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The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
Van HaItren Nay Work as
Umpire if He Chooses

If George Van Haltren, the grand old
man of baseball. does not sign up as a
player shortly It is very likely that he
viii get a chance TO show his worth as
an umpire. President Cal Ewing offered
Van a job yesterday afternoon, and the
veteran promised TO think it over. 1t
is his for saying yes" and it looks
as though he viii pronounce the word.
AS a matter OF fact. Van would
rather play bah than act as an umpire.
he has been in the game for so long
that playing ball is a sort of second
nature TO him. Van is rather too good
natured a chap to travel the rocky
path which the umpire must go over,
but there is no telling how well he
might get away with it if he accepts
the billet.
The State league oficials have been
making overtures TO Van since his re-
lease by the Commuters last Sunday
afternoon. but nothing came of these.
II is known that Van can secure a
berth with Oakland, san Francisco. or,
He has been in organized baseball for
so long that he can not see his way
clear 10 get out Of il now, even if he
has to become an umpire TO maintain
his standing.
II boosting by his fellow players
will do any good, then Van should get
whatever he wants. There is not one
of them on the various teams but who
has a good word TO say for the old boy.
It's about the same with the fans, too.
They are all pulling for something good
to fail his way.
Danny Long Will work either Brown
ing or Eastley this afternoon. 1t all
depends which one is feeling the best.
Both pitched wonderful ball against
Los Angeles last week, Eastley winning
the final game
Duny Lewis more than made up for
lost time yesterday. Out of five trips
TO the plate he walloped the ball safely
four times. one Of his hits being a
double, the only long drive of the
game.
Tom Raftery is said to be on his way
TO join the Oakland club, though if he
is the matter is being kept a dead
secret. Ii is known that Manager Bill
Reidy is doing the hest he can to get
hold of Raftery, who. by the way, did
not show quite enough speed to make
good with Cleveland.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
SIOOp Presto for Defender
OF Challenge Cup

The members of the Corinthian yacht
club unof6cially announced yesterday
that the club would defend the San
Francisco perpetual challenge cup with
Commodore Frank Stones sloop Presto
Though the racing machine Corin-
THAN defeated the Presto in last weeks s
tryouts. it was by such small margin
that the officials of the club thought
it would be more TO their advantage
TO defend with the Presto, which can
be handled with much more ease, and
would prevent the adverse criticism
that the Corinthian has always been
subject to-
The Presto viii probably receive in
the neighborhood of 10 minutes hand
leap over the southern challenger. the
Mah-pe. Commodore Frank Stone will
be at the wheel of his speedy craft
and viii be assisted by q crew COM
posed of Dave Dean, Jack Short, Fred
Schoeber and Ed Van Bergen.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
LatOnia Races

LATONIA, June e.-First rsee. four and a
half turlongs-zephyr, 10 /. won; John Nc
Clure. IS 10 3. second; Woolcosts, to 1, third.
Tine IS 2-5
Second race. one and three-sixteenths miles
Ed Kane 10 ]. woz; Maid Militant. 3 10 .
second. EiyEium. 50 70 / third. Tine. 2:05 S-5-
Third race, six furlongS-Chsrlie Eastman. :
70 10, won: Enfield. 70 3, second; Console. Is
70 Z. third Tine. 1-l6 2-5.
Fourth race. handicap. one and sixteenth
niles-Alice. p 70 > won Cvmbsl. 8 10 /
second; The Minks. 10 ,. third. Time. :4e Is.
Fifth race. six furlo8gs-B -Bossertsn. Il 10 5.
Won: Billy Bodemer. n J. second Woodlands
- 70 J. third. Tine. I:I7 Is
Sixth rsoe. one mIle-Ggpsy King. 70 3.
IS 10 ], third. Time. ! 45.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10

Heather Wins Power Boat
Race to Bermuda

HAMILTON. Bermuda. June All
of the power boats in the race from
Gravesend bay to this port reached
here today. Richmond Levering's
Heather. the scratch boat in the con-
test, was first to cross the finish line
off st. Davids head This was at 1870
q. M, and she was far enough in adj
vance of the others TO overcome their
time allowances. thereby winning the
Bermuda challenge cup and the prize
of 81 goo.
The winner covered the course in
about 81 hours. Rough weather was
encountered throughout the entire trip.
RogersN of Cape May was second to
reach port, arriving at l o'clock.
The Ilys. owned by j. G. n Whita-
ker of the Yachtsmen's club, and the
lnsep. owned by W. c. Proctor of Shell
ten island, crossed the line at 4:20
and Sis, respectively.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
Victoria Races

