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Arizona republican., 1917-01-28
BIG ORCHESTRA HAS
 STARTED ITS TOUR

The Minneapolis symphony orches- fra IS now en route on their mid .
 winter annual tour starting January .2. and ending February l9, during which period this world famous organ izatlon will play in all tthe principal cities of the west including Memphis, New Orleans. Houston, San Antonio, El Paso Phoenix, Los Angeles, San francisco, Salt Lake City. and Denver. Ihe troupo travels on a special trair
Arizona republican., 1917-01-28
ETHEL CLAYTON cAnIYIE BLACKWELL Broken Choins

At the Arizona Thursday, Friday and
 Saturday
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

guests. Because of the difficuity in
securing a special train. the cadet
corps will not go to this game as
planned. The only trip for the student
body this fall will he the. orc to
Roanoke for the annual football game
with V. NJ l., THANKSGIVING day.
william c. Harris. class Of 1911.
who has been with the experiment
station at Tucuman, Argentine repuh-
lie. for three years. has returned TO
V. +. |. and.taken up work as an as
sociate in chemistry at the NirSinia
station.
r NJ. waring. class of 1925, has just
been appointed chief engineer OF tests
for the Pennsylvania railroad. This
puts "a V. y. l. man at the head OF
his profession. as the Pennsylvania
has the largest and most extensively
equipped laboratory for testing rail-
road ma terials in the United States. If
not In the world.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

tirnl. returned to Berlin.
/ complained to the foreign Office
and was told there that the matter.
would. be arranged and so ! again.
some days later, returned to Halle
My experience on the second trip WAY
exactly the same It's the c'si. SPOKE
to Won Jagow, who explained the sit
uation to me, and advised me to visit
first the corps commander at Magde-s
burg and try to arrange the matter1
with him. | did so. and was finally
permitted to visit this camp and to
talk to the officers out of earshot
This camp Of Halle was continued
during the war. although not at all a
fit place for the detention of officers
who were lodged In the old factory
buildings surrounded by sort Of
courtyard covered with cinders. This
building was situated in the industrial
part of the town OF Halle. There was
no opportunity for recreation or
games. although several enterprisiny
officers had tried - arrange a. plaza
where they could knock a tennis ball
agn inst the wall.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
Youthful Trapeze Star Would
Win New Fame as a Painter
Bailey Circus Not Satisfied With
Plaudit Won by Daring.

The band is stilled and ten thousand
throats that were shouting In laughter
are hushed when Senorita Lupeta
Perea, the little Mexican girl. per-
forms on the high trapeze. Three
years in the circus world and she is
a central figure Yet Lupeta Perea,
seventeen ana beautiful. is not com
pletely happy. She wants to be an
artist and her ambition scars to the
point of attracting by her art the
entire world to as great an extent as
her trapeZe performance holds spell
bound Il circus audience.
native Of Mexico. of the pure
Spanish type, Senorita Perea left the
land Of strife to ioin the circus when
she was little more than fourteen
years of age. While not fugitive,
in the strict sense of the word, never
the1ess Senorita Perea and her mother
were forced TO fee from Mexico when
the insurrectos under command of
General villa first invaded the state
of Monterey The cattle ranch owned
by the Perea family for generations
was seized by the insurgents, and the
mother and daughter, the last CUR
vivors Of the family. came to the
United States where the girl immedi-
ately Joined the world of the white
tops"
Although never before had senorita
Perea been forced to earn q living
by means OF her skill rs an aerialfst,
she became an immediate favorite
with circus goers in this country. The
girls wonderful agility asserted itself
in early life, and s[e was the marvel
Of her schoolgirl friends in hazardous
feats in midair. At the age OF thirteen
she began to interest older persons
with her wonderful skill and daring.
Then one day there came, during
the fiesta days Of December, grand
display in Ell roreo. the. famous bun
ring Of Mexico city. President Madero
and all his official steff were present,
Senorita Perea's aerial apparatus and
nets were erected. and the ovation
she received for her wonderful arial
exhibition is still remembered In the
wartorn capital Her entrance into
a professional circus career dates from
shat triumphant occasion.
Senorita Perea Is noted for her ex-
trava giant wardrobe. consisting of no
less than twenty different costumes.
all OF novel and exquisite design She
has the reputation OF being the best
dressed girl in the circus world.
Although an accomplished must
clan, she yearns TO excel in art. and
she has exhibited considerable talent
along this line. For the past two win
ters, while the circus has been Off
the road. Senorita Perea has studied
art In the best schools in New York
city, and when the present circus
season closes she Is planning to spend
4 winter in Paris.
When the Barnum and Bailey circus
is shown here Friday November 2, it
will be seen that Miss Perea's love
OF art on ca nvas has not effected in
the least her ability 70 thrill an audi
ence when she goes through her dar-
ing performance high in the riggings
Of the big canvas top.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
". P. I. NOTES

