Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 48, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 October 1905 — Page 3

DEPORTATION OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN

Immigration Laws Are Broken Because of Their Failure to Provide for Emergencies.

CURIOUS AND INVOLVED QUESTIONS RAISED

Sad Tale of a Russian Jew, His Bride and Their New-Born Babe Hard Struggle of the Husband -Federal Statutes Not Tempered with Mercy.

i York. Strict and exacting irnralioa law are of the upmost neccsU'. r- this nut the case the country !. .( c utiif the rt fuge of Eu:s and beggars. : i :al statutes that provide for ilttaBOS of foreigners are supto BOveT every possible case and .. ;als at Btti Island are com1 : to act in strict accordance with t taw which does not provide for t:: r& r.cie'S. , u t he result of the law's failure to , fur emergencies that the oflF ,w recently compelled to deport. a : ir-bon American citizen. Sal Bt the law to deport an I sfl citizen. The lsw does not any age limit In citizenship. It - that a child born on Ameri- . n parents is an American I In question was not born on I 'it it was born within the harbor limit placed by law tj:ilary between American soil a: lbs high seas. He is therefore an A:, n an citizen, fully entitled to all KhU anil privileges tin rof, and his rtatioa has raised a most curious in I involved question In Immigration I j at ton. lb ; parents a-e Iotta and Herta K .manik. both Russian Jews, both renn of age. and both immigrants, or - !! law calls them, aliens. Conies to Make His Fortune. Over three years ago Romanik came it. try from Russia. He wa g, healthy, capable, and was added through Ellis island without tbe M trouble. It was a good start if i ; MM in the new land. He was a r by tra!e, and with the Industry perttMOtty of his race he estabUi hi I himself in abort order in a smali II !i Attorney street. b ; thrived, so did Romanik's l j. Hack in his Russian home Lotto, the sweetheart of hin boy- . 'h girls of the East side C.hetBO claim for the busy little tailor. 4 st adily month In. month and dreamed of the day whan he i bring Lotta home as a bride, n months ago the dream was r K manik would not let the . ..i' the trip alone. Between Rün

the immigrant Jew the pushcart There, is one grade lower yet. The swinging shelf of collar buttons or shoe strings that hang from the necksof c urb venders in the Ghetto market place. The Romanik were above both grades Th wer.' resprrted and well liked In the neighborhood, and by virtue of bis having a "store business'" of his own Romanik was adjudged a rising young man. Wata H as rumored there was a possibility of bis having a son to bear his name the news was accepted as but aiiotlif r sign of the good luck which had followed him since bis first landing in the country. Clouds Hover Over Heme. The cloud of trouble fell darker over the little home f,,r the sunshine that bad gone before. One day Romanik closed hij shop aud went away He returned witn two doctors. Nothing was told to the neighbors, but in le-s than a week thbride of a few short months was taken aafay to B llevuo hospital, ami the littl" tailor worked and lived alone. "It is nching" he told people who aO. cd (j .1 of him ' .-she is sloji crazy in the h-ad. oui .' goes away by and by Sure it will go ak; soon as the baby come The doctors they say so. Sure It will go. She hurts nobody yet. Only it Is best she should be quiet. Soon as the baby is born t-b" K'ts all right, and they let her come home a train." At Be! leva hospital admitted insane public cases are transferred to the state institution for the insane on Ward's island, and when Romanik called in a few days he found his w ife had been sent over as a public charge. It waa a severe shock to the pride and independence of the little tailor He had not been able to read the BaflishOO the Bellevue entrance card he had signed, and was totally Ignorant of its nature. Going to Dr. Dent, of Ward's island, he offered to sign a bond to pay for the care of hi -wife until after the birth of the child, but the off r war- refuse 1 By the immi

gration law "an alien w ho .- hall be found a public charge from causes existing prior to landing shall be deported, as hereinafter provided, to the country wher.ee he ram" at any time within two years after arrival." Dr. Den, acting un!r this ragatro-

