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The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
BATTLE IS RAGING
 ON WESTERN FRONT
GERMANS RUSHING UP TROOPS FROM ITALIAN AND FRENCH
 FRONTS TO CHECK ENEMY.

Washington.-Th whole Russian front, from the Gulf of Riga to Rou- mania, is reported in official dis patches from Petrograd to the Rus. sian embassy here to be alive with battle. The Germans are said to be rushing up troops from the Italian and French fronts and to be entirely rearranging their positions.
 On the northern front, near Riga, German re-enforeements are rushing up by sea transport. On the Lem berg front the troops are being shift ed back and forth by means of heavy automobiles in an attempt to prevent further advances by Gen. Korniloff On the southern front, in the Carpa- thians, the Austrians are said to be in full flight.
 The German re-enforcement of the Riga front by transport is understood here to be for German counter-of fensive as a diversion to the severe Russian attack farther south. This has been long threatened, and it is thought now that Gen. von Moedre, in comamnd there, has been given or ders to go ahead.
 Dispatches report that the Rus sian Baltic fleet is capable of meet ing any naval offensive in that quar- ter. The land forts are also reported well equipped.
 On the Lemberg front the left flank of the Austro-German army defending that city is stated to be seriously threatene%, with the result that the enemy is using automobiles to rush men to support the weakened wing. Gen. Korniloff, in taking the town of Kalusz, made a very serious strateg- ical threat against the whole oppos- ing German forces.
 On the Carpathian front the Aus trians are said to be fleeing in pan ic, stopping only where occasional steep hills give them rest. Gen. Troskansky, in command of the Rus sians there, is said to be vigorously overcoming the rear guards left along the natural barriers.
 Other dispatches tell of new rules of army discipline about to be issued by Minister Kerensky. They will be very brief and will stress the equal responsibility of officers and men.
 Gen, Kutehkoff, the former minis ter of war. who resigned as a protest against the interference of the Sol diers and Workmen's Council in strictly military affairs, is stated to have enlisted in the new volunteer di- vision. He is 50 years old and has been one of the most powerful men of Russia.
 The trouble in Finland is reported as reaching settlement.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
FORMAL DRAFT ORDER ISSUED
 BY PRESIDENT
Wilson Rallies 1,262, ,985 Men
 Around the Flag.
6s7,ooo ON THE FIRST CALL
Official Allotment Shows What Part of Total Must Be Furnished by Each State and Territory
 In the Union.

Washington.-A formal order by President Wilson. drafting 6SZ000 into the military service under the selec- tive conseription law was promul4 gated by the war department, together with an official allotment showing what \ part of the total must be furnished by each state and territory
 The only steps now remaining are distribution by the governors of state quotas among the local exemp- ton districts asld the great lottery, which probably will be held next week and which will establish the order in which regisuants are to pre- sent themselves for service or exemp- tlon.
 The men summoned for service will be used to fill the regular army and National Guard to war strength and to organize the first 500.000 of the new national army
 Total to Be t,2e2, ,9s5.
 The total of these three forces will De 1 .262, ,9S5 men.
 Later another 5O0,000 will be called out, supplemented by sufficient men to make up losses and maintain re serve battalions.
 Following Is Secretary of War Bakers announcement of the order:
 By virtue of the authority vested in him by an act of congress, entitled An Act to Authorize the President to Increase Temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States, approved May 13, 1917, the president of the United States has ordered the aggregate number of 6S7000 men to be raised by draft for the military service of the United States in order to bring to full strength the organ izations q the regular army and the organizations embodying the mem bers of the National Guard drafted into the military service of the United States and to create the national army, and has caused said aggregate number to be apportioned to the sev- eral states and territories and the District of Columbia as set forth in the schedule hereto appended
 The governor of each state and ter. ritory and the commissioners of the
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20

