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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06

Frank Bakers worlds series home
runs was near that angle, the other
scarcely 80 degrees, It went farther.
AS a matter Of fact even, If a ball
player could hit ball at any desired
angle, he could not be certain where
it would 60 1t would depend too much
upon the rotary motion of the ball.
Last summer l saw hard line hit
driven straight at Charlie Herzog Of
the Giants. He put up his hands to
catch the ball, then suddenly threw
his head aside just In time to avoid
being hit in the face, the bali missing
his hands by two feet. The ball had
shot suddenly from it's true path.
In a game between Washington and
Chicago late last fall, Walter Johnson
hit a ball at an angle Of close to 40
degrees, and with terrific force. l
should estimate that it was nearly go
feet high, at its greatest elevation
Had it followed the true ballistic
curve, it would have passed over the
center ield fence. The ball sudden
ly stopped, started to drop straight
downward, then caught in another
current of air, and Bodie, who was
running after the ball, overlook it COM
ing toward him, as if the batter had
hit it from center field. Under condi-
tons such as these a study Of aero
nautics would help players more than
physics would.
The outfielder who gets the jump"
on the ball at the crack of the bat
figures it's trajectory at glance,
sprints desperately outward and turns
exactly upon the spot where the ball
will alight, then catches it, has all
the calculations ever devised beaten.
Physics assumes that balls, thrown
with equal force, following the same
angle of projection over the same
range, will be alike. l never doubted
it until l practiced at second base with
Malachi Kittridge and the lamented
Tim Donohue throwing the ball down
to me. Dcnohue threw faster, and
seemed harder, yet the ball came into
the hands as lightly as if tossed. Kilt
ridges thrown ball came more slowly,
but it Jared and bruised the hands.
This popularity OF throwers is I'M
derstood we'll by players, and one of
the first inquiries concerning new
player is whether he throws a light
or a heavy ball. which refers to the
striking force of the ball, and not its
weight. A ball revolving naturally,
and thrown over the finger tips, as a
fast ball is thrown, has tendency to
lift is light. One that loses its ro-
tary motion, and oscillates rather than
rotates. is dead" and heavy. Every
player throws a different kind of ball.
the variations depending upon the size
of the hands. the length OF the fingers
and the manner OF holding the ball.
The man who knew enough about
physics. and also about baseball, could
fill a book on the physics of pitching.
1t is simple, while seeming complex.
1t was not so very long ago that
Tying. the Harvard pitcher, developed
a curve ball that started a protract-
ed argument which finally resulted In
a group of learned professors gath
ering to decide whether a ball actual
ly could be made TO curve in the air.
The professors who doubted the pos
sibility of a ball carving based their
doubts upon the alleged insuficiency
of air resistance. They admitted the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
GOVERNMENT MUST PAY.

The commonwealth of New Hamp-
shire the other day lodged claim for
35 cents against the federal govern
ment of the United States, and the
worst of 1t Is the United States has
to pay, Notwithstanding that econ
omy must be the watchword of the ad-
ministration In the face of tarif re-
vision.
Jealous state authorities in an I'M
relenting campaign against pests In
vaded the back yard of the postofice
building at Dover, N. H., and dis
covered three browntail moth nests In
a lonely tree that sheds It's shade up
on the hard-working postal employees
Of Dover during their rest periods.
The state "bugologists" without much
ado destroyed the nests Of the per
nicious bugs and nonchalantly pre-
sented a bill for 35 cents, evidently
at the established rate of Is cents for
the first nest and 10 cents for each
of the others.
The postmaster protested vigorous
ly, with the declaration that he him
self could have annihilated the moths
without expense if the state had point
ed them out. An issue was threat
ened and the quarrel was referred to
the treasury department.
Sherman Allen, assistant secretary
of the treasury, who learned diplo-
macy as an assistant secretary to
~fvf
After a formal bill and voucher was
rendered treasury warrant was sent
to the state
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
VAST COOKBOOK" ISSUE.

