The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-24
President Taft Is Sc.
verely Injuredon Kebo
Golf Links.
HAD BEEN WARNED
OF HIS d A N G Err
Wears Spiked Shoes, but Foot
Slips Into Pool of Soft Earth
and Gives Way Beneath Him.
Suffers Intense Pain, and
Can Move About Very
Little.
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Ellsworth. Me, July 23.-In a broad,
easy chair on the veranda of Sena-
tor Hale's country place near here.
President Taft Is tonight resting his
right ankle, which he severely twist
ed on the Kebo links. at Bar Harbor,
to-day.
that the President was able to walk
only with great difficulty to-day at
i Bangor. where he spent an hour eari
err in the day. His face twitched with
pain several times. and when he
alighted from the automobile at the
station in Bangor to board the special
back to Ellsworth he was compelled
to lean for support on the shoulder of
| Jimmy" Sloan, the secret service
guard.
Had Been Warned.
The President twisted his ankle on
a hill which Is terror to all who
play on the Kebo links. He had been
| warned of 1t, and when he went out
he wore spiked shoes. The first day
he got 1t nicely. but yesterday his
foot slipped into pool of soft earth.
and his foot gave way beneath him.
Speaking Of 1T to-day, the President
said he thought nothing of ii at the
time but the effect of standing on his
feet yesterday to make the speech on
the village green WIS TOO much for
him, and when he awoke this morn
ing he was scarcely able to stand.
The ship surgeon on the Mayhower
put congresses on the ankle. and the
President hopes that, with days
rest. he will be able to get about all
right.
He spoke briefly to crowd in Han
cock Hall here this afternoon. and
then returned to Senator Hale's place,
where he and his party will be en-
tertained until tomorrow. when they
will resume their cruise.
Big Crowd Greets Him.
to see the President Governor Fer
maid and a party of Maine officials met
the party at the ferry. A short stop
was made at Ellsworth to permit the
ladies' of the party to alight Waiting
automobiles carried them to the Hale
place.
Bangor was reached at noon
President Taft's address was of a
nonpolitical character He referred to
the foremost men Maine has given to
the nation: Hannibal Hamlin. Chief
Justice Peters, Boutelle. Wood and
Dingley. and he paid tribute to the
present Senator'S Hale and Frye. The
President gave a new twist to the
conservation movement by advising
New Englanders to adopt scientific
methods OF agriculture and reclaim
the abandoned farms in this section
of the country.
Likes to Meet the People.
Both at Bangor and here Mr.. Taft
commended the political sagacity that
Vas been shown by Maine in the past
In selecting good men as Senators and
Representatives and then keeping
them continually in office until their
influence and power became nation
wide. In his speech here this after
noon the President said that his visit
to Maine had strengthened his belief
that 1t was a good thing to move
around among the people. Anyway,
like to do it, he said and I know
that they like to see the man whom
chance has made the titular head of
the government. They like to see
what manner of man 1t is who is sit
ting at Washington, and who, hopo
they think, is doing the best he can;
getting a lot of abuse, perhaps. but
after all apparently thriving on it."
In his Bangor speech, the President
said in part:
las came from Mount Desert this
morning and looked out of the window
of the car in which rode, the thought
came to me With reference to these
older Eastern States. The question
has been raised as to what your future
Is. Have you attained all the pros
perity possible here? Certainly You
all look happy, and under the Con-
stitution the chief right is the pursuit
of happiness. 1t seems to me that
you, as much as any people of the
republic, are interested in that sub
iect which has SO many definitions. so
many various definitons--the conser-
Walton of our resources. IN the hrst
place. early in the development of
the West everybody wanted to be
succe ssful farmer. and went West for
the purpose of finding rich soil that
would grow big crops with as little
cultivation as possible, and the Maine
man played the largest part In the
development of that Western country.
Many Available Acres.
but now all the rich soil has been
taken up now we are Issuing bonds
in order to put water on the dry soil
in the West that otherwise would not
grow crops, and the thoughts of many
Of the wisest men OF the country ore
being turned to the abandoned farms
of the East where modern science In
agriculture show that crops can be
raised If only proper attention and
rules are followed In the cultivation
of the soil. You have In Maine broad
acres of land that can be awaited on
for this purpose. Farmers to-day are
our m1llionaires, and there is no
reason why Maine should not have
farmer millionaires as we'll as the
West. Nor do see any reason why
the young men who come out OF your
agricultural schools should not STAY
here on the farms of Maine and raise
crops that will make them COM
Portable and enable them to send their
children to colleges and universities
and continue their political and moral
influence n .,ans througho4t ths state and the
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