6 "HORSE" HAGGERTY CONTINUES TO HOLD BASKETBALL STAGE; INDEPENDENTS WINNING "Horse" Haggerty and "Battling" Beck Do Circus Stunts at Chestnut Street It took all of "Horse" Haggerty's iedgerdemaln to beat ths Dobson live on Saturday night, with valiant assistance by Manager Gordon Ford, "Battling" Beck, Ike McCord and "Waliy" Wallower, the score being, 41-31. The Dobsons from East Falls proved to be the disputationest bunch of athletes that ever invaded us. They squabbled from the tap of gong and only the demands of Fran kel finally got the fray finished. The magic of "Horse" Haggerty evidently embittered the visitors and as the phenom casually reached down the pill and rolled it skillfully into the trap the Dobsons became stigtcssled and bolshevikered until the.v went dippy. The play was so fast and eccen TENNIS STARS OF ITALY WILL BE IN DAVIS CUP Value in Furthering Interna tional Friendships Has Been a Conspicuous Feature Major Bernon S. Prentice, who has just returned from his duties with the Red Cross in Europe, brings word that Italy is planning to enter a team in the next Davis cup matches. Although arrangements are still in the stage of preliminary dis cussion, the interest in the matches which he found leaves little reason to doubt that Italy will be repiesonted. As the special representative abroad of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association Major Prentice was in touch with many of the American players, whom he reports as being keenly interested in activities here. lie met a number of the ranking men as well as many other tennis players who are in the service and was able to keep them informed of conditions at home. "It has been a wonderful demon stration of the value of sport in promoting international friendships." be said in describing conditions in Italy, "to see the interest which the Italians took in our sports. Tennis was played in some of the larger cities there, but on no sucii scale as in this country. Consequently they welcome the chance to play, and whenever the opportunity was af forded the officers in particular took up the game eagerly and did sur prisingly well at it. "In fact their interest is so keen that I was told they are planning to enter a team for the next Davis cup matches. As soon as conditions per mit formal communications on the subject they will arrange to send their representatives to compete. Nothing is so helpful In achieving the 'entente cordiale' desired by the al lied nations as these international •events, nnd they have been quick to recognize the benefits resulting from such competition." Major Prentice said tlia: tennis has ben one of the most popular sports at the base hospitals in France. Not only have the courts installed there been kept busy all' day but some have bene equipped for night play as well. - Sectioi. 603, one of the units of the United States Army ambulance serv ice raised by the U. S. N. L. T. A., Mas in the Piave drive Just before the signing of the armistice and did very effective work. Jimmy Lightbody, the Crown Prince's Trainer, Helps Defeat Huns Rrainerd, Minn., Jan. 6—Jimmy Lightbbody, who won many a long distance race for the University of Chicago and who later tried to make an athlete of the German crown prince, was on the Job in France when the Germans capitu 'ated, serving as a lieutenant with the American forces. Lightbody won the 800 and 1.500-meter races at the St. Louis Olympic games in St. Louis in 1904, and finished second to Ar thur Newton, of the New York A. C., in the four-mile tec.pi race. He captured the 1,500-meter race for Uncle Sam in tho Athens Olympic of 1906, and finished sec. ond to Paul Pilgrim of the New York A. C. in-the 800-mcter event. Mrs. Kathertne Lightbody, of Chicago, mother of the noted ath lete, who has been visiting with friends at Gilbert Lake, near here, received a lotter from her eon, written in October. He related his experiences at the front and assured her that "the war would end soon. After Lightbody graduated from tho University of Chicago, he took up post-graduate work at tho University of Berlin. His athletic prowess attracted the attention of the Imperial family, and Light body had the crown prince and other sons of the Kaiser in his athletic classes. New Ownership The firm of Heagy Bros, has been taken over by Harvey