The Hugo Husonian
THE OFFICIAL ADVERTISING M EDIFM OF CHOCTAW COUNTY
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HUGO, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAV MARCH 4, 1915.
CHOCTAW PAYMENT PASSED
SENATE THIS
RUSSIANS CUT MR I MEMORIAL
TURK ARMY OFF SERVICE IN COURT
MEASURE PASSED
AT 3UN.
BY A VOTE OE 33 10 IS
BRITISH OBSERVERS OF WAR
CLAIM THAT GERMANY AND
AUSTRIA IN A LOSING GAME
AGAINST RUSSIA.
Will^Give Each Choctaw in This Sec-
tion Two Hundred Dollars Each—
History of Payment Fight and
Previous Appropriations
Special to The Husonian.
Washington, March 3.—The senate
passed the Choctaw and Chickasaw
per capita payment appropriation this
morning at three o'clock. The vote
stood thirty-three to fifteen.
T. P. QORE. Senator.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 8.—The senate
passed the twenty-five million dollar
river:- and harbors approbation bill
at !7 o'clock this morning after an
all nl'-ht session. The senate recess-
ed until II o'clock this morning. Vice
l'-:sident Marshall was gotten out of
bed to help form a <iuorum for passing
the bill.
Choctaw Payment History.
The foregong brief telegram gives
the result of a struggle that has been
wr >d in congress for many months
The tnn.'ption of this contest barkens
bfcck to the year of grace 1X30 when
General Andrew Jackson was serving
his first terra of president when the
United Slates made a solemn treaty
with the Choctaw Nation tor the mem-
bers to remove from the state of Mis-
sissippi to the wilderness in the west-
ern part of the Louisiana Purchase.
Under he provisions of the Dancing
At a conservative estimate Choctaw
county should receive in the neigh-
borhood of three quarters of a million
dollars.
McCurtain bounty \\ill receive more
than any other county in the Nation.
It is presumed that the payn.ent will
be made within the next sixty days.
Austrian Warships Bombarded Mon'
tenegro. Berlin Says Russian At-
tacks Against Them Failed.
 
(By Associated Press.)
Tiflls, Trans-Caucasia, March 3.—
The Russian army, driving the Turks
before it, has reached the River
Khopachas in Armenia. This cuts oft
the Turkish route for reinforcements
and sttpplies from Constantinople, and
isolated a large section of Turkish
territory.
Yesterday afternoon the bar of
Choctaw county met at four o'clock
and held a very impressive memorial
service In honor of the last member
of the organization to die, W. ■<£,
Stewart.
Judge C. E. Dudley presided over
the services which were held in the
district court room. Addresses were
made -by thefollowlng lawyers: A.
M. Works, R. L. Evans. T. C. Hum-
phry, M. W. Gross and J. M. Willis.
All of these gentlemen spoke with
feeling and eloquence and moved
their bearers In recounting the good
deeds and worth of their dead law-
yer friend.
E
OF
Russians Fail.
Berlin, March 3.—(Offcial).—A
French aeroplane with motor trouble
descended in the German lines of
North France yesterday and was cap-
tured. The French attacks in Cham-
pagne have been without any degree
successful. The Russian attacks about
Grodno, Plock and Przasnysz have
also failed except for one action khich
drove back the German vanguard.
THE CIGARETTE BILL
UNDER CONSIDERATION.
Oklahoma City, Okla., March 3.—
'•How shall The state enforce the an-
ti-cigaret law
WISH PIPERS SAT CERWIi
Bfi SIMMi IS HECHE
Washington is Pleaded With Reply of
Germany Yielding to U. S. Note,
Germany Claims Privilege of
Use of Defensive Mines
When Anchored
(By Associated Press.)
. London. March 3.—London news-
A bill that purports to answer the i ,)apers do not think that England will
question brought on the only spirited ] retel}e fr^m the German blockade de-
cussion the senate advanced it to <en-1 spjte Germany's announcement last
IN WATER PIPE £
Losing Game.
London. Mdrch 3.—British observ-
ers practically are unanimous that
rman.v and Austria are playing a
losing game against the Russians en-
tire front.
I ft 1^1 LC uvi uion; O —  
night agreeing to withdraw practic
senatie Tuesday. The bill under con-' - ■ ■
sideration was a house bill by Disney
of Muskogee and it has already pass-
ed the house. After a thorougn dis-
By Associated Press.
Mexico City. March 3.—Two hun-
dred men of (lonral Obregon's com-
mand were drowned in the water nr&in
leading out to the suburban sources
of Mexico City's water supply in a
recent attempt to got to the rpar of
the Zapatista forces.
\Vh:n the Zapatistas were compell-
ed to evacuate the capital a few weeks
ago, ihev retired to the' suburb of
Xci htmP.co and seizc-d the sources of
the c'ty's water supply, making the
capital dependent on artesian wells
and a small reservoir in a park near
unflushed
French Gain Ground.
