| Show ROOSEVELT IS DEAD I I ROOSEVELT T PHRASES The Tho following are aro some of the famous phrases originated by Colonel Roosevelt Speak softly and carry a big stick My hats hat's in the rin ring Im I'm Im I'm for the square doal deal 1 Wo e fought at Armageddon De Mollycoddle The Tho Ananias club Tho The river of oC doubt Nature fakirs Malefactors of great t wealth r The short and ug ugly word The rhe simple life lICe The strenuous life Ufe Beaten to a frazzle Like King Agag stepping softly null Bully Puss Pussyfooter footer 1 My f policies Pr Practical men Undesirable citizen i iD i'D D Byzantine Terms applied to Colonel Roosevelt e b by his friends and admirers The RoughRider RoughRider Spanish Ameri can war The bull Dull Bull Moose party party party par par- ty Th The American Warwick at the time when he made Taft president The gr great at advertiser at the time he sent the American fleet around the tho world Bwana Dwana Tumbo of South African lion hunting fame T. T R R R. The colonel Theodore Roosevelt president of oC the United States died in his sleep at his homo home In Oyster Bay Day last Monday l morning II Up III had been suffering suffering suf suf- fering for same sarnie mo time with Inflammatory inflammatory tory rheumatism but his family and friends had no Idea his condition was serious Tho only member atthe of at I the tho family at homo hamo was Mrs Roose Roos velt The funeral yesterday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon was private The burial was at nt Oyster Oster Bay in In a plot overlooking Long Island Probably no other man inan over lived who was more widely known known in in his lifetime than was Theodone Theo dore done Roosevelt writer talker trapper trapPer trap trap- Per Der rancher explorer student dIplomat diplomat diplomat diplo dIplo- mat husband father lather Roosevelt ell Roosevelt was viewed differently I Uy by different people Some loved him and went through fire and water for him him others liked him at times and at other times could see seo no good In him and still sUB others disliked him at atall atall all aB times Umes It was said of him You either adore or hate him There was never an American of such high position who was at home with so many different classes of peo peo- I He lIe hobnobbed with multimillionaires multimillion multimillIon- aires and visited upon terms of or equalIty equality equal equal- ity and friendship the cabins of coal miners He traced his blood back to the southland southland and and broke bread at athis athis his ils White House table with a negro He lIe denounced in fier fiery language the malefactors of great wealth and the Morgans and poured gold Into his campaign funds Full Fun of Fl FI ht t Fight Is In him and anel it has to come out cried exultant Roosevelt booster at the Chicago convention which named t him candidate for president of if th PrOgreSSIVe Progressive party In 1912 I Roosevelt's t political fights were without number number Ho lie fought progressives progress saves and reactionaries react when wIlen either did not think as he did lId He fought boss bossism Ism In the Republican party and then made himself the boss hoss of that party then of the Pro Progressive party and fought again for the leadership of the Republican ranks i Roosevelt was born in New York October 27 1858 the son Bon of Theodore Theodore Theodore Theo Theo- dore and Martha Bullock Bulloch Rome noose velt nIt Ills parents were well-to-do well although not rich as the country now classes wealth Their social position was high Their son was sent to Harvard for his education The young young university graduate took toole an Immediate and strenuous In Interest Interest interest In- In terest In politics being elected to the New York assembly at 24 Two years earlier he had married Alice Hatha- Hatha way They had one daughter Alice who was a White House bride during her tier fathers father's occupancy of f the nations nation's nations nation's nations nation's na na- tion's executive mansion In Washington Washing Washing- ton Her lIer husband Nicholas Longworth Longworth Long Long- worth was then and is now a congressman congressman congressman con con- gressman from a Cincinnati district The first Mrs Roosevelt died In 1884 and ind then Roosevelt's health failed and nd he sought the rigors and labors of if a ranchers rancher's life in North Dakota The log cabin he lie oc occupied for two y years ars hunting and trapping now stands on the grounds of he state capitol at Bismarck N N. 