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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-15
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The officers of the Epworth League
of the Methodist church will hold a
cabinet meeting this evening at the
home of the president, Erwin P. Smith,
Forest street.
Friends of Judge Daniel kellogg,
who has spent the winter in California,
will regret to hear of his illness there.
Judge Kellogg was former postmaster
of Brattleboro and assistant Judge of
the Windham county court. Harry Will
lard of Washington was in Brattleboro
Monday on his way to California to &c
company Judge kellogg back east.
DR.. G. r. Anderson is called profes,
sionally this afternoon 10 st. Adams.
He will 90 from there on Thursday to
attend a meeting of the medical see
ton Of the Council Of National Defense
at Burlington, which is for the pur
pose Of formulating method of select.
ing 80 doctors, Vermont 5 quota III the
present drive for medical officers for
the United States army.
Scott L. Barber is lacking one new
fishing boot. and someone unknown to
him is the posSessor of it. After return
ing from fishing yesterday, Mr.. Barber
washed his new boots carefully and left
them on the porch to dry during the
night About o'clock this morning he
heard connection about the premises
and DR. c. F. BARRIERS dog was aroused
by it and started to bark. BY the time
that Scott Barber had gotten to the door
the intruder evidently became frightened
and dropped one boot, disappearing in the
dark with he Oi her
In the regular communication of Co
lumbar lodge, No. So, +. & A. NJ.
last evening the following elective ant
appointive officers were installed: w
NJ, Fred Crcssy; S. W., Hugh A9new
!. w Orrin 4. Hughes; sec, Arthur
l.. Billings; treas, Frank 3. Putnam
s. D., W. A. SUBWAY; J. D., Barne,
Mead; S. s., Robert V. Crowel; J. S.
Scott p. Eames; chaplain, George L
| Pearson; marshal. Peter Dillback; ty
| Ter, Charles Hubbell. Christie B. Grow
| ell, grand lecturer of the grand lodge
was installing officer, assisted by Har
RE b. Chase, the retiring master, a
marshal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-15

consideration OF the proportion Of quotas
already Gated in some cases and OF the 10
cation Of vacated training camps.
The camps selected for the registrants
affected by the order, are not all National
Army camps
The men called from New England will
be sent to Fort Slocum, y. Y, during the
movement from May % to June ,. The
quotas are as follows:
Massachusetts. 5000.
Maine. 500
New Hampshire, 300
Rhode Island, 500
Vermont, 200.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-15
THE Law OF COMPENSATION.

Norma Talmadge' 5 second Selznick-
Pictures offering, The Law of Compen-
satlon, viii be the feature at the Prin-
cess thcater tomorrow. In this photo
drama Miss Talmadge returns to Amcri-
ca from her tragic journey through
Russia, England and France in her re-
cent success, Panthea, and is the cen
trail figure in gripping drama Of mod
ern social conditions in this country
The story IS by Wilson Miner. whose
ability as an author was proved in his
deliberations with Paul Armstrong,
Alias Jimmy Valentine and The Deep
Purple.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-15
WEST BRATTLEBORO
PARENT-TEACHER MEETING.
Supt. Mofitt Gives Address Along
Patriotic Lines.

The West Brsttleboro and Centerviile
Parcnt-Tcacher association held a
meeting last evening in the Center.
willie schoolhouse, which was attended
by about - parents and friends Of
the schools. The meeting opened with
the singing of There 3 Long. Long
Trail AWinding, by Miss Anderson,
all joining in the chorus; this was fol
lowed by short business meeting;
reading by Mrs. G. 3. Hunter; solo,
Hazen Stockwcll
Superintendent Of Schools H. T..
MOtfitt was the speaker of the evening
and he gave an excellent address,
which was listened to with much inter
est. Mr.. Moftt's subject was The
Beginning Of the Parent Teacher AS
ISOLATION in Vermont and What il Has
Done for the Child. He said he was un-
able to find any real beginning Of the
Parent Teacher association, that il iust
grew and that there did not seem to
be any history connected with it. He
further said that he had lust attended
a patriotic convention and that he was
suffering from "patriotic Indigestion
and that he felt lie must speak along
that line. The principal points in his
address were on what we must do to
help our government. We must have
faith and hope; faith in all the of
tcials at Washington aud hope for the
very best. He was loudly applaudcd
at the close Of his talk Refreshments
were served by the parents of the
Centerville school children.
Mrs. II. G. Smith was chosen a dele
gate to the Parent Teacher state meet
ing to be held May 81 and % in Rut
land.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-15

