NOTED AMERICAN'S DEATH

Evening Star, Issue 19004, 28 July 1925, Page 5

NOTED AMERICAN'S DEATH

MB W. J. BRYAM

HEART FAILURE Prone Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. VANCOUVER, July 26. A message from Dayton states that Mr Bryan was found dead in bod late this afternoon. Ho had partaken of a heavy dinner, and said he was Iceling well, but would take a short rest. Mr Rryau’s death came on the eve of a crusade lie had planned against modernism. That he died as the result of acute dilatation of the heart is the opinion of J).r Raymond Wallace, who was consulted by Mir Bryan in Dayton during the Scopes trial, and who made an examination of him on Friday.— Ben ter. NEW YORK, July 27. (Received July 28, at 9.60 a.in.) A message from Dayton states: “There are many people who believe that Mr Bryan hastened his own end by his intemperance regarding food. Ho was always a prodigious eater. Although he was supposed to be dieting, it was realised that Dayton’s hospitality to their champion was most likely to he fatal. The Dayton Progressive Club gave a banquet on the first night of the trial. Sir Bryan insisted on having brown bread. Ho said he was on a diabetic diet. He then ate _ a huge dish of mashed potatoes, in which there was more starch than in a loaf of white bread. On the opening day of the trial Mr Bryan was suffering from prickly heat. The powder which he had put about his cheeks and eyes gave a ghastly tinge to his flushed and perspiring face. Mr Bryan again indulged in a most hearty meal before taking his “ death ” nap.—A. and N.Z. Cable. threats~aca:inst his life. VANCOUVER, July 26. A message from Chattanooga (Tennessee) says that Captain Marion Perkins, who was in charge of a squad of Chattanooga police mi duty at Dayton during the Scopes trial, said that many threats had been made against the life of Mr Bryan. It is also reported that an inquest will he held. —A. and N.Z. Cable.

THE DAYTON TRIAL. A PROMINENT FIGURE. VAUCOUVER, July 20. Heart disease is given ns the cause of Mr Rryan’s death. Ho attended service at the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church bolero lunch, and afterwards retired for a short nap. Later Mrs Bryan passed through the room and noticed him breathing heavily. She summoned a neighbor, who in turn called two doctoss, who said that Mr Bryan had been dead lor about til teen minutes. Mr Bryan came to Dayton for the recent Scopes trial, in the course of which he vigorously defended the teachings of the Bible. He was due to leave on 'Tuesday for Knoxville to deliver a speech, and he then intended to go to Nashville for a similar engagement before proceeding to Florida. He was preparing bis speech here for Monday night, before which he was to meet the citizens to lay plans for the Bryan College movement which was launched at a dinner on Monday. His wife expressed a desire for the burial of the body at the Arlington National Cemetery.

Mr Bryan was at different times editor, lawyer, and Democratic candidate for the Presidency. Ho was Secretary of State for a time in the first AVilson Cabinet, and a national figure of great prominence. Ho was sixtyfive years of ago.—Router.