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THE CHOCTAW HERALD.
VOIX'ME X.
HUGO, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1915
MINSTREL HOLD UP
NUMBER TEN
A NEW ROBBERY STUNT
ART SMITH, AVIATOR
SELLS GOLD MEDAL
GET TOGEATHER
j Smith, the during young aviator who
Eufola is the Scene of Something New' .*"£?.
and Original in Train Robberies-Black j San Francisco exposition his admir-
r, .. .. 7 xt./-, 1 ers Presente<i him with u diamond
race Comedians Were Not So Funny !studdedm«iai- He hassoid the med-
By United Press. , j By United Press.
DALLAS, TEXAS, Oct. 27—Art BERLIN, Oct. 27—The war office j
This Time, However.
al—and the price was a kiss.
The lady he kissed was no other
than his partner in fame, his wife,
Mrs. Aimee Smith.
announces that the .Austro-German
forces have formed a junction with
the Bulgarian troops at Ljubicevac
in northeastern Serbia thus opening j
I he road to Constantinople.
Considerable progress has been
made and many important positions
taken all along the line from the
Austrian frontier in the west to the
Roumanian frontier in the east.
COMMUNITY CO-OPERATION
RAILROAD MEN.
By Jnited Press.
EUFAULA, OKLA., Oct. 27—The
firm minstrel train robbery in the . ... ... .... ,„u. wnuon 10
history of the country occurred nine! 1 met a man not lon? a&° who was j the bit ad of The News on the third
miles north of here today. Between1 bewailing the fact that one of his 1 paKe- *'ant you to stand by the
twelve and fifteen bandits, their1 farm impl"nent«, for which he had;Ln'°n Read the ad.
faces blackened with burnt cork, heldi Urgent "eed' .""J5** idle awaitinKj a—.nTw^ ^" ^ S,gned the
up the southbound Katy passenger!" "ew part had °rdered- \ Typographical
train No. 9, and blew open two ex- . R~; ™e ™Ple,ment on' be?aU8e we in union-
press safes and escaped with four !'0n had b,een ba^i from a diatat r„l! !h r r"0, , ed ^ ^
packages said to contain jewelry of hou.se' and! JbemK a stendard l bo °lt °" 8 y°U Wi"
a cheap variety together with several!^- the local dealei was unable to j ? TH„ T
bottles of whiskey. ' 8UPP'y a P*rt t0 match the broken EVENING NEWS.
Fiv, pouo .r. pursuing; th. ta -1 ... ] GERMANY WILL NOT~ SELL
AMERICANS IN TRENCHES
We want to call your attention to| ' MUST FIGHT TILL END
0. S. OFFICIALS
HASTEN TROOP MOVEMENT
Washington Officials Will Ask Railroads
to Hasten Movements of Carranza
Troop Trains to Augo Prieta to Pre-
vent Damage to American Property
There in Case of an Attack by Villa.
BY WILBUR S. FORREST
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
LONDON, (By Mail.j-Adult Am-
ericans whose adventurous spirits
tempted them to enlist in European
belligerent armies must remain sol-
diers until they are killed or the war
is ended.
This is th( situation confronting
scores of Uncle Sam's ntizen* who
have had their fill W war and want
to get out. Uncle Sam can't help
them, though many have requested
his mediation. The British war of-
fice will not release the Americans
By United Press
dit, in an easterly direction, but the!, In^'r>' ^fd the in
ga/ g is apparently well mounted and j forraatlon thal th« owner thought he SHIPS.
the officers have failed t„ gain onapproximately $6.50 in
therr I the original purchase price, although! ■ United Press.
Two of the bandits crawled over j l0Cal merch "t claimed the ^ WAOTING1XW. <**. 27._An.bas- .
the tender and held up the engineer | fe™Ce Was >" q"a ty. fadorhas cabled Washington I it has enlisted.
end fireman, while the others rang- , At any rate' the t,me lost waitingLau I Pr°h'b'ted the The American embassy in London,
ed along the tracks and began shoot- i '°r "^sary repai's more than bnl- £'e merchant vessel includ- which has been success*! i„ having
ing when the train stopped. The|anCed the '''""ence by ^veral dol-|in* th°>* itemed I between fifty and sixty American
exrress messenger was told to open I ^ *",*** noth,n* of simiIar cci"
c„f . u;u dent 1,ke'y to occur again.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Officials OUR LEGS POPULAR ABROAD.
here will take steps to expedite the
passage of from seven to ten thou- American legs have reached a pop-
sand Carranzaista troops across ularity abroad through the war that
American soil from Eagle Pass to!„„ i j .
Douglas, Arizona. - ° mUM°a' COmedy stars or theatric-
The railroad officials will be ask-1 * attractlons have ever gleaned. To
ed to hasten troop trains for the j 8ay tbat the American leg is the
movement, as it is believed that the!most Popular limb in Europe today
pla— —' - - -
p%mpt arrival of the Carranza re-
inforcements at Agua Prieta oppo-
site Douglas will prevent the endan-
germent to Americans, should Villa
assault the town.
