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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-14
Prison Expert Tells Legisla-
ture of Needed Changes
at Windsor
WOULD SEPARATE
WOMEN FROM MEN
Believes Inmates of Institution Gould
Be Employed to Mutual Advantage
on Nearby Farms-Favors Consolida-
ton of House of Correction.

MONTPELIER, March l4.--Dr Hast.
ings II. Hart secretary of the Russell
Sage Foundation of New York, and recog-
nized as one of the leading authorities
in the country ON prison reform and child
welfare, talked last evening on these two
subjects to an audience which filled to
capacity the reception room at the state
house. James b. Estee of Montpelier
presided, and preliminary remarks were
made by w H. Jeffrey, state probation
officer, and Frank Tracy, sheriff of Wash
ington county.
Dr. Hart praised the work of Sheriff
Tracey in instituting in Montpelier and
Washington county the plan of putting
the prisoners out to work, where work
is to be found and thus making them pay
for their keep, with something to spare
for themselves. The speaker said that
Sheriff Tracey was a pioneer in this line
of prison reform and that many other
states and districts were now copying
the Montpelier plan and that Sheriff Ira
cey had already made name for himself
as an authority on PRISON reform through
out the country.
Speaking Of states prison at Windsor,
DR.. Hart said that the prison is very
well kept up and well managed Coming
directly from a visit there, he pointed
out the defects and made the following
recommendations: That the women
should be by themselves 1.-THE present sys-
tenn OF keeping them being very bad both
for the women and the men); that a
women's rcformatory should be cstab-
lished and the further away from the
mems place of detention the better: that
this reformatory should not be in the
nature Of prison, but simply farm
with cottages, where the women could
raise farm products and be self support
ing
Dr. Hart attacked vigorously the con
tract system under which the work o.
the prisoners is let out to contractors
He maintained that the firms which ara
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-14
REACTIoNARIEs v1cToRs.
Longworth and Johnson Fail to Iiber
alize Congress Steering Committee.

WASHINGTON, March 14-Efforts
to add four members to-the Republican
steering committee of the next house
which is directing the general course
OF legislation in the next congress is
regarded by leaders as influencing the
party platform of 1920 were defeated
Yesterday at the final meeting of the
committee on committees which formed
the house Organization. The proposal
was voted down 155 to SO, but il was
said an attempt might be made to re-
Jeet the committees action at the par
ty conference which will be held Just
before congress reconvenes
After the action of the committee
Representatives Longworth of Ohio
and Johnson of South Dakota issued
protests, the Ohio member charging
that the net result of all the work of
the committee was the most COM
plete sort of triumph for reaction
ism, and the South Dakota representa-.
tive declaring that the failure to in
crease the membership of the steering
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-14
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Five persons were elected TO member
ship in the. board of trade at the meet
ing of the board of directors this week.
Major L. d. Taylor entertained Lieut..
Col Cooley and few of Lieut. Col. Cool
eys intimate friends, at dinner last even,
ing at the Country club.
\ maple sugar supper with new sugar
viii be served in the vestry of the
Congregational church in West Brat
tleboro Wednesday, March 10, at @
O'Clock.
Mrs II. H. Sheppey stepped on small
piece OF ice late yesterday afternoon as
she alighted from the car on Orchard
street, and injured her ankle She Is
confined to her home today but expects
to be able to be at her dressmaking rooms
in the American building in few days
George Il. Wales, who has been chief
clerk of the civil service commission
with headquarters at Washington, d.
c., has been appointed by President
Wilson as one of the three United
States civil service commissioners. Mr.
Wales was a native of Middlebury, and
has spent several summers with his
family at Hillerest with Maj r. w,
sChilds.
At the annual st. Patrick entertain.
ment and fair to be given by St. Mi.
chaePs Roman Catholic church Monday
evening in Festival hall, musical pro-
gram has been arranged under the direc-
ton of Mrs Katherine O'Connor Weeks.
One of the musical numbers will be given
by Is young women in Greeian costume,
lTrbn WI cir tahx 50
dance steps frem the comic opera, Adele.
The young women have been Instructed
in the dancing by Miss Helen Lyman.
A brief service was held this morning
at 10 o'clock in the Unitarian parish
house for Miss Eliza r. Hyde, who died
in Washington, d. c., last Saturday and
whose body came here for burial in the
| Hyde family lot in Prospect Hill GENE
terry, Rev, L. @. S. Osgood, pastor of the
1 Unitarian church officiated at the ser
vice. Miss Mary Buckingham of Boston
and Rev. and Mrs. Spencer of Natiek
Mass, were here to attend the funeral
Miss Buckingham and Mrs, Spencer were
nieces of Miss Hyde.
Herman Neshitt Gordon, six months
old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Cor
don, died yesterday afternoon at 1880 in
the home of Mrs. Carrie Franklin of 2lC
Elliot street The child had not beer
well from birth and was i'll only short
time with pneumonia. He leaves besides
his parents one sister, Berniee Janet, two
years ald The funeral viii be held to
morrow afternoon at o'clock at Mrs
Franklin's and will be private Rev d
f. Trout win ofieiate. The burial vii
take place in Morningside cemetery,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-14
KILLED BY MACHINE GUN FIRE.
Letter from France Tells How Private
Arthur L. Sheldon of Westmoreland,
N. H. Met Death