VICTORIA. g. c., June e-The -
suits Of the fourth DAYS racing at the
Country club meet today We're:
First race, four and 4 half fuTlongs-J. H
Barr won. Quality Street second. Cinnamon
Ihird- Tine. -57 SIS.
Second rsce. six furlengs-Merchsnt III won.
r. z. Flsberty second. Reene " third Tine,
l.lS
Thfrd race six furIongs-NetlskatIs won. Sel-
lie Racine second, Dandy Pine third. Tine.
l-1T s-5.
% Fourth race. six furlongs-Bsrney Oldfeld
won- Roslto second, Belle Of Ircquois third
Tine 1-i6.
Fourth race one snd sixteenth miies-Afst-
re Mack won. Dave Weber second General
EsIer third. Tine. 1-5l IL
sixth race. SIX furlongs- Emma q won. Red
wood II second. Maud MEG third. Time, III.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
TAFT BEATEN IN GOLF GAME

WASHINGTON. June 9.-After sue
cession of recent golf victories, Presi-
dent Taft today went down to defeat.
On greens which were heavy and rather
slow because Of recent rains the presi
dent and General Clarence B. Edwa rds
lost by 1 UP to Senator Bourne of Ore
gon and John Hays Hammond. The
game was played on the Chevy Chase
links.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
SUNDAY scHooL LEAGUE MEErING

The regular quarterly meeting of the
Protestant Sunday school athletic
league of this city viii be held this
evening at Trinity Episcopal church at
Bush and Cough streets. Each local
Sunday school is entitled to two dele
gates. Many matters of Importance will
be brought up and the report of the
recent games viii be heard.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10

Birth. marriage and death notices sent by mail
viii not be inserted They must be handed in az
either Of the publication Offices and be indorsed
with the name snd residence Of persons author
ize6 70 have the same publisheds Notices re-
strlcusd simply 70 the announcement Of the event
are published once IN this column free OF charge.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
Notable Deaths

FRANK I. DAVIS. TEcoMA's ENGINEER.
Tacoma. June 9.-Fr9nk /. Davis. city en-
eineer. died about noon today. aged 80 years.
He was s graduate Of simpson college ln-
disnols. Ia, snd took q past graduate course
IT the University 4 Kansas al Lawrence. he
came 70 Tacoma - years ago
LAZARUS gILvERKAN-Chfcsg 20. June g.
Iszsrus SiIvermsn 2 pioneer banker and hBsn-
cier Of Chicago who is credited with orig
mating rhe plan for the resumption Of specie
payments in 1873. known The Sherman bill,
died today. aged g years
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
sroLEN KISS WINS sTAkE

BEVERLEY. Eng. June 9.-The
Bishop Burton stake of five sovereigns.
with 500 sovereigns added, for year
olds, distance five furlongs, was won
by stolen Kiss. August Belmont's
BoUdoir was second and Quick Stitch
third. Eight horses ran.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
YACHT ALICE NJ DAMAGED

BERkELEY, June 9.-Commodore
George Keene's Alice NJ the flagship
Of the California yacht club. broke
from her moorings at Brooks island
yesterday morning and drifted to Siege
where she lost mast by pounding
against the wharf.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
DEATHS

BosTWIcK-In Oakland. Cal. June 2. 1909
Emma c. BoefUick. belored mother Of Charles
Bastwfck native u New York, aged IS
yesrs months and p dsys-
EUTLER-In this city. June :. 1903. Alfred.
beloved husband ~ Mary Butler and loving
fsther ~ John Emma and william Butler
siBs Sarah Wyatt and Mrs. Minnie Foster. a
1tTe of Maine, aged - years ! month ana
- dsrs.
Friends and scqusintsnces are respectfully
'inrlted n attend the funeral services tomor-
row friday. June IL 1909. at ! o'clock
r. m. al the funeral chapel of Charles
Fl. J. Truman, 1911 Mission street between
S4teenth and Sixteenth. Interment Mount
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10

WILSOS-HARMoN-In this city. June s. 1909
~ rhe Rev. !. G MeserFe. D. d. pastor
~ Plymouth church. Horace :. Wilson Of Los
Angeles and Msybelle L. Harmon of san Fran
cisco.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
TWO PLAYERS RELEASED

