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The Pulaskian., 1917-12-14

some task The next day message was received stating that he was on his way 10 Port Royal, indicating that he had at last been accepted and was in his glory.
 eff they accept me I am not coIn- ing home until the war is over," said young Lyons as he bade his father goodbye.
 The case of Maxwell Lyons is ex ceptional. From childhood he had the ambition to be a great surgeon. He did not want to be an ordinary sur geon, but to qualify himself to be one of the country's experts. He bargain ed with his father to supply the funds and he had the application and brains to make this possible. The son ap- piled himself to his books studious'y, and after a preparatory school educa- ton in the East, was to come Harvar'l then other medical colleges, and final ly number of years in Europe A friend in talking with young Lyons two years ago during the Christmas holidays, when he was home from school, informed him that he should be fitting himself to succeed his fath- CT in business. This friend declared that his fathers business would pass on to strangers In later years If he was not prepared to shoulder 1t. This worked upon the mind of the young man, and in a few weeks after his return to college he wrote his father that he was coming home to enter his business and home he came.
 Elated though he was over the change in his sons plans, Joe Lyons was also keenly disappointed in his decision not to follow his boyhood ambition.
 You may go in the store" warned the father, "but when you do you are just the same as any employe, I am your father only outside of business hours"
 The young man left school in the middle of a term, returned to Little Rock, and in the two years he was connected with the Southwestern Sup ply Company, so mastered the busi- ness that he was at the head of the shipping department and in recent months specialized in motor trucks.
 Just before leaving for Washington offers were made to young Lyons to take him in a hospital unit and in a motor company, but he spurned them both, saying that if he went to war he wanted to go to war, and the ma rines were always in the thick of everything, hence he chose the ma rines.
 WILL NOT BE FOUND WANTING.
 The American people have not re- fused anything that is needed for the war.
 The Government asked them for l. 500,000 men, and the men are in the camps or on the firing line.
 It asked for ships, and s2,000,000.- 900 worth of ships are under construc- ton.
 It asked for money, and money has
The Pulaskian., 1917-12-14
HOME LIGHTS

The necessity for rigid economy extends to the homes. One light is a tri1e-several thousands of lights mean much. When the family is in the dining room, do not let the lights burn in the sitting room, the parlor, the bedrooms. If you can read by one light, do not use two.
The Pulaskian., 1917-12-14
LIGHT USERS

Every merchant is entreated to use no lights not absolutely necessary. Leave no lights burning at all after the immediate necessity. It is only the work of a moment to turn them on again. Do not use two lights where one will do
The Pulaskian., 1917-12-14
A Serious Warning

Unless our patrons will cooperate with in conserving every atom of energy it will inevitably lead to
 SHUTTING DOWN IMPORTANT
 INDUSTRIES AND STOPPING
 STREET CAR SERVICE. This will mean suspension of service of all kinds, probably for hours at time, unless this rigid economy is used by everybody using power and light. sss sS 86d93S&
The Pulaskian., 1917-12-14

It is necessary to appeal to all users of cleo tricity in any form-n the factory, store or home, to
 EXERCISE THE MOST RIGID ECONOMY
 IN ITS USE The situation is very serious. Several factors have conspired to make it so. Chief among them are the
 SCARCITY OF COAL SCARCITY OF SKILLED FIREMEN INFERIOR QUALITY OF COAL THEREBY PRODUCING LESS HEAT UNITS When we ask all users of electricity to use the utmost economy, we mean this:
 POWER USERS
The Pulaskian., 1917-12-14
ALSO CONSUMERS OF STEAM HEAT

The same necessity extends to the users of steam heat wherever used-in factories, office buildings or stores, hotels and homes. It is most essential that the utmost economy be exercised in using only such heat as is really necessary. Do not waste it by letting it be used in vacant rooms. Turn it off when not needed
The Pulaskian., 1917-12-14
POWER USERS

Are asked to use only what power is abso- lutely essential. Waste no power. Do not start the current until you are ready to use it.. Shut off the current the moment you have finished usino it
The Pulaskian., 1917-12-14
AN APPEAL TO REASON

