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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
WILL REVIEW
WAR COURT CASES
Secretary Baker Announces Plans for
Going Over Decisions About
Which Fault is Found.

WASHINGTON, March Pin re-
Spouse to repeated criticisms of the
court martial system Secretary of War
Baker upon returning to Washington
yesterday announced that he had APP
pointed committee of prominent CT
william lawyers to go over the whole
subject and make recommendations to
him. A radical change eliminating the
injustiees of the present system is
predicted.
The committee of investigation is
made up of S. S. Gregory of Chicago,
Judge w. p. Bynum of Greensboro, n.
c.; Martin Ccnboy of New York, Judge
Andrew Jackson Bruce of Bismarck, n.
o., and Col. J. Hinckley of Baltimore.
Secretary Baker has ordered all rec
ords, including court martial records,
placed at the disposal of the committee.
The personnel of the judge advocate
general 5 Office will also assist the COM
| mittee in every way.
Regarding his inspection trip through
out the country Secretary Baker said:
eve went from one camp to an
)ther inquiring into the processes of de
| mobilization, seeking to get uniformity
| n the matter of making records and as
far as possible uniformity in speed and
| cut down the time that man STAYS
in a camp after he gets there for de
mobilization. In one small camp VIZ
found that men sometimes get out thu
same day they arrive-have all theil
papers examined, take all their physi
cal examinations and get out the same
day. The best record generally wa
forty-eight hours. In some places i
went up as high as six days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
SEES PROSPERITY FOR BRITAIN
Edgar Crammond Forecasts Annual In
vestment Surplus.

LONDON, March 27.-In talk be-
fore the Institute of Bankers of London
yesterday Edgar Crammond gave an
optimistic survey of Great Britain S
economic position and prospects. Mr..
Crammond estimated the nation IS
wealth at present at 1920 O00O00,00O
and the income at $17.500,0O0, 900
while the national debt would represent
20 per cent of the former, and the post
war budget % per cent Of the latter
Mr.. Crammond thought that for the
next ten years the country would be
in position to spend $2,000,000, 0OC
yearly at home on renewals and ma.
chinery, houses, roads, etc, and invest
$500 100000 yearly, largely within
the empire.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27

The tall silk hat first came into com
mon use in Paris in 1897.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
DEATHS.

In East Dover, March 10, J. Dana
Fessenden, 50.
In Halifax, March IS, Mrs Addie
Culver Upton, 80, wife of Frank H,
Upton.
IN South Vernon, Mass, March 90
Joseph f. Woodland, IS.
In Pawtueket, r. l., March 10, Jo-
seph Campbell Page, IS.
In Cambridgeport, March q, Charles
William Buffum, a.
In Greenfield, Mass. (Farren hospi-
tall, March 25, Mrs. Mary Dickinson
70, of Mortified, Mass, widow of vii
liams Dickinson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
PERSONAL.

Edward Russell and family moved
Wednesday from Central street to
Ellis street.
Lawrence A. Hulett, who has been at
tending school at Mt. Hermon, came
Tuesday to visit his aunt Mrs. Wells
Randall He went today to his home
in Westmorcland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
GLASS HAS AUTHORITY.
Attorney General Says He May Keep
Comptroller in Office.

WASHINGTON, March 27-Auorney
General Palmer III an opinion to Secretary
Glass has stated that the secretary has
authority to continue John SHELTON vii
liams in office as comptroller of the cur
rency and ex-oficial member of the fed
eral reserve board. despite failure of con
gresa to confirm his reappointment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
MORTIFIED, MASS
Mrs. Mary Dickinson.

Mrs Mary Dickinson, 70, died Tues
day night of pneumonia in Farren hos
pital She had been spending the win
ter at the home of George billiard, her
cousin, in Millers Falls She was born
in Hadley, May II, 1899, and for many
years taught in Virginia and South
Carolina as a home missionary. In
1879 she married Williams Dickinson
of this town, who died in 1908. The
last few years she has lived on Main
street, East Mortified. She was q
member of the Congregational church
and active in its woman's organiza-
tons. The funeral will be held in the
parish house Friday at 1.30 o'clock and
burial will take place in West North
field cemetery. Her nearest relative:
are George Cooley, an uncle, of Sunder
land, and three nieces of Mortified
Farms, Mrs Maud Montague, Miss An
ME Merriman and Miss Mabel Merri
man, who teaches in Brooklyn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK.
Son of Ex-President to Appear Before
N. Y. Republicans.

