The Springdale news., 1919-01-10
-nropoRE ROOSEVELT DEAD
president Expires al His Home at Oyster Bay Jan. G.

+or Bay. N. Y, Jan. 6.-Col
 o Ioro Roosevelt, twenty-slxth lDeGa ;aant of the United States, who pie,'' ~, his home on Sagamore Hill o..J l, today. Will be buried without ea..s ar ceremony in Young's Mem poinp cemetery in this village, We'd oilal lav afternoon. He will be buried hs''@' tnolI overlooking Long Island oa e,nd plot which he and Mrs. oO'''~ s,,olt selected soon after he left the White House. :, 'A5 .f+ar prayers at the Roosevelt ,.,a at which only members of the szs;lc will l. present, the funeral ,.,.;re ia. will be held at 12:45 o'clock ;s Christ Epis5opa church, the little ,, F.ansa structure where for years V.s .t colosel and his family worshiped. ' raneral to Be Simple.
 '. tbs feauest of Mrs. Roosevelt, no aaaars wiil be sent. The altar will ta decorated only with laurel placed
 :. for the Christmas season. Also ;a .orfoFmarce with Mrs. Roosevelt's ,a;.bss there will be no music and aa eulogv. but only the simple ser vice of the Episcopal church, conduct .5 hy the 3astor. the Rev. George E. Talmage
 The church founded in l7o5, and rabuilt in 1878, will aceomadate less ,han 50o parSsas, so that admittanee ,gil he by card only These cards will be issued from the colonefs office ;n Now York. and will be given only 4o relatives and intimate friends.
 Dies While Asleep.
 It was at 4.15 o'clock this morn inc that the former president died in bis sIeep. painlessly. His death was dna directly to blood clot lodged in one lung. the f@sult of inflammatory rheumatism
 Put out the light, please were h;s last words. They were address ed to his attendant, James Amos. a vonng negro. who had been in his service since he left the White House.
 Some time later Amos noticed that the patient was breathing heavily and became alarmed He left the room to call the nurse, who had been sum moned from Oyster Bay yesterday When they returned Colonel Roose- welt had breathed his last. They called Mrs. Roosevelt. the only mcm- Der of the family who was at home.
 Colonel Roosevelt was visited twice last evening by Dr. J. 4. Taller of this village. 1t l0:30, when the sec ond visit was made, the patient said to the physician: Il feel as though my heart was going to stop beating. Dr. Falleg sad there was no reason to believe however, that MT. Roose- yelt was in any immediate danf ger So certain was he this was true that Mrs Roosevelt and the nurse retired.
 One of Colonel Roosevelt's New York physicians visited him Friday but although the former president was suffering some pair from the rheumatism, he made light of 1t, laughing and chatting without re- straint.
 Felt Bully" Sunday.
 Colonel Roosevelt called to Saga more Hill yesterday village barber, whose work he liked
 I'm feeling bully, John," he said, but l sent for you because l don't feel like shaving myself today, so get ready"
 Colonel Roosevelt's final illness dated from last February. It was on the fifth of that month that following an operation on one of his ears, he Was removed from Oyster Bay to the Roosevelt hospital in New York He remained there until March 3, mean While undergoing two more operations.
 Two months later he insisted on Keeping speaking engagements ar ranged for him in many cities and uhhi the fall continued to give from 'ne platform his views on internation eff
 ai affairs. In November he was forced to return to the hospital for treatment for rheumatism. Today, through announcement by his phy seiaas, concerning the cause of his 'eath, It became known that three weeks before he left the hospital to return to Sagamore Hill, on Christ mas aay' he had suffered a pulmonary e'hooiism which proved fatal.
 Many Express Sympathy.
 Tonight cable messages and tele- grams E Of sympathy addressed to Mrs. iooseVelt, poured in in such numbers .nat the local operator was unable to
 efem and three more tele- s'"pHefS were called from New York to assist him.
 , among the messages made public , ae one from Mrs. Frances F. Clev : c, ,r'la ffeston, widow of President n n'eFeiand m which she asked Mrs. a, .'ooseFeit to accept assurances of asg+ouaaest as, sympathy in this-yours