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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-17

persons thus crowded together. This
proves the importance of always
having an abundant supply Of pure
atmospheric air always in crOwied
assemblies, churches school-rooms.
theatres. factories, workshops and
dwellings.
Consider the effect OF sleeping in
a small room, seven feet by nine,
not furnished with the means OF
ventilation. If a person sleeps
eight hours in such room, he will
spoil during that time one thousand
nine hundred and twenty cubic feet
o. air, rendering the air of the
room positively dangerous to
breathe. Every disease is aggra
waited by the breathing of bad air
Yet it is common to close all the
doors and windows where sick per-
sons are confined, lest the patients
should take cold. This IS bad
practice.
The sick should have plenty of
fresh air. Their comfort is promot-
ed by it, and their recovery hasten
ed.
1t is utterly impossible for the
lungs to DE expanded in an impure
atmosphere, because the air-pas-
sages irritated by the extraneous
particles spasmodically contract to
keep them out. The consequence
OF this IS those persons who reside
permanently in an atmosphere
charged with foreign ingredients or
miasms, find their lungs continu-
ally contracting
All sedentary habits weaken the
abdominal muscles. and thereby les
sen the activity of the breathing
process. Intense mental application.
If long continued. powerfully d.
minishes the respiratory functions
Persons habitually in deep thought
with the brain laboring at its ut
most capacity, do not breathe deep
and free, and are consequently
short lived. All crooked or con
strained bodily positions affect res
piration injuriously.
Reading, writing, sitting. stand.
ing, speaking or laboring. with the
trunk of the body bent forward. is
extremely hurtful. In all mechani-
cal or manual labor, the body should
ne bent or lean on the hip Joints.
Inc trunk should always be kept
straight. Dispense with bed cur.
tains. if YOU can. In sleep the head
should never be raised very high.
as that position oppresses the lungs.
nor should the sleeper incline to-
ward the face, with the shoulders
thrown forward
Crates and fire-places secure much
better ventilation than stoves. No
stove, especially furnaces. should
De used without the means of the
free admission of external air into
the room. Lamps. candles. gas
burners, etc. are so many meth. I.
odS OF consuming oxygen and rend
erlng the air irrespirable. Smoking
lamps are a very common source of
air. The bad air of steam
boats, railroad cars. stages. omni.
buses, etc. are a source of Constant
suffering to many. | may here re.
mark that the general misappre-
hension of the theory of CATCHING
cold frequently produces the evil
sought to be avoided. More colds
are taken in over-heated than in too
'oIi places. and still more are ow-
ing to vitiated or foul air. In sIesn-
ing and other apartments. where
thorough ventilation IS impossible.
the air may be rapidly changed and
materially freshened. BY opening all
The doors and windows. and then
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-17

swinging one door violently forward
and backward
The rules of ventilation apply to
all rooms and apartments alike
whether In dwelling houses or trav-
cling vehicles. There is no neces.
sity for breathing air which has
lost a part of its oxygen and ac-
CURED a portion of carbonic acit
The supply of good air is ample. In
connection with full supply of at
mospheric air TO every human be-
ing, the Importance of plenty of
sunshine Is not TO be overlooked.
Pure air for the lungs and bright
sunlight for the eyes. is a phvs.o-
logical maxim which should never
be forgotten. The nutritive pro-
cess is materially checked in all
vegetable and animal life, when de
priyed OF light for considerable
time. In the case of vegetables.
they become etiolated or blanched.
Almost the entire population of our
large cities who occupy back rooms
and rear buildings where the sun
never shines. and cellars and vaults
below the level of the ground. on
the shaded side of narrcw streets.
is more or less diseased. OF those
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-17

There is no mother in the country
who would be the least bit sur
prised to wake up any morning am
find her son president of the Unit
ed States.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-17
Cool
Colorado

Is the place to spend your vaction this
summer.
Up in the mountains-away from the
dirt. smoke and soot-up where you can
breathe the pure balsam laden air-the
real tonic for the tired body-the air that
multiples the red discs in your blood, and
makes you feel the real 10Y OF living.
And the o It door ife-fshing, hunting,
camping, Notwithstanding, riding, golf,
every pleasure in fact conductive in max
ing Colorado Vacation" the most en-
joyable YOU ever had Take the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
Mrs. Catherine E. Smith Before
Judge Davis in the Wilson
QuadrupIet Case
MOTHER OF ONE IS ON STAND
Sadie EngeIman, a Chorus Girl,
TeStifies About Instructions
to the Defendant

