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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
Attorney General
Shuts Down on Debs
Says Department of Justice
Can Show No Clemency in
His Behalf.

Washington. April 7.-Eugene Y.
Debs can expect no recommendation
for clemency in his behalf from the
Department of Justice.
Attorney General Palmer made this
plain tonight In a statement in which
he reviewed the case and said that
the ten-year sentence imposed on
Debs must stand. .
, My duty is clear" said the At
torney General. Respect for the law
is the sole basis upon which every
application for executive clemency'
must rest Debs' open defiance OF the
law and threat of force to obstruct
its orderly administration GALL for
only one answer. The law must be
obeyed."
Attorney-General Paluler's state
ment thus destroys the last vestige o.
hope that Debs and his friends may
have had that the department of jus
tice might intercede in his behalf. The
statement says:
Eugene V. Debs has filed no petit
ton with either the president or the
Attorney General asking for the exer-
else of executive ciemency. The facts
in his case are such that until such
petition be made by him I should not
feel called upon to consider making
any recommendations in his case.
Debs was convicted not because of his
political or economic views but be-
cause he plainly violated the law Of
the land. On June IS, 1918, during
the most critical period OF the war,
Debs made a public speech at Canton.
Ohio, In which he urged that wage
refrain from giving any aid
to the American nation in the war, as
sorting that the war was brought on
- -.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
Mammoth Airplane
to Compete for Prize
To Be Ready in Sixty Days
for Trip Across the Atlantic
Ocean.

Amityville. n. Y, April Work is
under way here on a huge aeroplane
Of new design, with which an attempt
is to be made within sixty days to
cross the Atlantic and win the SIPS. 900
In prize money offered for the first
fier who accompiishes this great feat.
The new plane is TO have wing
spread of $50 feet and will be driven
by four S00-horsepower motors. 1t is
expected to develop a speed OF 116
miles an hour and TO make the cross
ing from New York to Queenstown.
London or Brest in thirty-five hours.
The machine was designed by DIR.
William Whitney Christmas. who was
associated with the late Samuel p.
Langley, the pioneer in aeronautic
investigation and experiment IN this
country.
Two three-bladed propcllere. TWEEN
ty-one feet in diameter. capable OF
making 600 revolutions a minute, will
furnish the driving force. n the big
machine will be controlled throughout
by electricity. even the control cables
being wound and unwound by electric
motors.
TWO pilots. seated in separate COM
partments. will work alternately dur
ing the trip, and the motors will be
so arranged thai one IA be IL out
for repairs without affecting the 9TH
ers.
The crew will be comfortably housed
In the body of the machine and will
not be exposed to the elements except
when called upon to make repairs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
M|cHAux URGES ]. 5.
TO ASSIST FRANCE

Lieutenant Caesar Michaux, member
of the French High commission, de-
livered a highly interesting address n
the chamber of commerce auditorium
yesterday afternoon. Luetenant
Michaux' message was one Of good
cheer, a stout denial that Francois
industrially and economically rulnnH
Tor the next fifteen years, as en-
many has boosted.
Despite Germany's deliberate at
|tempts to paralyze her industry and
her resources Lieutenant
Mlrhaux says France will
With Tho cooperation OF this country
IN the matter Of ships and a market
for her products, in an unhelicvably
short time
Our shipyards had to be transfer
red into arsenals, to make guns and
not only for ourselves, but
our allies. and this Is where you .
all help France" said Lieutenant
Michaux, help her to. realize the
enormous assets whfch she still cWne,
in spite Of German destructonsn.
Statistics quoted by LleNtoAant
Michaux to show tho wS1alh u
Frances colonies and the onorrnOue
amount OF supplies furnieAD4b ~ them
during the war were OF uxQ1kuA1 In
terest Algerin aione sent q xefAn14I
2sU, QUO tons Ut wheat, IytseVV- xkSShaS \
barley. l6s.040g tons " 0afa. tA,e91t
cattle ana 9st0o horses ard MujGfE.
The other co4nnies, Tunss. NofO&66k;
Madagascar, new Caledonia end ~
western and equatorial Afri6111x
furnished supplies also "a proporti1n
to their size and productivity. AlgeSta
subscribed 370.000,010 francs anA
Tunis 7o,ooo,o 900 frames TO the VA
loans. .a&s
Lieutenant Michaux Awelt fsslilsly
on the close bond between this coun-.
try and France ana emphasized the
necessity Of strengthening this friend.
ship by a closer c~csnEaefciai and TN.
ancial unity.
Lieutenant Michaux will lecture In
several Of the larger cities - the
South and then proceed 10 CleV~<And,s
Ohio, whore he will remain and ~
sist in the Victory Loan campaign.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
CLAIMS MICHIGAN
OVERWHELMINGLY DRY