Paris, March 3.— (Official.)—'Pre-
vious reports of French gains In the
Champagne region are confirmed.
Many German first line trenches were
captured.
Captured Many Prisoners.
Petrograd. March 3.—tTp to the
middle of February the Russians have
captured forty-nine thousand prison-
ers.1
' Montenegro Bombarded.
London, March 3.—Five Austrian
Austrian warships yesterday bom-
barded Antivarl. Montenegro, (lestroy-
C!'3sion the senate advancel it to en-
grossment and third reading by a ma-
jority sufficient clearly to indicate its
passage on final roll call W ednesday.
I'nder the statute a* it now stands
upon the books it is a misdemeanor
for any person, firm or corporation to
sell, offer for sale, give away or other-
wise dispose of upon any pretext or
device, or to bring into the state for
the purpose of selling. offering for^ ,, Mll,„6l„„,     
sale, giving away or otherwise dispos-jtjon 0jficia.ls are encouraged by un
ing of any cigarettes, cigaret papers j 0frj(.;ai accounts of last night's Ger
or substitutes therefor. The law is  
ally features of submarine and mine
warfare which seems to endanger neu-
trals. providing the I'nited States sug-
gestion for supervising food distri-
bution to civilians is agreed to by
England. British papers argue that
the German blockade is ineffective
and that Germany has nothing to gain
by a continuing blockade while by
apparently making concessions to the
American note Germany really as-
sures a civilian food supply.
Washington Encouraged.
Washington. March 3.—Administra-
it Cliapultepec Castle. The
Rabbit Treatv and another that foT-  wer - <lua t:' ,he fnct lb,u a scatrc\ty
lowed all Choctaw citiaens were re- ot nlRde u unwl8e to use 11 for;ing soine stores and sinking the royal
moved to what was to be known as anything ftan drinking purposes. ser-j.?echt and kmJn(, one CvUian.
the Indian Territory and relinquish n^naced the health of the city.  
their holdings in Mississippi. Those Obregon '"^e many attempts, Demo|ish Two Russian Fcrtt.
that did not avail themselves of this t° recapture the main source of the| Berlin> March 3._The CoIoR„e Ga-
nrivilige were to receive script to file va,'-r tlle °ld In<liai ,own j setter says that German artillery has
nubile lands or the Fnlted States cf Xochimilco. but all of them were demolished two of the Russian forts
 1.,,i mon i >inrine at ossowetz and silenced their guns.
anywhere A majority of the tribe repulsed by Zapata's men. A daring
movH Many times in after years! raid was finally decided upon for
the imitation was re-extended to thej^tf'h °eneral Obregon detached 200
Mississippi brethern to join their kin <>* "is men. He " drop
in Indian Territory. The last tin*  ■"  the mains which had been dry,    
was during the allottment period! and to attempt to travel through them J quarter8 toUa>
when many came and were given full'"'  n opening at the rear of Zapata a, becn rep0rted
allottmerits. A considerable are still) ™in A  
residents of Mississippi. |' «" general of the ..d af er
the men had l *on allowed to travel
some distance in the mains, the full
th. water was turned on,
Uio invading force to a
Aviator* Bomb Warsaw.
Warsak, March 3.—A German avia-
tor dropped bombs on the residence
No casualties have
so drastic in its form a* to be wholly
inoperative and the present bill which
it Is claimel has the support of the
leading members of the Women's
clubs of the state and of many of the
orders and societies seeking a better
application of our criminal code, re
peals this section and substitutes
therefor one which provides:
"That any person who shall furnish
to any minor by gift, sale or otherwise
iary cigarets or cigaret papers shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $100
nor more than $200 or be confined
in the county jail not more than thir-
ty diys, or both said fine and im-
prisonment.
:\n reply yielding largely to the Am-
erican note. Thcv think it possible
the German stand may influence
England similarly.
The reply declares Germany's read-
iness to accept virtually all of the
American proposals except the one
which would restrict the use of an-
chored mines to purely defensive
purposes. The German government
expresses the belief that belligerents
can not afford to abandon entirely the
use of anchored mines for offensive
operations.
The first allottment act was known;
as the Atoka agreement and was'for,.e of
adopted in 1808. The second .
In own as the Supplemental A"ree"|maI1
ment anil was ratifi.-d on September!