More than 100000 copies of the
various "cookbooks" prepared by the
department of agriculture, the latest
Of which Is one on how to serve NUT
ton in a number of delectable forms,
have been Issued since this line of
government activity began. BY far
the largest number published was OF
a bulletin on the Economic Use Of
Meat in the Home" which ran up to
the enormous total of 2,235,000 Con-
gress itself printed 100000 copies in
addition to those distributed by the
department.
or the breadmaking pamphlet,
nearly 100000 have been distributed.
and Of the cheese leaflet almost 300,-
900 have been sent out OF the NUT
ton bulletin, just out, $4,000 copies
have been ordered printed for initial
distribution.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
cHINA's FOREIGN TRADE.

China's total foreign trade for 1912
was approximately 100000, 900 taels,
or $685.. 100000 in United States
money This is an increase of $685.
000, 900 over 1911. The combination of
the revolution in 1911 and bumper
crops in 1912 was responsible for the
Jump However, the imports con-
tinued to be somewhat ia excess of
the exports.
Americas participation in the trade
with China in 1912 kept pace with
previous years, except In cotton piece
goods. In 1911 China took 10000, 900
pieces. but only 11,250,000 pieces in
1912 The American contribution of
100000 pieces In 1911 was cut to
100000 pieces last year. represent
Ing $1,000. 900 and s4,500,000, repec-
lively.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
PRICES CUT DOWN.

Prices received by producers in the
United States for staple crops In
creased 2.3 per cent. from April l to
May 1, according to report by the
department of agriculture. The In
crease for the same period year ago
was S.4 and the average increase dur
ing April for the last five years was
"a. On May 1 prices Of staple crops
averaged about 301 per cent lower
than on May l, 1912, according to the
department.
The average prices for meat ami
mails increased 81 per cent. from
March Is to April Is, as compared
with an increase of 10.7 per cent. for
the same period Of 1912. On April 15
prices Of meat animals averaged 1861
per cent higher than on April Is, 1912.
On April Is, 1911, the prices for meat
animals were 26.6 per cent. lower than
they were on April Is this year.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
The Physics of Baseball
BY Hugh S. Fullerton
Copyright. 1918, by W. G. Chapman)

The first law Of physics is that all
mat goes up Epust come down; al
ways excepting the cost of living The
nrst law Of baseball Is not to let it
come down.
The difference between the physics
or tho classroor and of the diamond Is
tnat the student learns the laws gov
ernlng Inertia, velocity, dynamics, the
curVlllnsar' trajectory Of projectiles,
resisting poWe: of air, attractive pow
or or masses; and the ballplayer, by
experiment, deals only with the freak
variants of these lawp Many times
the student who makes his college
team is apt to think that the prof. was
stringfng him when he laid down
the laws of motion, mass and We
aocity For baseball under skilled
manipulation and control seems, like a
crust, to come Is near violating all the
laws as possible. The ball always is
striving to do exactly what the laws
of Physics say 1t should do, with half
dozen other forces striving to com
pei 1t to do something else, and with
the bad boys In uniform trying to in
vent new methods OF making 1t violate
the law.
Ii the supreme court should find the
law of graWtation unconstitutional,
or If the ball player could breathe in
an absolute vacuum, baseball would be
a simple proposition. The ball would
keep on going in straight line until
some one stopped it. Line hits would
continue to travel In a straight line
until some fielder, standing on the
needle poiat of infinity, jumped and
pulled it down with one hand
There is a professor of physics in
q great eastern university who wrote
me inquiring az to the physics of the
spit ball, and who later lectured to his
classes upof, the subject. I asked sew
eral great pitchers to demonstrate for
the benefit of the professor how they
held the hall. swung their arms, re-
leased it witt their fingers, and how
point Oh chs surface OF the sphere.
Among than was Clark Griffith, mas
ter in theory, who used to be- past-mas-
ter in practice. / asked him to take
the professor to the grounds and show
him things. The result was note
from Griffith, in which he said:
~DonI send any more bugs to see
me-"
The yoint Is that the players do not
care what scientific phenomena they
develep so long as the opposing bats
men tsGe their healthies e. e., swings)
at tho ball and miss The college pro-
fessor does not care much whether
Walsh strikes Collins out three times
with runners on bases SO long as he
can demonstrate that the laws gov
erning rotation, air pressure, fric-
ton, retard and accelerated motion,
etc. etc, are proved by the actions of
the ball. So physics and baseball as
studies have kept aloof from each
other.
Yet every move in ball game af-
fords a problem. There are basic con-
ditions which, in themselves, are
worthy of study. Consider atmospheric
pressure Did you know that a man
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
Six-Miie Depth Near Philippines.