C." Heagy, the sole surviving partner. The business will continue to be conducted along the same lines as heretofore under the firm name of Harvey C. Heagy SPORTING GOODS STORE 1200 N. Third Street MONDAY EVENING. i trie that tvcr.v mlnuto' brought a roar from the big arena. C. Beck was attacked by a silly Dobaonite who fancied he could grab the ball away, but found himself up against a human vise. It was by all odds the most entertaining, rattling con test of the Mason. The summary: Dobson. Harrisburg. Dees, f. McCord,f. Graff, f. Wallower, f. Moorehead, c.Haggerty, c. Frankel, g. Beck, g. Kilpatric. g. Ford, gr. Field goals: Wallower, 2: Hag gerty, 4; Beck, 5; Ford, 2; Lees. 4; Graff, 1: Moorehead, 2; and Frankel, 3. Fouls. McCord. 15 out of 18, and Lees, 11 out of 13. Referee, Clint White. LEE FOHL WILL MANAGE INDIANS He Took the Job When Tris Speaker Refused It; Has a Good Record; Is Liked Lee Fohl, manager of the Cleve land American League club since 1915, has been re-engaged to lead the Indians for the 1919 season. The re-engagement of Fohl came as a big surprise, as Tris Speaker was in consultation with James Dunn and Fohl yesterday, and it Is known that the star centerflelder received an offer to manage the club. In fact. Speaker was approached in Boston with an offer to manage the Cleveland club. At that time Tris still was attending the naval aviation classes at Massachusetts Tech. He then said he dod not think he could do himself justice as a player if he also took up the managerial duties of the club. Speaker figures lie still is in the heyday of his success as a player and that managerial worries would r. duce his value to the Cleveland club. Speaker also recommended that Fohl lie retained. He regards Lee as one of the smartest managers that lie ever worked under. The re-engagement of Fohl is well received. Many fans would consider it an injustice if he was deposed. Fohl has kept the Indians in the race ever since he succeeded Joe Bir mingham. His team finished second tast season despite the fact that the Indians had lost many of their stars to the service. Hummelstown Crescents in Victory Over Whartons lliuiiiiH-lstown, Pa., Jan. 6. —The Hummelstown Crescents defeated the Wharton freshmen by the score of 28 to 15. Both teams played a good game. G. Burridge was the star for the Crescents and Lapkin and Mover for the Wharton fresh men. The lineup and summary: Crescents. Wharton. T. Burridge. f. Lapkin, f. Blackburn, f. Moyer, f. G. Burridge, c. Meyers, c. N. Rupert, g. Weaverling, g. H. Echenroth, g. Lefer. g. Field goals, T. Burridge, 2; Black burn, 1; G. Burridge, 5: N. Rupert, 1; H. Eckenrotli, 2: Lapkin, 2; Moy er, 2: Meyers, 2. Foul goals, G. Burridge, 6; Lapkin, 2; Moyer, 1. The Hummelstown Juniors also defeated the Leaves B. B. team be tween halves with the score of 3 4 to 8. C. Ebersole and Grill starred for the Juniors. The Juniors are a team of 110 pounds and would like to have games with other teams of that weight. MILLERSVILI.E NORMAL WIN'S Millersville Normal school took the measure of Tarsus gymnastic school on Saturday In a game play ed up there, 44-15. The home boys have had bad luck, this being the sixth straight defeat, in spite of good work, especially by Holahan. To-morrow night Tarsus will hook up with the Hershey Olivets, rein forced by Lutz, formerly York High school phenom. Saturday's lineup: Tarsus. Millersville. Holahan, f. R. Warfel. f. Laughery, f. Kline, f. Long, o. Rees, c. Fetrow, g. C. Warfel, g. Marks, g. Kauffmun. g. Field goals, Rees, 7; R, Warfel, 4; Kline, 2; Long. 2; I-aughery, Marks. Foul goals, Kauffman, 14; Holahan, 3; Long, 4, Referee. Gar-' vey, F. and M. EN'HAFT IniHS N'EWVILLE The nhautwlix-High five on Sat urday night defeated the strong New ville five by the score of 21 to 16. Bartels starred Cor the ex-hlgli squad and ably helped in bringing homo the bacon. This is tho fifth straight win for the Enhaut quintet. The lineup: Newville. Enhaut. Hilbush, f. W. Miller, f. Kerdie, f. Bartels, f. Rltner, c. Albright, c. Scitz, g. Miller, g. Stricklcr, tf. Armstrong, g. Field goals, W. Miller, 4; Bartels, 3; Albright. 