The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-08
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ritual were spoken.
Former President Taft stood in the
front rank as the casket sank out OF
sight, still draped in the flags. He
wept. A crowd of about 400 was
massed on all sides. Guards at the
swarmed over the fence. Among them
were a number of aged men and many
negroes.
The congressional committee stood
just behind Taft. The sun shone dur
ing the last moments of the ceremony
and the fog out over the water lifted,
so the whistle buoy ceased it's plain
tive moaning.
Capt. Archie Roosevelt, wearing his
decorations, stood at the head of the
grave.
About 300 wreaths and scores of big
gates ready to be placed about the
mound later.
In the Roosevelt plot there is room
for only one more grave. The nearest
grave is an unmarked one.
There was little emotion shown.
| The minister's voice and the rattle of
earth on the casket at the words in
the ritual Earth to earth, ashes to
ashes and dust to DUST were the only
sounds that broke the oppressive still
ness.
| After the relatives and the minister
had left, the others entered their au-
| tomobiles and drove away and the
crowd slowly dispersed.
Almost Immediately laborers began
| shoveling dirt into the grave.
Theodore Roosevelt was buried.
Crowds Gathered Early.
Oyster Bay. N Y, JAM, s.-Long
before the hour set for the simple
| funeral services for Theodore Roose
| welt this afternoon, silent crowds of
| villagers and visitors collected in the
vicinity of Sycamore Hill, Christ Fps
7 copal church and YoungS memorial
| cemetery. Many tried in vain to gain
admittance to the spacious grounds
| of the Roosevelt estate but mounted
police, special deputy sheriffs and de-
| tectives kept all on the move.
| Visitors were impressed with the
hush that fell over the town as the
| hour for the services approached and
| the general air of sorrow on the
| countenances of the citizens. School
sembled in the streets and talked in
| subdued whispers. The droning of
| the motors of the army airplanes that
| lowered over the Roosevelt mansion
seemed to accentuate the stiffness.
| Business was virtually suspended
4 Many buildings were draped with
| crepe and flags dropped at half mast
Only the immediate members of the
| family were present at the prayer
service at the house, prior to the rites
| at Christ church. as follows:
| Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Rep. and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Captain and
| Mrs. Archibald Roosevelt, Mrs. Theo-
| dore Roosevelt, jr., Mrs. Richard Der
by, Mrs. Douglas Robinson, the COLO
nel's sister, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Douglas
nel's nephew; Rear Admiral w. s
I Cowles, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph -Alsop
| w. Emlen Roosevelt and John K
Roosevelt, cousins of the colonel; Mr.
and Mrs. E. Reeve Merritt. Mrs. j.
| West Roosevelt, Mr.. and Mrs. Lang
don Warner. Mrs. Hilbourne L. Roose-
welt, John E. Roosevelt, Mrs. Fairman
| Dick, Mrs. Monroe Robinson, Mrs.
Langdon Geer, Mrs. John z. Roose-
welt, Mrs. James A Roosevelt, Mrs
velt and Miss Nellie Tyler.
Admission to the little village church
| where the colonel worshipped was by
card and was limited to less than five
| hundred. President Wilson was
represented by Vice President Thomas
r. Marshall, the army by Gen. Peyton
c. March and the navy by Admiral C.
MGR. WinsloW and delegations rep
resented both branches congress
Gov. Alfred E. Smith and leaders OF
10Th branches of the legislature rep
esented New York state. Among the
close friends of the former preside Mt
invited were:
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of
Massachusetts,, former President Will
J liam Howard Taft and former Justice
/ Charles Evans Hughes.
A delegation of rough riders, who
served under the colonel in the Span
= ish-American war, held places OF
| honor This contingent Included: Col.
| John c. Greenway, of Bisbee, Arizona,
famous football and baseball player in
| Il % mo
former Princeton football player;
Maj. Robert Charming, tennis player;
| Capt. W. E. Dame, of Las Vegas, N.
NJ; Capt. Arthur F. Crosby. active in
the work of the military training
camps association during the war;
| George and Charles z. Knoeblauch
Charles Mills. Edgar Knapp, ]. Lori
mer Worden- w. A. Davidson, Kenneth
D. Robinson and Guy Murchaie.
Others invited included: Brig. Gen
and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs
William K. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs
Frederick Coudert, Maj. and Mrs. Au-
gust Belmont, Otto H. Kahn, Ogden
M. Reid, Frank A. Munsey. Col. Henry
| L. Stimson, Owen Wister, Mr.. and Mrs
William Loeb and Mr.. and Mrs. George
B. Cortelyou.
Among the organizations sending
representatives were the American
Academy of Arts and Letters. ST. Mich
olas society, Campfire club. Harvard
club. Boone and Crockett club, Re-
publican club. American Defense So
] ciety and Union League club.
A sleet storm swept over Oyster
Bay today as mourners gathered for
the funeral of Col. Theodore Roose-
welt. The weather was very bleak
and gloomy, with cutting wind.
Flowers In Profusion.
Flowers, coming in on trains and
motor Trucks. were heaped in many
/ rooms at the Roosevelt home-Sa ga.
I more Hill; they were piled up in the
little church and stacked in the Oys-
ted Bay postoffice. This in spite OF
the family's request that there be
no floral tributes.
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