Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-06

faced men shaken with emotion by his
appea rance under such circumstances.
Examination of the wound showed IT
was serious and the candidate was
hurried by special train to Chicago for
treatment. Tho he speedily recovered
the bullet was never removed. The as
sassin was sent TO an asylum for the
insane.
Enters Literary Work.
Roosevelt after leaving the White
House devoted his life largely TO liter
AIRY work, hunting and exploration. He
became contributing editor of the Out
look in 1909. continuing this for Ave
years, and later held editorial positions
with the Metropolitan and the Kansas
City Star. From 1882 to 1917 he pub
| lished about fifty volumes OF works
covering the wide range Of naval his
| tory. hunting, biography, the Rough
| Riders. Americanism, Natonalism.
conservation Of womanhood and child
I hood. animals, exploration, the world
war and Americas participation in II.
and his autobiography His hunts for
| big game and his Zest for exploration
! took him into the American west, the
| heart OF Africa and the wilderness OF
Brazil.
Upon his return from his African
| journey-a return during which he
made triumphant entries into Euro
pean capitals and was received by ma
tons rulers, including the Emporer OF
Germany-he arrived in New York to
| experience what was generally con-
ceded 10 be the greatest ovation an
| American private citizen was ever. &C
corded by the people OF his country.
| This was in 1910. At the head of an
| exploring party in South Africa in 1914
he discovered and followed for 600 miles
| a Madeira river tributary which the
| Brazilian government subsequently
| named. in his honor REQ Theodore. This
| was the famous River Of Doubt'-so-
called, because in many quarters con-
sidered authoritative it was questioned
whether Roosevelt was the first man to
| explore the stream. During this jour
ney ne contracted q jungle fever which
/ vas held indirectly responsible for the
assesses which developed Indignantly
and required several operations at the
Roosevelt hospital in New York City,
in 1918.
! Theodore Roosevelt. besides being a
prolific writer, lectured and made pub
lie speeches extensively. not only in his
own country but in England, Spain,
South America and other parts Of the
world. The facility with which he
made political enemies and followers
made him a marked man FOR both the
bitter and friendly attention of car
toonists and paragraphers. Quaint and
picturesque phrases we're coined liber-
! ally by him and by others concerning
him. Speak softly and use the big
stick" weasel words" "pussyfoot."
'mollycoddle" and my hat is in the
ring" were some of the Rooseveltian ex-
pressions which attained wide publ
city.
Always Strenuous.
The strenuous physical activities in
which Roosevelt engaged at the White
House included boxing. 1t was not
until about eight years after he left the
White House that it was disclosed
that during one OF these bouts, which
he welcomed as a means OF keeping him
in fighting trim, blow landed by a
! sparring opponent injured one OF the
Coloners eyes. Later blindness Of this
eye developed.
In the later years OF his life two
court suits, in which he figured in one
as plaintiff and in the other as de-
fendant, winning them both. kept
Roosevelt before the public eye. Dur
the presidential campaign OF 1912 a
Michigan editor charged him with in
toxication. Roosevelt instituted Q
suit for libel and marshalled a notable
host of witnesses to testify regarding
his private life and habits. Their tes-
timony was so overwhelming that the
charge was withdrawn in open court
| and the jury brought in nominal
verdict Of six cents in favor of the ex-
| President William Barnes Jr.. Of AL
bany. N. Y. accused Roosevelt in 1911
Of uttering libel in a statement assert.
ing that the "rottenness" Of the New
York state government was due d.
| rectly to the dominance Of Tammany
Hall in politics, aided by Mr.. Barnes
and his followers. At Syracuse. N.
r.. in 1915. the jury's verdict acquit-
ted Roosevelt.
Advocate Of Preparedness.
When the European war began
Roosevelt vigorously advocated Do-