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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-27
REBEL GENERAL II PROCLAIMS HIMSELF PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT
 OF THE NEW CHINESE REPUBLIC

< to be seen. It is taken for granted however, that he did not take his present action without satisfying him self concerning the trend of popular opinion and that he can continue to count on the support he has had hith- erto
 There is as yet no news from Han- kow when the advance against Pekin, threatened, yesterday, will begin but the prediction made here is that Gen. erela Ii will proceed slowly, taking town after town, as he has done in the past, until the capital is in the natural spread of the revolutionary movement.
 Prince Ching and Cheng Shuan Hai, dismissed. yesterday, at the National Assembly's demand, from the respec- tive posts of President of the Cabinet and Minister of Commons, are virtually under arrest and no doubt is felt here that their lives, as we'll as their posi- tions will be sacrificed if the govern ment thinks it can gain the revo1u- tionists' good will by taking them. Probably, however, the mere decapi- tation would do the government no good,
 Yuan Shi Kai, who, despite his pre- tense at delay, is really advising the imperial government against the reb- els, is winning the latter's bitter en- mity and is constantly under heavy guard to protect him against assas- sination. The rebels consider him a traitor but Yuan's view is that the reform of the present government will be better than the chaos of a revolu- ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-27
GOVERNMENT IN
 ITALY KEEPS ~tzs .- FACTS SECRET 4r
ypecial from United Press.)

Milan, Wia Frontier). Oct. 27-That 4he government is concealing seri- tsls situation in Tripoli is considered certain here. today. Another expedi- ton, it has just leaked out, is be- ing mobilized for dispatch to North Africa Following so soon after the d1narture of what was considered an ample force to seize and hold the e0untry. the call for endorsements zcxn only mean that the earlier expe- d1f1ons are in grave trouble.
 Earlier official advices represented tia Arabs as friendly to the Italians. 181s proves to be untrue They and the Turks in Tripoli are putting up a stubborn resistance. Details are lacking on account of the censorship but it is said there have been battles almost daily since the Italians land- ga. in several of which two or three ufko1e companies were annihiliated at aEiime. Just now there is no doubt fhat the Italian cOrdon about the town of Tripoli is so pressed that non-com- hHtants are preparing to go aboard ship on short notice in case it is hroken and a massacre begins.
 The cholera epidemic among the troops is also increasing rapidly. News ok the number of deaths from the dis ease will probably cause mortified sur prise when it becomes known.
 Captain Piazza, the aviator with the If1poIitan force. is reported to have HHn fired on, yesterday, while mak- TIT au aerial reconnaissance and to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-27
Especial rom United Press.)

'-z- Special from United Press
 Shanghai. Oct. 27-General Li Yuan Huang proclaimed himself provisional president of the new republic of China, at Hanlow, today. yotifica- ton of the Generals action has been dr11y received by the foreign consuls, who are assured that the provisional G6Vernment will do all in it's power to protect foreign interests during the present period of widespread unrest. !. Ii Yuan Huang has commanded the rebel forces in and about Hankow ever since the present outbreak be- gan It is believed his elevation by himself to the presidency will be ac- cepted by the revolutionists through out the country.
 The proclamation of a Chinese re- public is the rebels answer to the im- perial governments overtures, implied m it's surrender, yesterday, to the National Assembly's demands for a Examination of the revolutionary rnoy ement in confederation of imme- ldiate. and sweeping sfeformsss
 The concessions the goyefnment either made Or propo were, in fact, 4xS extensive that the impression was xeneral here, last night, that the reb- slz would accept them, that the re- former, Yuan Shi Kai, would be giv- -en fhe premiership and that little, if any, further fighting was to be ex-
 Dected Obviously, General Lii, at any rate. does not think the governments offers were made in good faith. Whether the rank and file of the rev. d1utionists wiHaagree with him is yet
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-27
ITALIAN WARSHIP IS
 REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK ANOTHER TURKISH SHIP

