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Show GIVEAWAY Speaker's Stand Breaks As Roosevelt Leaves No One Hurt Tu'aa, Sept 21 Several men were borne down in ihe collapse of the grandstand from which Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt spoke here today and the colonel himself narrowly escaped. Xo one J was Injured seriously, howoer. Colonel Roosevelt reached Tulsa at I 1 o'clock He went to the platfoim of biE car to speak, but was told that another crowd had gathered In the j public square. lie shouldered his wav through the throng to the grandstand There he talked fifteen minutes and I had just stepped from the stand to i re-enter his car when the entire structcfe gave way. A dozen men. ? most of them army veterans, were thrown to the ground. Colonel Roose- ' volt ran back to give aid. He saw that j no one had been seriously hurt and t waved the crowd back J "It's all right." he shouted. Colonel Rooscelt appealed with the Dcmocratc of tho south to stand by i the Progressive party. j; nn t |