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Husonian
VOL. XIII.
1 1CIAL ADVERTISING M K DI I'M OF CHOC TAW COUNTY
HUGO, OKLAHOMA, TI I RSDAY I ARCH
Two British Ships Torpedoe0. |
London, March 17.—It is officially [
announced that the British steamers,!
Atlanta and Fingal, were torpedoed!
by a German submarine. The At-!
lanta reached land but the Fingal!
sunk with a loss of six lives. The i
submarine is believed to have es-
caped.
CHOSEN OPPOSE RUM IN
OF
NUMBER 50.
FRENCH AND GERMANS BOTH:
CLAIM SAME CONQUEST NEAR)
MESNIL. RHE'MS CATHEDRAL,1
AGAIN HIT.
Berlin Claims Russian Repulses and
Petrcgrad Says A'my is on German
foil. Two More British Ships Are
Torpedoed.
By Associatedl Press.
London, March 17.- Reuter s 1'etro.
grad correspondent says that the
capture of Przemysl is considered to
be a matter of a few days only. The
Austrian prisoners say the garrison
is on famine rations and the hospitals
are crowded.
French Claim Heights.
Paris, March 17.— < Official l The
Belgians made fresh progress on the
Yser river. The French captured a
part of an important hill near Mesnil.
A French avaitor dropped bombs on
the barracks at Colmar in I'pper A!-j
sac;.1. The Germans again have boiu.i
barded Rheims and Soissons. Two
shells hit the cathedral.
Texas to Exterminate Rats.
!iy Associated Press.
I Austin. Tex., March 17.—The leg.
| islature has passed a bill which be-
comes law when signed by the gov-
ernor appropriating $25,000 for the
extermination of rats in Texas, es.
pacially along the Mexican border
and the various ports of the state,
".'lie money would be speftt under di-
rection of the state department of
1 t slth. The particular reason for at.
tempting the extermination of rod-
tr.ts is to prevent the possible en-
trance into Texas of the fiubonic
plague which recently prevailed at
New Orleans.
BEWARE THAT FLOWER:
ITS STING MAY KILL'
POPULAR RAILROAD MAN ELECT-
ED TO CITY'S HIGHEST OFFICE
IN THE ELECTION TUESDAY
BY VOTERS.
Watson, Eliingliausen, Wolff anil
Scott Other Successful Candidates
For Offices Win By Good Major-
ities.
; MEDICAL PROFESSION CLAIMS
THAT IT DOES THE SOLDIERS
I MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
Russians Have Quit Drinking
Too. They Eat A-noiCiar
Cakes Once a Year.
/
Wine,
.'id°lo
Germans Claim Heights.
Berlin, March 17.—(Official.)—The
Germans captured the height north,
west of Arras. The French deliver-
ed unsuccessful attacks north of Mes-
nil. The fighting continuing in Ar-
gonne.
The Russian advances northeast of
Tilsft and at Laugszargen, in Eas
I russla just across the border from
Tauroggen, have been repulsed. The
Kussian attempts to break through
north of Warsaw have been also re
Pulsed.
Russians in P'ussia.
London. March 17.—French and
German acounts are at variance of
the fighting in the western theatre
cach announcing successes in Cham
Pagne and along the Belgian border.
A Petrograd dispatch speaks of the
Russians being on German soil near
l-augazargen in East Prussia. The
British attempts to get the Turks at
Smyrna appeared to have failed and
it is reported the Turks say they will
resist to the end.
Ships ReaOy to Sail With Cotton
Washington, March 17.—Shii
loaded with cotton may bo to Ger
man ports if they are contracted for
ar.d if they sail by March 31st
Defender of Liege, s Prisoner
Paris, March 17.—General Leman
the Belgian defender ot Liege, is now
a prisoner. Germany refuses to of-
fer him parole saying that his first
act when free would be to offer his
services to the King of Belgium.
Cruisers Fate Not Surprising
Berlin, March 17.—The news
the destruction of the cruiser. Urea
den was not surprising here. News-
papers express wonder that she evad.
ed the enemy so long and praise the
heroism of the crew.