I and Attorney street lie many slips trtjrlag immigrant feet. Not the .- Ellis island. Returns for His Bride. 1 ui.ikmadethelongtrlp back home returned to America with his bride, were passed by the medical examt; d board of special inquiry at Klsland. To all appearances at that feg wife was In perfect health a 'y. rosy -checke peasant girl, brimful ofh ippinessand hopeover the golden f it tire in tbe land of plenty. RonuuUk had already rented and furbad a little flat over his shop, ami tlM ftonnyttoot was a prosperous one. Attorney street is In the heart of the MCt Obi ' on all sides of it branch I ' of the pushcart district. It is ll tbe brst business venture of

ment of the law. notified the state commission of lunacy of t b present e of an Insane alien in his institution. Mrs. Romanik's condition was not taken into consideration. The law maks no provision for any suc h exigmrlr s. She tan an alien and insane, and as such came under the letter of the law. Woman Ordered Deported. The quality of mercy was lacking The state commission took up Its yard of red tape and notified the department of commerce and labor at WMsI.it. don. An order followed to Commissioner Q neral Robert Watehorn of Ellis Island, to deport Mrs. Lotta Romanik as an . P. C." one liable to become a public charge. The ktttOf or the law was oiiryed. and i -manlk J fore e 1 1 stand by helplessly while bis wife wa

taken from Ward's Island and placed on a steamer, due to tail at 10 o . io k tbe following morning. It was the eleventh hour nit I'nmnn.

Ik in his extremity turned to the People's law firm as a Ism resort. The card of the People law firm states that Mary H Grace Quackenbos, LL. B , can be consulted and retained as attorney and counsellor at law in cases involving attendance upon the courts and OtSOC wlae. especially with a v:-w to m I i the requirements of litigants of moderate means." Saved by Fifteen Minutes. As a litigant of modera'e mt-at.s Herman Romanik sought Mrs. Quackenbos and laid his case in her hands. It was not an easy case. Mr Watcborn said poHitlvely that he could do nothing. The law allow, t!,, BRia Island commissioner no discretionary pgeffgfg in einermaey cases Everything must be referre.j to Washington, and It was too late to communicate with the department of commerc ami labor. It was a time for quick wit and quicker action. Mrs. Quackenbos set out to procure a writ of habeas corpus. Federal Judges are not always within easy reach, it was late at niqkt before District Judge Adams w as found and the writ signed. It was served on the commissioner at Ellis Island the next morning just 15 minutes before the scheduled leaving time of the steamer. The advocate of the People's law firm did not waste an

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The poor little tailor man was scurrying from Attorney street to the ferry on foot, as no conductor would permit him to board a street car witü bis gigantic load. He pleaded with tears that it was but a few feather b-!s for Lotta and the baby. Steerage bunks are hard to lie on. but the hearts of New York street car conductors are harder. The little tailor had to walk and caught tbe lb UMff by five minutes Then he found out and the People's law firm found out that a baby c. bad been born. A tug was held, and everybody Interested tried to find a federal Judge to sign BOthf Writ of habe-as corpus, as It wal said the woman had recovered her reason. But It was no use. It was noon. The federal Judges were at lunch somewhere. The writ remained unsigned, and the vessel steamed down the bay for Bremen, with Its baby citizen clasped close to the little alien mothers breast. As a point of law the matter rests in abeyance. As a point of mercy probably the best thing has happened. The mother and child were not separated and the husband went w ith them. So much was accomplished. But w hat of the exigencies of the case? It is but one case in many where Ellis island officials have been compelled to act in strict accordance

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c,j m iiitcM Im'-S And l-.tln In MMÜ !i triir.s it fcUTtS thm wurse than in. Vhry say "It'i nuretttttiun en lU Uteriery ittrit " A' j .' :. r if it lin t what one of thni mlKbl te. I know the man Is buny. so I never bother ate With any but typewritten stuff, quite traistt and plain to read. And on a Itttis cart that's got my nair. and address on it 1 ftatSJ Stlcb the pontage a'aicpe the busy Ban na t.v4 Tie;, tlr.k ibey foul m. but thy don t wt.en they sny tt- "haven't apace," And that they send back many tbuigs as good as those they print; 1 i . in tS Waat ns to Infer my writing is superior To their little one-horse paper, but I cannot t.ike the hint. Why Isn't there an editor who"", tay Just what he means Ai l rite exactly what he th'.nks Instead 'f sweet regret? T : a lot of us who really should be doles something honest Who put our trust tn printed b'.ar.ks. and alga : are writing yet. If they'd write "Rot" or "Beastly bad" or. ti ;. tynewrltten pages Th-1 d not get rear ao many things frone this Industrious hack. I'd forgive a candid statement on an editor' real feeling. But I wish he wouldn't thank me when he sends my puces back. CriUe.

