davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening world., 1919-07-05

ChII Foreign Minister Resigns.
SANTIAGO. Chill. July b.-Luis
Barros Borgono. Foreign Minister, re-
signed to-day. Opposition 10 his ad-
mInlstTatlve methods IL said 10 have
caused his resignation.
The evening world., 1919-07-05
HOw "Jess" Willard Was NOOred One
OF the SeUen Times in First Round

"a. s.s. E Word s... c9Ss. .: y Pres r.ns G: C: vs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02
A HOSTILE WITNESS TESTIFIES

One of Chicago's magnificent hotels,
the LaSaile. in its weekly house
journal for the week of July-12 an
N that the first ten days of pro-
hibition ave witnessed an unprece-
dented increase in the business done
in its restaurants. Bar patronage has
fallen OF 30 per cent but an aston
fshing increase in the sale Of soft
drinks and fancy desserts in its mum
erou restaurants is recorded.
1t is the first time in the history
of the hotel, according to this article.
that either the lockwood room or the
Dutch room was not closed for the
month OF July because or slack bust
ness. But up to date these two res
taurants have been crowded to ca
pacity as have the Blue Fountain
room, the Louis XVI room. the Roof
Garden. and others. The receipts
from the Roof Garden for the first ten
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02

five or six weeks in Mexico City.
Among the outstanding phases Of
the situation disclosed by his testi-
mony were.
j. That Carranza actually controls
only the railroad lines and main ports
His authority elsewhere is limited to
that exercise by a body of soldiers
who are ready to shoot at a moments
notice in a. COUNTRY where nobody else
has any guns.
?. THAI there is no immunity to~life
and property anywhere within reach
of Carranza soldiers, who are allowed
to go out of their command for the
purposes of looting with their officers
at the head Of them. Very few bandits,
other than the Carranza soldiers are
now operating.
3. Perpetrators of outrages against
Americans are never punished.
4. Rampant Bolshevism RACES in
iucatan, with "A grave danger of an
Indian uprising similar to tina of
lS47. The Indians are now threaten
ing 10 &c through the farming Sec
tions n cut the threats of all whites.
8. The war trade board, along with
everybody else, is playing internal
tional politics in connection with the
Sissal trade.
s. The Germans operated a wireless
station in Mexico City during the
war.
Z. That the state department .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02
MEXICO: AS SEEN BY GATES.

Washington. July 2s.-Conditions
in Mexico were absolutely hopeless
so long as the MeXicans are left free
to conduct the affairs of that coun-
try.
This was h positive declaration of
William Gates, archaelogist writer
and traveller. at today's hearing of the
house rules committee on Thu resolu-
lions providing for a congressional
investigation of the Mexican situation.
Mr.. Gates aid the president had
been betrayed by C~arranza, whose ad-
min~iStration is not a government, but
a band OF outlaws" The witness
stated he is a native OF California.
but has been living in Baltimore for
the last two years. From the spring
of 1917 until the spring of 1918. he
told the committee. he wandered over
the whole Of Mexico, gather
ing material for a library of Mexican
antiquities and literature.
Il went to Mexica partly to see the
country and partly to gather ma
~terial." Mr.. Gates said, land also with
the idea hat while | was doing that
I could find out what was going on be-
hind the veil OF our censorship and
the Carranza censorship"
He said he made a careful study
of conditions in Yucatan and the back
country there, and Vera Cruz and the
country dominated by the revolution
its south Of Mexico City. He spent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02
rHE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