London, Oct. 27-The Italian battle ship Napon has sunk a Turkish bat tleship and damaged a second near the entrance to the Dardanelles, ac- cording to a message from Turin by way of the frontier to avoid the cen sorship. The news is unconfirmed.
 Censorship on messages from Rome has reached such ridiculous extremes that. as in the present case, 1t is inn possible to get despatch even of re- ported Italian victories. Messages are only transmitted after the author ities have satisfied themselves that they contain no hidden meaning.
 Vigorous protests by business inter- ests, by the Press Association of Rome and by members of the Italian par liament, have failed to move Premier Gioletti to a relaxation of the regula- lions
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-27
] Open Evenings 9P. M. 12OO-12O2 MainSt Opp. Si

looked straight at His Majesty and began the line: "Hush''-tl1en an om- inous pause-s 'tis a voicei" By ~this time the Royal listener was all atten- tion and looking straight into a pair of eyes dancing with ill-suppressed merriment There was a moment of suspense, when the King saved the joke by starting the laugh in which the company joined. The Royal guest took his gentle reprimand with true gallantry. - Affairs at Washington, ? Joe Mitchell Chapple in National Mag azine for November
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-27
MISS NELSON
 ''HUSHED" THE KING.

One evening the Duchess of Man chester entertained in honor of the late King Edward. Miss Alice Nelson, the American opera singer, was present and sang. Among others there was request for Tosti's Goodbye to Summer then in the first flush of its great popularity.
 With the composer at the piano, the first stanza went with no strange or unusual occurrence, but while Tosti was playing the soft interlude leading to the second stanza, the King turned to one of his party, with some re- mark, and his sonorous bass sounded out sharply through the room against the soft harp-like chords of the piano.
 With exquisite daring, Miss Nelson
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-27

have escaped narrowly with, his life. The wings of his aeroplahe are said to have been friddled.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
SPORTING EDITORS NOTES.

Inhelder Red Corridor, the youth
whom the Pirates snatched from the
American league, says President Drey-
fuss, doesn't know how good he is.
Hugh Jennings thinks that players
ought to be given credit for earned
runs. He says 1t will enable the play
ers and the fans to keep better rec
ord of the pitchers work.
Manager Hal Chase of the Highland
ers has received the signed contract
of Pitcher Louis Brockett.
Josh Clarke. Fred's brother Is maxi
ing his third try to become a major
Lacquer. He is with the Boston Doves
The st. Louis Cardinals and Maps
turned Josh adrift after short trials
Josh is good sticker, good runner
and fair fielder. but lacks the inside
stuff.
Connie Mack has turned most of tho
work of handling the Athletic veterans
over to Capt. Harry Davis. while Mack
is keeping his optics on the young
sters.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
SCHEME WOULD
HELP BAITERS
NEW YORK PLAYER PROPOSES
TO MOVE PITCHER TO WITH
IN as FEET OF PLATE IN
PRACTICE.

Al Bridwell Of the Giants, who is
a careful student of baseball, has
thought of a new plan for batting
practice during spring training that
he thinks will benefit the bastmen very
materially Bird. advocates that the
pitchers. while giving batting prac-
tice to the other players by putting
the ball over the plate as often as pos
sible, be made to pitch from box only
45 feet away from the plate, instead OF
the present distance.
The back end of the pitchers box,
under the present rules, is so feet
inches from the plate. The stride that
the pitchers take brings the ball to
about So feet away from the batter
when IT leaves the pitchers hand. I'm
der Bridwelrs plan that distance would
be reduced to about 40 feet.
Now Is feet less is whole lot to
player at the bat. and the pitcher, If
he happens To be a tall fellow like
Mathewson. Drucke, Tesreau, Shontz
or Wiltse. will look at the batter. as If
he was right on top of him. and the
speed Of the ball as il whistles over
the plate will appear to be accelerated
enormously. But that is just the thing
that Bridwell thinks will help the bat
ter's eye and confidence when he
comes to face the pitcher under the
rule of distance that now prevails.
1t will be on the principle that when
man puts on heavy shoes to run in.
when he dons his baseball or sprinting
shoes he feels as light as feather and
( imagines he is flying.
/ Bridwel does not so so far as the
suggest that the regular pitchers be
made to pitch the shorter distance. but
that some hard, speedy thrower be
utilized. who may not necessarily be a
I pitcher. but a player who can get the
ball lin the groove" and with great
swiftness.
BY using the pitchers they might get
off their stride and also lose command
Of their curves.
Bridwell thinks at the shorter dis
lance batters would get a snap swing
and batting eve that could almost
count the stitches on the ball, and that
when they went up against pitchers al
the longer distance the swiftest pitch
ing would seem like gentle watts.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
SPORTING NEWS OF THE WORLD
RUNNERS SHOULD TOUCH
BASES WITH INSIDE FOOT

