Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-01-09
'R0OSE EvEl ! DIES
WHILE ASLEEP IN
OlI|S'T ] II TER! BAY HOME ]
Death Of Former President
Caused by Pulmonary
Embolism.
BODY IS FOUND BY WIFE

suffered New Attack OF lnfiammatory
Rs natlsm on New Years Day,
Was Not Considered seri-
S ously lll-Grieved over
Sons Death.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. Jan. 7.-Col. The
sodore Roosevelt died in his sleep at
his home on Sycamore Hill In this vii
lage Death is believed to have been
due to rheumatism which affected his
heart. The colonel suffered severe
attack of rheumatism and sciatica on
New Years day, but none believed
that his illness would prove fatal.
The former president sat up. most of
Sunday and retired at eleven O'Clock
Sunday night.
Found Dead in Bed.
About 4 a. m. Monday Mrs. Roose-
velt, who was the only other member
Of the family at Oyster Bay. went to
her husbands room and found that
ne had died during the night.
Mrs. Roosevelt telephoned to Col
Emlen Roosevelt, cousin of the former
president, and he came to the Roose-
welt. home Immediately.
\ Telegrams We're dispatched to the
scOlonels children, who We're in other
parts Of the country.
Two Of the colonel's sons; Maj. The
odore Roosevelt, Jr.. and Capt. Ker-
NIT Roosevelt, are in service abroad.
Statement by cpIonel,s Physician.
The following statement was given
by Or. @. w. Fudier Of Oyster Bay, the
physician who last saw the colonel:
Colonel Roosevelt retired at twelve
O'clock Sunday night feeling much bet
ter. At 4 :15 o'clock Monday morning
he simply ceased to breathe. Death
was caused probably by pulmonary
embolism.'' 3
Roosevelt Funeral Wednesday.
The hour for the Roosevelt funeral
was officially announced as 12 AS D. IN.
sWednes esday at Christ Episcopal church
4 here.
Telegrams Of coincidence and sym sym
.pathy began to pour in from All parts
OF the country as soon as the news
OF Colonel Roosevelt's death became
known. .5
The former president came to his
home on Sycamore Hill from the
Roosevelt hospital on Christmas day,
but q week later was stricken with a
severe attack of rheumatism and sci
atica, from which he had been suffer
Ing for some time.
The rheumatism affected his right
hand and It became much swollen. He
remained in his room and efforts were
made to check the trouble.
Mrs. Roosevelt Phones News.
News Of the death Of the former
president was received in New York
& by Miss Josephine Stricken, the colo
nel's secretary, in telephone mes
sage from Mrs. Roosevelt.
The immediate cause of Colonel
RO0seyelts death was pulmonary EN-
bolism or lodgment in the lung of a
! cl0t from broken vein, 1t was stated
later by one Of his physicians. Death,
! It was said, came to him painlessly as
he slept.
Forty-eight hours before. his death
( the former president had been visited
( by one Of his physicians. who stated
he found the colonel apparently in
4 good condition and spirits.
The colonel, he said, laughed and
jOked and said he expected to8renew
his wood -chapping expeditions on his
Sycamore Hin estate.
III Nearly Year.
Colonel Roosevelt's last illness may
be said to date from last February.
On February it was announced
that he had been removed from his
home In Oyster Bay to the Roosevelt
4 hospital in this city, following an on
Grafton on one Of the ears.
3 Broken BY Sons Death.
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. Lieut.
Quentin Roosevelt, the aviator, in ac.
tion in France. Proud Of his heroic
sons achievements, Colonel Roosevelt
bore. up under the sorrow OF his death
with fortitude that was in Keeping
with his spirit in public life. Friends
said that while the father did not
carry his heart on his sleeve" he suf-
fered most poignant griefs in silence
and tried to forget them by pIungine
harder than ever into his work.
Was Born In New York.
Colonel Roosevelt, statesman. sol.
der and author. and the twenty-sixtl
president of the United States, was
the most spectacular and picturesque
figure that ever appeared upon the
stage 6f American public life.
For upward Of thirty years Colonel
Roosevelt was in the public eye in one
role or another and he was perhaps
the best known man of his day. A
man Of tremendous personality, his
magnetism won him host of follow.
ers who stuck by him through the ups
and downs Of bis long and historic DO.
/ ljticaI career. Z
Colonel Roosevelt was born ia New
York city on October a, 1856, being
the second son Of Theodore Roosevelt,
merchant and philanthropist. The