NEW YORK, March 27-Political
circles were interested in an announce
ment today that Lieut.. Col Theodore
Roosevelt had accepted an invitation
to deliver an address before the next
meeting of the Republican county com
mittee of Kings county in April. He has
been recently discussed as a possible
Republican candidate for a city or
state Office
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27

Flattery is sort of moral peroxide
lit turns many woman's head-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
BIRTHS.

In Guilford, March %, daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Sprague of Gill,
Mass, granddaughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Hollis Newcomb of this town.
In Wilmington, March "a, daughter,
Bertha Elizabeth, to Mr.. anda Mrs. Har,
rison Kingsley
In Hinsdale, n. H., March %, sor
to Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel ). Lachance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27

ADVERTISE IN THE REFoRMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
GALIcIA IN REVOLUTION.
Whole Country Reported to Be il
Throes of One.

VIENNA, Wednesday, March ga
wireless despatch received from the
government at Moscow declares that al
Galieia is in state of revolution. The
movement is described as having begun
in the oil district
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
O'LEARY IS RELEASED.
Publisher Gets Bail of $4,000 from
New York Men.

NEW YORK, March o7.-Joremiah
A. 0 'Leary was released from jail to-
day upon bond of $4,000 signed by
two owners of New York city real es.
tate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27

Harry A. Pike, optometrist and op-
tician, viii be at 166 South Main St,
March q to April T. Appointments by
telephone, 4777-W, or at your home if
desired Eyes thoroughly examined.
1924
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27
SENDS BEST WISHES.
President Gables Suffrage Convention
in Session at st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, March q. The following
message from President Wilson was lead
at the session Of the national woman snf-
frage convention here today: 'BesJ wish
es for the convention | earnestly hope
suffrage amendment soon win be adopt
q;
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-28
ROOSEVELT FORET0LD
war WITH GERMANY

NEW YORK, Nov 2s-Theodore
Roosevelt was the "gadfly" who in
1898 stung Washington bureaucracy
and pacificism into preparation for the
war with Spain, says Joseph Bucklin
Bishop, the Colonel's biographer, in
fresh revelations Of the former presi-
dents public service, which will ap-
pear In the forthcoming issue Of Serb
ner's Magazine.
The article, the third OF a series.
was compiled from public records and
some OF the 10000 letters written by
Col Roosevelt during the course Of
his active life. 1t deals entirely with
his part in the Spanish-American war,
a period of about one year. but a
period rich in material of historical
value" says Mr.. Bishop. In it the bio
grapher Of the former president tells
OF Roosevelt's work as assistant Sec
rotary of the navy, declaring that al
though the war was only twelve
months away when he entered office.
until he began IAN energetic and sys-
tematic agitation for preparation not
a step had been taken to get the army
and navy ready for It,"
Predicted German War.
Action taken by Assistant Secre-
tary Roosevelt" he says, "in the face
OF the persistent opposition of Secre-
tary Long. his superior officer, and
over that officers head while he was
absent from office, made 1t possible
for Dewey to fight and win the battle
of Manila" Roosevelt's gift of fore
sight is again touched upon, the let
tiers showing that nearly twenty years
before the revolution in Russia he pre-
dicted that unless her rulers changed
thei-: conduct they would sometime
experience red terror that will make
the French revolution pale" At the
same time, in 1897, he predicted: Ger
many Is the power with which we may
very possibly have ultimately to come
into hostile contact"
Mr.. Bishop also brings to light an
address delivered by Roosevelt before
the Naval War College on June 2,
1897, soon after he became assistant
secretary Of the navy. showing that
"he was saying at that stage OF his
career precisely the things about ma
tional preparedness that he said with
such courage, pertinacity and force
twenty years later when war with Ger.
many was upon us"
Senator Lodges long and unbroken
friendship for Roosevelt and the part
he took in establishing him in Wash
ington is Interestingly shown in the
letters which passed between them
during this period. They contain in
innate personal characterizations Of
the big men Of the time, notably Presi-
dent Mckinley, Secretary Long. John
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-28

