Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-07

| House included boxing. 1t was not un-
til about eight years after he left the
White House that il was disclosed
that during one of these bouts, which
= he welcomed as a means of keeping
him in fighting trim, a blow landed
! by a sperring opponent injured one
OF the colonefS 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
defendant winning them both, kept
j Roosevelt before the public eye. Dur
| ing the presidential campaign of 19l 2
a Michigan editor charged him with
: intoxication. Roosevelt instituted a
suit for libel and martialled 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charge was Withdrawn in open court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 a NOM
inal verdict of six cents in ia
vor OF the eX-presdent. VIII
liam Barnes, Jr., of Albany, n, Y,
accused Roosevelt in 1914 of uttering
libel in a statement asserting that the
''ro,tenness" of the New York state
( government was due directly 10 the
dominance of Tammany hall in poll
tics, aided by Mr.. Barnes and his fol-
lowers At Syracuse, n. Y. in 1915,
/ the iury's verdict acquitted Roose-
welt w
! When the European war began.
Roosevelt vigorously advocated a pol
icy of national preparedness, urging
universal military training for the
nations youth. In speeches through
a ..sftY
and newspaper writings he criticised,
in this respect the policies of Wood
row Wilson during Mr.. Wilson's first
term as president.
Mr.. Roosevelt. it has been said, was
keenly disappointed when he did not
, receive he republican nomination for
president in 1916. Al the same time,
however, he refused to follow the adj
vice of some of his Staunchest follow
ers that he again head the progressive
party ticket Instead he prevailed
upon the progressive party TO make
| Charles Evans Hughes the republican
candidate, its own choice. He cam
paigned for Mr. Hughes. With the
reelection of Mr. Wilson, and Amer
ica's entry into the world war soon
4 after. Roosevelt Immediately support
I ed the president and bitterly assailed
! the pro-Germans. paeifists and other
| type of men who attempted to delay
| speeding up the war.
! With the United States n belliger-
| emit, Roosevelt endeavored to obtain
/ the consent of the war department to
| establish an army division which he
was anxious TO take to France This
division was to have included many
of the Rough Riders who were his as
tot IN 10 m, "a ipp in
! younger men of the same strenuous
habits The necessary permission for
the formation of such a force was not
forthcoming even though Roosevelt
expressed Willingness to accompany 1t
as a subordinate, officer.
One of Rooserelt's partic!pations
in public Affairs took him to Wash
ington in January, 1923. when he con-
ferred with United States Senator
George L. Chamberlain of Oregon and
other members of congress who were
critical of the administration meth
DDS of prosecuting the war. Roose-
welt on this occasion announced his
support of the proposal that war
/, cabinet be organized to take over the
conduct of the war.
Five Sons I'm Service.
| Denied the privilege of fighting for
est was centered on his family's par
! ticipatton in the war. His four sons
! and his son-in-law, DR.. Derby, carried
out a prediction made by the former
president before the United States
took up arms--that If war came they
would enter service. Theodore, il,
became a major and Archibald cap
, tain, both in France; quentin entered
! q French aviation squadron, and DR.
, Derby the medical service, also botf
in France. Kermit, failing to pass 8
physical examination which would ad'
i, nit him to the United States army
, received a commission IN the British
, army and was soon in Mesopotamia.
Roosevelt took keen pride in the
i, service button he wore with its flv'
; stars. Talking with newspaper mer
, some months after his boys had gone
!, abroad, he told them privately tina
, Theodore had written him that III
had been in action and that bulle
had struck his trench helmet ant
|, glanced off Theodore wrote home
i, his father said, that he regretted he
had not been wounded just for the ex
perjence. At the time of this CONVEX
sation, public announcement had JUS
D heen made that Archie" had beer
iumped in rank from second lieuten
ant to captain. Roosevelt confidet
E with glee to his listeners that Archie
: had led "A rading party out into Nc
Mans Land at night, and that the
promotion had been won by gallantrI
under fire during this raid. The col
: onel disclosed further that Kermit
3. fighting with the Anglo-In Indian forces
? also had been under fire, as the leader
r of "a troop of Whirling Dervishes,'
Indian cavalry.
Roosevelts disappointment at MOI
, being allowed to go to France with ar
: army division was, 1t may be STATED
3 ON the authority of an American citi.
zen who was In Berlin about tina,
: time, shared by Emperor Wilhelm Of
{ Germany. To this American, the EN-
peror is declared to have stated that
/ the funniest thing that he could con.
!, lure in his imagination was the sigh'
: of Theodore Roosevelt wearing a gas
i mask.
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