Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1919 — Page 2

KING OF ITALY AT A Y. M. C. A. POST

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and Capt. Frederic Baugher Inspecting the YM C post in the Casadet Soldnto at Faenza. The king expressed his appreciation of the work done by the Y. M. C. A., which organization was toltaly. < _ : _ .

RADIO SIGNALS SENT UNDERSEA

Device Made Communication Through Water and Beneath Ground Possible. SECRET HONS DIDN’T KNOW Maryland Scientist Is Persuaded After Much Pressure to Accept Remuneration for Time Spent Working on Invention. Washington.—How underground and —through-water wireless was put Into practical use during the war was disclosed by navy department officials, giving to the public another of its secrets. carefully guarded so long as It might be of value to the enemy. Government officials regard this development. originated in private research by Janies H. Rogers, a scientist of Hyattsville. Md . as one of the war's major scientific advances of the kind. In practical use the new system so far -hr employed- onty for receiving. Radio messages sent ouL from powerful stations in Europe are now being read at underground receiving stations in the United States and in —some mses, better than when caught by the elaborate and expensive air stations. -Z_2_ Got Signals Under Waves. In addition, it was revealed at the department, through an adaptation of the Rogers submarines under water are intercepting radio signals sent from shore and with crude apparatus! The scientist has succeeded in transmitting signals two miles from a submerged wire simulating a submersible. Officials say it is sitde. though not yet an accomplished fact, that ground or water sending can be developed to a considerable extent. They do not. anticpate, however, that the present fnethod of sending from

GIANT DAM RIVALS NIAGARA

Mammoth Structure in the Tennessee Mountains Will Provide Horsepower Estimated at 80.000. Knoxville, Tenn. —Surpassed only by the Roosevelt dam and Niagara falls, and the largest dam east of the Roose--vete-dani. .is the mammoth new damjust completed aiTfiebah. inihe .nnuintains 47 miles south of Knoxville^ - •Iwelxe hundred .men worked over two years on it. Two hundred thousand cubic yards of .concrete were used. It is 210 feet high from surface of river to crest. It raises a mist 100 feet high'as its water strikes the river after flowing over the top. It is3so feet long at the base. 725 feet long at the top. 175 feet thick at the base iind 12 feet thick at the top. Six days were require'! to fill 'the lake behind it. which is ten miles long; engineers had figured oh 21 days, but a heavy rain helped. It will produce 7.500 units more of horsepower than the combined ronsumptirih of Knoxville, Memphis, Chattanooga and Nashville, or over SO OOP horsepower.—lt is almost identical with the Roosevelt dam in the West. The cost was over 51.000.000. region. It was built by and for the Knoxville Rower company, an ally of the Aluminum Company of America.

Uses Electrical Device to Get Chicken Thief

Lawrence, M&ss. —By means of an electrical invention of his own ’ingenulty, Ferdinand Bauer captured the thief who had been raiding his hencoop. The first night it was set out Bauer’s electrical trap landed the in- , trod er. Owners of coops in the vicin.ty have-galled on Bauer to make their coops burglar-proof.

high towers will be superseded except for limited special purposes. The theory most generally held until Rogers demonstrated the correctness of Tils views, was that impulses hurled into the air from a radio transmitting station and deflected earthAvanTliecarne dissipated, as does lightning, when they struck the groundor "at er. The Maryland scientist, however, believed that the Impulses flowed through the earth as through the air and that it was only necessary to trap and measure them In the ground. He had been at work on this theory before the United States entered the war and already had interested naval experts. He offered the results of his work to the navy without restriction, and when they were accepted after some demonstrations at Hyattsville, officials say, he was with difficulty persuaded to accept even remuneration for actual time given to co-operation with the goVemment. —One of the first steps ta ken wnS the request of the navy department.