A letter from Lieut.. S. II. Bowles of.
Company L, Sd battalion, 9th regiment
of marines, to Lieut.. Robert L. Knowl-
ton of Troop /, I'd cavalry, Sd army
corps. a copy of which has been re-
ceived in Brattleboro, tells of the man
ner in which Private Arthur L. Shell
don of Company L, 9Th U. s. marines,
met death7ihi action Oct 4, 1918. Priv
ate sheldon was son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. sheldon of Westmoreland, n. III.
The letter says: He was killed in
the battle of Blanc Mont Ridge just
three days after he had been promoted
to first class private. Private Sheldon
was carrying machine gun and ad
vancing across an open space against
German machine gun fire with four
other men, three of whom got across.
Private sheldon and another man We're
killed. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-14
BRATTLtBORO
Thin PEOPLE

Bitro Phosphate should give you small,
steady increase Of firm, healthy flesh each
day. II supplies an essential substance to the
brain and nerves in the active form in which
it normally occurs in the living cells of the
body. Btro Phosphate replaces nerve waste
and creates new strength and energy. Sold
by Brattleboro Drug Co. in Brattleboro and all
good druggists under definite guarantee of re-
suits Or money back.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-14
NO CUBAN U-BoAr BASE.
Secretary of Interior Denies That Is
n land Was Pro-German.

HAVANA, Thursday, March lS.-De-
NAL that German submarine base had
been maintained on the coast of Cuba
and that Cuba had been a hotbed of Ger
man propaganda, was made tonight by
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-14

Juan AIontalvo, secretary of the interior,
in a Statement in answer to declarations
made in a speech in New York recently
by Maxiplilian Toch, a camofieur en-
moved By the American government
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-14

committee was 81 serious mistake
Both intimated that they would carry
the fight to the party conference.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-14
A. Font Of Type.

) A font of our type weighs so pounds
and costs IS; a font of Chinese type
weighs half ton and costs 500.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-14

The only person who seems to worry
much about his future is one who is
never going TO have any. S
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-05-26

fNI
bargains IN Farms Ranlhes and cry
Property
als starr street Phone 500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-02
H. w. DOYLE DIES

