Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-07-24
ROOSEVELT'S SONS AT FRONT.
Quentin Dies Victim of Hun Airman.
Theodore, DR., Injured.

Paris, July l7.-Lieut. Quentin
Roosevelt, youngest son OF the for
mcr President of the United States,
has been killed in an airplane fight.
His machine fell into the enemy
lines.
Hoped Against Hope.
oyster Bay. y. Y, July IA ray
OF hope that Lieut.. Quentin Roose-
welt may not have fallen to his death
in Il combat with a squadron OF Ger
man irplancs, was brought to Col.
Roos6velt and his wife tonight in a
cable message scnt from Paris by
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., in
which she said the report was "abso-
iutcly unconlirmcd' there. The for
mer President felt, however. that
there only is a slight possibility that
his youngest son may still live.
The message from Mrs. Roosevelt,
who is doing Red Cross work in the
but the simple statement that she
had been able to get no Information
OF Quentin's death, and Col. Roose-
welt feared there was little room to
doubt the accuracy Of the press dis
patches which said that the young
ilier had met a soldiers death.
thousands of kilograms Of condo
lcnce were received to-day at Saga
more Hill, the Roosevelt home
Glad He Served Country.
Oyster Bay, July 17.--"Quen-
tins mother and | are very glad
that he got to the front and had
the chance to render some SER
vice to his country and to show
y thnrn in no
his fate bcfell him.
This was the statement issued
by Col. Roosevelt to-day after
press dispatches had furnished
some confirmation of earlier re-
ports that his son, Lieut.. Quen-
tin Roosevelt, had been killed In
an aerial battle IN France.
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Confirmation from Germany.
Amsterdam, July 2l.--The death
OF Quentin Roosevelt is confirmed by
Il Wolff bureau message from the
front. according to il Berlin dispatch
received here. The message adds
with military honors by the Ger
mans. The story OF the fatal encoun-
ter, as told by the correspondent, FOL
lows:
'On Sunday. July IA, an American
squadron OF - battle planes was try
ing to break through the German
defense over the Marnc. In the vio-
lent combat which cnsucd with seven
German machines, one American av-
iator StubbOrnly made repeated at
tacks. This eliminated in a duel be-
tween him and German non-com~
misSiOncd officer who, after a short
fight. succeeded in getting good aim
at his brave but inexperienced oppo-
ncnt, whose machine fell after a few
shots near the village OF Chambry.
10 kilometres north Of the Marine.
His pocket case showed him to
be Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt, Of the
aviation section OF the United States
army. The personal belongings of
the fallen airman are being carefully
kept with view TO sending them
later to his relatives. The earthly
remains OF the brave young airman
were buried with military hOnors BY
German aviators near Chambry, at
the spot where he fell
Theodore, Jr., Injured.
Oyster Bay, July 20.-AIajor Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr., has been slightly
wounded and taken to a hospital In
Paris. according to cable message
received tonight by his father, Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, from his daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr. The cablegram was sent from
Paris. where Mrs. Roosevelt Is in a
Red Cross hospital. 1t said:
Ted wounded. Not seriously.
Here with me. Not any danger. No
cause for anxiety"
Major Roosevelt was recently cited
for gallantry after having been gassed
about three weeks ago.
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