AN APPEAL TO REASON
 The Little Rock Railway and Electric Company sells power and right. Under normal conditions it wants to sell all that is possible just as the chant wants to sell all the goods he can. Unless the situation were not very critical we should not spend money advertising to beg our customers not to products beyond their closest and most imperative needs That is reasonable Is it not?
 WE ASK THE COOPERATION OF EVERY
 MANUFACTURER
 EVERY MERCHANT t81 EVERY PROFESSIONAL MAN
 EVERY HOTEL MAN lE, EVERY HOUSEHOLDER
 We appeal to them and also ask that they in- struct their employees and servants to conserve the resources in these departments to the very utmost.
 WE APPEAL IN THE INTEREST OF THE WHOLE CITY AND THE GREATEST GOOD TO THE GREATEST NUMBER.
 Stoppage of any part of the service, even tenn porarlly, will mean inconvenience and loss to thou sands of people, All departments can be kept
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
TO CONFER ON WAR RELIEF.
Red Cross Auxiliary Plans Meeting
for Tuesday Night.

The newly formed women's War Re-
lief Association and Red Cross Aux
Hilary of the Department of Agricul-
ture is to hold mass meeting at the
new Central High School auditorium
Tuesday night at 8 O'Clock, when plans
of the organization are to be an
nounced.
Mrs. David F. Houston, wife of the
Secretary of Agriculture, has been
elected president of the organization.
Other officers are Mrs. Carl F. Vroo-
man. vice president: Miss L. E. Rixey.
cf airman of the executive committee:
MISS Cornelia P. Lyme, treasurer, and
Mrs. Edith Gardner Pipen, secretary.
Assistant Secretary yrooman of the
Department of Agriculture is to speak.
Other speakers include Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins, John W. Davies, Dr. A. J.
McKelway and Walter S. Ufford.
There is to be music by the United
States Marine Band and a chorus COM
posed of Department Of Agriculture
employees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
Corn. W. ]. Rawlins Dies.

Word Of the death of Corp. w. j.
.Rawlins of the Quartermaster Corps,
stationed at Fort Sam Houston. Tex,
has been received by his parents. who
but recently moved here from Texas
They live at 1862 Oak street. Aside
from the fact that the death of the
son resulted from an accident, the fam
lily has no details of the tragedy. Fu-
neral services are to be held at Arling-
ton. A. sister, Miss Harriet Rawlins,
is an employee of the Treasury Depart
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
EXPLAINS RED CROSS
5OcK-KN|TTlNG PLAN
harvey D. Gibson, Bank Pres
ident, Undertakes Mammoth
Work for the Organization.
CHANGES DUE TO WAR

From running a New York bank to
Erecting the work of knitting millions
# socks in a big jump, but knitting
, Just one Of the details that has
,ome under the direction Of Harvey
). Gibson, president of the Liberty
National Bank Of New York. and now
general manager of the American Red
Cross. Mr.. Gibson's big job. OF course,
was the reorganization OF the Ameri-
can Red Cross on a scale that would be
commensurate with the war demands
made upon it and its i've million mem
bers.
81 have fought. bled and died for
those knitting instructions" said Mr..
Gibson, referring to the circular con-
tanning knitting instructions. the first
job Of the woman's bureau. The cir
cular went out 100000 strong, and
right away by the first mail came
back 5000 letters saying these instruc-
tfons were wrong. Everybody picked
on the socks, because they said their
own way of knitting them was the
right way and the instructions were
wrong.
Z went up to my home in New Hamp-
shire, where / have wife, mother.
a sister and an aunt. who know how
to knit. And I asked each of them
70 knit me a pair Of socks. They did;
hey finished them. and they were not
like at all, and each said the three
,thers were no good. l went to my wife
and asked her to knit me pair Of
socks by the Red Cross knitting in
structions: she did and they worked
Just as well as the four other pairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
Each Request Investigated.


