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The evening world., 1909-01-08
"Thcy Were Only Ordinary
Roadsters," Says Little Eng
liSh Champion, Who Is Here
to Tackle Three Men.
BY BOHEMIAN BULGER,

A CCORDING to Alfred Shrubb. the
"a champion professional ten nile
4 ! runner. horse has the advantage
over man in race because he has
four legs-one In each corner The
man only has two corners.
Notwithstanding this interesting fact.
Mr.. Shrubb has beaten two horses
at county fairs in Canada, But you
must understand" explained tho Eng
l!shman, they were lacking In class.
The horses selected to run against him
Tor ten miles were common road horses
and for the first time had met man
on equal footing.
Il came near winning the horse cham
p!onshp in Canada, though" declared
Shrubb 'as the brute, who was real
racer, only beat me about thirty yards
in ten miles"
Since turning professional Mr.. Shrubb
Is endearorlng 10 gather in all the loose
change available, which is largely due
to his ambition to own country estate
in England. Otherwise he would never
have agreed to meet Longboat. the In
dian, In race over the Marathon
course, which is little more than
twenty-sIx miles.
Will Race Three Men.
Shruob has never run that far, though
he has won a. twenty miles JUST as ~
starter, however. he IF going to run
The evening world., 1909-01-08

SHRUBB TELLS HOW
HE OU|TRAN HORSES
IN ZEN MILE RACE

20 me" No snId. "as II Dolly Bay was
looking for more appearance money.
AnotAer reason they offered was that
Dolly Bay was an amateur and would
ruin his professional standing BY ap-
pem'ns against ne. You know they
don't allow athletes In England to &C.
cop. Expenses, but under the law In
Canada pr Hicks vas allowed to pay
Dolly Bays board Seeing that T
rou!dn', get a chance rt the lame horse.
! finally agreed to let taem substitute
Rifle Ball. tie was likely looking
brute AMI ! knew that he would give
me hard race
Horse Won the Race.
Rifle BAH WAS htched to buggy,
but under the rules the driver was not
allowed to strike him with the whip.
with these things thoroughly under
stood We started | let Rifle Ball set
the pace for five or SIX miles and then
tried TO outsprIn, him but The horse
seemed 10 realize that | was running
against him and broke into ga!op
which quickly took him past me. He
was trnS little bit at the finish, but
some Fellow hung up "A bunch OF oats at
the Judges stand and the brute made
a dinner bell sprint and managed to
beat me by thirty yards. was very
anxious to win that race. as the horse
championship would have brought me
u some money. As 1t was, the poor
horSr got nothing ont Of It Mt all"
oH' yes, explained Mr Shrubb. II
c9ul" make a good living II had TO
give up racing, | can work at three
'iadeS-oarpenter running a cigar store
or acting as hotel clerk"
. TIE wiry little Eusl,shman explained
mat h." was working as a carpenter
when he discovered that he could rim
III those DAYS the bows Of Sussex had
cross'cpuntry runs at nIght twice a
week
lust for n lark one night" he said.
entered the race and discovered thar
could beat any of them | could run
ilNe miles without firing Later found
I'M. ! ,ou,i run ten just as we'll"
ShFUhD became a professional four
years ago because he was suspended by
IN" amateur authorities in England for
accepting a steamship ticket from Lon
don " Canada
The evening world., 1909-01-08
Thirty-fve of Best Amateurs
in the World Will Start
in the Race.
IuYHO'S the favorlte?
VIZ "bo,'u .ha 1Ijs .

vv1HO'S the favorlte7
w What's the odds?
" In athletic circles these are the
two big questions OF the day with to-
nights amateur Marathon race al the
Garden IN view. In other words the
Marathon Is going to be a bt; betting
event aside from anything else. The
A. y. u. and its Registration Commit
tee. with It's ObertubAessIny sense Of
righteousness may forbid athletes ac-
ceptlng money for their services, but 1t
cant prohibit betting on the result Of
to.nIghts race Even the law that
knocked out race track betting will be
imperative in this case, although its
provisions are intended to cover all
kinds OK wagering.
Since mara'honing became craze
herea bouts betting on the results las
become common In the Thanksgiving
Day Marathon at Yonkers al leas; four
books were made on the result; Nor
rissey, the idol OF Yonkers, was to .
tavorL;e In this race y lot OF money
was bet on him az these odds, but Nor
rissey lost. He ran like some OF the
The evening world., 1909-01-08
PoWefs Wbllant
Over Victory in
Baseball Fight