criminals which may be found anlong
us. But we have not thereby un-
loaded any Of our obligations of citi-
zenship, A duty annot be delegated
our duty 10 uphold and assist the
officers of the law In the performance
of their oaths Of Office remains
. often his vigorous and straight
forward course involves unpleasant
ness too many times ordinarily law
abiding people are found to give
maudlin sympathy to an outlaw
caught in the act of committing
crime: occasionally "a criminal gang
will have a friend and defender in
his nefarious practices who poses as
eminently respectable. even religious.
NO human being. man or woman"
blime stand and without giving Of
fence" No human being can perform
any effective act in defense of his state
and his country agains, the deeds Of
outlaws without a~rousing antagonism
somewhere.
The condition in which the law
breakers family is left as a result OF
his arrest is not to be confused with
thu ~nt t,r,,. ISz-Lara A{c -tf ~-
children are left destitute. Are tA.y.
then, in worse ease thar while be-
ing supported by money derived from
outiawry? II their needs are to be
made an excuse for nouting the law,
every man who Is now restrained by
fear of punishment would feel tusti-
fed in entering upon any lawless en-
terprise that suited his fancy; worse
still, we should have presently a gen.
Grafton of outlaws bred In tho belief
that economic needs are justification
for every misdeed. To ALLOW an out
law 10 continue in hts course upmo-
Tested Is worse for his family and. In
the long run infinitely worse for the
community than to bring him to
book early and promptly.
The man who, with clear sense Of
duty, goes ahead in it's performance
without measuring and weighing the
consequences Is performing an act Of
fallh@falih in his state. faith In his
race. faith In God. Difficult as it may
sometimes be, II is vet Of the highest
e~xpediency for II puts ever the greater
good above the less.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02
ANNEX FOR
BLACKSTONE ACADEMY


Especial TO Inc Richmond 'lrsinlan)
Blackstone, Va, July 31.-Black-
STONE as the center re a verv nrosner-
49,. .--..,.-. . ~. .ou
ous asiicoi'ura' sec''oh' mas '
many years enjoyed a good business,
the town and being well
known for its thrift and progressive
spirit. During the war the town went
''ove- the top" in every subscription
it was called on to make, and now the
people are turning their attention to
proyindinr improvements to take care
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02

The partial repeal OF the parking
ordinance. affecting the Interests OF
men who offer autos for hire. which
-. recommended by the city coun~
ciI.s committee on ordinances. ought
mot. to get any fsrther-~it ought to
be killed promptly when II ZONES be
fore the council
The autos-for-hire business Ia one
OF the most troublesome with when
the police OF Richmond have to deal.
While undoubtedly honest and law
abiding men are engaged in II, there
Is no denying the notorious fact that
many OF the proprietors and chaut~
feur. use II as a mask fer more
sinister and more profitable purposes
than the mere transportation OF pas
ssngers. Open solicitation of bust
nee from men on the streets fire.
Cuently takes the form Of offering to
ind for the prospective patrons
s.whiskey and girls Some Of the
men engaged in the business form
eriy were parasites of the red light
district, living on the lowest nantes
tAtions of human depravity, Driven
from their old haunts, they took UP
the occupation which allowed them
Gtalf "a prey upon the appetites and
weaknesses of foolish men and pros
titutes.
The wording OF the ordinance ap-
proved by a vote OF s to 1 in com
mittee leaves the door wide open TOR
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02

fused to allow the newspapers in the
with regard to conditions in Mexico
until January of this year.
Questioned al to the form of gov
eminent maintained in Mexico. Mr..
Gates said:
ut is a band Of outlaws, both tech
n.-ally and practically. That includes
the Carranza government. which con-
trolls the railroad lines and the main
ports. But whether you are in Car
rama territory or not, it is the same
everywhere. south and north.
Down though Oxaca. a days ride
from the railroad. where You are
free from Carranza soldiers. that con-
dition exists. The same is true Of
Vera. Cruz and from there to Mexico
City. also of the Tehuantepec 18TH
mus and along the Panama railroad
to Guatemala"
Conditions in Mexico, the witness
asserted, have been steadily getting
worse for the last three years. with
the result that there is IAN elmina-
ton of all morale in the present gov
eminent" He added.
If anything. the Carranze govern
ment has been a worse curse to the
Mexican than he has had at the hands
of all the foreigners put together
Chairman Cam bell asked il Mr..
Gates had read Ambassador Fletcher's
statement Of last Saturday. in which
the American envoy TO Mexico said
CarranZa has established and is main
tanning an orderly government, that
is fulfilling its obligations to Mexi-
cans AMI foreigners, he replied.
Il cant sum it it up better than to
say that when people have been loot
ing and robbins and they find their
last day is coming, they are apt to
make hay while the sunshines. ] am
satisfied that President Wilson was
betrayed by Carran2a just as Car
rama betrayed the Mexican people.
/ imagine that President Wilson. like
many other faithful men, will try to
stick to his friends for a long time.
We have been running along that
diplomatic track. that there vas no
Mexico but C~arranza, except mere
bandits without any political purpose,
n that CarranZa ought to have our
help to suppress those bandits"
rs there no gratitude in Car
ranZa" Representative Riordan,
Democrat. New York, asked.
NO, he is a base criminal" Mr..
! Gates declared. THAT is what Presi-
dent Wilson is worried about at pres
emit. because President Wilson saw in
Carranza the friend of the common
people and democracy"
And yet. in the face of all these
statements, the witness said he is in
favor of leaving it TO President Will
son to settle the Mexican problem.
He said:
I am n Republican. yet ] am frank
To say that. as things now stand. !
would desire TO see for a while the
solution of the Mexican situation left
in the presidents hands"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02

