Arizona republican., 1918-07-18
REP0RTEDDEATH OF ROOSEVELT
 NUT CONFIRMED
Ray of Hope That Young
 Aviator May Not Have Fallen in Combat Con- tained in Cable Message
Republican A. P. Leased Wire]

OYSTER BAY, N. Y. July 17.-A ray of hope that Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt may not have fallen to his death in a combat was brought to Col. Roosevelt and his wife tonight in a cable message from Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., in Paris, in which she says the report was absolutely uncon- firmed there." The former president I felt. however, there was only a slight possibility that his youngest son is alive.
 The message from Mrs. Roosevelt, who is doing Red Cross work in the French capital. contained nothing but the simple statement that she had been able to get no confirmation of Quen- tins death and Col. Roosevelt feared there was little room to doubt the ac- curacy of the press dispatches. Village Honors Young Warrior Thousands of telegrams of condo lence were received today at Saga more Hill. Colonel Roosevelt had nothing to add, however, to the brief statement he issued earlier in the day in which he expressed for himself and his wife sad pride that their son had been given an opportunity to show the stuff of which he was made before he died.
 Just at sundown a gold star was placed on the village service flag to mark the first death among the vil- | lage's young warriors.
 Col. Roosevelt learned that his son Quentin was missing through press dispatches this morning. He said he ] had nothing to say at this time but would make a statement later. The colonel had planned to visit New York today but cancelled his visit.
 Last Seen Sunday Morning | PARIS. July 17-Leut. Roosevelt was last seen in combat on Sunday morning with two enemy airplanes about ten miles inside the German lines in the Chateau Thierry sector. He started out with a patrol of 13 Ameri- can machines. They encountered seven Germans and were chasing them back when two of them turned on Lieut.. | Roosevelt.
 Reports of the fight state that the Germans appeared to be shooting at the Lieutenant from the rear, the three machines being close together. Then lone of the machines was seen tumbling through the clouds and a patrol which went in search of Lieut.. Roosevelt re- turned without trace of him. He ap- Ipeared to be fighting up to the last moment
 One account of the combat states lthat the machine caught fire before it began to fall
 Quentin Roosevelt in April, 1S17 joined the Canadian aviation corps to train for service with the American army He was commissioned last fall and in the present spring began active l air- ne on the French front. On July he took part in an aerial battle between Amer ican and German machines in the Marne region and on July 10 it was announced that he had brought dowI his first German airplane in figh1 north of Chateau Thierry.
 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Jul! l17.-Col. Theodore Roosevelt will de liver the princinn1 address at the re publican state convention tomorrow notwithstanding the death of his son Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt, in an aeria combat in France This word was re
 ceived this afternoon by Senator Theo
 dore Douglas Robinson. nephew o
 the Colonel over the telephone iron
 Oyster Bay.
 WASHINGTON, July 1.-The wa
 department late tonight still was with
 out official information from Franc
 regarding the death of Lieut.. Quenti
 Roosevelt, who was reported by tn
 Havas agency as having been sho down behind the German lines wh1l engaging two German airplanes.
 It was assumed that report woul
 be made in General Pershing's com
 munioue for yesterday which has bee
 delayed in transmission.