FIGHTS 60 FOES WITHIN AN HOUR

British Airman Has One of Most Remarkable Experiences of World War. WAS OUT ON A LONE HUNT | Destroys Four Hun Machines, Disables Six, Suffers Three Crippling Wounds and Brings Back Machine- in Repairable ■ - ~ Condition. American I‘ress Headquarters, British Front The war over, a great many accounts of individual bravery will be heard for the first time, but none will excel this extraordinary tale, of a British flying major, now recovering in a hospital. Th e in a.ior . i n a f a st. sln gl e-sea ter scout.- was out over the lines on a lonehunt. Discovering an enemy two-seat-er machine at 21.4 W feet over the for- , est of'Mormal. the major began climbing sharply to overtake Ijim. got under his tail, fired at point-blank range" and saw ~.e two-seater break in pieces and fait, one occupant diving out in a parachute. While watching the two-seater crash, the major suddenly heard bullets snapping and hissing about him. Under : him was a Fokker biplane. Before he I could.make a turn he was wounded in l the thigh,the shock stunning him for ’ a moment so that his machine fell in an aimless spin. Surrounded by Foes. When he had recovered control he found himself surrounded by 15 Fokkers in attack formation. He drove at the nearest and the two were at once 1 I terrific manuevers that carried them through the other 14. Chance shots during these evolutions seiit dovVn two of the major's adversaries, and then at ten yards he “got on the tall" of the first Fokker, probably the 'Squadron ■leader, and shot hint down in flames. Then the major was wounded a second time, this bullet shattering the „bone of his left tie eh. Ln a dead faint, with his engine running at top speed, the Britftsber fell in wild sweeping 1 circles,, until he once again regained his senses and was able to pilot his scout. • y -— j' ' ' ? But the major was*again set upon by another squadron pf 15 Fokkers. He charged straight at the machine ahead of him; firing at the same time. The Fokker burst into .smoke and .fell. Then 'the other Germans now- centered

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(>nder war legislation. that his application for patents be expedited. This whs done. ~ ■ - .. ■ 4: Main Advantages. Some of the main advantages of the Rogers system as developed'-xo far, -accord >h g to ex|il ■rt s, nre a Ini oat n c gll--giHe cost irf r rmstr tu-tirm. the intensifying of signals by pointing the sending apparatus toward the receiving stat ion and nsltir-tton of stsrt it- interference-. —Because -of the la 11 er -ad van- - tage, the navy's receiving station at New Orleans, uhere communication with ships In Southern waters swept by frequent .electrical storms is maintained. uses the underground apparatus with marked success. In war a grmit :i<l vunt:iu‘* that suhmurmr-r - rvn-hv messageswh ile submerged, This i-« being—done- by wires trailing in the water. The Rogers- development aroused electrical expert* of the government to new efforts ,to expand and improve radio transmission facilities. Out of the experimental work done with this and other ideas steady advance has been made under war presslire ami Rogers’ theories are interwoven with those of other men it) the results that areJudng- <>bt.a ined. ;

ENGLAND HONORS HEROINE 16

Girl Grips Blazing- Shell and Saves Factory From Destruction. I.ondon. —The youngest member of the Order of the British Empire Is Miss D. G. Vickers, aged sixteen. She has won the distinction for an act of great bravery. A small shell she was handling became alive owing to the fuse igniting, causing her to drop It. but realizing that there was a stick of unfinished fuses'close by filled with powder. she coolly picked up the blazing shell, dashed to the door And threw it as far as possible. Both hands were badly burned and her Injuries prevented her working for two months. her with* a gold btmgie and the lord mayor of Birmingham presented her with a specially designed brooch.

CARRIES UMBRELLA OVER TOP

Doughboy From Massachusetts Said He Didn’t Want His Tin Hat to Get Rusty. Webster. Mass—Folks here are waiting to greet Private Stanley Karabash, the doughboy who “went over the top” carrying an umbrella. Karabash, in a letter to tils "home from a base hospital, says the-reason he carried the umbrella was to protect his “tin hat” from rain. He didn’t want the headpiece to get rusty, he said.