~AT POWERS President Of the
- Eastern League and until We'd
1 nesday also President Of the Ma
tions Association. says ne Ia we'll
pleased with the treatment the Eastern
Leag29 and American Association re.
ce.ved at the hands Of the National
Commission at Cincinnati! this week.
We got all We wanted from the
Commission and a little more, toe" said
Powers we were not anxious 10 with.
draw from the National Association,
and II We mad been forced 20 would
have fought Tor representation on the
National Commission. However. John.
son. Pulliam and Hermann made our
way clear The only thing 70 be settled
now is the point about allowing Class
\ A leagues to draft territory. think
this concession Will be given Us"
The Eastern League will play a "a.
game s2hedUle In 1919, the season open.
Ing on April H. The schedule lie
heightened n order - make !, the same
as the American Association and az the
end 90 the season a pOst-selson series
ot games Will he played between the
anpiorshlp teams Of both organiaa.
tons
The evening world., 1909-01-08
AMERICAN A. c.
MEET WILL BE A BIG ONE.

Seventeen events will be decided at
the monster indoor athletic carnival Of
the Irlsh-Amerlran A. e. az Madison
Square Garden on Feb ., ana already
all OF the athletes In tho Metropolitan
4 strict and many from out OF town
are training for the events The
l. A. A, c. has secured a special sane
ton from the A. 4. u, and In many
@! the events tie 3-iZes will far exceed
the regulation value. in the tou..~i,e
run the value Of the prizes VII exceed
any ever hung up hy cub In this
city. The winner will receive a diamond
ring, the second man will get a gold
stop watch, VII lie the third ard fourth
men VIII be given gold watches
The evening world., 1909-01-08
100000 offer
for )eMies
and Johnson

RENO, New, Jan. S.-AcCording
to despatch from Mazuma,
mining camp in the centre OF the
State, syndicate OF sporting men
and wealthy miners last night or.
gani2ed an athletic club for the
purpose OF pulling off fights there.
The first thing they did after elect
ing officers was to offer a purse Of
$4,000 for a finish fight between
Jack Johnson and jim Ieffries for
the heavyweight championship of
The world II tn" men accept the
offer the battle viii be decided
within the next six months. The
proposition has been wired to JEFF
fries, at Los Angeles. Cal, and also
cabled to Johnson, in Australia.
The evening world., 1909-01-08
Big Crowd Will Be on Hand
to Root for Their
FavoriteS.

Henry Rus;. Mot, Haven A. c.. and
John l. Taylor, OF Princeton.
The prizes Tor the race are without
doubt the handsomest ever offered for
any amateur athletic event. There are
large silver cups for the ars; six men
10 finish and medals for the mex; ten.
An innovation in the manner OF scor-
Ing such a race will be introduced so
hat a. a glance the spectators can tell
who are the first six men, and the lea der
will oe supplied with red aandker.
CHIEF which No will carry n his ~igh.
hand. This Is 10 be ,urr.rl over 20 the
man who takes UP the running a, any
stage OF ,hs contest.
The evening world., 1909-01-08
NELSON AND MURPHY FIGHT
FIERCE 12.ROUND DRAW.
,spe:.A. TO Tn. Evening World.

LAW RENEE, Mass. Jan. s.-Edd.e
Murphy, OF South Boston. and Dick
Nelson. OF New York, went twelve
rounds to II draw az the Unity Club las,
night In the last two rounds there
was the livel!est sort o. boxing
Nelson was the aggressor throughout
In the first hat he rad a shade the
better Of Il. Murphy's attitude lndlcat-
!ng Il willingness TO wait for an open
Ing.
The evening world., 1909-01-08
"DUSKY SAM" AND
"SHIFN JOE" ON
TRAIL OF JACK"
Langford and Jeanette to Await
Johnson's Arrival IN Paris to
Force Him to Battle
for the Title.