I'VE all are very much interested in
the war fund. This fund. during the
week we raised it, totafed $102. 000, 900
pledged, in addition to the nineteen
or twenty milliops declared in diyi-
dends. But very small portion of
this money is used it is appropriated
by what is known as the appropriation
system. When the Red Cross missions
which are in Europe require money they
send in a request to Washington for
that amount of money and designate
for what it is required 1t is investi-
gated by two committees and then
passed on to the war council. and IL
It approves the money is appropri-
ated and turned over. The war COM
mittee is the official auditor of the
Red Cross. Thus far, today. of the
O0O. 900. This has been deposited in
banks in the United States. We have
returned to the Chapters $9,10o.0OO.
leaving balance unappropriated of
about $40. 100000.
I'VE have here in Washington about
the Red Cross. These are in the hands
of thirty-nine volunteers. We had
dinner the other night and these thirty
nine men attended. We discussed sew
erat criticisms of the Red Cross which
had been made. Some of them were
vicious and others were ridiculous. In
the course of the dinner We decided
two things: First, that we were going
TO call each other by our first names.
and that from that minute on we were
going to try to operate the Red Cross
on basis of 90 per cent common sense
and 10 per cent instructions. 1t took
about go per cent OF the 30 per cent in
organizing a woman's bureau, whose
hrst job was the issuance of the knit
ting instructions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

Four thousand Grand Trunk con-
ductorss brakemen and other employees
will geb the eight hour day and an in.
,creaseSin pay as 4 result Of an agree
ment Between the officials Of the train
mems organizations and the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

THE Playotone is a splendid
p1ayer-piano made by the
makers of the famous Hard
man, the official piano of the
Metropolitan Opera Co., New
York City. What more do you
need to know of its quality or
tone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

Irish Points C0 90
N Q v city 40s9O
Cfuny Lace.
Cable Net Mario An
toinefte, Wolfe and Not
tingham Curtains In
white or ecru.
Marquisette. CT co
Wolfe. Novelty psOO
and a great
variety Of NottfnGhaA
Curtains, the lot offers
a selection Of especial
ly beautiful patterns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

White Wool co EN
b la n x e tss Vow
bound W ! t h :.
pink, blue or yellow
silk; borders to matchj
doub1e-bed size.
Heavy Plaid e. or.
Blankets. in 44.o0
pink a n d
white, blue and white.
gray and white or tan
and white, with fancy
borders; very heavy
nap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
Your Government Asks You to HELP

Children 5 ''I1oleproof'
Shoes; Wear Guaranteed :.
You may depend Holeproof shoes must be
good enough to guarantee or else we would
not have the temerity to make the above state
ment If pair fails to give satisfactory wear a
new pair awaits you here without comment.
Holeproof Guaranteed Shoes
For Girls For Boys
Sizes to 5. $1-50 %. Sizes 9 to 49, S25o to
Sizes to 6. q $3.50. $3.5B.
Sizes So to II. &4.75. Sizes To s1s ~ n IA
Sizes II u to g. IS S5. s.oo
Growing Girls Hole
proof Shoes. sizes ~ Sizes to 131s. $3.50.
to 7, $3.50 to $780, Sizes to 5hyss.oo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
Over There and Over Here

0UR boys, your boys went away to France with
J song their lips and song in their hearts. It was
me away with smile song.
Have you music in your homer If not, you not
keeping the home fires burning
Won't you come in and allow to explain howl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
s = = . Nun: SIPS

made of 1us-
trous silky Hudson seal:
very good size and lined
with silk rufiie to edge,
finished with large eel
luloid wrist ring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
$3.50 a Week Buys
a Fine Pldyer-P Piano

4 PLAYOTONE or any other
new piano or player is
sold to you upon the lowest
possible terms. We will
give you the piano paid up
in full, if the purchaser dies
before all payments have been
made. Allow US to explain the
details.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
Advantageous Prices on
Curtains and Blankets

TILES of Aeecy fluffy blankets await you here.
In all white, with fancy borders, plaids and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
) s : - z : q S29.s5

b e q u { ! fuI
American red fox; full
animal scarfs. trimmed
with natural head, tail
and feet, crepe de chine
lined: fastens with chain
and snap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
Hecht & CO. Helps by Publishing This Notice

GOOD WOMEN of Washington under the guidance of Clarence VIII
households of the
thoroughly understood and
In and
Ison andMs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
w ss7 .: an: $2l.75

