The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-01-08


ming. tennis player; Capt. w. E..
Dame, of Las Vegas, N. NJ, Captain
Arthur F. Cosby, active in the work
of the military training camps as
sociation during the war; George
Mills. Edgar Knapp. J. Lorimer
Worden, W. A. Davidson, Kenneth
d. Robinson and Guy Murchie.
Others invited included: Brig
Gen. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Coudert, Maj. and
Mrs. August Belmont, Otto II. Kahn,
Ogden NJ. Reid. Frank A. Munsey,
Col. Henry T. Stimson, Owen Wister,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Loeb and Mr..
and Mrs. George B. Courtelyou.
Among the organizations sending
representatives were the American
Academy Of Arts and Letters, ST.
Nicholas society. Camp Fire club.
Harvard club, Book and Crockett
club. Republican club, American De-
Tense society and Union League club
Interment will be in plot selected
by Col. Roosevelt soon after he left
the White House. The site of the
grave is on the crest of a knoll
overlooking Oyster Bay cove. Only
immediate friends will be present
when the casket of plain oak is
lowered to its final resting place.
There will be no honorary pal
bearers. Employees of the estate
will carry the casket
Hills Covered With Snow.
(Wiliam Baskerville)
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Jan. ST.. n. s
A midwinter storm set in here today.
and before the funeral cortege OF the
late Col. Theodore Roosevelt set forth
from Sycamore Hill, the adjacent helds
were white with snow.
Despite the bad weather, great crowds
of curious folk, many of them from out
of town, gathered early along the route
of the funeral procession from saga
more Hill to Christ Episcopal church.
This was day of sorrow for oyster
Bay, and all activities were at stand
still.
Just at daybreak, Capt. Edward
Burke, commanding the detachment OF
New York City mounted police detained
as an escort for the funeral went along
the entire course to familiariZe himself
with the route.
None except relatives and intimate
friends were permitted to proceed closer
to Sycamore Hill than the intersection
of Sycamore road, private thorough
fare on the Roosevelt estate, and Cove
road.
Twenty-Five Nassau county consta-
bles and twenty Pinkerton detectives
guarded the estate from prowlers.
All of the flags in the village were at
half-mast and many buildings were
draped with black bunting.
The former presidents splendid pa
triotism was emphasized by the deco
rations in the interior of Christ church
A great silk American flag was hung
from the ceiling and it extended almost
over the family pew of the Roosevelts.
Family Keeps Vigil.
Many members of the Roosevelt fam
lily spent the night at Sycamore Hill
and at the nearby home of W. Emlen
Roosevelt. They included Capt. Archi-
bald Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore Roose-
welt, Jr., Mrs. Douglas Robinson. Mrs.
Ethel Roosevelt Derby and Mr.. and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati.
They we're Joined at Sycamore Hill
during the morning by Mr.. and Mrs:
]. Douglas Robinson, Rear Admiral w.
S. Cowles. a brother -in-iaw of Col.
Roosevelt; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Alsop.
w. Emlen Roosevelt, John c. Roose-
welt. Mr.. and Mrs. Reeve Merritt. Mrs.
]. West Roosevelt, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Langdon Warner; Mrs. Hilburn L.
fConffnued an paoa Efohf