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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-08-29
European.

AdvlcoS sent out from japanese
provinces are 10 the effect that the
residences Of severa. millionaires have
4At governor OF Tokio, Japan, in a
:naA.l"S'o' urges the residents Of thai
Icl'! 70 remain INDOORS al night. The
ilea'e!S ana stores and the leading
IAoEoUl AiaEeS OF The city have been
o.ceFvH c!oSed
4" H,.!!"!.s on lnree important
sec'o:s @. III" western pa't!e front
'.''e pe"l S'N.i'e.-ed 20 give UP POSI-
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''' '''"'! ~ ny "''' oau St"tioh Oh lhe
ou'S"i'' :" u tA' iihPo tahI
''"n vi i'o!'' one Oh 'hc pi'otai points
Oh thc oa ''e i'oht Dfl"ceh lhc OlSe
and the SoInmc.
hoFd ltoDc't occ!!' Bri'i"h undcr sec
rctary or state Tor foreign affairs, says
~ "'''c''' 'he i''''lha'ioi'ai commits
S'''i o'' '''''"'l"'''R i"riiiS 'hc hucIc-
ua OF Il league OF nations
Available from French sources, it
IS pointed out that tn" German losses
since the beginning Of the war TO
the present has been not less than six
million men
Judging from the news cmana'ing
from Russia the march OF events Is
rapidly assuming proportions OF a rout
10 the Bolshcyiki.
Czcclo Sloyaks have taken new
heart in thcir heroic npht apoinst INA
.;crmnns ana Austrians dnc to tbo /
.upi1 movcncn of ,lliod ,ro,n, ,t
ana :, tho u,oo, 10 80,
city.
Just four wees ago The residents OF
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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-08-29
BRITISH TROOPS SHOW
FINE SPIRIT FIGHT

Paris.-The newspaper correspond.
ents at the front lay stress on the
magnificent enthusiasm with which
the British are attacking and over
coming the enemy They point out
that the British opposed stout resist
ance when the Germans counter at
tackled, and when they saw that the
enemy was staggering under the
shower Of blows increased the punish
ment without giving him time to look
around
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-08-29
Allies Continue Their Advance in
Picardy Steadily but
More Slowly.
ROYE AND NOYON IN DANGER
First American Field Army Is Formed
Situation in Austria and Russia
Improved-Man-Po Power Bill In
troduced in the Senate.
BY EDWARD w. PlCkARD.

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,h. Tbi.scnnr, n,oto,u ana I'm. I,m.
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par,nno' @ ~ '%n~on ~ ,tnl -" '. nsl, auons.,
lut fhccrvorc h.liovod ho u.,r,d ,.,onen
the Inter course ana tho r.ct maj
he was yi,hdr,win. hic ,ronn. no,+h
of Albert str.nythonnd ,hic vioyy 1Io
evacuated m. towns of Rnou,nont
Io,o.i Sorro puiciorv ,, ,,nnt ,nd
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hciyh,c morn c,cilv Lcr.nd.d AIon,
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win tho ,h,o ...ic,onco nf .nnn
American troons have hcon odvoncin.
SLOWLY tokjnr ,r,v ana E,in.hnp,
In the advance on Rove ana Novon
from the southwest the French have
been fighting over cy,rcIucIv difficult
ground with numerous rnyinrs that
furnish cover for thr iup,,,nrrohIo mn
CLINE guns ,hr Grrn,nns have been us.
ing But the French kept bringing IN
their artillery ana cleaning ont these
nests ana long before lhc end NJ thc
week tlicy had taken Rihccourt on
81 n,aa '>'u"''' VIZ
tin,lu fire rcod.riuy # o,,uoet un,on.
able.
On thc so,ssons. f,ntm, fr,nt .no
FIGHTING wns NASTY connn.d ;, rono,,
cd but Cutilr ott,ck. on IN. ,nnric,n,
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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-08-29