Base runners should he taught the
art of touching the bags with the in
side foot, instead of the outer one, as
they ofttimes lose their stride to say
nothing of valuable time.
Elmer Flick, former Nap who will
be a Toledo Mud Hen next season, is
an adept in touching the bases with
his inside foot. Old-time fans declare
that they don't think the man ever
lived who could scoot around to third
or cover the entire circuit of four
bases i'm faster time than Flick. And
Elmer attributed his speed to using
the inside foot in touching the bags
instead of the outside one.
BY inside foot is meant the one that
is closest to the infield of which the
base lines form the boundary. Flick
always made il a point to plant his
left foot on each cushion in success
sion instead of his right In this way
he was enabled to make short turns
at the corners and scarcely ever COW
cred an inch more ground than was
necessary.
In touching the bases with ones
right foot, the runner is forced to take
an extra step with his left foot befor,
he is able to make the turn and be
| In position.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
ONLY FEW PITCHERS Use
THE UNDtRHAND DELIVERY

why are pitchers who use an UNI
derhand delivery so scarce?
1t is a well known fact that only
two pitchers in the American league,
Wlllett of Detroit and WARRIOR of the
New York club. use an underhand de-
livery to any extent. Batters Will tell
you that there is something about the
underhand ball, with its gradual rise,
that makes IL hard to hit. Even at
that. Willett and WARRIOR do not use
the motion as much as one would
think, and few other pitchers have
tried to perfect 1t.
Willett and WARRIOR are regarded as
successful twirlers. yet both men have
n reputation of being more or less err
ratio. The fact that Willett has al
ways been prone to have bad innint
was the cause of Jennings not usint
him i'm any of the worlds series IL
which the Tigers took part. WARRIOR
despite his effectiveness, is usually
wild and often gets himself in ba'
holes through hitting the batsman o.
inability to get the ball over. In al
probability difficulty i'm acquiring con
troll is the very best reason that can b.
advanced for the failure of NOR
twirlers to use delivery that Is ad
mitted by the bet of batsmen to b
hard of solution.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
LUMBER CAMPS
BREAKING Up
WORK FOR PRESENT WINTER
HAS BEEN PRACT ICALLY
coMPLETED-oU
BELOW NORMAL.

by the latter part of next week most
Of the lumber camps i'm the copper
country will have broken up. Some of
the contractors have already discon-
tinued work and those that have not
are making every effort to complete
their hauling and banking as soon as
possible. A large number of lumber
lacks have already returned from the
woods To resume other vacations dur
ing the spring and summer months.
The thaws have made but very little
Impression on the ice roads so far,
but If the weather continues warm
the outlook for the future is not as IA
v0rabe and they probably will soon
soften perceptibly and interfere with
the hauling operations. As drives
are conducted i'm comparatively few
places in the copper country, the work
Is practically finished when the haul
ing is completed.
While It is very difficult to estimate
the total output of the Keweenaw Pen
insula probably Will not exceed 10000
600 feet this year Two OF the con
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
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LEuRiUM BRIEFS.
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Ed. Bast left yesterday for an eX-
tended visit to points in California and
the west.
Mrs. jeremiah Cronin of osceola. is
reported to be seriously i'll at her
home
John Condor of Crosse Point was
the guest of Calumet and Laurium
friends over Sunday.
Miss Nora Sweeney has resumed her
duties as teacher at the Wolverine
school after a months illness at her
home in Osceola.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. John Torreano
of Laurium. a daughter.
w. II. Faucet of Laurium. is spend
ing few days at Bette Girls.
The amplined first degree was exem-
plifed at the regular meeting of Laur-
ium lodge No. 2O2, Knights of Ply
thias last evening.
No special business is expected at
the monthly meeting of the Lauriun
fire department this evening.
The monthly meeting of the Presby-
terrain Brotherhood VIII be heid fTl-
day evening at the home of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Matt Parrish of Wolverine.
! Three new members were nit - 4
at the REGULAR meeting of the ltal'ar
Business GcE'5 association n Lou-
| ium Sunday evening.
The matter of endorsirg the u2Jci
peninsula development bureau WIN be
considered at meetings of the lAur'
ium council and the Calumet socia
club In the near future.
If the present mild weather contin'
ues, ii is expected the Houghtor
Douglass Falls will he at its best b!
next Sunday. At present the fall Il
entirely covered by snow.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
WIN RIGHT TO
PLAY FOR CUP
PORT ARTHUR TO MEET OTTAWA
TOMORROW NlGHT-MAV
ADD TO LAURELS OF
PORTAGE Lake..