District of Columbia, acting for and by the direction of the president and in accordance with said act of congress and rules and regulations prescribed pursuant thereto, shall apportion the quota so apportioned to such state, ter ritory or district and shall communi- cate to each local board established in such state, territory or district mo- tice of the net quota to be furnished by such board, and such net quotas shall thereupon be furnished by the re- speetive local boards as required by said act of congress and rules and reg ulatiOns prescribed pursuant thereto"
 In computing the number of men to be required from the various states each state every man 1t now has in the National Guard and every man it has contributed since April 1 as a war volunteer to the regular army.
 Computation Method.
 Placing on the debit side of the led ger the national army of 5O0000, the entire National Guard at war strength and the number of war volunteers needed on April 1 last, to bring the regulars up to the war strength, the grand total was apportloned according to population
 This gave gross quota for each state, from which net quota was com puted by checking off the number of National Guardsmen available for fed eral service and the number of men given by the state to the regular army since April l.
 The apportionment was made on the basis of an estimated grand total for the United States and it's possessions of 105,366.056 inhabitants.
 This is paper estimate, computed from registration returns, which comes within the law requiring distribution of quotas by population, but which eQuallzes in a great measure the bur den that is to fall upon the 4,559 ex- emptlon districts.
 Total of t,t52,es5.
 Each will furnish under this appor- tionment the men it's total registration would indicate as fair proportion, rather than the number the actual pop ulation of the district would indicate. The total of these gross quotas is l. 152, ,9S5 men.
 Credit is given to the various states for total of 465, ,9S5 voluntary enlist ments in the National Guard and reg ulars. making the total net quota for all states 6ST,000 men.
 Illinois which was the first big state to fill it's quota for the regular army, reduced its gross quota of 79,0o4 to 51,653.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
To Establish War Zone.

Jefferson City. Mo.-Attorney Ger eral McAllister filed a report with Governor Gardner relative to condi- tions at Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis, and suggests that the governor ask the War Department to estab- fish a war zone of 800 yards about the barracks.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Object To Suppression.

Chicago.-The National Executive Committee of the Socialist party at a special meeting here decided to pro test to Washington against interfer- ence with Socialist publications. It was said that one paper had been suppressed entirely, and various is sues of six others have been held up by postal authorities.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Wilson Saves petractor

San Franciseo.-Interven Of President Wilson through United States District Attorney John W. Preston saved Henry Ruhl, hotel man, from jail sentence for making slurring remarks about the chief ex- ecutive.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
eoslinos s3 and $4.

Berlin-The Madgeburger Zeituns reports that in Thuringia dealers have recently paid $3 apiece for gos- lings that were three or four days old This gives an idea of the price that will be asked for geese in the larger cities next winter.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20

New York.-Twenty-fiye persons were injured, F seriously, when a four-car train on the Broadway ele- vated line in Brooklyn collided with an empty train. The first car of the passenger-flled train fell off into the street below and was crushed, while the second car was suspended from the elevated structure.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Men Teachers Exemnt

Portland, Ore.-Teachers attending the National Education Association convention here divided on the oues- ton of whether the association should recommend that male teachers be ex- empted from the draft.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Held For seditious Plot.

Chicago.-John Natchky was a, a, rested by federal agents charged "i'n trying to form an organization pteus. ing members if drafted first to snoos their officers and next to surrenoei v the Germans.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Dead Brewers Millions

St. Louis.-A final settlement of the estate of Adolphus Busch, brewer. who died in October, 1913, was filed in the Probate Court. The estate turn ed over was personal property valued at ss,S17961 The entire personal property had a value of $17,2k4.70
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
 Ians Give S1.O00,0O0.

Tokio-The Japanese national funa for the entente sick and wounded soldiers has been closed. It amounts to $1,0O0,000. The fund will be TOT warded to the powers through the dlp- Iomats accredited to Japan.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
May Hold un War Credits.

Copenhagen.-The coalition or the various elements in the German Reichstag now arrayed against the government seemed determined not 10 vote the war credit asked until the political crisis is settled.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Never Satisfied.

That dog of yours bit a piece right out of my leg"
 Well, you're never satisfied. You were only telling me the other day that you wished you could lose some flesh.s
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Equal To It.

You were talking in your sleep ia'' night, John."
 "Oh, was I, dearT t "You were. You were talking " somebody's beautiful black eyes.
 "Oh, yes. I was dreaming apous sht chap I knew downtown, and l tnousns I'd just given him two."
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Put Sailors in Park.

