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Show WRIGHT LAID AT REST. - j Thousands Attend Funeral of the Father of Aviation. Dayton, O. Thousands of persons paid final respects on Saturday to the memory of Wilbur Wright, while the body of the "Father of, Aviation" lay in state at the First Presbyterian church. During the funeral it was arranged that all street car and steam road traffic in Dayton should be suspended suspend-ed for five minutes while church hells throughout the city tolled. The funeral ceremonies were conducted con-ducted by Rev. Maurice Wilson, pastor pas-tor of the First Presbyterian church. The pall bearers included friends ol Wright's boyhood. |