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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-16
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HI1heSt. IIOWeSC.
Tacoma 6S 80
Although a heat wave surged
through the eastern states yes
terday parching crops and eaus-
ing suffering in the cities, Tacoma
experienced mild and cool wealth
er. The highest temperature for
the day was~ 6S degrees. Dis
patches from the national wealth
er bureau gives SO degrees, in
Omaha and st. Joseph, as the
maximum in the cities yesterday,
with Chicago running next with a
heat of "a degrees. Several heat
prostrations were reported in the
east.
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Ever See a Phone Bug?

Dr. sIRAUcH. TELEPHONE
DISEASES OF TODAY
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06

which consist of coolie neither gar
ments and a blue cotton coat with
the advertisement of his trade in
white characters on it's lapeIs and a
Chinese character for Amazake on his
back.
He must also be fitted out with an
iron pot for boiling the sweet LIQUID.
His red boxes contain the hibaschi
and the heavy pot. also charcoal.
drawers. trays and cups.
1t is very hard for an old man to
carry two such heavy boxes, and the
Amazake-ya is often taken with a de-
sire to rest by the wayside. But this
is against the law, and If the police
man catches sight of him he is told to
move on in the polite language of
kora! Kora Sometimes he is fined
from 20 sen to one yen for thus loiter-
ing on his way.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06

We experimented once with a pneu-
matte gun the rifiing in the barrel of
which gave 1t heavy rotation In any
desired direction. It was merely an
exaggeration of the curve. We shot
balls under 80 pounds of pressure, max
ing them curve sometimes hundred
feet. Putting the up curve motion on
the ball (Which always tends to curve
in the direction Of its rotation). we
aimed the gun at a target exactly on
a straight line. and the ball, going
straight for perhaps e hundred feet,
suddenly seemed to slacken speed,
then it leaped upward and rose at
"a terrific rate until it passed over the
cross bar of the flag-pole In the cen
ter field, 10 feet above the ground
Yet the ball was not disobeying the
laws of physics. rather proving them.
In its terrific speed it had encounter
ed an air billow which 1t could not
penetrate, and it had bounced off this
denser bunch of air and rolled up
ward
One would think that II a baseball
is hit into the air is will follow a ball
istic curve in ratio to the angle of
ascension reduced by the amount of
air pressure. Physics says 1t should.
1t will not, and no man can draw the
ballistic curve that any fly ball will
follow. The greatest range of any
proJectile in theory. is gained by an
angle of 45 degrees. Military authori-
ties know that, owing to air resist
ance, the greatest distance Is attain
ed at an angle just under 40 degrees.
Having both the theory and the prac-
tice. therefore. ball players to make
home runs should hit the ball at an
angle of 40 degrees minus. One of
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06
Street Members
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statistics, those who use the pipe
have decreased one-half in the past
ten years 1t is a sad commentary on
the passing OF many old-style people.
In Toxic there are about fifteen
merchants who sell the bamboo for
the pipes. and the Chinese bamboo Is
considered the best. This business
cannot be carried on when 1t is rainy.
as the repairing must be done out OF
doors. The Ra-uya must be examined
by the officers in his district twice
year.
Must Keep Moving.
II his cart passes the examination
he may continue his work. He charges
three sen to replace a pipestem, and
he must use about ten sen worth OF
charcoal day, SO that the profits ac-
cruing are often very small. This
business is practically limited to old
men. They take off the silver or brass
bowl and mouthpiece and put in new
bamboo stem. then clean the whole
by steam and polish the metal until 1t
seems as good as new.
Another parsonage among the street
merchants is the Amazake-ya. His
cry, Anal, ANAL Sweet, Sweet! is SO
suggestive of sweet things that the
cry brings the children from every
quarter. The men who ply this trade
are generally old. They form one of
Toko's picturesque street elements
with their two large red lacquered
boxes on either end Of a shoulder pole.
Amazake is sold to the street retail
ers from thirteen wholesale merchants
who thus supply the trade
An applicant who wishes to enter
this business goes to the merchant
with a person who acts as a guaran-
tor. and borrowing the outfit, which
consists of the aforesaid red boxes, is
almost ready to set forth on his trav-
els. But he must buy his own clothes,
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06
UMBRELLA MANUFACTURERS AwERTIsnENr

