Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-16
ROOSEVELT HOARSE
Voice in Bad Condition After
Southern Trip.
DOCTOR ORDERS A REST
Colonel, However, Arranges for
Speaking Tours.
TO BE BUSY UNTIL ELECTION
Will Deliver Addresses on All But
Six of Remaining Twenty-Three
Days of Campaign.
TO BE BUSY UNTIL ELECTION

NEW YORK, October 15.-In spite of a
bad throat Theodore Roosevelt expects
to make political speeches on all but six
Of the twenty-three days remaining be-
fore the New York state election.
and three of these days Of rest will
be Sundays. Col. Roosevelt returned
from his southern and southwestern
trip this morning to find that the
republican state committee had prepared
speaking schedule that filled all his
time not otherwise engaged outside the
state. After long consultation with
Ezra p. Prentice, chairman of the COM
mittee, this schedule was changed so as
to give the former President two COM
plete days of rest-Tuesday and Wednes-
day of next week-and the number of
speeches at towns along his route through
the state was reduced.
The cOlonefs first visit on reaching New
York was to his physician. There he
was told that constant speaking had left
MS throat In such condition that if he
did not give 1t a rest his voice would not
last three weeks. Added to this argu-
Roosevelt himself, for more speeches in
New York and Brooklyn; and he told
Mr. Prentice that he believed it would
be advantageous to eliminate some of the
outdoor speeches the committee had ar
ranged for the smaller upstate towns
and concentrate upon the larger places.
Tour Begins Monday.
Mr.. Roosevelt's tour, which will carry
him all over the state. begins in Yonkers
Monday. His last state speech will be at
Buffalo November ). He will break his
state tour to speak in Boston for Senator
Lodge October p and in New Hampshire
for Robert Bass, republican candidate for
governor. October 22. November 2 and
Mr.: Roosevelt will speak in Iowa.
OYSTER BAY, n. Y, October 15-The
Col. Roosevelt acquired on his recent tour
did not prevent him from making an ad-
dress of welcome to the associated physi-
clans Of Long sIsland. who held their
thirty-eighth annual meeting here today
The condition of his voice was the sub
ject of much comment among the ply
sicianS. DR.. Thomas r. French, presi-
dent of the association, advised him to
give his throat all the rest possible say
ing that the strain might seriously affect
Address to Physicians.
Col. Roosevelt's address to the physi-
clans was confined to some Of the scien-
tific features of his African trip, which
were of particular interest to the medical
men. He did not touch on politics.
He emphasized the need for scientific
research to eradicate poisonous and
germ-bearing insects and praised the
work being done by medical mission
aries to combat the various plaques.
especially the spirilla tick and the
sleeping sickness. On this latter SUBJ
ject the colonel said:
THE sleeping sickness held no terror
for me. but there were other things in
the form of insects and larger animals
for which we had to keep a sharp look
out
The declaration that the sleeping sick
ness did not fr1ghten him caused
the physicians to laugh and applaud.
Regarding medical missionaries in
Africa, Col. Roosevelt said the natives
once feared that when they visited the
doctors they would be killed rather
than cured. He added:
But the medical men there do more
than preach-they practice. and they are
doing a fine work in aiding the natives
by coming in personal contact with them
In sickness. Now the natives come from
distance OF 200 miles or more to see
the doctors and be cured