Continued from Page one.l
has produced hundreds of pages of
COPY concerning farm life, crops and
stock raising. His first contribution
which attracted general attention was
alfalfa in Kansas" This booklet has
country in the world with Doyle's
song of the success and sorrow of
the alfalfa grower The book is re-
garded as one of the most thoro dis
cussion of the alfalfa raising problem
contributed from any state or federal
department.
A few months ago Doyle's type
writer produced Hogs in Kansas"
The book went into every phase of the
feeding. breeding and raising Of hogs
It carried many illustrations taken or
gathered by the author and has been
generally praised by experienced hog
raisers.
Magazine Contributor.
The Country Gentleman, Hoard's
Dairyman, Farm and Fireside. Satur-
day Evening Post, Kansas Farmer and
numerous other publications have car
ried stories by the young ToPekan. All
of these articles deal with some phase
of farm life in Kansas Doyle's keen
observation enabled him to produce
much copy and in the last several
years his stories appeared in all of
the leading farm, agricultural and
stock papers of the country. Because
of his ability as a writer, Doyle was
elected as a member of the Topeka
Press club and was associated with
the news mems organization almost
from the time of its organization.
Doyle left his desk in the state house
only a few days ago. His death was
entirely unexpected
Harry w. Doyle was born in North
Topeka in 1888 and died at the age of
81 years. He is survived by his widow
and four children, Helen, Robert,
Mary Ellen and Jimmy. Also a father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Doyle.
319 Forest avenue, and a sister. Ida
Doyle. He was married in 1909 to
Olive F. Sloan, of Oakland. He was
a graduate of the Topeka high school
and had spent his entire life in To-
peka.
Funeral services will be held at
1880 O'Clock Monday morning at the
family residence, 1920 A1ulvane street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-02

ton to suppress the profiteers so that
living costs will leave our men enough
to live on decently, we would not press
our wage demands" said Lee.
Lee declared the wage situation is
now near a break, which may cause
within a few weeks a strike of all or
ganized rail workers. There are near
ly one million organized workers.
IF the rest of the 45e,00 railway
shop workers follow the lead of some
of their men who walked out yester-
day, all other rail unions may be
forced into immediate action" Lee de-
clared.
Heads of the shop workers today
were deciding what action they will
take on the special wage commission
plan submitted to them yesterday by
Rail Director Hines.
President Bert NJ. Jewell, of the
railway department, American Fed
Grafton Of Labor. today declared Off
Gals can hold the shop workers from
an unauthorized strike despite the
fact several thousand walked out yes
terday, disobeying orders.
Hines To Shopmen.
The shop workers organization is
the only one of the big rail unions to
which Hines has submitted the presi-
dents special wage commission plan.
I'VE will wait until October 1 for an
answer" said Lee. IF a favorable
answer is not received by that time, or
If no answer is received, the matter
will be placed before the men by their
representatives. They will decide
what must be done to gain the in
creases we must have"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-02
COUNTRY GOING TO SMASH"
Senator Cummins Declares La
boris Problems Must Be Met.
Unrest May Force Early Ratifi-
cation of Treaty.

Washington, Aug. with the
cost of living problem holding the
interest Of the nation almost exclu-
siyely today, both congress and the
executive arm of the government
were seeking a solution.
The developments were:
Heads Of three Of the great railway
brotherhOOds condemned the plan of
putting up to congress their demands
for increased wages or reduction In the
cost Of living. All declared the delay
entaiIed by this plan might mean a
strike.
Attorney General Palmer and = com
mittee of high government officials
were drawing up n program which VIII
probably form the basis for recon-
mendatlOns which the president has
promised within a fortnight.
Attention of the senate has been
switched from the treaty and the house
which planned a recess will stay In
session while leaders are working out
plans for adjustment Of wages In reIa-
ton to living costs.
Miss Jessie r. Haver. legislative agent
OF the National Consumers league, de-
nianded that the packers reIense food in
storage.
George P. Hampton, director of the
Farmers National Council, advocated
passage OF the Kenyon bill to regulate
the packers.
Meanwhile. demands OF the railroad
employees which hold the prospect
Of possible rate increase. again slim
ulated talk of government ownership of
railroads which conversational leaders
believed dead issue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-02
THEY DON'T WANT

