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Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-11

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
Notice is hereby given that the annual meet
ing Of the stockholders of Los Angeles Trust
Company Will be held at its office, in Its bank
ing room No. 142 South Spring street. in the
city of Los Angeles, state of California on
Thursday the nineteenth day of January 1906
at three O'Clock p. M Tor the purpose of elect
ing directors for the ensuing year. and for the
transaction OF such other business as the
stockholders may deem necessary and find
lawful e. H. GROENENDYKE. Secretary
Los Angeles Trust Compan..
Dated at Los Angeles. California. Dec 81,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-11
PATTERN NO. 4s7s

A paper pattern Of this garment can
be obtained by filing In above order
and directing It to The Herald's pat
tern department. 1t will be sent post
paid. within ten days. on receipt OF
ten cents.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-11
Notice of stockholders, Meetinq

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
annual meeting of the stockholders of the
held at the office of the company. 235 South
Los Angeles street, in this city, Tuesday,
January 17th, 1904, at 10 o'clock a. M, for
the purpose of electing a board Of directors
and the transaction OF such other business
as may come before the meeting.
L. S. PORTER, Secretary.
Los Angeles Cal. December rs. 1904.
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SUGGESTED REMEDIES.

In connection with the housing Of prisoners,
the physician recommends not only the most
modern sanitary appointments, perfect drain
age and the construction of a dry basement
beneath the cell corridor or house, but that the
cells themselves should be light built Of steel
and each having air content of not less than
500 cubic feet. He urges the equipment OF each
cell with electric lights, water closet and wash
basin. and recommends the Of washable.
non absorbent paint in the place of whitewash-
1t means much more to the community" says
he, "as to what a man is when he comes out
Of prison than when he goes in, for he then be-
comes a local factor in the social problem. and
what he is as a man-his individuality, his per-
sonality and both his moral and physical con-
dition-is important. He then becomes either
a menace, a real danger to the community to
which ne is discharged, or has within him the
possibilities of becoming useful citizen.
The exercise Of the States authority in con-
victing man Of n crime does not imply the
cutting off Of his opportunity for future useful
ness. for if this We're the object and the func
ton Of the law there would be no sentence short
ofslife or the death penalty"
Regarding the unhealthy conditions exist
ing at Sing Sing, DR.. S. \. Knopf, of this city,
who is well known tuberculosis specialist.
being associate director Of the clinic for pull
monary diseases Of the Health Department Wis
Consumptiyes, of this city, well consulting
physician TO the sanatoriums at Gabries, n. Y;
Scranton. Penn; Binghamton. n. Y, and other
places, recently expressed himself in unmis
taxable terms. Said he:
"A prison should be so constructed that
there is plenty Of light air and ventilation, on
soil that is dry and porous These conditions
do not exist in our Sing Sing prison. The reason
why there are not now so many tuberculous pris-
oners is that the watchful prison physician. Dr.
Robert T. Irvine. sees 10 IT that the majority Of
those discovered be tuberculOus are trans
ferred TO DanneEOra. which seems to be better
fitted to cope with the problem. Since Warden
johnson had some large windows put in, the cell
house is better lighted than in former years,
but the structure in itself is. to my mind. thor
ouRhly unhygienic. The soil on which the prls-
son Is built Is constantly moist. and the stone
walls retain the moisture TO an alarming degree,
so that the lower tier of the cell building Is Ger
tainly thoroughly unfit for any human being TO
live IN. The upper tiers are somewhat better.
but they, too. are moist enough TO foster tuber-
culosis as well damp soil will do
The perpetual moisture OF the stone walls OF
the Sing Sing prison. which IS greatly increased
al high tide, adds. IN my opinion, very consider
ably 20 the unsanitary condition or the Gems ana
OF tho prison in general. and the sooner another
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30
MINISTERS IN JAIL.
Spectacular Prosecution of the
Passive Rcsisters. !"

London, April % (speciaD.-A dramatic scene.
more spectacular than any ever witnessed before
by ministers of wide experience. was enacted at
the recent meeting Of the National Free Church
Council at Manchester. 4 hundred clergymen
stood within an improvised prison cell on the
platform and through the bars told. to a deeply
stirred throng. their recent experiences as con-
victs for conscience sake.