Germans Bombarajng Nieuport.
Paris, March 17.—The Petit Pari
elans war correspondent in an un
dated message says the Germans are
furiously bombarding Nieuport with
their si^teen-inch Howitzers. Thirty
shells fell in the town, demolishing
several :arge buildings. No one was
hurt. The allied warships bombard
ed Westende and the Germans are
replying freely.
All Attempts ^rove Futile.
Constantinople, March 17.—Twenty
unimportant operations were under,
taken by the allied fleet in the I)ard.
anelles in the past few days. Two
new attempts by warships upon the
approach to the outer fortifications
proved futile, according to reports
received here. The city population
here remain calm.
New York, March 17—Flowers with
the temperament of a nervous wom-
an, flowers that see, hear and sing,
and flowers that kill will poison those
who annoy them were put oa exhi.
bition at the flower show which the
Horticultural Society opened in the
Grand Central Palace.
These .wonderful plants and blooms
came from South America in charge
of Harry J. Black, an American, who
lias spent twenty seven years hunting
and studying them in Bolivia. Peru
and Brazil. He brought also a $75,-
000 collection of orchids. Diego Gib-
son. of Buenos Ayres and Ramon
( aceras. of Montevido, his companion
also are well stocked with floral rar.
ieties. ,
Mr. Black has satisfied himself that
a rose can see a person who handles
it, and that the jerfume that it ex-
hales is really its song, strong scents
corresponding to low notes and deli,
cate odnrs to high ones. One of his
specimens is so sensitive that if a
shurp noise is made in its vicinity is
(loses its leaves in fright. Others
wilt into unconsciousness if either,
chloroform or heroin is applied to
them.
A species of patropha from Colom-
bia secretes a poison like the rattle-
snakes which it shoots through two
fangs when touched, and the wound
is deadly. Mr. Black also shows va-
rieties of stinging plants that grow
hair. \\ hen a hair is snapped by
contact it discharges enough poison
to kill a man. Mice and insects will
be used in poison tests in the show.
PASSED SENATE
Oklahoma City, March 17.—The bill
appropriating $750,000 for immediate
use in the construction of the state
capitol /was passed finally jn the
senate today, with only two dissent-
ing votes. The money comes from
the public building fund, the com-
n.ssioners ot the land office being
authorised to transfer tli£ money to
the treasury.
The bill occasioned no extensive
discussion and with the two dissent,
ing votes the senate was unanimous.
I> in fa * or of making the appropria-
tion. The measure also provides that
additional ground may be secured im-
mediately surrounding the capitol
grounds by exchange or condemna-
tion.
In the democratic primary yester-
day Oscar \V. Hanna was chosen for
the nomination of mayor of Hugo by
a majority of forty votes. His nomi.
nation is the same as election as
there is no other ticket to be voted
on in the general city election. Mr.
Hanna has lived in Hugo for the past
decade, during through practically all
that period with the Frisco railroad.
He is one of the most popular men
in town and his friends showed their
loyalty to him by the way they stuck
to his support throughout the eler.
tion. His choice is popular as he is
eminently satisfactory to the large
majority of even those who voted for
other men. Jt is predicted that his
administration will he a full success
and that the city will stride forward
under his guiding hand.
'n the race for city clerk Joe
W ollf succeeded himself, outdistanc-
ing ills opponent Roy Johnson, by
109 vo;cs
J. If. Jackn n ii.cceeds him-sMf ,-s
city treasurer; he ran without on;,r.
sltion.
<••• A. Kllinghausen probably shows
the biggest surprise of the election.
His election by a majority of thirty-
one over tiie present city attorney,
Gaylord Wilcox, was unpredicted. It
shows his popularity and his friends
are certain that his incumbency in
the office will he both benefi-ial and
! rofitable to Hugo.
Marion Watson's strong lend in the
'ace for chief of police was another
surprise though his selection was
easily predicted beforehand. Against
the entire field he polled plurality
of eleven votes. His majority over
his nearest opponent was 202.
o. E. Scott ran well ahead in a
field of five in the race for the office
of street commissioner. His pulral.
lty was 122. The votes by wards
follows:
By Associated Press.