SAN JOSE. June 9.-Pitcher TrinDet,
formerly OF Hutchinson. kan and
Catcher Bob Eager. formerly with Los
Angeles. were released by the local
state league club last night
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
BIRTHS
MARRIAGES

PHmLIPS-In this CITY Mar 26. 1909 TO Il
wife Of Loring K Phillips ? daughter.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30
A WELCOME MISSIONARY

Rev. Chas. Dole is of that type of
men whom It would pay Hawaii well
to substitute in order to retain per-
manently as missionaries. For he is
one whose opinions would not be
swayed by the subsidy. He would
make the religious more nearly re-
ligious and bring the irreligious into
the fold where every man belongs.
II is a particular pleasure in this
land to listen to a public speaker
from the pulpit who dares to say that
there n another side to any OF the
great problems that face this commu-
nifty and mankind in general. II is
great and good thing for the peo-
| pie to hear tolerance voiced without
crifice of either principle or high
,Jndards. II makes for better man
hood and womanhood to have a man
OF culture and experience tell the ex-
cessively good" man that he has TO
take care that he does not forget
himself and do as much or more harm
than the radical bad" man. II is
pleasure to hear the gospel of in
telligent leadership as opposed to the
whip of arbitrary, intolerant, alleg-
eddy moral driver. The former gains
results; the latter arouses mems COM
bativeness.
II the eminent publicist has some
curious ideas about the peace Of the
world, we may at least join with him
in the hope-while still retaining
our Navy-that same day the world
will see a great victory for his doc
trine as the browning event OF the
little victories 1t is gaining from
! time to time.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30
CHASING THE DEMON RUN.

This liquor problem is surely a
veXing one, and the self-styled tenn
perance workers do not improve 1t
In the slightest.
First we find objection made to al
lowing an appeal from liquor COM
mission TO court OF justice, because
the wheels of justice move so slowly
that the delays would be intermi-
nable.".
Next protest is raised against re-
F, ducing the expense Of government
and allowing the sheriffs to act In
the main as agents OF the liquor COM
missions, because the sheriffs and
their deputies ARE not to be relied
on"
Instead of striving to correct the
evil of courts delays that involve
matters OF far more import than the
liquor question, the so-called reform
ers spend all their time whipping the
Devil around the bush and raising a
lot of dust in chasing the demon rum
down a slde-alley!
Rather than spend the time they
should in attending to their civic
duty so that the sheriff and his dep
uties shall be men who will do their
full duty in looking after the illegal
liquor business and any other Illegal
traffic, they raise more dust and go
10 more expense TO secure what they
term a full-nedged. reputable officer
for a special line of duty
The people can elect just as re-
liable sherihs and deputy sherifis as
there are liquor commission inspect
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30
EDUCATION AND WORK

Editor Evening Bulletin
One of the speakers at the late teach
ers' meeting before the Legislative com
mittee on education expressed fear
that education led away from work
and from parental control, instancing
the young Portuguese in Hawaii as an
example. This is a strange cry at the
beginning of the goth century. 1t is
medieval, and the cry of the privileged
classes.
Governor Berkeley, the stout old Co.
lonial. aristocratlc governor of Virgin.
ia. thanked God that there were no
newspapers nor public schools in his
colony. When asked for his infu
ence in behalf of churches and schools
his answer was: - you, what do
you want with churches and schools?'
- you, plant tobacco"
1t may be pointed out to those good
rhilanthropists that has a disinterested
fear of injuring the young by educat.
ing them, that those nations, the
masses of whose people are the best
educated. are by far the most indus
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30

posed the shortage of a county official
to the board of commissioners, hut
though no arrests were made the
scandal attracted wide attention. and
was threatened with personal vi.
olence for my activity.
while | was on the range rode
seven miles every Sunday to recite
Latin to the steward at Fort Larned
where several companies of soldiers
were stationed. was grateful for
this assistance and also for the inter.
est taken In me by minister, who
lived three miles or more from our
ranch, and who was willing to impart
to me his smattcring of Greek. My
ambition was to go to college as soon
as ] could and | spent three years
at the state university of Kansas and
at Washington college at To eka."
While ut Washington young Ealing
er met Senator John j. ingalls,. who
advised him to take course at viii
liams college. He followed the advice.
and graduated with the class of 1884,
of which young Garfield was mem
Der.
For two years following his grad.
uation Ballinger studied In the law
office of s. Corning Judd, prominent
Chicago attorney. and then he went
to Kankakee. ILL.,, where he became
city attorney. Later he was city at.
torney at Decatur, Ala, after which
he went to the state of Washington.
He was for four years on the super.
Tor bench of Jefferson county, resid.
Ing in Port Townsend, after which he
went to Seattle. His term as mayor
extended over period of two years,
and at its conclusion he was prevailed
upon, reluctantly because of his pri.
vate interests, to take charge of the
reorganization of the general land
Office.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30
LOS ANGELES CHANGING MAYORS