After the national council had transacted it's
regular business additional day was devoted
to the passive resistance movement against the
Education act, and it was on this occasion that
the scene mentioned took place. The effect was
powerful Ministers. old and young. told of the
hardships they had endured while incarcerated
because they had refused to pay the school tax
or rate" it is called here. With more or
less narrowing variations, preachers related how
they had been weighed and stripped and put
upon prison fare and obliged to sleep upon plank
beds, and frequently compelled to endure special
indignities when their jaflers happened to hold
opposite views on the question at issue.
OF course. only religious question could ex-
cite all this intensity of feeling. 1t has to do
with the Education acts Of 1902 and 1908. where
by church schools were put the rates" so
that whether he desires 90 do so or not, voter
must pay taxes for Church of England and
Roman Catholic schools. where sectarian in
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to that cell and. again. in this we have danger
or Infection
AS the first step toward the eradication of
consumption from corrective institutions DR..
RANSOM recommends the c1aC trseTt of a COM
puLsory examination law, under which frequent
examinations Of the inmates OF all such insu-
tullonS can be made and a careful record OF the
health OF each kept A provision Of such law
would oblige any jail physician finding a pris-
oner sunering from tuberculosis to file a copy
OF ms diagnosis with the District Attorney, with
q view 10 Fastening trial in such a case and the
uStnsIer Of the afflicted person to an institution
Mhere special provision for such cases could be
mace. If acquitted the afflicted person would
DC INFORMED Of his condition on release.
The tuberculosis farm commends itself to DR..
Ransom. and he calls attention to the Wynne
farm at Huntsville. Texas. as an encouraging
Illustration Of this method of combating tuber-
culosis. The prisoners sent there are employed
on light farm work. gardening poultry and
STOCK raising. During the three years II has
been In operation $50 cases have been trans
Ierred to the farm. Before its esta blshnent
90 per cent OF all the deaths in the prisons Of
1eNas were from tuberculosis. During the
three years II has been in operation there have
been only forty-fiVe deaths at the farm.
This idea of segregating tuberculous convicts
mas been carried out in this State by the transfer
OF several from Sing Sing, Auburn and the other
prisons 10 clinton prison, at Dannemora, in the
Adirondack Mountains. where special provision
IS made Tor their proper care. That this method
mas 6een beneficial in its results so far as 1t
goes, Dr. Ransom proves by showing the prison
death rate throughout the State in 1902 to have
been twenty-five. as against eighty-one in 1892.
A comparison Of two consecutive periods OF five
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Health to inspect our premises. and they oln-
claIly condemned the dormitory as a BIaTe
menace to health. There should be a new CeI-
!CIar building erected. The present str I tuIS
Is disgrace to the richest state in the Union.
Inc cost need not necessarily be excessive, ds
me major part Of the labor could be competent
~ performed by the inmates. If, however, II
Is Improbable to ask the incoming legislature
Tor an appropriation which would be sufnclent
Tor this purpose, feel 1t my duty earnestly 20
urge you to ask for appropriation which VII!
AT least permit the building of a steel cell
Dlock to take the place Of the present stone one
There could be constructed within the present
outside stone shell steel block containing ne
same number Of cells now have. and We
give to each one a space that would b. eight
ana hair feet long. seven feet high and five feet
" de, ana this would be much better than what
Is now provided. must he remem bered that
prisoners are confined ia their cells not only
during the hours betW eel. > O'Clock il the after
noon and $50 o'clock the next morning Of every
day, but also during almost the entire twenty
TOUR hours of holidays and Sundays and when
holiday follows a Sunday the prisoners are
necessarily locked in their cells for the two sue
cessive days. 1t can be easily imagined that
the inmate has not much opportunity to eXer-
else during these twenty-four hours Of close
confinement in his present narrow cell; and the
increase of room herein suggested would only
slightly remedy the very bad conditions. It
would be the part of wisdom to erect a new
building which would serve It's purpose abun-
dainty well for all time I consider this matter
to be of the greatest necessity, and trust that
you will see your way clear to give it your best
attention.
