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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
Judge Harrie B. Chase.
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in favoring young men for the bench.
Harrie B. Chase of Brattleboro, state S
attorney of Windham county. who has
been appointed superior judge to sue
ceed Judge Leighton p. Slack, advanced
to the supreme court, has just turned
thirty. Mr.. Chase is of excellent repute
as a lawyer and if his predictions run
in the direction Of the work of iurist
a long career is probably before him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

A representative of the national war
garden commission says that a plot of
ground % by p feet will provide an
adult with all the vegetables he needs
for year. If this be so, every gar
den of this size cultivated eliminates
one person from the food problem of
the coming year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

What has happened to New Eng
land S cultural center? According to a
Boston paper, the Arabian Nights was
written by James Lane Allen, while
The Choir Invisible seems to be the
brain child of the Princess Scherzer-
ade.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

New York tenants seem to be VIM
ming the first round of their fight with
the landlords the courts generally de
Gliding to give them more time before
being forced to move But there is no
evidence they will secure lower rents.
Miss Elizabeth Manning, manager of
the Lenox Hill Settlement, has made
an investigation of a typical block on
the east side of the city and finds that
the rents have been raised from fifty
cents to two dollars month in the
past year and still the "tenements are
mortgaged so heavily that there is
nothing left to make repairs with. =
under those conditions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

Doht botheT 10 ..,
Men 1.-THE dear child
speaks correctly"
said the mother of Pinky Pig.
Il never knew PiEky had such good
sense" said Grandfather Porky.
There" said Pinky's mother,
Grandfather Porky appreciates the
dear"
you don't mean that he appreci-
ates the DEAR" said Master Pink Pig,
you mean that he appreciates the
pig"
And all the pigs in the pigpen laugh
ed, for they thought that was a great
joke. and Master, Pinky Pigs funny
eyes looked around and he said:
I'll go in for speech-making my
self, or joke making"
Il show don't care for words said
Sammy Sausage, 'for I haven't used
any. I haven't spoken"
That's So" said Brother Bacon.
still you show you care for words
! now, for you've just used them"
1--WE have to use words, now and
| again. said Sammy Sausage. But
| have nothing to do with words when
I have food"
| "Grunt, grunt, grunt, never have l
known such rude and such foolish
pigs" said Miss Ham.
"Rude and foolish?" said the pigs.
1--WE have been little rude, but all.
no, we were not foolish
"Yes, am glad you admit that you
may have been little rude" said
| Miss Ham. you've been very. very
! rude. And you're even more foolish
than l thought because you haven't
even enough sense to see that you were
| foolish"
How were we foolish?' asked the
/ pigs in surprised grunts and~squeals.
How were we foolish?" asked Porky
Pig.
How were you?" laughed Miss
Ham.
"Yes, how were we foolish?" asked
Brother Bacon. "We must be told.
; Cor we do not understand"
I'VE do not feel we were foolish"
said Pinky's mother.
(Which shows, as l have said be-
fore" said Miss Ham, that you are
7 even more foolish than l thought"
go ahead and explain" said Broth
er Bacon.
"You all said that none of you cared
about words when l told you | was
going to make a speech. You said that
YOU cared TO have food thrown you,
or given to you, but you didn't want to
be bothered with words
"True," grunted the pigs. I've all
said that"
"Ah, yes" said Miss Ham, "but you
spent the whole of the time in which
| would have made my speech using
words and words and words to say
that you didn't care about words.
"Now, don't you admit that was
foolish? And don't you admit that
1t was even more foolish to say that
you weren't?"
Eyes" squealed all the pigs, I'VE adj
nit it," For they saw that they al
had been extremely foolish. just about
as foolish as they could possibly have
been.
Il will not bother about words now
,aid Miss Ham, because YOU have al
ased so many and talked so much thai
it is hardly worth my while to tall
now"
''Oh, do talk" said the pigs politely
NO" said Miss Ham. 4 haven
time for my speech now. Yes, m.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

By the will of Thomas Harrison, for
mer minister to Egypt, the city of
Philadelphia is bequeathed the sum of
S1,0OO,000 for publication of govern
mental conditions. A million dollars
worth of publication ought to improve
almost any city, at least in spots.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
In the Days news.

