The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-09
BELLS OF CITY TOLL
FOR HONORED DEAD
Public Schools Close After
Memorial Services for
Roosevelt.
ALL COURTS ADJOURN
Traffic Halls and Business
Comes to Standstill Dur
.@ ing Funeral.
ALL COURTS ADJOURN

Comes to Standstill Dur
~ ing Funeral.
All the activities of the city were
halted yesterday for varying lengths OF
time out Of respect for Col. Rooseveits
memory. Most Of these observanccs we're
made at O'Clock, the hour of the burial.
But some OF them began at !. the hour
when the city Hall hell tolled to make
known that tho illustrious dead had been
taken into the church at Oyster Bay.
At 1853 every wheel on all the ctty's
transit lines cea sed to turn for sixty Sec
onds. and traffic was checked in many
thoroughfares Tho Stock Exchange and
the other markets had closed al IL 80.
Courts and Federal offices had been
closed. The church bells. led by Trim
ity's. toled their farewell at :. Belts in
many parts of the city were tolling all
through the previous hour. Church SER
vices everywhere were well attended.
Formal observances had been arranged
in each of the 500 city schools. AT noon
by the Board OF Education order, ytle
schools were closed. Al o'clock the regu-
FAR police force, which is $4,000 strong
uncovered. wherever II found Itself, 10
honor the memory of the great Amert-
can who had once been its Commits
sioner.
All Courts Adjourn.
The court adjournments were taken
at O'Clock. with tributes from the
bench in every case. These Supreme
Court branches, which lawfully could
remained adjourned for the balance OF
the day. The United States courts were
session. In the courts OF General and
Special Sessions the justices upon talk.
ing their seats directed adjournment till
Tomorrow
The Shonts hearing OF the Public Ser.
vice Commission, which was to have been
resumed in the afternoon, was postponed
on Commissioner Whitneys suggestion
to this morning On resumption OF the
milk inquiry, being conducted by Chic,
Magistrate McAdoo. Assistant District
Attorney Dooling asked that the hear
ing go over tn to-day, and the Magis.
trate adjourned It.
The tolling o. the City Hail bell. by
direction OF Borough President Dowling
was begun at o'clock and continued
until 80 at half minute intervals
Through the last minute OF the hour
the bell was again tolled. In a Wayrer
street restaurant where there IL ar or.
cheetra and dancing Is O daily feature
around noon, Chopins Funeral Afarct
was the music during the first ter
minutes OF the tolling. and every one
lunching there rose and stood until tn,
final strain.
All Passenger Tramc Hats.
The PETERBOROUGH offices had directed
the shutting of of power a: 20. Light.
went down. ticket windows closed anc
the gates to the platforms were barred
Long Island Railroad trains also halted
Tor that minute.
The New York Stock Exchange, tn,
Produce Exchange, the Mercantile Eek
change. the Coffee and Sugar Exchang,
and the others had agreed upon theii
closing hour. The policemen. obeying q
general order. to which no member Of
the force took exception even in hi.
heart stood at attention. their head:
barred, during the minute OF observance
A memorial service for Col Roose
welt Is being planned at the Collegiate
Church OF St Nicholas at Fifth avenue
and Forty-eighth street. This is thu
church which Theodore Roosevelt JOINED
IN 1874. and with which his family hai
Tong been identified. A meeting OF tn,
trustees Is to be held to-day TO decide
upon the date. which will probably b.
within a week.
The Rev. Dr. Malcolm J. Macleod
pastor. said II was not yet certain
whether the church Itself or a larger
auditorium would be chosen for thu
great public memorial! that was contem
plated Some members Of the congre
9ation. re said, hoped II would be th'
church. Many members are Of tn
prominent families descended, a. Co!
RooseveIt's own was. from the PATRONS
The Apple Of Her Eye.
Mrs. Mary Daily I.edw,th. more thai
nifty years governess and nurse II
1rs Rooseveits family. and then in tn
Roosevelt household itself, spoke Of Col
Roosevelt Yesterday. She makes he
home with a brother, James DAILY, at 80
East Thirty-first street, and the livin
room Is filled with autographed Roose
vxlt photographs, mostly family group:
Mrs. Ledwi,h said the Colonel had com
to see her last In April, when he cam
bounding up the steps TO the apartment
and burst In with his characterised
nearly
"I'Il probably be arrested az a bur
xiar," he chuckled. "All the other ten
ants seem TO be scared. I've cntere
three other apartments looking for you,
MRS. Roosevelt Mrs Iedwith sale
was my idol and the apple OF my ey,
though her husband, rest his soul. wa
the grandest gentleman ever I saw.
was with her family long before she wa
born, and l put her first baby dress o
her. She says as long as ! live tha
she'll take care OF me. My hearts 10
full to talk OF Mr., Roosevelt much tn
day"
Mrs Ledwith was brought to Amerlc
in her childhood from Kllbegin, Irelan'
Her place with the Carow family wa
her first When Theodore Rooseve
married Miss Carow Mrs. Ledwith az
coanpanied the wedding party 70 Londo
She has since visited Europe with Il
Roosevelts twice. When she entered Sc
vice with the Carows Buchanan was
the White House and the Carow hon
was at Fourteenth street and Broadwa,
70 her favorite picture OF the Colonel
newspaper reproduction OF photograp
OF Quentin Is attached.
Memorial services In memory Of CS
Roosevelt were held by employees OF Z
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