Both men and women do more or less
primping. The Difference between them
IS that the womenfolks DO theirs shame
lessly
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-15

Mrs. Frank Briggs, VINO has been i'll
and under the care of physician, is
out again.
Louis Stellman has returned to his
home in Syracuse, \. Y. His family
is remaining for longer stay with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Stell-
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar Hawkins of
Springfield, Mass, have been visitors
here this week with Mrs Hawkins 5
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Weather.
head.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Hadlock and
their daughter and husband of Belcher-
town, Mass, came by automobile and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-15

Fine sideboard, brass bedsteads, chif-
fonier, hall mirror, lounge, baby car
riage, child's bed, kitchen table, varie-
ty of chairs. Salesroom Elliot Cor. Elm
Sts.-Adv. 65-66
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-15
ADJUSTMENTS.
Pnotoplay Attractions.

y Triangle feature, For Valour. star
ring Winifred Allen, and Universal Cur
rent Events will be shown TODAY at the
Princess theatre Tomorrow Norma Tai
msdge in The Law of Compensation
will be shown, also a Paramount BRAY
Photograph
Harry Carey in Bucking Broadway.
a five-act drama, Weekly News, and |
Quit, a comedy, are the attractions at
the Empire tonight. Iris, Sir Arthur
Wing Pinero 5 celebrated play in FIVE
acts, and Pearl White in The Fatal
Ring are the attractions for tomorrow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-15

l. Sargent and Mrs G.. Baxter Reed as
assistants
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-15

You'd miss even four-page newspaper
il you didn't get it.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-24
VIENNA NEWSPAPER IS
 ORGAN OF AR|sT0CRACY

ZURICH, June 24.-A newspaper has been established in Vienna exclu- sively in the interests of the aristoc- racy, the bis business interests, and the members of the upper chamber. It is called the Political Salon and is under the direction of Count Thur Salm. It is privately circulated and copies will not be sold to the public.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-24
PROF|TEER|NG
 BY JAP PANESE
 KEEN PROBLEM

TOXIC, May 6 (by maiD .-One of the reasons which may have exerted considerable influence in restraining Japan from taking military action to prevent the Germans from over-run- ming Siberia, was the extremely se- rious food problem here. The price Of rice has risen by leaps and bounds, and all other staple foodstuffs have followed closely. This is in part expli- cable as due to increased cost of transportation and the abnormally dry and cold winter which seriously cut down the supply of green vege- tables, but it is generally understood that increased cost of living in Japan is due to profiteering.
 Against any attempt that the govern ment has made to stop this the great Seiyukai party seems to stand firm. It has it's backing in large capitals tic interests which are definitely op- posed to any government mobilization of industry or even food supplies. In the large profits that are being made the labor class, to a considerable ex- tent, have shared and are able to con- mand higher rate of earning which enabled them to live. This check on marine transportation constitutes the second mighty reason. It would affect, not only the common people, on the side of their food, but would also put definite stop to business pros- perity.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-24
 TELL QF WANT
 ACROSS SEA

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 23 Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mor- mons) returning to the United States from foreign work, in their reports to the church tell stories of desper- ate food scarcity in parts of Europe Although food scarcity among the nations allied with Germany and neu- tral nations is well known, the re- turning missionaries bring detailed stories describing the condition as a tragedy
 Carl T. Peterson of Logan, Utah, re- gently returned from Sweden, and E. L. Otteson of Spanish Fork, Utah, just arrived from Norway, said that the bread problem in these countries appeared critical. Long lines of wo- men and children, waiting for hours with their food cards and often turned away in fainting condition with empty hands because the supply gave out,
  were a frequent sight, according to these men.
 Foreigners, especially in some parts of Norway, MT. Otteson said. were asked to leave, the government off cials declaring there was no food
 One missionary stated that he saw in Christiania 12,OOO people standingI in line for allowances of potatoes six pounds to the family, and the SUD- ply was exhausted before onehalf of them had been given their allowance. Wood pulp was being used in 25 per cent. proportions in much of the bread. along with mixture of various wheat substitutes.
 Only six Mormon missionaries are left in Norway, where there were for merly as many as 120, according to MT. Otteson Twelve are left in Swe- den, of whom ten are now due to return to the United States.
The Tomahawk., 1918-09-19
landed in Virginia, are going to be
thrown at last into the Making.