2"tli. 1902. I'nder '• Hi of these treat-;
ies it was provid d that after allol-l
tin - to enrolled -itizens an allott-
ment the remain! •: .unallotted land,
the lot.- in the seT-.„aUcl townslte
pine, coal End as :h:ilt to be segregat-
ed land. The four payments that liav
liren marie since 1904 were distributed
out ot the "ale cf town lots. Thej
funds now he)d by (he governnier: ,
belonging to the Choctaw and Chlcka
APPOITS AKU10MAII
REGISTER TREASURY
LOIS 10 00
i By Associated Press.1
Washington. March 3.—The
(Rj Associated Press.)
| Washiest n. March 3.—President
' Wilson today nominated Houston
j Teehe, ot Talsquah, Oklahoma, for
tho office of register of the treasury.
! < Jabe Parker formerly held this office.
      sixty-' Spring Styles in February.
belonging to the Choctaw anil l ni< !... j oongress plana to be In twenty-! From Wednesday's Daily-
saw Nations ane mostly proceeds o.       uot t0
sales of unallotted lands and pine
timber. This payment was due two
or three J'ears ago but was blocked
thVough the Influence and ability of
United States Senator John Sharpe
Williams of Mississippi.
others has been leading
.our hours continuous session before. To ask fashion uot to he a fool is
the end of its existence tomorrow at maybe waste of breath. But incessant-
noon. Tlve deadlocks today are on the: !v as women's vear wringgies into
rural credits and the mail pay items, new violences of change to cheer the
e The leaders believe there is little] dressmakers a"d the fabric ma-.ufac-
who with chance for the passage of the ship , turcrs It doer, s.vnn as if it might re-
r fight to purchase and Philippine bills. |taln some vestige of sanity in con-
STOLE IRON CROSSES
OF PRUSSIAN SOLDIERS.
By Associated Press.
Vienna, March 3.—A bookkeeper
named Bachiger who joined one of the
local landstrum regiments early in
the war. has been enjoying a brief
period of fame as a war hero here.
Wearing Iron Crosses of th? first and
second classc. which he had taken
from the bodies of Pruss ian soldiers
while on ambulance duty, he told an
elaborate story of his single-handed
capture of the governor of Warsaw.
He was neceived in state by the
Chief Burogmaster of Vienna and
was presented with a purse full of
money. When his story reached the
German newspapers. It met with a
prompt contradiction, and Bachinger
v as arr sted. He has now been sent
to n hospital for observation us to his
sanity.
WMEUIS f m
<-By Associated Press.)
Berlin. March 3.—Constiratinople
repcrts "Allied fleet yesterday unsuc-
cessfully shelled the Dardanelles for
three hours. It was forced to retire
by by the successful fire of the Tur-
kish latteries, another fleet shelled
the Turkish positions on the Gulf of
Saron without success. Turkish
aviators sucessfully bombarded the
enemy's ships.
SWITZETLAN9 DUR-
ING THE WAR
By Associated Press.
Geneva. (March 3.—The price of
bread has increased 25 to 30 per cent
in Switzerland in three weeks, while
the size and quality of the loaves
have diminished. Shippers will not
take the risk of sending wheat down
the Rhine, to Basel as Germany has
not given out a definite statement con"
cerning the traffic on the Rhine.
Southern Russia supplied most of the
grain through Genoa and Marseilles,
try now depends upon America for
grain through Geona and Marsailles.
but these two ports are congested
with goods and^ the former is tem-
porari'y closed. The Swiss mills can
not fill their orders and In Geneva
alone fourteen bakers closed their
shops within the last two days< 
Switzerland is "supporting" a Depu-
tation of foreign nationalities numb-
ering well over a million. Germany
has practically closed her southern
frontier against this country, involv-
ing much hardship on the inhabitants
of both countries in the neutral zone.
Passports costing six marks are now
rieoessarv to cross the German v-on-
tier for workmen. The milkmen at
Kreuzlingen who carry milk, butter
and cakes to the Germans dally,
struck and were supplied with passes.
Navigation on 'Lake Constance,
which is patrolled by German boats,
is practically at a standstill and no
boat is allowed near the Zeppelin
works at Friedrichshoffen or off the
shore. A new German order states
that any boat approaching Friedrich-
shoffen will be fired upon and that
all .Swiss fishermen must fly the
Swiss flag in future.
have the Choctaws still residing in
Mississippi at this late day enrolled
forming to the seasons.
At the presen* mo.apnt many New
: Yor;; women are buying and wearing
I lit" * lllini *    , , _
todav to make a peaceful settlement hes, or beauty is served by wear.ng a
with the Pints Indians now fighting n d^w-Mmmcd straw hat in February.
