Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 167, 31 July 1908 — Page 1

RICHMOND PA ABIUM H ol II A AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 1GT. RICH3IOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1908. SINGLE COPY, Z CENTS.

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FEEDS HIS FAMILY WITH SCRAPS FROM SWILL BARRELS

Horrifying Conditions Are Disclosed in the Home Life of Valentine Baukowski, a Polish Jew. BEATS HIS FAMILY WITH LARGE STRAPS. Thought That Religious Fanaticism Largely Governs the Man's Actions May Escape Prosecution. Whether or not It i because of religious fanaticism or an insatiate desire to be cruel that causes Valentine Baukowski to abuse his wife and children, is a problem the police and prosecuting attorney are trying to solve. Baukowski is a Polish Jew residing; at South Fourth and E streets. He was arrested last evening upon a warrant" as the result of his treatment of his family. The police are in possession of a round leather strap about eighteen inches long that Baukowski Is said to have used to whip an eighteen months old infant. Horrifying stories are told in regard to the manner of living of the Baukowski family. The man is accused of making a circuit of the alleys in tba residence sections and removing from swill barrels and garbage cans, fruits, vegetables and other discarded proVisions. It is claimed this ""material is carried home in sacks, placed in the yard and when the water has dlseppeared is given to members of the family to eat. Several well known citizens are authority for the allegation. Neighbors say they have seen the man go home and deposit water eoaked bread that had been taken from amid Indescribable filth on a piece of board and after it had dried out carry it into the house to be eaten. ; Beat His Family. It was not the method of living that attracted the attention of the police but the complaint of neighbors against the constant beating of the wife and children. It is claimed the father knocks the members of his family about the house and attacks them on any pretext. It is said by neighbors he seems to show delight in whipping the six children with straps or strik ing them with his hands or fists. The lamily has been patient in its suffering, however, and it was not through any complaints from it the police were brought in touch with the case. Child Religious. Members of the family were questioned by the prosecutor this morning and the religious fervor displayed by a little girl named Mary, was remarkable. The child told the prosecutor the father whips the children often and severely, "but," she added, "you know the Bible says that children must be punished. You know the story ,or eh, don't you?" Then the child related to the representative of the law the Old Testament story of a man named Eli who refused to punish liis children and the fate, that befell him and how his sons went forth to battle and were slain. The child seemed to know she and her brothers and sisters had been treated harshly but She accepted her punishments in a spirit or rattn, believing it to be in accord with religious principles and , necessary under the doctrines of the Bible. The children have accepted their beatings in ignorance and innocense under the impression the father Is protected by holy writ. Ignorance The Cause. The Rev, Father Roell of St An drew's church is a friend of Baukow ski and he informed the prosecutor oday the man's actions are more the itssuii or ignorance than Intention. It Is apparent the foreigner has not been able to recognize the difference in customs In this country and his native land. Baukowski is employed at 33 cents per hour and works when the factory has use for him. He is ex ceedingly frugal and has been sending money to his native home to support "sea parents. He is devout in his worship and conducts religious cere monies at home regularly. May Not be Prosecuted. The man, is so accustomed to abuse and oppression and the custom of hiss . foreign land that he can not desist in some of the practices learned earlier in are and common with his race. hfln of Kts finite, i . uiuve nome ne was empioyea ior seven cents per day. He was iorced to support himself bv nick. ing scraps from the gutters or wherever he could find them. The amount earned by a day's labor was less half of that he earns In one hour at jus present employment and it has been Impossible for him to realize his ;uimseu conaiuon. He can not be come convinced of the lack of hm elty to visit garbage cans and public wumps. aiercnants who have . had dealings with htm say he pays his bills faultlessly. - Baukowski may escape prosecution because of the extenuating circumstances, but he will have to desist in tils mis treatment of Ids family