Hay, Speaker Reed. Senator Hale.
Secretaries Day and Gage. Admirals
Dewey and Crowninsh1eld. Generals
Funston and Shafter, and others.
When the battleship Maine was
blown up on Feb Is, 1898, in the har-
Dor OF Havana, Roosevelt, who had
previously denounced the Spanish
regime in Cuba, emphatically declared
himself in favor of war with Spain.
Writing to Elihu Root on April 5, 1898.
he said: "You would be amazed and
Mortified at the peace-at-any-price tele-
grams Of the most abject description
which come in multitudes from New
York, Boston and elsewhere to the
president and senator's"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-28
In Motherhood

Fort Wayne, Ind.:-"Being 'Prescrip-
ton baby myself and hearing DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription 50 highly recon-
mended by my mother 1 decided to take it.
My health was splendid all during the time
and my suffering lasted less than an hour
and half. My baby was a IN lb. boy,
healthy and good natured as could be. He
is now two years old and has never known a
eick day. My own health has greatly i'm
proved and certainly appreciate the fact
that I owe great deal to DR.. Pierce
Favorite Prescription. "-MRS. NOR
BARNES. l22l Van Buren ST
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-28

Cascarets work while you sleep:
sour, undigested, fermenting food and
foul gases; take the excess bile from
the liver and carry out of the system
all the constipated waste matter and
poison in the bowels which is now
keeping you in constant misery. Cas-
carets never grippe, sicken or cause in
convenience and Cascarets cost SO
little tOO-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-28

You men and women who can't get
feeling right--whO have headache.
coated tongue. bad taste and foul
breath, dizziness. can't sleep, are bill
iOus, nervous and upset, bothered with
a sick, gassy, disordered stomach and
colds
Are you keeping your liver and bow
els clean with Cascarets, or merely
shocking your insides every few days
with Calomel, Salts, Oil or violent
Pills.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-28

i became weak ana
nervous, in fact, all
rundown in health.
In addition to this I
had a hreaking-out all
over my body. I could
mot get anything that
did me any good until
my mother began CIV
ing me DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription
and his Golden Med
ica1 DiScovav The1,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-28

proved to be just what needed as I have
never had any more womanly trouble, and
they also cured me of the breaking-out on
my body. l cannot say enough in praise Of
much for me.''-MRS. GEO. FLENNER,
lO7 COruna ST.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-28
When Nervous

indianapolis, Ind.:-''When was very
nervous and had severe feminine trouble. I
tried many remedies but did not get help
A retired physician of Decatur ILL.,, recon-
mended DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
I used it and got the help needed and
finally I became relieved and cured. It
cured me to stay cured."-MRS. w. NJ.
WOESSNER, 500 Grove St.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-28

The Ecuador government has an
aviation course in its military college.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-28
What a Well-known
Indiana Woman Saws

Elkhart, Ind.-"When I was girl just
coming into womanhood suffered greatly.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-27
Making War With Dyestuffs

for the destruction OF our ships in
American harbors.
Through this great magnate of the
dyestuff industry. Schweitzer, the bust
ness Of causing explosions in factories
all over the United States was msnag-
ed and financed during a period long
before We went into the war. Receiv-
ing his secret service number. s63.-
1881, from the imperial minister OF
war, he came 70 this country, became
a citizen by the direction OF the Ger
man government, was made head OF
the Bayer Company and led the SPY
and propaganda movements here to
the day of his sudden death in 1917.
All the German dye-making con
Germs have recently been combined in
to one monster cartel" with a capt.
talization OF hundreds Of millions OF
dollars. This organization has been
taken under state protection, and its
main object is TO reassert and main
tain dyestum monopoly OF the world
Subsidized and Supported by the en-
tire wealth and strength OF Germany.
il may we'll be regarded as dangerous
ly formidable.
More than $4,000 900, 900 Of annual
business in the United States are de-
pendent upon the dye industry Be
fore the war that amount OF business
hung upon the graciousness Of Ger
man ambition. IS that situation 70 be
permitted 70 be re-established?
We have taken over German dye
patents and German dye-making fac
tories in this country. Already there
has come into being young and Wig
orous American industry for the pro-
duction Of dyestuffs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-27

