The sun., 1919-10-21
ROOSEVELT RALLY
ATTRACTS 10000
Gathering Before Sub-Treas-
ury Marks Opening of Me-
mortal Week.
FLAG ARRIVES IN BRONX
Will Be Conveyed To-day to
the Hall of Fame and
FOrdham University.

Roosevelt week, which is to be de-
voted to a membership drive for the
Roosevelt Memorial Association and to
raising funds for memorial to the
former President, was opened formally
with a meeting in front of the Sub
Treasury in Wall street, at noon yes
terday at which 10000 persons were
present Martin Vogel. Assistant United
States Treasurer, was greeted with a
roar of approval when he said:
"Forceful to the strong. tender to the
weak, a man OF conviction and detor-
mination, man with heart and soul.
, Theodore Roosevelt's memory still lives
as an inspiration to us all"
The other speakers were William n.
Edwards. Internal Revenue Collector.
and Walter VI. Chandler, Representative
in Congress. Jerome A. Myers of the
Federal loan organization, who was
chairman Of the speakers meetings az
all five of the Liberty loan campaigns
here. was chairman. It was announced
that similar monday meetings will be
held in front of the Sub-Treasury
throughout the week.
At the Manor House in Van Cortiandt
Park the Roosevelt memorial flag. which
has been brought across the state from
Buffalo by relays of school boys. arrived
at 4 o'clock In the afternoon. Joseph
7. Hennessey. the park commissioner
welcomed II officially on behalf OF the
city. The flag remained at the Manor
House all night under the guard of
detachment of Boy Scouts.
At S 80 O'Clock this morning 1t Will pc
carried from the Manor House to the
Theodore Roosevelt High School, where
the forty-thrd star will be sewed on the
field of blue and patriotic exercises will
no halI IL yeti he the
| Hall OF Fame at New York University
where at IL o'clock it will be received by
Chancellor Elmer Brown and the faculty
After brief ceremonies at Fordham Uni
versity the Boy Scouts will carry II 10
Bronx Borough Hall for another patriotic
programme. Ceremonies will be held, with
| the flag as the central object, over the
grave Of Joseph Rodman Drake, author
of The American Flag" at Hunts Point
cemetery. II will finally be delivered to
representative of the Roosevelt Mem
orlal Association and taken by an Amer
| lean Flying Club a!rplane to Flushing
Bay.
In connection with the opening of the
campaign four military aviators flew
| from Hazlehurst Field. at Mineola, yes
terday TO the cemetery at oyster Bay
where they dropped two wreaths on
Col. Roosevelt's grave. One of the
wreaths was from the American Legion
and the other from the Spanish War
Veterans.
Many Fifth avenue shops are devoting
window space to Roosevelt memorials
In one of them is a collection Of trophies
from Sycamore Hill. one book store
has a window full OF the Co!onels books
and others which have been written
about him.
The Shubert theatres have been placed
at the disposal of the memorial asso-
! citation and appeals for membership
! made from their stages. Hundreds of
women under the direction of Mrs.. Will
lam X. Vanderbilt. Jr.. we're stationed
in their Hobbies last night Cooperating
| in the campaign and assisting Mrs. Van
derbilt are members of the Junior
League and the Y. W. G. A. The work
of solicitation is also being carried on
in hotels and other public places.
William Boyce Thompson. president o!
the association, said last night that the
contributions on the first day had ex-
ceeded the committees hopes and that
he believed they would run into the
millions by the end of the week.