The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1900, Page 6

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1900. The Sabese Call. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. a‘ions to W. S, LEAKE, Manager bddress Al Comm MANAGER'S OFIIC] PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 201. EDITORIAL ROOMS....217 to 221 Stevensom St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carrlers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail. Inc LI (including bacriptions. Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. ge of address should be OLD ADDRESS in order ance with their request. AND OAKLANDG OFFICE ..1118 Broadway £ Menager Foreign Advert NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: SMITH.. .30 Tribune B CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: ermar Hovse; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel t House: Auditortum Hotel. &n NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldor?-Ast Hotel; A. Brentano, 51 Murra i Union Square , Correspondent Hote! Montgomery. corner of Clay. open pen until 16 o'clock. 2261 Market, 9 o'clock. 109 Valencia e e AMUSEMENTS. From Cht n and Eddy streets—Spectalties, sater—Vaudeville every afternoon anl AUCTION SALES. June 13, at U ¢'clock, Fire . June 14, &t 11 o'clogk, a duty Upon ligation ent part in i te and their nation. ted, if evils are to be reme- ng of politics a profession of rn of power corruptly used, ght about by men who have st upon it in others. s, men of decency and self substantial interest in’ the fu- f that interest be no more than n modest home and the reward of y bound to take into their own soiled fi gers of blacklegs and San Francisco. ion, but it should be the ble citizen. The very pation in political affair is city was the time more lue any interest they may possess to seek » preserve it. We have learned the stern lesson of | nic Board of Health. We have seen the evil wrought by political physicians to trade and indus- e seen the name of the city heralded roach. We have suffered the shame in our Police Department, and only by agitation have escaped from domination of blackmailing scoundrels raised to eminence by scheming, criminal politicians. We see the polluting influence of saloon politicians in our schools, where favorites reign, where merit is 1 ed, extravagance runs riot and ken proprietors of drunkards’ resorts the We know the distress have followed in the wake of squan- nds. We have upon us yet the dark- ness of unlighted strects and the menace of midnight thieves. We see the discrimination of police admin- istration of saloons closed and dives wide open, with- out license, in the very heart of the city and upon its leading thoroughfare. We know all this 2nd know it to be the reign of the professional politician. And we know also the remedy which reputable citizens of San Francisco must use or confess themselves criminally responsi- ble for a condition of affairs against which they pro- test. They must perform their dutiés as citizens. y must take part in the political government of city or submit themselves and their interests to the corrupt domination of men who choose conven- ti etes, select nominees, control municipal of- ficers and govern the city from the back rooms of tenderioin saloons. The time was when reputable citizens dare not take part in the primary politics of the city. Thugs, thieves, roustabouts and rounders ruled the primaries nd nominated the governing officers of the city. Bur me has passed. Every citizen has the power to where ke laws. nd danger whic dered public exercise his franchisc and make his influence felt. He | has the influence of numbers. He can with his vote repudiate the professional politician, cut away the un- healthy parasites of politics and give to San Fran- cisco an administration of honesty and efficiency. The time for reputable citizens to act is now, the thod is personal participation in the politics of their e The martial spirit of our local police has asserted " | South American republics which were once her | The thirteenth birthday of the boy King of Spain e evenes.Telephone Press 204 | Was recently celebrated in Paris by an elaborate fi more pressing than now for | EXIT PAN-AMERICANISM. | some American papers it is treated as extraor- | | dinary that signs are abroad of the existence of great cordiality between Spain and the Central and | colonies. unc- tion at the residence of the Spanish Minister. The representative of Spain was assisted at this function { by the Ministers at Paris of Mexico, Chile, Nica- rsgua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Paraguay and the Argentine Republic, in fact every former colony of ain in this hemisphere that maintains