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of years prior to the Christian era II was cele-
brated as marking the end Of the winter season
with all its hardships and trials. and as signal
izing the advent of the summer. with relief
from all the sufferings OF the bleak preceding
months. Glasses and masses may be said to
have united In their observance Of the day. The
poorer people went out "a-Maying" and can
still recall in England the Maypoles and the
Jack in the green" the latter consisting OF
gigantic sort of bottle shaped wicker work ar
rangement. densely covered with evergreen,
foliage and spring blossoms. which would gy
rate and dance on the village common and along
the road propelled by man from within who
was entirely concealed from view. Public parks
were crowded with children, to whom the holt
day was especially dear. and in Vienna. as we'll
in many other capitals OF Europe, the
"COrso' or parade of equipages belonging to
the reigning family. the members OF the court.
the great mobiles and the grande monde would
take place, carriages and horses being gayly
decorated with May flowers and ribbons. while
the fair occupants OF the turnouts appeared for
the occasion in the daintiest and most attractive
OF their spring hnery. The spectacle thus pro-
vided by the great world. far from exciting SEN
timents OF envy and Ill will on the part OF the
people on foot. on the contrary was always re-
garded by the latter one OF the most interest
ing and attractive features OF the holiday. an
important element indeed. OF their May Day
celebration.
All this has changed however. and during the
last decade and a half May Day has ceased to
be universal holiday and instead has deyel-
oped into annual manifestation Of all the
bitter hate which misdirected socialism has sue
oeeded in arousing on the part. OF the laboTing
and unemployed masses against their more fort
innate fellow citizens. May Day has now come
10 Do looked upon with Appreciation asia mo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30
49, OF THE DARK CELL.

While recognizing the necessity for prison
discipline. DR.. Ransom holds il often accountable
Eevgrtheless for the weakening OF the constitu-
lion that enables consumption 70 secure a foot
hold.
The practice IN many institutions OF making
q newly arrived prisoner wear the discarded
clothing OF one discharged and the commoa use
Of bedding are criticised in the report. On this
point DR.. Ransom says: "A man perhaps in
The last stages OF tuberculosis goes out Of prison;
his suit Is given 10 another man. and II this
man happens 70 be receptive herein Is OPP
portunits- for infection.
For convenience ! wish 10 include with the
clothing, the bed which is another means by
which Infection is often conveyed. The straw
ticks or mattresses OF many institutions are
seldom disinfected and are not protected by
sheets and pillow covers. The bedding does
neL FOLLOW the inmate. but g left ia the cell. 20
- occupied ~ another who may be assigned
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struction is given and religious qualifications re-
Quired of teachers.
The Nonconformists say that this is taxa
ton without representation" violation of re-
Iigious liberty a reversion to churchly and
priestly domination, and so forth. They want
non-sectarian public schools, such as are the
rule in America and the colonies. and they say
that the present bill is step backward instead
of forward.
The first clergyman to go to jail for refus-
ing to pay the rate a feeble old man who
had been forty years in the ministry. He said.
as he babe his friends farewell at the prison
gate: Il nope this will be the last time any man
will be imprisoned for conscience sake But
he was mistaken. SO many persons have got
rid of their property in order mat II could not
be distrained by the Sheriff for non-payment of
the objectionable school rate mat the number Of
prisoners is steadily increasing, and Noncon-
forYnists are barking back 10 the experiences
Of John Bunyan in Bedford Jail, and George Fox
in the prisons Of Derby, Lancashire and Lon
don TO find a parallel for the present situation
The terms OF Imprisonment are not being made
lighter as the passive reslSters grow more
numerous and persistent. One Christian En-
ment OF a school rate of As. I'd. about dollar
of American money. AnoIher man got two
weeks for refusing 10 pay 81
Hitherto most Of the passive ressters'' have
been content to refuse 10 pay the school rate
and allow their goods TO be sold There have
been more than sixteen hundred OF these sales
of household effects. each scene of neighbour
hood excitement Whenever the victim was A
particularly popular person. or very aged or
very poor. or in any other way OF a sort to
arouse popular sympathy. the interest has gone
to a white heat and many converts 10 me
movement have been made thus
At present the leaders or the movement have
decided thar 10 hermit the sale Of goods Is not
a suficient testimony against the law to which
they object Although the victim OF legal
seizure often suffers the loss OF pound to pay
a shilling rate yet indirectly he does pay The
rate. having forced the government 20 collect it.