WILL SOOS

RESUME HIS WORK Governor of Ohio Denies His Illness Is Serious. Columbus, O., July 31. Word has been, received here from. Gov Harris at Eaton, that he expects to be able to com to his office next Monday. He says his illness is not serious, and that he will keep his Chautauqua and campaign engagements. POLICE INVESTIGATING. No steps have been taken in either the matter of the courthouse gang members who insulted Mrs. A. C. Kean or those who tormented aged Julius Youngblood until his capture of one of the rowdies. The police are Investigating. STOLE FOR HIS PRETTY WIPE Huggins, Marion County Grafter, Wanted to Build a Home for Her. HE CONFISCATED $5,000. COMMITTED FORGERY SEVERAL TIMES, HE TELLS COURT IN A COOL MANNER HIS CONFESSION 18 COMPLETE. Indianapolis, Ind., July 31 Confessing that he ctolo $5,000 from the county, and that he appropriated and destroyed the books containing the evidence of his crimes, Emmett, S. Huggins yesterday afternoon at the trial of John McGregor, president of -the board of county commissioners related a startling tale. McGregor Is on trial on the charge of having solicited and accepted a bribe from the Atlas Engine Company. Huggins, in a calm, quiet and self possessed manner told how he made out warrants for various amounts In favor of fictitious persons for fictitious services, had them allowed by the board of county commissioners and obtained the money on them. He said there were fifty or sixty of them, amounting to about $5,000. "One night," said Huggins, "I stole into the County Auditor's office, after the day's business was over, by opening the door with a skeleton key I carried. I took out the book of war rant stubs, carefully locked the door, carried the book to the county poorhouse and gave them to Daugherty to be burned." Huggins said he went wrong because he wanted money with which to build a fine house for himseir and his young wife. Huggins said he received $3,800 from the Atlas Engine Works, "gave $1,000 to McGregor, $1,000 to Spafford, and kept $1,800 .himself. Huggins said his negotiations were with Arthur Wilcutts, city salesman for the Atlas company. Wilcutts testified that he told Hug gins the Atlas company would bid $15,631 for the power house contract. Huggins told him his commission would be $3,800. Wilcutts "kicked" on the amount, saying he supposed $1,000 would be sufficient. Broucher, so Wilcutts says, In structed him to tack $1,000 to the bid. Huggins declared on the witness stand that McGregor told him there must be $1,000 for himself and $1,000 each for Huggins and Thomas Spafford for putting the contract through.

Barney Oldfield, Hero of a Hundred Races, in Richmond

A young man of powerful frame, whose nervous, twinkling eye bespoke love of adventure whose strongly-set jaw displayed indomniable will power and courage and whose browned com plexion gave evidence of his good health, 6at flat upon the floor in the auto inn. East Main street this forenoon, his legs stretched out on either side of a fore wheel of a 100 horse power Stearns flyer. He was clad in a regulation kahki uniform of the United States army and In his mouth was a cigar which he puffed vigorously. His brawny hands manipulated a wrench and he proceeded to tighten a few bolts on the big machine while an interested, though small group of spectators looked oo. The sight of an autoist making a repair to his machine is neither new nor novel in Richmond, but the man himself was both new and novel to those who watched, for he was none other than the famous Barney Oldfield, hero of a hundred auto races In which time has been shattered, and the victim of many sensational auto accidents that came near ending both his areer a a racer and M life

