served as colonel r Dayton ayton today mourned the loss of the foremost citizen of the world Ma Mayor or A. A P. P Haggard issued d a proclamation proclamation proc proc- calling upon all business houses to close for the da day Flags were masted half and everywhere there was genuine sorrow The mayors mayor's proclamation read To the people of ot the city of Dayton Dayton Day Day- ton Term The Hon William Jennings Bryan the foremost citizen of the world has fallen while hUe the honored guest of our city Dayton Daton has hns never before been so honored as by his twenty days' days sojourn in our midst He fell feU while in the line of duty In Inthe Inthe inthe the cause dearest to his heart In all aU his honorable and notable ca ca- ca reer All Dayton Daton mourns his untimely death and as an expression of su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme respect and him I A. A P. P Haggard chairman of the board of commissioners for the city of Dayton do hereby declare Monday Monda Monday Mon Mon- da day July 27 27 a holiday and here hereby y call on all the people of Dayton to close a all 1 pla places es of business display their flags at half mast and re refrain refrain refrain re- re frain from all nil avocations as a token of our sorrow sorrow for his untimely death MRS BRYAN BEARS UP Mrs Br Bryan Brian an t today day was bearing up well I I 1 am glad he died in peace and without suffering Mrs l Bryan said The body will lie Ue Jn tn state at the court house where Bryan Bran so vigorously vigorously vigorously vigor vigor- championed the teachings of ol the Bible in the evolution trial and the simple folk of the Tennessee mountains mountains' who cheered and acclaimed acclaimed acclaimed ac ac- ac- ac claimed him at ever every word will be given a last opportunity to view him Tentative are for tor forthe forthe the bod body to remain here until Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day night when It wili b be shipped to Washington for burial T l Tele Telegrams le- le gr grams grains ms of condolence and sympathy poured in upon the ber bereaved aved widow from all parts of the nation today The bitter bittel words that passed be between between between be- be tween the principals in the Scopes evolution trial were forgotten and Bryans Bryan's opponents came forward with w statements testifying to their high regard for himI himI himI him I am pained to hear bear of the death of Mr Bryan said Raid Clarence Darrow Darrow Darrow Dar- Dar row chief defense lawyer in the evolution evolution evo evo- lution trial who subjected Bryan to toa toa toa a merciless examination on his knowledge of the Bible and scientific scientific subjects I have known Bryan since 1896 and supported him him twice for the presidency He was a man of strong convictions and always es espoused espoused espoused es- es his cause with ability and courage I differed with him on many questions but always respected his ils sincerity and devotion 1 am very ery sorry for his family family- family and and for for his friends who loved him |