Catherine e. Smith, who conducted
a maternity home in Los Angeles and
furnished one of the babies for the
famous Wilson fake quadruplets some
months ago, was placed on trial in
Judge Davis court yesterday on the
charge of child-stealing, preferred by
Sadie Engelman, a chorus girl, who
declares Mrs. Smith gave the baby
away against her express wishes. The
child died two weeks ago.
Mrs Rachael Taback, mother of
Miss Engelman, was the first witness
heard during the proceedings. She
told of her daughters coming home
from San Diego and being taken to
Mrs. Smiths maternity home, where
the child was born.
Ibid you not tell Mrs. Smith to tell
Sadie that the child was dead a few
hours after it was born ?" asked at
torney for the defendant.
"How could 1 say that?" demanded
Mrs. Taback, Indignantly.
She was ordered to answer the ques-
ton.
''No!" she said, emphatically.
"Did you not tell Mrs. Smith to pro-
vide a home for it?"
"I did not" replied the witness. II
arranged TO pay HeF Il1leeu uolldlS W
keep it two weeks"
BOUGHT CHILD CLOTHES
In support of her claim that they
intended to keep the child, Mrs. Taback
declared she had bought clothes for
it, as Mrs Smith had not provided
ANYTHING but q blanket, she said.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tweedy, matron of
the Childrens Home society, testified
that the baby had been brought to
her a few days after 1t was born and
remained with her for several weeks,
during which time no person called or
showed any interest in it until Mrs.
Smith secured 1t again.
Sadie Engelman went on the stand
late in the afternoon and declared that
a few hours after the child was born
she asked Mrs. Smith to let her see
it, but she declared the latter refused.
She declared that Mrs. Smith pulled
the clothes from her bed several days
after the child was born and told her
to get up and go home, when she was
feeling very i'll. She declared that her
clothes were missing and that Mrs
smith lent her some of her daughters
and then forced her to go home, so
that she became Ill from the exposure
TESTIMONY RULED OUT
The subject of the treatment of the
witness by Mrs. Smith was objected
to by the defense and the testimony
was confined to the charge OF child
stealing. 1t is expected that Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Wilson of "quadruplet'
fame will be called to the stand this
morning.
An action is impending in the su-
perior court against Mrs. Smith by
Sadie Engelman for $4,000 damages
for the loss of her baby and alleged
nistreatment Of her during her illness.
The suit is expected to come up for
trial shortly after the disposal of the
present criminal action against Mrs
Smith.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
Municipal Affairs
WHATS THE USE? ASK
PARK COMMISSIONERS
Head of Art Commission Pre-
pared Plans for Beautifying
Central Park

Members of the board of park COM
missioners played a low down, unfeel-
ing Joke on the art commission yes
terday, and as a result the entente cor
dale has been badly bent, if not ac-
tually fractured. What's worse, the
park experts actually laughed as they
did it.
Elaborate plans have been adopted
for beautifying the square known as
Central park. In fact, work already
is under way toward that end The
municipal art commissioners heard
about it the other day and promptly
began to sit up and take notice.
At first they just sat around and
waited to be called into consultation.
But the echoes remained undisturbed.
There came no call, and the art COM
missioners sent a communication to the
city council asking that the park plans
be submitted to them for approval.
The council couldn't see its way
clear and declined to butt in. 1t merely
bundled the communication up and
referred it to the park commission; and
yesterday the park commission unfeel-
ingly laid the request on the table;
inferred it, in fact, in the red tape
burial ground.
The obsequies, however, were not so
lugubrious as they might have been.
It was Commissioner Silent who
sprung the joke, and he did it by ex-
planning that John Parkinson. had him
self prepared the plans under which
the park board is working. As Mr..
Parkinson is head of the municipal
art commission. Mr.. Silent said he
could conceive of no good reason for
referring those plans back to their
original source.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
MAYOR URGES MUNICIPAL
FERRY SERVICE AT HARB0R
Pref Consolidation Pledges Sub
iect of Paper to Council