A surveying ship OF the German
navy has recently discovered the
deepest known spot in the ocean. 1t
is near the Philippines, about forty
sea miles off the north coast of Min
danao.
Great depths were found to be nu-
merous in this region. but the record
sounding showed the amazing result
of $3.50 meters, or 400 feet more than
six miles.
The greatest ocean depth hitherto
known was found by the United
States cable steamer Nero in 1901
This spot was to the south of the
Island OF Guam, and the deep sea lead
indicated $685. meters-just little
less than six miles.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06

rate of rotation and the weight of air.
The entire science of pitching con-
sists In the deft application OF fric-
ton upon some point of the ball which
makes 1t rotate in a certain direction,
or. which counteracts its natural ro-
tation and cause 1t 10 "wabble" or
float with li:tle revolving motion. The
slow balls, fadeaways, knuckle balls,
all have as their object the proven
ton of rotary motion, or to give false
rotary motion Of reverse English"
The ball that presents the most air
surface to the resistance OF the at
mosphere slows up quickest and yields
more rapidly to gravitation. The one
that spins oftenest mot necessarily
fastest) curves most.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
Finds Moonlight Calls Forth Germs

Strange powers always have been
assigned to the moon, and 1t is not
surprising to learn that a South Afri-
can belief is that moonlight hastens
the decomposition of fish.
But it is surprising to find this be-
lief brought forward as more than
superstition. D. z. Hutchins says he
has obtained experimental proof of
this action OF the moon, and suggested
that it is due to some low form OF life
called forth or stimulated to action by
moonlight.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
Solemn Speculation.

so you think that new turtle cure
will be expensive?" said one doctor
Well" replied the other, 1T may
depend on whether 1t employs ordt
nary mud turtle or terrapin."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12

Pretty Enola Mcintyre, vino
lives with her parents at 1916
North Junett street, will be the
sponsor of the new 11tb street
bridge, and when the formal ded-
ication is made next Saturday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock, it will be Miss
McIntyre's fair hand that will re-
lease the ribbon that will send a
big bottle of champagne smash
ing against the steel girders of
the 100000 beauty-meaning
the bridge.
Before Miss Mcintyre bathes
the bridge with wine, however,
Governor Ernest Lister and May
or Seymour, and possibly others,
will make short addresses.
There will be band concert,
moving picture men will be on
hand to get movies of the event
and 10000 souvenir programs are
to be distributed to the specta-
tors.
Temperance advocates have
urged the mayor to substitute
water or milk or maybe go as
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12

the government artillery struck
the Mutual Life Insurance build
ing and exploded, setting fire to
it. Total destruction, of the build
ing Is feared. Another building
to feel the effects of the machine
gun fire was the Young Mems
Christian association building,
which yesterday was decorated IN
the red flags of the Diaz revolt.
1t was made the screen yesterday
of raining spray of bullets, ana
1t was again the center of attack
today. Its demolition appears al
most certain.
Three Americans Injured.
Three Americans who disre-
garded the warnings of Ambassa-
dor Wilson to keep away from the
danger zone were injured yester-
day by stray bullets. Lloyd Os-
bourne, the author, a son of Mrs.
Robert Louise Stevenson, receiv-
ed flesh wound in the side while
watching the battle from the top
iioOT VI d Say ySCIdpeT. LIT. II. ii.
McCrosson of Lincoln, Neb., was
shot in the hand while walking
along street. Mark Johnson. a
negro of Madison, ILL.,, received
bullet in the shoulder.
MaderO Has Strong Force.
Artillery played the chief part
in yesterdays battle, and this
was continued today, along with
a racking rifle fire. An automo-
bile ride along the streets this
morning before the conflict was
resumed indicated the federal
losses yesterday were greater
than those sustained by the reb-
els. General Diaz asserted that
only twenty of his men were kill
ed, but it is believed that 100 is
nearer the correct figure.
President Madero declared to-
day that he has 10000 troops at
mis- command, while Diaz has only
1900.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12
GENEE AND
HER TOES
AREHERE
Back to the tall timbers-so-