So they have concluded that they win go the
way OF the men who have. accepted impFlson-
ment rather than Qays
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DANGER IN WHITEWAsH.

Dampness IN cells ne declares an aid to the
spread Of consumption. and he also brands as
delUsion the old time practice Of using white
wash as a cleansing and disinfecting agent.
The nature OF the work performed in the work
shops. much Of il such stone cutting and the
manufacture OF cotton and woOllen goods being
productive Of dust, has great deal to do with
consumption among prisoners. declares DR.. Ran
SON. and he urges that the shops themselves,
many Of which are now dark, damp and over
cron ded. be maintained under as nearly perfect
earLt.--r &C rloeelllle
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Until about fifteen years ago May Day was
welcomed by people Of every degree on both
sides OF the Atlantic one Of the most pop
ular Of public festivals. the origin Of which dates
back many hundreds. and possibly thousands.
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THE DANPNEss IN SING SING PRISON.

,-L the state should erect modern prison,
bat teLe modern prison methods are In vogue, the
"e''er VIII it be for the State and its people"
THE DAMPNESS IN SING SING PRISON.
j. G. Phelps Stokes, who. though better known
as philanthropic social worker in the Uni
Versty Settlement Of this city, is a trained med
lcal man. and active in the work Of the Prison
association, recently wrote DR.. Knopf as fol-
lows:
No. 1874 Eldridge-st. New-Yorls.
-. February g. 1905
q, MT, Dear Mr.. Knopf: In reply to your favor OF
,-I,t sVLl ut am glad 10 testify as to the pre-
Ssalnng dampness in the cell bu' g at Sing
Ilns Prison. At times have seen ne moisture
S S SO excessive to be visible in nyriads OF
lips covering large portions of the barred doors
80 otner iron fittings Of the cells On one &C
go noit :. nave seen such drops coalesce and run
uoWn the bars. Conditions have been mitigated
oF ttLioeIap4y OF late by the enlargement of some
- Ine WINDOWS Of the cell building, but have
Iecehtly been told by the warden that even the
eAuelhe conditions above described are fire.
quently observed still notwithstanding the en-
iiargement OF the windows The walls of the
iSWeF Tier of cells nearly always damp to
.ne totch. The annual report of the Prison As
SoclAtloh 1or 1900 contains much evidence bear
ing upon the defective sanitation Of the prison.
very sincerely yours.
The evidence referred to by Mr. Stokes in his
letter was contained in an exhaustive report on
conditions at Sing Sing made after personal in
vestigation by Charles F. Wingate, a sanitary
engineer He found that the cells, numbering
1900, measured feet inches by feet inches
in height and were Z feet long the entrance to
each which is through a two-foot wall being
only twenty-five inches wide. He also found
that each cell has capacity Of 145 cubic feet OF
air In some cells. where prisoners were
doubled up" the amount per capita was re-
duced 10 72i3 feet Mr.. Wingate maintains that
to insure health every adult requires from 1000
to 1000 cubic feet of air an hour, the standard
allowance for prisoners being LOO feet an hour.
The flues in the rear walls of the cells ne found
badly clogged and of little use as Ventilators
while foul air escaped in great volume from open
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,Ocality is found with dry and porous soil, where
upon the State should erect modern prison.
mere modern prison methods in vogue. the
"etter will it be for the State and it's people"
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years each shows the death rate under old
methods TO have been 252 and only seventy-two
under the new. a gain Of al per cent for the
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on the opposite side Of the street, and
this man also looked through the tran
som. He also saw the murderer, but
did not get a glimpse of his face. He
saw only his head and shoulders as he
moved along the wall to a, rear room.