Grand Rapids. Mich, April RE
turns received tonight from every sec
ton OF the state, including the upper
peninsula, indicate Michigan as vot-
ing overwhelmingly to remain dry.
n "a $4,000. 900 good roads bond
issue carride by a good majority.
Most counties voted three TO one
against the wet amendment. No re-
turns have been received from Detroit.
which is expected to pile up a big wet
vote. The proposition to permit the
legislature to raise the salaries of SUI
RENE court judges from $4,000 TO
$4,000 a year appears TO have been
badly defeated.
Only minor state officers were voted
upon today. Indications nog are that
the Republicans carried he entire
state.
Women are credited with rolling
up the big dry majority. This WAS
their flrst APPEARANCE b yS4ls,
and they practically doubled the
states voting strength.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
NOW IS THE TINE TO
HELP THE NURSES

Today is the annual tag day
OF the Instructive Visiting Nurses
aDncfAtton. and the familiar -.
v~itation. ..Buy a tag" win b.
heard often in all sections Of tho
city. Strong endorsement Of the
/. V. y. 4. Is contained in n lct-
ter from the Richmond academy
OF Medicine and Surgery. which
the tag day committee made pub
lie last night. The letter reads
as follows:
We have had brought to our
attention. tho fact that oar IS
sosiation viii have Its annual tag
day on TUESDAY. April 8, and NJ
are unwilling that this event shall
pass without expressing to Year
association the grateful apprct.a-
ton of tho physicians nj Rich
lnoud in your corporation with
our profession during all the
past. but especially during tho re-
cent Influenza epidemic.
Our work could not have
been done with anything like e-
ticicncy under the unusual stress
Laid upon us had IL not bccn for
tho unsclGsh, always active and
conscientious assistance rendered
by your nurses In every case conf
ing under their care: and they
were In large number and e0y-
cred the entire city.
We certainly are In n posi-.
ton to judge OF your work. aud
I'm our Judgment no charitable or,
civic association Is quito ms much
entitled to be lihcraily supported
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
Four Hundred Airplanes Supplying
Food for the Soldiers in Archangel

London, April -Four hundred arpanee re now supplying food
ron Murnansk to the American 9nd British forces or the extreme Arch
angel front. because communications are cut. according to the latest re-
ports from that place. The distance is 400 miles. No mall hns been re-
from Archangel since March 1. g
There IN 1000 Americans fighting on that front. side by side with
the British. They ire mostly from Chicago, Detroit, Ds Moines, Dayen-
ports and Peoria.
Universal Service learns from a Trustworthy source that the Ameri-
N ire attempting o get a American general to the front from In
mansk to take command o the operations.
The operations in Northern Russia to which tn above dispatch refers
In under the command Of n British general. 1t Is understood.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
GOOD oLD1E

HaveGst fureo4esn thossaGGxabs
-coOoanut candy cakes made and
df1pcnnrd BY Antnni, on Mxf6r NEAR
E1evcath strep., have yOu?
Ard that good old yalier tafy
That p11xink used - make;
The d0ugfannt nsnn ~ Ninth and
1laln asccts uHed To mako the
newsboys happy at ti,at point.
admit he1
R1cqnock when The Jackson ward
ArpQb11cansS used to hold their
meetings over the undertaking rs
fablhslar1leAt, and everybody used 10
- around ON the ~ca~Scfs. while
Lewis IAndsay called for : pint Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08

London, April T.--There IL wide
spread agitation In Consta ntinapse
IT any country be given the a
datory of Turkey /. must be tho
United sstaHs,' said the Pan Mall Ga
zette,
Turkey is bankrupt financially,
politically, and commercially. and 1t
- Impossible fs,s. her to by her
own resources, &
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
blame Houston and Baruch.

