Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-07


 fence which had knowledge of what had appened--sobbing women and grave-faced men shaken with emotion by his appearance under such circum- stances. Examination of the wound showed it was serious and the candl- date was hurried by special train to Chicago for treatment. Though he speedily recovered the bullet was nev- CT removed. The assassin was sent to an asylum for the insane.
 Roosevelt after leaving the White House devoted his life largely to liter ary work. hunting and exploration. He became contributing editor of The Outlook in 1909, continuing this for five years, and later held editorial positions with The Metropolitan 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, the Rough Riders, Americanism, Ma tionalism, conservation of womanhood and childhood, animals, exploration, the world war and Americas particl- patton in it, and his autobiography, His hunts for big game and his zest for exploration took him into the Am erican West, the heart of Africa and the wielderness 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 na- tions' rulers including the Emperor of Germany-he arrived in New York to experience what was generally con- ceded to be the greatest ovation an American private citizen was over ac- corded 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 eco miles Madeira River tributary which the Brazilian Government sub sequently named, in his honor Rec Theodore. This was the famous River of Doubt -called because in many quarters considered authoritative it was questioned whether Roosevelt was the first man to explore the stream. During this journey the President contracted a jungle fever which was held indirectly responsible for the abscesses which developed malignant ly and required several operations at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, in 1918.
 Theodore Roosevelt, besides being a prolific writer, lectured and made public speeches extensively not only in his own country but in England, Spain, South America and other parts of the world The facility with which Sac fnl CTS made him marked man for both the bitter and friendly attention Of cartoonists and paragraphers. Quaint and picturesque phrases were coined liberally by him and by others con cering him. Speak softly and use the big stick,'' weasel words," pussy foot" "mollycoddle" and my hat is in the ring were some of the Roose- veltian 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 of keeping him in fighing trim, a blow landed by a sparring opponent injur- ed one of Colonels eyes. Later blind- ness of this eye developed.
 In the later years years of his life two court suits, ill which he figured in one as a plaintiff and in the other as defendant, winning them both, kept Roosevelt before the public eye. Dur ig the Presidential campaign in 1912 a Michigan editor charged him with mtoxcation. Roosevelt instituted a suit for libel and marshalled a not able host of witnesses to testify re- garding his private life and habits. Their testimony was so overwhelming that the charge was withdrawn Ill open court and the jury brought !n d nominal verdict of six cents ill favor of the ex-President. William Barnes, Jr., of Albany, N. Y., accused Roose- welt in 1914 of uttering libel in a statement asserting that the rotten ness" of the New York State govern ment was due directly to the domin- mace of Tammany Hall in. politics, aided by MT. Barnes and his followers. At Syracuse, N. Y., in 1915 the jury's verdict acquitted Roosevelt.
 Advocated National Preparedness.
 When the European war began, Roosevelt vigorously advocated pol icy of national preparedness. urging universal military training for the na- tion's youth. In speeches throughout the country and in his magazine and newspaper writings he criticized, ih this respect, the policies of Woodrow