Republican farmer., 1919-01-10
Only Immediate Family At Prayer Service At
 House.
$50 ADMITTED
 TO THE CHURCH
Washington Joined in Mourning Fer Former
 President.

l ident of the United States, gathered in the living room at Sagamore Hill shortly before 1 moon today for the first of a
 trinity of simple services-at
 home, church and graveside-.
 with which the body of the
 noted American will be laid to
 rest as a private citizen of this
 Long Island village.
 Mrs. Roosevelt sharing in the Col
 oneTs anupathy to funeral ceremony, 1 decided not to attend the church ser l vices nor 10 join in the procession to l the cemetery. It vas announced that l she would bid goodbye to the body oI her husband in the house where they lived for many years, while her chill
 dren, who grew to manhood and womanhood in the atmosphere of the old homestead, would see all that is mortal of their famous father com
 rnftted to earth ir the family plot
 topping the highest hill n Youngs
 -HI6LILOl lat NelllGtGi " Il 4OoAA4lE7 A0CAAto Island sound.
 The home service, one of prayer alone, was to last hardly more than
 five minutes, according to the Rev.
 George E. TaImage, rector of Christ
 Episcopal church. the Roosevelt fam
 fly church, while the ritual before the
 altar was expected to be concluded
 within fifteen ul twenty minutes after i rl, r~yT7 flee. The element of simplicity was to be followed, the clergyman said, even to omission of the customary organ voluntary while the formal
 Episcopal funeral service was being ! read,
 Sagamore Hill was astir early this
 morning, and flowers, which began to arrive yesterday despite Mre. Roosevelt's request that none be sent,
 were received iu great profusion- Many, for lack of space i'll the house, were sent to the church.
 The church service, of ten parts,
 was to include the Sentences. the
 Psalter, (Psalns 39 and 90), the , Scriptural Lesson. Corinthians 1:15, the ColoneTs favorite hymn "How Firm a Foundation" recited by the rector. the Lords prayer, and the prayers for grace. thankfulness, trans , figuration and support.
 : Long before the hoGr set for the simple funeral service for Theodore Roosevelt this afternoon, silent crowds
 of villagers and visitors collected in
 the village of Saganore Hill, Christ f Episcopal church and TouHgs Memo : iral cemetery Many tried in vain to
 .lY -@E,0r grounds Of the Roosevelt estate, but
 mounted police. special deputy sher- ifs and detectives kept alL on the : move.
 A hush fell over the town as the EhoUr for the services approached. i School children dismissed for the day, assembled in the streets and talked ia ! subdued whispers Tho Cronirg o ? the motors of the army airplaues that : hovcreE oyer the Roosevelt mansion 8 seemed to acceEtuate the stiffness s Business was virtually suspended. . Many buildings were dr2pcd with : crepe and flags dropped al half staff f Only the immediate members of the I family were present at the prayer ] service at the house prior to the rile@
 at Christ church, as follows:
 NiIS. intOuOIe ItOt3S''.t'i i.t'l1L I'-
 sentative and Mrs. Niche-1.s Long
 worth, Captain and Aus ArcA' a'1
 Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
 Jr., Mrs. Richard Derby. Mrs. Doug A las Robinson, the ColOne's sister, MT A and Mrs IT. Douglas Robinson, the former being the Coloners nephew
 Rear Admiral ". 5. Coe-'as. Mir. and
 Mrs. Joseph AlsoD, ". F,ralea Ro0se- q t of the Colonel MT. and Hrs. F, Reeve |, Merritt, Mrs. J. West Roosevelt, MT ' and Mrs. Langdon Warner, Mrs. FIil- l. bourne L. Roosevelt John F. Roose y welt, Mrs Fairman Dick, Mrs. Monroe
 Robinsons Mrs. Langdon Geer, Mrs : John F. Roosevelt, Mrs. James 4 = Roosevelt. Mrs. Frederick Roosevelt e Samuel Roosevelt anu Miss Nellie Ty- l. Ter.
 r. Admission to the little village t. church where the Colonel worshippe6 was by card and was limited to less $ than five hundred. President Wilson # will be represented by. Vice President 2, Thomas R. Marshall, the army by 'f General Peyton c. March. and the IS navy by Admiral c. McR. Winslow 't and delegatgions will represent ibotl J. branches of Congress. Governor Al
 fred E. Smith and leaders of bot l. branches of the legislature will repre- IS sent New York state.
 Il Among the close friends of the for
 mer president invited were Senato
 Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
 former President William Howard
 Taft, and former Justice Charle \ Evans Hughes. A delegation o O Rough Riders, who served under tn
 Colonel in the spanish-American war g will have places of honor.
 ly Interment was in Youngs Memoria r. cemetery in a plot selected by Colone le Roosevelt soon after he left the Whit of House. The site of the grave is ol ,n the crest of knoll overlooking Oyste Id Bay cove.
 i'd Hundreds of messages of con3olene ,n from all parts of the world contnu
 to come to Mrs. Roosevelt at Oyste CT Bay today. Among those made oubN t. was one from Senator Penrose C al Pennsylvania, who telegraphed: n- 'I am greatly shocked to learn c Id the death of Colonel Roosevelt. I can f. not adequately express my sentiment e. on this occasion. The nation has sui he fered an irreparable loss. I extend m
 sincere sympathy to you and you
 family"
 or A nl ovenont to erect a monumeU 1y here to commemorate the life an
 4 work of Theodore Roosevelt has bee