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and the settlement, through his moral in
fuence 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 private citizen, he was
Special Ambassador. from the United
States at the funeral of King Edward
VII of England.
A rift in the friendship between Roose-
welt and his successor as President Will
liam Howard Taft, led to the formers
announcement of his opposition to Mr..
Taft's denomination. The ex.President's
influence had been large in placing Mr.
Taft in the White House. Now his in
fuence was equally strong in preventing
Mr.. Taft from remaining there. Men
who had FLASHED with the Taft policies
quickly rallied to Rooseyelt's support.
Roosevelt assembled what he termed as
constructive ideas as opposed to the con-
servative ones of the so-called Republi-
can "Old Guard" characterized them
with the description Progressive" and
organized the Progressive party by with
drawing with his followers from the
Chicago convention of 1912. He became
the new party's candidate for President
This split in the Republican ranks re-
suited in Woodrow Wilson's election.
One of the most dramatic incidents in
Roosevelt's life occurred during this
campaign. As he was leaving a hotel
in Milwaukee, to 90 to a meeting hall to
make a political address, man standing
among the spectators in the street fired
a shot which struck the Colonel and
smashed rib Roosevelt insisted that
he was not seriously hurt and his auto
mobile conveyed him to the hall. There
he spoke to an audience which had
knowledge of what had happened-sob
bling women and grave-faced men shaker
with emotion by his appearance under
such circumstances. Examination of the
wound showed it was serious and the can
didate was hurried by special train tx
Chicago for treatment. Though HI
speedily recovered. the bullet was never
removed. The assassin was sent to al
asylum for the insane.
His Literary Career.
| Roosevelt after leaving the Whit,
House devoted his life largely to literar,
work, hunting and exploration. He be
came contributing editor to The Outlool
in 1909, continuing this for five years
and later held editorial positions witt
The Metropolitan and the Kansas Cit,
Star From 1882 to 1917 he publishe,
about 90 volumes of works covering tn
wide range of naval history, hunting
biography. the Rough Riders, American
ism, Nationalism, conservation of WON
anhood and childhood. animals, explora
ton. the world war and Americas partici
lpation in it. and his autobiography. Hi
hunts for big game and his zest for ex
ploration took him into the America
West, the heart of Africa and the wilder
mess of Brazil.
Upon his return from his African jour
lney-a return during which he made tr
umphant entries into European capital
land was received by nations rulers il
Icluding the Emperor of Germany-he al
rived in New York to experience wha
was generally conceded to be the creates
lovation an American private citizen wa
lever accorded by the people of his cour
TRY. This was in 1910. AT the head {
Ian exploring party in South Africa
1914 he discovered and followed for &c
miles a Madeira river tributary whic
the Brazilian government subsequent
named. in his honor, REQ Theodore. TIL
was the famous River of Doubts,
called because in many quarters eonsi,
cred authoritative it was question:
whether Roosevelt was the first man
, explore the stream. During this journs
the President contracted asjungle feve
I1nlI "a L., L.
the assesses which developed mali
nanfly and required several operations
the Roosevelt hospital in New York Cit
7 in 1918.
Theodore Roosevelt, besides being
) prolific writer, lectured and made pub
D speeches extensively, not only in his ov
4 country but in England, Spain, Sou
2 America and other parts of the worl
: The facility with which he made polite
e enemies and followers made him
4 marked man for both the bitter al
: friendly attention of cartoonists a.
|. photographers. Quaint and picturesq
e phrases were coined literally by him a.
d by others concerning him. Speak soft
and use the big stick" weasel words
: 'pussyfoot.' "mollycoddle" and my h
: is in the ring" were some of the Roos
e yeltian expressions which attained wi
e publicity.
l. The strenuous physical activities
S which Roosevelt engaged at the VIII
/ House included boxing. 1t was not I'm
e about eight years after he left the VIII
II House that it was disclosed that duri
it one of these bouts, which he welcomed
lie a means of keeping him in fighting tri
y a blow landed by a sparring opponent
N jured one of the Colonies eyes. La
n blindness of this eye developed.
e. In the later years of his life two co,
,r suits, in which he figured in one as I
m plaintiff and in the other as defenda
sr winning them both, kept Roosevelt
fore the public eye. During the preside
tial campaign of 1912 Michigan edi
u charged him with intoxication. Roo
! a welt instituted suit for libel and m
- shalled notable host of witnesses
- - testify regarding his private life and HI
- its. Their testimony was so overwhel
- ing that the charge was withdrawn