Dallas. Texas. April The state
cotton conference, which was held
ers, merchants and small bankers,
charged Secretary Of Agriculture
Haaisfon and Bernard n3arueh. chair
ria of the war trade hssrd, with. rc@
s~nofs'biiity FOR cascitfons which
the price OF cotton down to q
point where those engaged In ttA pro-
duction were forced to starvation
ASsta ryN& TNss%T@ ~se&@@# F~@AR
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08

% Paris, April T.--tEy Radio ssfn6As
London President WfiSoItSS8xX&
tends to compel the peace 0oIa~@sAs9
missions to make peace f1tn5&-sszs
dfately upon the terms wht4hSN
Their respective governments hAyS
already accepted. s
Falling In This the nrestden&NsaS
proposes that the United Etatess%#
shall handle its foreiEn. aftatrx ftNE8
lis own way and upon tG 6ysn4@
Initiative. - Asa%2
That s. what Mr.. Wtleons14@
hurry call To the steamer GeOr4oSS 8
Washington means. Orders WaetSszS
sent TO that ship y~esxeFday6SS
through the Navy Department l0f&
proceed to Brest sfmmediatH@sa
REGARDLESS OF schedule.
This will make 1t rosSthl~ fntssMs
the president to return to W444<S
z within ten days Il nccs4-5
sary. k4E
What has been said 5ahoyes
President Wilson's intentions IN 5sM1H<
the writer's personal opinion. but W1
told him by officials of the American
peace commission. though they kS
fused positively to comment specif2
scaliy upon the order to the u.
George Washington. H7a
President Is Irritat0d. sa2
These officials were emphatf0 p
their statement hat the pFeqtdaUt
unwilling any longer TO ALLOW cerf4x
OF hts associates resentinE c&hAKs
,tions to pass the buck" tosshtI4
accuse him of bcing respOtDihl
the delays. sxxMSs4N
The American commisstonefS
clare that II his present splan fMa1SE
president will insist that the ttyxfG
arrived when the Americans
must be afforded completa p1&4E
not alone in the United Stated
throughput the world.
This IS he most cxciting
the peace conference sinSA
tack on ~Clemenccau. 8fM0118N
morning the army 81 corresro1
has been kept ~feverishIy on
yive." Something big u fEF1E
no p dareH guess what n
everyone fA4la, this III thAe nh
In the worlds histczy.S@1tF@
critical than any OF the dAkiFW0
OF III great war.
Decision, one way or the otaH1fs
hand. II may not, probably
be made known immediatelSH
.cially II Il final agrNeft9N
Up to this cabling no of4CIAf
mentahAx been made conc4E
reslsA the conferences 4
49, - ~ % VI AkV 1900 E&aSE8FH&X8
Z Here In what II AincftuN1E
close to Mr.. Wilson said tOax4
Service today. @xss$88
The president II Ahs0l
hrmty against yac1ppFea
would dsfGat the purpu1A
'inAl plans Of the United 6tak
has he been more tna1atn1S&
peace treaty must ~ Mn
hAsed absolutely upon teMt
|cOmpromise.
the American p0egk641F$
been ana 5&lii mot ~ ul1811
Irr0niises N Ssss%S
cThc fOnrtesNs potntD
down the actual frnm4NXN
and ~ i aek1khes3 6iM44
concerned. whM
III ana theseSrN9~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
New F4ushing Syste1n.

The street cleaning department has
inaugurated a new system Of nusnsns
smooth paved streets, which II ID be-
lieved will be more . ficient thar tn.
old way. The flushing machine Will
operate six times = week In the CEN
trail district. from Fifth to Harrison
streets. In $he West end. from Har-
risun to thu Boulevard. n the East
end. from Fifth street Eastward, the
machine will operate three times q
week. dis
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
mack 10 Ola Job.

y. Lcnd0A. April Lord Penrhyn's
three-mAsted sailing ship Iary B..
.Mftcheiis the frst sailing vessel to be
adopted BY the admiralty ~ q 'tmys-l
terry ship" has arrived IT port. GhaLl
OF cAFryinG sIateM
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
To Clear Mined waters.

London, April 7.-Airships will be
used by the British navy. the Daily
Express understands. to clear 5000
milos OF mined water ssbctween n
Sheiiands and Norway q more than
10000 mines.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08
Riotins In Dcahi.s

bombay, March 81 tyia London.
April 7.-Riotine has occurred At
Delhi. making necessary Intervention
by government troops, who charged
into the rioting mobs. There were
few casualties.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08

BNrIIn, April T.-Au0ther great
atep toward specialization in Germany
wes made today when the govern
mont accepted q constitutional pro-
pOsAl eQuAli1ing workers with en-
pl0yers determining wages working
conditions, and productive Develop
men3.
The proposal further includes the
creation of 8 national economic
~ and district economic councils
walsh are 70 work together toward
Gotuplet@ .apclaltxati9n and the settle
nent of ethsr prchlemE
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-08