a legation at French capital was represented. The anniversary was one incident to the last spark of hope of rejuve- nation of the Spanish monarchy. The future of | Spain as a monarchy depends upon the physical and | mental quality of this hali Austrian lad. No courtesy an more impress Spain than that offered by the dip- | c representatives of her former colonies on such an occasion. { But this matter is not as extraordinary as some | American papers have made it appear.. Those coun- | tries revolted from Spain, but since their independ- | | ence she has in no way sought their injury. She did | t in 1824 upon claiming their people as sub- j d.imp: ing them on the high seas as Eng- land claimed Americans in 1812. The base of the blood all the races from the Rio Grande to the Straits Magellan is Iberian and they have the same right to boast of their Latin blood that we have to get high and mighty over our Anglo-Saxon strain. Even if we treat this demonstration at Paris as an expression of unfriendliness to the United States and cutting the slight bond of Pan-Americanism, there no need surprise at that aspect of it. There is t after the Venezuelan affair the United n high favor throughout South and Cen- The sixty millions of pepple who make | ions of the states on the isthmus and of us seemed to immediately develop 1 patriotism. They considered their and future as independent factors in the pub- d national family of the new world. Inspired | by the example of the United States they forgot Eu- career and the common bond | stions seemed stronger than the ties of P 1 | @ od. i he situation when the Spanish war broke tunately that brief and hardly glorious :companied by an American attack on ce and character. Speeches made in { ou ngress without qualification or exception ascribed the most monstrous qualities to all Span- ! We did not pause for facts. The American heart m ve fired for war and to do so the Spanish ted as a race of ssins, thieves, and dastards. Some of the L subject delivered in our Congress are models of invective and, we must confess, of vitupera- tion race pe cowards on th s denunciation had its effect upon the Spanish | races in Central and South America. If they ad- ed the truth of the awful indictment they would be admitting the taint of their own blood and the moral inferiority of their race. But they did not admit, they | denied, and before a shot had been fired in the war | we had alienated every nation south of the Rio Grande. What followed was not calculated to restore our | lost popularity in that region. We have appeared to ‘ those people as avid of territory, with a new appetite | for conquest and all of the slowly allayed apprehen- | sions excited by the Ostend manifesto have been re- ; newed. To them we stand as the world's leading pro- | ponent of the dgctrine that might makes right and | | this effect has been to dull the asperities that were between themselves, induce a closer union of inter- ests and a fonder feeling for their mother land. This is all in the expectation that the time may come when | they must appeal to the world against us. It is born of the belief that the hundred and sixty millions of | people of the Latin race will have to stand together in some form of alliance to protect their states from | | destruction by the Anglo-Saxon. 5 | The memory of Bolivar and Sucre is no less cher- | ished than formerly and the Latin-Americans are no | | doubt devoted to popular institutions as they have | | them, but this very devotion leads them to profound- | Iy distrust our intentions. The recent declaration of a Methodist bishop that the world would soon come | to be all governed by a committee of four, consisting | of Great Britain, the United States, Germany and | | | | { not be citizens of the same section of the Union. | the South. Since the war the custom has been to | chosen from this side the continent. | in every commercial and industrial | ranks among the foremost on the Pacific Coast, and A PACIFIC COAST CANDIDATE. HE announcement that Irving M. Scott is 2 Tcandidate for the Republican nomination for Vice President will be received with gratifica- tion throughout the Pacific Coast. It is time the claims of this section of the Union should be rec- ognized in the politics of the country. The prece- dents of the past have established it as an unwritten law that the President and the Vice President should Very rarely has the 1ule been violated. Before tha war when the candidate for one of these offices was chosen from the North the other was selected from choose one from the East and the other from the West. Up to this time the people on the Atlantic seaboard have regarded the Mississippi Valley as the West, but now the Pacific Coast