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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
GOOD NEWS CONES
FROM ALL FRONTS
WITH THREE OF the ceu-.
POWERS OUT OF THs wAsl
HUNS MUST GO IT ALONE
Germany. With Her Back Doc, a..
and Subject to Attack on the e,.s1
Front, 10 Awaiting Armistlc.
Terms Of the Allies.

Washington.-The war situate. -.
materially changed during ,hs -
week. 1t has been week c-oL
with stirring events, all the NAVE ~.
comes from the battlefields ha,n.
garded as good news for the sn,..
nations fighting for world frsedom
Turkey has surrendered under mo-.
rigorous conditions imposed by IN. 4,
lies. Austria has been making dasns.
ate attempts to secure an armistics (.
fore her army Is annihilated nv =.
Italians and the allied forces-snd :.
armistice has been signed
Germany. with her back door o.
ana subject to attack on the eastern
front. Is still making some show =,
resistance In France and 9elv,,r
while awaiting the arInistice terms =,
the allied council at Versailles Tha
kaiser has taken refuge at the general
headquarters and his abdIcation ha.
been announced In Paris as fact ar.
compllshed. This, however, has No,
been substantiated.
Count Tisza. former Huny,r,.,
premier, has been assasslnated nv +,
soldier AT Budapest, and Hungary hss
attempted TO set up an independen,
government. A new state has hssn
formed out OF the German.sneak,nv
provinces Of Austria, and Emperor
Charles Il reported 10 have left Vienna
after counseling the government NOT
to resist the people In establishing a
new order OF things.
The chief military event Of the week
has been the vigorous attack upon the
Austrians In Italy, and II may truth.
fully be said that the Italians have
more than wiped out the memory OF
their former defeat.
The Americans. British, French and
other allied troops on the western front
have gained more territory and towns.
Valenciennes has fallen into the hands
OF the Canadians. Thousands Of Ger
mans have been captured and many
others killed or wounded. In two days
the Americans and French advanced
between five and ten miles and cap
tured nineteen villages. They also car.
ried the heights between the Lys and
Seheldt rivers, after hard fighting. The
British have been battling continu.
ously during the week and have lIber-
ated more of the French and Belgian
people who have been suffering under
years.
II does not appear probable that the
Germans will resist very much loager.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
Ships Buit Cheaper Than Was
Believed Possible Before
the War.
ADDS WEALTH TO NATION
Great Saving IN Cost and Maintenance
Of Ships by Adopting Standard
Sixes and Patserns-lono
HauIs Cut.

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 viii
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
1t 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 1t was discovered that
lack Of Standardization was a serious
handicap and must be overcome IL 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 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
q dollar ship. so to speak, or, II you
prefer 1t, seagoing "fiivver," some
thing easily replaced In whole or in
part, but at the same time thorough
ly sound proposition from the stand
point Of utility and economy. This
means standardization all along the
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
Standardization
Cuts Fleet Cost

line. The more nearly the fabricated
shapes for hulls and all ship machinery
and ship equipment conform to
standard sizes or patterns, the greater
will be the saving In initial cost and
maintenance of ships.
1t Is the purpose of the unitel
States Shipping Board Emergency
Fleet corporation to effect this, some
thing II 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. hut
the further complications always at
tending large construction enterprises
before materials and methods have
become fully standardized.
Long HauIs Eliminated.
Under Standardization II Is possible
to let contracts on geographical as
well as cost basis. thus eliminating
long distance hauls. Under the old plan
1t 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 35 per cent.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
BOOKS
SENTTOFRANCE

tonnage scarce and books precious.
Play square with the other fellow; he
has played square with you"
Fiction Predoninates.
The books sent to Europe have been
of two kinds, those contributed ana
those purchased by the funds OF the
association, which have amounted 10
S1,000,000 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 20
omniverously rs has the American
army In France. The men are greedy
for books. In the days when the sup
ply was inadequate. the demand was
so great that n doughboy who had
taken over IN his barrack bag a copy
of o. Henry's 'The Four Million" split
II into pamphlets. each containing ono
of the authors short stories. tie
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 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 dig
at some books the reading Of which
he has hitherto postponed TO a more
convenient season. With n perfectly
straight face a doughboy inquired the
other day for Boswell's life OF John
son."
OF course more than one inapproprl.
ate book has found its way overseas
Imagine the emotions Of the young
giant who stalked into "Y" hut, set.
tied down for 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. ballistlcs, sanitary EN-.
cheering. hydrostatics, meteoroloey
applied geology and other subjects on
which the modern soldier must be n
specialist.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09