fire on him. riddling his machine and shattering his left, elbow' so that the arm hung useless. Again he was attacked by another squadron. Smoke came from his ma< chine and he believed himself on He used all his strength to try for a „e<flljsi'on once mor.e.and-was ,st i 11-a.ble to fire feebly. His success was repeated. A Fokker went down in flames at three yards range. As he was now too dizzy to see, h« dived to within a few thousand feet ol the ground, just over the lines, his en--ghn*~gqtng “futtout;* I 'TttrTtrffFTnrff miracle his machine stood the strain, an< 1 again he wa s a stack ed, thi s time by eight enemy scouts. The terrible descent seemed to brace him. British observers saw him go through the most amazing spins, spirals, zooms and all the tricks of the British scout fighter. In a 12-minute engagement he drove down two Germans out of control, broke free of the others and came h,ome skimming trees and trenches. He probably will pull through.

WIFE OF ADMIRAL BEATTY

-I.ady Beatty is the daughter of the late Marshall Field of Chicago.

NAPOLEON LAJOIE, ONE OF GREATEST INFIELDERS, RETIRES FROM BASEBALL

GREATEST OF ALL KEYSTONE SACKERS.

Napoleon Lajoie, for over 20 years considered one of the world’s greatest Infielders, announces his* retirement from professional baseball. For many years he was considered the leading second baseman. Last season Lajoie managed the Indianapolis team of the American association. Only once in his 23 years’ career on the diamond did Lajoie belong to a pennant-winning team. That was in 1917, when he managed the Toronto team of the International league. Four times Lajoie led the American league batters and four times he managed to make more than 209 hits. During his 21 years In the major leagues. Lajoie collected 3,243 base hitsT a grand average of .338, and scored more than 1,500 runs. Lajoie retires from baseball to take care of his interests in an automobile tire manufacturing company.

BENDER GAME

Famous Pitcher Busily Engaged in Organizing Gun Club at Merchant Ship Plant. Chief Bender, famous pitcher, and equally well known in the shooting field, just simply can’t help boosting sport. The famous Indian Is busily

Chief Bender.

engaged at the Merchant ship plant at Harriman in organizing a trapshooting club. According to Bender's plans,, this sport will be one of the main forms of recreation for the men during the coming year. He says that there are many former trap shots working in plant, and many others who have shot tn the fields, but never have tried their hands at clay birds.

HOUR LESS A BEAUTY

“Of the stallions I saw’ during my recent visit to Kentucky's leading breeding establishments,” says A. McL. Earfocker, “unquestionably the one which filled my teye as being the dandy of the lot in looks was Hourless. This great son of Negofol, which stands at the head of Major August Belmont’s Nursery _ Stud, is the handsomest stallionI haye ever seen. Owndrs and breeders alike in the land of the . blue grass vie with each other in doing homage to him. He is such a splendid specimen it is hoped,. thpt he comes into his own as a.transmitter of his royal blood. ‘ ’

INTERESTING SPORT PARAGRAPHS

Baseball is becoming very popular in Venezuela. e • Fred Anderson, Giant pitcher, has been mustered out of the army, * * ♦ - A movement has been launched to teach boxing in the schools of England. Arthur Irwin, Rochester manager, says Earl Smith is worth SIO,OOO to any club. Looks as if the Cards will have to pay Jack Hendricks cash to get rid of him as manager. ————— Nine trotting mares with records below .2:10 sere among those bred to Lee Axworthy;-4:5854, in 1918. ♦ * • Detroit tried to obtain Dutch Leonard from the Red Sox, but figured the price put on the pitcher was too high. ♦ ♦ ♦ Johnny Evers may not be able to play regularly, but he isn’t going to have much trouble landing a baseball job. signed to act as McGraw’s aid with the Giants. The latest is that he may manage the Braves. Duffy Lewis has wired the Yankee management that he is w ll satisfied with the trade that will send him to the big town. John Lane, former secretary of the Boston Americans, who is now a pay clerk in the United States navy, is on the transport Hancock. Clark Griffith is jyoud of a German helmet sent him by an army friend. It is as thick and solid a bit of work as ijjany a ball player’s head. John McGraw hopes Lieut. Jesse Winters will be mustered out of the army before spring. He believes the youngster will be a great pitcher. - ~•