has attained so much of wealth and population that the title “The Greater West” is hers, and accordingly candidates who are to represent Western progréss and prestige mast be When first the question of the selection of a can- didafe for the Vice Presidency on the Republican ticket came up for discussion The Call advocated the nomination of a man from the Pacific Coast. At that time The Call had no particular candidate to advance and presented the claims of the Greater West solely on the ground that it is entitled to recognition. It is gratifying to note that the claim has been recog- nized in the East, to the extent at least of giving con- sideration to the candidacy of a Californian. It now | remains for the people of the Greater West to do | what they can to make that candidacy successful. Irving M. Scott is one of the foremost business men of the time. His name and his work are known center of the The warships built in his yards are the most famous that ndw uphold our flag upon the ocean, nor is there any other battleship of any nation whatever now afloat upon the seas so renowned as the Oregon. Great as have been his successes in business Mr. Scott has not devoted his energies solely to industry and commerce. He has been active in the performance of all the duties of citizenship and has taken a keen interest in public affairs. He is 'well known in the politics of California and has been-one of the stanch- est supporters of the Republican party and its poli- cies. As a campaign worker, writer and orator he | world. the value of his service has been widely recognized not only here but in the E: The nomination of Mr. Scott would strengthen the - POLICEMEN’S LOT WILL SURELY BE AN UNHAPPY ONE NOW L e S S S S o o o No mMore PEACEFUL- SLUMBERS . e G B e e o e R S S oo TS S I SRCRS S SR @:e0000 000 the Police Commissioners’ tains and lieutenants were Republican party throughout the West. He has high qualifications for the office to which he aspires. The Senate would find in him a presiding officer of firm- n impartiality and energy. His candidacy is there- | fore*one which the whole of the West can well afford | to indorse and work for. Let us have a Californian Vice President to start the pew century. B the Kaiser's instructions to his representatives in the Orient are that while Germany will in no way put herself unduly forward and is willing to loy- | ally co-operate with other powers, she will under no | circumstances tolerate a continuance of existing con- ditions in China, and the Cologne Gazette, which is reputed to be “inspired,” is quoted as saying: “No one cares whether the Chinese Government falls or not, whether the Conservative or the Reform party in that country triumphs, the one essential thing is the establishment of order. Salisbury is reported to be sanguine that the con- cert of Europe will bring about a peaceful solution of the difficulties of the situation and to have declared | Great Britain will not take action without co-opera- | tion of the powers, unless Russian aggression be- comes more apparent than it is now. That means, of course, Great Britain is not eager for a single- handed fight against Russia and that her statesmen would prefer to have some other power take the | initiative. 8 Thus it appears Russia is the only power that knows what she wishes and has the courage to act upon that knowledge. Her officials in China have gone about their business without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. How far the Czar iz assured of the co-operation or the neutrality of France and Austria in any movement his armies may make upon China is a secret which will not be re- vealed unless war break out. He seems, however, to [ THE CHINESE CRISIS. ERLIN dispatches of yesterday announce that H | | Russia, is a bumptious expression of a virulent species i be sanguine that‘he will be left to do very much as he | of international andAflamboyam jingoism, but it is ac- | p}’ascs ““d_ qussubly }“e mayocD have an agreement cepted with sober literalness by our southern neigh- | :‘h"i‘ !hedl\m;l:: C?{";"f:"‘;z t:c I‘C-CStabIIShl:e.nt :f | bors. | that good order which it has been announced is the The evidence of the unfriendly situation is not con- | /¢ dfi”_c of Germany. x W, 7 : fined to the ceremonial exhibit at Paris. Ever since | _ The cllncf clcrpcnt of dangcrf in 'h:‘ situation is | we entered upon the courses which led us through | Japan. It requires no great foresight to perceive the Spanish war our Central and South American | that if the ']alzanese Srecya > m?