Back to the tall timbers-so-
pranoes.
To the deep, dark woods, matt
nee hero baritones and tenors.
Today (and tomorrow is a
day to talk about toes and an
kles and-er-limbs to be ex-
plicit, ladies' limbs.
No, that isn't right-one par
ticular lady's limbs--and they
are Genee's.
When we talked with Adelina
Genee, petite, yellow-curled,
blue-eyed girl on board her lux
urious private railway car in
the noisy railroad yards below
18th street today, we didn't real
ize just how much one girls pc
tite ten toes, or ten petite toes,
can be worth.
But after learning that Mile.
Genee is the highest salaried
dancer in the world, barring
none, and that her two feet, an
kles and-er-limb are insured
with LlOyds of London for $1O,-
900 each, we sort of wised up
that dancing is an art and it is
an art that pays well-anyway,
it pays Genee and her managers
we'll.
81 started dancing when
1 was only three years old;
that is, ! started then to
. learn" Genee told us.
And, of course, l have been
at it ever since"
"The ballet, you know" she
continued, sis one of the great
essential features of the opera in
Europe. In London the ballet
girls are trained from infancy,
and my uncle was one of Lon
don's great ballet masters then.
Il was always under his tutel-
age until l made my debut and
later l became a premier"
Genee is slender, rather
pretty young woman; rather diff
fident and extremely modest.
"Mr. Genee" is Frederick Is
slit, and the Issits are most de-
voted.
1t may be that this will be the
last tour of Mile. Genee, and
with her going passes the most
famous toe dancer that the stage
has known.
This is her first tour of the
provinces" as these European
artists call any city outside of
New York, and she is at the Ia
coma tomorrow night under Ber-
nice Newell's management.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12
DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know last night what
holiday this was to be?
Maybe you do, but there are
some persons in this city who do
not, or who did not this morning.
Mayor Seymour was besieged with
telephone calls from people who
could not get the banks to cash
checks nor get into the postof-
flee, asking if it were a holiday,
and IL SO, what holiday? Others
inquired why the flag was flying,
why the courthouse was closed
and so ON.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12
MRS. SCOTT
HAS HEARD
TRAGIC NEWS

HONOLULU, Feb. IL. - That
Mrs. Robert F. Scott is today ad-
vised of the death of her expIor-
er husband is the belief of WIRE
less officials. here. The steamer
Aorangi, on which Mrs. Scott en-
barked to meet her husband, has
a wireless range of but 80 miles
but this, in the opinion of experts,
should not have prevented her
from picking up messages of Cap
tain Scott's death from wireless
outfits covering a much longer
range. The Aorangi reaches New
Zealand Feb 27.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12

Hundreds Dead on streets.
Bursting Shrapnel from the
cannon and machine guns of the
opposing forces threaten to wreck
the business district of Mexico
City, one of the worlds most
modern cities.
Since President Francisco I.
Madero gave the order at 1920
today for the attack on General
Felix Diaz' arsenal stronghold, a
number of the city's skyscrapers
have been hit by exploding shells
and badly damaged, streets torn
up and hundrds of persons killed.
The center of the city is shak-
ing with the roar of cannon and
machine guns and the foreign
residents are in a panic. Expert
gunners who have Joined the Diaz
revolt, are shelling the city's high
buildings, where many of the Ma
dero guns are mounted.
A shell struck the wall of the
cable office, where the United
Press correspondent was writing
dispatches, wrecking an adjoin-
ing building and tearing a hole
in the structure. Rifle bullets
are spatting against walls that
house thousands of Americans as
we'll as the countrymen of the
combatants.
1t is impossible authenticity to
estimate the losses in today's
fighting but up to noon it was
believed the casualties exceeded
those i'm yesterdays eight hour
clash. Today's battle is undoubt-
edly the bIoOdiest since the rebel
warfare started against the Ma
dero administration.
Spattered with the blood OF
hundreds who fell in yesterdays
battle, the principal business
streets of the city presented a
ghastly sight at dawn. Torn and
dismembered bodies Uttered the
pavements. Estimates of the dead
vary from 200 to 1000.
Regardless of the incidental
loss of life and the protests OF
American Ambassador Wilson and
Senor De La Barra, former pro-
visional president, the struggle
was continued today. President
Madero giving the order which
sent $500 federals in determ-
ined assault on Diaz' arsenal
stronghold.
Almost the first shell fred by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12
BIG CIGAR MERGER
Is ANNOUNCED

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. IL
The United Cigar Manufacture
ers' company announced here to-
day a consolidation with NJ. A.
Gunst & Co. of San Francisco.
The United Cigar Manufacture
ers company is opposition to the
United Cigar Stores company and
has acquired the Gunst concern.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12

ARMY ON
ITS MARCH

ELIZABETH, N. ]. Feb. r.
With horns blowing, dogs bark
ing and crowds cheering, the 16
suffrage marehers from New
YORK arrived here at noon today.
A committee from the Women's
Political Study club escorted the
marchers to luncheon at the
Elks' club.
The suffrage "army" expects to
reach Metuchen, N. j., tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12
MADELINE BERLE.