NEW THEORY Of

FLEET'S Said United States War Vessels Are to Warn Off the Foes of China. TAFT'S SPEECH IS CITED. SIGNIFICANCE OF ADDRESS IN SHANGHAI BECOMES MORE APPARENT DAMPER IS PUT ON THE JAPANESE. Washington, D. C, July 31. According to advices received here, one of the speeches made by William H. Taft during his trip to the far East is being circulated in China with satisfaction far greater now than Mr. Taft is supposed to have felt when he uttered it. The speech, delivered before the merchants of Shanghai, was scarcely mentioned In reports of the worldgirdler's progress. Reports of it are only now reaching Washington. They come in connection with reports of Chinese satisfaction over the approach of the Atlantic fleet, Mr. Taft said in part: "There is not the slightest danger of a sudden cessation of the present relation of the United States to the Philippines, such as would be involved in a sale of those islands, and for our present purposes the attitude of the United States toward China must be regarded not alone as a country interested in the trade of China, but also as a power owning territory in China's immediate neighborhood." Ships to Give Emphasis. This was accepted by the Chinese as definite confirmation of the reports that the American fleet's mission in Chinese waters was to give point and emphasis to this very declaration, and to refute the stories so industriously circulated by the Japanese that the United States was about to sell the Philippines to Japan. Mr. Taft continued: "The policy of the government of the United States has been authoritatively stated to be that of seeking the permanent safety and peace of the Chinese, the preservation of China's territorial and administrative entity, the protection of all rights guaranteed by her to friendly powers by treaty and international law, and, as a safeguard for the world, the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese empire. This was the policy which John Hay made famous as that of the 'open door. " Hay's Policy Outdone. But Mr. Taft did not stop with mere reiteration of the Hay policy. He went further when he said: "The American trade in China is sufficiently great to require the government of the United States to take every legitimate means to protect it against diminution or injury by the political preference of any of its competitors. How far the United States would go in the protection of Its Chinese trade, no one, of course, can say." To the Chinese merchants assembled at the banquet board, to whom the speech was being interpreted, sentence by sentence, this came as a direct message from Washington that the United States, as a world power, Intends in the future to back its mer chants with its guns. UNIVERSITY STUDENT FATALLY INJURED Auto Collides With a Cab in Chicago. Chicago, Jury 31 Carl Burton of Aurora, a student at Chicago university, was probably fatally injured this morning when an automobile skidded into a collision with a cab on Michigan avenue. The machine was driven by T. P. Henderson, the notorious "speeder" of Glencoe, a suburb. "Just passing through" said Oldfield to inquirers. "Have been in the northwest, starting in races at St. Paul and Sioux City and from the last named place I started in on a big jump to Lexington, Ky., where I am entered to race on August 10." In addition to the big Stearns that Oldfield is driving there is another, of exactly the same pattern and make that is under the protecting care of Charles Soules, one of Oldfield's most trusted drivers. Mrs. Oldfield is ac companying her husband on the over land trip as are Mr. Ed and Andrew Morross, of Detroit. Mich. Oldfield has started in races but twice this season, his best record for a mile being made at Sioux City where on a circular track he covered the distance In 56 seconds flat. . Late this afternoon the premier auto speeder of the world and his party left the auto inn for Cincinnati and tomorrow will proceed to Lexington where a rest of ten days will put Oldfield in fine fettle for his next race. No serious damage to the machines was the cause of the local stop, but It was for the purpose of "aUta a

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CATRQW CHARGED ' WITH MANSLAUGHTER Warrant Issued for Ohioan's Arrest.

Dayton, O., July 31. A warrant charging manslaughter has been issued for the arrest of Col. Herbert G. Catrow. Col. Oatrow recently struck Eugene Sullivan, an aged laborer, while running his automobile at a high rate of speed, as charged by the coroner's verdfct. He is a millionaire resident of Miamisburg and was republican candidate for congress. He withdrew from the race on account of the notoriety in which the Incident involved him. WILL GO WEST. William Reid and Harrison Taylor, two well known Richmond young men will leave next Monday for North Dakota where they expect to secure positions with a threshing outfit. Later they will be employed by one of the lumber firms farther west. LIVING IH HUT BUILTJN STILTS Laurence Smelser, Richmond Boy, Is Now in Philip- x pine Islands. HE GETS A PROMOTION. OWING TO HIS GOOD WORK AS TEACHER, HE HAS BEEN MADE SCHOOL SUPERVISOR, AND HE ENJOYS THE WORK. Living in a jolly nipa hut, built on stilts, Laurence Smelser, former Earlham athlete and later a teacher in the Abington and Center township schools, is teaching little brown-faced Philippine Islanders all about "bene volent assimilation" and how to grow up to be good American citizens The "little brown people are good scholars. They are bright and they admire the big American athlete who came out of the west to teach them their A B C's. Mr. Smelser is located at Dumequete, Island of Oriental Negras. This island is for the most part swamp land, consequently to sidestep dysen try, malaria and other diseases the islanders long ago hit upo nthe de vise of building their nipa homes on stilts. Yankee-like Mr. Smelser quick- J ly adapted himself to the customs of the community and he now has a home on stilts. On the third of this month Mr. Smelser, as a reward for his good work, was promoted to the office of supervisor of all schools on the island. In a postal to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wyrick of Abington township, with whom he boarded when a teacher in that part of the county, Mr. Smelser states that he likes the people and the climate and will probably remain in the islands for two or three years longer. Mr. Smelser is an admirable type of that class of Americans the government is sending to the Philippine Is lands to perform the various func tions of government. He is a strap ping big fellow, athletic, active and one easily equipped to win the re spect of the little brown people. While a student at Earlham he played on the football team and won many points In field athletics by throwing the hammer, hurling the discuss and putting the shot. He always stood high in his studies. Mr. Smelser before entering Earlham graduated from the Richmond high school. TOLD TO ENFORCE GARBAGEJRDINANCE Police to See That Wagons Have Numbers. The police department has been no tified to enforce the ordinance regard Ing garbage wagons. This ordinance requires wagons to display a registered number which is procured when a license .is issued. The fee for this license Is but nominal t nd is expected that all persons engaged in the collection of garbage will bp willing to secure licenses. Unless they do they will have to stand the probability of arrest and punishment under the pen alty. , . , THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair and cooler Friday night; Saturday fair and warmer, fresh northerly winds. OHIO Shower and cooler, Friday; Saturday frash to brisk northerly