Geneva dispatches said the Austria
Swiss frontier was closed for some
days and all trains were full of Aus
trinn troops going TO the Italian front,
which WAS taken to mean another com
ing offensive there. However, the Itul-
ianS were ready for it and daily i'm
proved their positions, especially in
the mountains
In Albania the AuStrianS evacuated
al points held by them south of the
Srncni river
An amazing development is the Spiz-
ure of Bnkn, center Of the Caspian sea
oil district, hy British force which
made its way up through Mesopotumiu
and Persia.
The parous condition Of the central
powers resulted in kaiser confer
cncc" at German main Headquarters
which was attended by the rulers Of
Germany and Austria and their chief
advisers and by representatives of the
Turks. BulgarianS and Russian bolshe-
Wiki. The internal situation in Aus
tria-llungary especially is growing
worSe--or rather bcttcr-daily; an OK
plosion there almost any day would
not greatly surprise anyone. Bulgaria
shows signs of breaking away from
its confedcrateS, and as for Turkey, the
general public knows nothing of what
is going on there or what is expected.
| -Ea-
| The situation in Russia, including
| Siberia, also is improving. for the
forces opposed to the bolSheviki and
! the Germans are growing stronger and
! amalgamnting. The possibility of cs-
| tabliShinS an eastern front that will
| seriously worry the Huns is being con
sidercd, especially since the supreme
embracing half dozen districts, has
| declared itself opposed to the Germans
and ready to fight them. Possession
Of the port of Archangel and the Muir
| man coast gives the allies an inlet
for troops to help this movement. That
Germany recognizes the menace Is evil
dent from the facts that she is sending
more soldiers from the west front to
Russia, and has ordered Finland to
MurmanSk and the allies there. Dis
patches from HelsingforS declared the
Germans intend to occupy Petrograd,
though what they would gain by pos
session of that hunger stricken city is
not apparent. Lenine and Trotsky
and their soviet government were re-
ported to have fled from Moscow to
KronStadt. the great fortress near
petrograd. and to have placed the exc
cution OF power in the hands Of a trl-
umviratc composed Of Lcnine, Trotsky
ana Iinovicn. Lcninc also issued
manifesto urging the piti!css nnnihila-
tion OF all counlcr-rcyolutiOnar
Moscow being admittedly in the con
troll Of the counter-rcvoutionists the
German embassy also fled from that
city 10 pskov. which greatly pcrturbed
the German press.
The diplomats Of all the allied pow
rrs, now living on wurships at Arch
angel, have demanded of Tr0tsky an
explanation OF his threat that RUSSIA
would declare war against Anglo
French Imperialism"
ha-
The first American regiment sent to
Siberia. the Twcnty y-scrcnth regular in
fantry from Manila. landed at Vlndi-
vostok Thursday. and other Yankees
are on the way.
The CZccho-Slovaks in eastern ST.
IBERIA now have the assistance OF Brit
iSh and French forces which landed Mt
Vlndirostok and Joined them in the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14

Laredo, Texas.-German propagan-
dists in northern Mexico and along
the border are actively engaged in in
stilling fright into Mexicans with
view to preventing their crossing to
the American side and accepting en-
ployment as laborers on farms, rail-
roads, etc. One canard that has been
given considerable publicity by the
propagandists is that the Americans
are contemplating drafting all Mexi-
can men between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five into the army, while all
Mexican women will also be forced in
to service and "taken to France, where
they will be used as washerwomen for
the American soldiers ana the allies
generally"
These kind of reports have reached
the American consular service on the
border and they are exerting their ut
most efforts to set the Mexicans right
by assuring them that none but Ameri-
can citizens will be subject to the Sc
lective draft, while, as for women,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
before materials and methods have
become fully standardized.

before materials and methods have
become fully standardized.
Under Standardization 1t is possible
to let contracts on a geographical as
well as cost basis, thus eliminating
long distance hauls. Under the old plan
II was sometimes necessary to ship
boats and RATS from Vancouver,
Wash, to Bristol, Pa. This meant
high transportation cost.
In the early days blocks came in
200 different sizes. Blocks and fittings
have been SO cut in size as to increase
plant facilities about 80 per cent.
Manufacturers are now concentrating
on production where formerly large
part of the business included the max
ing of new dies with attending in
crease in cost.
In the case of costly machinery,
such as boilers and engines, Standard
cation has eliminated many intermedl-
ate sizes. Nautical instruments
plumbing fixtures, winches, windlasses
lin fact, all of the thousand ana one
things that go to make a fully equip
ped ship-will be entirely standard
lied whenever it is possible to accom-
plish it. Standardization has invaded
even the galley and is being applied TO
stewards outfits. There will be no
longer miscellaneous sets of equip
ment that may meet the requirements
of one ship but not those of another.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
Standardization
Cuts Fleet Cost