London, March 17.—Opposition to
the action of the- war office in sup.
plying rations of rum to the British
troops at the front is manifest in
many sections of the British press.
Although the war office in defense of
its action stated that the allowance
of rum was regarded by the military
authorities as a medicinal supply
rather than a part of the food ration,
a large part of the demand for the
abolition of the alcoholic ration
comes from the medical profession.
A round dozen physicians, all of
thrm leaders in their / profession.
eaten plentifully at any or all meals
during the week. It is served with
a garnish of caviar, thick sour cream
ami melted butter. The ordinary
complement per person is a dozen or
fifteen "bllnl," but a stranger is told
that the rule is that a person should
keep the plate up to the height of
his chin as he sits at the table. After
the "blini," which are served as part
of the hors d' oevre comes the usual
lunch or dinner courses.
ISOIVI WILLIAMS
GETS FOUR YEARS
Lent Relaxed for St. Patrick.
Brooklyn, March 17.—The Lenten
season of sacrifice was relaxed today
in favor of many different celebra.
tions in honor of St. Patrick's day
Over 1,000 players will compete in
card games for five hundred prizes
Sig St. Patrick's Parade.
New York, March 17.—The St.
Patrick parade today was larger than
last year and the literary exercises
will be of a more extensive scale
than ever. There were over forty
divisions of Hibernian from Manhat
tan. ten from the Bronx and fourteen
were sie-npr* r,f ~ fr°m Queens as W«H as many other
were signers of a recent appeal tc | societies in the line of march '
RussTrToi r f0"°T ,e0d 01 i AmODB th° S^lal ^urea in the
Russia in abolishing absolutely th, | parade were unique representative!
..1. o/ spirituous liquors ,;rM j f«,„. fc"™
„. nr I Cork Societies.
Isom Williams was convicted last
night by the jury as guilty of .the
crime of incest. He was sentenced
to punishment by p term of impris-
onment in the state penitentiary for
four years.
On the witness stand Williams de_
nied the charge. Neighbors and his
daughter were the witnesses against
him. His daughter, a grown womnn,
testified against her father and her
relation with him. Two children in
court were used as living evidence
against Williams.
illiams is a well known and well-
to-do full blood Choctaw. He is a
man in the fifties, and has lived in
this community all of his life. His
principal property is a farm that ad.
joirn Hugo on the southwest side of
the city limits.
ER AT
For Mayor
R. L. Jones j 99
J. Barrett 12
J. W. Milam j 17
O. W. Hanna ...J117
For City Clerk:
Roy Johnson ...
Joe A. Wolff ...
For City Treas.
J. H. Jackson ...,|217
For City Att'y. |
E. A. EllinghausenjlfiOj
G. R Wilcox 1 go'
Chief of Police:
M. S. Watson ..
R. E. Reed
J. L. West
J. B. ( lark
Lee W. Ratliff .
W. C. Keeter ...
For St. Com.
,G. E. Scott ....
G. J. Downing ..
Geo. A. Marshall
R. W. Hill ...... 48
il. N. Downing . . 13
Councilmen:
J. P. Ward ...
Henry
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By Associated Press.
Washington. March 17.—Alarmed
at the disorders near Progresso, for-
eigners there have askied refuge
aboard the American cruiser Des
Moines. General Carranza, however,
after a conference with the American
naval officers and diplomats promis-
ed protection.
Foreigners Leave Mexico.
Washington, March 17.—Secretary
of State Bryan announces that the
authorities at Vera Cruz and «Mexlco
City agreed to co.operate in provid.
Ing transpo-iation for foreigners de-
siring to leave Mexico City, and to
facilitate transportation supplies to
Mexico City.
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Husk . .
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Garrot .
Pitts . .
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Durrum .
Petty . .
Womack .
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Britain for the duration of the war.