Reform is marking a devious path
way in Los Angeles but the people
are pegglng away and should land"
somewhere soon"
George Alexander. the lately elect
ed Mayor of reform" forces. was the
candidate of L. T. Earl of the Los
Angeles Express, and the City Club.
At the time the recall was invoked
against Mayor Harper, he was
sprung as Earls candidate for the
Mayoralty.
As a member of the last Board of
Supervisors, Alexander was hand in
glove with Supervisor Patterson and,
though he never took an active
stand publicly, he was always con-
sldered one of the safe" Supervisors
and one of the so-called "solid
three"
No charges of crookedness have
ever been made against Alexander.
On the other hand, he has never been
conspicuous in any reform" move
ment heretofore. He has always
been classified with the Profession
al politicians"
Harper, whose resignation under
fire has left room for Alexander's
election, is one of the foremost bust
ness men of the Angel City, and his
election was hailed with glee by the
supporters OF a business mems ad-
ministration.
Early in his administration, Har-
per was accused of protecting the
tenderloin, though. no definite
charges were ever made openly. The
first trouble came. when he tried to
remove City Attorney Woolwlne,
whom he had appointed office. Wool
wine started his crusade by prose-
cutting the fashionable clubs of Los
Angeles for selling liquor without
saloon licenses. Harper ordered him
to stop, and he threatened His Honor
with prosecution for grating.
From then on things We're lively
in Los Angeles, until. under threats
of exposure, Harper resigned and
left the city w. d. Stephens, q
leading capitalist of the South, was
elected by the City Council to hll
the vacancy until a public election
could be called.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30

trious, /. e. produce the most wealth.
are the most highly civilized.
No one would, for moment, accuse
the Danes, Swedes or Norweglans of
being afraid of work--any kind of
work, with head or hand when 1t
pays" The most highly educated
Germans are willing to turn their
hands to any kind of job by which they
may earn an honest living; and when
they finish their days work, they arc
so trained that they can and do enjoy
the rational and refining influence of
literature, poetry, music and art. Are
Americans idle? II has been re.
proach to them by their European crit
les that they do nothing but work
wear themselves out at work to pile up
more dollars.
No, Mr.. Editor, II is besodden ignor.
ance that is idle. Education induces
more wants, and the more the legiti.
mate wants one has the harder will he
work to satisfy them.
ECONOMIST"
Honolulu, March 80, '09.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30
SECY. BALLINGER
ONCE COWBOY
Interesting Career In
Rough Life OF
Plains

Biographies have been published,
and stories have been told of Richard
A. Ballinger, former commissioner of
the general land Office and former
mayor of Seattle, who is now secre.
tary of the interior, but not one Of
these accounts tells Of Judge Balling.
er's life as a cowboy upon the plains
of Southwestern Kansas 80 years ago.
Three years he spent in the saddle,
herding droyes of cattle across the
range, and to this day re recounts in.
teresting experiences that his fellow
cabinet officers will doubtless call up.
on him to repeat. On one occasion
he was almost killed by the hoofs of
an unrully broncho.
During these years he studied the
classic languages, riding many miles
across the plains each week to recite
his lessons, and by his own efforts he
prepared himself for college, where
he was classmate of James Il. Gar
field, who. quarter of a century later,
made him general land commissioner,
anu "hoSt sSat hS wiz Ndhe III tlit
cabinet room.
This interesting episode of the
frontier in Judge Ballinger's life is
best told in his own words-and he
remembers most distinctly the Incl
dents of his cowboy days.
When | was 10 years old--in 1873
my father moved from Virden, Ill,
to Larned, Kan, and as that was In
the center of the cattle country. soon
was cowboy" Judge Ballinger re-
lates:
MY father took up soldiers home
stead-he had served through the civil
war, emerging as colonel In the Sd
Illinois cavalry.
ION one occasion | was compelled
to take ride of rs miles alone across
the plains to Larned and II was neces-
sary for me to spend the night on
Rattlesnake creek, which was very
properly named, Before ! could go to
sleep | had killed three rattlers. each
one after hard fight, and a hungry
coyote stood a few yards away long.
inSly gazing in my dircction--but he
finally skunk on without moloet'ng
me. ] was 80 miles from any habitw
ton.
MY most memorable experience as
knight of the plains came when n
wild horse got the better of me. That
was at Spring creek. | wanted anoth.
laI hos H..
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30
SCHOOLS AGAIN

