Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-07
END CAME QUIETLY
While EX-PRES|DENT
PEACEFULLY SLEPT
Funeral at Oyster Bay To-
Morrow Afternoon Will
Be Private.
ENTIRE WORLD FEELS
LOSS OF STATESMAN
Famous Exponent of Strenuous
Life Had Been Ailing ~.
for Year. a,sss:;
GRIEVED OVER YOUNGEST son
"Put Out the Light, Please,n
Were CCioncI'S Last
Words. .....s.s -
ENTIRE WORLD FEELS
LOSS OF STATESMAN
GRIEvED OVER YOUNGEST son
"Put Out the Light, Please 2,
Were CC1oncl'S Last
Words. -. 70
,By Associated Prcssl

Is! Associated PrcSs.l
OYSTER BAY. y. " January e. a
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. twenty.
sixth president of the United Stateb.
yii15 Mh9 died. died a, a; his his h9me on sasamsse
without pomp or ceremony in young's 5
Memorial Cemetery. in this village.
SarIeS MSsdnfsaay sn nd; He vii,
land sound. plot which he and Mrs. =
Roosevelt, selected soon after he,slsft
~ the, words Of the. clergymanlmho
Will conduct the funeral service,
nAmcrica's most typical AmertaSr
Will go to his grave as a quiet deino-
cratic. Christian country gentleman be-
loved by his ncighbors.'
After prayarS at tho Roosevelt home,
at whica only members of tho family
viii be present. the; funeral service q
VIII be held It l.:i3 o'clock In Christ
structure where for years tho Colonel
and his family worshped. +a5tSs =
Mrs. ROOSEVELT REoUE slgs,ys
NO Flowers BE SENT
At the request of Mrs. Roosevelt, sposs
decorated only..with laurel spiaced tonsiti
fsFaea ssS %AsT'"sf
sss iS ss ns ssea asss rs
Church conducted by the
psasT,ttor, as,t,n ls!y; tRey George r ralmaEe;;
admtttance Will be by card oTlsSss, if
HUNDREDS OF MESSAGES istsssgSi
Rr:ACu OYSTER sar.
Cable messages and telegraph as%p
countrymcn OF high, and low deESsc;
but from distinguished citizengtsoe
many nations. We're pourinE intogQyESer
press heartfelt grief at the basSshs
for MIS-. noossvsi' alWaSs sSss' dsyoiesiaa syeas
n III = Il .
his. most trusted advisers. Thc,,wld6S 4
Is henrinG ur bravely under the shook (
Of his sudden death, coming So a6osi
after that Of theirr, youngest son. Lieu
tenant Quentin Roosevelt. wboSyS&as
Killed R,a in battle with a Gcrn,ansatr--
Tho death of Colonel Roosdvs1t,ssis 4
believed by his physicians to have bGSn 1
FASTENED by grief over Quentin S$daata,,
wounds wounds suffered by Captain gg,sItcM
TRIED TO HIDE GnIEF
FOR DEATH OT SIN
He was proud Of his. soldier s6ks :
and iheir hcroisn,. bu, he was ri de- (
onc who gave his life for his c5un-
try, Is well as for the other whoswsss
wounded lie hid his suffering from
fathers ana mothers mo nauJ E,lsai
thg,r 1rI sons sf, to The nation, yssM.
been preaching "Amcricanism1.3s ;1nsl,
few realized that his health had ,,eslI
shattered 1t was believed the Tuxssd
suci good stead through SO many yfars
e strenuous" life Would not, sf&dl
him; and that he would regain h,s
had been delivered through the me.
dunn OF editorials or public stafas
ments. sF ~
Even TO his neighbors it seemcdr im-
possible that life had cnced so sud
denly for the Rough Rider hero gsof
Mar Days Se the Yan
tearless!y;. the big-game hunter iaf
sse long S;15en befareh %
country entered the world confiict.f'sY
COLONEL HAD no
EOHEBoDINGs OF DIsXIH
apparently neither Colonel Roosevelt
death would so soon still his aG.iSs
mind and hody. 1t was only yesier-
day that Mrs Roosevelt sent a letter
of the general citizens commit ees an
pointed TO welcome returning soldiers
y ~ ,,on New York, York, announcing that tho
chairmanship OF the committee s
II was at t:la o'clock this morning
that the former President died ins his
directly to blood clot lodged in one
lung. the result OF inlammatory. rheuy
~ 37sss 7sas g
LAST WORDS ADDRESSED
TO NEGRO ATTENDANTS
Put out the light. please' we're stffS
former Presidents last words. TiiES
were addressed to his personal atteDfs.s
ant, James Amos, a young neg ro, who
nad heen In his service since hessJef.
ne white House. and who wac SIT -
ting at the foot OF his bed. ag} "
Some time later Amos noticed ftils'
patient was breathing heavily, and he
came alarmed. He left the ro ON to {;
call the nurse who had been Sstirit
moned from Oyster Bay yesterday
When they returned Colonel RoSsns
vcit had breathed his last. They caiicd
Mrs. Roosevelt. the only member 90 z
the FAMILY who was at home. There
had been a family gathering Christ
mas Day, but as no alarm was felt
over tho ColoncPs condition. the ctyii-
dren who were able to spend the 9tiUis
idny with their parents had gonc to !
parts of the country
SENT TO 81 4, sy'ss
@sa ROOSEVELT CHiLDRF;S
Gable MESA ges were sent TO Major
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr..9 and CaptNi1
Kermit Roosevelt, who are sins sertstfE &
IN France, and kilograms 10 Nrs Meme
olas T.ongworth, to Captain tArchie.5wi no 1.
left yesterday with his wife fopSe Hon. 81
ON, where his father-In- lR& died fiat . 3
hrday, and to Mrs. Ethel perby.fAkHo x
3 IN AikcnsS. g.. with her tn elt
Airs Roosevelt tciephoned ID sr,st
husbands cousiD, Colonel II sEr1Es n Y
'Sk n 80 a. W. ~ y,