The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-27
SOLICIT FOR
CHARITY HOME
IN MISSOURI
1.-TWO Women in Black" COL
leGt Large Sums for inSti-
tuition at Kansas City.
RECORD OF JOPLIN
SHELTER IN QUESTION
SALT LAKE ASSOCIATION DE-
cLARES EVERY DOLLAR is
NEEDED AT HOME.

Two women in black" who have
been soliciting subscriptions in Salt
Lake and throughout the intermountain
regions for some time past for the 10
seph's Home for Widows and Orphans
at Kansas City. No, have been allowed
by Chief of Police Pitt TO continue ask
ing for contributions after having re-
ceived orders to discontinue their ac-
tivities in this city. They are Mrs.
Julia Anna Baker and Miss Juanita l.
Sparkling of Kansas City. Since their
arrival in Salt Lake, they have secured
the assistance in their work of Miss
PauOla De We're Logue of 634 East Sixth
South street. Mrs. Black and Miss
Sparkling have been stopping at the Will
son hotel and while there met Miss
Logue, who was housekeeper at the ho-
tel. When Miss LOgue gave up her
position at the Wilson three weeks ago,
she was induced to assist the other two
women in soliciting subscriptions TO
the Joseph's home.
Several weeks ago, complaint was
made TO the police of the operations of
Mrs Black and Miss SparIing, who were
described as two women in black" OBJ
lection was made TO their soliciting
money in the Dolly block
Nothing was done at the time, as the
policemen detailed to investigate the
matter We're for some reason unable 10
find the two women
The Salt Lake Charity association also
heard of the two women. Superintend-
ent Mark NJ. Woods at once wrote to G.
+. Damon, general secretary of the As
ISOLATED Charities of Kansas CITY. ask
ing FOR information concerning the 10
seph's home, and the women solicitors.
He received the following in reply:
The Joseph's Home.
The number of inquiries made of MS
concerning Ioseph's Home has been so
numerous that we have prepared and
printed Tor distribution the following
statement OF the history and present
status Of the institution and its oVyner
Mrs. Anna Baker:
'Joseph,s Home has been located IN
Kansas City since Aug 1905 II ls
owned and controlled by Mrs. Anna Rak-
ef, she Is not accountable to any other
person or institution. public or private.
sectarian or nOn-sectarian. The institu-
ton Is amply supplied with buildings and
grounds to accommodate approximately
forty women and children. No appeal is
made, so far as we know. to the citi-
zens of Kansas City for funds to sup
port the work.
Mrs. Bakers career as a public bene
factor seems to have begun in Mime
apohs, Mimi. in April 1899 when she
solicited funds for Zion mission On in
vestigatiOn by the Associated Charities
of that city Zion mission proved to be
nothing more nor less than a cheap res
taurant in charge of one Joseph Baker.
to whom Mrs Baker was subsequently
married.
In 1901 Anna Baker and Joseph Baker
established a home for fallen girls in.
Duluth, Wis, which they called the 'Sa-
cred Refuge The manner in which this
institution was conducted led to an in
vestigation by a committee of prominent
men appointed by the mayor of Duluth
The report Of this committee condemned
both Mr.. and Mrs. Baker and the insti-
tuition was closed.
Employs Women Solicitors.
THE Bakers then opened children's
home in Duluth. which they called Baker
Orphanage.' 1t was in connection with
this institution that Mrs. Baker inau-
gurated her present plan OF employing
women solicitors to travel over the eOun-
try and raise funds. She employed as
many as twelve solicitors at one time
to travel through Wisconsin and the sur
rounding states TO support her institu-
ton, while as a matter of fact not more
than three or four children were being
cared for at the home, and the most
of them were being paid for by friends
or relatives.
I'm 1902 she was arrested at Hudson.
Wis, on the charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses. In April Of that
year Mrs. Baker represented, to one Alex
ander Turner that the Baker Orphanagc'
at Duluth was caring for a large num-
Der of orphans and that she was engaged
in finding homes for them. Upon this
representation Turner contributed a small
sum. She was tried and convicted on the
above charge. She was fined $500. and
ordered to be committed to the county
iail until il should be paid not exceed
ing five months. She secured her re
lease by filing a bond and appeal to the
supreme court. On Dec. IL, 1903, the su-
preme court reversed the case and sent
it back for a new trial on the grounds
that the trial court had admitted evidence
that was irrelevant to the issues in the
case and very prejudicial to the defen-
dant For the full report of this case
see the State VS.. Baker, in Volume 40
of the Wisconsin reports. Page 135.
Continued on Page 8.