The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-08-23
T,R, HAD BIC DAY
IN WILKES-BARRE
Participated in Silver Jubilee
Of Father Curran.
GODFATHER AT BAPTISM
Medley Of Religion. Politics and
Sports Mark Coionels Visit to City
in Coal Regions.

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in Coal Regions.
Wilkes Barre, Aug. 23.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, who attended the
silver jubilee celebration Of Rev.
Father Curran, in this city, put IN a
strenuous time from the moment ne
arrived until his departure Tor New
York.
This is the record of the colonels
activities during the waking hours:
$50 a. NJ, arose, exercised, bathed
and breakfasted; o'clock, plunged
into a discussion of Penrose's charges
with newspaper men; O'Clock, as
sisted Father Curran in an lnformh
reception to a multitude OF priests and
laymen in the parochial residence;
1912. attended the solemn high mass
of Jubilee in the church OF the Holy
Saviour. in honor OF the tWenty-hftn
anniversary OF Father Currans ordl-
nation; 1905, addressed great
throng from the porch OF Father Cur
rams residence; 1915, was the cen
trail figure in a reception attended by
the congregation and other citizens; 1
O'Clock, left for Harvey's lake in an
automobile; l to 2, demonstrations al
Kingston, Dallas and other towns en-
route; 2, reception at Hotel Oneonta,
Harvey's lake, by residents or that
summer colony; 2.30 to 5.15, banquet
at which he made the last and princ1-
pal address; 5.15 to 5.25, ofticlated as
godfather at the baptism, according
to the Lutheran ritual, of Theodore
Roosevelt Drippe; 5.25, took auto to
KINGSTON; 545, attended baseball
game between Wilkes-Barre and Troy
and made vigorous speech at the close
of the ninth inning; $50, back 10
Father Curran's and farewell to the
priests; 7.20, central figure in big jubi-
les parade; SIS, received ovation
when he entered jubilee meeting In
Ninth regiment armory; $40, made
the principal speech of the meeting;
10.45, back to Father Curran's and an
other reception; 1.50, took Lehlgh
Valley train back to New York.
In all that medley of religion,
speechmaking, sport, politics, hand
shaking and social endeavor, the colo.
mel wasn't still an instant. The BY
play of speech and action that filled
in the time when he was not making
public addresses were just as full OF
Roosevelt flavor and energy and just
as effective as the more studied Ell.
forts.
He had just concluded his replies in
the baptism ritual OF the Lutheran
faith, and the crowd in the Oneonta
parlors at the picturesque christening
of baby Theodore Roosevelt Drippe
was pressing upon him when man
whose evident pride made plain his
paternity of the Justify yelling infant
came forward. Il am Paul Drippe, edi-
tor of the Luzerne county Gazette"
he commenced.
Hold on" shouted the colonel,
where's your wife J want to 81 speak
with the mother of this baby
Mrs. Drippe was pushed forward by
an excited group of women.
81 make a practice in cases of this
kind to congratulate the mother first
he said, taking her hand and bowling
low ITO the women are the pains, the
dangers and the sacrifices. To them
must go the honor" and he walked
away, forgetting the outsretched hand
of the editor.
Last nights parade and meeting
was the capstone to noteworthy
celebration. Conserved as a tribute
to a priest who has done great and
good work in the fields of religion,
temperance and social betterment in
this community, it was virtually
transformed by the initiative and &C
ton of Father Curran himself into a
popular demonstration for Colonel
Roosevelt The tribute to the priest
served mainly as the thread upon
which beads of praise and honor to
Roosevelt were strung.
The celebration eliminated with
the address delivered by former Presi-
dent Roosevelt in the Ninth regiment
armory before an enthusiastic audi |
ence of fully 1000 people. Colonel
Roosevelt's address deal chiefly with
moral issues in the light of Father
Curran's accomplishments among the
diverse races represented in his par
ish, particularly with respect to tenn
perance reform and improvement in
the conditions of labor.