SAYS-FLYING WILL BE COMMON WITHIN 10 YEARS

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uanri farman fhf distinguished. voune wife, are just now the centre of Farman is the most optimistic of all

that flying will be as common as autoing within ten years.

MAY FEEL STICK Government Making Investi gation of Harriman Methods. SPECIAL AGENTS AT WORK. Chicago, 111., July 21. Special ag ents of the government are in Chicago trying to collect evidence to substantiate proceedings for the disruption of the Harriman system of railroads upon the ground that the combination is in violation of the' Sherman anti trust act For more than a week Ralph M. McKenzie, who did a great deal of the preliminary work In the Investigation which the interstate commerce commission made into the affairs of the Harriman railroads, has been industriously working among the bfg ship pers with a view to ascertaining how the Harriman combination has been used, if used at all, to stifle competi-' tion and restrain trade. On Special Agent McKenzie's new calling list are all of the traffic m of the' big indus tries in the city. It is notknown with

Brothers United After

Forty-two

"Well, how's carpenter work? Do you find plenty of it to do? O. you are not so busy? Seems to be plenty of it around where I live. How's the times in these parts? Not so bad. Glad to hear it. O, well, I guess there is no use codding with you any longer; I'm that brother of yours who has been writing to you for so Ions:" It was in this unceremonious manner that William Northup, of Portland made himself known to his brother. James, at the latter's home on rural route 8, this county, Tuesday. The two had not seen each other since they separated after the death of their father, Levi Northup, in Illinois, forty-two years ago. The reunion was one of the most pleasant to be imagined. Although within fifty miles of each other the two had not met, nor avn seen eaon. otcar lor two ecora

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interest in the aeronautic world. M. believers in aeroplanes and prophesies FOR LOWER RATES Directors of CommenrtalChiW And Fire Insurance Agents to Meet. MUCH INTEREST IS TAKEN. The board of directors of the Com mercial club and all the local agents of the Fire Insurance companies in Richmond will meet this evening In a joint session at the commercial club rooms. Much interest is oemg taken Q t'?.mI!.antAt.A8.t hopethat the two bodies will be able to reach an understanding in ' regard to the lowering of the insurance rates of this city. The two bodies Will go over the situation here and then aome conclusion will be reached. It is be lieved that there will be a large at tendance among the insurance men as all seem to be taking a lively Interest in the meeting. what success he is meeting, but bis investigation Is taken as meaning that the "big stick" has again begun to j swing over the Harriman lines. Years Separation years. Letters bad neon exchanged frequently and at last it was agreed that William should come from Portland to visit his older brother. William is sixty years old and James is sixty-seven. It was in Adams county, Illinois, they separated in 1866. James left for Indiana end settled In this county. William remained In Illinois for a few years, then removed to Jay county. It is but a short distance between the county seats of Wayne and Jay counties, and there is a direct railroad, but the two brothers had remained apart all this time. There was the best of friendly feeling existing between them, but it was just as James said: I was here and he was In Portland, and we Just never went to see each other." Now that they have met and renewed relationship, however. It la probable visits will be re-