Johnny Evers has returned from France with the word that a youth named Carter is a coming big league pitching star. Jvory hunters, take no- ... Sergeant Murphy of the Mare Island inm Ines C-tpeets to return to cific Northwest, and be manager of the Portland (Oregon) club of the Northwestern league. Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburgh Nationals, says that he expects all of his players, with the exception of Carlson,' will be back before the 1919 season starts. * * * *The Chicago National pitchers were pretty effective during the 1918 season. as they were credited with 23 shutouts. Vaughn led with eight, Tyler being a close secohd with seven. * ♦ * lohlya Kumagae, the Japanese lawn tennis player, is the only-exponent of the game among the ten ranking players of two, seasons ago who was not enrolled in some branch of the government war service.

GERMAN SHELL CAUSE OF AN INTERMISSION

Slight Interruption to Baseball Game Behind Firing Line. Tore Big Hole tn Ground and Otherwise Messed Up Field, but Nobody Was Hurt, and Sport Was Resumed in Few Minutes. The diamond was no diamond at all. It was only a Lorraine pasture with the bumps cut off and the holes filled In to give a smooth surface. Two nines in khaki were battling for the championship of the Vosges-, or something like that. . , From the woods behind the first base big guns were speaking at intervals. The shells went whistling «over the field to carry their messages of death to the enemy. From the other side of the distant hills came the booming of artillery in reply. Sounds like a poor day-for a game, doesn’t it? But on that morning the Y. M. C. A. athletic director of the district had ridden eight kilometers on his bicycle to bring bats, balls, a catcher’s glove, a mask and a few fielders’ mits, and the young men in khaki were «going to break them in whether or not the whole German army was just around the corner. Came the sixth inning. The Woodleydoos had gone out in one. two, three order and the Hickory-Hacks were walking in from the field. The umpire, standing behind the plate as all fearless umpires should (besides. It’s nearest tothe dugout if the crdw3 gets boisterous) was calling for a little pepper. “Shake a leg, you birds,” he was saying, “or the war’ll be finished before this game is.” The next instant he was flat on his stomach. So was everybody else roundabout, for right behind second baise there plunged a shell which bore the label of “Made in Germany.” The explosion tore a hole in the ground and otherwise messed up the field. “Anybody hurt?” yelled the umpire Us he got up cautiously after a minute or two. “Nope? All right,‘then, shake a leg.” Quickly, afterthey had salvaged every piece of shell in sight as souvenirs, the players filled the hole, the umpire dusted off the plate, put on his mask and cried: “Play ball.”

YOST DOES NOT FAVOR GOLF

Ancient Game Requiring Silent Cheering Gets on Nerves of Veteran , . Fielding H. Yost, noted Michigan football coach, was asked why he did not play the golf game. “I saw one and the experience—l—had—was —enough to cure me,” said Yost. “A friend of mine was in a tournament and invited me to watch him in the final match for the championship. It was even u» until the sixteenth hole. Then my friend made a twenty-foot put and was one up. Right away I broke into a first-

Coach Fielding Yost.

class rah-rah cheer for him, but hardly had I let loose when one of the club officials grabbed my arm and said: ‘My friend, please remain perfectly quiet. Remember your golf etiquette.’ “ But,’ I protested, 'that shot my friend just made was a lu-lu and It deserves applause.’ “ 'This is a golf course, and not a gridiron.’ was the answer. ‘On a footiMdl to give loud voice to your feelings, but on the links silent cheering is the rule.’ “From then on,” said Yost, “I decided I was oft any game where a fellow must confine himself to that internal hurrahing.”

HARRY M’CORMICK IS BACK

Former Pinch Hitter for New York Giants Will Be Mustered Out of- Service Soon. . • i Lieut. Harry McCormick, formerly a pinch-hitter for the New York Nationals, who has been serving in the United States army in France, has returned to the United States. He will be mustered out of the servicie shortly, but has not yet decided whether he will return to professional baseball.