1 I*..    l< WnanmAK nrnpfl
posse there.
as citizens of th. trlhe and aRowed CENERAL SCOTT GOES ™ ! hatg tha, ,cofc Mke June flower
to participate in this rich .heritage, I UTAH ON PEACE MISSION. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
The fight for the Oklahoma (hoc- Associated Press) 'heavy stocus. And last summer we
t:iv.s has been ably lead by Congress-; < B> Associated fress-) L.pc.n it wag thought "fcraartf to
man Chas. D. Carter, of this district.i Washington, March ... Urigadiei , • • ^ weather muslins with
who next to the chairman, is the General Hugh Scott, chief of staff ot 1 • •
^Miking democratic Mfer ac tl.cj.h- I'.lud s..,„
House Committee on Indian Affairs.
and to him Is largely due the credit
for the victorious termination which
at an early hour this morning occur-
red.
The ( lilckasaws received $100 under
the appropriation bill of last year and
under this bill, will reoelve $100, and
the Choctaw# will receive $200.
The lota! enrollment of the Choc-
taws, including deceased ones, whose
• heirs will drav their pro rata, is
about 21.000. This will make over
$4,000,000 to he distributed in tho
ten counties of t
TEXAS SENATOR FAINTED
TODAY AFTER SPEECH
(By Associated Press.)
t*n. March
Every year it becom«w more notice-
j able that women put on their spring
(headgear in midwinter. A nd in Aug-1
! ust we find them hurrying into floth!
' suits and "winter suits" which arej
, more beautiful because it is worn ab-,
surdly, pnoposterourty ahead of Its
ELOCKAOING CHEMICALS FROM
GERMANY HARMS NOT.
By Associated Press
'London. March 2—The stoppage of
the Importation of nitrates from
Chili, says a Swiss authority, is not
depriving Germany of a necessary
ingredient of explosives because of
Prof. Ostwaid's discovery of a pro-
cess for making nitric acid out or ox-
idising ammonia. Since thewar. the
factories engaged in this process
have been greatly enlarged and will
within a month make Germany en-
tirely independent of the world for
nitric acid supply.
Vessels for Turk Aid.
Geneva. March 3.—Newspaper re-
ports here say that six Austro-Ger-
man submarines left the Austrian na-
val base with several torpedo boats'
and destroyers yesterday bound toi
the Dardanelles. They wiere last seen
off the island of Corfu.
Fleet of Fifty-Two Boats.
Paris. March S.—Allies have fifty-
two warships at the Dardanelles.
BRYAN ASKS JAP
LAW DELAY
. proper senson. Or does fashion admit
House derating . .      ^
lc-1 rent bill today Ferguson specta-
tor, Bagby ninted at the end of his
speech favoring the bill. The bill
proiiihitioug electioneering any elec-
Choctaw Nation, tiun favorally reported by the house.
that it bas no resources left but
I silly
Some people would ralier die a
natural death than send for a doctor.
HARPALYCE FOR BELGIUM.
New York. March 2.—The Belgium
■Relief commission ship iHarpalyoe,
tens. •: ?'« d yesterday for Ho1.-
glum with a relief cargo from the
storehouses of South Brooklyn.
Fxeept for their vanity, it would
be impossible to pl?ase ?on\e>.people.
SCOTS GUARDS HAVE A THIS-
TLE AS THEIR EMBLEM.
By Associated Press.
London. March 3.—-Welshmen are
delighted with the fact that a battal-
ion of Welsh Guards is to be added
to the men of extra height who for
years have been quartered at the
Wellington Barracks opposite Buck-
ingham Palace and have performed
guard and escort duty at all military
functions. Although Welshmen as -a
rule are short it is not anticipated
that there will be any difficulty in
recruiting the battalion. The Scots
Guards have a thistld as their emb-
lem and the Irish puards a shamrock,
and already there Is discussion wheth-
er the Welsh Guards shall have a leek
or daffodil (the two names are the
saiue in Welsh! or a Red Dragon,
which is essentially a Welsh emblem,
is one of the supporters of the Prince
of Wales' erms and is used on nation-
j al occasions.
! ICEBERGS EXPLODE FLOATING
MINES IN NORTH SEA.
By Associated Press. __ i gv Associated Press.
Helena. Mont. March 3.—Secretary | London. March 3.—Icebergs have
of State, \\. J. Bryan last night re- i £Xp|0,jf>d a number of mines in the
quested Governor Stewart to use his 10tllf of Bothnia, according to, reports
influence for caution in action on the, broueht t0 Hull by Swedish vessels,
bill pending before the Montana legis- j xavigation particularly perilous in
lature forbiddinf the employment of i thp an(i thP North Sea just now.
women in Orientals' restaurants. The i ,t (s s.a,d owirlE: to ,h(1 rainPS which
request is because of critical^late o:: lmvp tirot;rn lowse froni their moor-
international affairs. | 'l-irlT ftorms. Scandinavian na-
val authorities patrol the trade routes
fo* these floating menaces, some of
It doesn't pay to do things by hal-j which have been seen visible lately
ves. such, for instance, as saying the as far north as Shakerack and the
jight thing at the wrong time. mouth of Christiania Fjord.