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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-20
STRIKE IS
FAR FROM SETTLED
Piez Mediation Board Disband-
ed and 20 Ship Contracts
Cancelled; Walkout Threat
ems Other Coast Yards.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 20.-Dsbanding
the Piez mediation committee, an
nouncement by Director General Piez
that contracts for 20 Skinner G. Eddy
steel ships have been Cancelled during
the past few days and support of the
strike voted by boilermakers and en-
gneers, constitute the strike develop
ments of the last "a hours.
Settlement of Seattle's shipyard
walkout is apparently as far distant as
ever. 1t is declared in strike circles.
Labor men are again talking today
Of a spread of the shipyard strike
throughout the coast The convention
at Portland of metal trades leaders is
being keenly watched by owners and
workers alike. A notice posted in
metal trades headquarters today reads:
Word received from the Portland
district convention seems to indicate
that before the week is ended the Port
land and bay cities yards will be out
for the original demands, as well as
the Puget sound district"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-20
C|RCUSES PLAN BIC
SEASON OF PLENTY
After Four Lean Years, Show
men Look Forward to Rich
Harvest; Think People Long
for Smell of Sawdust.

Chicago, Feb. 20.-After four lean
years, circus men see in 1919 a season
of plenty.
With all handicaps removed, the
"razorbacks," acrobats, crooks and
transportation experts are back on the
job after a booking" in khaki or
blue. w. D. Hildreth. secretary of the
Showmen's League of America, said
today he expects business to be big.
"Only half the big shows will go on
the road. The others disbanded dur
ing the war. With the country in the
show going mood after a period OF
war tension, it looks like good busi-
ness for those who take out the big
tops" said Hildreth.
Canada, visited by only one outdoor
show last year, is starving for smell
of the sawdust," said Hildreth.
Members of the American Associa-
ton of Fairs and Expeditions, in con-
vention here, likewise predict a good
year.
Ability of the railroads to carry out
transportation contracts now also is
regarded as big factor for possible
success.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-20
SOLDIERS
IN PRUSSIA RETAIN
HUNN|SH INSTINCTS
Still Bearing Old Imperial Stan
dard Instead of Republican
Flag; Junkers Urge Strong
Movement Against Poland.

warsaw, Feb. 20.-German soldiers
in east Prussia are still bearing the
old imperial standard instead of the
republican flag, according to reports
brought by fugitives to the American
mission here. They also say the jun
kers have undertaken to organize :,
strong movement in Germany against
Poland.
Food Is more plentiful in east Prus-
sia than In Poland, the fugitives de-
clare, and is much cheaper. An aver
age meal costs about ten marks (s2.50)
compared with Is to % marks (s3.75 to
$3.50 in Warsaw. Shoes also are
cheaper costing 30 marks ($22.50) In
Germany and 500 marks ($125) in Po-
land. Rolling stock is much more
plentiful In Germany than here.
Poland's financial situation, accord
ing to members of the American mis-
sion, will necessitate sending a high
financial expert here.
The natural resources of the couatry
are great, but the monetary system Is
in a tangle. The new state of Pc.
land has no war or national debt, bn,
France may ask her to assume a por-
ton OF the Russian indebtedness ir
consideration for large sums that Rus
s.a spent on the Polish railways.
President Wilson Is being made the
object of unfavorable reports circu-
lated Throughout Poland. 1t is alleged
that he opposed sending General Hal.
ler's Czecho- Slovak army home on the
ground that the Czecho- Slovaks would
make immediate use of the troops fol-
imperialistic purposes. The American
mission has SO far been unable to ge
at the source Of these baseless ru.
r.jrs.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-20
mean that bribery had been resorte.
to in any way.
BOOTH DEFENDS LEAGUE

@NDo IGA0OE.
Senator Booth Of Lewis county,
eiected py the Nom partisan league,
championed the Organization. First no
stated he was not in sympathy with
the article and league member is
not responsible for what appeared In
the paper. He declared he did not
agree. with the character of such ar
ticles. nor did he agree with articles
OF like character which had been
published In the Capital News and
Statesman. He stated further that
there was mistaken opinion among
the senators concerning the Non-par
tisan league. He denied it was pro-
German, but was composed entirely of
farmers and no others could belong
and he asked IL any members of the
senate ever knew of a farmer who
was an I. w. w. Charges had been
made. he said, that the organization
was financed by the kaiser's money,
yet he knew positively that the SIG for
membership paid by the farmers was
the only capital which the league had.
Again referring to the publication of
the article in question he said: Il am
opposed to such articles and am CO.
ing to try and stop mud singing in
the leagues paper"
Senator Turner moved that COM
mittee be appointed to investigate the
loyalty of the partisan league.
but was ruled out of order by Whit
comb, who was in the chair. Later
Senator Booth made the same mo-
ton, but was also held to be out Of
order.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-20
SEATTLE'S FIERY RADICAL MAYOR
lSBEiNG DOOMED FOR GOVERNOR

