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Show DEBS TO DIRECT THROUGH BARS No Special Arrangements For Handling Campaign Made at Atlanta Prison. DETROIT. July 13 L'nless he Is pardoned. Eugene V. Debs, presidential presiden-tial nominee of the Socialist party will direct the party s campaign this summer from Atlanta federal prison, whore he lis servlnp n sentence lor violation of the espionage laws, tho Socialist national committee decided today. Party leaders will visit Debs frequently at the prison. Tho committee leelded first, however, how-ever, to make an appeal to President Wilson for Deb? release. About 200 Soclalsts plan to call on the president sdon and urge him to net on the request made by a similai committee to Secretary Tumulty. RUliES or PRISON. ATLANTA. G.v, Julv 1 1 No special spec-ial arrangements have been made U the Atlanta federal penitentiary Whereb) Eugene V. Debs. .Socialist nominee for president, (night take an active part in directing his campaign, it was learned lonlc.'it. Dabs has the right in common with other prisoners, io ha1 s visitors every two weeks, and by special request the Socialist committee that notified him of his nomination spent two hours or more with him. Since then one or two prominent Socialists have vls-l'.d vls-l'.d liiin Fred 7.H v. ir.-t. n it Hie penitentiary, explained that the rule limiting visits to fortnight periods WSJ not an Ironclad one and was broken from time to time. |