The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-06

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which it was said, indicated that the
colonel was entirely free from any organ
ic disease and that his only trouble was
the inAammatory rheumatism. This all
ment was pronounced only in his left leg,
but at times it affected one OF his hands
and arms.
'If you could see the trayful of food
that is sent to Colonel Rooseyelt's room
at dinner time" said friend Of the
family, you would think he was GER
tainly on the mend. He has the appetite
Of vigorous, healthy school boy"
Blood pressure tests, it was said,
showed that the patient had arteries Of
a man of 40 instead Of so years.
One Of the things that is believed to
have contributed more than any other to
the colonel's breakdown was the death
last fall of his son, Lieutenant Quentin
Roosevelt, the aviator, in action in
France. Proud of his heroic sons achieve
ment, Colonel Roosevelt bore up under
the sorrow of his death with fortitude
that was in keeping with his spirit in
public life Friends said, however, that
while the father did not carry his heart
on his sleeve he suffered most poignant
grief in silence and tried to forget il by
plunging harder than ever into his work.
Quentin was killed in combat on July
II. 1918, at Chamery, France For some
weeks previous to confirmation Of his
death there were reports that he had
possibly been taken prisoner by the Ger
mans and might turn up alive. This
suspense added to the distress of the
Roosevelt household When the news Of
his death finally was officially confirmed
General Pershing cabled Colonel Roose
velt that, if desired, the body of Quentin
would be removed to America. France
meanwhile, had paid the fullest honorsi
to the dead aviator, and the Roosevelt
family declined TO accept the war depart
ment's offer
1--WE greatly prefer that Quentin shall
continue to lie on the spot where he fell
in battle and where the foemau buried
him, Colonel Roosevelt wrote TO General
Peyton G. March After the war ia over
Mrs Roosevelt and | intend TO visit the
grave and then to have a small stone put
up by us, but not disturbing what has
already been erected to his memory by
his friends and American comrades in
arms"
Colonel Roosevelt had been known 10
be looking forward to his journey over
seas with mingled feelings Of sadness
and pride. No plans had been made for
his departure, il was said, but i was
thought that II bis condition improved he
and Mrs. Roosevelt might start sometime
in May or June.
Colonel Roosevelt was also concerned
over the wound received in action by his
son, Captain Archibald Roosevelt, which
caused paralysis in his arm, for which he
is now being treated,
Although there were no indications Of
a setback after the colonei's return to
Oyster Bay, fears for his well being and
convalescence had been expressed by his
friends. Ono object Of his going to the
hospital was that he might have at hand
more Of the cOnveHienees of the sick room
than were accessible in his own home.
Sycamore Hill standing on an emmence
and always a delightful place in summer,
swept by breezes from Long Island
sound, these friends of Roosevelt said
was not so comfortable in winter. Two
furnaces in the cellar kept going con
tinuously in zero weather and Crate fires
in every room hardly sufficed TO heat the
long halls in the former presidents home,
Despite this, the colonel insisted he and
the other members Of his family we're
hardy and accustomed to the rigors of
winter living in country homes.
In the same manner as his death was
caused, a clot Of blood became detached
from a thrombosed vein. On the former
occasion, however, the passage Of this
elot through the arteries to the lungs or
the brain was checked in time to save
the patients life.
Dr. Richards revealed in his statement
that the colonel's inhammatory rheuma-
tism, from which he suffered acutely at
times, was traceable 20 years back to an
infected tooth. This infection spread to
nearly all the joints in the colonel's body
as the years went on
DR. Richards denied statements which
have been published from time to time
that Colonel Roosevelt suffered from sci
atica az well as rheumatism, The physi-
clan asserted also that the colonel had
never suffered with mastoiditis, as was
reported when he went under an opera
tion about a year ago for an abscess of
tiie inner ear, and that neither this oper
alton nor the fever which he contracted
while in South America on a hunting trip
could be considered a contributory cause
toward his death.
"When Colonel Roosevelt left Roose-
velt hospital on Christmas day DIR.
Richards said, "the following bulletin
was made public;
"Colonel Roosevelt has been sick in
Roosevelt hospital Tor the past seven
weeks, suffering from a severe attack of
inflammatory rheumatism. He responded
readily to the ordinary treatment for
such cases and is now able to 60 home
"That statement was true and given
to the Associated Press with Colonel
Roosevelt's approval
while the colonel was in the hospital,
he had a pulmonary embolism, about
three weeks before he went home, which
nearly cost him his life at that time.
This was caused by clot of blood
breaking away from thromboscd vein.
"Since leaving the hospital he had been
doing well until last night, when he died
in his sleep. The cause was probably an
other embolism-- whether to the lungs,
as believe, or to the brain, as may be
possible, only an autopsy could deter
mine. There viii be no autopsy in this
case unless one is requested by the
Roosevelt family"
Was Near Death Previously.
New York, Jan 6.-Colone Roosevelt