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D Health Restored 1 Two years of that outdoor life lire re restored restored restored re re- stored him to health and a renewed longing for fOT a political career He returned returned returned re re- turned to lo New York became an un- un ful candidate for mayor maor of New York and a successful candidate for the hand of Edith Kermit Their union was blessed with five children Theodore Jr Archie Ethel Mrs Richard Derby Kermit and Quentin Roosevelt was appointed civil service service service ser ser- vice commissioner of New York and held the position from 1889 1839 until 1895 when he was made mado president of or the tho New York police board hoard Inthe In Inthe Inthe the former office he waged an unrelenting lenting warfare for efficient civil service serIce service ser ser- vice Ice honestly administered This brought him into frequent and warm conflicts with Republican bosses andward and andward andward ward politicians who hungered forthe for tho the spoils of office As head of New York's Yorks police department Roose Room Roosevelt velt achieved noteworthy results Americas America's largest city probably never had a better or more moro honest police bead head From bossing homing New Yorks York's police department Roosevelt went to the as- as Continued on Last Page Pago t ROOSEVELT'S urs ur's I LII LIFE nE E IN IX N NUTSHELL I Born October Darn October 27 1858 Birthplace New Birthplace New York City Education Ed Education Uon Harvard r I Married October Married October 27 1830 1880 December December December De De- cember 2 1886 Wives Wives Alice Alice Hatla vaye died February 14 1884 and Edith Ker Ker- mit Ch Children Alice Alice Mrs Hrs Ncholas Nicholas Longworth daughter of first wife wICe Theodore Jr Archie Ethel Mrs Richard Derby Kermit and Quentin First political office office Member Member of New York legislature 1882 1382 Rancher North Rancher North Dakota 1884 I I I Candidate mayor Now New York York York- 1886 defeated 1 1 Civil service commissioner New NewYork York York 1889 1889 President New York police board 1895 Organized Rough Riders In Span Span- ish-American ish War 18 war 1808 8 Assistant secretary of war war 1897 8 1897 Lieutenant colonel und and colonel and mu mustered out out 1898 Governor New York York 1899 1899 Vice President United States States States- 1901 Became President when McKinley died September 14 1901 Elected EJected President President 1904 Awarded Nobel peace prize prize 1906 Special ambassador of United States at funeral of King Edward VII VII 1910 Hunting trip in Africa Africa 1909 1909 Progressive party candidate for presidency 1912 Shot at Milwaukee 1 by crank Oct October er 15 16 1912 Headed exploring party In South America America 1914 Last public appearance of national character Leading character Leading offensive against wn war policies and program of or- present of-present administration January administration January 1918 Author of numerous books and contributions to newspapers and magazines Home Oyster Home Oyster Bay Day L. 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I I 0 THEODORE ROOSEVELT Continued from Page One s i or of the ta navy dei de- de nt in McKInley's administration 3 tion n Here lIere he t tolled toiled Jed earnestly earnestly and lt talked I ed long and hard for tor fora a a larger Jarger ii naval val program Rough Riders Formed I J i With the coming of the Spanish Spanish- American American war Roosevelt longed for fora a a n. t taste ste of shot and powder po warl warfare rc He orga organized a regiment regiment- regiment regiment- of young band and hardy men principally from the plains of the middle middy west and called them the Rough Riders n Riders ders Dr Leonard Wood now major general was colonel of the regimen which saw service in Cu Cuba and aided in the defeat defeat defeat de de- de- de feat of the Spanish at San Juan lull hill Roosevelt had accepted a commission commis commis- commission sion slon of lieutenant colonel in his regiment regiment regi regi- ment and was made colonel after t the engagement ment at San Juan hill hilI He Ic returned re- re turned turne to the United States stamped a hero and speedily became a leading leading lead lead- ing figure in the public eye New York elected him governor by an overwhelming majority and there was wasa a popular clamor for him as president Such astute politicians as the late Senators Senators' Thomas C. C Platt and Matthew Matthew Matthew Mat Mat- thew Quay fe fed feared rt red d the growing popularity popularity pop pop- of Roosevelt Roosevelt whom they disliked disliked dis dis- liked because of ot his attitude attitude attitude atti atti- tude had his