New York.-The Navy Department took possession of city park Ill Brooklyn, where about 1O,oOo saiio.
 and marines now on German llhel, and other ships in the navy yaro "'i'
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Gift To slav Troops.

Petrograd-Elihu Root, head Of she American mission to Russia, has donated 5000 rubles to the soldiers of Moscow. He was formally thank ed by the mayor of the city.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
sson nnn nnn For Shins.

Washington Another appropria- ton of half billion dollars for ship building probably will be asked of Congress immediately by the admins tration. Contracts already let and about to be closed.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Sharks Travel North.

New York.-Several schools of sharks. some of them of large size, have been sighted between the Della ware and Hatteras Capes. The sharks appeared to be travelling northward.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Find Rich Coal vein

Seward, Alaska.-A four-foot seam of coal, eight feet below the surface and only 30 feet from the main line of the United States railroad, has been discovered near Seward.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
QUOTA EACH STATE MUST RAISE
 BY DRAFT FOR NATIONAL ARMY

draft for Uncle
  The assigned basis of propoonae population of each bureau In Guard enlisted April and June 
 department appearing Il final o the abe
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
ess Lard This Year.

Washington. by the De nartment of Agriculture show that there was 1O.S per cent less lard in storage on July this year than at inc same time year ago.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Students Serve in War.

Cambridge, England.-Cambridge University's special war list contains the names of about 1S,75o members of the university who are or have been serving with the colors.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Root To Return Soon.

Washington. America's commits sion to Russia, headed by Elihu Root. practically has completed it's work and will start for home soon.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Edison Tolls For Navy.

Washington, D. C.-ln his hut in the Jersey hills, Thomas A. Edison is working night and day on important matters for the navy.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Elks PIedae War Aid.

Boston-A fund of $1,OOo,O0O war relief work was appropriated by the Benevolent and Protective Order Of Elks.
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
Too Small For Some Purposes.

Nearly all the newspapers are be- Ing reduced in size, notice"
 Yes; it seems to be lucky thing that bustles are no longer fashion able."
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
oversubscription 52 Per Cent.

Washington. Liberty Loan sub scriptions totaled $3,O35, ,226,85O, an oversubscription of nearly 52 per cent
The Pulaskian., 1917-07-20
 The Idea.

q expect to have a great deai ,l. trouble breaking in our new cooA. .nd "Oh, you just let her aion, she'll attend to all the breakina-
The Yale expositor., 1917-12-20
CHRISTMAS REUNIONS

TTOW many families whose men,
bers have been dispersed and
scattered far and wide in the
restless struggles of life are on this
day reunited and meet once again in
that happy state of companionship and
mutual good will which is a source of
such pure and unallOyed delight and
one so incompatible with the cares and
sorrows of the world that the religious
belief of the most civilized nations
and the rude traditions of the rough
est savages alike number it among the
first joys of future condition of ex-
istence provided for the blest and
happy How many old recollections
and how many dormant sympathies
does Christmas time awaken Charles
Dickens.
The Yale expositor., 1917-12-20
Here's a Merry
Christmas Game

TIME old English game of tip re-
quires the use of enough assorted
Christmas candies, nuts, raisins
and other dalnties TO make small pile
upon table, also pair of sugar tongs.
One of the party is chosen, who must
retire to another room, while the re-
naming players decide upon one of the
dainties in the pile TO be known as
Tip" The chosen person is then re-
called and with the tOngs removes
pieces from the pile, trying TO avoid
the piece named Tip, of which, howev'
er, he does not know the location. All
pieces removed belong to him unless he
moves Tip" when all must be returned
to the pile and the turn passes to the
next player, who retires tn the Other
room while another ''tip" is named. A
player may pass his turn when, after
drawing several pieces, he wants &c
avoid the possibility of losing them
through drawing Tip" The game con
tinues until the pile disappears.
The Yale expositor., 1917-12-20
ReUiUing Old Time
YuLe Customs