(By Un1teu IreSS Leased W1re.D
BOSTON, Feb. ~. - Miss
Madeline Berle, 10 years old, of
Revere, is pronounced by DR..
Dudley A. Sargent, professor of
physical culture at Harvard, to be
a real Venus. Miss Berle attain
ed fame as a swimmer and DR..
Sargent engaged her to teach the
art in his physical culture school.
Her measurements, as made by
DR.. Sargent, are:
Height-Five feet, 2 inches.
Girth of head-21 ga inches.
Nec6-13 inches.
Chests inches, full SO IA
inches.
Waist-25 "a inches.
Hips-37 inches.
Thigh-22 1-2 inches.
Right and left calf-14 inches.
Upper right and left arm-12
inches.
Righ and left elbow-10 in
ches.
Weight-130 pounds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12
DRINK KILLS
MAN AND WIFE

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
MOUNT VERNON, Feb.
12.-Mixing wood alcohol
with whisky under the belief
that it was grain alcohol, j.
f. Lewis and his wife are
dead here today as the result
of drinking the poisonous
mixture. The wood alcohol
was ordered from a wholesale
firm in Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12
L 1 N c. % L N
By ROBEp- MANSFIELD.

No transient words, no poesy
Nor cleaning marble shaft
To him, who through that storm-swept sea,
Steered safe the Nations craft.
Instead, keep green his memory
In hearts inviolate,
The truest man in history
The Captain of our Fate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12
WILSON IS
FORMALLY
ELECTED

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. IL.
The house and senate today,
meeting in joint session, formally
received the electoral votes by
states and declared Gov. Wood
row Wilson of New Jersey elected
president of the United States and
Gov. Thomas r. Marshall of In
diana vice president. The cere-
mony was held in the house
chamber.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12
(By United Press Leased wire.)

ROME, Feb. 12.- Pope Plus
declined today to permit the
funeral of his sister, Rosa Sarto,
to take place in st. Peters
church. He ordered simple
funeral. A second class funeral
car conveyed the remains to the
cemetery of Campo verano, where
they were inferred temporarily.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12

strong as grape juice for the
champagne, but no christening is
supposed to be just right without
the champagne, so champagne it
will be.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-12

The people demand and
are going to back the city
to the limit for not only
municipal ownership, but
municipal operation of
that tidefiat street rail
way.
Frank Ross came up
last night and at the Cen
trail Improvement league
offered the city a block Of
tidefiats at Ross and Mar
shall avenues, 1000 feet
long, for car barns and
car shops.
This is Ross answer to
Manager Bean, who in the
council chamber Monday
afternoon told Ross street
cars could not be bought
like condensed milk.
IF we can't buy them,
then we will build them,''
said Ross.
He purposes that the
city shall have the place
60 do the work.
The property offered to the city
free by Ross is worth thousands
of dollars.
But Ross Is in earnest about
that municipal street railway. He
last night urged that the city not
only get this line in but extend
1t as it can running from Point
Defiance park to Indian school
and around the depots and else
where, developing great system.
The Central Improvement
league made up of delegates from
every Improvement club In town,
went on record unanimously for
not only the municipal ownership
of the tideflat railway but its OPP
Grafton also.
They want no lease TO the
Stone-Webster o ranybody else.
They want the city to build and
run that street car line.
The meeting was the largest
and most representative one ever
held by the Central league. Over
100 were present from every sec
tion of the city. Sentiment seem-
ed to be all one way on the mat
ter With light and water
plant paying profit, with munich
pal docks coming money the dele
gates showed their faith in mu-
nicipal operation of public utili~
ties by adopting a resolution pro-
testing against granting any fran
chise TO any street railway on the
tideflats.