for the sos streets of Toxic The
oichini sings a song which has for
conclusion the expression oichini, or
one, two. keeping step to the music of
an accordion and walking stately and
slowly Whenever the street gamins
hear his song they run after the oichi-
nj, just as the rats ran after the mad
piper of Hamelin
Song an Advertisement.
His song is an advertisement of his
medicine 1t is difficult to learn and
often takes several days before the
vender can master 1t. If he is not a
success at singing the song he will be
of no account as vender, for the
secret of his popularity lies in his rem
dering of the peculiar melody.
When you hear the Ra-uya, or re-
pairer of bamboo pipes, in the neigh
borhood. 1t seems as though min
iature locomotive was letting OF
steam. for one popularity of the Ra
uya's trade is cart which has in IL
little furnace. steam vent over
which the pipe is placed to clean IL
thoroughly on the inside, and also
through the roof of the cart a steam
whistle.
For the privilege of pushing his cart
through the streets the Ra-uya must
pay three yen a year as tax. 1t takes
long apprenticeship to know ali the
tricks of the trade and no one who ia
not accustomed to this kind of mend.
Ing can be success. The number NJ
Ra-uya is steadily on the decrease
perhaps because there are fewer and
fewer old-fashioned people now who
nse this kind Of pipe.
In the old Yedo days the trade w,s
brisk one and the Ra.uya rar
through the street. two baskets slnna
At the ends of pole across bis
shoulders and his cry was most .,
miliar one. Now he is minus ~
baskets and the cry. but the cart ana
the steam whistle have taken tha,-
place. Then, too. 80 many peon,e ~
day smoke cigars and cigarettes ~.
the Ra-uya finds his old bamboo n,naa
few and far between. ACCORDING 10
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06
Curious Thank OFFERING.

The proprietor of printing press
at Ratlam has chosen remarkable
way OF expressing his feelings at the
viceroy's escape. He informs the
public that "as an humble expression
OF gratitude and extreme pleasure for
the above mentioned divine boon to
India, and in commemoration of his
excellencys presiding over the first
meeting OF the legislative council, the
Press has resolved to reduce its print
ing charges by 25 per cent. for a per
100 OF one year from February 1.
1913. This practical demonstration
OF kind feelings has been acknowl-
edged by the private secretary of the
viceroy, and the proprietor of the
Press in question hopes that others
VIII show their loyalty IN some SINH
lar way.-Times of India.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06

who can throw a baseball $50 feet on
the Polo grounds. New York, on
dead calm day. can throw the same
ball almost 400 feet on the Denver
ball park2
In studying the physics OF baseball
let us commence with the chief imple-
ments of the game-the bat and ball.
The ball is composed of a small core,
with heavy layer of highly treated
Para rubber. then wound with two
kinds of woolen yarn, .over which is a
glue substance. upon which is a horse
hide cover. The ball is semi-pneumat.
ic. both the rubber and the glue upon
which the cover is pasted tending to
hold air. The difference even of a
sixteenth of an inch in the thickness
OF the rubber makes the ball 80 fast
that it scarcely. can be handled. The
makers experimental for years to get
the ball tuned to the proper pitch OF
elasticity. and appear finally to have
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06

Frank Bakers worlds series home
runs was near that angle, the other
scarcely 30 degrees, 1t went farther.
AS a matter of fact, even, IL ball
player could hit ball at any desired
angle, he could not be certain where
it would go. 1t would depend too much
upon the rotary motion of the ball.
Last summer ! 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 ball missing
his hands by two feet. The ball had
shot" suddenly from its true path.
In a game between Washington and
Chicago late last fall, Walter Johnson
hit ball at an angle of close to 40
degrees, and with terrific force.
should estimate that 1t was nearly 80
feet high, at it's greatest elevation.
Had it followed the true ballistic
curve, 1t would have passed over the
center field 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-
tions such as these study of aero
nautics would help players more than
physics would.
The outfelder who gets the jump"
on the ball at the crack of the bat
figures it's trajectory at a 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. I never doubted
it until practiced at second base with
Malachi Kittridge and the lamented
Tim Donohue throwing the ball down
to me. Donohue threw faster, and
seemed harder, yet the ball came Into
the hands as lightly as If tossed. Kit
ridges thrown ball came more slowly,
but it Jared and bruised the hands
This popularity of throwers is un-
derstood well by players, and one of
the first inquiries concerning new
player is whether he throws 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
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 longth OF the fingers
and the manner of holding the ball.
The man who knew enough about
physics. and also about baseball. could
fill 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
curve ball that started a protract-
ed argument which finally resulted In
group Of learned professors gath
ering to decide whether ball actual
ly could be made to curve in the air.
The professors who doubted the DOS
sibility OF ball curving based their
doubts upon the alleged insuffl cheney
of air resistance. They admitted the
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06