SILK lined
and trimmed with head,
tail and paws, some
have silk neck quilting;
fasten with chain and
snap. Colors taupe,
Poiret and black.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
Rich Fur Sets, Neckpieces, MuHs a:

g: CT LIZ IL $22.75
a n 1 m a l
scarf. silk lined, and
barrel mum. finished
with wrist ring; a very
rich set for the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
will There Be a GrdfOnola in
Your Home Christmas

WE allow 10 days trial, be-
w cause we know when
you once have the Grafonola
in your home you will want to
keep it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

L
a sister and an aunt. who know how
to knit And I asked each of them
20 knit me a pair Of socks. They did;
hey finished them. and they were not
like at all. and each said the three
and asked her to knit me a pair. OF
socks by the Red Cross knitting in
structions: she did and they worked
Just as well as the four other pairs.
Socks the Things Wanted.
+: $50 I went back to the woman's bu-
reau and told them that 1t seemed to
ne that we should not get very far II
we tried to tell every woman in the
United States how to knit socks, for
no difference what we told her she
would knit them her own way any
low. and what We wanted was~socks.
20 we decided if she did know how to
knit, she would do it her way. and II
she did not know, she would have to
have instructions. And the Red Cross
instructions were as good as those
which had been issued at Chicago, just
so the women knit plenty of socks.
'.The reorganization of the Red Cross
Is quite interesting" said Mr.. Gibson,
reverting to his speciality. Before the
war started. the Red Cross had about
forty employees; most of them were in
Washington. We had an incoming
mail of about 100 letters a day; each
DAY many OF these employees wOuid SIT
about a table and open these letters
and have kind of town meeting and
talk. these letters over and answer
them.
Then the war opened: from 100 let
tiers a day the mail jumped to $4,000
every single day and the force grew to
73S employees. They did not know
much about the Red Cross, but each
one had a good idea of the big mat
tiers of policy that had to be decided.
About the same time that this was
going on the chapters increased from
206 to $500, the membership from
zoe. 900 to about 100000. Wewere doing
a tremendous amount Of work. and had
grown with reorganization into a cor
poration which was the largest hui
manftarian organization in the world.
n corporation with six or seven thou
sand branch Offices. with two or three
million employees. represented by the
workers. doing an annual business of
Sl5.oOo.oo0. We decided that the best
possible way to handle this was
to divide the country into sections:
place at the head of these sections a
business man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

a ND we ask you to pay.
"A nothing down on it in
order that you will readily
agree to have a Grafonola
sent home on trial.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-12-13
Heavy Penalty for Hoarding

Hoarding Of the necessities Of
life by consumers, retailers,
wholesalers and manufactures
is to be made punishable by a
fine of $4,000 or impgisonm ent
for not more than two years, in
compliance with an act OF Con-
gress, according to a bulletin
issued by the Wisconsin food
administration.
Necessities will be deemed TO
be boarded withiA the meaning
of the act when either, held, con
tracted for, or arranged fA ~
any person in quantities in ex'
cess of the reasonable reqntre.
ments of himself and depen-
dents. or when held or con
tracted for by a ratailete joobet
or manufacturer IN excess 81
the reasonable req ainmsllls q
his trade.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-12-13
NNashburn Wisconsin December lsth.
Pay fiddler
II Ne Da..ce TO Music
Improvements in the City This Year
Causes the Tax Rate to Jump
at Awful Rate.


If the taxpayers want city i'm
provements and lots of them,
then they must foot the bills,
and do it without complaining.
The past year has been one in
which a large number of city
Improvements have been made
and the tax rate for this year
will be the highest since the city
was incorporated. The rate will
be in excess Of 4 per cent for
with the levy made by the coun-
ell 81 rate will not provide suffi
cent funds.
A total of S66,754.27 was lev
led by the council and to this
must be added the Judgment of
the town of Washburn amount
ing to about $4,000. On the
81 rate a total Of $62. 379.- could
be raised so that a higher rate
must prevail.
Nothing was levied for general.
fund purposes in the council
levy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-12-13
Friday Evening Gathering Has Much
to do With Growth Of City
Many Business Men and Others Have
Signifed Their Intention of
Attending.