William L. Borah, who is organizing the
opposition to the league of nations coy
cnant in anticipation of the early assemb-
ling of congress, is the senior United
States senator from Idaho and a noted
leader of the so-called progressive section
of the Republican party Senator Borah
IS distinctly product of the Middle West.
Educated m the public schools of Illinois
and at the University OF Kansas, he
chose the law as his profession and began
practice in Kansas. Then he pioneered
.northward and westward, settling in Boise
when Idaho was Young state and at
once attracted attention because of his
progressive and radical views His repu-
tation as lawyer and his opposition to
the big financial interests that were ex-
plotting the Northwest finally won his
election to the senate He is a floor de
batter OF more than ordinary legal ability
and forensic eloquence. and at times has
been regarded as big enough timber to
be considered as a possible Republican
presidential candidate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

The dock workers of England struck
recently for four O'Clock tea. There
will be no need for worry about a
strike of this sort in this country as
soon all American working days viii
be too short to observe any such func-
'tion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

.oh :. .o Miss Ham Laughee
you haven't time" said the pigs To-
gether. NO, there is no time for
speech now
Miss Ham laughed and Miss Ham
grunted and squealed.
Il was right about a number of
things" she said. "and sometime will
let the world. or the pen. hear my
great speech Yes. | Wilt" ea-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
Whadyermean Early?
Rutland Herald.)

The early fishing in parts of
Windham county received decided set
back by two-inch snowfall which
whitened the hills and chilled enthu-
siasm last Sunday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

cu HUu al uediSu
so all the pigs
would listen 10
her, Il have words
to say to you."
Don't bother to
say words to me-"
said Brother Ba-
con. "Just throw
a little food to
me, or pass 1t to
me, or tell me
where 1t is"
And you need
MT bother about
words with me-"
said Pinky Pig. 81
don't care for
words. They can't
be eaten"
1.-THE dear child
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

poor speech, which
wasn't a speech,
after all, for no
one let me say The
words | had TO
say"
go ahead" said
the pigs. make
your speech now
Put | said |
hadn't time" sad
Miss Ham.
And why not ?"
they asked.
Because { h e
farmer is coming
with our dinner
now. 1t is dinner
time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

According to President Ebert of Ger
many, America has been weighed and
found wanting. This is merely the
Hun idea of the situation.
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Colonel House is now trying his quiet
and gentle hand at uptying the Italian
knot.
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Kitchen in Mourning.

"Here. waiter! This steak Is posi-.
lively burnt black" "Yes, sir. Mark OF
respect. sir. Our head cook just died."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

The recent cold weather saved ice
but made several dents in the coal bin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

Belgrade, the Serbian capital was the
first municipality in the world to employ
women architects
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
DADDY',} TVF,NDNG
ufAIRY TALE q
1ynARY GAHAn BONNER
MISS HAMS SPEECH.

Ladies and gentlemen. my dear re-
iations," said Miss Ham. as she gruni-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14
One Year Ago Today in the War.

British admiralty increased mine zones
in North sea to $4,000 square miles
Germans admitted loss Of 1913 aeroplanes
and IA captive balloons during April.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

The frequency of collisions between
and railroad trains at grade
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

ADVERTISE IN THE REFoRMER.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-14

Today'S Anniversaries.
lS03-William Smith. first provost of the
College of Philadelphia, died in Phil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
An Embarrassment
OF Numbers

