Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-06-27 | Page 5 | Sultan Decorates the Roosevelts

I SULTAN DECORA DECORATES T S THE THI ROOS V L TS NEW EW YORK Juno 27 The 7 Tho Tho order of or which cable dispatches say cay tho the sultan of or Turkey has conferred on Mr Mrs Theodora Theodore Roosevelt and Miss Ethel Car Carew w Roosevelt Roo o the tho presidents president's only unmarried daughter IB is for lor women alone atone und and was WIlS found founded rl In ISIS 1878 by hy Abdul II It tho the present nt sultan Several American women have havo received Cd tho decoration but hut none nono NO so young oun n nM as Miss 1185 Roosevelt who Is not yet ct 17 So far r as Is known this tender of a n decoration Is the first ever made mado to th the tho wife or daughter of a p president by tho the sultan or fin any nn- other potentate According to the tho opinion of ot those who appreciate what hat such an act means menns the sultan Is 18 undertaking to establish a custom custom cus cus- tom which other rulers of Europe probably probably ably would bo pleased 11 to follow The con con- forbids tho the acceptance by persons persons per por- sons In the service of the tho re federal leral government govern govern- m ment nt of titles litteR of nobility or decorations of or any kind without the tho consent of ot congre con con- gre gress The prohibition however docs does not extend to members of their families Secretary Loeb said RaId at Oyster Bay Day last night ht when asked d about the Rull sultans sultan's acv Be ac action lion tion that It was the first ho had heard f of ot It IL