landed IN virginia, are gong TO be
thrown at last into the Melting
Pot along with the Anglo Saxon
aud the Teuton and the Latin and
the Slav. But what then? The In
dian Service picks the Indians out
aud draws up a lane title for each
one of them and brings that paper
into your Office and puts it before
you, and you lift your pen and
sign it, and 90 out 60 lunch, That
is, YOU would. Or l. But not
franklin X. Lane.
Franklin X. Lane has to get UP
out of his chair and out OF Wash
i1gton and 60 west two thousand
miles to where that Indian is and
look at him end talk to him per-
sonally and individually and then
have a heap-big-time ceremany and
ritual written by Franklin K. Lane
himself) to celebrate and consecrate
his promotion from Indianship and
alienship and bis entrance into the
white mans full free Stars and
Stripes citizenhood.
"'Joseph T. ('ook!' says Mr..
Lane, standing before q large
group OF Sioux on the Greenwood
Reservation in South Dakota.
What was your Indian name2'
Joseph 4. Cook answers and
says. 'Tunkansapa.'
, 'Tunkansapa,' says Mr.. Lane, 4
hand you q bow and arrow. Take
this bow and shoot the arrow The
Indian does so. Then:
'Tunkansapa,' says Mr., Lane,
you have shot your last arrow.
That means that you are no longer
to live the life of IN Indian. You
are from this day forward to live
the life of white man. But you
may keep that arrow. 1t will be to
youa symbol of Your noble race
and of the pride you may feel that
you come from the first Of all
The Tomahawk., 1918-09-19

Americana
Mr.. Lane continues, addressing
Tunkansapa now by his white
name:
Joseph T. Cook, take in your
hands this pillow. [Cook does SOL
This act means t0at you have
chosen to live the life of the white
man. The white man lives by
work. From the earth we all must
get our living, and the earth will
not yield unless man pours upon it
the sweat of his brow.' And:
Joseph T. Cook, l give you a
purse. 1t will always say to you
that the money you gain must be
wisely kept. The wise man saves
his money 80 that when the sun
does not smile and the grass does
not grow, he will not starve.'
Finally:
~ give into your hands the flag
of your country. 1.-THE new citizen
aud Mr.. Lane hold the flag to-
gether.] This is the only flag you
ever will have. 1t is the flag of
free men, the flag of q hundred
million free men md women, of
whom you are now one. That flag
has q request to make of you,
Joseph T. Cook, that you repeat
these Words
The new citizen speaks as fol-
lows:
"Forasmuch as the President
has said that am worthy to be q
citizen of the United States, now
promise to this hak that l will give
my hands, my head, and my heart
to the doing Of oil that will make
me = true American citizen , ~. ~
1T i the high moment. Yet, to
keep that momspt living, there i
one more ken and wise act. a
trinket, ! sacred trinket, bearing
our colors and an eagle, is brought
out; and Mr.. Lane says:
The Tomahawk., 1918-09-19

And now, beneath this flag, 1
place upon your breast the emblem
of citizenship. Wear this badge
always, and may the eagle that is
on it never see you do aught Of
which the flag will not be proud
He is curious man, Franklin
X. Lane-a man with the driving
brain of the administrator and the
quick heart of the artist. 4
"Why should he not be en-
powered to write a similar cere-
mony to be used for the naturali-
zation of our new citizens from
Europe2 And he wouldn't only
write it. He would stay up all
night to shake hands with every
Sicilian and Croatian that was ready
to be his brother. If we were all
Lanes, our Americanism would
soon be what we hope it to be-
the spirit of intense nationality
uplifted and TRANSPORTED by the
spirit of an all-inclusive humanity"
The above illustration of baby
tactics are on a par with Indian
Commissioner Cato Sells wornout
shibbolethe, save the babies,' .
while clinging to archaic admin.
istrative methods that tend to block
the we'll being and progress of the
potential parents of the babies;
likewise the flag pilgrimage COM
edy of a Mr.. Wannamaker among
the Indian tribes a few years ago.
What the Indian really wants most
today, especially the Minnesota
Chippewss, is strong progressive
initiative, liberty, humanity and
absolute divorce from the deprsss-
ing influence of Indian Bureau
dominance and not the everlasting
silly foibles of childish simplicity,
neither the trashy innovation Of
feeble msotal coneepsion. ...,..y.....
~" ~ ~ -Ea'
The Tomahawk., 1918-09-19
Foo|s---Morta|s.