(Continued from Page One.l
way brotherhoods are trying to hold
up the country for about the seventh
time"
In his message to the house, Presi-
dent Wilson suggested that if the COM
mission, as proposed, is created, the
act should make the decisions of that
body mandatory upon the rate-ma king
body and provide, when necessary in
creased rates to cover any recon-
mended increase in wages and the cost
Of operating the railroads. His re-
quest was 81 new step in railroad legis-
lation.
Oppose Congressional Plan.
Washington, Aug. Head of three
of the four big railroad unions today
condemned placing in the hands of
congress the demands of their mem
bers for immediate wage increases
proportionate to increased living costs.
The union heads were W. G. Lee,
president of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen; L. E. Sheppard. presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Railway
Conductors and Timothy Shea. presi-
dent OF the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen and Enginemen.
Organized railway workers will re-
fuse to be controlled, the officials said
il they become convinced their de-
mands must be passed upon Ivy
commission which must first be Great
No Money for Increases.
That the railroad administration has
no money to grant immediate in
creases was made clear by President
Wilson in letters to house and senate
committees. in which he proposed
creation of the commission to survey
the wages of all railworkers and de-
datory upon the interstate commerce
commission for increased freight and
passenger rates.
Putting the demands up to con-
gress would mean a delay of six
months and perhaps a year" said
35 per cent increase for $1,000 con-
ductors. This would be unsatisfac-
tory to the men, who have been wait
ing months. They are now in no mood
to wait longer, altho we all feel that
both President Wilson and Rail Direc-
tor Hines want to help the men,"
Cannot Control Men.
I'VE will not be able to control the
men If this is the answer to our de-
mands," said President Lee. For
years we've been forced to give them
this brand of medicine which resulted
in delay. They're immune to it now.
would not recommend such a solu-
ton to Them
81 have every confidence in Presi-
dent Wilson and Director Hines" said
President Shea, but if this means they
have turned over to congress the mat
ter of wage increases. it also means a
long delay, and fear the men will
refuse to wait and will strike"
Il will only say that in my opinion
the railroad workers of the country
will not stand for another survey of
the entire wage situation" said Presi-
dent Warren S. Stone of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers.
II don't know whether this is the
presidents answer to our statement to
him that the cost OF living must be
lowered or we would be forced to de-
mand wage increases. If 1t is intend
ed as the answer 1 can see nothing in
it that means q reduction in living
costs"
III the government would take ac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-02

FURNISHED by the Topeka Board Of Trade.)
Chicago ILL.,, Aug. The Tribune;
GRAIN: Traders who have seen nothing
but bearishness in the Grain situation for
months and who believe that values have
been too high basing their ideas mainly on
pfe-war conditions were positive yesterday
that the long looked for break in prices
was at last at hand and that values were
not to rally and hold any length of time.
The more conservative men in trade were
not carried away by the various rumors
and bearish enthusiasm and looked at the
situation in a calmer light and said after
the close that they did not care to follow
the decline on the character of news afloat.
time and the selling yesterday cleared out
large lot of local and outside holders
and increased the short interest The
corn market has been an overbought affair
for some time and the break Of 162 cents
in December from the high point Of Tues
day was enough as the bulls see IL but
nothing as compared with what should
come seen by the bears. With the
losses of 450000,000 in wheat and oats
crops from early prospects, also consider
able in rye and barley and a reduction in
the corn crop outlook as compared with
earlier conditions conservative men are not
inclined to accept the radically bearish
ideas as to food supplies possessed by
an excess Of supplies to make permanent
declines in values rather than those caused
by temporary conditions. 1t is claimed,
however, that all bullish conditions have
been discounted. Oats were influenced by
action of corn. Liquidation was on at
last while the effective buying was from
the holders of bids.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-02
CHI BACK TO NORMAL
Metropolis Rides to Work Again After
Four-Day Car Strike.