Especial TO The Richmond Virginian)
BIZ cksburg Va. October 20.--H. j.
Langston. state student secretary OF
the Y. NJ. c, A. spent the first three
days of his week at the college. Mr..
Langston was here to assist the local
secretary, II. r. Denny, In an educa-
tional campaign, preliminary to the
financial drive" which began Thurs,
day night. In the campaign, which
will continue for week, an effort is
being made TO raise the students part
of the budget of $4,000 for the ex-
penses of the local association this
year. and the V. p. l. contribution
to the national war work council
for the Red Cross service in the army
and navy.
The sixty V. r l. men who are now
at the second Fort Meyer camp will be
hosts at a banquet for the Tech foot
ball team when it goes to Washing,
ton for he game win Georgeown Octo.
Der 81. The banquet will be given
Saturday night at one of the hotels
and alumni of the college now livina
In Washington will be among the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
CHEMISTRY
A FACTOR IN WAR

The Outlook in Chemistry in the
United states" was the subject OF the
presidents address given by Professor
julius Steglitz, chairman of the de-
partment of chemistry at the Unlver,
sity OF Chicago, before the American
Chemical sociey at its reS>rt meet
ing in Boston. The address appears
in full in the issue OF Science for Oc-
tober 5, OF striking interest is the
following extract on the significance
of chemistry in the great war:
The crisis or the war has put this
great controlling science, as 1t has put
all other human agencies, to the fire
test in every great country on the face
OF the ca nth. Acknowledgedly. chem
istry has thus far STAYED off defeat
for Germany after Joffre on the Marine
had killed her hopes for a swift.
crushing victory through the violation
OF Belgium, and had taught her that
she must face a long struggle, in
which, cut off from the worlds sup
plies. she must make shift with what
her own territories could yield and
her chemists could produce In the
wonderful organization of power In
France and in England in the midst
of war, the French and English chem
lists have stepped in and brought their
supplies of munitions of every variety
of remedies, OF their new weapons OF
defense aud -offense in poison gas ami
liquid fire warfare up to the point OF
meeting now on more than equal
terms an enemy prepared years in ad-
vance.
And in our country too our chem
lists have stood the ordeal of an I'M
precedented time. | have in mind
our splendid achievement OF having
solved In these three years of warfare
such tremendous problems which
these years have brought to- US as
were involved in the speeding up of
he production OF thousands and thou
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

