New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-25
Accepts Invitation to
Luncheon at City
Club There.
MAY DUPLICATE
DETROIT TRIUMPH
Delegation of Distin-
guished Citizens Due at
Oyster Bay Saturday.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt decided
yesterday TO invade the home of the
hyphen and telegraphed the City Club
Of st. Louis, accepting its invitation to
be it's luncheon guest on May 81.
st. Louis divides with Milwaukee the
distinction Of having a larger proper
tion Of German voters than any other
city in America, and it is TO these
citizens, who have opposed prepared
ness and supported all that Henry
Ford stands for, that he will particu-
larly address himself.
To Offset this opposition leading ST.
Louisians. among them many of Ger
man extraction, have for weeks past
sought 10 induce Colonel Roosevelt TO
speak in ST. Louis. The success OF his
invasion Of Detroit, supposed to be
the impregnable citadel OF peace, led
to a renewal Of these demands, which
became so insistent that he decided
Yesterday to abandon his plan to re-
turn home Immediately after his Me
mortal Day address in Kansas City.
Straight Talk Expected.
In his talk in st. Louis il is not
.,nected that the Colonel will mince
his words. On the contrary, those
closest TO him look for some straight
from the shoulder talk calculated 10
make ex-Representative Richard Bar
tholdt, the hyphen-peace-emoargo-on
arms leader, who long represented one
~ IN. city districts, and his associates
ait I'D and take notice. Colonel Koose-
Welt has no quarrel with the Germans
as such. This was indicated IN MS
Detroit speech, where, recognizing tne
worth of citizens OF German origin
=. nointed out how their duty TO the
corntrv and their children demanded
that they stand up and be counted as
plain Americans
The Germans who have asked the
Colonel 70 speak in st. Louis have
maintained that German opposition 70
rrenaredne.s is due in the main 10
and to the fact that
~ case for It has not been properly
They declare that presented
as only Colonel Roosevelt can PIeS.L"o ~
=. tbeyo can be small doubt OF the
result on the majority OF tneir leIIo"-
Germans in that section. lhey nav
added that President WILSON, IN chans
ing his attitude in various cities on
tbe recent Western trip, largely con,
.r;buted 10 the present state or minu
~ German sympathizers in that sec
ton.
Committee Reception Saturday.
Colonel Roosevelt will make one ad-
dress before leaving for Kansas Clty
on Sunday. This will be at his oyster
Raw home on Saturday, when he VIII
be visited by delegation OF wen
known citizens headed by General Luxe
+. Wright, former Secretary OF WAT
and ex-Attorney General Charles D.
Bonaparte. Others of the committee
in charge are Richard NJ. Hurd, presi-
dent of the Lawyers Trust Company;
the Rev. J. l.. Belford. Hamlin Gar
land, w. W. non nndns II -
II s. Hooker, Henry B. JOY, Langdon
P. Marvin, r. B. Price. Oscar Straus
and William Roscoe Thayer.
The party will leave tho Pennsylya,
MIA Station at 1880 o'clock by special
train over the Long Island.
Colonel Roosevelt spent a busy day
at the Offices OF The Metropolitan
Magazine yesterday, reading proof and
working on his Kansas City speech as
we'll as seeing visitors. These included
Robert Bacon, Lemuel Ell Quigg, who
insists that he is out of politics;
August Belmont. jr., and Thomas Bing-
ham. a member OF the Oregon Senate.
Mr.. Bingham on leaving declared to
the reporters that the Colonel could
carry Oregon by $4,000 against any
man the Democrats might name.
"Oregon," said he, "is normally Re
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