‘_kf an effort to pre- rade has declined.» Those people have turned to | Vent sus:a from ‘obmmng domination over Korea Europe and have averted their faces and diverted 1:::;; o\:ll_h:l;: oi:::;::u:‘li):y ?:?.x:r th(e;y gtCtB:lt! i :15 | their trade from us. This is a fact that we do not ' i 2 w. Grea ain has announce with a bugle. Our trade statistics as far as | Virtually finished the war in South Africa. An army possible suppress it and strive to make it inconspicu- zimzo::;?‘:h:l:f,o;‘elHas:zrzn}‘;:a;c;;:il :t“:l::;se.:tfl:fc- cus in the swell of our exchanges with Europe. |~ n interfer- | But while we do not at present feel the loss, it is a | ence from France or any other power to assist Rus- | symptom that is startling. Trade rarely follows senti- | Si&- So the circumstances of the time, as well as the | ment. It'travels on the liries of Hitness -and cheap- | ¢ituation itself, tend to incline the Japanese to strike | ness. When it abandons these and follows sentiment | @' once. It is therefcre fairly ares d}at' ur:e:; ]t,he rthat sentiment must be very strong. powers can in some way compel Russia to hold her That this has occurred in Central and South Amer- | h2nd we may have war before the summer is over and | ica is proof that the United States is as much isolated | the: memory of the Peace Conference at The Ha'gue | ‘n the New World as Great Britain is in the old, | Will be mocked even by the Czar who summongd it. Fear and not friendship is the sentiment we inspire now!We have gone backward to the basis and the | The prospect e the f°ifo.';'l"‘-"ie§"f’ St feeling of the Ostend manifesto. We stand again for | : (g R Thpe t‘s ;‘fl yknt‘l)x ouns | the righteousness of might and we must face the con- | zar:;:Dbetgleen t};em an}; :::;r:-ogor:wan;e‘:hened::; Mg‘;”:’;: }’an-Am:rican dream of Monroe and Blaine 1\ do they will find all locations pre-empted. The search dissolves and passes away. Between us and our | 1O t::: go!lien flecce is not as romantic as it |s.repre- Latin- American neighbors is built a barrier of sus- | Sented to be. picion that a century to come will not see removed unless by some conspicuous and unselfish action on our part equally as great as our defense of Venezuela. | | The architect and newspaper man who are going to | fight a duel over the architectural merits of the United States building at the Paris Exposition really ought t> change their minds and carve one another for something serious. From what we have heard the structure is hardly worth quarreling about. —_—— ‘The Austrian Reichsrath is up to date if not a little beyond. At dp recent session of that distinguished legislative body some of the members came armed for By command of the Supervisors the people of the | city are to be saved from the affrighting influences of street fences and high signs. While the board was enzaged in the work of reform it might have turned | its attention to the nerve-racking and eye-disturbing | advertisements in the street cars. Recent events in Democratic politics indicate very itself. Thirteen of the finest at a fight and one at a | clearly that Mayor Phelan’s notion of the scope of fire where the lives of 500 children were in jeopardy | civil service reform is to teach your political oppo- is an admirable illustration of how flexible is the dis- | vents good manners and the virtues of patience by cipline of the department. The officers were probably | forcing them to watch the enjoyment with which their afraid that the fighters would assault the crowd. | enemies hold public office. The Federation of Mission Improvement Clubs | San Francisco has in its financial budget for the wants to amend the charter and destroy an army of next fiscal year many new items for which provision. useless and high salaried officials. The federation | must be made, but the one that will strike the people will probably learn before it is much older that re- | of the city with deepest and most serious meaning is forms are accomplished by votes and not by the voice | that which provides for the burial of soldiers of the of protest. | United States. argument with hammers. They must have been studying one of the cherished American customs. National naval authorities have come to the con- clusion that San Francisco harbor is an ideal place for the operation of submarine boats. This may mean that Washington thinks we are better qualified to work things out of sight than on the surface. The Omaha man who had his head smashed in a collision and heard his wife remark that it was not an accident but God's will probably thinks that the busi- ness of relying implicitly in the divine will is going a yesterday morning. | for nearly an hour, and after its adjourn- | ten | ment those present went away whistling | Chief ordered. “A policeman’s lot is not a happy one.” The for complaint. walked their beats. Some walked as they-had a heavy burden on their shou ders and life. was