Speaking in behalf of the army
medical corps, .Cflptain 3ir Victor
Horsley, a well known medical and
scientific leader, contributes an ar-
ticle to the current issue of the Brit-
Medical Journal, remonstrating
niainst the issue of rum to the sol.
d:ers as an alleged protection against
sold and damp. He says:
All medical scientists now know
that although alcohol produces a tem-
porary flush on the surface of the
skin, this is due to a rush of blood
tn fill the arteries slackened by ai.
CMtiol, and that the excess of blood
d.iten to the surface loses its
1,« at i'nd on returning to the interior
chilled by such exposure, inevitably
lowers the body temperature.
"Although army regulations say
thejrum is only issued by order ot
the commanding officer on recom
menJation of the medical officer, the
spirit is no part of the medical stores
tut is in the commisariat with *h«
food supplies and in many battalions
has been issued daily in and out of
the trenches to every man who would
accept it.
The spirit drinking habit in the
British army iwas first contracted
during the Duke of - Marlborough's
campaign in Flanders two hundred
years ago. It is a national misfor-
tune that this story of 200 years ago
is being repeated, for our army is
again as then, being taught to be.
come victims to the spirit drinking
habit.
"In the American Civil War, when
McClellan's great army on the banks
of the Potomac endured several,
weeks of severe hardship in trench-
es. it was determined to issue spirit
rations, but after one month the ra.
tions were withdrawn because the
men were the worse for it, the medi-
cal officers reporting specifically that
the ration was injurious, that it had
increased the ailments of the men.
and was 'nothing but an unmitigated
evil.'
In the present war, the authorities
have contracted for the supply of
over 500,000 gallons of rum. of which
more than half has already been sent
to I' ranee. The war office has gone
from bad to worse by a new* conces-
sion of rum to raw recruits in train,
ing at home.
I stake my professional reputa-
tion on my declaration that rum now
causes loss of resistance to cold and
is a cause of chilliness, misery and
frostbite. It also causes loss of re.
sistance to such diseases as pneu-
monia, dysentery and typhoid."
Jamison Draws Four Years.
Joe Jamison was found guilty by
the jury of stealing hogs and was
given a sentence of two years t
serve in the penitentiary.
WISCONSIN EXPOSITION
OF UNIVERSITY.
N
Madison, Wis., March 17.—Exhibits
to the value of $10,000 will be shown
at the second University of Wiscon-
sin today and tomorrow. The idea
of the exposition is to present exhib.
its from each of the departments of
the university in such a manner that
the ordinary observer may learn from
them something of the scope and
value of the work of each depart-
ment.
The whole floor space of the arm-
<i>. is devoted to the departmental
exhibits while the annex is filled with
agricultural and engineering booths,
and c\en the prize horses, sheep,
pigs, cows and pou'tr;.- from the ag.
ricuilural farm find rtom there.
The engineering exhibit follows!
second in size after agriculture. Let.
ters and science rank third and spec"
ial courses fourth. These four main
divisions are subdivided into exhibits
from the different departments, unl
v.uich include chemistry, the library
school, the extension division, phar-
macy, law, forestry, the graduate
school, languages, history, English,
education, physics, economics, socio,
logy, journalism, horticulture, agron"
omy, dairying, and so forth. 86 in all"
The journalism department will il-
lustrate how big stories are handled
to the newspaper office !and will
demonstrate the efficiency of modern
newspaper methods.
The alumni exhibit will show the
cosmopolitian character of the uni
versity with statistics of foreign stu-
dents from all parts of the world
and what they have done since grad.
nation. The English and German de-
partments will (produce two plays
during the exposition. The agricul-
tural exhibits will include everything
from proper methods of the culture
to bee culture to the latest svstem of
the dairy business.
Following the exhibits here the ma-
terial selected as most representative
of the work of the institution will be
sent t° San Francisco for show in
the Wisconsin building as a part of
the educational exhibit.
CAMP3rLL RUSSELL
BREAKS LOOSE AGAIN
Melish's Comet.
Cambridge. Mass., March 17.—Ac.
cording to computations the Melish
comet will increase to 2.67 today. It
J* ill make its perihelion passage
around the sun on July 20 acording
to Professor Crawford and Miss
^ oung of the Student's Observatory,
Berkeley. Cal. No predictions are
made regarding the brilliancy of the
comet during the spring months.