A meeting which will probably
mean more toward the upbuild-
ing of Washburn than any other
meeting that has ever been held
! in the city will be held at the
Masonic Hall on Friday evening
of this week.
Notices calling attention to
the meeting were sent out to
eighty-six persons during the
forepart of the week by the COM
mittee consisting of Amos Han
son and Jake Segal, and more
than sixty of these have sent back
word that they will be present.
The meeting will star at 7:30
o'clock with a big banqet served
by the Ladies of the Congre-
gational Ladies Aid society and
will be some affair, consisting
of chicken pie and oyster sup
per with all the ''fixings." The
supper will last for the period of
one hour when the business ses-
sion will be held.
Although we have been in
structed to give out no infor-
nation concerning the object of
the. meeting, we have been in
formed that it is one of the most
important that has ever been
held in the city and means more
to the upbuilding of the city that
anything else that has ever been
undertaken.
Not a person who has signified
his intention of attending should
fail to be present at the meeting.
1t is the most important problem
that Washburn has had to deal
with in many years. The object
of the banquet was to get the
people together.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-12-13
Every Man of ConscriptiOn Age to
Receive One.
Must Be Filled Out and Returned to
Local Board Within Seven
Days.

An immence amount of work
is being done at the Office of
County Clerk Nels Oscar this
week in preparing the question
naire for all men of conscription
age in Bayfield, county. This en-
tails large amount Of work as
it takes over five minutes Of the
most speedy work to prepare
one QUESTIONABLE.
The office of the County Clerk,
who is also secretary Of the
Local Board, was simply swamp
ed with work and it became
necessary to call upon the schools
for help and at least twelve
teachers and pupils of the schools
have offered their services in
order to get the work out on
time.
Twenty per cent of the
questionnaires will be sent out on
Saturday of this week and 20
per cent will go out each day
thereafter until the entire
amount has gone forward.
Every man Of conscription
age who has not already entered
the service of the United States
government will receive one.
This will apply to those who
have already appeared before
the board, and have been ex-
empted.
The QUESTIONABLE is a sixteen
page document which must be
filled out in detail by the re
ceiver and on account of the
number of questions and their
nature legal advisory boards
have been established through
out the county where the regis
trant may apply for assistance
| in filling out the blanks. These
questionnaries must be returned
to the local board within seven
days after the date of mailing
to the person.
Failure to answer the questions
and to return the QUESTIONABLE
will put a man in the same
status as a man who fails to
appear Before the exemption
boards when called.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-12-13
Red Cross Notes.

TIE women Of Wash burn have
certainly proven themselves good
soldiers this week, Tuesday morn
ing met ting Of workers was called
az which time Mrs. Lor Wilkinson
of Bay field, who attended the recent
Red Cross convention in Chicago,
was present, and gave the ladies,
instructions in making some of the
neW surgical dressings. She report
ed a rush order, and gave ten
DAYS 10 make FIVE hundred absorbent
pads, Mrs. Olson res spoeded. "We'll
do that ard then some" Before the
room closed Tuesday night three
hupdred and eighty pads were
finished, aud at five O'Clock Wednes-
day the box Of five hundred was
ready to ship and a good start was
made on The i've hundred oakum
pads, which t was decided to add to
our quota. Itis safe to say seventy
fiye new workers have been in the
rooms during the week.
The rush has made it impossible
for this issue. We will only say
that the Chapter with Bayfield,
Branch assisting, has made fully
tgo thousand pieces Of surgical
dressings.
Brummond. Bayfield, and Wash
burn over ruiz tbeirknNting quota
by a good maay.pieces, and we are
gr8tifed by the deep interest
evidenced il all the work Of the
Red Cross.
The burden OF all Red Cross work
will fall on America from now Oh
for Europe has run cut Of supplies
necessary to the making Of surgical
dressings, and cannot obtain them.
With our boys at the front, there
will probably be no end to the de-
mands made upon US, and We have
no fear that Bayfield, County Chap
ter will prove Stacker. !"