not worth living. Whe a superior officer approached them, in- WALK ON THE CURB on room | officer approaches, The meeting lasted | give the proper on till the superior leaves them, the | Chief told the assembled officers | that he had been surprised by the lack of | corners. That had to be stopped, and an | discipline shown by a large proportion of | the force, and he pointed out the causes He had taken special no- tice of the manner in which the officers {on the quarantine cordon in Chinatow: Lp To L TALKS I WITH BRIDGET! JARE o gE COT oURL THE FLER MUST N MILITARY STYLE Cartoonist Warren’s Ideas of Effect of Chief Sullivan’s Latest Orders. LL the patrol sergeants, their cap- Ing properly they lifted the right hand sum- moned to meet Chief Sullivan in | about a foot or so, swinging it around much. All officers must, when a superfor stand at attention and ute, and remain at at- tent: " | _Another thing that the Chief objected to | was the habit of policemen on their beats ng politics and prizefights at street officer must not talk to any citizen unless to answer a question put to him. the Chiet said. outside curb of the sidewalk, so that he can see what is going on and be seen, and n | at night he must walk in the shadow of if | the buildings. He must parade his beat 1- | from end to end and keep his eyes and s open. = I read to the sergeants,” said the Chief, after the meeting, ‘‘the rules which stead of coming to “attention” and salut- were recently adopted and are now In i FESTIWVE NoT BE DISTURBEDe as if it was great trouble to do even that | He must in the daytime walk on the | yeecte B e N i xS +4 print. The sergeants are in closer touch with the men than any one else, and I look to them to see that proper discipline | is enforced. I am determined to stop all | this easy-going sort of business, and if the present sergeants cannot do so I will get others who will. There are several things that require changing, and it must be done. have seen pollce- men during a windstorm seek the shelter of a doorway or something else conveni- ent. That must be stopped. They must | parade their beats no matter what the | weather may be. I want to make the de- partment ome of the best on the conti- nent.” | The men are wondering what will strike | them next. They had to get white stripes on their trousers and white service stripes on their coat sleeves and their coats shortened. Now all of the old-time privi- leges are to be taken from them, and no wonder they sing “A policeman’s lot is not a happy one.” FAMINE FUND REACHES THOUSAND-DOLLAR MARK ' | Plans Formed at the Meeting Yes- terday to Secure More Money. The Indian famine fund of San Fran-| cisco has now reached the thousand dol lar mark. fund, has forwarded already $300 to Indl to aid the work of mercy. all been collected since the est taken in this urgent cause. A meeting of the famine fund committee | I. J. Truman, treasurer of the The money has | 24th ult. and | the amount Indicates the extent of inter- | | PERSONAL MENTION. | G. W. Towle of Towles is at the Grand. | | the Palace. W. H. Hatton, a lawyer of Modesto, is | at the Lick. E. C. Farnsworth, an attorney of Visa- 1- | lia, is at the Lick. C. P. Victni, a merchant of Jackson, is | stopping at the Grand. 8. M. Griffiths, an oil man of Fresno, 1s a guest at the Occidental. | R. B. Morrow, a business man of Ba- | kersfield, is at the Grand. G. McM. Ross, the well-known mining a was held yesterday in the lecture room at | man of Virginia City, is at the Occi- the Y. M. C. A. building. Those present | gental, were: Richard H. Gray, chairman; Mis Lydia Bell, secretary; Mr. Juhl, Mrs. Blanche Partington. A plan ¢f further work was agreed upoj which includes the placing of collectio; boxes in prominent places, the sending of | explanatory eirculars to various commer: cial associations and business houses an an organized endeavor to Interest thes churc#:s and Sunday-schools which hav not already contributed to the fund. Native Sons’ Hall for the recent ma: meeting. Temple on the 25th inst. ect will be “The Immortality of oul,”” and the committee will themselves to make the affair a success. The Scottish societies and British Benevo- lent Society will also lend a hand. The foliowing subscriptions were recelved yes- th C | T. Wilmot, Miss Bertha Hill and Miss interest | _Dr. E. C. Dunn and wife arrived from Fresno yesterday and are stopping at the | Grand. E. S. Valentine, the prominent ofl man f Freeno, arrived in the city yesterday on his way East. He is at the Lick. nl, n | - | d | L. Tremaine, Government clerks on their ‘e | way to Manila, are registered at the Occi- e | dental. A oo ot thanks was tendered Mayor Phe- | F- F. Shepherd and Charles Tegue, con- lan for his generous gift of the use of | nected with the big ol mining industries of the San Joaquin Valley, are stopping It was also decided to accept /at the Grand. the offer of M. Tsrael Pryce, member of the London Psychical Research Society, | to give half the proceeds of a lecture t be delivered by him at the Metropolitan Mr. Pryce’s sub- Edward Chambers, one of the prominent activé officials of the Santa Fe Railroad, came up from Los Angeles yesterday and registered at the Palace. o e —_————— | CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. | NEW YORK, June 11.