Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1918 — GERMANS HONOR DEAD QUENTIN [ARTICLE]

GERMANS HONOR DEAD QUENTIN

Amsterdam, July 21.—The death of Quentin Roosevelt is confirmed by the Wolff Bureau message from the front, according to a Berlin dispatch received here. The message adds that young Roosevelt was buried with military honors by the Germans. The story of the fatal encounter, as told by the Wolff Bureau correspondent, follows : “On Sunday, July 14, an American squadron of twelve battleplanes was trying to break .through ’the German defense over the Marne. In the violent combat which ensued with seven German machines, one American aviator stubbornly made repeated attacks. “This culminated in a dual between him and a German non-com-missioned officer, who, after a short fight, succeeded in getting aim at his brave, out unexpected opponent, near the village of Chambry, ten kilometers (6.2 miles) north of the Marne. “His pocket case showed him to be Lieut Quentin Roosevelt, of the aviation section of the United States • Jasper county has been asked to the fallen airman are being carefully kept With a view to sending them later to his relatives. “The earthly remains of the brave young airman were buried with military honors by German airmen near Chambry at the spot where he fell.”