ders OF every description. Ear
ly in the morning ones slum-
Der is disturbed by their plain
tive cries, and should the window of
the house look upon thoroughfare.
there may be seen through the sudar
countless procession OF hawkers, but
they do not need to be seen to be
recognized. for their characteristic
cries echo and re-echo from morning
until night
Take the oichini. for instance, the
strolling medicine vender. Often he
Is musician with a tuneful accor-
dion. Envious glances may be cast at
his red and white epaulettes. his uni
form and his cap. Many youth, says
the Japan Advertiser. might consider
1t the height of ambition to be able
to go about the city in Just the same
manner and win smiles from all the
young women in the streets through
which he passes But the oichini has
all he can do to make his daily bread,
and his lot is often very hard indeed.
The center for the distribution of
this medicine Is at the merchants
house, which is situated on the little
island off Tsul1iji, Tsukijima The ap-
plicant who wishes to become a trav-
cling apothecary must pay yen as
a guarantee to be faithful to the mas
ter. The next day he is given cap,
a suit of clothes and pair of shoes.
In addition he receives medicine to
the value Of yen, and his breakfast
s supplied every morning. For his
other meals he must shift for himself
ind eat them in whatever part of
Toxic he finds himself when he be-
comes hungry
All the venders must assemble at
.he masters house in the morning
Ind be ready to start out by o'clock
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06
The Physics Of Baseball
By Hugh S. Fullerton
tcopyright. isIs, by W. q. Chapman

The first law of physics is that all
that goes up must come down; al
ways excepting the cost OF living. The
first law of baseball is not to let 1t
come down.
The difference between the physics
Of the classroom and OF the diamond Is
that the student learns the laws gov
erning inertia. velocity. dynamics, the
curvilinear trajectory OF projectiles.
resisting power of air, attractive pow
or of masses; and the ballplayer, by
experiment, deals only with the freak
variants Of these laws Many times
the student who makes his college
team is apt to think that the prof. was
stringing him when he laid down
the laws of motion, mass and ve-
locity. For baseball under skilled
manipulation and control seems, like a
trust, to come as 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
a 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.
If the supreme court should find the
law Of gravitation unconstitutional,
or II 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 1t. Line hits would
continue to travel in a straight line
until some fielder, standing on the
needle point of inflnity. jumped and
pulled II down with one hand.
There is professor OF physics in
a great eastern university who wrote
me inquiring as to the physics of the
spit ball. and who later lectured to his
classes upon the subject. asked sew
eral great pitchers to demonstrate for
the benefit of the professor how they
held the ball. swung their arms. re-
leased 1t with their fingers, and how
much power they applied and to what
point on the surface of the sphere.
Among them 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:
Don't send any more bugs to see
me-"
The point is that the players do not
care what scientific phenomena they
develop SO long as the opposing bats
men take their healthies Il. e., swings)
at the 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 a ball game af-
fords problem. There are basic con-
ditions which, In themselves, are
worthy of study, Consider atmospheric
pressure. Did you know that man
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06

rate of rotation and the weight of air.
The entire science of pitching con.
sists In the deft application of fric-
tion upon some point of the ball which
makes 1t rotate in a certain direction,
or, which counteracts its natural ro-
tation and cause 1t to "wabble" or
float with little revolving motion. The
slow balls, fadeaways, knuckle balls,
all have as their object the preven-
ton Of rotary motion. or to give false
rotary motion of reverse English"
The hall 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 (not necessarily
fastest) curves most.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06
His Reoret

L accepted an invitation to hear her
sing last week. and now she has lost
her voice"
And you are glad you accepted the
invitation?"
No, | am sorry l didn't put it Oh
for q week"
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06

ASSiNG and repassing through
the streets of Toxic are ven
ders OF every description. Ear
ly in the morning ones slum-
hnv- fo Ifat.rh.l ~ th.tr x~Iut-
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Official Paper
NOME, ALASKA, OCTOBER 20, 1913

