The Choctaw Herald. (Hugo, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1915 Page: 4 of 4
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March 20
ALARM CLOCKS
Sale Begins at 9:00 a. m.
39c Each
Large
Decorated Salad Bowls
Special, Two For
25 Cents
MILLINERY
See Our New Trimmed
Hals. Priced From
25 cents to $2.00
FLOWERS
10, 15 and 25c Each
NEW GARDEN SEED
2 Packages 5c
UNITED
5,10 Hi 25C
STORE
Successor to J. \\. Burrows
[ Belgrade, where the Save has its I twelve men, whose tom bodies were
mouth. It was a moonlight nighi. | boiled by escaping steam.
The Servians had blown' up the great
steel bridge and its twisted girders
almost filled the waterway where the
two rivers meet. There v.re mines
Belgrade l>egaii to 'ire. One she:!,
exploding in a glancin
deck, killing twelve mei
But Wolff got the boat into the
Save.
Then came 62 days of blindfolds
ie iIff!:tins.-. Ever\ -.ay the motlitoi
?at gun ware hit by Servian shells and ever
One she:!, day the monitors found themselves :i
way on the helpless as the day before in the mat
But the iit- ter of finding the enemy's batteries
tie monitor steamed ahead, turned in-' Wolff fought ahead with his machin
I to the Save, showed her tail to the guns against the Servians on shore
great Servian forts and ran up be- More than once, at hairpin bends in
tween the low banks of the Save to j the Save he found the Servians shoot
where the Austrian soldiers on one ing at him from both sides. His men
side and Servian on the other were j dropped off into eternity, often at the
fighting across the waterway | rate of a dozen a day. New men were
Th? monitor raised havoc with the ! bought across land from Buda Pesth
Servians for two hours, the next at'- 'At l'le en(i of the second month only
ternoon. The river sailors were safe twelve men remained of the 80 who
from the Servian rifles and the Ser- lliU* started out with the flag ship
vian machine guns. They worked ; ^ 'le monitors were battered like old
their own machine guns like madmen. eans- Many of the port holes had
But a huge shell fell on their deck. It ! l,ee" jammed closed by shots. Once a
came from a battery six or seven struck a turret from which Wolff
miles inland. It killed twenty men.' was directing his fire and the great
Wolff ordered the ships big guns into ste?I door was jammed closed so tight
action. But where should they be lhat mechanicians had to come and
pointed ? What was the range of that dr'" 't open before Wolff could be re-
distant battery ? Another Servian 'eased. At the end of 62 days the
shell fell near the monitor. The Ser- Austrian navy department, tired of
vians had the range on the Save. Their sendinff men to Wolff only to have
guns were trained, to a decimal point, theni k'"ed, and realizing that the
on the narrow rival But there was'Servian batteries had rendered the
nothing for the monitor to train its monitors practically useless, Wolff
guns on. It was like a blind man du-; was ordered back to Buda Pesth. Be-
elling with a man who had perfec t jside- the Servians had retreated. Un-
eyes. der the guns of Belgrade he ran a
I could only shoot at guess," said fourth time' Throu*h the tangle of
Wolff to me. "But they were shoot-:twisted steel and throu*h the maze
ing by arithmetic. "We blazed off in-
mines he led his boats to safetv in
to th; distance but it was a thousand ihe, uPper ,)anube- other heroes of
to one that we couldn't place a shell VV°rff's type ma>' devel°P alonK the
near their batten ." | Suez canal- as a result. Englishmen
... ,, , , in armored ships there are fighting
...'^ a . 06 j C mon'tor. Turks and Germans on shore. Of all
The next day orders come to Wolff ^ desperate forms of ba|tle the
to return to Buda Pesth, bv land, and . n. • . <■ i j i
' ' irrf*ut wur tniw mivtnro fit I•> r H on/1
take another boat, via Belgrade, into
the Save.
This time the odds were a thousand
DISTRICT COl'RT.
Will Brown, colored, charged with
-attle stealing, was on trial in the dis-
great war this mixture of land and
water fighting is perhaps the most
dangerous so far as the man on the
water is concerned. At first blush it
to one against him getting past Bel-: . , ... - , , .
* , ' p will look like a safe game for him.
grade. The river would be full of U Ji l- <•. * , , . .
Hidden in his floating steel fort, he
ntltw I. . ,, ,
has only to sail between the narrow
banks of the canal into the verv midst
Wolff tried it again. The name of
trict court yesterday at noon, and the the monitor was the Temesh. In the of the enemy whoge r|fle fjre cannot
'ury returned a verdict of guilty, and 'nlfrl" h* neared Belgradt Sentries penetrate the 1)0afs armor and turn
he was given two years in the peni- the ban^s sent w°^d ahead to loose his machine guns with their 700
rentiary. , , ?f' °f the i shots a minute.