CPECIAL efforts are being made by
y women in many communities to
spread revival of the old GUS
toms regarding Christmas. Some years
ago Boston woman with touch of
antiquarian spirit managed to stimu-
late Boston to revive pretty Yule-
tide custom by celebrating its coming
by singing carols in the streets and by
Illuminating the houses through the
placing of candles in the windows.
Other cities emulated Boston in this
matter. In Carlisle, Pa, community
Christmas tree was lighted in the pub
lie square, and its glowing Joy was
continued all along the streets by light
ed candles placed in the windows,
many of which showed in the middle
of the rooms so lighted up, displayed
TO the passersby in the night, private
Christmas trees, the glitter and beauty
of which thus were shared with all.
An objection to this attempt at glad
ness-at least so far as concerns the
use Of candles-has been the risk of
fire. But these days of electricity or
even of gas seem TO minimize the idea
of danger, and there are different de-
vices that may be applied to do away
with all risk in the carrying out of
the friendly suggestion. 1t is advised
therefore that "the gladness and
brightness of the home on Christmas
eve be not kept behind closed blinds"
and to that end It is suggested that the
light from every window, whatever its
nature, be permitted to shine into the
streets until midnight. The idea of
light is associated with all that Is good
in life. The glow of the cracking Yule
log betokened the hospitality ready to
greet the stranger at that time, hut
there was more 10 ii than that. Light
In days gone by was supposed to keep
off evil spirits.-Sallie Wistar In Phila-
delphia Public Ledger.
The Yale expositor., 1917-12-20
The Mothers
Christmas Gift

1t never comes to Christmas but |
think about the times
We used to save our pennies and
our nickels and our dimes,
And we punched them all together,
even little baby brother
Putin something for the present that
we always gave to mother.
We began to talk about it very early
in December,
Twas a very serious matter to us
children, | remember,
And we used to whisper nightly our
suggestions to each other,
For by nothing cheap and tawdry
could we show our love for
mother.
Hers must be gift Of beauty, fit to
symbolic her ways;
Il must represent the sweetness and
the love that marked her days.
1t must be the best our money, all
combined, had power to buy,
And be something that she longed
for;nothing else would satisfy.
Then il matterednot the token, once
the purchase had been made.
1t was struggled home and hidden
and with other treasures laid,
And we placed our present proudly
in her lap on Christmas day,
And we smothered her with kisses
and welaughedhertear away.
1t never comes to Christmas but |
think about the times
We used to save our pennies and
our nickels and our dimes,
And the only folks ! envy are the
sisters and the brothers
Who still have the precious privilege
of buying for their mothers.
81 American Boy,
The Yale expositor., 1917-12-20
It's Christmas
Time Again

There's fire in the crate and
light in the hall,
For it's Christmas time again,
And the sleighbells ring and the
children call,
For it's Christmas time again.
It's time for a Christian land to raise
Her loudest paeans of love and
praise
For the Holy Babe Of the Bethlehem
days,
For it's Christmas time again.
There's a wreath Of green at the
windOwpane,
For it's Christmas time again,
And the church bells echo the glad
refrain,
For it's Christmas time again.
Oh, it's time to turn with the golden
smile
To the friend we doubted and
scorned awhile,
To rid our hearts Of their greed and
guile!
For it's Christmas time again.
-LGIiG Mitchell in
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Yale expositor., 1917-12-20
"BOXLNG DAY"
A MERICANs go back to the "grlnd"

A MERICANS go back to the "grind"
n on the day after Christmas, smok-
ing the cigars that the wife chose
because of the pretty bands" but
the Englishman observes boxing day
that day. The name would lead one
to suppose something in the nature Of
a fistic encounter, but the superstition
is wide of the mark. The "boxing"
means simply boxes-the neat little
packages presented to the housemaid,
the cook, the postman, the policeman,
the railway conductor, the dustman.
The boxes are now generally quite
round, about the size of a fifty cent
piece In the great number of cases,
and are as much silver as the govern
ment thinks best to put into two
shilling piece or half crown.
The Yale expositor., 1917-12-20
TheChristmasBird

