Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-07

X3LENnlnnel Roosevelt was visited twice
= fHss.cvening by DR.. J. A. Faller, of this
sgss--s=s2illaxe. AT 1880 o'clock, when the
second visit was made. the patient OK
piained to tho physician, Il felt as
~ though my heart was going to STOP
beattng.", DR.. Ealler had no reason 70
was in any immediate danger. So Ger.
sa rn Vas he that this This Was true that
COLONEL MADE LIGHT
80 sOF PAIN FROM RHEUMATISM
n ~ he,of Colonel Roosevelt.s New York
4hhEsiSians visited him Friday, but, al
Sss he made light Of it. laughing and chat
more Hin YESTERDAYS, a Village barber
S Sss "l@ feeling bully. john" he said.
& but sent for you because l don't
9 sssal| .s' shaving myself to-day 50 get
ISL FINAL ILLNESS DATED
So FROM LAST WINTER
Colonel Roosevelt's final illness dated
9th of. that month that. following an
8s operation on one of his ears, he was
velt Hospital. in New YORK lie re
manned there until March 3, meanwhile
oHTP @o Mouths 0 lat Srs be nssed on
keeping speaking engagements ar,
untIi the s0 fall '' Continued 10 give from rom
So the platform his views on intcrna-
4S tional affairs.
@ In November lie was forced to re-
& turn TO the hospital for treatment OF
81 rheunatism. To-day, through an an
s Ing the cause Of his death, it became
M known that three weeks before he left
10 Hill on Christmas Day, he had suffered
arJ pulmonary mary emholism' which nearly
SIS All naEs in Oyster Bay, arc at half
M mast sto-night and in windows OF near
~ ~ every store and residence are PIC.
former President,
With crepe and surroundcd with Amer
lean flags.
CoLoNEL.S MASONIC
rs LODGE DRAFTS RESOLUTIONS
\ special meeting OF the town board
II 10 draft resolutions or s S,r,,' , vas
ssa o fSF Mascms Of whah ns
.NNeaS>a member. also met for the same
- grams Of sympathy, addTessed to>Mrs
oosevclt, poured in IN such numbers
No handle them and three more toiegra
1sAsrs were called from New York to
ASsIbssAGE RECEIVED FROM
iSsssssEsIDENr CLEVELAND's WIDOW
"a one from Mrs. FRANCES i; clsys,
@s.SUosevelt TO accept assurances Of pro;
!. he .coun!rys--great loss"
personal messages also were re-
I ,,EE y.
rs. sSs States Senator ChaunceX NJ. Depew,
ss-.aIajor, General George w: Cocktails,
former Governor Colquit, OF Texas and
IGlbert II. Gary.
twas ACTIVE TO THE
VERY END or CAREER
] TS the very last, Colonel Roosevelt
Il Try. S5His program of public addresses.
i inteaded to help hearten the nation for
4 Its part in the war and 10 strengthen
ana Paelssm was as H n,erFup!ed iaie
/ ,nsnk.but. the Colonel redoubled his
81 cHoHSt3n the writing OF editorials and
1 having 5sen read only last night at an
Dstmss IFS LAST day as spe
I about-his home, reading and wriDng.
i believed the United States. would enter
Vas tsken. dis FOUR sons ", and soap sesp
Is NAY were among the first TO 'olun-
4 Quentin. lieutenant OF aviation.
= dicRTshtins above the German lines,
4 sant his ieft ar %. parayssd w by
\. Liautennnt- Colonel Theodore Roosc-
i velG sJr,, is with the army of occupa-
Z tiof mGermany. and Kermit, captain
5ss Sss4 @lh i now Br,'sm fo1ssS in
offiSsSr b n France.
MAJOR In the army au medral N corps is
while prominent mon of the State
y. shin and achievements Of the former
Il hhii mp g. iead nni Oyster Fay mourneL
x alled.from substantial place IN the
i i'l :.H lef, ,.as yiii lag, ao,,oo-,
Gtian.Geuntryi gentleman" said the Rev.
* GGeeEst =. ,ralmage, rector of Christ
- fIaersl Townsmen who heard him de-
,,slarsa he had voiced the sentiment Of
- the community.
HAD CONTINUED liz
~ LITERARY WORK AS USUAL.
* On the day before Christm mas when
Il. n ,ISlsnsi s Roossvelt left The hospital
& hay, Miss ,s,ricker. his secretsry. in
"a S;bss s,iIbg, Of his condition. said lie was
81 SSIsly IL! on tie sunday rreviou ser to
u aetated articles for the i KANSAS as c naS
Il star and other pnblications from il il
q slept hike child. nc "'e wen and
- $50 marked nad been his improvement
SS ossia th that feg Mrs nroyaSd ne
q b s1 snegmTlng remaned with her hus,
~ MIN 10 rest. She went to Oyster EIv
"a ItturninE two or three times a Week
y s4tEfsi. him i'm and bring him table deli.
iae, Two separate blood tests Mad been BEEN
) Oh mas. at the hospital, one by Dr. Rich.
GER aae wh iha e eonrn by pr Gs 1iarwe
n % The other These tests IL was "a id
indicated that the Colonel vas en-
81 tTefY. Tree from any organic disease
and. that his only trouble was The hi;
1nnammatory rheumatism This ali.
81 ment was only pronounced in his Irft
"a hRIds and arms '' W ms
"a EISleed pressure tests. it was said
"A SHOWED that the patient had arterias.
ofsSa. man OF forty instead OF siNtv
a PHYSICIANS ISSUE STATEMENT
Is His physicisns late This afternoon