Arizona republican., 1919-01-08
OYSTER BAY IS
 SORROW STRICKEN

(Continued From Page One) the less solemn ceremony with which the former president will be laid to rest tomorrow. While the entire na- tion is mourning the passing of a. great man, the grief of the people of Oyster Bay is more personal, for they regard ed him as 8 neighbor and a friend.
 Notwithstanding the request of Mrs. Roosevelt that no flowers be sent floral tributes arrived at Sagamore Hill throughout the day and evening. The names of most of the donors were withheld.
 One of the bouquets, made up of pink and white carnations, served to awak- en many memories within the RoOse- welt family circle. It came from the children of the Cove school, where the sons and daughters of Colonel Roose- welt first studied, back in the days be- fore their father became noted inter nationally
 Patron of Cove School
 It was Colonel Roosevelt's custom for many years to pay visit on each Christmas day to the Cove school. Each year he sent a Christmas tree and gifts for the pupils. But on the last Christmas of his life he was leav ing Roosevelt hospital and the presents were distributed by Captain Archibald Roosevelt in his stead. It was these boys and girls who, contributing their pennies. dimes and quarters, went to an Oyster Bay florist and sent to Sagamore Hill the tribute, not the least welcome among the floral pieces which so overfilled the Roosevelt homestead that there was no room for all. Those not kept in the house were sent to Christ church.
 All the students in Oyster Bay schools will have a holiday to- morrow. A. B. Whitaker, the princi- 1 pal. in addressing them today, told them their lessons would be suspended. not so they could play in the streets, but that they might pause in reverence in memory of their friend and neigh bor, whose figure had once been so familiar to them.
 Captain Archibald Roosevelt re- ceived a cablegram today from Lieu | tenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, jr., saying that he and his brother, Lieu tenant Kermit Roosevelt, both with the American expeditionary forces, were together. Captain Archibald sent a cablegram in reply.
 pr. Derby Returning
 Theodore also said in his message that Dr. Richard Derby husband ot Ethel Roosevelt, was sailing at once for America. Lieutenant Colonel Der by is in the medical corps, having sailed for France early in the war Mrs. Derby is at Sagamore Hill. Many persons of prominence called | at Sagamore Hill today and there will be many more tomorrow. Represent ing Cuba, came Carlos Manuel Ces- pedes, minister to the United States: 11 af f, ban house of representatives, and Cayetano de Quesada, vice-consul After telling Captain Roosevelt how high was the esteem in which the Gu ban people held his father, they in | formed him that at the reuest of the formed him that at the request of tn, posed to erect in Havana a monument to the colonel.
 Another Sagamore Hill caller was Colonel Alexander Saubert, medica corps. L. s. A. who had at various times attended the colonel. After talk ing with Mrs. Roosevelt, he said she was bearing up remarkably well. She possessed traits of character whicf were proving her support now, he said adding that the American people haC little realized how much the former president depended on Mrs. Roosevelt throughout his career
 Archie Cables President Captain Roosevelt replied today to the cablegram in which President Will son expressed to Mrs. Roosevelt hi: sympathy with her loss. In his re- sponse to the president, Captain Archi- bald Roosevelt said:
 President Woodrow Wilson, American r. Peace Mission, Paris, France:
 Permit me to thank you, on behal ] of Mrs. Roosevelt, for your courteou! message of sympathy
 Besides the callers at Sagamore Hil today, long distance telephone mes sages came from Vice President Mar shall in Washington and Governor Al fred E. Smith in Albany. Each talked with Captain Roosevelt. extending per sonal sympathy, and said he would at tend the funeral tomorrow.