Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-10-28 | Page 4 | Pay Tribute to Great American

'ofiv ToFnyTrfn ! j briLnl Muilijliii' ! I i New York Observes Anni-j versary of Birth of Theo- dore Roosevelt. XEW VOKK. Oi'l. 27. New York today honored iho sixty-first :mni.-r- sary of the birth of Theodore Kuosevelt, twen :y sixi i )re--i'lent of Hie I'nitX ?t:i !., sol.lier. vvi:-.i-. A'.i'.eriean. Here and at Oyster l'."v, where hundreds visited vis-ited the yrave of the ' ' uvea; citizen," memorial services were held. Tonight eulogies liv men prominent in all walits of innrled tho end ox KuoseVelt ine!H)'ial -veek. Three notal.de dinners and mim.v nieetiiu;s ver, hold tonight in ht,n,ir of the irn-raory of the former president. Kiihu Hoot ' delivered an address at the lloekv Mountain elul, 's dinner, at which Alton H. Parlor presideil. John I Lays llanunon.l and Ambassador .1 tiles .lusseratid of France nlso spoke. K'eais 11. Pot, former governor of Porto Kieo, addressed the Llarva.rd classmates of Colonel h'om.evoit, and at the dinner of tl:.1 ior.eue of f (ii-eit;n-born citizens, Prof. S. Mcl'nne Lindsay of I'olnmbih and Nathaniel Phillips,, president of the league, spoke. At Oyster Hay Will II. Hays, chairman chair-man of tiie Republican national committee, com-mittee, addressed a nienicvial mass meeting. During the day theiv1 1hree tinny airplanes air-planes started from Mineola and flew over the Twenty-second street, New York, house it; vl'iich Colonel Koosev-'H was born. They dropped 3000 rosi' on its roof. Tho i-mtrts of the city opened today with tributes, by the judges to the I Americanism of Theodore Kooscvelt. The Koosevcl!. memorial flag, which was I carried through the state by school i hoys, had ils f orty-eiphth star sewn Int.' the little Co v.-.? 'Neck school house where Colonel Xoosevelt used to play Santa Clans each Christmas, and then was placed on his trrave. WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. Tribute to the memory of Theodore Eoosevelt was paid in AVaMiington today, the an-nhevsary an-nhevsary of his sixty-first birthday. After a day of memorial meetings, at which senators, povernment officials offi-cials nnd prominent citizens eulogized the former president, the principal celebration cele-bration was held tonight in Liberty hut. with Senator Phclan of California the chief speaker "No man in high office," Senator Phelan (old a lartre audience, "ever had so complete a knowledge of his country nor understood the needs of tl-,1 people as Theodore Boosevelt. Theodore- "Roosevelt was a man of action. ac-tion. Strenuous, generous, he became a force for right, which bided no opposition oppo-sition and by personal contact won the hearts of his fellows. In an age of lnxurv he had no dissipation and and at a time of aggrandizen-.eut he was without covetousness. His only passion pas-sion was for service in the cause of eountrv and humanity. His fame will grow with the years and his fine life and worth as a man and president will be one of the dearest heritages of his counrvmon. ' ' The interior department was closed between noon nnd 2 o'clock to permit the employees, as Secretary Lane expressed ex-pressed if. "to do honor to the memory of Theodo'-e Kooseye.lt. whose stalwart Americanism is a national glory." In the house of representatives mem-oevs mem-oevs from both sides stood and cheered when Yieprosontntive Mondell memorialized memorial-ized the services of the former president. pres-ident. At. a theater a memorial meeting was held bv the Georgia division of the Roosevelt memorial association. Representative Rep-resentative Black of Texas was one of the speakers.