unwillingness to obey political order orders They decided to sidetrack him by forcing the vice presidential nomination upon him In this they had the assistance of the the late Mark Hanna then supreme boss bOBS of the Republican party who was intent upon UlOn McKinley McKinley Mc- Mc Kinley In 1900 and himself four yea years s later Roosevelt fought a losing battle I 1 against th these se wily party bosses He lie felt feIt as did most every other person that the vice presidency would be the elid of or his his political career The convention went ahead and nominated ram tm and with McKInley I he heas was as elec elected ed Just whether that I I would would have been LIeen the political death death of Roosevelt will never neer be e known for President McKInley was shot by y yau ah au assassin at Buffalo in September 1901 and on t the e of or that mouth month Theodore Roosevelt took cook the oath of office as President of the United States He was elected president in 1904 and four years later dictated the nom nomination nation and aided In the election election election elec elec- tion of William H. H Taft Tart I In 1912 Roosevelt who who had had turned turned turned turn turn- ed against Taft Tart led the soc called so-called progressive wing of the Republican party In In- Inan an attempt to prevent the of Taft Tact In this they they ere were unsuccessful Taft was nominated ed and the new Progressive party nominated Roosevelt as s its standard bearer hearer Roosevelt as a Progressive ran ah ahead ad of Taft raft in the election dividing dIvIding di dividing dI- dI viding Ule the Hie Republican vote so that Wilson won easily as the Democrat nominee The administrative departments were raised by Roosevelt to a really high pitch of efficiency In the matter matter matter mat mat- ter of foreign relations few rew American Ameri Amen can have played the diplomatic game Some Seine of the notable achievements during Roosevelt's Roose administration were Yere the Hepburn Dolliver-Hepburn railroad act extension of forest reserve national national na na- na- na irrigation act improvement of water W ways ys and reservation of water waterpower v ter power sites employers employers' lI act establishment of the department of commerce and labor ui dire e food tood and drugs act federal meat inspection battleship fleet sent around the world Work on Panama canal zone begun and pushed forward settlement settle settle- settlement ment of ot the coal conI strike of 1902 conI conviction conviction con con- of grafters and I public land thieves suits began against the sugar Standard Oil and aud andio io cb j trusts I For his work in bringing about tile the settlement of the It Japanese Russo-Japanese war var Roosevelt won tho No Nobel el peace print of In 1908 1998 As As president Roo Roosevelt evelt recommended recommended recommended mended Inheritance Income taxes taxes tax tax- e es postal savings banks banIs parcel post and legislation to prevent overcapitalization watering stock-watering of or common common com corn mon Inca carriers Guest of ringer Kaiser On his return trip from Africa where whore he had spent months in IJ tho the wilds Roosevelt was was received In Furore Eu- Eu lope roro with great popular and royal demonstrations He lIe was the guest of or Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and with the kaiser reviewed the German troops As special an ambassador rep- rep l the United States Roose t velt then in Europe attended the funeral of or King Edward VII of ot Great Britain olife o f.- S I Roosevelt's life w wis s attempted byan byan by byan an an assassin October 15 1912 when Roosevelt candidate of the Progressive Progressive Progressive sive pay patty for President was campaigning campaigning cam cam- through the tho country He lIe wass was's was s 's scheduled d to make malce a speech speech In MIlwaukee Milwaukee Mil MIl- waukee WIs when a n crazed half ha d crank fired a n bullet into his body I The wound was not serious and did didt Id no hot t prevent Roosevelt Roosevell from making his hIs speech After Arter his retirement from Irom the presidency presidency dency Roosevelt did considerable IQ writing becoming the highest highet paid p paid d newspaper r and magazine writer In lh he country He Ho tried for the Republican presidentIal presidential presidential nomination in 1 1916 but was defeated by Charles E. E Hughes i 1 Roosevelt was nominated by the Progressive party whose candidate he had been four years before but buthe buthe buthe he de declined the Progressive DomIna a j tion and supported nu Hughes hes who met Illet defeat |
