Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-06
DEATH A GREAT SHOCK,
WASHINGTON MOURAS
White House and All Public
Buildings Fly Eggs at
Half I[ast
By Ass ocia,ed Press - Every Evenl7-

Nv ass ociate1 Press - Every Evenln-
OYSTER Bay T. /, jan 6.-coloneI
Tbeodoro Roosevelt died ii hie sleep
carly today 1t bi- home on sagamorc IGu
n lh- yilagc y ) O'Clock
The Colonel suffered severe attack
d rheumatism and -ciatica n Now Ycars
Day. but none believed that hi- illness
was scrions Tie former President sat up
most of sunday and retired It II o'clock
lest night About fonr =. n, Mrs
Roosevelt, who va he only other mem
her d The family at Oyster Bay. went to
her husband room and found that he
had dlod during the night
Mrs Roosevelt telephoned D Colonel
Enden Roosevelt. cousin Of the former
President, and tie came to the Roose-
veit home Immediately Tclegrans we're
dispatched 10 the coIoncls children, Who
we're IN other parts of the country. Two
Of the coionci's sons. Major Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and Captain Kermit
Roosevelt are in service 1broad, Captain
Archie Roosevelt and his wife LETT New
York last night Tor Boston, where the
captains sife's father is i'll.
Mrs. Ethel Derby and her two children
arc N Aiken, :. G.
WENT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.
kilograms of condolences and sympathy
began 70 pour II from all parts Of the
country today as soon as the news ol
Colonel Roosevelt'S death became known.
The former President came to his home
on Sycamore Hill from the Roosevelt
Hospital on Christmas Day. but a week
later was stricken with a severe attack
OF rheumatism and sciatica. from which
he had been suffering for some time. The
rheumatism affected his right hand ana il
became much swollen. lie renamed in
his room and efforts we're made % check
the trouble. Last saturday the eoionel's
secretary. Miss Josephine >tricklr called
to see him, BIZ; the colonel was asleep
in his room.
Miss >trieker sad today that 10 one
had any idea that death was 50 near at
/ hand
Flags were placed Al half mas, Custer
Bay today
The exact time Of Colonel BooscYcIts
death WAS .l5 i. m rs nearly can he
determined, for there was no person ~
his bedside 1T the moment he passed away.
\ minute or two before, his attendant,
James Amos his Young colorca attendant
noticed that the patient was breathing
heavily ia his sleep and went t0 call
nurse When he returned with her the
former President was dead Mrs Roose-
yelt WIS immediately summoned.
New York, Jan 6. News of tic death
of the former President was received here
by Miss Josephine Stricker. the colonels
+ secretary. in a telephone message from
The immediate cause oi Colonel Roose-
velt's death was pulmonary cmbolism.
or lodgment IN the lung Of j blood clot
from broken VEN, one OF MS physicians
stated
Death, it vas SAID, came to him pain
icsSlv as he slept
Three physicians had been in attend
ance upon the colonel SINCE he was taken
70 Roosevelt ! ospital seven weeks ago 20
be treated Tor what was believed TO bc
.ciatica. The patient trouble Was later
diagnosed as iniammatory rheumatism
which, according To ono Of the doctors,
had affected virtually every iolnt III his
body
The colonels physicians were DT. ]. A.
Faller. Of Oyster Bay, and Dr. j. ii.
Richards and DR. John I'll. Hartwell, If
New York City
Miss Stricker said the colonel had SUI
tered an attack Of infiammatory rheu-
matism on New Years Day and had since
been more or less confined to his room.
coNDrlGN NOT ALA MING
The attack Of rheumatism settled main
N in Colonel Roosevelt 5 right hand and
Mrs Roosevelt sent at once for nurse
in the village OF Oyster Bay His con-
dtion did not at first seem to be alarm
ing, and the turn tor The Wo1se - believed