prefer it, seagoing "f1ivver," some
thing easily replaced in whole or in
part, but at the same time a thorough
ly sound proposition from the stand
point of utility and economy. This
means standardization all along the
line. The more nearly the fabricated
shapes for hulls and all ship machinery
and ship equipment conform TO
standard sizes OF patterns, the greater
will be the saving in initial cost and
maintenance of ships.
Long HauIs Eliminated.
1t is the purpose of the United
States Shipping Board Emergency
Fleet corporation to effect this, some
thing it has already accomplished with
respect to many things. The fact
that no such thing existed when
emergency shipbuilding began made
early progress slow. There were not
only the problems Of organization, but
the further complications always at
tending large construction enterprises
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
BOOKS
SENTTOFRANCE

$1,000,000. The variety of contributed
books is astounding and ranges from
mystery stories to theological treatises,
from murder yarns to Millions poems.
Fiction, of course. predominates.
No army in history ever read SO
omniverously as has the American
army in France. The men are greedy
for books. In the days when the sup
ply was inadequate, the demand wa'
SO great that doughboy who had
taken over in his barrack bag a copy
of O. Henry's ''The Four Million" split
it into pamphlets, each containing one
of the authors short stories. He
passed the copies, thus, abbreviated,
along the line, and they literally were
read to pieces.
The most insistent call is for detec-
tive thrillers and for tales of the
Rocky mountains. Next comes the de-
mand for poetry. Robert w. Service
is the soldiers favorite poet, with
Rudyard Kipling q close second.
Guide books which describe cha
teaus, cathedrals and points of his
toric interest are in great demand, as
well as histories of France. A recent
cable message to this country called
for 500 copies of Jeanne dare" show
ing that the Maid of Orleans is as
popular as the modern French maid
ems.
The librarians have been surprised
at the unexpected demand for serious
reading. Many soldier has evident
ly chosen war times to get In q dig
at some books the reading of which
he has hitherto postponed to a more
convenient season. With a perfectly
straight face a doughboy inquired the
other day for Boswell's Life of John
son."
OF course more than one inappropri-
ate book has found its way overseas.
Imagine the emotions of the young
giant who stalked into "Y" hut, set
tied down for a quiet evening, and
found that the first book staring him
in the face was one of the gushiest
and most effervescent. of the Elsie
books.
Most of the money spent for the
$4,000 purchased books has gone for
technical volumes designated to aid
the ambitious soldier in mastering the
science of war. Among these are books
on the psychology of color for the
camouflage corps, the chemistry of
high explosives, ballistics, sanitary en-
gineering, hydrostatics, meteorology,
applied geology and other subjects on
which the modern soldier must be
specialist.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
"SOLID WORRY IN THE ARMY
Recruit Believed That He Should
Carry Out His Orders
Regardless.

Vancouver Barracks, Wash.-Cer-
tainty in regard to but one part Of his
orders on the part Of a recruit sentry
here nearly caused the wounding Of
an officer of the day. The sentry,
armed with loaded rifle, challenged
the officer on his approach.
Halt r he shouted in best form.
The officer halted and waited for the
rest of the challenge,
"Halt!'' shouted the sentry again.
The officer began to exhibit interest,
especially as the sentry threw up his
rifle and took careful aim.
"Hey! What the blankety-blank are
you doing?" shouted the officer.
81 got orders 10 say halt three times
and then fire." said the sentry.
The officer then explained that this
drastic action was only to be adopted
when the challenged intruder did not
answer as per form, and the sentry
was much relieved to learn that he
would not have to start killing until he
got "over there"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14