Today (Tuesday) the young men ee a een . own own> making Then, suddenly, an explosion on his
are on trial for breaking into the boat 8 nav>' barbed wlre entanglement, on dgck ^ hjm ^ ^ enemy haye
of Mr. Davis, on Kiamichi river, about a *™nt 8Core- got the drop on him with their distant
a year ago. W. C. Caldwell, one ot u. *•" ahead downward.' said artillerj, He finds that the enemy
them, has been tried and was given 0 • ac,tuar ls a he has exact ranpre figured out
two years; at noon Alvie Griffin, for doesn 1 know- * 'd ne of his lieu- to thg ,ast tjny >nd ^ they
rhe same offense, was on trial. ., . , , 1 can drop a shell into the canal any
Or up, said the captain of the f- .. . . .
time they want to, as easily as a child
T. W. Tyler was down about Saw- ™mtor drops a stone into a well.
<er yesterday and made a trip six
Ten minutes later, while the shells
miles north of that point. He reports from the fort were hitting the water '
hat the farmers in that section are uround them, the whole front end of
further advanced with their work than the mon,tor WBS raised out of the
NO NEED FOR IT.
he thought they could be and that
many of them have lots of corn plant-
ed.
C. J. HOLLOWAY
Dentist
Shu:-By waters Building. Fully
equipped and prepared to give you the
lest there is in Dentistry. Phones—
Office 137; Residence 37.
CORRECT TIME.
fater by an explosion. It was a big -^n Irishman was trying to sell a
mine. friend a night shirt. His friend ask-
The monitor sank. Of 100 men, 80 ! ed him why he wanted to sell it, and j
were drowned. Wolff and the rest of the Irishman replied, "I have a job as
the men got away in a small boat, "ifcht watchman and sleep in the day j
Four days later Wolff came up to
Belgrade again, in another monitor.
Twice before the run past Belgrade
has meant death. It meant the same
thing this time.
Three weeks iater he took me into
a boiler room of the monitor and he
showed me where a Servian shell had
time, and have no need of it."
r-'OR RENT—Four room house near
depot, on West Jackson street. Phone
us if you want it. The News Agency
271-21.
FOR SALE—Six room house on
A stranger walked into Henry's the
other day and looking promiscuously
at the crowd, asked what time it was,
and some Smart Aleck answered, "It
pierced the armor of 'he ship, had en- Folson street, near first ward school
tered the boil' r roorr>, out through a building. Size lot 50 x 140, prices
steam pipe, and then exploded, killing. reasonable. Phone 21-271.
"VOL CAX DO BETTER AT FRELICH'S
Frelicfo Fr [day Fly ers
"The heights by great men reached and kept wera not attained by single flights,
But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night."
Thus has the poet beautifully expressed the thought
that has made this great store greater—made our pro-
gressiveness a household word. Friday you will find the
latch string to our doors turn on hinges of economy.
These items for Friday only:
Bleached Domestic, soft finish, splendid
quality, full 36 inches wide and a hummer
—Frelich's Friday Flyer price—17 yards—
$1.00
One splendid lot of Ribbons, in Blues,
Reds, etc.; also Moire effects. Width from
No. 40 to No. 80—choice, per yard—
10c
Royal Medicated Cuticle Soap—a 25c stan-
dard article, offered Friday, 4 bars—
25c
Ladies Gowns, splendid quality of Nain-
sook and Long Cloth, full cut and full
length, V-shape or square neck, 9-inch em-
broidery yoke with insertion, also inser-
tion and tucks—75c value, Friday, each—
50c
$1.25 House Dresses 95c
Friday we offer very special, one immense lot of House Dresses, made of heavy round
thread materials, embroidered bolero effects, in blues, pinks, lavender, etc; also one lot in
percales, ginghams and madras, high waist lines, many in the military effect; all this sea-
son's goods. Regular $1.25 values—Friday Special, 95c.
Special Reductions on Silk Dresses
which our progressive methods of merchandising bring to your profits one day only in
these stylish and dependable Silk Dresses. The latest and most approved fashion ideas
are reflected in these garments.
$10.00 Silk Dresses $7.45
Silk Dress in the new Faille Silks, shirred or with high waist line. Some button trim-
med. $10.00 values Friday $7.45.
, .< \ Si w t *•! "p bftgl
$ 15.00 Silk Dresses $ i r 1 .MiU,k ,tai'/eta.andM>mai;l,e
*5Cr plain beaded c: em*-iujered to
Silk Dresses in Crepe de Chine and Faille Silks; blacks, sanf'
S from the
factory this week. Friday—each, $11.95.
$20.00 Silk Dresses $14.95
111 Ci t-pe lie Chines, Faille Silks, Messalines, etc.; lace vestee embrcldered effects,
military collars, silk soutache trimming, high waist line—$20.00 values specal Fridav—
each, $14.95.
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THE STORE WITH FASHIONS LATE
Cor: Jackson Ave.&A. St.