days of July are far in excess of the
first ten days of any previous July in
the history of the hotel, says the
bulletin. Special mention is also
made Of the fine class of people pa
tronizing the restaurants.
This account Of blessings brought
to Hotel LaSalle Is closed with the
following remarkable paragraph,
which paragraph really prompts the
editorial:
Ia is not an for
prohibition because we are not an
advocate for it, realizing as we
do that the majority of the people
feel hat light wines and beers are
not in any wa harmful. 1t does
show, however. that the better
hotels are going to survive the
shock.
When prohibitions benefits elicit
such testimony, from a hostile witness
it is apparent to everyone that pro-
hibition is making good.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02

ness; but the fact that when a fash
ion is once upon them they adhere to
it rigidly Is a manifest virtue. Not
to do so is to make themselves con-
spicuous on the least desirable plane.
In the California of 1895 Richard
Henry Dana found only one white wo-
mar who wore a hat, the young bride
of a Yankee skipper. who had i'm
ported the headpiece with great pride
from Boston. The Spanish gentlewo-
men wore silver combs with a man
ti1la above them No doubt that
bridal hat was in the best style of
1895; but to the young sailor before
the mast 1t seemed. in comparison
with the conventional gear of the
Spanish ladies, only "a chaotic mass
OF ribbon and straw" What better
could any of the garments of modern
women appear to the instinctively ar
tistic Greek?
If the war Is TO eventuate in 'indi-
vidual' dressing, it has been fought
in vain, at least sartorially. At pres
emit the best dressed creature in the
world Is the male. small praise though
that be. II women are to light the
way to better things. as we all hope
and pray it will not be by a mad
wagging of individual fancies but by
plicity and severity of their war-work
days, in which they We're uniformly
adorable.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02

ways, however. great praise. Often
it is absolutely beautiful And yet the
effect is not likely to be what one
might have imagined. Is 1t possible
that something may be said for fash
ion7 The costume of the Greeks.
which is generally held up as the
most beautiful the world has Known.
was not merely a fashion; it was in
effect a uniform. We shall never
absolutely know. but we nay plausibly
assume h a II an Athenian were ad-
vised by P%olonius to make his apparel
proclaim the man in him he would
consider the advice no better than it's
restless and busybody source,
The art of pcrsonality-which is to
say the art of living-is the greatest
of all arts, and of all the materials it
finds at hand the least expressive is
probably clothes. A temperament
that finds adequate expression in silk
and satin. ribbon and jewel, is OF the
most limited cope, little above the
Indian brave. Any one with real tenn
permanent, and any considerable roper
tory In expressing 1t. would probably
prefer TO make his clothes as incon-
spicuous, as inexpensive, as possible
for h play of voice and eye. OF ges-
ture and the spoken word. That wo-
men allow their fashions to be
changed so often and run to such ex-
tremes may possibly Indicate weak
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02
A VICIOUS AND DANGEROUS MEASURE