Neutrality-suspicious. than million
books have been shipped abroad py
the American Library association Tor
the use of the American expedit1onary
force. The total available was 5,UUo,-
600, and this will be supplemented Dy
a united war work campaign contrl-
button of $3,5O0,OOO out Of it's total OF
$40. 100000 for the six allied welfare
organizations. !,
About one-half of the area covered
in France by the American expedition
ary force has received it's first sprink-
ling of books. The distribution is pro-
ceeding rapidly and next July there
will be established in Paris central
reference library of 10000 volumes.
available to any American soldier In
France. Upon application of hut
secretary any book in the Paris IL
brary will be sent anywhere in France
free of charge.
At every bookshelf the men find a
poster which reads: "These books are
loaned on the honor system. If you
fail. it fails. America is far away,
tonnage scarce and books precious,
Play square with the other fellow; he
has played square with YOU"
Fiction Predominates.
The books sent to Europe have been
of two kinds, those contributed and
those purchased by the funds of the
association, which have amounted TO
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
SWINE USE WASTE PRODUCTS
X Is Necessary to Have Number ct
Pigs on Hand TO Consume All OF
Perishable Feeds.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Under ordinary conditions hogs
return the largest profit when raised
to utilize waste products, and when
kept for this purpose alone the number
will depend upon the quantity of waste
products to be consumed. Skim milk
from dairy herds; shattered grain
from grain fields; unmarketablc PROD
ucts from the truck farm undigested
grain in the droppings Of fattening
steers, and many other minor wastes
on the average farm are examples Of
foodstuffs which would be wasted were
1t not for their utilization by the
thrifty farmer for the production Of
pork. In order to utilize some of these
products, it is necessary to have a
number Of pigs on hand for relative
ly short time, on account of the per-
lshable nature of these feeds. The
rest Of the year the fattening pigs and
the breeding stock must be maintained
upon feed raised expressly for their
consumption, and while they are not
kept at loss during this time, still
the greatest profit is derived when
they are eating their cheap feed in the
form Of waste products, and the num-
Der Of hogs which can utilize the waste
to the best advantage should be the
limiting factor In determining the
number of hogs to the farm. On farms
in the corn belt where hogs are raised
simply to market the corn crop on the
hoof, the number is controlled by the
amount of corn which can proftably
be raised to fatten them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
Ships Built Cheaper Than Was
Believed Possible Before
the War.

Washington.-An item which event
ually will appear in tremendous fig
ures on the credit side of the great
war ledger to help offset some OF the
staggering figures of the debit side Will
be the added wealth to the nation OF
the huge American merchant fleet
which the demands of the war have
brought into existence and which. pes
simists to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, will not pass with the passing OF
hOstilities.
The United States is turning out at
this time not only many more ships
than ever before in the history of the
nation, but many more than any other
nation ever turned out in the same
space of time. And, too, they are be-
ing built cheaper than before the war
it was believed within the range OF
possibilities. And the great secret OF
this rapidity of construction and econ
omy of cost is summed up in one word
Standardization.
In times Of peace the building of
merchant ships in the United States
was not quite lost art, but it certain
ly was far from being one of the great
and important industries here. The
United States government was keep
ing hands off and there was little en-
enlargement for private capital to go
into the enterprise. But when the war
came all was changed. A great fleet
of merchant ships became necessary
for the successful prosecution of the
war, for the conveyance of troops and
supplies TO the countries overseas. The
United States government undertook
the task. Time became an important
factor and then it was discovered that
lack of Standardization was a serious
handicap and must be overcome If rap
i'd progress and economy in cost were
to be considered. Standardization was
necessary and Standardization was put
into practice.
Benefits of Standardization.
The manufacture of clothing, hats
and shoes is largely standardized as
to sizes and patterns. For this rea-
son a standardized suit of clothes or a
pair of shoes costs much less than so
called made to order apparel. 1t is be-
cause Standardization permits Of the
use of labor-saving machinery, plus
quantity of production. Other familiar
examples of successful Standardization
are found in the dollar watch and the
corresponding thing in automobiles.
Americas problem, then, is to make
a dollar ship, so to speak, or, If you
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
TO ERADICATE HOG CHOLERA
Present object Of Government and
State Authorities Is to Gain
Control Of Disease.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The federal government and the
state authorities aim at the ultimate
eradication of hog cholera. At present
the object is to bring it under strict
control so as to reduce losses to the
minimum. Prevention, however, is bet
ter than cure Methods for prevention
as well as cure may be found in "Hog
Cholera: Prevention and Treatment"
(Farmers' Bulletin S34).
Losses from tuberculosis may be
serious also, and in order to be fore
warned and forearmed, Tuberculosis
of Hogs" (Farmers' Bulletin 1917
should be studied.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14