Now of the Carar.za troops will
be allowed to leave the train
American soil.
is stretching it a trifle too far. But
to say that the American leg—of
wood—is vastly popular in certain
sections is but stating the exact
truth with no furbelows.
Fifteen millions of these wooden
on; 'fgs have been purchased for the al-
; lies alone. The manufacture of these
the safes, and when he hesitated his
little finger was shot off* as a spur
to get busy.
The conductor and fireman of a
freight train that was following the
passenger train, went ahead to as-
certain the cause of the passenger's
delay, and they were held as prison-
ers by the bandits until Jht; r^bery
was completed about one hour and a
hr.lf later,
peculiar ruling in texas
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
minors released from British mili-j RELICS AUCTIONED TODAY
- , tar-v service, could not extend this
Small-town dealers can sell as j ! service to the adults. i By United Press.
cheaply as anyone else—quality con-1 Byjnited Press. j In answej. to many appealg frQm ' NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—The coat
sidered—and the service they are in i Ub^IN TEX-. Oct. 27.—The Su- men who joined the Canadians and j he wore when shot, his finger ring,
position to render purchasers is an , Prem<! Court today ruled that no po- I who have survived hard fighting, the | rifle> inkstand, watch-key and other
attraction worthy of serious consid-! dePartment in the state was Ie- embassy passed the question to the j 'ntimate personal relics owned ind
eratio" ! ^ 88,th® city was under a! SUte department at Washington. I used b>' Abraham Lincoln, will be
If you will demand standard goods J °.a ,r and that charter stated spe- j The department's answer quoted the'sold "under the hammer" at the An-
of established worth, you will invar- ,J' he number of men a de- following order of 1901 which <■ derson nlLri.. u:— —1._
amount of money expended.' Youi
can obtain this class of merchandise i
Conductor Chambers said that the . , , . ,, .
, ... . , , , . .. . , , to as good advantage locally as else-
bandits told him that they had . . '
. , . , ,, where, and your money spent at
planned to stop the tram near the', ... . ... ,
... ' , home will benefit you and your
north bridge, uncouple the engine
and cars and run them over the
bridge to the other side and then
destroy the bridge, but their plans
miscarried. This would have delay-
ed messenger service for help.
CARRANZA RECOGNIZED AS
RULRK.
uume w... ucneuv yuu turn yuur i _L"ARED?' 27.—Secretary of
neighbors in many ways.—Farm and „ ar Garrison has notified Brigadier
n i .. ti . ■> . ! G^nprn! FVOMO tliA ..cc: •. 1
Ranch-Holland Magazine.
By United Press.
Mcalester, okla.. Oct. 27.—
a posse has been unable to find any
trace of the ten masked men who
Tiela up and robbed the southbound
Notes of the
GRIDIRON
General Evans, the officer in charge
j here, that in case Carranza crosses
| the boundary on a visit to Nuevo
I I-aredo he shall be given a presiden-
tial salute of 21 guns and all mili-
tary honors.
j NEXT RAID WILL BRING
TIAL LAW.
suit m force.
"The Department of State, in an
instruction to the United States
consul at Lourenco Marques, during
the Boer war. held that an American
citizen who wilfully takes up arms
derson galleries today. Minor sales
" "Xmo'ng Tfiese*objects' are the Lin-
coln-Brooner rifle, bought in com-
mon by Lincoln and Henry Brooner
for $15 and used by them in their
shooting trips until 1830; a lock of
in the service of a foreign state! Lincoln's hair, and a cane and um-
must bear the consequences of his hrella handles owned by the Great
act and cannot expect, while he is • Emancipator.
serving under a foreign banner, to j These things are a part of the col-
be protected by this government." ' lection of Lincolniana formed by
j false limbs prospers in the same pro-
| portion as the manufacture of muni-
| tions of war and ammunitions do.
j For the bullets that go from this
I country to be used by the belliger-
nr>ts create a demand for wooden
legs that has made that industry the
greatest boom in its history.
There are 300 kinds of legs in the
country—legs that are artificial.
There has been such a rush of pat-
ents forjhem that the office in the
ed with applications. The old-fash-
ioned. clinking, champing, noise-pro-
voking leg of hard wood has disap-
peared. In its place is the light
wooden limb, reinforced and made el-
astic by several improvements. The
person who wears one of them can-
not be told from the man who has
the usual two-limbed endowment of
nature. There is no trouble in cir-
cumlocution; no limping and strain-
By United Press.
SAN ANTONIO. Ot. 27—As a
result of a conference held between
Governor Ferguson and General
Previous to receipt of this instruc- i John E. Burton of Milwaukee, who cumiocution; no limping and strain-
tion. inquiry by the embassy at the' has been assembling them for fifty ine: the wooden lesrged man walks
British war office elctted the state- | -vears- Among the books and manu- j just like the man equipped with the
ment that the British government scr pts to be sold are nearly all the j real thing. —
I was unwilling to release American
i adults who have taken the King's
oath.
So. American fighters must keep
on fighting until death or peace mus-
ters them out.