II OASTED swan was the Christmas
X piece de resistance in Chaucer's
day, but this dish gave place to
the peacock, and the peacock in its
turn was conquered by the turkey,
when Capt. John Smith, fresh from
his Virginian wars, came home to tell
the amazed English folk of the bird
that he saw parading the new world
forests, exactly like a proud Turk
showing off before his harem."
When the peacock was in its glory
at Christmastlde its plumage was gen.
orally restored to the roasted bird and
it's beuk gilded. Sometimes the whole
bird was covered with gold leaf and a
strip OF cotton, saturated with spirit,
set alight in its beak-a relic possibly,
with the English snapdragon and
blazing pudding, of the fire worship of
pagan days. A lady of noble birth and
great beauty was always chosen to
bear the bird into the banqueting hall.
In the days Of tournaments it was
over the peacock that the knights, with
uplifted swords, swOre their oaths of
chivalry and valor. The last record of
such fare seems to have been not upon
Christmas, but at the banquet given
by the duke of Granada to the duke
of Clarence, afterward William Nv of
England.
It must be admitted that golden pea
cocks and boars' heads have most al
| Iu,ino, co,,ndc ~ ono with n faded nm
petite, and the England of old. with
its roistering carol singers. seems O
most attractive land to have lived in
But the Englishman of today is more
than well content to- have his carols
sung by a little cockney lad, to laugh
at the pantomimes in his magnificent
ly comfortable theaters and to feast al
home on turkey, mince pie and the
] blazing pudding.
The Yale expositor., 1917-12-20
Passing Christmas
EUe Outdoors

WE all slept under the stars, as
w usual, on Christmas eve. To
shut oneself up In room from
the delicious South African night is
simply to miss one of the joys of lily
ing. mo one knows the stars who
has not slept, as the French happily
put, it, la belle etoile. He may know
all their names and distances and mag
nitudes and yet be ignorant of what
alone concerns mankind-their serene
and gladstone influence on the mind"
Stevenson surely would have loved
Rhodesia for its nights alone.
One great advantage of the long
drought from which we had been suf-
fering-in Rhodesia one must needs be
an optlmist or die-is that there were
practically no mosquitoes and very few
flies, so that the STIFFNESS of a mos
quito curtain was unnecessary.
The night was cool and silent, ex-
cept for the distant howl of a jackal
and the occasional boot of an owl.
About five O'Clock the life of day began
to stir, and the sun gradually turned
the mopani and mimosa trees to a
golden green and bathed us in the
scent of mimosa blossom, the go away
bird called impertinently from a bush
close by, and two green parrakeets
flew over our heads.
Then one little sleeper after another
rubbed his eyes and crept to the foot
of the LED to fathom the treasures of
the Christmas stocking. AS the sun
rose higher tongues were loosened, and
soon crackers cracked, and trumpets,
six of them, were heralding the morn,
If not exactly in the manner of the an
gels.
The noise worried no one. But when
we had had enough we dispersed to
seek baths, and some of us were even
energetic enough to have round of
golf before breakfast.-"The Heart of
the Weld" by Madeline Aston.
The Yale expositor., 1917-12-20
A CHRISTMAS

Half an hour before midnight on
Christmas eve in Mexico the "Litany
of the God Child" is sung. 1t is after
this that the world-famous lullaby
song of all Mexico, the "RorO," is
heard. Every Mexican mother knows
this "Rock-a-bye" song, which is sup
posedly for the soothing of the infant
Jesus. In time and tune 1t Is not I'M
like the American song, "Old Gray
Goose"
Many other nations besides the Mex
leans have their Christmas songs, but
not many have distinctive Yuletide lul-
lables.
The Yale expositor., 1917-12-20
Blessed Christmas Day.

oh, blessed day which giv'st the eternal
lie
To self and sense and all the brute withinl
Oh, come TO US amid this war OF life
To hall and howell come! To all who toll
In senate. shop and study, and to those
Ill warned and sorely tempted,
Come to them, blest and blessing, Christ
mas day
Tell them once more the tale OF Bethle-
hem,
The kneeling shepherds and the Babe d.
vine,
And keep them men, indeed fair Christ
mas day.
CHARLES KINGSLEY.