1; Armstrong, 1; Hil bush, 3; Kerdie, 1, and Ritner, 1. Fouls, W. Miller, 3, and Ritner, 6, Referee, Snyder. SNOODLES -;- By Hungerford rz T) ff£L?Sr* HRA-A-ACk! 1 > i , LETS mptakeit * W /• # <0 * t * a •♦* _ * "Diamond in the Rough" Wins Matty When Scout, Now Decerned, Discovered Him George White, the man who has been given credit for discovering Christy Mathewson, died recently at his home. In Cincinnati of influenza. How the Bucknell College pitcher was uncovered in the sticks, how he was shunted off by Cincinnati with out so much as a real tryout and how he eventually became the property of the New York club, in whose/serv ice he became the peer of ers, is related. White was an umpire in the Vir ginia League in 1900. While calling strikes and balls in that circuit the Cincinnati man noticed the flne work of a big youngster with the Norfolk team of the league and wrote home that he was a diamond in the rough and advised the Reds to sign him. Eddie Aschenbach, then manager of the Hampton, Va., team, also sent several letters to John T. Brush, then president of. the Cincinnati club, on the same subject. The Virginia LeagMe soon went to pieces and Aschenbach and White came North, looking for new fields to conquer. White met Mr. Brush in Cincinnati and told him of the husky twlrler, who had just graduated from Buck nell College, and suggested that Brush wire him at Faotoryville. Pa. The pitcher, of course, was Christy Mathewson. Brush passed the tip along to Andrew Freedman, then owner of the Giants, as this new sfory of Matty's discovery goes. Freedman made the purchase from Norfolk. Matty joined the Giants near the close of the 1900 season. There was the controversy often told over his purchase price, with the result that Freedman refused to complete the deal and Cincinnati took Matty at the draft price, later turning him over to New York In exchange for Amous Rusie. He was the one real player left on ths squad when John AROUND THE BASES Higher Shoes, aiul shorter skirts. Is wHat they've planned for women. Wonder what the regulations Will he, then, for swtmmin'. Cincinnati. Ohio, Jan. 6.—Presi dents B. B. Johnson, of the Ameri can league, and John Heydler, of the National League, arrived here from French Lick Springs, Ind., last night for the annual meeting of the National Baseball Commission to morrow. DesMoines, lowa, Jan. 6.—Captain John L. Griffith, former athletic di rector at Drake University, who has been engaged as athletic director at Camp Dodge and Pike, has been se lected to succeed Dr. Jacob E. Ray croft, of Princeton, as chairman of the committee of training camp ac tivities under the War Recreation Board. Captain Griffith is well known in Western athletic circles, llis work at Camp Dodge received high praise from Dr. Raycroft. The best Yankee story brought back from over there so far. is one the returning, soldiers tell about a husky negro soldier who went over the trenches with nothing but a ra s:or for a weapon. Leaping upon a Hun he swept the familiar blade sure and true. "Never touched me," jeered the Hun. "Jes' wait till you nod y'r haid," assured the Georgia cyclone. ' Old Jim of Muscatine Old Jim was sleepln' cold that night, 'Way out in No Alan's Land; An' he was layln' there grim and tight, When the dawn came gray and grand. ' f Old Jim got bumped in a bit of a raid— The rest of the line was quiet; "Nothing to report," the C. O. said, An' Jim wa'n't alive to deny it . ] But out in Muscatine, I. A. | That night. Jim's mother was j, readin', i The letter that come f'm Jim that day. An* he told of the life he was leadla'. "We're all right here," wrote Jim to his Maw. "And the grub, why it's really grand." But she couldn't see what the star shells saw ! That night In No Man's Land. —Lawrence Seabury. Montreal, Can., Jan. 6.—Wilson W. Butler won the 1918 award of the Canadian Northern Railway Sys tem's competition for the record speckled trout of the season. The fish was 25 1-2 Inches in length, and its girth measured 15 1-2 Inches. Mr. Butler took his trout from the Cin cinnati pool of the Nepigon river. Baltimore, Aid., Jan. 6.—The Con servation Commission of Maryland : has captured three duck guns used illegally for night duck shooting in ! Chesapeake Bay. The barrels of the ; guns nre six feet in length. MAINE GUIDES AT 7 A DAY liangor, Me., Jan. 6.