Seattle, Feb. 2o.--By defying the very
element through whose support he adj
vanced and announcing in the midst
Of the recent strike that the city would
be run from the city hall and any
person who attempted to interfere
would be shot. Ole Hanson, seattle's
fiery radical mayor. has established
himself in the hearts Of the people of
Washington. Already there is a boom
out for Hanson for governor"
ole Hanson is regular Beau
Brummel" in dress. His overcoats
always outflashed Jim Ham Lewis'
vests and pink whiskers in the old
days.
In a crowd of laborers he alway.
seems out Of place until he starts to
talk. He is not rich, but he is indie
pendent. He gave UP money making
for a public career. He has been a
leader Of the northwest radical con-
structive element for 20 years and has
taken part in and messed up, accord
ing to his enemies, more labor and
public utility disputes than any other
man from his section of the country.
Although of Swedish ancestry, he
has the impulsive temperament of an
Irishman. He was born in southern
Wisconsin.
He has always taken an interest in
politics, has always been a radical and
an orator Of rare ability. He has a
personal magnetism equalled by few
men.
When John Wanamaker became a
contender for the power Of Matthew
Stanley Quay and entered the race
for United States senator in Pennsyl-
vania. Hanson was one of the magic
men brought into the east to defeat
Quay. He became one of Wanamaker'a
leading spellbinders and spoke In near
ly every county in the state.
When +. Augustus Heinze and the
other copper kings of Montana en-
tered in political contest for con.
troll of that state, Hanson favored the
chief defender before the miners meet.
ings-and handling miners meetings al
that time was a pretty rough Job.
Hanson followed Theodore Roosevelt
on the conservation issue in 1912; ir
i'Ao ITO was al inoopehueht SoiuAuAes
for the senate. but he was defeated by
Wesley L. Jones.
The anomaly Of Mayor Hanson's po
sition in the recent strike, which hal
brought him to the fore nationally, liel
+, in the fact that his support has al
ways come from labor and the radicals
He is more responsible for city owner
ship of street cars In Seattle than an!
other man. He has preached public
ownership Of public utilities for p
years. AS a member OF the Washing
ton legislature. he was largely respon
sible for the adoption of the initiative
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-20
SAYS BREST
CONTINUED from Page One0

the opinion of the Californian regard
ing the camp, received unanimous in
dorsement Personal investigation
showed that the food was better than
served in many American, British and
French camps, which the correspon-
dent had visited.
When Brest was first taken over as
an American base there was terrific
struggle under frightful difficulties 20
get a million men through this ancient,
unmodernized port at time when the
only thing intolerable was delay. The
problem now is that of getting even Il
greater number of men home again
with spirits intact, while tolerance for
delay is not much greater than 1t was
before
This is being accomplished despite
hopelessly inadequate faclltes-unless
the figures given above are disputed.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-20
MANY PROTEST REPEAL
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BILL

Washington, Feb. 20 = Protests
against bills to repeal the daylight
saving bill are reaching congress to-
day. President Florence King, of the
womens Association of Commerce Of
the United States, has wired urging
ION behalf of the working girls and
women" that they be not deprived of
this extra hour of sunshine and re-
creation"
Baclers of the Victory gardens, sent
this appeal: I'm the name of better
health, more sunshine for the workers
and for bigger victory garden crops do
not repeal the daylight saving law"
Opposition to moving the clock for
ward an hour the last Sunday in
March comes from the farming sec
ton.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-20
VOTE DOWN STRIKE

Portland. Ore, Feb. 20.-A California
delegate is authority for the statement
today that the Pacific coast metal
trades convention did not vote a gen.
eral strike at its session yesterday af-
ternoon.
"And what is more" added the Cali
fornian, there will be no strike voted
II the present majority continues in
the conference"
He added that II a walkout is or
dered 1t will not be general strike
and will not have the sanction of the
International Metal Trades.
The official press committee an
nounced yesterday afternoon a strike
vote was being taken.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-20
MORE TROOPS At PORT.

New York. Feb. 2o-The transport
La Touraine has arrived at quaran-
tine with GA officers and men as fol-
lows:
Forty-three officers and 16 army
field clerks Of the headquarters of
the second army corps; 10 officers and
443 men of the headquarters troop,
second army corps trained at Camps
Upton, Dodge, Dix, Grant. Sewer and
Sherman; 10 officers Of the 9th di-
vision; one officer and A mon from
the 412th telegraph battalion: four
casual officers and 80 civilians.