ard gas were conducted in dye fac
tories at Ludwigshaven, and the stuff
was made finally ready for use at dye
factories in Leverkusen.
The statements here made are quot
ed from Francis P. Garvan, alien prop
erty custodian. and so may be accept
ed as authoritative.
Long ago Germany recognized the
fact that upon the development Of the
dye indusl.y rested her entire develop
ment Of organic chemistry.
Also. that upon organic chemistry
must rest, in an ever increasing meas
ure. all the development Of modern
business and of modern warfare.
II was Germanys chemical suprem-
acy that enabled her to wage four
years of a war in which she came
very near accomplishing her ambition
of subjugating the world.
DR.. Hugo Schweitzer. head Of the
great Bayer dyestuff concern. which
has been taken over by the United
States government and placed in hands
100 per cent American, wrote: The
German chemist has contributed as
much. If not more, TO the success Of
the campaign than the strategist, the
army. and the navy; therefore the
present holocaust may justly be called
the chemists war
In the little town Of Bogota, y. J.,
there ws a man named Walter
Scheele, a chemist. in the employ OF
Doctor Schweitzer. He il was who in
vented mustard gas. the formula for
which was transmitted through the no.
torious Captain Won Papen 10 Ger
many. This same Scheele, under
Schweitzer's direction. prepared bombs
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-27

sailor, and it does not greatly con-
Germ them. They are dealing with new
times and new conditions and feel
sure of their ground
The materials with which they work
have been standardized at the Boston
training station and have been estab-
lished in the same manner at the other
training stations now maintained by
the Shipping Board at San Francisco
and Seattle, Norfolk and New Orleans.
One of the cardinal principles in
creating the social service equipment
for the merchant sailors is to provide
cheerful quarters in which the youth
full mariner may spend his hours for
recreation.
Connected with each training sta
ton is parade ground, or station
yard. around which much of the social
service work is carried on. Here is
maintained hostess house. where
mothers and sisters and perhaps sweet
hearts as well, may call on the sailor
lads under fitting conditions.
a canteen is maintained where
sweets and little articles of comfort
may be bought at a normal price, the
attendants being women volunteers
who in prewar times might have been
seen on occasion attending charity ba-
Ear tables, perhaps, but never engag-
ed in work like this.
Then there is the Red Cross Club of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-27

the War Camp Community Service
with its various clubhouse features
Of another class. Here a man may
play billiards. bowl or enjoy a quiet
smoke with no fear that anyone will
say him nay.
The entertainments OF the social
work are of the kind that wholesome
boys enjoy, with picture shows, lee
lures and their kind in reasonable
quantity and with boxing, baseball
and basket ball in generous measure.
The rival baseball and basket ball
teams go into their work with such
interest that their members are in no
danger of stopping to dream about
home and mother while a game is on.
These things and ample opportunity
for writing letters home and for read
ing a good selection of books, make the
social service headquarters popular
with the sailor boys. There is nothing
"goodie goodie" in it's makeup, TO
brighten them away. Religious life is
not forgotten. but II is not stressed.
The normal IN the boys nature is
brought out He is helped TO live right
while ashore and to start normally on
his work on the great deep.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-27