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MISSING FROM THE BIG CELEBRATION Merchants and Other Citizens To Join Hands in Receiving . Farmers on "Good Roads Day." . YOUNG MEN'S BUSINESS CLUB PROMOTING AFFAIR 0 1 L - Organization Is Rapidly Com pleting All Arrangements Important Committees Are Selected. - Further plans for the good roads congress and gala day in this city. August S, were perfected at a meet ing of the general committee of the Young Men's Business Club held last evening. Among the special features arranged for were a parade of the band on Main street from Sixteenth to the courthouse and an exhibition run of the fire department. There Is nothing quite so attractive to the rural resident as to see the "fire horses' go and all who are In the city one week from tomorrow at 10 o'clock will be given the opportunity. The city is to be decorated in much the manner of a festival occasion and there will be a blaze of color. Merchants will be asked to decorate their places of business with banners, pennants and streamers and toy rubber ballons will be used for advertising purposes also. Many of the downtown merchants have expressed their willtngness to offer bargain sales as spec ial Inducements and this will make it possible for the outsider to combine business with pleasure when he visits the city. It will be possible for him to enjoy the free band concerts, see the exhibition run of the Are department, hear an address by Maurice Eldridge, the government expert on good roads, snd be given a free automobile ride about the city and also visIt the stores and make purchases at' reduced prices. , The city council will be asked for the special privilege of suspending streamers across the streets within the fire district. These streamers will bear different slogans and mottoes, but principally the words: "Attend good roads congress, Richmond. Ind., Amgust 8th." Inasmuch as the affair will be more than local it is expected there will be a large number of persons from out of town attend. Neighboring counties are expected to be repre sented by their county oociaia. Advertising Plans. It has been planned to raise funds by the aale of pennants and balloon to merchants. The balloon scheme baa been used successfully elaewhene. The custom used frequently is for a merchant to attach small cards of a wafes to the balloons that are set adrift. By capturing a balloon and jeturnlur the' card to the sender the holder is entitled to the prescribed value of goods. Great excitement has been created at-tjmes and It naa Happened frequently that one merchant has attached a S10 bill to a balloon. Men. women and children have taken up the pursuit of the balloons and followed them on bicycles or in ve hicles and often It has been necessary to climb trees to secure the elusive rubber bubble. Hand bills are to be printed and distributed as are badge. streamers and pennants. Circular letters will be sent all road official. In the country and congressional trictThe following Is the program for the day and the list of the commit tees: 10 a. m. Exhibition run by the fire department. 10:30 a. m. -Automobile rides about the city. 2:30 p. m. Good roads meeting, court house. Reception committee -R. A. Schillinger. chairman; J. A. Spekenhier, Watson P. O'Neal. C. W. Merrill, Ray K. Shiveley. Demas 8. Coe, J. B. Gordon. Finance committee Chas. II. Feltman, chairman; Albert E. Morel. Fred Krone, Albert W. Gregg. Wm. H. Bartel. Jr., C. A. Harrison, John Zwissler, Frank Lane. Advertising committee Elmer McConaha, chairman; Loftus Jones, Chas. Kremeier. Lewis Biff. John C. Bayer, Lee B. Nusbaum, Guy GotschalL W. L. Morgan. - Program committee -J. A. Spekenhier, chairman; P. J. Freeman, Byram C. Robbins. Music committee O. E. Dickinson, chairman; Elmer E. Eggemeyer, Arch Street. ttecoratlon committee Chas. Kolp, chairman; T. P. Butler, Wm. N. Bailey, Lon Kennedy, Frank Parsons, Wm. IL Romey. Geo. R. Martin, H. H. Toler, John Hawekotte, Ed. Schwegman. Ed. MUler, Allen. Frank Posther, Harry Penny. S. Oxen dine. Printing committee C. S. McCoole. chairman; Chas. Morgan, C S. NeaL J. A. Spekenhier, chairman general committee. ' - ' Fred Krone, special treasurer general committee. ' E. H. Harris, special secretary, general eommittefw