Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
PILGRIMS
SAIL FOR EUROPE
Insane Man Jumps in Water to
Swim Behind Ship and Ward
Off Torpedoes.
THOUSANDS SEE DEPARTURE
Bryan Stands on Dock, Waving
Red Rose, and Murmuring
God Bless You"
THOUSANDS SEE DEPARTURE
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NEW YORK. December i.-The good
ship Oscar H.. with Henry Ford's peace
pilgrims aboard set sail for blood
stained Europe at 1913 this afternoon.
Cheers and tears flooded Hoboken's
water front. William Jennings Bryan
stood on the end of the throngcd dock
God bless YOU"
Beside Bryan stood Thomas A. Edison
and Mrs. Ford and her son Edsai Be-
hind these stood 10000 bowling men
and women. And out of these 10000
one man went insane and jumped into
the water.
He jumped saying he'd swim behind
the ship TO ward off torpedoes. Public
opinion was forcing him TO do it, he
said. lie made clear dive right be-
meath the outstrctChcd arm of Mr.
Bryan, and then he started TO swim
1t took the crew OF the tug Girard H.
Keller ten minutes to fish the man out
of the river. They took him to St
Mary's Hospital.
Two bands were playing IT Didn't
Raise Ny Boy TO BE Soldier" 4
thousand flags were waving from the
crowded decks of the Oscar The rnobs
on the pier were singing, bowling,
whistlnE and crying. Some were
hysterical, others simply leaping up
and down emitting roars OF peace,
peace. peace. peace"
SHOWER OF RED ROSES
FALLS ON BRYAN AND EDISON
From the decks OF the liner there
fell shower of red roses. They de-
sccnded upon Mr. Edison and Mr.
Bryan. The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones,
of Chicago, was standing amidships
with his hand raised and his lips NOV
ing in prayer.
Ford was standing in the bow with
his hat in his hand and his face turned
skyward. Around him were dozen
women singing America" In front Of
him cameras were clicking and the
cinematograph machines whirring.
On the shore Juror that has not
been approached since Colonel Roose-
Welt returned from Africa was in prog
resS. There were impromptu religious
services. Hymns, reminiscent of Billy"
Sundays Paterson campaign. arose.
y Withholding individual with an
old-fashioned canvas telescope grip and
gray plug hat raced along the shore
crying he'd been left behind. and that
no peace would be legitimate without
Above all this madness there arose
the hoarse roar of the Oscars siren. the
Changing OF police ambulance bells, the
shricks of women who had suddenly
lost control of themselves, and the wild
screams OF the strange man in the
water
"Good-by. God bless you. Keen
vour shoulder to the wheel. and do not
lose courage. Right is might. and we
are right"
These were Bryan's last words to
Ford as the formcr left the decks of the
Oscar. an hour before sailing time.
You can do no harm by irving. you
may not be successful, but certainly
your hopes are for the best"
That is what Mr.. Edison said.
Possibly there's peace on the Oscar
j.. tonight. There was none to-day.
ENACT NUMBER SAILING
RErOHTED LESS THAN I4O
The exact number sailing is less
than lao. or these. tifty-four are
newspaper men and women, magazine
correspondents and camera men.
Almost everything from murder down
attended the sailing. Mr.. Bryan was
the busiest man on board. He was a
formal and official witness to the wed
ding of RcrtOn i3raley, poet and Miss
,larian Rubincam, newspaper girl He
vas kissed by an elderly woman who
wore many white streamerS, on which
Peace at Any Price" was printed The
kiss landed on Mr.. Bryans hand The
crowd was too great TO permit access
to his ruddy checks
He posed for the photograp piers on
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