TACK JOHNSON, the new bog!e
man OF the prize ring, will be
J up against 4 strenuous question
OF his own color before he lands
back on his native heath Joe
Jeanette has landed IN Paris to dis
pose Of Sam AGVey and prepare for
Johnson's approach, and the mimi
table Sambo Langford Is taking pas.
sage for England to settle little
argument with Artha. Jack and Joe
and Sam have had various en-
counters, and Il would take an East
Orange mathematician to figure out
which OF the dusky warriors has
come out on top. Whenever the
market has been dull they have got
ten together and given themselves u
=. confding public getting 1t where It
laugh they have had at the expense
The evening world., 1909-01-08

Before sailing away Joe Jeanette
who. II anything. is the squarest of the
trio, declared that he had never framed
fight in his life. Il have been accused
OF fixing 1t with both Johnson and
lRngford, but | never did and never
will" said Joe. But m tell you one
thing, and that Is this: can beat Jack
johnson. There may be men who can
beat me. but know ! can beat john
son, l was robbed the last time | met
him. can take all he can give me.
but l know | can make him stop final
ly."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-24
CUPID FAVORS
PROHIBITION
BUT NOT BY FEDERAL ACT
Believes That if 1t Comes, 1t
Should Be by Law Enacted
by the Legislature.

4 am decidedly opposed to federal
prohibition of the liquor trade said
Delegate Kuhio yesterday. 81 believe
that the enactment by congress of a
prohibition act for Hawaii would be
tantam0unt to an advertisement that
we are not capable of self-government
and that congress had been obliged to
take the matter out of our hands and
pass law to protect US because we
could not protect ourselves.
Il do not wish to be understood as
being opposed to a prohibition law, if
it is enacted by our local legislature.
If such a bill comes before the legisIa-
ture, | will support it heartily, for the
good of my own people.
Personally, | am not in favor of
prohibition. What l would like to see
Is limitation of the number of saloons,
such as we used to have under the
monarchy. l believe that the best thing
would be to have five or six good
saloons, for | do not believe that under
those conditions there would be the
drinking among the Hawaiians that
there is now Under the monarchy
when we had only a few saloons, and
those good ones. The Hawaiians did
not patronize them. They didn t hand
you one bottle over the bar and me
another.
"But the Hawaiians do patronize the
low groggeries such as we have now
down toward Palama, and they drink
the vile stuff that is sold over those
bars.
1.-The Hawaiian, unfortunately, does
not drink for the taste of the liquor.
He drinks to get drunk, and the liquor
that will make him drunk soonest is the
liquor he wants. If he can get drunk
on one drink, he is satisfied, and he
Will drink anything that will produce
that effect. That is why | should like
to see the cheap saloons closed up
not because l AM temperance crank
myself, but for the good of my own
people.
eff a prohibition bill is introduced
in the legislature, I viii support it and
work for it-not because | believe III
prohibition myself, but for the good
of my people. | would rather see a
limitation of the number of saloons, but
if we can not have that, am in favor
of prohibition.
"But | distinctly am not in favor
of prohibition by act of congress and
I viii do all / can to defeat the passage
of any such law.
Governor Frear, / understand,
agrees with me on that We had talk
on the subject before he left for Wash
ington and he asked me what was my
position on the subject. / stated it as
/ have told you, and he told me he
thought that l was right. He said he
thought the people of this Territory are
entirely able to handle the problem
themselves without any action by con-
gress.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-24
PUT THEM OFF
IN MIDOCEAN
DISPOSED OF THE ST0WAWAYS
lurline Hands Over Two to the
Hilonian, Which She Called
by Her Wireless.
DISPOSED OF THE STOWAWAYS

While the steamships Lurline and
Hilonian of the Matson Navigation Com.
pany were in midocean, a thousand
miles from Honolulu, the former on
the way to San Francisco and the lat
ter en- route to this port, two stowaways
on the Lurline were transferred to the
Honolulu-bound boat.
When the Lurline was a day or two
out from Honolulu the stowaways were
discovered. The captain dfdn t want
them aboard and decided to take the
first and best opportunity of getting
them back to the Islands. He sent a
wireless message out into the Pacific
addressed to the captain of the Hilo-
MAN. The message futtered through
the air and settled upon the receiving
wire of the Hilonian. The message told
Captain Frederickson that two undesir-
able passengers were on the Lurline
and he wanted to get rid of them.
Would the Hilonian come along the
route of the Lurline? So by wireless
the two captains ascertained the routes
of each ship and during last Friday the
two steamers came close enough to-
gether to permit of boat being launch
ed from the Lurline carrying the two
deadheads. They were put aboard the
Continued from Page Two.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-24
MAY BUY LANAI
FROM ". c. IRWIN
PRICE MENTIONED is S35O,OOO
Hui Plans Purchase of Island for
Establishment of Cotton
Plantation.
PRICE MENTIONED is s350,oOO

