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Show MASS MEETING OF WOMEN: DEMANDS RESIGNATION OF SUPERINTENDENT THOMAS . , Charges of Brutality, Immorality and Incompetency Are Listened to and a Committee, So Instructed, Calls on Governor Spry to Request the Naming of a New Superintendent for the Industrial School Accusations Are Shocking 0000000000000000 o o O SUPERINTENDENT THOMAS' O O STATEMENT. O O O O Superintendent Thomas, when O O Jold of the proceedings al the O O meeting In Wober Stake hall, O O said: O O "While I can not make a de- O O tailed statement tonight, I O O wish to say that I abso- O O lutely, unequivocally and un- O O qualified!' deny any and all O O of the allegations and state- O O nients made bv the ex-employes O O of this institution. O O "I wish also to state that af- O O ter reviewing the . various O O charges made I will give a. O O written statement of m- sido O O of the affair to the public. I O O will also say that I welcome the O O official investigation and feel O O certain that I can show a clean O O slate when that time comes." O O O pooooooooooooooo 0000000000000000 o o O RESOLUTION ADOPTED. O o o O To His Excellency. William O O Spry, Governor of Utah: O O At a meeting of the citizens of O O Ogrlon. held June 7 In the We- O O ber Stake academy, It was O O unanimously voted to request O O you to remove H. II. Thomas O O from the snporlntendency of O O the Utah Industrial school, be- O O cause of manifest unfitness. O O The committee appointed by O O the meeting stands ready to O O present the evidence in Its full- O O ness. o O Attached to this request are O O signed statements by Mrs. O O Tracy, Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. O O Halsted, for your consldera- O O tlon, which, the committee O O feels, fully demonstrates Mr. O O Thomas' unfitness. (Signed:) O O MRS. J. M. DISHOP, O O MRS.'KATK S. MILLIARD. O O REV. N. S. ELDERKIN. O o o 1 0000000000000000 toys should he allowed to till the soli, make furnituro and be taught the otn-er otn-er arts and sciences having a closo relationship to nature, and that the girls should be taught domestic science, sci-ence, all of these under the best possible pos-sible skilled teachers. Reform schools, the said, should have tne best, because they are for the ruosi unfortunate. Continuing, she said that all citizens citi-zens should be allowed the Iree access ac-cess of every department and ever.v room of the school at any and all times of the day; that the school should not be dominated by politics 01 religion, and that all entireties shou:i be allowed to take their turn at holding hold-ing religious exercises at the schooi. She then read an article, written by Professor Alexander Hogue, of London, Lon-don, on the value of the various foods, and the evil effects of malnutrition. Among the speakers at the meeting j was J. II. Scott, employed for more I than ten months at the school as Instructor In-structor in manual training. He told I a straightforward story and did not show any animosity. He first told of tho very poor food given the Inmates and the poor sanitation. In punlsl'ilng children, Mr. Scott told of one case or a boy being whipped with a strap and his clothing being torn' into shreds. He said that all punishing was done under un-der the direction of Superintendent Thomas. During the time he was at the school, a lad was whipped for an infraction of tho rules until blood streamed down his back in rivulets and his clothes were literally torn to shreds Some light on the diet at the school was furnished by Mr. Scott, when he declared that the bill for syrup each month was about $50. This, he says, is the chief artlr.lo or diet for the inmates, while the officers of the school had the best that the market affords served on their own tables. During August last, he said, one of the hoys was reported to the officials offi-cials by a "snitch" as having used tobacco. As a punishment for this crime, the boy was placed In a small cell, measuring 1x8 feet, and kept there for three weeks on a bread and water diet. When he was allowed lo leave the cell. Mr. Scott said, ho was In a weakened and" emaciated condition, and for some weeks was unable to perform the tasks set for him by the officers. Finally the boy was missed, and a search revealed that he climbed into the attic over the carpenter car-penter shop and had fallen asleep. He pleaded sickness, but notwithstanding notwith-standing this, severe corporal punishment punish-ment was inflicted upon him and lator he was taken III with scarlet fever and died. Mr. Scott was of tho opinion that the officers of the school were responsible for the death of the boy, contributing thereto by their extreme ex-treme punishment and neglect. "I do not want to talk of graft at the school," said Mr. Scott, "but this I will say: I was employed as Instructor Instruc-tor of manual arts at a salary of $fi0 a month, In October I was ordered by Superintendent Thomas to go to work for a private citizen, who was building a residence, I worked for three weeks and this citizen told mo he was payrig tho school $20 a week for my services. I do not know where this extra money I made, while I should have been working at the school, went to, but I can make a rough guess," After discussing several other cases Incidental to what he termed the mismanagement mis-management of the Institution. Mr. Scott closed his address and Mrs. Hll-llanl Hll-llanl introduced Mrs. D. T. Tracy, who, until a short time ago, was employed as matron at the school. Mrs. Tracy stated that the food served tho inmates in-mates was not good. Mrs. Johnson, who formerly was assistant as-sistant matron at the school, stated that the bread and meat served the children was very poor, but that served tho officers was all right. Mrs.' Lottie Halsted, who resides at 410 Twenty-sixth street, was then Introduced. In-troduced. She requested that all the men present leave the room and then she read a letter concerning the moral surroundings of the girls confined at the Institution. The contents of this letter are unfit for publication. A committee com (vised of Mrs, Hll-liard, Hll-liard, Mrs. J. M. Bishop and Rev. N. S. Elderkin was then selected to diaw-up diaw-up a resolution for presentation to Governor Spry. This resolution was presented to Governor Spry at the Weber club last night. The governor said he would go over the matter carefullv when ho returned to Salt Lake and" if he felt warranted In doing so would appoint a committee of investigation to visit the school. A mass meetlric: of the Federates Clubs of Utah, which was called by the club women of Ogden, was hoia yesterday afternoon In the Weoer Academy hall, at which the question of alleged mismanagement of th" , Utah Industrial school wa3 discussea by various speakers. The meeting was cai:ej to order by Mrs, Kate S. Hilliard. who presided. Mrs. Hilliard stated that she fell ashamed that she should have to perform per-form such a duty as to investigate tne. conduct of a state Institution. She then introduced Miss Oertrude Van Cott, of Salt Lake, wno discussed ai length what should be the proper environment en-vironment of children who are placei; In state institutions on account or unrullness. Proper food, care, instruction, instruc-tion, medical attendance, and many other subjects pertaining to the management man-agement of the Industrial school were handled. Miss Van Cott was or tne oplnton that many of the children sent to tne Institution were not of themselves tc blame for their misconmict, as in majority of cases their errors wero the result of hereditary tendencies. She then gave her opinion of what should bo the proper atmosphere anr-environment anr-environment for children who have to be placed in a state institution for correction, stating that in order to reform re-form a child it was first necessary to create new tissues in the brain of the child, and that only proper care and nutrition were necessary to bring this about. The ideal place for reform, she said, was just one such ns selected tor the Utah institution; out of the city, close to nature, where children could be scientifically trained in tho arts of agriculture and domestic science. To develop character, she said, the |