Mayor Alexander will send a com
munication to the city council at to-
days meeting of that body, in which
he will urge the necessity for pro-
viding fire protection for San Pedro's
water front and will ask also that the
council make good the promises of the
consolidation commission by establish
ing municipal ferries between San
Pedro and Terminal and between Will
mington and Terminal.
In his message the mayor reminds
the council that Los Angeles is pledged
to establish these ferry lines and to
operate them at cost, the fare in no
event to exceed ten cents each way.
He suggests that it may be found
practicable to equip the ferry with
fire-fghting apparatus, which could be
removed later when a fire tug Is pur-
chased.
There are millions of dollars worth
of inflammable property along the
water front, the mayor says, which has
practically no protection in case of
fire, being so situated that blaze
cannot be fought successfully from
the land side.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
PARK BOARD SEEKS TO
BORROW AQUEDUCT MULES
Fire Breaks Pressing Need in Big
Municipal Tract

The construction of trails, necessary
fire breaks and roads through Griffith
park occupied the attention of the
board of park commissioners at its
meeting yesterday afternoon. There is
little money to devote to the work, and
for this reason the problem is a grave
one.
The commissioners realize that fire
breaks must be constructed, the sooner
the better, and the discussion was
largely one of ways and means.
On the suggestion of Commissioner
Lippincott, the board finally decided to
ask the aqueduct commission to loan
it twenty or thirty mules. If this
request is granted the mules will be
used to make the trails, each trail be-
ing of sufficient width to constitute
fair fire break in itself.
Mr.. Lippincott explained that the
aqueduct service now has $50 head of
stock on pasture along the big ditch.
OF this number about 300 are mules.
The curtailment of work on the aque-
duct, necessitated by the present lack
of funds, has made these animals use
less for the time being, and the park
commission hopes to be able to borrow
as many of them as can be used to adj
vantage in park work.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
lAPl0UE'S COMPLAINT Is
TAKEN UNDER AMUSEMENT
Attorneys Acting for Court Off
CiaIs AIIege Poor Information

Numerous objections to the form of
John Lapique's complaint against
Judge Charles Monroe, officials of the
district attorneys office and the coun-
ty. were heard by Judge Conrey yester-
day morning and taken under 1ubmis-
sion by him. District Attorney Hart
ley Shaw represented the defendants.
Lapique is suing the defendants for
$50 900 damages for false Imprisonment
on the charge of obtaining money by
false pretense, having gained his free
dom by a decision of the high courts
of the state.
He is acting as his own attorney and
his complaint, according to the defen-
dants, is not made out in the correct
legal manner.
Attorney Shaw presented a demur-
rer to the complaint on the ground
that the several causes of action pre-
sented are not separately stated, that
the complaint does not state a suf
tlcient cause of action against the de-
PENDANTS to be recognized. Shaw also
declared that the causes of action are
barred by provisions of the civil code
of procedure He also entered q mo-
ton to strike out the information on
the ground that it is irrelevant, re-
dundant and immaterial. On hearing
the arguments, Judge Conrey an
nounced that he would take the case
under submission.
Lapique also figured in proceedings
in Judge Housers court yesterday
morning, where he was ordered to an
pear to explain why he has not paid
a Judgment of $500 made against him
on two notes sued for several months
ago by Lizzie Sheehan. The defendant
entered a motion to set aside the 1udg--
ment on several grounds, the principal
one being that he was held prisoner
when the order was made out against
him.
Judge Houser continued the hearing
of the case for one week.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
INSANITY DEFENSE PLAN
OF HARDY'S ATTORNEYS
Jury Secured to Try Former In
dianan for the Murder of
TamaIe Man

A whole day was taken up yesterday
in securing a jury for the trial OF Hal
z, Hardy, charged with the murder OF
William Moore last fall, when the case
came on for trial in Judge Willis court
yesterday morning. The defense viii
be that Hardy was temporarily insane
from the use Of liquor.
Moore, the slain man, operated a
lunch wagon and sold tamales. On the
night of December it Is alleged that
Hardy approached him in an intoXl-
Gated condition and demanded to be
served. Moore is said to have refused,
and it is claimed that in a fit of rage
Hardy drew a pistol and shot him
Hardy was formerly a schoolmate OF
Senator James A. Hemmingway of In
diana and comes from prominent
family of that state, his brother being
a leading banker. Dispositions from
prominent men in Indiana and from
Hemmingway as to Hardys character
will be used during the trial.
Quite a number were excused from
the jury panel yesterday after answer
ing questions presented to them py
Deputy District Attorney Ford, who Is
prosecuting the case. Attorneys Do
minguez, Dehm and Rogers are acting
for the defendant, and they repeatedly
asked prospective jurors their IDEAS in
regard to the defense of a prisoner on
an insanity plea.
It will be shown by the defense that
Hardy has been addicted to the use OF
alcohol ever since he was 10 years
old, and that the use has weakened his
mind to such an extent that he was
not responsible when he shot Moore.
The prisoner recently offered to plead
guilty to manslaughter in answer to
the charge, but this was refused, and
the defense is now fighting for his free
dom.
The introduction of evidence will
commence this morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
REFUSES TO RESIGN, so
BOARD SUSPENDS HIM