Some years ago a democratic presi- dent had occasion 10 make 1t pretty plain to n certain European power that the doctrine laid down by MT. Munroe was still the guiding princi' ple of the diplomacy of the United States when dealing with things on ,i,s side of the Atlantic At that tim" the United States had just commenced to build her modern navy and hal TAT ,ess tf m army thnn she has my. .h fac, tho country WIS absolutely nn- ,,rared for wrr then. as it is r"w. .m', when Mr. cleveland spoSc so ,rsitveIy to Englard the countr:' wac eve. worse of tlrii. il is now .nS I,n,, yould have : mt one divisi n. ''I
 er fert across I'm A, a1;l' ant m .,r.. battle put cN,v ship h 'L'' S' navy u,t nf husln"ss. i'ut Enstrd ,',d E"t tn any such thing. She v"I' c.,,mN and quietly. ..s is her h, ., , Ten sEr lacks down. drew nl h?r horns .,ild said nuihinS .'i"nt H. That was not i.r,aus, England was in the least afraid f ti" l'niIrd states II was ln.gtusr i.nglInd needs frir'ii one friend. and ,hr tnitcd States the only .hnutry In thc world wh" '''' bc England's friend.
 When President tirt"l.lLd spoke <" plainly to England hr w,S only bluT ing and lc knew il and England kn"" il. l.u Ensland dil n"i care [" 'h't the hltfi. s'll, has .u various iinl"s taken a s...i t,",l .f lluninp from ns and will ttkr a good deal more ant tho reason is that England needs us.
 Again n democratic presidents finds it necessary io r'itriatc the principles hid down iy Anhr,r and actin W. ind a democratic president with nerve enough to du it. Tn hc surr he had to get away from Inc handicap of the secretary .f state b"forc hc cam" out in ,,nui pii,in English and said We would have Ii" interference" "h this siGc uf thr purd frrn Europe. i!ut wEct it r;,mc to a show down Nr. Wilson ,lil have the nerve [" speaS his own mind ;'nd not Inc mind "f the secretary uf state and thereby hr has made more. .I II .,,,,i. iiun f.'r himself .,s Ii president ani a man tttin hy any .iicr at "f lis administration.
 Hut unr.rt un!t'ly what Mr. Wilsuu has inst said .tln,uI foreign inferior cncr. as mach Hs W. admire him Tor his print ililcs and frr his mnhliness. is nothing more ihun a gigantic biuH IL is ihr s,nl" sort of Il i'luff that MT. Cleveland sn surycssful, handed "ti, to EnElanh.
 Mir. Wilson knows ,t k q hluN. AIrxico knows ii Is |, hiuff and the powers If I;ur"m know h is hiun We may phi 1t over. We most pro- Mibly will pnt ii over. Hut wc will put it over simply b,sausc n" other country "r two ar three countries tare to take the trouble tn call ns.
 IstglanJ will stand I,S us. of course. fSr shr has realized thlt tho MunrOc doctrine of the Cniied states means ns much tn her as 1t does to tS. It means the protection of Canada ns well ns the prntsction of Central and south Amerira from cncrochments by Europe and |, means the protection of her possessions in the West Indies.
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But nevertheless Mir. Wilson k biuffing. He tx hluffine because he is forced to hIun There isn't any other way nut of It.
 In spite of Alr. Bryan the president does no, dare. nor is hc the sort of man to want to. back water un one oi the Fundamental rules uf cur dipio- macy. He simply must stand by th. Munroe doctrine. But wouldn't We bt in u nice fix If. not necessarily two oi three. but just one of the powers oi Europe. with u real army ut her bacK and real navy nt her command should call the bluff. Should sny Il listens alright but we're cunning over to your side anyway. Then what?
 There are u lot Of people running around with the idea that We can whip the world. It's Il very foolish iden. Congress will not give us enough sol diers and ships to properly do our own police work. We couldn't whip any thing bigger than third class power with force We hay" at present.
 Lei ns hnpc and pray that like his distinguished predecessor Mir. Wilson will be able to pu, his hluff over. Any way there is not an American with real rcd blood in his veins who dncs not honor him for raising the ante "n a busted straight.
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We'll we seem to bc coming along very nicely after all. Things arc be- ginning to shape up and the gentlemen who are taking care of the relief funds and still have enough left (" do Il whole lot more. The reports made al the council meeting last night show that there is very little if any absolute want in Nome and if there is any it Is not known to the relief committee and is the fault of those in want and not of those having charge of the relief
 4 lot of good work has been done by the several committees in charge nf the various sections of the work of relief and it is evident that everyone engaged in the work has given his hest efforts to the handling of the some what trying situation. The city is fortunate in the men whn are dealing with the several situations that must be met and from the reports Il is plain that all the situations have been met in a businesslike manner.
 There has been good deal of fear about what would happen during tho winter. Fear that when the real hard times come there would he grea, deal of distress It seems now tha; this fear. natural ns il was was un- founded. While there is not going to be an abundance of m"ncy and sup plies for all those that actually need help and far from an abundance for those who only think they need help there IS enough to provide against any actual suffering and the methods so far employed by those having charge of the relief will. if continued obvinte any extreme hardship for any one.
 The question of the roadhouses along tho overland mall trail. although han
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