deavor should be made to adjust mat
tiers complained to with the camp
authorities before bringing them to
the notice of higher authorities. Ten
representatives should be named by
our AMBASSADOR, and these should re-
ceive passes enabling them to visit
the camps under the conditions above
stated.
This agreement was ratified by the
British and German governments. and
thereafter for long time we worked
under It's provisions. and in most ques-
tons dealt direct with the war de-
partment
OF course, before this meeting I
had managed to get permission to
visit the camps at Ruhleben and
Doeberitz near Berlin. Mr.. Michael
son: our consul at Cologne. and Mr..
Jackson and Others at the embassy
had been permittc. to visit certain
camps.
But Immediately preceding the
meeting on the fourth of March. and
while matters were still being dis
cussed, we were compelled to a GER
tain extent TO suspend our visits.
In the first days of the war 1t was
undoubtedly and unfortunately true
that prisoners of war taken by the
Germans. both at the time of their
capture and in transit to the prison
camps were often badly treated by
the soldiers, guards or the civil popu
ton.
The instances were too numerous;
the evidence too overwhelming. In
the prison camps themselves OWING
to the peculiar system of military gov
eminent In Germany. the treatment
of the prisoners varied greatly. As
have stated, ] think. in another
place, Germany is divided into army
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

his attention to the fact that the de-
tay was fnjuring German prisoners in
other countries, | finally called on
Chancellor Won Bethmann- II ollweg
and told him that my notes concern
Ing prisoners were sent by the foreign
office to the military authorities. and
that. while ] could talk with officials
of the foreign Office. never came into
contact with the people who really
passed upon the notes sent by me and
who made the decisions as 10 the
treatment of prisoners OF war and in
spection of their camps. begged
the chancellor to break down diplo-
matte precedent and allow me to speak
with the military authorities who de-
cided these questions. And I said, IF
cannot get an answer to my PROPOSE
ton about prisoners, I will take a
chair and sit in front OF your palace
in the street until / receive an answer"
AN AGREEMENT
IN TWENTY MINUTES
discussed the question involved
with two representatives from the
foreign Office, two from the genera.
staff. two from the war department,
and Count Schwerin. who commanded
the civilian camp at the Ruhleben
race track. In twenty minutes we
managed to reach an agreement,
which I then and there drew up; the
substance of which was. that as be-
tween England and Germany. the
American bassador and his repre-
sentatives in Germany and the Ameri-
can ambassador and his representa-
tives in England should have the right
to VISIT the prison camps on giving
reasonable notice. which was to be
twenty -four hours where possible, and
should have the right to converse with
the prisoners within sight. but out Of
hearing of the camp nfficia Is. An en-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

sands of tons of fundamental chemical
products needed by our allies and now
for our purposes-steei and iron al
Toys of every variety of toughness
hardness. or elasticity. purified copper
by the millions of pounds, aluminium
for airships and motor cars. a brasiYes
on which the trueness of every great
and every small gun depends, sui
phuric acid and alcohol for the pre-
paration of xplosives--foods. oils. and
scores of other essential products pre-
pared on a scale never seen before
/ think we may say with justifahle
pride that our great basic chemical
industries have successfully risen to
the demands of a situation unparal-
lefod in its scope and urgency"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
RICHMOND sTETRAGISTS
To Fleet DF.IlEG ATFa

Delegates and aIternates from this
Equal Suffrage league. Of Richmond
tn the seventh annual convention Of
the state league viii be elected at the
regulsr meeting Of the Richmond
league at Suffrage headquarters
Fourth and Franklin streets. on Tues
day afternoon. October 25. ut 4:2o
O'Clock The state convention Il
scheduled to take place at the JET
ferson hotel, Richmond, November
to. 10. ~
At the conclusion of the meeting on
Thursday afternoon. refreshments will
be served by the hospitality COM
mittee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21

get its look ut Tuesday night gave
liberty bond TO each ball player In
the world series who knocked a home
run. This was good enterprise. good
advertising for the bonds. and equally
as good for Al from an advertising
point yet he showed his patriotism As
we'll as sporting blood by his action,
as he stood to put out a good deal Of
money based on the home run records
Of the sluggers on the White Sox ard
Giant teams, Jolsop is among the
largest buyers of liberty bonds and
has set a. fine example not only to his
fellow workers in the theatrical pro-
fession but to others. There appear
TO be few slackers among the acting
profession. according to reliable re-
ports.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
just n Succession,

Little Mary wa, called in 10 zee
the new baby. who was the sixth In
the family. All the previous children
had been very small babies. Mary
looked at the baby short tiule. taen
said: Mamma don't you think ii
would be better t. have them a little
bigger and not so many Of themf"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
Artificial! Limbs Lond Known.