Private Denny Hogan

IT was when I commanded an army post out on the border. Cornfield wave there now. W e had been confined to the stockada tor so long that we felt a desire to romp ac ross the prairie like young colts let loose from the four walls of a gloomy stall. There re women, a child. Lieut. Elmore, gayssif and Denny Hogan. an old plains soldier, w ho came along to do our driving. The Indians were hostile; bnt we bad Just finished an active campaign against Ibem. so 1 felt fairly aafe In giving my consent to a drive and picnic beyond the river. It waa a beautiful day with a moist, soft breeze blowing from the south. It was a merry party and we drove on and on over the springy buffalo grass until the fort looked like a tiny toy affair across the leel prairie. About U o'clock we halted for luncheon beteath tbe shat?e of a clump of cottonPrivate lb can hobbled the horses, leaving tbe harness on. while Lieut. Elmore and I assisted the ladies with tbe luncueon. Presently Hogan came back and. disregarding our cordial invitation to sit

instant, and Mrs Romanik was removed from the steamer in a t ug and given Into tbe embrace of the poor little tailor and husband waiting fan" cie.e-ration on the Nw York wharf. Romanik would take no more chances with public i! '.' . ' - He placed his wife in the New York infirmary for women and children and undertook to pay 2't a week until the child should be born. The cne w;!s s-t f .r hearing in th federal court, but never came up for trial. Twenty-five dollars a week is a heavy tax on an Attorney street tailer Fhop, and Konianik was compelled to Kive up In a few weeks. It would be ti or six weeks before the birth of the baby. Mrs. Romanik became mere and more violent, and the Ellis island authorities wereonce more notified. Mrs. Quackenbos had sailed for Halifax to take a much needed rest, and left the case with her assistants pending her return. The Ellis island authorities contended that the woman was an epileptic, and had been prior to her arrival in this country. Her husband swore her insanity was due to her condition. To deport her now was not only dangerous but inhuman. But there was no one to blame Ea -h department acted strictly according to its offic ial duty as interpreted by the bare, cold I tterof LlM law. As an Ir.r.ane alien, ordered deported, tbe little mother-elect was once more hurried from the infirmary and taken on board the steamer. She fa r p d for 1- r husband, but he bad long since exhausted the little tailor shop profits and was penniless. As an accompanying alien the People's law firm endeavored to have him

ieported also at the expense of t he gov

ernment, but failed. Finally a ticket was procured for him from the Vnlted Hebrew t harities. and $.:. was added by the People's law firm, so that the forlorn pair might not land in Europe penniless. Honianlk's father ami brother live in Liverpool. They were written to for help, and as a concession the deputation was made to Bremen instead of RsaV Bia. as tbe nearest stopping point to Liverpool. American Citizen Is Born. E 'crytbing was rettlcd us well ss it could be. when the most unexpected -velopment of the case took place. Ear. In the morning the vessel was to siii Mrs Romanik gave birth to a normm healthy boy bby. snd that baby Is an American eltisCst It Is unlawful to deport an Ani'rii an citizen, bnt bow about a citlxen three hours old? Can the law to he absolutely lawful and acting on Its own laws, separate mother and chlid at such a moment, depori one and permit It other III remain'. It I the law. There was no BokMMM t. deride the question. Mrs. Qwwksbos was in Halifax. Tbe ltw bad Mrs.

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with the law without regard for mergencies unprovided by the law In an emergency like the Romanik case n human life, perhaps two. was endangered. The shock of removal undoubtedly brought on the birth of the child. What the ex iteraent anil discomfort of the voyage w ill lead to remain to be sec u. 1h'- Romaniks have not yet bn heard from in Bremen. Should the mother die from the effects of her deportation, what then? It is au emergtSCy unprovided for by the law. If it can be proved that the we.mau is perfectly sane, and not an epileptic, there is a chance to show where the law is ai fault, but at present no law has been broken save in t he deportation of a uewborn American citizen. INVENTS AN EXPLOSIVE. Boy Promisea to Revolutionize Great Industry Indiana Lad Finds Remarkable Powder. Evansville. Ind. The bursting of a shotgun and ihe shattering of a boy s arm ha.s brought to light an iBtwSMisl genius in tbe person of Louis Byrd, a country boy. of Hazleton, Ind. Louis Byrd. in search of a way to cut down bis powder and shot bill during the hunting season, experimented with powder making untfl he got s combination of explosives that promise tn Mast him a fortune. He make I a

