LATE MR. ROOSEVELT
li'tMERiL _ AT' QYS.TER' BAV " (Rec... January r 1i,...1.30
~' Washington, January v.B. .Government. activities, t hare . ceased throughout" the .United.States in memory ■Of 'the late' Mr. Roosevelt;..'. Flags, .will bo" wt lialfi'mast fflr thS,ensuing...thirty tjays.. < ■■ v • ?.M .f .
The Congressional .Committees attended the':l:uheral,.,ivluch Vas- a. simple, intonrient',at'tliß Oyster, Bay ..Cemetery, • a 'little'pfivtite churchyard' belonging .to a formetv colonial-family..'' Thesei-yice at the-\chnrc|r,": where- Xrt. '.TJodse'vel't was formerly, a. .churchwarden; was attended only by. members of .tlie. family and* a .few ticket-holders. Vice-President. Mar■shall represented President ..Wilson. The first service was' held" at' Sagamore Hill, and rlatei'. the remains v wei-e-I:aken to ; the .church; where: the^Episcopal'service was read.' '. The. inoluded a delegation of.' the' Rough Eiders -commanded by Mr.'Roosevelt iiittfo Spa'nish-iVmericaii .••War. ■A. movement has Wri'started'for a'nationai memorial. to' 'Mr," Jtoosevelt ' at' Oystqr Bay.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable" Attn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 91, 11 January 1919, Page 7
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136LATE MR. ROOSEVELT Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 91, 11 January 1919, Page 7
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