The basin of Kaiawai, on the Island
OF Lanai, comprising about 10000 acres
of the best agricultural land on the
island, IS to be turned into a huge cot
ton plantation, if the plans now under
way are carried through and the OPP
ton on the entire island. held by !.
I. McCrosson, Francis Gay, Aubrey
Robinson and Frank Thompson. is
taken up. Whether or not the option
Will be taken up depends upon the
conclusion reached by the persons
named, after an investigation of La.
mai which they have just concluded in
company with Doctor Wilcox, the cot
ION expert
The negotiations for the purchase OF
the Island of Lanai from W. &. Irwin
were begun in San Francisco recently
and an option was given, the exact
figures of which were not made public
but which are understood to be $35,
600. The price at which Irwin offer,
to sell Lanai is said to be S350.000.
Continued on Page Five)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-24
Just Five Days Late.

Max Schlemmer lost the crown to the
"Kingdom of Laysan and Lysianski
islands by less then a week. This de-
veloped in letter received yesterday
by Acting Governor E. A. Mott-Smith
from Secretary of the Interior Balm
ger.
This is the official notice to the terri
torial government that King Max has
been dethroned and Balhnger gives
briefly the reasons why the federal gov
eminent has considered the lease in
valid.
Chief among these is the fact that
on February 3, 1905, the United States
resolved the islands, formerly part
of Honolulu county stringing ont in an
archipelago northwest of Kauai, into
a bird reservation.
The lease to the islands awarded
Schlemmer was signed on February s,
five days after the federal government
took them over. Consequently King
Max was five days behind the time.
Continued on Page Four.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-24
PRATT GIVEN
ANOTHER CHANCE.
THINK He WAS BLAMELESS
If Next Inspection of Postoffice
Shows Improvement, He
Will Be Kept On.
THINK He WAS BLAMELESS
BY Ernest G.. Walker.
(Mail Special to the Advertiser.)

WASHINGTON, November lit
will be several months before the case
of Postmaster Pratt, at Honolulu, has
been disposed of, according to present
plans, but as intimated in a recent
cablegram to The Advertiser, Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock contemplated Mr..
Pratt s reappointment. The postmaster
general feels that the Honolulu postmas-
ter has been the victim of untoward
circumstances, that he has had many
difficulties in getting good assistance
for the money that the government al
lows and that the inspection of the
Office some months ago should not be
taken as conclusive of conditions or of
the character of Postmaster Pratt s ad-
ministration.
Therefore it is proposed that matters
shall run along for several months yet
and then that there shall be another
inspection of the Office. Unless that
inspection is very unsatisfactory, there
seems little doubt that Postmaster Pratt
will then be commissioned for another
four years.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-24

Splendid New Institution Will
Commence Its Work on
Thanksgiving Day.

At meeting of those interested in
the Kauikealani Children s Hospital
held yesterday in the chambers of
Judge Dole, in the Judiciary building,
the final plans were completed for the
formal opening of that institution to-
morrow. 1t win be a great day for
the people who have worked SO earnestly
and for those whose money and initia
tion have led to the completion of one
of Honolulu 5 most splendid institu-
tions.
Provision has been made to have in
the lower story of the main building
a Sunbeam Bed so named in honor
of the sunbeam class, the famous little
Sunday school organization Of Central
Union church. This class has donated
5000 to the general endowment fund
and in this manner the directors of
the hospital have reciprocated.
The exercises at the hospital viii
commence at three clock in the after
noon.
Arrangements have been made to
have \, 5. Wilcox speak to the guests.
1t Is he who Is the soul Of the under
taking, the hospital being built partly
from the 500, 900 he donated for the
purpose. Other speakers will be Judge
Sanford B. Dole. president Of the hos
pitaI directors, and DR.. C. B. Wood.
Visitors viii be shown over the hos
pital and grounds and although the
building is not quite ready for patients,
it waits but the finishing touches and
will give a perfect conception of what
has been provided for the sick amongst
the children. The hospital itself is stu
ated at the corner Of Kuakini road and
a little beyond the home of 2. C. Jones.
The refreshment committee have pro-
vided for q thousand visitors.
One of the most earnest workers for
the hospital has been Mrs. E. r. Stack
able, who has picked out the entire
Continued from Page Two.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-24
To INVESTIGATE
CHE-FA WILLIE
The Public Inquisitors Want to
Know About That $40
Transaction.