i white i wder. either coarse ot fine, as jit is intended for blasting or gunning purpe -.-s. that is twice a p-.w.rf-.: as l nitro smokeless powder and three ' times as powerful as ordinary blsck biasting powder. It can also be manufactured several times cheaper baa either. The boy secretly sold the explosive to miners w ithout letting them know he made IL Louis' brother f'arl took three ' drachms of the walte owder from hi brother's case aixt disc harped the load fm.n a gunbarre! How he escaped , death is a wonder, for the gunpan was i fiattenend like a fapjae-k and the barrel

curved to an arc of .l deerees. To the physician who set the boy's arm. tuls Hyrd said he had tried out the powder in the coal mines at Hym- ra.

Ind.. and In other places anil had ben offered fio.fton for the formula Brd has applied for a patent Two years ago Byrd's Inventive ;.-t im cropped out In th1 const met ion of a drill to distribute nnltm seed Just Missed Philippines. Prof. Pickering suggests 'hat t:ie Pacific ocan may b m rely the hol left when the moon brcAM away. If only a little larger lump had beti snxipe l cit , we might now be surveyitv: tbe Philippines through th tev ' VI of sending concrcsslorr.l partiea to . look them over.

1 , i:i .AN Vi ; ; l.A NT l.gejK OUT.

'own and eat, mounted to the top of he tallest Cottonwood and began a 'igilant lookoifL m i fear there was some light chaff at Denny's caution mingled with our appreciation of bis watchfulness; but I knew Hoi:an for an old and experienced plainsman and felt with a slight degree of uneasiness that doubtless there was some cause for bis actiona. The meal. wbiia was a long one. was drawing to a close. Suddenly we heard a scrambling alove our heads, and PrWate Hogan came slithering to the lower branches from which be dropped in a heap on tbe ground. Like a flash, however, he was up and walking rapidly toward the wagon. Little Madge clapped her tiny hands and laughed a gleeful appreciation of the soldier's feat. "Do it again, Denny!" she cried. "Do H igt!N "Hi. Hogan!" I cslled, "where sre you going?" Ienny turned upon his heel and saluted, stiff as a ramrod. "I'll jist be afther hookin' up. sor-r!" V responded, still standing at "at tenJ m " ' B-it you have bad no dinner Denny! " said my wife. Private Hogan saluted once more. Til be atin' me loonch In the wagon, tbin av ye plaiie." be said. I looked closely at tbe soldier. His fac; was smiling broadly upon tbe 1. . 'out his tSJ had s far different expression ns he turned them to me.

tainted once more snd turned upon his heel. 1 sprane up nnei followed him to tbe w r it. ' "Wl at Is it. Hogan? " I asked, anxiously. "Injuns! " he whispered without turnIrc hü hs I "My God. colonell the wimn and the little blue-eyed rollen! Ge t tlum in tte waron. sor-r." be eontlnu d "an be the love av Go-J snd the be!p v the Vargln Mary we'll do what m'n can to save thlm!" He threw a 1 v i : ci n over I N int;l ler It th beneiH K tbi rest ol the tarty. "Ha,