Editor Evening Bul etin:
Have we not great lot of lawmakers
in this Territory? Why, at the way
they do mix things up! For some
they add s25 per month to their pay
to sit and do little knocking at the
Mayor. But others who keep young
sters of the streets all day and are
trying to make something good out
of them, why, sir, they ask them to
do that for Love! Sir, can you
knock anything into these gentle
men? Which IL to be filled. the
school or the Jail? Why gents, this
is the best yet Please fill the schools
and make good men out of your sons,
IL you have any.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30
MARCH 80, 1903

ors appointed. There is no doubt of
that. Some of them, however, prefer
to scorn politics and then sit back in
their comfortable chairs and disgrace
themselves and their country by
their comment offered in the name
of criticism.
The Legislature might properly
say to the people of the Counties, "If
YOU have not sufficient common sense
or public spirit to elect first-class
men to Office, you should pay the
full penalty of experience. Then you
may wake up to your duty"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30

II seems to please some OF the peo-
pie Of this city that the National
Reform" Association OF the main
land should attempt to place the lIa-
waiians on the same plane with the
Indians. Naturally enough, the
pleasure comes from the source that
has done its utmost to discredit the
Hawalians, call them weak aborig-
ines, and urge them to go to the Chi
naman for their education.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30
Section Director. weather Bureau

Another side of the question. nau-
seous and rcpulsivc. was the craving
ON the part of those people who were
called - he detested the word 49,
smart people," TO have their names
appear in the papers as having been
at particular gathering. or to have
worn a particular dress. or to have
taken particular excursion, or TO
have dined at particular restaur-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30

Now Alexander has been elected
and the question is being raised as
to just where the reform is to come
in.
And since Harper, the business
mans Mayor, has made such poor
showing. the query naturally arises
whether business integrity is all that
many try to make 1t appear.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30
HONOLULU WEATHER
Tuesday, March 30


Temperatures-6 a. M. 62, 8 a. m,
6s; 10 a. m, "A; noon, &c; morning
minimum, Go.
Barometer, a. M, 30.f1; absolute
humidity, s a. m. j.35S grains per
cubic foot; relative humidity..S a. m,
50 per cent; dew point. s a. m, GO.
Winds a m, velocity 4, direction
N. E.; s a. M, velocity 5, direction n.
E.; 10 a. M. velocity ~, direction t.:
noon. velocity 10, direction N. T..
Rainfall during "a hours ended s a.
M, .05 inch.
Total wind movement during "a
hours ended at noon, 176 miles.
VIM. b. SToCKMAN.
Section Director. Weather Bureau
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30

Consider that the Evenin
bulletin is read by daylight and
lamplight, in the street and in the
home, by the men and the women, as
n chronicle and as an adviser. There
fore the business making an appeal
TO public patronage needs It,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30

Members of the Legislature who
object to receiving petitions from
the citizens of this Territory will do
well to sing low. The citizens OF
this Territory do not want such men
to represent them Tor more than one
experimental term.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30

Having pleaded guilty to having
acquired 100000 acres of public
land by fraud and paid fine of
100000, the question now is whc-
Their the Utah Goa, Company will
sooner or later get the land.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30

by Lord Guthrie's decision in the
Stirling divorce case in Edinburgh,
Mrs. Stirling is allowed the expenses
of the suit and Lord Northland is
ordered to pay the cost of her hus-
bands action.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30

when the House wants a few
rounds OF side-play, II turns Repre-
sentative Kaniho loose. But that
should not operate to knock out
such an important item ms Adiutant
General of the National Guard.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30

The Senate of the Territory of Ha-
wall Is to be congratulated in its
refusal to take part In the scheme
OF drawing a line between Hawaii
and the mainland, and clubbing the
one on the other side "carpetbag-
ger"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-30

The American merchant marine
will not perish from the face of the
waters. Meanwhile the citizen Of
Hawaii who stands for better pas
senger transportation will throw his
influence to help the lines that con-
slider the passengers.