Laredo, Texas.-German propagan-
dists In northern Mexico and along
the border are actively engaged in in
shilling fright into Mexicans with
view to preventing their crossing to
the American side and accepting EN-
ployment as lab0rers on farms. rail-
roads, etc. One canard that has been
given considerable publicity by the
propagandists is that the Americans
are contemplating drafting all Next
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 and 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 viii be subject to the Sc
,ect!ye drift, while. as for women,
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
No Army in History Ever Read as
Omniverous!y as the
YankS.
PREFER DETECTIVE STORIES
Unexpected Demand for Serious Reac.
ing Surprise to Iibrarians-Tech-
nicaI Books Great Aid to the
Ambitious Soldier.

Neutrality-suspicious. than a million
books have been shipped abroad by
the American Library association for
the use of the American expeditionary
force. The total available was 5000
600, and this will be supplemented by
a united war work campaign contri-
button of $3,5OO,OOO out of its total of
S17O, 100000 for the six allied welfare
organizations.
About one-half of the area covered
In France by the American expedition
airy force has received its 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 I'm the Paris IL
brary will be sent anywhere in France
free of charge.
At every bookshelf the men find q
poster which reads: These books are
loaned on the honor system. If you
fail, 1t fails. America Is far away,
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
GERMANS IN RAPID RETREAT.
Hun War Office Forced TO Admit De-
feat at Hands OF Americans.

I.ondon.-At the very hour Marshal
Foch was receiving the news that Aus
tria has signed his terms, marking the
third bellIgerent power TO vanish,
beaten. from the field of battle within
few weeks. he was flashing direc'
tions to the vital front In Frnnce, west
between the Meuse and the Asne'
where PcrshIng's American and Cou-
raud's French armies were sweeping
ahead In victorious advance along
line OF thirty miles.
For the first time since America en-
tered the war the still proud German
war office was forced Sunday to adj
nit defeat nj the hands of the Yankees
Even that fatal word which war oi-
fices use only In hours OF great
triumph or a great disaster-the woro
break. through IN the or
ficial Berlin admission. And NO longer
can the kaiser's communique designer
conceal from the German people eA'
actly which foe II IL that Is treauhs
the picked divisions roughly. ins'ea1
Of the former pet generalization ''he
enemy" the truth IL told say
the Berlin war office: AN Aiaeric"n
break through west OF the Msus'
caused II German withdrawal between
the Aisne and Champigneulle u fron'
of eight miles).'
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
Seal Catch IL Bio.

81. Louis.--This seasons catch Of
fur seals In the Pribilof island
amounts to 1881 pelts, according to
dispatches received here.
The pelts are being shipped to st.
Louis by the United States govern
ment to be dressed and dyed and sold
al the fur auction next April. II Is
expected they win bring $I,O00,OOO.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
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
1t Is expected that the German propa-
gandists will 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.
try.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
AUSTRIA TO GIVE UP NAVY
Total Of PSI Ships Fall Into the Hands
of the Allies.

ROme.-Austrla ' Hungary's navy,
which either must be delivered to the
allies or disarmed under the terms of
the armistice that country has signed,
consists Of approximately POI ships, ac-
cording to latest official information.
The total Of submarines is placed at
As, with Is battleships, an equal num-
Der OF cruisers, u torpedo boat destroy
ers. 10 torpedo gunboats. 81 torpedo
boats, As mine layers, IL river mont
tors. seven patrol boats. six armed
steamers, six scouts, one river torpedo
boat and two trawlers.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
HUNS MUST CONFESS DEFEAT
French High Commissioner preo'e"
Terms Of Armistice.