Phone lOO
BRAVEST MAN IN
THE GREAT WAR
fI5v Wm. G. Shepherd for the U. P. t
LONDON, (By Mail to New York.i
This is about the bravest man I have
met one on either side, in the Great
War. He is half Dane and half Hun-
garian and he is an officer in the Aus-
tro-Hungarian navy. His name is
Olaf W olff and he is only 38 years of
age.
Wolff always fights with the odds '
at least a thousand to one against hiin
—he always fights blind-folded while
the enemy fights open-eyed. He must'
fight this way because he is under or-
ders to do so. He may be dead, by
this time. I met him six or seveii
weeks ago, on a monitor on the Dan- !
ube and when I said goodbye to him
I wouldn't have taken one cents' worth
of insurance on his life.
At the beginning of th* war theN. I
were four Austro-Hungarian moni- j
tors on the Danube, little fighting ,
boats of steel, 75 feet long and thirty
feet wide. Wolff was called from his
place in the high-sea navy to take
charge of those four little boats on
the river. It looked like an easy and
interesting job. The steel armor of
the boats, the big guns that could
reach as far as any of the Servian
-and batteries, the machine guns that
could mow down any Servian army on
Ihe low banks of the river, it looked
like a lark.
The first crack out of the box,
Wolff was ordered to take one of the !
monitors into the Save river, which I
forms the Servian border. He drop-
jKrd down the Danube from Vienna to
MONEY TO LOAN
on improved farms and city prop-
erty. I am makiny loans where
others fail. Quick money at low-
est rates, as soon as title is ap-
proved. Be sure and see me if
you need money. Phone /15
A. GAISER
Real Estate and Loan Broker
Vreeland Building
BRYAN HAS RECEIVED
BRITISH SHIPPING ORDER
THAW CUNT GO BACK TO
IRE.
CENTRAL DRUG STORE
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS
Phone 196 R. M. CONNELL, Prop. 115 Broawday
FROM FOREST
TO BL'ILDER
is the bst way of buying lum-
ber. We save you the middle-
man's profit and give you bet-
ter mateial at that. Let us
know what you are requiring
for your particular line and we
will make it our business to
serve you quickly and surely
and economically. Estimates
gladly furnished without plac-
ing you under any obligations.
CLEM LUMBER CO.
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, March 16—Secretary of State
Bryan has received the British "order-in-council."
(Official.)
In administration and diplomatic circles here
there is unanimous assertion that the order is a
flagrant violation of all international law, and a
direct and unfriendly attack among the commer-
cil nations of the world.
There will be no haste in framing a most vigor-
ous protest to England regardng the tone of the
order, but it will be made.
It is an attempt to make the United States a
party to England's plan to starve out Germany, is
the way the order is viewed here by many people,
and is generally characterized by the high officials
as "an impuder4 assertion."
The United tes can enforce the protest by
placing an embargo on all foodstuffs and muni-
tions of war, which the allies have been buying in
this country in unlimited quantties up until this
time.
COTTON REPORT TODAY.
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, March 16—The census report
today showed that 463,167 bales of cotton were
consumed during the month of February, against
455,231 last February. The manufacturing es-
tablishments now hold 1.654,313 bales, and the in-
dependent warehouses hold more than 4,000,000
bales, which is two million more than they held at
this date last year.
i NEW \ORK, March 16—Justice Page today de
med the motion of the attorneys of Harry K Thaw
' asking for his return to the state of New Hamp-
I shire.
! Anticipating that an attempt would be made to
kidnap him and rush him back to Mattewan Asv-
|lum, Harry K. Thaw this afternoon obtained a
i writ of habeas commanding the warden of the
| 'lombs to hold him until March 19, when the writ
jis returnable.
In his opinion denying the motion for the return
jof Thaw to New Hampshire, Justice Page argued
that Thaw was never discharged from Mattewan
| and that therefore the original order declaring
I Thaw insane was still in full force and effect.
U ASHING TON, March 16—As an indication of
just what England's blockade order may mean, it
in the I nited States, was contained in Secretary
Redfield's announcement that last week's foreign
trade broke all previous records. The week's
fi ade balance in our favor was $40,000,000 and
this was largely for cotton shipped to Germain
'It is understood that President Wilson and the
cabinet is united in the belief that the action of
England in issuing such an order is unwarranted
and indefensible. Ho wever, the matter will not
cause a serious break between the two nations.
' WASHINGTON, March 16—The southern Ren-
.ators are loudly protesting against England's
i blockade order, and openly declare that it is a di-
rect blow at the cotton industry of the south
They maintain that cotton is not contraband vet
England absolutely prohibits our shipping cotton
to our present greatest consumer, Germany It
is also charged that the English cotton buyers
hope to depress cotton prices so as to load' un
with American cotton at the very lowest prices
ency Man. Phones 21 or 271.
AXY GROCER.
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Curd, Jesse G. The Choctaw Herald. (Hugo, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1915, newspaper, March 18, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc97786/m1/4/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.