Charles Harmon, foreman at Griffith
park, was on the carpet before the
board of park commissioners yesterday
afternoon to explain how it happened
that twenty-five horses have been per
nitted to pasture on park property.
Harmon explained that ten of the
horses are his own and said that three
belonged to the police department and
one to the street department. The re-
naming eight he could not account for.
He admitted that two of his own horses
had been used on city work, and ad-
mitted also that his brother-in-law had
posed as their owner.
Harmon's replies to the questions
put to him were regarded as highly
unsatisfactory, and the board asked
him to resign. He refused. however.
The board then suspended him for
thirty days. Meantime, Commissioner
I,ippincott will prefer charges against
Harmon before the civil service COM
mission.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
SPUR TRACK QUESTION
AGAIN BEFORE COUNCIL
Limit to Duration of Franchises
Asked for Up to MuniCi-
pal Fathers

Councilmen will today take another
shy at the spur track franchise ques-
ton Last week the members disre-
garded the recommendation of the
board of public utilities that all such
franchises be limited to ten years and
be made revocable at will, by instruct
ing the city attorney to draw up an
ordinance granting the city market a
spur track for a period of twenty-one
years.
Today they will pass on the applica-
tion for a spur track to serve the Call
fornia Industrial company, which Will
come before them accompanied by a
report from the public utilities board
that the petition be granted. The re-
port, however, makes no recommended
tion whatever as to the duration of
the franchise, leaving that feature of
the matter squarely up to the council
itself.
will present the draft of an ordinance
granting a franchise to the Pacific
Fruit Express company for spur
track across San Fernando road, be-
TWEEN Avenue Twenty-six and lden
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
CONVICTED FISHERMEN
RELEASED ON APPEAL

Steve Williams and Salvatore Car
lisa. serving time in the Los Angeles
county Jail, where they had been SEN
fenced for three months each on May
27 by Justice of the Peace E. L. Ha-
vens. were released yesterday by ha-
beas corpus proceedings in Judge Da-
Wis court.
Attorneys for the prisoners declared
that Havens had gone beyond his jur-
isdiction in sentencing the men for
violation of section 636 of the penal
code of California by using and setting
nets in the township of Catalina, OF
which Havens is a justice. Their con-
tention was that there is no maximum
penalty fixed by the statute, and In
view Of this fact Havens was usurping
the powers of the superior court In
trying and sentencing the defendants
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
JUDGE WILBUR BEFORE
STATE APPELLATE COURT
Attorneys for Chinese Youth Hold
He Cannot Sit as a CON-
hitting Magistrate

Judge Curtis D. Wilbur of the supe-
rior court was before Presiding Justice
Allen. of the appellate court yesterday
morning in answer to an order to show
cause why a writ of prohibition should
not be issued to prevent him holding
a preliminary hearing of the case of
Mills Sing, the Chinese schoolboy held
on the charge of mistreating minor
girl, The case was continued by Justice
Allen for the submitting of briefs by
the opposing attorneys.
Deputy District Attorneys Beebe and
Donnell appeared for Judge Wilbur
and Attorneys Schenck and McKeeby
appeared for Mills Sing. Judge Wilbur
was given until this afternoon to file
a demurrer to the writ Of prohibition
and until Thursday to file briefs.
Attorneys for Mills Sing secured the
order to show cause against Judge
Wilbur on arguments presented that
he would be acting beyond his jurisdic-
tion in holding the preliminary hearing
of Mills Sing in view of the contention
tha the is not sitting as a committing
magistrate, a duty which Is alleged to
be held by police Judges and Justices
of the peace in a city of the first class.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
POLICE COMMISSIONERS
POSTPONE BUSSE CASE