—Before the war, Maine guides for deer hunting received 13.50, a day. Last season tfes wen were scarce at a day. HAKRISBTJRG UMjfll TELEGRAPH McGraw took over the management of the Giants, and his work since, of course, is a matter of baseball his tory. Mathewson was not the only good ballplayer White unearthed in the bushes and recommended for advance ment. He and Aschenbach were Jointly responsible for many discov eries, and, speaking of Aschenbach, there were few better judges of base bann then he. A dozen stars of the big circuits got started out on the road to fame and fortune through the superior judgment of the Cincin nati scout. "I want to tell you about a fel low who pitches them so hard that he knocked the catcher's glove over tho fence," said Aschenbach to Tom Loftus years ago in recommending a pitcher to Canton. Tom went to get the fellow, but Patsy Tebeau, of Cleveland, beat him out. That pitch er was Cy Young. "There is a fellow so full of pep and speed that he ought to be on the race track." said Aschenbach to a Cincinnati manager, telling him of a player on the Augusta, Ga., team years ago. "Get him for the Reds. I think 1 Cfin buy him for you." Ed. had an option on the player for $2,500. That player was Ty Cobb. Up in New Brunswick, Aschenbach attended a gnme in the ball park at St. John. He watched a big catcher and lilted his looks. After the game he approached the backstop and asked him If he wanted a job. The hefty man of the catcher's mitt told him that he did, saying he could get his release for sy>o. Aschenbach could not ra'tBe the cash and the player got away from him. The player was the former star of the Reds and Giants, Larry McLean. Nick Altrock, one of the best pitch ers ever turned out in Cincinnati, algtq got started under Aschenbach. WOMAX BREAKS 189 BIRDS Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. 6.—The first prize in tjjo rifle contest for women, which ended at Pinehurst Saturday, was won by Mrs. Richard Lane, ol' Norristown, Pa., with a target of 139 out of a possible 130. The sec-; ond prize went to Mrs. 11. E. Moles, i of Westmount, Quebec, who scored I 138. The two prize-winners led the field by a wide margin. Miss Evelyn Rob erts, of Philadelphia, finished third with 116. Little Willie —Father, have you had had another wife? Father—Good gracious! Whatever makes you ask that? Little Willie—WelJ, on the first page of this Bible it says you mar ried Anno Domini, 1880.—Edinbor ough Scotchman. The United Sportsmen of Pennsyl vania favor "the closing for definite j periods of portions of important j trout streams for the purpose of per- j mitting the growth and increase of i fish therein; such closed periods not ! to extend, however, beyond the term 1 of two years." AUGUST KNOWS SOMETHING August Meyers is again hitchlnig his team at Howard Steele's front gate.—Gridley Light. New York, Jan. 6.—The annual meeting of the National Lawn Ten nis Association will be held in thin city on February' 7. The award of national championships will be voted and resumption of the Davis cup contest in 1920 will be recommend ed by the executive committee. New York, Jan. 6. —Columbia University will he represented at the meeting of the American Col lege Rowing Association to be held in Philadelphia next week to discuss the proposal to have a Henley re gatta for college crews this spring, it was announced to-day. If the plans mature, it is (virtually certain that the Blue and White will enter a boat. Columbia also probably will enter a crew for the Chllds cup race with Princeton and Pennsylvania. Widely-Known Athletic Manager Dies at Newport Newport, Pa., Jan. 6. — Funeral services were held on Friday for William W. Sharon, of Newport, who died of tuberculosis, aged 4 4 years. Services were conducted by the Rev, Robert M. Ramsey, of the Presbyter ian Church and burial was in the Newport Cemetery. Mr. Sharon was well known in athletic circles throughout Central Pennsylvania. During the first two years of Its existence, he was secre tary-treasurer of the Dauphin-Perry League, which he was largely in strumental in organizing. He man aged the Newport team of the lea gue during these first two years And always had his team well up in the race. NEW CHIEF OF POWER COMPANY TAKES CHARGE 11. R." Palmer, of Richmond, took charge of the Harrisburg Light and Power Company, Saturday, In place of C. M. Kaltwasser, who will manage a rubber products plant at Plainfleld, |X. J Palmer was chief of the lighting I and power department