OUr-DdN (dF ClElhG.
Chicago, Aug 2.-Chicago rode to
work today and resumed its normal
business.
After four days of a strike of Is, 900
surface and elevated railway employees,
in addition to race rioting, arson, and
looting that claimed 80 lives and did
thousands of dollars of damage to
property, citizens today welcomed re-
turn of ordinary life with its lessened
congestion. fear and costs. The strike
is estimated TO have cost the workers
$3.50, 900 in wages lost
Complete service was restored on
both the surface and elevated lines
shortly after midnight. The men were
ordered back to work by w. D. Ma
hon. interna Ionai president of the
Garments union. after a majority of
the employees had voted yesterday to
accept the compromise wage scale of
65 cents an hour for surface and 81
cents for elevated men.
The men formerly received As cents
and had demanded 81. They also re-
ceived an eight hour day and other
changes in working conditions.
OF the union membership of 900,
1884 voted yesterday on the pro-
position TO call off the strike-6, $50
for it and 5,974 against. Hearings
were begun today by the state public
utilities commission to determine what
increase in fares will be necessary to
pay for the cents an hour increase
in wages given to the men.
Service was not resumed in the riot
zone until after daybreak.
Thousands of negroes, both men and
women, who had not ventured from
their homes since Monday. went to
work this morning. A few who still
feared attacks by white mobs had pro-
lection bV militiamen and DOlice If
was expected work at the stockyards
which had been temporarily checked
during the riots, would be in full swing
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-02
SUNDAY A COOL DAY
Continued from Page One.l

Continued from Page One.l
places, but no general rain. Tenn
peratures tomorrow will range from
20 degrees to between So and 80 de-
grees.
showers occurred in Kansas but most
of the state is still dry. The showers
recorded follow. Fort Scott, is; lola.
40; Kansas City, 80; St. Joe, .06.
A temperature of SO degrees at
Sedan was the highest recorded in
the United States. Oklahoma City
equalled it
Phoenix, Arizona, recorded tenn
perature of rs degrees Ind drew 1.4s
inches of rain in the deal. Garden
City and st. Joe reported low temper
atures of 66 degrees.
Showers were reported from Colo
RADIO. Nebraska. and Missouri in the
middle west, while rain continued on
east to the coast. The Bermud-- high
over the Gulf states is reported to
have broken up SO it looks as If there
would be no extremely hot weather for
a few days at least
The extremes on record for this date
were 102 in 1918 and 54 in 1889. At
8 o'clock this afternoon the wind was
blowing at the rate of 16 miles an
hour from the southeast.
Kansas Weather Report
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-02
BELGIUM IS DRY
q. 8. Not Only Prohibition
Country, Says Little Kingdom,
Ban Placed on Manufacture and
Sale of Hard Drinks.
Law PASSED AFTER ARMISTICE
Selling Rule Violated-Police
COnfiscated Big Stocks.
e. s. and British Officers Can
Only Get Light Wines.
LAW PASSED AFTER ARMISTICE
(By the Associated Press1

Brussels, Aug. 1.-THE United States
is not the only prohibition country,
Belgium having followed suit far as
whisky, gin and other highly alco-
holic liquors are concerned. Soon
after the armistice was signed law
was passed forbidding the manufac-
ture and sale of such beverages
The making of alcoholic drinks
ceased almost Immediately but not
much attention was paid to the rule
so far as the selling of liquor in the
larger places was concerned. The au-
thorities copfiscated- big stocks the
bars had en- hand. While these stocks
had been sold openly they are said to
have been secretly acquired from SOL
diers, and smugglers.
The largest hotels now are unable
to stir up a single drink other than
light wine for thirsty American and
British officers passing thru the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-02
NO STRIKE IN TOPEKA SHOPS.
L. A. Sandcrson Says Men Are Not
Contemplating WaII1out Hero.

NOHtNAHtAhAA6 " OAAOub AANAGs
Positive assurances that there would
be no strike by the railway shopmen
of Topeka were renewed today by F.
A. Sanderson, chairman of the ma
chinists' union here.
Everything is going along quietly"
he declared. There has been no talk
of strike here, and there will be none,
in any way, shape or form"
A meeting of the union was held
Friday night at Labor hall but there
was no talk of walking out, it was
said. Speaking for the 1000 Topeka
shopmen, Sanderson id they had
every confidence in the heads of the
United States railway administration
and the American Federation of Labor
to bring affairs to an amicable under
standing and take some action that
would relieve the high cost of living.
The chairman pointed out that at
no time during the war did the shop
men cause the administration any
trouble and that they believed the
railway officials recognized their
needs and would take steps to satisfy
them. The men are going to stand
behind the administration in time of
peace as solid1y as in time of war. he
said, declaring that the strength of
the union made strikes or violence
unnecessary