''What Fools these Mortals be-"
So asserted William Shakespear,
many, many moons ago. And from
our various experience with indiv-l
iduals- -mortals, in all walks of
life we are positive in our convic.
tions that after all "Billy'' sure
knew what.he was talking about.
More especially has this conviction
been emphasized in the ludicrous
and ridiculously absurd attempts
of them obsessed with the pedantic
idea of the importance of official
capacity, and in vain attempts to
create public applause, for some
wornout shibboleths or equally
ridiculous sensational creation,
mental novelties, barren and sterile
of all concrete utility when ap-
piled to the principles of progress
civilization among any class of
people morally, economically and
otherwise. Recently our attention
was called to an article published
in Everybody's Magazine, entitled
1.-THE Most Human Bureaucrat in
the World,' and which furnishes
y most striking example of the
manner in which Indian affairs
have been End are being conducted
today and of the deplorable GOV
ernmental iniative which have
tended to block the we'll being and
progress of the Indian generally.
The article follows:
I'VE believe taat Franklin X.
Lane could ruiz a Museum of As
syrjology and make it draw more
crowds than the movie-theatre
right across the street. Now sup
pose that you. instead Of Mr.. Lane,
we're Secretary of the Interior.
You say to yourself; s.
'''Those Red Indians in my care
out on the Reservations are, many
of them, perfectly fit to be full
American citizens instead Of wards
of the Government. r will have
tie Indian Service pick out the fit
ones; and l will then sign over to
each one of them full title to his
land; and be will begin to own
that land just like any other farm
err, and pay taxes, and vote; and
his period of tutelage vii! be over;
and he will stand up and be man
and citizen of the republic! He
is ready for it and am going to-
do il.
A graf idea! A histroic de-
cision! 1t means that the Indians,
who are actually more numerous
now than when the 6rst white MAJ
The Tomahawk., 1918-09-19
WHO'S TIVE PAuPER ?


Recently ''honest'a John H. Hin
ton experienced another awakening,
a revelation or an .uncanny night
mare, more probably the latter. On
the morning of his most wonderful
discovery he HE'D himself to De-
troit, the seat of Becker county,
and presented himself before the
members of the Board of County
Commissioners and proceeded to
unravel a ,hungering, tale Of woe
;whieh, xould have aeyeloped h be &
RI rr.iipilation il an augUst body of men
less timid than the sturdy members
of the Becker County Commission
ers. In q voice toned with trepi
dation he proceeded to infore the
Honorable Board of the TERRIBLE,
the awfuIly awfu consequences
which would follow if the Chip
pewa tribal funds were ever seq,
regated and apportioned to mem
bers qualified to receive the same;
"why, gentlemen, it would be the
most dreadful calamity which
could befall Becker county; if this
movement is permitted to take
place, gentlemen, it will be only
4 few years before Becker county
will be burdened with several
thousands of Indian paupers to
take care of or words to this
effect. After purging himself of
the above plaintive garrulity
and hopping his sweltering
brow, and with tear-dimmed
eyes he proceeded to plead with
the Honorable members Of the
Board to enter a decided protest.
against such an outrageour PROPOSE
ton Is would entail the segregation
of the Chippewa tri bal fund and
apportion the same, per capita. to
all qualified members of the said
Chippewas. @..4t -. =. -
The EoMAHAwK takes occasion
t. brand such statements as .
garfield MISREPRESENTATION of facts
concerning the subject at issue,
perversive and mendacious, and
with the ostensible purpose of
continuing the Indian Bureau DOM
nance oyer the Minnesota Chip
pewas indefinitely or until such
time IS the last dollar of their
tribal funds will have been ex
hausted aud, at the profigate rate
With which the same is being ap
propriated and squandered, it will
require only a very few years
before this is accomplished. Nearly
SIX MILLION DOLLARS hav-
ing been expended within the past
twenty -four years or more and
with practically nothing of mater
ial valve to show for the expendi-
ture and mercenary encroachment
up,n a helpless peoples heritage;
the najor portion of this vast sum
having been expended in paying
the salaries and providing homes
The Tomahawk., 1918-09-19
as CHIPPEWA INDIAN PAU
PER IN THE BECKERCOUNTY

POOR HOUSE, or in any other
county poor house in the state for
that matter, and not because of tribal
funds either, and we unhesitatingly
venture the assertion that it is not
probable that such a deplorable
circumstance will ever overtake 9
member of the Chippewas either
not outstanding the o6icious
premature predictions of Mr.. John
H.. Hinton to the contrary. 4.s
The Chippewas of Minnesota arc
unwavering in their faith and en-
joy the utmost confidence in their
many good friends in Congress
VIII, without doubt will see to il
that justice and fair play is accorded
them and that the release of minor
and other trust funds and the
segregation and apportionment OF
the greatly depleted tribal funds
will soon be an accomplished fact,
and that the absolute severance of
Indian Bureau dominance, espec-
tally over the affairs of the pro-
gressive Chippewa element, will
soon be a matter, of history not-
outstanding the frantic efforts Of
its minions and hirelings to cons
tinue its depressing existence.
Just, at the present time their
mendaclty are as egotistical as they
are amusing. 4
Who's the Pauper9 ID
The Tomahawk., 1918-09-19