a short time and joyous reunion with
his parents was the ample reward of
the woman whose ability for organiza-
ton made The tracing of him posi-
Bile.
The success of Mrs. Towards work
and the field for it are products of
new day in the merchant marine-the
day of the citizen sailor. whose impor-
lance in this country's economic posi-
ton among the great nations of the
earth Is recognized-a sailor with the
aspirations of the average ambitious
American to whom loss Of touch with
the ideals of American living stand
ards is a hardship.
Before the world war for many
generations, there was only one TYNE
of merchant sailor, and that was the
"hardshell.' On many American sbips
he was not even an American. His life
often was made up of short and in
tense periods of hilarity ashore. fol-
lowed by long periods of loneliness
ana social isolation at sea. in which
his moral resources were Insufficient
to aid him in keeping a cheerful ont
look on life.
The war brought forward the new
type of American merchant sailor
the clean, home-bred bows from man,.
dl1erent sections of the country who
are now changing the personnel of
American ships for the better They
came by thousands in response 10 the
call for men to sail on the vast new
Merchant feet created by the govern
ment.
With the appearance of this new
blood in the merchant marine now
problems arose which carried with
them many lesser problems. First Of
all. q recruiting and training services
was created for attracting and adapt-
ing this new material for sea power.
This service was conducted bv rho
United States Shipping Board. and its
equipment consisted of training sta
tions and training ships at various
large ports. including Boston. Norfolk.
New Orleans. San Francisco. Seattle
and Cleveland.
With the development of the train
ing stations the problem Of caring for
the moral welfare and the natural de-
velopment and the comfort Of the
young lad fresh from home, who was
soon to face the new life Of a sailor.
came TO the front with emphasis. It
was here that Mrs. Howard saw an
opportunity for the work that she has
since carried 10 satisfactory develop
ment.
In the larger ports there had been
for years welfare centers. societies
friendly TO the sailor, that had done
creditable work in behalf OF the sea
soned mariner. In fact they had
rescued him. in large measure. from
the degradation Of the waterside sail
lor's boarding house and the grog
shop.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-27

clubs and various social service cen
ters catering to the army and the navy
would not admit the merchant marine
man.
One long step toward meeting this
situation was taken by placing the
merchant marine apprentices in uni
form. They were dressed in blue.
much like the naval sailor, but with
distinctive markings TO show they
belonged to the merchant marine. This
uniform soon admitted the merchant
sailors TO the welfare clubs. A fact
that has emphasized the importance OF
Mrs. Towards work in their behalf, is
exemplifed at Norfolk. where thou
sands of navy men received much at
tention. while the merchant warine
man was neglected, until the Merchant
Marine Club was opened for them.
The success Of this club visualizes a
chain of such sheltering roofs for the
merchant mariner in the leading ports
of the world. working in harmony with
existing welfare centers for sailors
and opening their doors wide 10 the
American merchant sailor in particu-
lar.
Until this vision Of the future be
comes a reality, Mrs. Howard is pre-
pairing to direct the footsteps OF the
sailor on his various voyages TO such
places Of good entertainment as exist
at the various ports, through the ne
dunn of sailors directory. telling the
mariner where he may 90 10 receive
kindly greeting at any port on mis- ar
rival from sea.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-27
Wv YOU'D 1t ever occur 10 you to
nv imagine that the stuff with
which your stockings are

" imagine that the stuff with
which your stockings are
dyed might be used as war material?
1t might, indeed.
When Germany started the great
war she had on hand in her dye fac
tories thousands Of tons of chemical
compounds intended for dye-making.
They we're not exactly raw materials,
but what are known in the industry as
intermediates" Within a few days
she was able to convert them all into
that most formidable Of nigh explo-
sives. INT.
Every dye factory in the kaiser's
realm was turned into an explosives
factory almost over night Later on.
it was the dye factories that made all
of the German poison gases.
Eighty per cent of the explosives
used by the Huns during the war we're
produced in dye factories. Each one
of these establishments TO start with
was a potential munitions plant. IN
future are the women of America go
ing TO buy or wear the byproduc-s of
the destruction Of 10000 of their sons
and brOthers?
Germany Is reckoning upon our need
Of her dyes to compel US 10 renew
We going u do il?
When the German military authori-
ties wished 10 introduce a new poison
gas, a conference Of dye-making firms
was held IL Berlin TO determine how
the manufacture should be split ID in
such a way as 10 use existing plants 10
best advantage. For instance. the mi
tial processes in the making Of must