Washington.---In answering terms :"
armistice To be submitted by ""''
and the United States, Germans "'''
say whether they confess they a's
beaten" Andre Tardieu, Frehcn Hs"
commissioner to the United "'"''7'
declared In statement SUNDAY
should they confess IT,, s'ia w"
missioner Tnrdieu, "the war WI" '""
through acceptance OF our cohu''',
should they not. we shall enforce ''a'
acceptance by means Of "A last 'e'y's
the outcome Of which can moi pe '''''
full"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
cerea, Exports Are Hampered'

Washington. for si'P'
carry soldiers overseas under wy ~,
larged military program prhc' "A.
has stopped cereal exports ro'" !,
mInistiutor Hoover informed ',"'
Hitchcock OF Nebraska on SATURDAY Z
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
BELGIAN Army Getting Rexenae.

Havre-Marked progress by the Bel.
CLAN army Is indicated by the latest re-.
ports from Belgian headquarters. Tho
Belgians have reached the west bank
OF the canal which runs between Client
and Neuzen in northerly direction.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
Boundary Quarrel Renewed.

Buenos Aires.-According to reports
from Iqulque, Chile the Peruvian con,
sulate there Is under heavy guard
of Chilean troops to protect 1t from
hostile manifestations by Chileans be
cause Of alleged efforts by the Peru.
Wan consul to organize popular de-
mand for the return to Peru of the
provinces Of Tacna and africa.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
New HUNGARIAN Ministry.

Basel.-A new Hungarian INT
has been formed at Budapest 49,"
Michael Karolyi, president OF tue ''n 's
garian independent party, y p'e !.
and Count Theodore Batthsa"'
foreign minister.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
Congressman Home 10 Vet.

Observation-Disclosures will hold
only perfunctory sessions this week,
nearly all members having gone home
for Tuesdays elections, which are io
determine the political complexion Of
both house and senate.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
Austrian Ruler Determined to oui,

Basel.--Emperor Charles of Aus
tria-Hungary is determined to abdi-
cate and will retire to Switzerland.
German newspapers say. The en-
perOr made this announcement, 1t is
added, during conference with the
new Austrian government and other
influential leaders in the dual mon
archy
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
paeifist Gets Long Sentence.

Los Angeles.--Joseph Berger %
years old. was sentenced 10 45 years
Imprisonment here Monday by gencr-
nj court martial after conviction on a
charge of refusal Of duty in the United
States army.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
U. 8. RECOGNIZES Polish Army.

Washinglon.-The Polish army under
The supreme political authority Of the
Polish national committee, was recOg-
ni2ed on November 4 by the United
States government as autonomous and
co-heliiSerent.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
Grandfather at SO.
but Is Not Citizen

Rosedale, Knn.--August An
derson. thirty-nine, and n grand
father. has ius found OUT ne
was not a citizen Of the uniteo
States. following his registration
for the draft. Born In sweden
he came TO this country with ms
narents when two years of age
Anderson has served two terms
in the city council and has a son
now in the army. lie WIS s''"
his first papers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-07
HFRMAN y. McCARTIY

Herman r. Mccarthy. a years
old, died al his home. PA y. Syca-
more ST.. Sunday following a weeks
illness of pneumonia He is sur
vived by his wife. Mrs. Anna Nc
Carthy. two brothers, Edward Of
Syracuse. y. Y. Raymond Of Os-
wego. y. Y, William OF wilkes
barre. Pa, and one sister, Mrs.
Thee Van de Under OF lion. y. Y
Mr.. Mccarthy was born in Foul
ton, y. y. on Sept 10. 1874. com
ing here four years ago. .te was
employed as a weaver at the Wooden
company.
The Fraternal Order OF Eagles
Of which Mr.. Mccarthy was a MEM
her of the South Bend lodge. No.
435. will have charge Il the funeral
services which will be held at the
residence at 2 O'Clock Wednesday
afternoon. Rev. r. II. Saunders
Will oficiate and burial will be in
Riverview cemetery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-07
JOYRiDERS FROM MAYORS
OLD "H0ME TOWN"
GET IN BAD HERE