Not only was new kind Of military
offender created but this new offender
came to the barracks in such numbers that
nobody knew what to do with him. On
April I, 1918, the population of the Fort
Leavenworth barracks was 1903. By No
vember it was 3,O05-exactly double. To-
day it is $500. Men are doubled I'D in
cells, feet by 8, intended for single oc-
cupants; beds are placed in corridors that
are meant to be empty, improvised build
ings are used for sleeping quarters, mess
hall seating 1,400 has to be used in three
shifts for every meal; every discomfort
of overcrowding has to be borne as we'll
as the human mind can bear it. All of this
created an unprecedented atmosphere of
tension, rebellion and protest.
From the point Of view of administration,
the situation was further complicated by
the sending to the barracks of {. largo
number of conscientious DIRECTORS. These
men obstnately refused for the most part
to regard themselves as criminals, even
In the military sense. For the first time
in the history of the barracks, large num-
bers of men refused to work. This brought
about increased use of the solitary cells
and increased tension between the object
ors and the guards. A few individuals
were beaten up for following what they
believed to be the dictates of their con-
sciences.
Thus the morale of the whole prison
became unsettled Officers lost touch with
the inmates. Life became hectic, uncertain
and escaped control.
he
Men at once began to ask what effect this
would have on military offenders. Would
ciemency be shown to any of them?
Would sentences be reduced? Individuals,
through the influence of friends and the
discovery of errors in courts martial, be-
gan to be released. This demonstrated the
power of organized appeal
Then, en- January %, came the order for
the release of 113 conscientious directors.
Nobody resented the release Of these men.
1t is doubtful if any prisoner ever re-
sented the discharge of fellow inmate.
He doubtless envied it. The attitude of the
men confined at Fort Leavenworth was one
Of envy, and of resentment that SO many
of their fellows should go forth while they
themselves remained. Their quarrel was
with the authorities, not with the men re-
leased.
Before the discharge of these men moth
ing had happened to reveal the full
strength and nature Of the mems sulenness.
The embers of discomfort were there; the
officers felt them, the prisoners felt them.
Only a spark was needed to set them off.
That spark came on the afternoon Of Sat-
urday, January %, when a negro who was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

gave leash to their race prejudice and
Northerners we'll, strung to high ten
sion by the conditions described, joined in
the melees. Any activity that gave vent to
passion seemed welcome. Men went mad,
and within three days fifteen negroes lay in
the hospital, beaten or disabled
Every negro in the prison feared for his
life. The number of guards on duty was
Increased, and, SO far as possible, negroes
went about under the protection of those
guards Nevertheless, individual attacks
occurred, and tho hospital sheets do not
reveal the full extent of injuries inflicted
The sight of a negro going about with
bandaged arm or g swollen jaw or a patched
head, or even with fresh blood oozing from
new wound, was not uncommon.
How these race riots formed the opening
OF strike that quickly showed no inherent
connection with them will remain one of
the mysteries of that week. A dozen or
more white men who had taken part in the
attacks were placed in solitary confinement,
and this undoubtedly had the effect of add
ing to the discomfort and frightening the
tension.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
Face TO Face
With Then,