Artificial legs and arms were, it is
believed, used In Egypt as early as roc
B. c. They were made by the priests.
who We're the physicians of that early
time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
BIZ JAMES w. GERARD

AnlerIcnu AN ilasSa0or % TIC tferplRn
Imperial Quart. July IS. 1913,
TO Eel FUary s. 1917
Copyright. Canada. 1917, ~. the Pub
lie L.eaecr Company. lutrrnaion&l
copyright, 1917. by The Public Led
gar Company. All rights reserved
any infringement Win De prosecuted
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
DISTRACTED BY
THE JEALOUS MILITARY =

For instance. to show the difficulty
of dealing with these corps command
ers, after my arrangements concerning
the inspection of prisoners of war
had been ratified by both the-imperial
and British government, ! went to
Halle to inspect the place of deten-
ton for officers there. Halle is some
hours from Berlin, and when | had
driven ont to the camp | was met BY
the commander who told me that /
might visit the camp. but that / could
not speak TO the prisoners out of hear
ing + told that our arrangement
was otherwise. but as he remained
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
Visits to German Prison Camps and ADJUST
nent Of a Series Of Inspections Which Was
to Assure Proper Treatment of Prisoners
Despite Obstacles Placed BY the Military
Authorities

corps districts. Over each of these
districts in time of war, is a repre-
sentative corps commander who is
clothed with absolute power in that
district, his orders superseding those
of all civilian officials, These corps
commanders do not report to the war
but are in measure in
dependent and very jealous Of their
rights.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-21
IN THE: SPOT LIGHT

oContinued from Page Five.)
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-08-25

| is exceedingly important to ever.
member of this association. W.
all understand the liberty o.
the press, how it is free ant
untrammeled. except in some ca
ses where it may impinge upor
the character of some one, anc
then we have a suit for libel or
hand, and, unless we can prove
the truth of our allegations, our
liberty gets a shock, together
with a bill for damages. Yes,
the newspaper is one of our
greatest institutions, and, like
all otner American institutions, il
is based solely upon Truth and
Right. But this is talking shop
too much. You all have knowl-
edge of these things, and it is
not worth while to discuss them
any further.
Publicity is also an American
institution, contra distinguished
from the secret and hidden way
of doing things in the kingdoms
and empires of the world. The
press, of course. is always inter-
ested in publicity. The newspa-
pers of Louisiana are particularly
interested just now in some meas
ures that have heen proposed and
discussed, but have not as yet
got beyond the stage of discus
sion. A specific law is needed in
Louisiana requiring all parishes,
boards and municipalities to pub
lish all of their proceedings, par
ticularly itemized statements of
the receipt and disbursement of
all money. The public is emit
tied to this information, and it's
publication will be a matter of
economy in the prevention and
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eminent is safer and better than
the Democratic. A pure Democ-
racy, as | have remarked, is sim
ply a mob, and it is responsible
only to ITSELF and from its tyr
rany and oppression there is no
redress. AS an example of q
pure democracy and its dangers,
where the people rule as a mass,
historians tell us that among the
Athenians and Romans, when the
people assembled in vast num-
bers to vote and make laws, that
the utmost corruption and an
archy ensued; virtue was out
ragged. and the greatest disorder
prevailed and the dangers of
such a democracy has always
been regarded as the direct cause
of the downfall of those govern
ments. On the other hand, UNI
der the republican government a
sense of responsibility exists. =
The representatives are response
bic to the people. There is more
time for the sober voice of the
people to be heard.
Political Parties are another
American institution. At the
very inception of this govern
ment two opposing political ideas
started among the people. One
was distrust in the peoples ca
pacity for self government, and
the other favored popular rights
and expressed a confidence in the
peoples ability to rule them
selves. The first political idea
was represented by the Court or
Tory party, afterwards called the
Federalists. and now in our day
and time it is known as the Re-
publican party. AT all times it
has represented the KinQly or
royal prerogative of special priv.
ilege. and has advocated a strong
or centralized form of govern
ment. The second political idea
that prevailed in thOes early days
was represented by the Wings or
party of Popular Rights, which
advocated independence and the
right of self government. It
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-08-25

