The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-08
EMINENT MEN
'sATTEND FUNERAL OF
Col. ROOSEVELT
sleet Storm at Oyster BAY as Mourn
ers Gather 10 Pay Their Last Re.
spects 10 Nations Great Man.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, January ga
sleet storm swept over Oyster Bay
today as mourners gathered for the
funeral OF Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt.
Flowers, coming In on trains and on
motor trucks, were heaped In many
rooms at the Roosevelt home-Saga-
more Hill; they were piled up In the
little church and stacked In the Oys-
ter Bay postofIlce. This in spite OF the
familys request that there be no for
al tributes.
Braving the storm, a number OF
unlimited and unofficial mourners ap-
peared at Oyster Bay early in the day.
With their coat collars turned up
about their ears, they stood In little
huddled groups about the church
or near the Sycamore Hill estate de-
termined to pay their last respect to
the dead ex-president.
A detachment of "a New York pa
trolmen and a squad Of mounted men
the latter, officers who had been
promoted by Roosevelt when he was
New York police commissioner-were
on the scene as a guard Of honor. Os-
tensibly, they were sent to preserve
order
The plain oaken casket containing
the body of Colonel Roosevelt was
placed in the lower room, scene OF the
family service, during the night.
This casket was severely plain. Its
only adornments are six silver han
dies and a silver plate with Roose'
velt's name, the date Of his birth and
that of his death.
Among those invited to places In
the church were number Of former
Rough Riders: Governor Smith Of
New York, and members of the Leg
islature; Major and Mrs. August Bel
mont; Truman H, NewbAr.;y-;; Otto II
Kahn; Ogden M. Reed; Frank A. Nun
| sey; Geo. Glynn, chairman Of the Re
publican State Committee; ALDER
Shaw; VIM. H. Taft, Chas. E. Hughes
VIM. Loeb and wife; Geo. B. Cortel
you and wife; Raymond Robbins; Os
car s. Straus; Henry l.. Stoddard
Nelson O'Shaughnessy; A. J. Bever
idge; Owen Wisler; Brig. Gen. ant
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt; Mrs. w. K
Vanderbilt, Jr.; VIM. H. Crocker an
wife and DR.. Stefansson, the explorer
Those in attendance at the HON
: services we're: Mrs. THEODORE Roose
welt, Captain and Mrs. Archibald
Roosevelt, Nicholas Longworth an
wife, Mrs. Sheldon Roosevelt, Jr., AID
miral Cowles, Mrs. Richard Derb!
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, W. Emile
Roosevelt, Jos. Alsop and wife, I
Reeve Merritt and wife, Longdo
Warner and wife, John X. Roosevelt
Mrs. j. West Roosevelt, Mrs. II.
Roosevelt, John E. Roosevelt, Mrs
/. Monroe Robinson, Mrs. Fairman Dicl
Mrs. James Roosevelt, Samuel N
Roosevelt, Miss Nellie Tyler and Mr.
Fred Roosevelt.
Cablegrams we're received frol
Kermit Roosevelt and from Theodore
Jr., with the American forces in Ell
rope, saying they had been notified
their fathers death and probably 500
would return to the United States.
A movement was started today
collect funds for monument
Roosevelt, to be set up in Oyster Ba!
Oyster Bay went into mourning a
the funeral hour approached. Store
were closed. Many wore bits OF crep
in their bottonholes. Roosevelts pic
ture, heavily crepe bordered, mad
its appearance in more windows.
In front of Sycamore Hill a sma
flag tapped at half-staff.
Guards patrolled the Roosevelt ei
tate. No person, except members
the family and very close persons
friends, who had special invitation
to the services at the house, was pei