Action on the charges preferred by
Chief of Police Galloway against
Patrolman Earl Busse was postponed
at last nights meeting of the police
commission for one week. Busse ex-
planned that he was not ready fol
trial. the formal charges having been
delivered to him only late yesterday
afternoon. He is accused of having
sought to obtain the influence of Mayor
Alexander to secure his transfer from
the south side to the central police
station, a proceeding that is contrary
to police department rules.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
MAYOR ASKS FUNDS FOR
CELEBRATION OF JULY 4
Wants Oratcry and Music 10
Take Place of FireCraCk-
ers and Sky Rockets

If Los Angeles is to have quiet
Fourth Of July, that does not neces..
sarilv mean a featureless Fourth OF
July, There will be something doing IN
~ way of a public celebration II
Mayor Alexander has his way, only the
mayor would substitute oratory for
firecrackers and music for skyrockets.
Yesterday the mayor addressed a
communication to the council on the
subject, which that body will act on
at it's meeting today. The message
is as follows: :.
our greatest national holiday is
drawing near. Los Angeles should
celebrate the Fourth of July in sane
and patriotic way.
"I would recommend that the coun-
ell provide for patriotic exercises at
one or more of the parks; that music
be provided, and that some of our well
known public speakers be invited TO
deliver patriotic addresses. 1t might
be well to provide for parade OF the
militia or of our local school children
also.
"To this end I respectfully suggest
that a Fourth of July committee be
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
HEIRS TO RUSSELL ESTATE
SOUGHT BY ADMINISTRATOR

One of the heirs is in Africa and the
others place of residence is unknown
in the estate of the late A. S. Russell,
who died on January 25, 1910 leaving
property valued at $16872S to his sister,
Mary Russell, formerly of Bulanayo,
Africa, and to Mrs. Harry Vaughn.
A petition for probate of the estate was
filed in the superior court Yesterday by
Public Administrator Frank Bryson for
the purpose of making it convenient to
send the proceeds to the heirs when
+baU IRA found
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
street. In his report on this ordinance

street. In his report on this ordinance
the city attorney says:
"Your attention is called to the fact
that certain recommendations have
been made by the board of public
utilities relative to spur-track fran
chises, but I am advised that the con-
ditions mentioned by said board are
not to be inserted in the spur-track
franchises until further investigation
by the said board and your honorable
body"
There is also a question of paving
and of the rails required to be used,
not all of the pending franchise Or
dinances being uniform In this report.
On these points the city's legal depart
ment asks for instruction.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
WIDOW DECLINES TO ACT
AS EXECUTRIX OF ESTATE

A petition for the probate of the will
of the late Everton j. Peabody, who
died in Los Angeles on May 10, leaving
in the superior court yesterday by John
e. Marble. The widow, Mrs. Mary E..
Peabody, was appointed eXecutrix by
the decedent in a will made in 1899,
but she declines to act, and Marble
is recommended for the appointment.
The heirs of Peabody are the widow,
three daughters, Mrs. Bessie D. Sprink-
man, Jr., Of Los Angeles; Mrs. Kath-
crime Traphagen of Berkeley and Mrs.
Margaret Wall of Compton, and a son,
Paul Everton Peabody of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
CHIEF OF POLICE TO MAKE
REPORTS TO COMMISSION

Hereafter Chief of Police Galloway
will make weekly report to the board
of police commissioners detailing the
total number of arrests for the week
previous, the number of convictions
obtained in court and the amount of
fines assessed and collected. The COM
mission last night instructed Galloway
to make such reports for the purpose.
as Commissioner Topham suggested,
of discovering whether or not Los An
haVed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
PORTER ESTATE SUED

o. H. Bogart filed suit in the super
ior court yesterday against Kate C.
Porter and Warren r. Porter, an ex-
ecutrix and executor of the estate of
the late George K. Porter Of san Fer
nando, for a note alleged to have reen
made out by the deceased in 1905 for
s2575.2O, which he claims the defen
dants refused to pay, on the settlement
nf debts against the estate.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-07
DIVORCE SUITS FILED

Divorce suits filed in the superior
court yesterday were:
Petra Rivera VS.. Emilio Rivera, Lii
liam M. Davis VS.. Ernest ]. Davis, Dora
A. Phillips VS.. Levi w. Phillips, Eliza
beth I. Gray VS.. James H. Gray, Jessie
Nav O'Brien VS.. John Edward O'Brien,
Charles L. Allen VS.. Leona M. Allen
Sarah Mabel Chase VS.. William Ed
ward Chase, Olive L. Lerche VS.. Viggo
Ierche, ]. A. stone VS.. May Stone.