of th Vl*- 1 giula Railways Company. DRAMATIC LIFE MADEJIIM FAMOUS [Continued from First Page.] took the children abroad. A porch | gymnasium at his home provided him with physical exercises with J which he combatted a troublesome asthma. His father, a glass im porter and a man of means, was his constant companion; he kept a diary; he l ead so much history and Actional books of adventure that ho was known as a bookworm; he took box ing lessons; he was an amateur naturalist; and at the age of 17 he entered Harvard University. There, he wa snot as prominent as some others in an athletic way, as it is knot recorded that he "made" the baseball and football teams, but his puny body had undergone a meta morphosis and before graduation ho became one of the champion boxers of the college. This remurkable physical development was empha sised by something which took place shortly after he left Haivard in 1880. He went to Europe, climbed the Matterhorn, and as a result was elected a member of the Alpine Club of London an organization of men who had performed notable feats of advenutre. A few months after his graduation, Roosevelt married Miss Alice Lee wf Boston. She died in 18S4, leaving one child, Alice, now the wife' of Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio. In 1880 Roosevelt married Miss Edith Kermit Carow, of New York, and to them five children were born—Edith, now the wife of Dr. Richard Derby, and four sons, The odore, Jr., Kermit, Archibald and Quentin. The public career of the man who was to become Presldnt began not long after he left College. His pro fession was law, but the activities that were to come left him no time in which to practice it. n 1882, 1883 and 1884 he was elected to the New York State Assembly where his efforts on behalf of the good govern ment and civil service reform at tracted attention. When the Reuub lican National Convention of 1884 was held, in Chicago, he was chair man of the New York State delega tion. After this experience he dropped out of politics for two years. Going west, he purchased ranches along the Little Missouri River, in North Dakota and divided his time be tween outdoor sports, particularly hunting, and llerary work. Here he laid the foundation for his series of books, "The Winning of the West," which was published from 1889 to 1896, and of other volumes of kin dred character. Defeated For Mayor .... Returning to New York he became the Republican candidate for mayor, in 1886. He was defeated. Presi dent Harrison in 1889 appointed him a member of the United States Civil Service Commission and President Cleveland continued him in this of fice. wh'ch li" resigned in 1895 to become New York City's police com missioner. j "A tiling that attracted me to this I office." Roosevelt said at the time I he accepted this appointment, "was that it was to be done in the hurly burly, for I don't like cloister life." Honesty was the watchword of this administration, and the two years of his occupancy became memorable through the reforms lie inaugurated, attracting the nation's attention while holding a position which was ob scure In comparison with the events to come. Illicit liquor traffic, gamb ling. vice in general—of these evils he purged the city in the face of corrupt political opposition, and the repuation he established as a re former won him t\ie personal selec tion by President McKinley as As sistant Secretary of the Navy, in 1897. A year later the Spanish- American War broke out. The Roosevelt temperament did not ullow the man to retain a deputy cabinet position with war offering something more exciting. Leonard Wood, now a Major-General. was then President McKtnley's physlcion and one of Roosevelt's staunchest friends. The famous Rough Riders were organized by Wood and Roosevelt — a band of fighting men the mention of whose name to-day suggests Im mediately the word "Roosevelt." They came out of the west —plains- men. miners, rough and ready fighters who were natural marKs men. and Wood became their Colonel and "Teddy," as he had been famil iarly called by the public, their Lieutenant-Colonel. In company with the regulars of the Army they took transports to Cuba, landed at Santiago and .were soon engaged in the thick of battle. Among the pro motions which this hardy regiment's raH' , ntry brought nhout were