shown moving pictures through which
they are supposed to pass during a
proposed advance.
Information reached the American
officers recently that moving pictures
had been on the screen for the benefit
of the Germans which started July Is
il the Marine country, the pictures
showing certain stretches of land so
as to familiarize the advancers with
The terrain.
Some of the wooded districts and
fields showed on the films were never
reached by the Germans, owing to the
ccunter-attack Of the French and
Americans, which began on the morn
ing of July Is, completely upsetting
the German plans.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
SCARE MEXICANS OUT

there is absolutely no foundation for
the report that they will be conscripted
and used as washerwomen in France,
as there are any number Of women al
ready in France and none others are
needed "for washerwomen."
Now that the new draft is in effect
it is expected that the German propa-
gandists viii be manufacturing all
kinds Of deliberate falsehoods to
thwart the efforts of the Americans to
secure laborers from Mexico to do ag-
ricultural and other work in this coun-
trV
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
dFfA|IIRENk
,S4E)l,)NGIkz
SANITARY HOUSES FOR HOGS
Quarters and Immediate Premises
Should Be Thoroughly Disin-
fected Every Month.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
Hogs should be provided with clean,
dry, welI-ventilated quarters. Feed.
ing places should be kept clean and
the water supply pure. Hogs should
be allowed access only to streams the
sources and courses of which are
known to be uncontaminated. Wal
lows should be kept clean and sup
piled constantly with clean water. The
houses and immediate premises should
be thoroughly disinfected once
month with air-slaked lime or per
cent solution Of crude carbolic acid.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
Hogs Kept Under Conditions Here
Shown Are More Susceptible to Dis
ease Than Those Kept Under Sani-
tary Conditions.

cary ConoltionS.
Animals that show indications of sick
ness should be Immediately isolated
and the premises thoroughly disinfect-
ed. New hogs brought to the farm
should be isolated or quarantined for
several days before they are permitted
to run with the herd.
Hogs, and especially young pigs,
often suffer much from lice. When
numerous, lice are serious drain on
vitality, fattening is prevented by
them, and hogs so affected are very
much more subject to disease. To
eradicate lice, dip, spray, or rub hogs
with crude oil, crude-oil emulsion, or
kerosene-oil emulsion every ten days
for three or four applications.
A very troublesome affection with
hogs, is caused by mite or parasite
that pricks the skin of the hog to get
tissue fluid. This injury produces
red spot which finally results in a
scale under which mites may be found.
The symptoms are itching followed by
loss Of hair and thickening and
cracking Of the skin. Treat mango
by applying lime sulphur or nicotine
dip once every ten days for three dip
pings. Hogs should be washed thor
oughly with soap, water, and brush
before dipping, to remove the scales.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14

Margery Sawyer of Buffalo, n. T.,
and Mabel Butler of New Haven,
Conn.,, Red Cross nurses, said they
found these men, some of whom had
come in from the front lines only
few hours previously, as calm as
though no attack had taken place.
The first thoughts of these nurses
were regarding the wounded. Neither
one of them had had previous expert
ence under enemy bombing operations,
and expected when they hurried to the
wards to find the doughboys panic
stricken.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
REFUSED TO ENTER DUGoUTS
Wounded American Soldiers, in Bomb
ing Raid, Little Concerned ABOUT
Danger That Threatened.

American wounded soldiers VINO
were in the American hospital near
which German bombing planes
dropped explosives in the neighbor-
hood of Rarecourt were SO little con-
cerned by the raid that they refused
70 leave the building and enter dug
outs until compelled to do SO.