Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-24
TAFT, ANKLE HURT,
KEEPS 7OP!ROGRAM
Despite Excruciating Pain,
President Makes Speeches
and Holds Reception.
INJURY is RECEIVED
DURING GOLF GAME
Refuses to Heed Advice of Surgeon
That He Take a Rest.
AT HOME OF SENATOR HALE
Executive, in Addresses at Bangor
and Ellsworth, Eulogizes Names
Distinguished Sons-Continues
Cruise Tomorrow.
Refuses to Heed Advice of Surgeon
That He Take a Rest.
AT HOME OF SENATOR HALE

HdO 10 CluD IN or out OF an dutOmODlie
or train, the President carried out the
rather exacting program which had been
arranged for him today. 1t included a
speech, an automobile ride and luncheon
In Bangor. and a speech and reception
here. Tonight Mr.. Taft and the men,
bers of his party are the guests of
Senator Hale at his Ellsworth home. To-
morrow afternoon they will again board
the yacht Mayflower at Mount Desert
ferry, and will spend Monday and Tues
day cruising in Casco bay, with stops
at Islesboro and Rockland.
The President hurt his ankle while he
was playing golf on the links of the
kebo Valley Club at Bar Harbor yester-
day. He was climbing a steep, grassy
slope leading to one of the green's when
his right foot turned beneath him. There
was some pain at the time, but Mr.. Taft
thought nothing Of it, and continued his
game. He suffered little or no discomfort
during the afternoon, but this morning
when he awoke on the Mayflower there
was considerable swelling.
Sticks to Schedule.
Surgeon Grayson of the Mayfower
dressed the injured ankle and made a
thorough examination. He declared there
was no general sprain, but bad strain
OF some of the tendons. He advised the
President to rest on board, but the en-
gagements of the day were of such a
character that he could not very we'll
cancel them. Mr.. Taft carried them out
to the last detail, even to standing for
half an hoyr after speaking at Hancock
Hall here late today to shake hands with
several hundred friends and neighbors
Of Senator Hale.
AS result of his constant going the
Presidents ankle was worse tonight and
he Is suffering quite keenly. There is no
thought, however, that the injury will be
allowed to interfere with the plans for
the remainder of the cruise. The Maine
trip was largely planned by Mrs. Taft,
Presidents speeches today. and he is
anxious that she, as we'll as he, shall get
the full benefit of 1t.
Mr.. Taft left the Mayflower in his natty
yachting costume Of white trousers, blue
serge coat and white cap soon after
breakfast. He had Prof E. c. Emery,
chairman of the tariff commission, who
has just returned from a trip to Ger
many. as guest at the morning meal
and received from him prelimina ry
and entirely informal report of the COM
mission work up to this time. Prof.
Emery will call with Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh at Beverly soon
after the Presidents return and later in
the summer the entire commission will
meet at the summer capital.
Speaking Tour Nearly Over.
Mr. Taft has now nearly completed
his speaking engagements in Maine, and
he has not faltered once in his de-
termination to keep clear of anything
pertaining to politics. He weathered
the Bangor trip bravely, and pleased
an enthusiastic crowd there by an
eulogy of the great men the state has
produced. and the possibilities for agri-
cultural development that yet lie in the
soil awaiting the application of modern
scientific methods of farming.
Both at Bangor, and here, Mr. Taft
commended the political sagacity that
has been shown by Maine in the past
in selecting good men as senator's and
representatives, and then keeping them
fiuence and power became nation wide.
In his speech here this afternoon, which
was wholly informal. the President said
that his visit to Maine had strengthened
MS Del1e1 tnat II was SOOO thing to
move around among the people.
Anyway, 1 like to do it, he said land
! 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 it is who is sitting at
Is doing the best he can-getting a lot of
abuse. perhaps. but, after all apparently
thriving on it,
Praise for Bangor.
In his Bangor speech the President said.
In part:
Ladies and gentlemen, and citizens of
Bangor; 1t gives me great pleasure to
meet you, and i thank.you for this cor
dial reception. 1 took advantage Of the
adjournment of Congress and vacation
time to skirt along the Maine coast and
see the beauty of these islands and BAYS
that have attracted SO many people from
other parts of the country to enjoy the
summer; but my reception was so cordial
that 1 didn't feet that l was doing quite
the courteous thing in coming into Maine
and into an important center like this
without saying to the people how I ap-
preciate their welcome and how glad
am to meet the citizens of the state
II do not know whether you know
1t or not. but Bangor is one of the mos,
beautiful cities Of the country / dc
not wonder that every citizen of Ban
gor Is proud of this city. You have
had great men come from here Hanni.
bal Hamlin, the associate and supper,
of Abraham Lincoln in the dark DAYS
of the republic; Chief Justice Peters
one of the greatest chief Justices O,
the state. a man who united with q
profound learning of the law a deer
knowledge of human nature that gave
him an influence and effectiveness which
made everybody that came within the
range OF his acquaintance happier and
better for knowing him. And Their
there was your former representative
Boutell. to whose energy and interest.
as q naval officer the American nav,
Of today owes much.
influence OF Great Men.
Through your great men. my friends
you have exerted a great deal more in.
nuence In Congress than you were en-
| titled to. and you did 1t because of The
| care with which you selected your sena
tors and representatives. and. the con
servatism with which you kept them ir
Congress until the country knew Their
strength and bowed before their influence
Among these were such men as William
Pitt Fessenden- James G. Blaine Thoma,
B. Reed. Nelson Dingley and a score Of
others now dead. And then you have tn,
| living senator's. Frye and Hale. who hav,
placed their mark In the history Of thi.
LAS I came from Mount Desert this
morning and looked out Of the window