those of Wood to Brigadier-General and Roosevelt to Colonel —and this title Theodore Roosevelt cherished until the end. Some of the Rough Riders formed the m'lltary escort when he was elected President a few years later. When Cuba had been liberated. Roosevelt returned to New York. A gubernatorial campaign was in swing, with the Republican party In need of a capable candidate. Roose velt was nominated. Van Wyck, his Democratic opponent, was defeated. The reforms Roosevelt liatf favored as assemblyman he now had the op portunity to consummate, together with others of more importance, and It was during this admlnlstralon that he Is said first to have earned the hostility of corporations. When the Republican national convention wae held tn Philadelphia in 1900 his party In New York state demanded and attained his nomination for Vice president on the ticket with Wil- Hani McKinley. In November of that year this ticket was elected. The policies of McKinley, noose-' velt endeavored to carry out after he succeeded the former upon the President's tragglc death at the hands of an assassin. Itoosevelt re tained his predecessors cabinet as lite own and he kept in office the am bassadors and ministers whom Mc- Kinley had appointed. As much as two years before the Presidential campaign of 1904 iTepublican or ganizations in various stales began endorsing htm as their next candi date. It was thus that "the man of des tiny" idea became associated with his life. Ostensibly, Roosevelt', leav ing the governorship of New York to become Vice-president, was mov ing forward from state politics into national politics, so his political op ponents professed publicly to be lieve; but it was their secret de sire to "shelve" the man and elimi nate him from prominence in their own community it was said, that prompted these political foes to obtain for him the Vice-presidential nomination, which he pers'onally did not desire. At the height of his public and political career, during the four years of the term for which he had been elected, Roosevelt accomplished achievements which historians will rank high in the international and industrial progress of the country. They included his influential nego tiations which, conducted at Ports mouth, N. H., effected peace be-1 tween Russia and Japun: matnte-i nance of the Monroe Doctrine at | perled when European Powers were | interested in the affairs of Vene- < zuela; the recognition of Panama as j a Republic and his -treaty with; Panama by which the inter-oceanic ; canal through that country was put! under way; and the < settlement, through his moral influence in the! face of a situation tn which there Was no adequate federal leglsla- i tlon. 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 a I private citizen, he was special am bassador from the United States atj the funeral of King Edward VII of' England. ' I A rift in the frelndshib between Roosevelt and his successor as Presi-J dent William Howard Taft, led to the former's announcement of his opposition to Mr. Taft'.s renomina tion. The ex-President's influence was equally strong in preventing Mr. Taft front remaining there. Men who had clashed with Taft policies quickly rallied to Roosevelt support.' Roosevelt assembled what he termed ! as constructive ideas as opposed to the conservative ones of the so called Republican "Old Guard," characterized them with the descrip tion "Progressive" and organized the Progressive Party by withdrawing with his followers from the Chicago Convention of 1912. He became the new party's candidate for President. This split in the Republican ranks resulted in Woodrow Wilson's elec tion. One of the most dramatic Inci dents in Roosevelt's life occurred during this campaign. As lie was leaving a hotel, in Milwaukee, to go to a meeting hnll to make a poli tical address, a man standing among the spectators In the street fired a shot which struck the Colonel nnd smashed a rib. Roosevelt insisted he was not seriously hurt and his automobile conveyed him to the hall. There he spoke to an nudlence wliteh had knowledge of what had hap pened—sobbing women and prnve faced men shaken with emotion by his appearance under such o'reum stances. Examination of the wound showed it was serious and the can didate was hurried by special train to Chicago for treatment. Though he