The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
$4,000 HEAR And
CHEER ROOSEVELT:
STREETS CROWDED
Ovation in Opera House:
Mother Offers Sons
for Defence.
TALKS TO TRAINMEN
Is LONG. BUSY DAY

r,tD.fr. May TO-. Theodore i,oosc-
,,t, bcgtu u strenuous day In Detroit
H., morning vt $ o'clock when his train
,o,lcd through the Detroit River tunnel
i.., zen minutes ahead uf time. His
c,.i .urcch was made at the station to
,n,r, iuo BOY Scouts who with the re-
,r,ion committee met him there n
,bom he told not to develop into molly
GOODIES.
DESPITE the early hour Col. Roosevelt
r,s greeted all along the line Of march
n the Detroit Athletic Club. where he
bad breakfast. Here he remained until
10 $50. when he Was driven to the De-
troll, opera House. where his speech on
preparedness and True A~mcricanism.'
xas made. During the short ride the
,,.presldent passed through a lane Of
humanity estimated to number at the
very least $4,000 persons. In the
C.mpus Martius alone there were 10.
sId sevcnty-fivc mounted police had diff
tcul,y in handling them.
Faces q Great Crowd.
As Col. Roosevelt stepped out from
N. athletic club he stood facing a
crowd that damned the entire block. As
he raised "A moment to look over the
sea Of heads cheers came In rapid sue
eession. The Colonel's hat was OFF every
second as he bowed his Acknowledge
ment Of the ovation.
Political and other opponents TO the
colonel and his views were busy among
the crowd passing out copies Of papers
scoring the preparedness campaign.
while there was a wagon covered with
w enormous sign reading:
England at War. Has not adopted
,onscription. New York has. How does
Michigan stand?'' And another
Two million farmers. 100000 mine
workers and the labor organizations OF
America are opposed to militarism. mis-
named Preparedness
To counteract this Boy Scouts dis
n bu,cd thousands OF booklets extolling
the colonel. his record and his views
rs Roosevelt entered the opera house
which had been filed to capacity an
hour before his arrival. he was met
With a laundering shout Henry X. Joy
.atrolured the colonel with a few words
abiding 10 him as the type Of true
Amcricduism which is most needed "a,
tbs time and US the cN-Presiden'
tNpNp 10 S''tk. INC tToNu also dTOSs
and he cheering and waving OF flags
continued for several minutes
-Four hundred seats We're reserved In
tn ope., house FOR mothers. They were
ali occupied 10y women well known II
business and professional lifc-housc.
lscf""s, widows ~ wHr veterans. socia'
jsiers- ard when Roosevelt decla re-,
lr,' Z Tho United States Is obliged q
stt.,e it should hc prepared to strik,
sul tir women spplauicd vigoro,sl,
"Hc who occupied - seat in the from
rN Of The balcony rose to her feet an,
aH
u Na'. 'wo sons {" send"
t. colonel stopped his speech. looked
th' woman &c moment as sh" sill
si'"i trd said. with lighting trmness
u every mother would make The sam.
Of lc' would h' no need for her {,
scNi D." s"iiS TO the front"
=. speaks 90 Trninns~n.
A. . o'clock Roosevelt, was taken (,
tn Arcadia Han. uu Woodward avenue
Were il" addressed the convention OF tn,
Brotherhood ot halfway Trsiumen. an,
from there he went to the Hotel static
Tor a public reception. Here again tn,
police were required to maintain order
= The large lobby was packed ard a row
OF fully 5000 waited outside in a pour
Ing rain for a chance 10 shake the Colo
hsrS hand.
AZ the S,at,er Mr.. Roosevelt took oc
ess.on TO express his establishment at tn
receptions he had received during III
day attriouting it all not to himself per
sona!ly, bu, 10 the sentiments he believe
preparedness and true A~mericanisn
To~trd the end of the day he was sur
rounded by members OF all parties. Pro
g'eSs!ves, Democrats and Republican:
about equally divided in numbers. bu
united In applause.
Col, Roosevelt. early this evening. wa
drven - the station on his way bac
10 New York.