Bv W inning the championship OF
Western Canada I'm n final series with
the Prince Albert team at Winnipeg
Manitoba last week, the Port Arthur
hockey team which recently played
three matches in the copper country
one with the Calumet Mohawk seven
and two with the Portage Lakes won
the right to meet the Ottawa seven in
a Stanley cup series, for the cham
pionsnip of the world. The first game
will be played at Ottawa tomorrow
evening and the entire series VIII con-
sist of three games. the result to be
decided by total goals This is the
first year that Port Arthur has had a
team capable of making a bid for the
championship honors. and the result
will be watched with considerable in
terest in the copper country because
of the recent visit OF that team to TINS
section.
should the Port Arthur septette sue
coed in wrestling away the cup from
the present holders, the victory w"ulo
give the Portage Lake team of Hough-
ton the right to share honors at leas'
temporarily. for the iloughton sever
is the only team which has secured an
even break with Port Arthur this year
In the two game series played a
Uoughton. the teams scored an equa
number of goals. AS the season II
nearly over, II would be almost impos
sible To decide which is the bette
team and Portage Lake would nave
as much right to claim the champion
shin as Port Arthur, despite the fac
that the copper country boys have no
met Ottawa.
The lineup of the teams for tomor
row nights match will be:
ottawa Port Arthur
r-goal-Ziegler.
Lake-point-M
Shore-cover-Ca
h-rover-Walker.
-center-OLeary or Ward
Ridpath-right-M cGregor.
Kerr-left-Wellin
/. In match played at Ottawa las
week, the Stanley cup holders defeate
the Canadians of Montreal, by IN
score of 5 to o. Five old Internationa
league players participated in the con
test. Laviolette, playing cover; Pitri'
rover and Lalonde, center for the Can
adams and Lake playing point an
Walsh playing center for Ottawa
Copper country fans will learn wit
interest that Bruce Stuart, former
) 1.-THE star of the Houghton team ma
played very little hockey this year bu
has appeared at the point positlo
Avhnn i'm the game.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
1T WASN'T COLD FEET.

New orleans, March 14.-Anger-
meier, the new Cub catcher, was
catching a game up in the feud dis
trict of Kentucky when an argument
arose. One big mountaineer, with his
hands full of artillery. leaped upon the
home plate, leveled his gats upon the
advancing mob and threatened to Kill
the first man who advanced. When
things Gained down. Angermeier was
discovered just reaching the top OF the
right field fence.
where were you going?" demanded
the manager.
Il was going to the hotel"
but what would we have done for
a catcher" angrily asked the man
ager.
81 was thinking of that myself" re-
piled Angermeier. II decided to move
lust TO make certain you'd have
catcher the rest of the season."
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
ANNUAL REPORT ISSUED.
Many Children Placed in Homes by
the State Public School.

Secretary n. A. Reynolds has just
issued his biennial report for the year
ending June 30, 1910. showing the
work of the state Public School for
Dependent and Ill-treated Children,
located near Coldwater.
The figures show that G,S7S children
have been received at that institution
since il was established in 1874, the
three counties which have led in sup
plying them being Kent with $751;
Wayne with 81 and Ingham with 26I.
During the past two years, however
The. leaders have been Calhoun viii
as. Ingham with 81 and Genesee will
81 Wayne sent but Z.
Most noticeable of all is the grow
ing demand for places for youngel
children each year. Up until 1884 none
under 3 years were received, and IL was
not until 1897, that any under year
was received. Since then this number
has been increasing until it totalled A.
in 1910. making the largest number iol
any one age below l year. This has
been true five out of the seven pas
years.
The average cost per capita for l9O'
was $69.44 and for 1910, $6S.6O. base'
upon the total number cared for dur
ing the year. The average daily popu
lation was 1S9 in 1910. The school OF
fcers placed 412 in homes in the hsca
year of 1910. and $40 in 1909. As tn
state did not have to pay for the car
of these, the per capita cost of carlni
for all wards is but 5000.
With the approval of the board o
control. Supt j. b. Montgomery !
asking this year of the legislator
s16.25O with which to purchase ~
acres of land and ten head OF Holster
cows at 1925 each. He also request
a special appropriation for new furni
ture. for porches and to paint TN
present buildings.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
CURVED BAT is JOKE.
Tiger Players Think Latest Invention
Is Useless Freak.