speedily recovered the bullet was never removed. The assassin ■ was sent to an asylum for the lr.snne. Roosevelt after leaving the White House devoted his life largely to literary work, hunting and explor ation. He became contrlbultng edi tor to The Outlook in 1909, contin uing this for five years, and later held editorial positions with tho Metropolitan and the Kansas City Star. From 1882 to 1917 he pub lished about fifty volumes of works covering the wide range of naval history, hunting, "biography, the Rough Riders. Americanism, Na tionalism, conservation of woman i hood and childhood animals, ex ploration, the world war and Amer ica's participation In it. and his autobiography. His hunts for big game and hia zeat for exploratlop took him into the An .loan west, the heart of Africa and the wilder ness 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 Em peror of Germany—he arrived In New Y"ork to experience what was genernliy conceded to be the great est ovation an American private citi zen was ever accorded by tho people of his country. ■ This was.ln 1610. At the head of an exploring party In South America in 1914 he dis covered and followed for 300 miles a Madeira river tributary which the Brazilian government subsequently named. In hlB honor Reo Theodore. This was the famopa "River of Doubt" —so-called beoquse In many quarters considered authoritative it was questioned whether Roosevelt was the first man to explore tho stream. During this journey the President contracted a Jungle fever which was held indirectly respon sible for the abscesses which devel oped malignantly and required sev eral operations at the Roosevelt Hos pital in New Yorx City. In 1918. Theodore Roosevelt, besides being JANUARY 6, 1919. 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 he made political enemies mid followers mtJe him a marked man for both the bitter and friendly at tention of cartoonists and paia graphers. Quaint and picturesque phrases were coined liberally by him and by others concerning him. "Speak softly and uso the big stick." "weusel words," "pussjUlsot," "mol lycoddle" and "my hat is in the ring," were some of the Roosevelt expreesions which attained wide pub licity. The strenuous physical activities in vthich Roosevelt engaged at the White House included box'ng. 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 a 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. During the Presidential campaign of 1912 a Michigan editor charged him with intoxication. Roosevelt insti tuted a suit for iibel and marshalled a notable host of witnesses to tes tify regarding his private life and habits. Their testimony was so overwhelming that the charge was withdrawn in open court and the jury brought in a nominal verdict of six cents tn favor of the cx-Presi dent. William Barnes, Jr., of Al bany, N. Y„ accused Roosevelt in 1914 of uttering libel in a statement asserting that the "rottenness" of the New York stategovernment was due directly to the dominance of Tammany Hall in politics, aided by Mr. Barnes and his followers. 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 nation's youth. In speeches throughout the country and tn his magazine and newspaper writings he c;:itipised, in this respect, the policies of Woodrow Wilson during Mr. Wil son's first 'erm as President. Mr. Roosevelt, it has been said, ,was keenly disappointed when he did not receive the Republican nom ination for President in 191 S. At the same time, however, lie refused to follow the advice of some of his staunchest followers that he again head the Progressive party ticket. Instead he prevailed upon the Pro gressive party to make Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican can didate, its own choice. He cam paigned for Mr. Hughes. With the re-election of Mr. Wilson, and Amorica's entry Into the world war soon after, Roosevelt immediately supported the President and bitterly assailed the pro-Germans, pacifists and other type of men who attempted to delay speeding up the war. With the United States a belliger ent, 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 n-any of the Rough Riders who were his associates in the campaign in Cuba, and younger men of the same strenuous habits. The necessary permission for the formation of sucli a force was not forthcoming even though