took the shape of the Democratic
party as early as 1893, and in
1901 it elected Thomas Jefferson
to the Presidency. With slightly
varying changes these two great par
ties have continued to hold the balance
of power in the affairs of the nation. -
At various times other parties have
sprung into existence over the advoca-
cy of political issues. but they have al
ways died from lack of support, or
they have been absorbed by one or the
other of the two great parties adopting
their issues; or else they have been de-
feated by Incorporating opposition.
Thus it is that we have the institu-
ton of political parties, forever at war
over the proposition of how best to
conduct the government of the people,
by the people and for the people. Yet
by their very strife the purity Of Amer
lean institutions is preserved.
There is hollow Socialistic dogma
abroad in the land that proposes to or
ganize party FOR the undermining Of
our institutions Of government. 1t
would dissolve existing institutions, and
desires to reorganize our government
ON the Socislistic or Democratic basis,
which was tried and abandoned q thou
sand years ago. 1t Iabors under the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-08-25

Madam Vol Brock, President, Brethren
and Sisters Of the Louisiana Press
Association:
1t is to be hoped that this pa
per will not prove tedious altho'
its caption appears somewhat
ponderous, and find it difficult
to boil my subject down.
The Importance of a knowledge
of American institutions has been
impressed upon me by the mis-
takes ! have seen since January,
1866, when as a boy sixteen years
of age started in the newspaper
business as the devil in a print
ing Office. Having in the course
of a little more than 81 years
passed successfully through the
stages of journeyman printer,
pressman on the old Washington
hand press. and from reporter
descended to the lowest depths as
editor of a country newspaper, /
hope / will be pardoned by this
very critical assemblage if lay
before you some information ia
ken from encyclopedias and his
tory, with which some of you are
more or less familiar. | shall not
attempt to be original in what /
have to say. In fact, / believe
the most of our Originality" is
heresay. merely well remember
ed reading or traditions handed
down by our ancestors. / hope
the matter I present on this oc-
casion will at. least be ineligible
even though it should not prove
to be interesting and instructive.
First and foremost l will re-
mark that the newspaper busi-
ness is par excellence an Ameri-
can institution. and no one in this
presence will dispute that a thor
ough knowledge of its intricacies
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Importance Of knowledge
Of American Institutions
The Average Citizen More Concerned With Information
About American Institutions Than knowledge of
the United States Constitution.

Timely and paper Goodwin
Chronicle, La Press Alexandria April
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-02

Johnson is extending her stay On ac-
count of distressing accident In the
family. Mr.. Henry Nevin, a brother
Of Mrs. Johnson's brother-in-laW', met
his death in an automobile accident.
The driver lost control of the Whee!
and the car struck bank, hurting
Mr.. Nevin against a telephone post.
The accident occurred on Christmas
day. Nevin was taken to hos Eital
in Charlotte, where he died ol the fol-
lowing Wednesday and was buried
Thursday.
Mr.. Paul Adams will leave today
for Wichita Falls, Texas, to continue
the insurance business. He has made
such a good one in Newberry that his
reputation has spread abroad and he
was offered position with another
company at higher salary. He is
one of the boys and is real live wire
in the business, being full Of energy,
vim and perseverance His large
circle of friends here will miss him,
but it will not take him long to get
acquainted and busy at his new place.
Mr.. M. A. Counts has. been promoted
to Mr.. Adams late place here with
the Life and Casualty Company OF
Tennessee.