Russia Eats Cakes.
Petrograd. March 17.—The banish-
ment of table wines by government
edict has brought to the fore a bev.
erage which seldom has been used
outside the peasant's cottage. It is
kvass. Though it closely resemb-
les lager beer in color, it is more
like American root beer in taste, and
is non.intoxicating. The favorite
brand is prepared by a spfecta! treat-
ment of Russian black bread. It is
now served in all the restaurants.
Another incidental curiosity about
Russian fare, is the fact that the Am-
erican griddle cake makes its appear,
ance in Russia for one week only in
the whole year. That week is the
one preceedlng Lent. The gridflie
cake is disguised as a special luxury
under the name of "blini." It is
Oklahoma City. March 17.—Not
satisfied with the apparent indiffer.
ence on the part of the house as to
the investigation of conditions sur-
rounding house bill 179. which pro-
vided for salaries of county officers
in Muskogee county. Senator Camp-
bell Russell today introduced in the
senate a resolution calling ror an in.
vestigation to be made by the latter"
Lieutenant. Governor Trapp appoinu
ed Russell, Carpenter and Keller as
a special committee to make an in-
festation. giving them power to
Summon and compel attendance of
witnesses.
By Associated Press.
Dallas. March 17.—W. S. Noble,
secretary of the land league of Tex-
as today tesified at the land hearing
before the federal commission that
he had this week found two land ten-
ants in North Texas so poor .they
were offering to give away their chil-
dren. It was said that this case was
not exactly typical so he brought L.
T. Stewart, who is said to be typical
of fifty thousand tenant farmers in
the Southwest. Stewart accompan.
ied by wife and six of his eight chil.
dren, their bare feet showing frost
bites, told of his efforts for twenty
years to pay for a farm. He said he
had never paid for one and had never
been able to send his children to
school. Stewart lived first in Ark-
ansas and then in Texas.
Texas Offcials Fee System Abolished.
By Associated Press.
Austin, March 17.—The senate, af-
ter certain limitations today, engross-
ed the houst joint resolution abolish,
ing the fee system for Texas officials.
The legislators interested today
agreed not to try to pass the pipe line
regulations at this session.
OLD SOCIETY CHARITABLE
IRISH DINNER.
Boston, Mass.. March 17,—The
Charitable Irish Society will celebrate
its 178th anniversary by a grand ban.
quet at Hotel Somerset this even-
ing. President John A. Kiggen is
chairman of the committee.
Governor Walsh will repond to the
toast. 'The Commonwealth," Mayor
Curley, "The City of Boston." and
other speakers ci prominence will
be heard. LUy employes have been
given a half holiday.
SAM STEWART RELEASED
ON A WRIT OF ERROR.
Oklahoma City, March 17.—Sam
Stewart, serving a life sentence in
the penitentiary, was ordered releas-
ed ,on writ of habeas corpus by
Presiding Judge Thomas H. Doyle,
of the criminal court of appeals
Tuesday. He is another beneficiary
of Lieutenant-Governor J. J. McAles.
ters leniency. His application for
freedom was filed Tuesday as the re-
sult of the court's decision Saturday
in three similar cases.
Stewart was convicted in the dis-
trict court of Choctaw county in 19l3
•f murder in connection with the mys-
terious killing of Henry Jones, a far.
mer, a few miles southeast of Bos.
well. The jury adjudging him guilty
was unable to agree on the case of
his co-defendant, the wife of the slain
man. At a trial later the woman was
acquitted* Stewart had an 'appeal
pending in the criminal court of ap-
peals when he was pardoned by the
lieptenant governor.
Athletics Meet Cuba.
Jacksonville, Fla„ March 17.—The
Cubs and Athletics began a series or
three games here today.
New Motorcycle Attachment.
Otis Henry has just bought from
Taylor and Tyler a new and unique
seat attachment for his motorcycle.
It consists of two seats, one on each
side. The driver sits on the right
^ *ide and handles cycle by the same
. apparatus as he would otherwise use.
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