El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06
CAPITALS FLAGS HALF MA5TED,
H0N0RING R00SEVELT'S MEMORY
Both Houses Of Congress Adjourn, Out of Respect
For Former President; Prominent Men Pay Tr
butte To Dead Statesman; Roosevelt Funeral Set
1915 pm. Wednesday at Church IN Oyster Bay.
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uenr at the hospital that Mrs Roose-
Welt who at the beginning remained
with her husband continuously, was
Z importuned by him TO rest. She went
to Oyster Bay, returning two or three
Z times a week 10 visit him and bring
him table delicacies Of which he was
] especially fond.
Two separate blood tests had been
made at the hospital, one by Dr.
/ Richards and the other by DR.. Hart
wen, each Of which confirmed the
I diagnosis Of the other. These tests,
[ It was said. indicated that the colonel
was entirely free from any organized
{ disease and that his only trouble was
the inflammatOry rheumatism This
ailuent was only pronounced in his
I left leg, but at times il affected one
Z OF mis- hands and arms
Blood pressure tests, Il was
/ said. showed that the patient had
arteries Of n man OF 40 instead
Of co.
One OF the things that is believed
I to have contributed more than any
thing else 10 the coloners breakdown
was the death last fall of his son,
Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt the aviator,
in action in France Proud OF his
heroic sons achievements, Col Roose-
welt bore up under the SORROW Of his
death with a 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 suffered most poignant grief in
silence and tried to forget It by
piunging harder than ever into his
WORK
Was Recently Near Death.
Col Roosevelt suffered q pulmonary
embolism, which nearly cost him his
life, three weeks before he left Roose-
welt hospital. on Christmas day. it was
learned today Nothing regarding this
approach to death has hitherto become
known, but il was revealed today BY
Dr. Richards, in telling OF the colo
nels exact condition during his last
illness
In the same manner as his death
was caused, a clot OF blood became
detached from a thrumbosed vein. On
the former occasion, however. the
passage OF this clot through the
arteries 10 the lungs or the brain
was checked in time TO save the
patients life
TraoeabIe To Infected Tooth
Dr. Richards revealed in his state
ment that the coloners fnflammatory
rheumatism from which he suffered
acutely at times. was traceable 20
years back to an infected tooth This
Infection spread to nearly all the
Joints in the coloners body as the
years went on
Of statements. which have been pub
lished from time TO time, that Col.
Roosevelt suffered from sciatica as
well as rheumatism The physician
asserted also that the colonel had
never suffered with mastoiditis, as
was reported when he went under an
operation a year ago
FLAGS At Half Mast.
Washington. D. c., Jan 6.-Flags
were half masted at the white house,
the capitol and all public buildings to-
day upon the announcement OF the
death OF Col Roosevelt. and in re-
spect to the memory Of the former
president and cOmmanderinchief. sec
rotary Daniels and Gen March or
dered flags At half mast on every ship
and shore station OF the navy and at
every army point and camp at home
and abroad.
The death OF Col. Roosevelt
shocked the capital. Universal re-
Eret at the passing of n great
figure in the nations life was
evident on every hand. Profound
sorroW was shown By the many
who knew the former president
personally, and his political
friends and antagonists Joined in
expressions OF admiration for the
man,
Men in ali walks OF life were eager
for the details Telephones into news