Colonel Rice told them that measures
were being taken for their safety and left
them with strong plea that they continue
to perform their duties
From there we went to the sixth wing,
where it was understood that several hun
dred prisoners were especially vocal in
stating their grievances. This wing. like all
the others, has eight tiers of cells Its oc-
cupants gathered about the colonel on the
main floor and hung to the ratings of the
lower tiers. Colonel Rice thus faced an au-
dlence that packed in close around him and
rose half way to the ceiling.
81 want to talk with the men here who
think they have grievances" he said There
was no response.
"What, nobody here thinks he has a
grievance"
Two or three shouted, az have" or put
up their hands and started forward Colonel
Rice offered to talk to them one at time.
A man stepped forward and complained
that he and several others had been trans
ferred from open cell to closed cell
without justification. Colonel Rice asked
the executive officer to take the mans num-
Der and to report to him the reason for the
mans transfer
"Now, where's the man who said the food
was bad" he asked
A ruddy checked fellow of medium height.
1.-the frame and clear eyes stepped forward.
receiving a round of applause from some of
the prisoners. He placed himself in front
of Colonel Rice, folded his arms and said:
"The food, sir, in this place is rotten"
"Whats rotten about ?" asked the Colo
mel,
"Why, it's rotten. 1t amt fit to eat A
man can't work on it. man can't keep
himself fit it. He becomes a wreck, sir"
as the bread rotten?"
mo, sir, the bread is the only thing
that's good"
us the meat rotten"
Eyes, sir; the meat is no good whatever.
A man cant eat it,"
"How do you know he can't?"
Because l can't, SIR
"You know, don't you that the meat you
get is the same meat that soldiers eat? You
know, don't you, we buy our meat from the
government, that the government is allowed
to buy only the best parts of the beef, and
that the meat that comes into this institu-
ton rs government inspected? You are cat
ing the same meat that the soldiers all over
this country are eating" (
How about those sinking old sausages z"
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be punished for coming out and speaking
to me here. I know you have leaders, and
I want those leaders to come forth and
speak to me, man to man.
No one moved. Two thousand prisoners
stood with their arms folded, motionless
except for the occasional shouting of indi-
viduals. In their ill-itting coats and shape
less trousers, with white numbers two and
a half inches high sewed above each knee
and across their backs, they looked like
what, in the eyes of the law, they were-a
herd of branded criminals. Yet one knew
that, among them were many men of char
acter and attainments many ignorant
youths who had got into trouble through
sheer carelessness, many men who had
committed offences for which any civil
court would punish them. What could
such a conglomerate group have in COM
mon?
1--WE want to go home!" shouted some
1--WE want better food" shouted others
One man brought laugh by bawling st
the top Of his lungs, "Give US liberty -
give US DEATH"
Colonel Rice walked up and down now
addressing several sentences at a time to
thesmen now begging individuals to coms
forth. Yet no one wanted to reveal him
self leader in the presence of half a
dozen prison officers.
Few smiled, for, though they were sud
denly realizing the proportions of their
own mass movement, they did not know
how to control it or give it direction.
Suddenly the ranks opened and small
prisoner with closely shaven head and
wearing long, ugly raincoat, pushed
through his fellows. With his intent X
preston he had somewhat the appearance
of a franciscan monk. had seen him at
the Atlantic branch of the Disciplinary
Barracks at Fort Jay and knew him to be
the close friend and legal ward of man
long prominent in social work. An officer
called. Here is speaker, sir" There was
a. quick hush. Beginning in a low voice,
the prisoner said:
"Sir, have been here only few davs
was transferred four days ago from tina
Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Jay. am In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

general hostility toward the four hundred
DIRECTORS still in prison. That night he
went to his cell bed resolved to do what he
could to make the strike a general demand
for something more than extra tobacco and
better food. Forty eight hours later he was
the acknowledged spokesman of the strk-
ers His name was II. Austin Simons.
This was the night, also, of the fire in
the quartermaster's warehouse The flames
were discovered at about o'clock in the
evening, and soon bore every appearance of
getting beyond control From my perch
on window ledge in the adjutant's office,
where my presence was barely tolerated
(twce had to show my pass to be allowed
to stay, ] saw the whole panorama of the
prison yard. Two conflicts were going on
the effort to control the fire and the effort
to prevent trouble among the prisoners
These were securely locked in their cell
wings two hundred yards from the fire, but
600 men (the number in some of the
Wings can make short work of locks if they
go about it in the right way.
Soldiers from the 49th Infantry regiment
temporarily stationed at the post, had been
called out to assist in the emergency.
Squad after squad of ten men each ran into
the prison yard and disappeared in the d.
rection of the cell wings One could only
guess what use it might be necessary to
put them to. Two guards, bearing a limp
form, came from the direction of the quar-
termaster's warehouse and entered the hos
ptal door. They were quickly followed by
two more, and then by four carrying
stretcher with q body OH it. In all, eleven
men we're taken into the hospital that eve
ming overcome by smoke or fatigue Nine
of these prisoners, trusted inmates
who had been allowed to help fight the
flames.
Sparks flew the hospital building
and settled upon its roof. Heavy rolls of
smoke poured through it's screened porches
and doors. One sighed with relief as he
noted that it was built of stone, but quickly
became alarmed at the recollection that its
annex containing many patients, was made
of wood
An officer came running. 81 want ten men
quick!" he yelled "Men who know how to
handle guns" The description seemed su-
perf1uous, and the men were off in an in
slant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

