Evening star., 1925-08-24
AS LOVER Of truth,
LAWSON IS PRAISED
Simplicity Marks Rites for
Editor and PubIisher-No-
tables Attend.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, August 24.-Utter sim
plicity marked the funeral services
and burial today Of Victor Fremont
Lawson. for so years publisher of the
Chicago Daily News and world fig
ure in journalism.
Notables of the Nation, city and of
the newspaper world attended the
funeral in the New England Congre-
gational Church, of which Mr.. Lawson
was a member nearly half a century,
but, in keeping with his wish, left
the final rite to be attended by his
few surviving relatives and close
friends
Speaking from an altar nearly hid
den in the profusion of floral offer
ings, the Rev. DIR. OZore Stearns
Davis, president of the Chicago Theo-
logical Seminary, paid d last tribute
to his friend of l6 years, Victor F.
Lawson, the lover and defender of
truth" and "a Christian gentleman" "
Uses Lawson Bible.
Reading OF scriptual passa ges Willy
underlined in his Bible by Mr.. Law
son. the ninety-third Psalm, prayer
and the singing of three hymns.
America, the Beautiful" " Lea d
Kindly Light and The Homela nd, -
much admired by the publisher, com
pleted the ceTemonv
There was no pomp. respecting Mr..
Lawson's wish. and do display aside
from the many wTeaths and sprays of
flowers. One sheaf was from Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge, old friends of
MIR. Lawson. "A pre-eminent example
nf ,fti Ia M
Coolidge called him in a statement
issued last Thursday, the day after
the noted journalists S death.
Charles q. Dawes. the Vice Presi-
dent, attended the funeral with his
brother, William X. Dawes, president
of the Chicago Association of Com.
merce.
Mayor William Z. Dever and the
members of the Chicago city council
OF Chicago citizens.
There were delegations from the
Union League Club.
Leading Newspaper Men.
The Rotary Club, Publishers Club,
Chicago; Theological Seminary. Chi
cago Board of Trade, American News
paper Publishers Association and a
number of boys representing the Daily
ers attended.
Melville f. Stone. counsellor of the
Associated Press, and. with Mr.. Law
son. co-founder of the organization
and for u years his partner in pro
prietorship of the Daily News
Adolph s. Ochs, publisher of the New
York Times: Frank r. Noyes, presi.
dent of the Associated Press: George
Rogers of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer
and all of the Mr.. Lawsons cotem-
poraries in Chicago journalism, at
tended the funeral
Many others representing the pro
fession in which the dead publisher
made his influence powerfully felt for
nearly 80 years were in the assem-
blage which paid its final tribute
They included HopewelI l.. Rogers
assistant to Mr.. Lawson: Walter a.
Strong. business manager of the
Daily News, and Charles H. Dennis,
the News managing editor.
Relatives Present
The small circle of relatives left to
mourn Mr.. Lawson S passing had but
one break William Harrison Brad
ley. who married Mr.. Lawson s sister,
and whose own sister became Mrs.
Victor Lawson. was forced by illness
to remain at home in Ridgefield, Conn,
The group of relatives was headed by
Iver Norman Lawson, the publisher $
brother. and included Mrs. Iver Law
son. Iver, jr: their daughter, Mrs
Clark NJ. Cavanee of Chicago, and
Misses Marion Kari Bradley and Mary
Linda Bradley, daughters of William
Harrison Bradley.
The Journalists body was laid to resi-
in Graceland Cemetery alongside that
of Mrs. Lawson. who preceded him in
death l years ago.
In tribute to the memory OF the
man who devoted much of his life
to the creation and furtherance OF
the great cooperative endeavor al
news exchange, the Associated Press
all wires of the organization Were
silent for three minutes at the hour
the funeral service for Mr.. Lawson
was begun.
Tribute i'm Sermon.
Tribute TO Mr.. Lawson as "the
lover and defender of the truth" and
as a Christian gentleman, was paid
in the funeral sermon delivered by
Rev. DIR. Ozora Stearns Davis. presi
dent of the Chicago Theological Sem
mary.
Victor +. Lawson was the lover
and defender of truth said Rev.
illuminating single fact in all his
career. 1t sheds clear light on all
that he dreamed and did. In his
Bible there are heavy marks of ap
proval set against all expressions OF
loyalty to truth. especially the sin
gle affirmation. but above all things
truth beareth away the victory
"Out of this central love for truth
and unswerving loyalty to it grew his
devotion to his work, his comrades
and his God. To hear Mr.. Lawson
speak in those sacred moments when
he revealed his deepest self WIS 10
understand with what intensity OF
conviction he gave himself to the de
velopment of the Daily News, and
the other great enterprises that alb
sorbed him so completely, and TO
which our present human prudence
would affirm that he gave himself
with the sacrifice which may have
shortened his earthly years.
His was the simple religion of
faith and loyalty to truth of trust
in Christ and service to men in His
Spirit. He was a Christian gentle