The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-01-13

covered the bullet was never N- moved. The assassin was sent to an asylum for the insane.
 | Roosevelt after leaving the White
 House devoted his life largely to literary work, hunting and explora- tion He became contributing editor to The Outlook 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 covering the wide range of naval history. hunting,
 biography. the Rough Riders, Ameri-
 canism, Nationalism, conservation of
 womanhood and childhood, animals. evploration, the world war and Amer ica's participation in 1t, and his auto biography. His 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 Journey-a return during which he made triumphant entries into Euro. pean capitals and was received by nations rulers, including the emper- or of Germany-he arrived in New
 York to experience what was gener- ally conceded to be the greatest 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 a Madeira river tributary which the Brazilian government subsequently, named, in his honor Rio Theodore. This was the famous River of Doubt"-so called because in many quarters con- sidered authoritative it was question ed whether Roosevelt was the first man to explore the stream. During this journey the President contract ed a jungle fever which was held indirectly responsible for the abces- ses which developed indignantly and required several opera tions at the Roosevelt hospital in New York City. in 1918.
 Theodore Roosevelt. besides being 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 he made political enemies and fol- lowers made him a marked man for both the bitter and friendly atten- tion of cartoonists and paragraphers. Quaint and picturesque phrases were coined liberally 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 disclosed that during one of these bouts. which he welcomed as a means of keeping him in fighting trim, a blow landed by sparring opponent injured one of the Colonel's 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 Roosevelt before the public eye. Dur ing the Presidential campaign of 1912 a Michigan editor charged him with lntoXicatton. 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 overwhelm. ing that the charge was withdrawn in open court and the jury prot in a nominal verdict of six cents in 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- ance of Tammany hall in politics, aided by MT. Barnes and his follow CTS, At Syracuse, N. Y, in 1915 the jury's verdict acquitted Roosevelt.
 When the European war began Roosevelt vigorously advocated a. policy of national preparedness, urg- ing universal military training for the nations youth. In speeches thru. out the country and in his magazine and newspaper writings he criticized in this respect the policies of Wood row Wilson during MT. Wilson's first term as President.
 MT. Roosevelt. 1t has been said. was keenly disappointed when he did not receive the republican nom. nation for President in 1916. At the same time. however. he. refused to follow the advice of some of his Staunnhact follo,.za..s.