vldual prisoners, but I stayed away from
the cell wings, where the men were dis
cussng their plans. 1t was easy enough
to keep in touch with the main current of
events, and | had no wish to be an inter
loper.
AT 10 o'clock Thursday morning Colo
mel Rice said to me: This /. w. w.
trouble that we have been fearing has
started with some of the men. am going
down to about it. Will you come with
me ?" ! accompanied him and several Off
GERS to the boiler room, where about thirty
prisoners were gathered together, talking to
a lieutenant from the excavation office.
Colonel Rice pushed himself to the centre
and faced the men. lie is large man
whose military bearing is none the less i'm
pressive for being free and easy. To me,
who have never been a prisoner under him,
his face is generous and kindly. He has
no shred of pomposity or domineerng He
asked what the trouble was, and in reply
the spokesman said that the prisoners there
gathered were not striking. They had no
desire to strike All they wanted was pro-
lection in keeping the boiler plant going
That morning, he said, the men had been
called sneahs and scabs by other prisoners
they did not stop working. This naturally
frightened them and they had Joined in
request for protection.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
he Strike of 1900 Prisoners at Fort Leavenwortl
A Prison Revolt That Escaped Blood
shed by Dramatically
Narrow Margin

bore at times the attitude of a patient
overtred father toward his children. In
his reference to the force at his command.
felt that he was making this threat
more from sense of duty and in the hope
that it would have the desired effect, rather
than because he gloried in his opportunity
to use it. Yet every man there knew that
he could use it, and that snis military tradi-
tions and training undoubtedly prompted
him to that solution.
One felt another thing: IF only Colonel
Rice would really take these men into his
confidence | knew that month before
he had made recommendations to the War
Department that would, if approved, 20 far
to remove the causes of this present dis
turbance. He had limited at these in his
remarks to the men in the sixth wing. But
he could not bring himself to make the full
confession-to prisoners.
That noon the men were lined up in the
yard as usual to be marched out to work.
This was to be the final test Would the
prisoners acknowledge their obligations, or
would-one shuddered as he filled in the
alternative, with the nfantrymen waiting
outside.
an OlINtI Cd4tu OuL Tic gangs. flr6b
gang!" he shouted. and waited for it to
form in line Nosone stirred.
There amt no first gang came voice
from the ranks. Second gangl" shouted
the officer There amt no second gang"
came another voice
"To hell with work We want to 20
home!" shouted prisoner
Third gang" called the officer. "There
amt no third gang" came from another
quarter The officer folded his sheet, and,
turning to Colonel Rice, remarked that the
prisoners of the United States Disciplinary
Barracks seemed to Big on strike.
Colonel Rice stepped forward. He raised
his voice and asked the men to tell him
why they refused to work. Again he
pleaded for individuals to come out and
tell him what was the trouble. "T want
your point of view," he said. mo one will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

Having violated these rules he was sent,
If court martialled and found guilty, to the
Disciplinary Barracks He came there with
Wartime sentences hanging over his head.
He may have quilted his post for five
minutes, he may have been absent without
leave for a week, he may have Intentionally
deserted his sentence was not likely to be
less than five years and was very likely to
be twenty-five. Hundreds of men now in
the barracks, who never committed Of
fences or served penal terms before in
their lives, now face fifteen, twenty, twen-
ty-hve and even thirty years of prison ex-
istence, which to many of them might as
we'll be confinement for life.