Roosevelt expressed willing ness to accompany it as a subordi nate officer. - One of Roosevelt's participations in public affairs took him to Wash ington in January, 1918, when he conferred with United States Sena tor George E. Chamberlain of Oregon and other members of Congress who were critical of the adminis tration's methods of prosecuting the war. Itoosevelt on this occasion an nounced his support of the proposal that a war cabinet be organized to take over the conduct of the war. < Flay Safe— . Stick to KING OSCAR CIGARS Because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy you 7c—worth JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers Denied the privilege of fighting fop his flag, Theodore Roosevelt's inter est was centered on his family's par ticipation in the war. His four sons and his son-in-law. Dr. Derby, car ried out a prediction made by the former President before the United States took up arms—that if war came they would enter service. The odore, Jr., became a major und Archibald a captain, both in France; Qucntin entered a French aviation squadron, and Dr. Derby the medical service, also both in France. Ker mit, falling to pass a physical exam ination which would admit him to the United States Army, received a commission in the British Army and. was soon in Mesopotamia. Roosevelt took keen pride in the service button he wore with its live stars. Talking with newspaper men some months after his boys had gone abroad, he told them privately that Theodore had written him that he had been in action and that a bul let had struck his trench helmet and glanced off; Theodore wrote home, his father said, that he regretted he had not been wounded just for the experience. At the time of his con versation, public announcement had Just been made that "Archie" had been jumped in rank from second lieutenant to captain. Roosevelt confided with glee to his listeners that "Archie" had led a raiding party out into No Man's Land at night, and that the promotion had been won by gallnatry under tire during this raid. The Colonel disclosed further that Kel'tnit, lighting with the Anglo-In dian forces, also had been under tire, ns the leader of "a troop of Whirling Dervishes," Indian cavalry. Roosevelt's dtsappointme/it at not being allowed to go to France with an Army division was, it may be stated on the authority of an Amer ican citizen who was in Berlin about that time, shared by Emperor Wil helm of Germany. To this Ameri can, the emperor is declared to have stated that the funniest thing that he could conjure in his imagination was the sight of Theodore Roosevelt wearing a gas mask. Memorial Services Held For Late Bank President Memorial services for Charles A. Kunkel, who served for thirty-five years as the superintendent of their school, were held in the session of the Zion Lutheran Sunday school yes terday. Resolutions enunciating the members' Move and respect for him were passdd. Five speakers, includ ing Sunday school officers, eulogized Mr. Kunkel in brief addresses, em phasizing the great spiritual loss the church has sustained in his death. Dr. Croll Keller, Miss Mary M. Vollmer, Miss Julia Bishop, W. S. Haldeman and George S. Kline were the speukers. The text of the resolutions passed unanimously is: "In the death of Charles A. Kun kel, our Sunday school mourns not only the loss of a loyal superintend ent, who for a period of thirty-five years served with a devotion and in terest almost without precedent, but he embodied in his character and ex emplified. in his daily living all that Is noblest and best in human life characteristic of a kindly courteous Christian gentleman. "His kindly sympathetic nature endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. "Mr. Kunkel's faith in his God never wavered jind he showed his devotion to the cause of missions and the extension of Christ's King dom not only by words but by deeds and generous support. "As a mark of respect and the high esteem in which he was held by Zion Sunday school the superin tendent's desk shall be draped in mourning for thirty days, and a copy of these resolutions be placed on the minutes of the association; also a copy be sent o the family. (Signed) "MARY M. VOLLMER, "MARY- E. HOFFMAN "CROLL KELLER." January 4, 1919.
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