South Bend is no place 10 come TO-.
get drunk and drive your automo-
bile around at a reckless rate Of
speed and run into other automo-
biles. street cars, lamp posts and
other things and expect TO get away
without getting arrested. even il
YOU do happen 10 be a resident OF
Laporte. the town of which Mayor
Carson was once mayor.
The police are likely 10 see you
lust like they saw NJ r Hacker
man and II. J. Williams Saturday
night. Hackerman and Williams
live in Laporte They drove over
10 South Bend saturday night and
like they would out in the country.
proceeded TO tear things up just
They got very drunk somewhere at
ter reaching here, and then they be-
gan 70 mistake the streets in the
down town district for a race track.
Down on ). Michigan 81. they ran
into another automobile. and lit
tie further north they bumped into
street car on the city line.
From there they skidded further
north. running into a few light posts
and other distractions. They almost
ran into a policeman. and that was
their undoing. The policeman OBJ
jected 10 being run over. so he took
the men 70 police headquarters.
They were held until Monday morn
ing. In city court Hackerman plead
ed guilty and was fined $50 and
he has his automobile mended ne
will 20 back 20 Laporte. Williams
convinced Judge Gilmer that ne was
not al all 70 blame. that ne was
merely a passenST riding in the
other mans machine, and he was
discharged.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-07
STEEL STOCKS SAC
IN EARLY TRADING
New Peace Move Causes In
tereSt in Street But ELECTS
No Confidence.

NEW YORK. oct. Trad
ing the last hour was Of mixed
character and continued 10 re-
fleet the usual division of senti-
ment in relation 10 war and
peace issues. The selling Of the
former, however, exceeded the
buying of the latter. which. per
haps was natural in view OF the
reactionary tendency IN war
stocks. II was evident. though.
that a large portion of the pres
sure exerted on the war issues
arose from professional speCu-
lative circles. and the question
arises as 10 whether this ele-
ment is not now pressing its ad-
vantage too far after several
days of a distinct reactionary
period. In this connection an
increased borrowing demand on
the part Of shorts is noted. and
a smart covering movement
seems one of the early possibili-
ties in which event renewed
buying power would probably
be induced in the peace stocks.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-07

international News Service
NEW YORK. oct. THE new
peace step taken by the German
government naturally caused acute
interest in the Wall Street district.
1t was not believed. however. that
the new German chancellor in il
self has materially changed the sit
uation except that it indicates the
result of the continued allied sue
cesses.
Steel Common yielded rs TO 107
ID a new low for this movement.
and other steel industrials including
Republic Iron and Steel, Baldwin
and Crucible dropped one point or
more.
Distillers also declined about ont
point The oil stocks were again in
demand. Texas oil moving up -
points 10 1872 1-2 and Mexican Pc
troleum advanced > Is TO 120 IS.
Canadian Pacific advanced two
points crossing III and American
Telephone gained 10 to 1O5 Is,
the highest price reached in some
time.
Forenoon trading consisted chilly
Of a shifting OF account from war
issues to so-called peace stocks.
The steel group was depressed by
offerings for both long and short
accounts. Steel Common yielded
SIS TO 100 "a. the lowest price
touched by that stock in some time.
Baldwin dropped over four points
70 81 IS and Bethlehem fell two
points to II ID
Distillers was also weak dropping
"a to As "a while Industrial AL
cohol fell over three points to 102
IA. The oil stocks were strong,
Texas moving up four points to 1S4,
while Mexican Petroleum rose 3 "a
to 122 IA
There was a demand for the motor
stocks. Railroad issues were up from
one 10 IL points Canadian Pacific
showing a gain of 1-2 10 III S.
The Marine and copper shares
were fractionally higher
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-07
FEARS FOR HER LIFE,
SHE WANTS DIVORCE

Claiming that she lives in fear Of
her life which has been threatened
hy her husband. and that even her
four children. the oldest OF whom
is nine years old. has been taught
by their father 20 use bad language
before her and threaten her, Mrs
Rosa Bamber, 2021 s Franklin ST..
filed suit for an absolute divorce IN
the ST Joseph circuit court Monday
morning
The plaintif states that she and
her husband were marrIed In Feb
ruary. 1909. and separated oct 4.
1918. She asks for alimony in the
sum OF 1000 and petitions the court
10 make an order requiring the de-
PENDANT 20 support the children. She
says that on one occasion her hus-
band shot of a revolver In front Of
her and has done other things 10
her.