Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-09

Captain Archibald Roosevelt and
 Theodore Douglas Robinson, nep-
 hew, were to proceed to the church
 ahead of the procession with the
 rector who is q nephew of the ia
 nous preacher, T de Witt Talmage The church service was to include
 the sentences. the Psalter, Psalms
 %9 and 90.) the scriurural lesson,
 Corinthians 1:15, the colonal's ia
 vorite hymn, How Firn A Founda-
 tion" recited by the rector. the Lords prayer. and the prayers TOT | grace. thankfulness, tranfiguration
 and support
 After the church service, attended by less than 600 relatives. Dersonal
 friends, political and literary asso-
 ciates of the former president and
 representatives of the American and allled governments, Ih cOrtege was
 to movxe to the cemetery, haltine
 at the entrance, fir, m which it was
 to carry the casket 10 the Roosevelt
 plot short distance away. After
 the pr' / ctnmi:;al rvc2 of the Episcopal church. tEe body Wis 70 70
 lowered into gave already lintd | with concratc.
 | Long before the hour set for the simple funeral serices for Theodore 1 Roosevelt this afternoon silent crowds Of villagers and visitors collected in the vicinity of Sagamore Hill, Chirst Episcopal Church and Young Memo. rial cemetery. Many tried in vain to gain admittance dO the spacious grounds of the Roosevelt estate but mounted police, special deputy sher- I1ffs and detective skept all on the move
 ;. Visitors were impressed with the hush that fell over the town as the hour for the services approached and 1 the general air of sorrow on the coun l tenaDces of the citizens. School children. dismissed for the day, assem- bled in the streets and talked in sub dued whispers. The droning of the motors Of the army airplaneS that lowered over the Roosevelt mansion seemed to accentuate the stiffness. Business was virtually suspen[ad. Many buildings were draped w. crepe and flags dropped at half staff ! Only the immediate members of the family were present at the prayer ser vice at the house prior to the rites at Christ Church as follows:
 ] Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Represen- tative and Mrs Nicholas Longworth, Captain and Mrs. Archibald Roosevelt IT,. Mrs. Richard Derby Mrs Douglas Robinson, the colonel's sister, MT. and l Mrs. T. Douglas Robinson. the former being the colonels nephew; Rear Ad- miral ". s. Gowles. MT. and Mrs. Jos eph Alsop. W. Emlen Roosevelt and John K. Roosevelt, cousins of the colonel; Mir and Mrs. E. Reeve Mer- ritt, Mrs. J. West Roosevelt. Mr. and
 l.ahgdon Warner, Mrs. Hilbourne L. Roosevelt, John k. Roosevelt Mrs. Fairman Dick, Mrs. Monroe Rob- inson, Mrs. Langdon Gerr, Mrs. John
 E. Roosevelt. Mrs. James A. Roosevelt, Mrs Frederick Roosevelt, Samuel Roosevelt and Miss Nellie, Tyler. The Rev George F. Talmage. a :; friend of the family. will read the Episcopal service for the dead at Christ Church at 12:45 o'clock. There
 will be no special music and no eu- logy The only departure from the impressive rituaf will he the recita- tion by the rector of Colonel Roose- yelts favorite hymn "How Firm q Foundation"
 I President Wilson will be rep :, resented by Vice-President Mar shall. the army by General Payton c. March, and the navy by Admiral C. McR. Winslow and delegations will represent both branches of congress Governor Alfred F.. Smith and leaders iOf both branches of the legislature will represent New York state.
 i Among the close friends of the 1 former president invited were:
 \ Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of
 Mass. former President William H. Taft, and former Justice Charles
 Evans Huges. A delegation of Rough
 Riders, who served under the colonel in the Spanish-American war will
 have places of honor This contingent ,Greenway, of Bisbee. Ariz. famous
 football and baseball player in his college days; Major Roscoe Channinr, former Princeton foootball player: Major Robert Charming. Tennis play CT: Captain W. E. Dame of Las Ve- gas, \. M.; Captain Arthur F. Crosby, tactive in the work of the military training camps association during the
 war; George and Charles E. Knoe- blauch, Charles Miles. Edgar Knapp, U. Lorimer N<or3en, w. A. Davidson. Kenneth D. Robinson and Guy Mur- chic.
 Others invited included: Brigadier GeneraF and Mrs. Cornelius Wander bilt; Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Coudert. Major and Mrs. August Belmont. Otto H. > Kahn, Ogden NJ. Reid. Frank A. Mum ; sey. Colonel Henry L. Stimson. Owen Mister. Mr. and Mrs. William Loeb !, and Mr, and Mrs. George B. Cortelyou. Among the organizations sending :. representatives were the American Academy of Arts and Letters; St. : Nicholas Society; Camp Fire Club;
 Harvard Club; Boone and Crockett ]Club; Republican Club: American De
 fense Society and Union League Club.
 The church service. beginning at