The Nenana daily news., 1919-01-06


 rank high in the international and industrial progress of the country. They included his influential nego- tiations which, conducted at Ports mouth, N. H., effected peace be- tween Russia and Japan; mainten- ance of the Monroe Doctrine at a period when European powers were interested in the affairs of Vene- zuela; the recognition of Panama as a republic and his treaty with Panama, by which the inter-oceanic canal through that country was put under way; and the settlement, thru his moral influence in the face of a situation in which there was no adequate federal legislation, of the Pennsylvania coal mine strike. For his part in terminating the Russo Japanese conflict he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906. Four years later, once more a private citi- zen, he was special ambassador from the United States at the funeral of King Edward VII of England
 A rift in the friendship between Roosevelt and his successor as Presi- dent William Howad Taft, led to the formers announcement of his opposition to Mir. Taft's renomina- tion The ex-President's influence had been large in placing MT. Taft in the White House Now his in- fluence was equally strong in pre- venting Mir Taft from remaining there Men who had clashed with the Taft policies quickly rallied to Roosevelt's support. Roosevelt then assembled what he termed as con- stuctive ideas as opposed to the con servative ones of the so-called Re- publican "Old Guard", characterized them with the description "Pro- gressive' and organized the Pro- gressive Party by withdrawing with his followers from the Chicago con- vention of 1912. He became the new party's candidate for President. This split in the Republican ranks resulted in Woodrow Wilson's cleo tion.
 During this campaign, as he was leaving hotel, in Milwaukee, to go to meeting hall to make a political address, man standing among the spectators in the street fired a shot which struck the Colonel and smash ed a rib. Though he speedily re- covered, the bullet was never re- moved. The assassin was sent to an. asylum for the insane.
 Roosevelt after leaving the White House devoted his life largely ito literary work, hunting and explora- tion. He became contributing editor to the Outloo| in 1909, continuing this 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 cover ing the wide range of naval history, hunting, biography, the Rough Riders, Americanism, Nationalism, conservation of womanhood and childhood, animals, exploration, the world war and Americas participa- tion in it, and his autobiography. His hunts for big game and his zest for exploration took him into the Amercan 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 nations rulers, including the em- peror of Germany-he arrived in New York to experience what was generally conceded to be the great est ovation an American private citizen was ever accorded by the people of his country. This was in 1910. At the head of an exploring party in South America in 1914 he discovered and followed for 600 miles Madeira river tributary which the Brazilian government sub