Evening star., 1916-12-10
William F. McCoombs and Solicitor
Polk of the State Department.
Tatterdemalion Crew Enters.

Tatterdemalion Crew Enters.
The guests were surprised. and prob
ably none more so than Secretary
Baker. when a tatterdemalien crew en-
tered the hall, claiming that according
| to the history of the United States, as
! revised by Secretary Baker. they were
| the real sons Of the revolution. They
| were looking for recruits among the
guests present. They recognized Mr.
Baker and claimed him as their biog-
rapher. The Secretary rose and bowed
while club member spoke for him:
Secretary Baker says he has pre-
pared a written statement and he asks
| me to read it,. 1t says: First. never
| said it. Second. what / said was said
] in New Jersey. and l am not response
| BILE for the results in that state. Third
| l do not deny that the history of the
! United States, as written by Woodrow
| Wilson. is substantially accurate
| Fourth. l have the highest respect fol
| the militant spirit of the Daughters OF
| the American Revolution. Fifth,
, never said it."
republican national committee. was
| hailed as a possible rookie. Said one
! of the bandits:
''Mr. Upham, l have been fairly sue
]
| some safes in Wall street that l cant
crack What's your system. pal?"
Mr.. Upham says that's partisan
| matter that can't be discussed in pres
j A number of other guests were made
/ to stand up individually and gently
"guyed" by the revolutionists. Then
about a dozen prominent newspaper
publishers from different sections of
the country stood up as their names
were called and were thus addressed:
did you or did you not on or about
the evening of November Z and the
morning of November 8. 1915. falsely
print. publish and declare that one
President of the United States" They
pleaded guilty and the bandits trailed
out, disguised.
According to the clubs custom, in
into the beyond since the last dinner.
| the proceedings were halted midway.
the room darkened and the likenesses
J of Charles w. Knapp and Elting A.
Fowler were thrown upon screen,
while Louis A. Coolidge read the last
trihu.e to the absent colleagues.
) The souvenir of the dinner was a
cloth bound volume, containing some
! forty odd cartoons by Bergman OF
members of the II Did 1t Club" the al
legged self-paid tributes of gentlemen
who in one way or another contributed
d: to or are charged with contributing to.
/ some of the results of the late election.
Guests of the Club.
The guests of the club were:
The President Of the United States
! The Secretary of State.
The Secretary of the Treasury.
The Secretary of War.
The Attorney General
The Postmaster General.
The Secretary of the Navy.
The Japanese ambassador.
The Bolivian minister.
Franklin Adams, Pan-American Union.
Robert Adamson, New York city.
Felix Agnus, Baltimore American.
Milton e. Allies, Washington, D. C.
Maclyn Arbuckle, Waddington, N. Y.
Henry H. Armstead. Idaho.
Edwin G. Baetjer, Baltimore, Md.
| Admiral George w. Baird. U. s. N.
(retired).
Bernard N. Baker, Baltimore. Md.
Ebert H. Baker. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
G. B. Baker, Boston. Mass.
William Barnupn. Carnegie Institution.
John Barrett, director Pan-American
Union.
William H. Barry. San Francisco News.
B. M. Baruch, New York city.
Wingrove Bathon, Washington Even.
ing Star.
States Navy.