—Dr. P. James of | | Los Angeles is at the Waldorf; William | Frank W. Burnett of Los Angeles Is at | John'J. O'Connor, H. B. Coulter and B! | WORKINGMEN ARE TO CELEBRATE LABOR DAY Committees Appointed by Union Or- ganizations to Make Arrange- ments Elect Officers. The committees appointed by the Sam | Francisco Labor Council and the Build- ing Trades Council to take charge of the arrangements for the Labor day celebra- | ion met Saturday nigut and organized, the following officers being elected: P. H. McCarthy. president; Alex Dijeau, sec- metary: John E. McDouxald, 'treasurer. Finance committee—John Nugent, W. Goff, T. | H. Brady and O. A. Tveitmoe. The following sub-committees were appointed: | Committee on grounds—A. Dijeau, P. H. M Carthy, August Iten and T. H. Brady. Committee on printing and official programme {ZO. A. Tveitmoe, W. Goff, J. K. Philiips, J Smallbone and Jobn E. McDougald Committee on talent muste—T. H. Brady, | A. Dijeau, H. Cassady W. McGowan. Commitiee on games—W. Goff, P. J. Diets, | F. Barnett, P. Hannon, P. Smith and W. Me- | Gowan. Much enthusiasm was developed at the | meeting, and the commitree is desirous 1 of surpassing any former Labor day cele- | bration and will spare no time and ex- pense in doing so. The committee will appeal to all manu- | facturers, large business firms and em- | ployers in general to observe Labor day, and will ask them to close on the first | Monday of September (Labor day) and help make Labor day one that will Yon remembered by the working people o { this city. The committee will also ask the San Francisco Labor Council and Building Trades Couneil, through their respective secretaries, to notify all trades unions affiliated with both councils to ob- serve Labor day and to cease work on that particular day. The committee will meet every Satur- 1159 Mission terday: | C. Voorsanger of San Francisco is at the | day night at § o'clock at Vedanta Soclety, §10; per Miss Bell, $2 50; W. | Plaza; R. M. Eyre of San Francisco is at | street. Keith, §10; W. W. Montague, 50 cents; Mrs. | the Buckingham; John Hood of Santa | Lee, 15 cents; Mrs. Wolf and Misses Zuholsky, 50: Misa Cornwell, $1: John H., $1; Mrs. Stan- . M. B. Christi from the Lord, Mr. Darling, & cents; Miss Pinney, 2 rs. Auit, 25 cents: Dr. Crozler, 25 cents: Mrs. berg, 25 cents: Miss Howell, 20 cents; Baby Madge, 5 cents; fruit store, 10 cents; Mrs. Lief, 10 cents; Mrs. Fred Wolf, 10 cents; Grace Beet, 10 cents; Mrs. Schwartz, 5 cents: friend, 5 cents: friend, 5 cents; 1225 Pine, adults, 25 cents; Pine’ (children), 25 cents: Mrs. Gould, 25 cents; friend, 20 cents; Mr. Fargo, 25 cents: Mrs. Boiles, 10 cents; friend, 5 cents; Mrs. Fa- sould, § cents; friend, 5 friend, 25 cents; Mrs. Lane, 10 cents; *“in His nam LEGACY-TAX PAYERS TO GET A DRAWBACK Commissioner Wilson, Under Certain Conditions, Will Refund All Sums Paid in Excess. Persons. who have paid money on the inheritance tax will be interested in the subject matter of a letter received yester- day by Internal Revenue Collector John | C. Lynch from Internal Revenue Commis- sioner Wilson. The letter states that the office at Washington, D. C., is ready to consider ¢laims for the refunding of taxes erron- eously paid on legacies or paid in excess of the amount due. Under the act of June 13, 1898, as cansirued by the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court, claims of this character should be made on form 46 and by the executors or ad- ministrators who_ paid the tax. Each claim should be further supported by a copy of the will of the testator unless a copy has been previously filed In the of- fice of the Commissioner, and a copy of the return on which the tax was assessed, and the amended return should be made h the law as con- strued by the United States Supreme Court. FOG BULLETINS WILL BE POSTED AT THE FERRY Forecaster McAdie Prepares to Keep the Public Informed as ‘Weather Conditions. to The approach of fogs 10 cover the wa- ters of the bay and render navigation dan- ' | Alphons Judis of San Francisco is at th | Rosa is at the Netherland; Holden Davis | of San Francisco is at the Park Avenue Herald Square. | o TR R | CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON Lo = enm 1 WASHINGTON, June 11.