QflVlng Jeans, ana aulOmOOlle anu
teamster and ~chauffer and all Of
which is paid for out of the Chip
pewa tribal fund; every man,
woman and child being coerced by
present '''rules and regulations'' to
contribute their per capita share to
provide this prodigal sum and to
help perpetuate ''political auto
cracy," pure and simple, at the
grlevous expense of the Minnesota
Chippewas, hundreds of whom are
now fighting, going through hell,
bleeding aud dying on foreign soil
for a principle denied them at
home, liberty!
There are about 1900 Chippewa
Indians on the former allotted
lands, formerly reservations) of
the State, 5000 reside on the
White Earth allotted lands. Fully
80 per cent of these people have
received their lands in severalty,
are selt-supporting, law abiding
tax paying citizens, leaving
possible 10 per cent of the whole
number who come under the posi-
BILE designation Of ''incompetents. .
and which includes sthe y! asaad
helpless among the tribe. e Since
the passage of the Nelson bill in
1889, the average Indian has re-
ceived from $500 to $500 per
capita annually. This amount
would not suffice to keep canary
bird alive to say nothing of a
human, being, nevertheless the
Minnesota Chippewas have lived
and prospered and have paid, in
addition to paying taxes as citizens,
an average of $4,000 annually,
and the major portion of this
amount to sustain in joyful bliss
and comfort horde of Indian
Bureau employees, political proteg-
gee, and from which the 80 per
cent or progressive Indians derived
20 benefits whatever. At the
present time the Chippewa tribal
fund, deposited in the u. S. Treas
ury, amounts to about IS, 900, 900,
Exclusive of about $6,O00,OOO
squandered away within the past
"a years or more), which is under
Government control. In 1907 Con-
gress passed an act providing for
the distribution of, Indian tribal
funds, (Public, No. 1872, "a Stat,
1921, and while many of the
ChippeYas applied for their, per
capita share of the tribal funds
their appeals in this direction fell
on deaf ears. Again on. May 25,
1918, Congress approved an act
TO withdraw from the United
States Treasury and segregate the
common, or tribal funds of any
tribe of Indians including the
Chippewas of Minnesota. And
contrary to the desires and pur-
poses of Congress and the urgent
wishes of 80 per cent of the Chip
pewas the Indian Bureau and its
,mercenary minions seem deter
mined, through u propaganda,
insidious and mendacious, to keep
it's strang!e-hold on the Chippewa
tribal fund until the very last cent
has been squaudered away.
And now as to the presumed
nightmare concerning possible
Indian paupers flooding the Becker
county POOR house, The ToMA-
HAWK is proud, and justly SO, that
within the history of the establish
ment of the White Earth Reserva-
ton in 1867, fifty years ago, there
has never been known such . thing
The Tomahawk., 1918-09-19
SUBSCRIPTION: s1.5o PER YEAR II ADVANCE
ROLL Of HONOR.
5000 six THOUSAND 5000

Native Americans, Indians if you
please, in the Military Service OF
the United States, and this does
not include a large number in the
Navy. August 1st, 1918 49,.
The Tomahawk., 1918-09-19

DEMEMBER THE BECKER
L County Quota for the Fourth
Liberty Loan is $3.50, OOO.OG
Everybody be prepared to do his
utmost to put it across. 2. "a
The Tomahawk., 1918-09-19

( Read The ToMAHAwK, 50 issues
$3.50. @.i.+
The Tomahawk., 1918-09-19
of comfort, furnished with all

of comfort, furnished with all
modern conveniences, driving
teams, and in many cases automo~
biles, and including fuel, light and
other perquisites too numerous
to mention, for a horde of employ
ees, many of them occupying posi-
lions purely sinicure in nature.
And is may not be out Of place to
state here that Mr.. j. H. Hinton,
Superintendent, occupies what is
known as the administration
buildlng,"a pa|atial modern brick
building, provided with light,
water heat, bath, etc., and with
barn, stable and other out-houses,
driving teams, and automobile and
teamster and ~chauffer and all Of
which is paid for out of the Chip
oo,vo <ribol f,,Od. ovorv man