The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-06

| meeting hall to make a political ad dress, a man standing among the spectators in the street fired shot which struck the Colonel and smash ed rib. Roosevelt insisted he was not seriously hurt and his automo bile conveyed him to the hall. There he spoke ito an audience which had knowledge of what had happened sobbing women and grave-faced men shaken with emotion by his appear ance under such circumstances. Ex
 animation of the wound showed it was serious and the candidate was hurried by special train to Chicago for treatment. Though he speedily recovered the bullet was never re moved. The assassis was sent 10 the asylum for the insane
 Roosevelt, after leaving the White
 House devoted his life largely to
 literary work hunting and expl0ra
 ton. He became contributing editol
 10 The Outlook in 1909, continuing
 his for five years, and later held editorial positions with The Metro
 politan and the Kansas City Star. From 1882 to 1917 he published about fifty volumes of works covering the wide range of Naval history hunting biography, animals, exploration, the World War and Americas participa- 1ion in it, and his autobiography. Hie
 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 iourney-a return during which he made triumphant entries into Europ can capitals and was received by Nations rulers, including the Emper or of Germany-he arrived. in New York to experience what was gener- llly conceded to be the greatest oya-
 ion an American private citizen was ever accorded by the people of his country. That was in 1910. At the
 head of an exploring party in South America in 1914 he discovered and followed for 600 miles a Maderio river tributary which the Brazilian Government subsequently named, in
 lis honor, Rio Theodore. This was the famous "River of Doubt'-so- called because in many quarters con
 sidered authorative it was questioned
 whether Roosevelt was the first man 70 explore the stream. During this
 tourney the President conducted a
 jungle fever which was held directly responsible for the abscess which de veloped indignantly and required
 several operations at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, in 1918.
 Theodore Roosevelt, besides being 2 prolific writer, lectured and made public speeches extensively, not only n 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 a marked man for both the bitter and friendly attention )f cartoonists and paragraphers
 Quaint and picturesque phrases were coined literally by him and by oth- CTS 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 expressions which attained wide publicity.
 
 The strenuous physical activities in which Roosevelt engaged at the White House included boxing. It was not until about eight years after he left the White House that it was dis closed that during one of these bouts
 which he welcomed as a means ol keeping him in fighting trim, blow landed by sparring opponent in
 iured one of the Coloners eyes. La ter blindness of this eye developed
 In the later years of his life two court suits, in which he figured in one as plaintiff and the other a.
 defendant, winning them both, kep
 Roosevelt before the public eye. Dur ng the Presidential campaign of 191: Michigan editor charged him witt intoxication. Roosevelt instituted 6 suit for libel and marshalled nota ble host of witnesses to testify re yarding his private life and habits Their testimony was so overwhelm 'ng that the charge was withdraw n open court and the jury brough in a nominal verdict of six cents il favor of the ex-President. William Barnes, Jr., of Albany, N. Y, accused Roosevelt in 1914 of uttering libel il statement asserting that the "rot tenness' of the New York Stat Government was due directly to tn dominance of Tammy Hall in politics aided by MT Barnes and his follow CTS. At Syracuse. N. Y, in 1915, thu iury's verdict acquitted Roosevelt.
 When the European war began 1 Roosevelt vigorously advocated pol icy of National preparedness, urg 'ng universal military training fo
 the Nations youth In speeehe | throughout the country and in hi
 magazine and newspaper writings h .atH 1 NONi