extension Of this Illicit business, dam
rerous to the community and OF the
utmost peril to those who permit
themselves 10 be entrapped by It.
Under this measure, the nets OF tho
panders and bootieggers would be
spread wide and under conditions
which would make police restriction
always diffcult. often impossible.
The police authorities are re-
quired 10 enforce the laws against
liquor-selline and prostitution. That
is fairly a part of their duty. So
long as they honestly desire to en-
force the law. this proposed ordi-
nance would largely tie their hands,
Should any ofHcer o weak or
vicious. the ordinance would provide
him a ready-made excuse for failure
to perform his duty.
We disclaim any intention to dis
euss the police department or any OF
its members in this connection. The
department. is entitled to a square
deal. II cannot perform its full duty
to the city in respect to the for-hire
autos unless its authority shall
measure up fully to it's responsible
served. az under the existing ordi-
nance. so that there may he no ex-
cuse, now or hereafter, for any re-
taxation pf vigilance or the growth
Of vicious practices,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02

editor Of the New York Times admits
that the results Of these efforts have
been astonishing" Here. as abroad,
he says, women have occasionally
a some sue idea. and the result is
generally conceded TO be astonishing.
IT is not that the Individual gown
is inartistic he observes. Usually II
Is as beautiful, ~intrinsically, a the
prevailing fashion--which In not al
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02
A OFT PROCLAIMS

Dver and anon. quite too frequently
~ attract more than passing atten-
49,. some hardy editor arises TO dis
- eruditeiy the raiment OF the
sDn0os particularly that of the so
4ntlpd gentier sex, The expressions
n0 bssn rather more frequent OF
1oGos evoked in part by a tendency to
1bQndoQ established fashions and
sMoatD garments which are in them
NyU - exposition Of the tempera-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02
zEElANO|A LOOKED
LIKE N0AH'S ARK

New York, July 31.-Doughhoys
ARRIVING today on the transport Eco
landia brought so many m%ascots with
them that the parade down the gang
plank was reminiscent OF pictures of
Noah's ark.
There were two parrots, two
two goats. a varied assortment OF
dogs, minus pedigrees, a colony Of
rabbits, enough birds to stock an
aviary and a couple Of monkeys
dressed in khaki uniforms, with the
insignia of second lieutenants.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02

A good friend writes US a lengthy
e,ter raising the question OF the re-
alton OF the Individual citizen to the
enforcement Of law. He says:
n I am morally certain that IN
Illicit still Is being operated m
my neigh borhood: II | see almost
daily evidences OF 1t. and II, in
addition, one after another OF my
netghbors tells me that he is
more than suspicious that whis-
key in being made here, is II not
the duty of some n To report
such suspicious and such evidence
to the proper authorities so as 10
lead TO the arrest of the law
breaker? And II my netghbors
tell me that they are afraid to re-
port such a one. fearing reprisals,
and I take the responsibility OF
making the report. should | he
the subject of unkind criticism
for so doing
am a Methodist. but as there
IL no Methodist church here /
have helped to build a BAPTIST
church, have attended II. worked
In and with it. and have helped
to support II as far as ] have been
sole. Now, after several years
OF friendly cooperation. one OF
the leading members OF the
church say that. having reported .
the still, ! am a than n
man who operated it. Also. 1t is
being urged that the arrestvof the
man has left his family destitute.
That remains 20 be seen but.
granting it TO be true. Is that a
reason for leaving him .unmo-
Tested in his work.
II has been known for months,
has been openly acknowledged.
that tntoxicants have beer made
md sold in the ncighborhood and
the fact has been the acknowl~
edged cause ri Iawlessners and
disorder. What in your opinion
ID the duty of a Christian citizen
In the circumstances
81 Our friend himself and wt
lake II that his letter of inquiry IS
the reaction from deeper
thought after he had found unex-
pected opposition in a course which
~ conscience clearly dictated. After
-. the integrity OF the government
6nder which we live, the perpetuity
nf its Ii institutions and the mainten-
inca Of It's laws. which we Justly re
Eard az our right. depend upon the
citizcn--the right TO the
OF the law involves the
pArAlleI duty of UNFOLDING the law
ngainst all who would destroy IT, This
4CAa not mean. and our friend evil
6entiy does not understand it To
mean, that each citizen shall take
IN law into his own hands. Acting
= our collective capacity, we have
chosen certain men u perform the
OF capturing and Furnishing
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-01
RAISE MONSTER
VEGETABLES AT
ARCTIC CIRCLE
(By The Associated Press.