They summoned help and the door
was broken in. One of the city police
men was there, and as they entered
the office they heard sounds of some
one moving in an adjoining office, but
none was brave enough to attempt to
see who it was. In the meantime the
murderer had pushed the screen out OF
the window, leaving bloody marks on
the window sill. He dropped to the
ground below and escaped.
The body of the murdered dentist
was found lying in the middle Of the
floor in big pool of blood. His skull
had been crushed with hammer and
his throat had been horribly mutilated
in the region of the jugular. vein with
a knife. Blood was scattered every
where, and the furniture of the room
was strewn about in confusion, giving
evidence of a terrible struggle.
Floating on top Of large pool of
partly coagulated blood near the head
of the murdered man was new lead
pencil, bearing the advertising mark
of a: local lumberman. The hammer
was there, bloodstained. 1T was after
wards identified as one seen some time
previous in the barn Of the Koch
homestead This led to suspicion
against DR.. Koch. {. ~ :
DIR. Gebhardt was buried, and, at the
funeral services, DR.. Koch, the accused
murderer, sang in the choir OF the Con.
EDUCATIONAL church. The next day DR.
Koch was openly charged as being sus
pected of the murder, and witnesses
] told of his collapse when he heard OF
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an agreement is, of course, keen dis.
appointment to me. fully expected
an acquittal for the the reason that
did not see how there could be any
question about my innocence in the
eyes Of any fair-minded jury. I am
confident now that the jury would
have had no trouble in arriving at a
verdict of acquittal, had 1t not been
for the heavy pressure brought
against some of them by the people
who want to see me hanged for a
crime which did not commit, nor
have anything to do with.
81 am anxious for an early retrial,
and feel Certain that the verdict will
be for acquittal. The only thing |
ask is that men who have made up
their minds that am guilty be kept
of the jury. ats
lam told that among all who heard
the evidence presented against me no.
body has been heard to say that there
was a possibility of conviction. The
fbest my accusers expected was dis
agreement, which they got. Perhaps
they were we'll informed as to some of
| the jurymen., It looks that way to me.
| II have no criticisms to make. l ex-
pect to be vindicated in the end.
hope that no, other young man will
ever be pursued as 1 have been pur.
sued by men who are bent upon my
life, at any cost, guilty or not guilty.
II think 1 am entitled to fair trial
before an impartial jury, not a jury
with some men who. made up their
minds before they were sworn.
81 feel that if all the twelve men
who went into the jury box had been
unprecedented" and had based theil
opinions as to my guilt or innocence
upon the evidence presented in court
they would have been of one mind.
George r. KOCH"
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! the rumOrs. Later. through the eff.
forts of citizens investigating COM
mittee, who hired attorneys and detec.
tives to probe the mystery, DR.. Koch
| was formally charged with the crime.
County Attorney Hoidale, because he
was a"law partner of Somsen, who sis
.brother-in-law of DR.. KOCH was cen.
sured for his apparent apathy: ere
signed from the states part in the
case, and: ex-Attorney General. Childs
was: appointed, to: represent the state
in the prosecution. The trial began
Jan. 2, and was concluded when the
case was given to the jury at Az.
o'clock, court being in continuous SEES
sion, except Sundays for eighteen
days. ~ ,->s,.;.
Never has there been within the Dor
ders of the commonwealth of Mime
sofa greater murder trial, possessing
such elements Of mystery, such poten-
tialities for romance such vivid back
ground of passionate struggle. :. The
terrible mystery which surrounded the
killing of Louis A. Gebhardt; as he was
at work in his Offices on the night of
Nov. 1, has never been adequately ex-
Nplained. The trial of DR.. G. r. Koch
has been trial wherein no motive for
the demoniacal crime has been shown.
1t has been the presentation of a series
of related facts connecting the defend
ant with the crime upon the one hand
and the refutation of the charge upon
the other. 1t has been trial pregnant
with possibilities for sensational dis
closures. But these disclosures never
came.
Wrapped in its mantle of mystery.
the death of DR.. Gebhardt remains the
central figure. Nothing, is certain save
that he was killed, killed with the bru-
tally of the shambles, hacked and
hewn and hammered as a man would
be killed by one who sought the salts.
faction of vengeance which extended
beyond death.