—C. D. Perrine | of the Lick Observatory is at the Shore- | | | ham. —————— |COMPULSORY EDUCATION. | Editor The Call: There appeared an editorial in The Call of May 27 under the | above caption, which to my mind was the | strongest article as touching our nation’s | destiny that ever appeared in a San Fran- cisco paper, and if, as we are told by po- | litical orators since the roar of our artil- | lery at Manila Bay and Santiago harbor, | the United States has leaped to the front | in the march of nations, then these facts | to which The Call so earnestly invites at- | tention pertain not alone to San Francisco | or California or even our nation but to the very future of human liberties, since ig- norance means superstition, darkness and danger. I'he facts given in The Call's editorial above referred to must be startling to one Who has not studied the subject. The pic- ture therein shown is dark indeed, and yet the writer thereof might have made it of Stygian blackness without perverting the facts. Your article proves that about one- third of the children on the school census do_not become enrolled upon the school registers at all. Let us add to that the truth that many of those who have their names enroiled upon the school registers attend school but a few weeks du.ing the term, and the further fact that the figures presented do not go above the age of or under the age of 5, when all must | | I:I appalled. And yet, Mr. Editor, if there be any con- solation to the freezing man to see his neighbor both cold and hungry, California may congratulate herself, for there {s hardly a State in the Union where these |BALLPLAYER AND DOCTOR -BACK FROM PHILIPPINES Pitcher Pond Made a Record as Sur- geon in the Manila Hospitals. Dr. A. Pond, more familiarly known te the baseball world as “Doc” Pond, re- turned home on the transport Grant after a year in the hospitals at Mantla, where he held the rank of acting assistant sur- n. He made a record for himself as & Soctor i the Philippmes. and 1t Is more than likely that he will be promoted for his gallant services. During his stay at Manila he was located most of the time at tne First Reserve Hospital, where he found plenty to do. His comrades speak of him in the highest terms. “Doc” Pond first came to the coast as & member of the All-American baseball team, made up of the stars of the Na- tional League. He was a famous pitcher and all around man, and at one time drew a fat salary as a ball player. Later he played in the Pacific Coast League and was a general favorite. After the out- break of the war he received a commis- sion as acting assistant surgeon and in due time was transferred to Manila. Prior to becoming a protessicnal baseball player he was graduated as a physician, and his record in the Philippines shows that his training had been thorough. ——————— Class of '99 Meets. The class of "%, Girls' High School, held its first annual meeting yesterday'in the school auditorium. Miss Emma Hardy, Ihe class president, called the meeting to order, Miss Elsie Leale read an interest- ing paper, reviewing her first year at the university. Miss Etta Tessman delivered an amusing talk, tellh of her ex - ences In the normal school, and Miss Ethel B, Clark read a delightful paper, telling of her experiences at Jiome. A solo bly da O foi- Miss T ‘ollins _and Trefreshments lowed by general daneing brought the aft. deplorable conditions are not even worse than here. Looking at the national conditions we find there are about thirty-six million minors. Admitting there are nine millions of these under five years of age, it leaves twenty-seven millions of _children of school age. Of these about fourteen mil- ;Ig:m are .é:lrollled n:me time during the 3 1 on 0ol registers. Less millions is the average uum""."w‘xffit cighty-seven is the average number of of school according to enrollment. “‘Heu ernoon to a close. —_———— Cal. glace fruit 50c per > at Townsend's.* ——————— Special information supplied dally pusiness, houses end public men_ by, the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 T~ gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ —_—————— An Insolvent Carpenter. Christopher A. Mitchell, a carpenter re- t3 rous res so startled siuing in Falrfax, Marin County, filed a ‘,:M“ :‘,;'H‘:m%m‘.:o;m}:"?m first begnm study them thn't’:r m pu% tition _in insolvency (?-wrd-y in the Weather Bureat = Fopecaator Monaio oot | five years I have studied the tional | United States District Court. He states il Sholig oo L R guestion more from the standpoint of the Habilities at $1575. and has no assets. Qay at the ferry depot. 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