Monroe, La, March 14.-Several
days ago Charles O'Leary received, eX-
press prepaid from his home in Chi
cago. one of the curved bats which
made their appearance along towards
the close of last season. The affair is
shaped like the handle of a scythe and
can be manipulated with the batting
portion presented toward the pitcher
In either a convex or a concave curve.
The Tigers have found much fun in
the curved bat. When all other resorts
fail its introduction into the days
practice invariably results i'm amuse-
ment. The ball butts most unexpected
capers from the curve and makes left
field hitters drive the ball over first
base and vice-versa. Most frequently
of all, however, is a towering foul.
The bat was queered in the first
place by a number of cabalistic signs
painted on it's surface, indicating the
locations where the stick should meet
the ball to result in n single, two bag
ger. three Dagger or home run, at the
pleasure of the batsman.
The bat is perfectly legal according
to rule, but the prevailing impression
hasn't tended to it's use In real game
"'Tis the idea of a bug" believe Mr.
OLeary. THE man who invented II
ran for alderman i'm the fifth ward OF
Chicago and made all his campaign II
the fourth What sort of bat would
he naturally be expected to bring out!
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
ONLY a11 VOTES CAST.
Nomination Ticket Has No Opposition
in laurium.

in laurium.
Only 81 votes were cast at the VIII
lage election held in Laurium yester-
day. whereas one year ago, the total
vote cast was over three times that
number. This may be attributed to a
large degree to the entire absence of
any opposition to the nomination tick
ct. The following candidates were
elected:
President. Joseph Wills.
Clerk, Martin Prisk, Jr.
Trustees, George Hall, Bernard
Holmstrom, Harry r. Ingersoll and
John b. Rastello.
| Treasurer, Michael Jaerling.
| Assessor, Peter Braun.
! A statutory meeting of the Laurium
council will be held on Thursday even
| ing to ratify the election The new
president and trustees will not take
up their duties, however, until the first
regular meeting in April, after tho
present council disposes of the routine
business for the month of March.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
Laurium Department

tractors. Robert Hall and Frank Bush
nell have cut white pine and Eddy and
Bellhumer of Lake Linden have also
harvested some white pine, but the big
bulk of the harvest consists of hem
lock, cedar and hardwood. The total
output is considerably below normal
this year, due largely to the fact that
the market is very poor. The heavy
storms of the winter also interfered
with the work to some extent and
some OF the camps were shut down
early for this season. When these fac
tors are considered. 1t will be seer
that the year was not very satisfac-
tory one
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
ARE OPPOSED TO BILL.
snortsmen See No Harm in Using he
neatina Shot Gun.

A delegation of Calumet and Laur-
INN, snortsmen approached Represen-
,atlve Anthony Lucas yesterday urs
ing him to oppose the bill now W, ps"I :,
inc in the state legislature wh'cn u
nassed would prohibit the use OF re-
heating shotguns in the woods MT
ncos assured the delegation that MS
views on this matter were the same -, ~
,he,rs and that he would do all In MS
rower 20 defeat the measure
II is stated by the sportsmen 'n''
tho law now provides the number o.
duck and partridge which may DE s"o
in a single day or may be In the pos
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-14
COLLEGE YELL FOR TIGERS.
O'Leary lnvents One That Has Been
Accepted on Probation.

Monroe. La, March 14.-Detroit
baseball fans need not be surprised
next summer if they hear something
that sound like a real college yell ON
the Tiger ball lot. The players are
practicing choice phonetic harmony
down here and they intend To spring
something very original on the home
bugs.
Charley OLeary is the originator of
the Tiger yell. when the Yannigans
went over to Ruston to play college
team the other day OLeary suggested
that it might be a good idea for the
squad to have a yell to sling back at
the college "rah-rahs". The bunch
including Jennings agreed and as re-
suit the following was offered by O
Leary.
Rah rah.
Whickety whack.
Orange and black,
Striped eat.
Tiger Tiger, rah, rah, rah, hit, dou'
BILE home run.
Tigers, Tigers, yum, yum, yum.
.OLeary's yell was accepted on pro-
baton and viii be tried out on thu
northern trip. If 1t don't prove to b'
Jonah 1t will be used all during thu
season.