Edmonton. Alta, Dec. IA turnip
weighing twenty-five pounds is a mon
ster vegetable when raised anywhere.
When raised almost on top of the Arc
tic circle it is an event.
\ turnip weighing. exactly that was
grown this year in the Hudson's Bay
Company's garden at Fort Good Hope,
few miles south Of this point where
the Arctic circle cuts the Mackenzie
river.
AT Fort Resolution in the same lati-
tude as the extreme top of Labrador,
potatoes as big as canteloups were
raised which yielded six and . half
pounds to the hill. In the Mission gar
den ut Hay River, cabbages grew 60
large that i stllreeh seiii sd child could
hide behind one of the heads. Onions,
lettuce, rhubarb, peas and all the other
vegetables familiar in gardens of lower
latitude grew in abundance and to
great size.
The explanation of the wonderful
crops of. the far North is the long days
with their almost continuous sunshine.
Actual records show that Mt Fort Simp-
son there are so hours of sunlight in
June and only twelve hours less in
July. In the four months from May to
August there are 2,147 hours of sun
as compared with 1.SO5 at Ottawa.
Nineteen hours of sunshine day work
magic in gardens and fields.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-01
COAL OUTPUT
so PER CENT
OF NORMAL

Washington, d. c.. Dec. 1.-The
pinch of the coal shortage promised to-
day to force the adoption of drastic
measures to avert an actual famine. A
vacation of one month by the soft coal
miners has brought on conditions like
those prevailing during the war in
many sections, but war time restric-
tions have not altogether checked the
drain on coal piles
Not much hope was held out by Off
cials tonight for early production of BIZ
luminous coal in quantities sufficient to
permit the maintenance of the present
reserves. under supervision of the rail
road administrations central coal COM
mittee. The latest authentic figures
show tina: last weeks soft coal output
did not reach 50 per cent of normal pro-
duction This meant, officials explained.
that local needs must be met from the
supplies being distributed through the
central committee. whose stocks aggre-
gated about 22.OOO,OOO tons when the
miners quit work. No figures were
available today as to the exact amount
now on hand.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-01
Five Billion Appropriations.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 1.-The rec
ord billion-dollar congresses Of ordi-
nary peace times faded into the past
today when Secretary Glass presented
the annual estimates proposing ap-
preparations of practically $4,000, ,OOO,-
600 for conducting the peace time acti-
vities of the government during the
fiscal year 1921.
According to these figures it will
cost more than five times as much to
conduct the peace time affairs of the
government as it did the year immedi-
ately preceding the war.
Army and Navy.
The greatest individual expenditure
will 80 to the army and navy The
yearly interest on the war debt is
81 100000 which is more alone
than all the appropriations for all pur-
poses whatsoever Of any peace time
congress.
All in all. the estimates justify the
predictions made on the floor of con-
gress during consideration of the war
tax bills that. the present generation
would not see the government con-
Quoted at an expense of less than
81 ,OOO, ,COO,OO0 year.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-01
HURRICANE LEVELS
WIRES, SHUTTING UP
SCORES OF PLANTS
(By The Associated Press

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 1:-Scores of in
dustrial plants here and in other cities
of the state are temporarily closed, or
their production curtailed, because of
a hurricane which swept across south
ern Michigan late Saturday, according
to reports early tO,lay. Miles of elec-
trical power wires were levelled to the
ground by the wind. which reached Il
velocity Of s4 miles an hour here and
from 20 to so miles an hour mt Port
Huron, Flint. Grand Rapids, Pontiac
and other points.
\, AS wire communication is being r.
stored, fresh details lof damage arc be-
ing received, but the list of deaths ear
~ today remained at six.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-01
ONE KILLED AND
OTHERS INJURED
IN STEEL RI0TING
(By The Associat ted Press.l

Wheeling, w. Va. Dec. 1.-One steel
striker was killed, Sheriff w. f. Clay
ton of Marshall county, shot and SER
iously wounded and Il deputy and an
other striker suffered gun shot wounds
in rioting when mob of strikers and
their sympa thizers clashed with sher-
ifs posse at the gates of the River
Side mill of the Marshall Tube COM
pany ut Benwood near here this morn
inE.