Willie Crawford is to be investigated
by the grand jury again. Willie has
been investigated by grand juries and
other inquisitOrial and inquisitive
bodies before and ought to be fairly
well used to it by this time But it is
not probable that he likes It much bet
ter now than he did when he was in
vestigated the first time, although per-
haps, on account of being accustomed
to the proceedings, it does not make
him quite as nervous as it used to when
he was younger.
This time Willie is to be investigat-
ed in connection with the charges of
grating that were made against him
some months ago and which separated
him from the payroll of the county
attorneys office and the emoluments
and perquisites connected Herewith.
Willie. it viii be remembered by
those who are interested in Willie's
eheckered career, was charged with hav-
ing accepted bride of $40 on the
promise that the payment of this sum
by a Chinese arrested for selling opium
would result II the clearing of the
celestial of the charge.
Unfortunately for Crawford, some
jealous minded person squealed and
there was pilikia for Willie When the
matter was made public, Willie was sus-
pended from his position as messenger
in the county attorneys Office. pending
an investigation. Since that time no
thing has been heard of the matter.
except when some inquisitive news
paper raised its voice and wanted to
know what was being done along the
investigating line.
But il seems that some Of the mem
bers of the grand jury are inquisitiye
also. They want to know about that
little $40 transaction in which Willie
Is said to have figured, and on their
own initiative some of them have taken
the matter up and have been quietly
Continued on Page Two,)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-24
ACCUSED MEN
IN 4 FINE ROW
Officials sit BY ContentedIy and
Let Supposed SmuggIers
Fight 1t Out.

1t will probably not be long now be-
fore the headwaters of the snug
Cling game suddenly unearthed by the
authorities viii be reached and the
real culprits ca1ght. Today might be
the last day OF liberty for those who
have directed the operation of the sys-
tenn, and then, again, maybe not, but
the officials are hard on their track.
Two more arrests were made yester-
dav. and other clues discovered that
will materially assist in the solving of
the problem These last can not be
made public, but will undoubtedly
cause further arrests today.
Those arrested yesterday were Vim
cent Keumi and All Jim. The last
name is only the Chinese version of
FJohn Doe for when the warrant
was made our IL was not known what
ais real name was The man conduct
ed store on Hotel street, was sup
posed TO be operating blind pig, and
was known as one who had frequently
INDUCED in the smuggling game. This,
however. was not the reason he was
arrested
f. r. Stackable and r. w Breckons
nave adopted a new system of using
the third degree that Is wholly laugh
able and evidently entirely successful.
Three of those arrested the first day
of the proceedings, Kaikai, Kekahuna
and An Fook. were brought together
IN the office of Breckons before him
self and the collector of customs, who
Is the head of the investigation \
few minutes of examination with the
aid of an interpreter suffieed to start
the three accused smugglers serapping
most gloriously. Contradictions ana
hard words were passed freely, and
also the shorter and ugiier,' while
Continued on Page Four!
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-24
WILL WE PAY
MORE IN TAXES?
School Fund Commission Wants
the Taxpayers to Express
Opinions on This.

Are the people of Hawaii willing to
paw an extra tax for the benefit of
the public schools? That is what the
members of the school fund commission
want to know.
The commission has been holding
weekly meetings for the past nine
weeks. At every meeting the commits
sioners see ways in which the schools
of the Territory can be improved; at
each meeting they gather more infor-
nation about the way schools else
where are supported and what the cost
of supporting good schools in other
States and Territories is; at every
meeting they go over the territorial
fiscal scheme to see where the schools
can get more funds without disturbing
the whole financial arrangements. The
members of the commission have come
10 no definite conclusions. but the lean
ing of the board is to a specific tax
for the benefit of the schools. Whether
this tax is to he definite portion of
the taxes raised now by the fixed taxa
ton rate. or whether il is to be in ad-
uItlbu to tue present. Ata'C- - f'i1Ht tAAN.'
have not decided and upon which thee
want some expression of opinion from
the people.
1t is suggested that The Advertiser
invite "letters from the people on
the subject, suggestion this paper
hereby agrees to.
After Yesterdays meeting Of the
commission. che following statement
was drawn up to be made public. It
states the position of the commission
ers so far as they have progressed in
their work. Upon the statement. criti-
cism Is ;uvited. The statement is:
Money for the Schools.
A few weeks ago this commission
authorized a preliminary statement to
the public, in which without taking
any final position regarding the matter
Continued on Page Two)