ua: i aur r. thank ye, aor-r. a west dhrap av whisky and a sandw ich, av ys plius! An ould sojer do Us likm to at on the roon! " I turned. "Hurry, colonel, for the love av Christ!' groaned the bravo fei low. His eyes wandered furtively over the prairie, bis bands worked at the bar neas witn frenzied baste and his face was white as death but hia stiff Hps struggled bravely with Saint Patrick's Day In tbe Morning!" I hastened back and informed the party that Hogan bad found it necessary to return st once to the fort. The news, however, failed to meet a favorable reception. The ladles went reluctantly about their packing and Lieut. Elmore grumbled audibly about high-minded privates. I glanced out upon t! e prairla. A little cloud of dust decided me. "Do not be startled," I pleaded, "but the seconds are as precious as the drops of our life blood! Leave everything and get in the wagon for your livesl Elmore," I said, hurriedly, "you and I will take our positions In the back of the wagon with the women and child in the bottom protected by tbe blankets. We have each a revolver and I have my shotgun. Oh, God. for our rifles!" Elmore saluted, pale but steady as a rock. Denny swung up with the wagon. Before it stopped we had flung the ladies In, bidding them lie flat upon the bottom of tbe box and hold the child low. "Go, Denny!" I shouted. "Yla. sor-r!" He leaned forward snd lashed tbe horses into a run. Elmore and I swung on behind and the wagon beaded away for the fort which now looked farther away than ever. For half a mile we kept the clump of cottonwoods between us and the dustcloud. Then we were obliged to swerve In order to avoid a buffalo wallow. A savage yell floated faintly to our ears. Tbe race with death was on! Hogan lashed and cursed the flying horses. "How far behind, colonel?" he bawled. "Half a mile. Denny! How far to Je ford?" ' Wan mile, sor-r!" A puff of smoke burst from tbe dustcloud and a bullet sped angrily over our beads, knocking up the grass 100 yards a head. The heavy wagon lurched and bounded and the labored breathing of tbe horses rose above the noise of the pounding wheels. "Half a mile to the ford, sor-r!" He glanced over his shoulder. "Pray!" shouted, "pray to the Yargin! We'll need her help this ride! " "Whip!" I yelled. "Lay on the wtoip, Denny!" "Yis, sor r!" Tbe whip whistled shrilly. 'Their backs do be a mass ar blood already, aor-r!" A volley came knocking among us. Elmore and I fired our pistols without effect. "Coursge!" scresmed the brave Irishman "Courage! Her?s the ford and the cavalry romin' beyant! I hear the bugle and bless God 'tis slogin' tho "Char-rgje ' WTawtorool Kape 'em off but a r mute lor. only a m In uta longer Fly. ye . - n! Don't yt hear the bugle? Fly! A biuhred

yar-rds Shoot close, colonel. I can hew. the breathin av their ponies" Ho half rose and bent forward over the horses; but even as tbe lash fell another volley came and he rolled from his seat to the torn ground w hile tbe maddened team dashed on Into the ford. One fleeting last glimpse I bad of Private Denny Hogan as he dragged himself to his knees snd drew his r volver. Twice be fired snd two horses flew riderless out of the dust-cloud. Then he fell forward upon bis face and tbe savage wave rolled over him and into the river, whence presently s broken fragment of it fled away over the prairie with the Nemesis of cracking rifles upon its track. And the cornfields now wave where Denny Il?.m fell. He was one who helped make them possible Cleveland Leader.

Men in Majority in United States. Taking it "by and large." tbe male sex is in tbe majority in our country by some 1.638.321. according to a recent census bulletin. In some of tbe slates, however, the women exceed tbe men in number, notably in the District ot Columbia. Massachusetts and Rhode IsIsnd. Usually men are in excess ia sparsely settled communities and women in thickly populated regions; cities, for example, as a rule, have more females than males. In the later years of life, the women exceed the men. which seems to Indicate that they are longer lived. In the period from 1C to 25 years of age. also, the reports show them to be tn excess Success Magazine.

Cats as Food. In northern Italy the cat is a favor ite article of food, even though people are forbidden by law from partaking of the animal. Indeed, cats are fattened and grown for the market with great care, and the Italians believo that they far surpass rabbits in every good quality. Tbe method of eooking the animal is to roast it in an oven until brown, with onions, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, red wine, and some fragrant herbs other than those mentioned.

Priee-Fighters Supplied. In view of a probable Mineral eleo tion. an old member of the- prize ring, living in White' liapel. has just opened an establishment for the supply ot protectors to parliamentary candidates and others whose business or pleasure may lead them Into danger r.us situations. Ho already numbers several members of the nobility and a few m.'MEcrs of pari. anient among bis patrona.

Deaf Man Hit. Now H Boars, Benjamin Zehner, of Ashland, Pa who had been deaf sine? an attack of typhoid fevr some years ago. was rnek bv an enclno and thrown 30 foot

vhen he picked himself np he was ablt

to har. and the deyttors say be pno'ibl2 will have ao fur jier voutl