, | From an article which appeared
Katy passenger tram number nine, jn the Uurant Uemocrat the d fol.
two miles south of Onapa at ^ g ^ ^ u evi_
o'clock this morning. The bandits j denced that the ter of thal ana uenera.
hoarded the train north of the scene; per who furnished the tQ the! Funston here, announcements have
of the robbery and climbed over the j holds no ,ove fop H We|been made that the next border raid
baggage and express cars and held j are uged to ^ but somebody mU8t j will be followed by a declaration of
up the engmeer | rajse their Hdg to H and, martial law.
Members of the gang guarded the | her ,oya] mean real!
passengers and crew while others I sports) for ^ {oothM ^ ^
stopped the freight trafn that was! ,n. ,
. „ . . i rm, i durant for what she was supposed' _ „
following the passenger. TV ex-1 tQ be ^ ^ ^ j By United Press. : i.-ii musnim iiHve ueen i«Ken. | "iiitii i
press safe was blown open and con- j{otb jdabel and Ft. Towson are on YORK. Oct. 27—Efforts are The Elgin room, containing the | ©rally known."
tents of an unknown va ue were the ^-hedule for games with Hugo, I beinsr made to Prevent the widening ereat Elgin marbles, is closed to the: — —-
en. The bandits failed to open, an(J expect to wjn both ?ameg .breach between the Protestant and nublic and the pedimental sculptures WAR ODDITIES,
four other safes on the tram. The] Afw fhoca „„„„„ Episcopal churches and result of the P rthenr>n h«vo ^nr^1 CAMBRIDGE.—Of 10 000
LIABLE BREAK
BRITAIN'S PRICELESS TREAS-
TRES IN VAULTS.
j LONDON. Oct. 26—Elaborate pre-
. —- — —There will be no men
biographies of Lincoln, including j come from this war on the side of
several in foreign languages, many ' the allies with one or two feet in the
portraits, the only known copy of j grave; the artificial limb industry
the pamphlet entitled "Reasons | will take care of that.
Against the Renomination of Abra-i
ham Lincoln": the only copy ever of-1 SCRIPTURE—Titus $:1-14.
fered at auction of "The Bloody Jun- j
to"; Lincoln's last order for a par-' But speak thou the things which
don, two leaves from Lincoln's sum I become sound doctrine:
book of about 1824. with his auto- \ That the aged men be sober, tem-
graph; and a series of seven docu-; perate, sound in faith, in charity, in
mi. io—cjiauoraie pre- ^ "P" ica ui seven uocu- ; mj
EAK IN CHURCH cautions against damage by Zeppel-: ments signed by Lincoln which re-; patience
ins to priceless treasures in the Brit- veal four professional associations The ag
ss. 1 ish museum have been taken. | "about which nothing has been gen-'they be i
, ... ,; , . .. . , 'After these games we will entertain
bandits disappeared in the darkness; Kormnn Hl(rh the ,agt ar ch
apparently afoot None of the pas- of oklahoma The ^ ^ ^
sengers were molested. j working mighty hard to win the
BOMB PLANTERS GET BOND 1 N'°rman game~a"d here'8 hopin(f-
THE MUSIC CLUB.
By United Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27—Max Breit-1 ... , .. „ . .
... . . _ XT ! Members of the Music Club will
ung. a cousin of the prominent E. N. i . , . . ., . ,
„ . . . , . | take notice that the club will hold
Breitung, was arraigned today be- , .. , , TI „
^ rr c ^ • • tt u. chorus practice at Elk s Hall Thurs
fore U. S. Commissioner Houghton'
aged women likewise, that
in behaviour as becometh
holiness, not false accusers, not given
; to much wine, teachers of good
things.
Cam That they may teach the young
Episcopal churches and resulted yes- of the Parthenon have been removed' t AMBRIDGE.—of 10.000 Cam ! That they may teach the young
terday in the resignation of three to a strong room, specially contsruc- j bridge students who have enlisted, women to be sober, to love their
bishops and two members of the ted. in the basement. The Parthenon 4*0 have been killed, 700 wounded husbands, to love their children.
frieze, affixed to the walls, has also | and 300 decorated for distinction on | To be discreet, chaste, keepers at
elaborately protected with j the field. ; home, good, obedient to their own
board of missions because they fail-
ed to prevent the sending of dele- been
.... ., . I day afternoon at 4:30. THiss Stout,1
today on a charge of complicity in .. . „ , , opinion
, ' „ , . . vi (director, requests all members to be
the alleged conspiracy to blow up pregent j submitted to the Attorney Genral have been dimmed to a point where
the war muiUbn ships. He was ar-
raigned under a twenty-five hund- j
dred dollar bond to appear on Nov. |
4th
Read the ads in the News today.
27.—
OIL LAND GOING UP
By United Press.
BLACKWELL. OKLA.. Oct.
The first big deal in th^ Blackwell
oil district was closed today when1
the Spencer Oil Company sold to the
Gibsy Oil Company a quarter sec-
tion of land for two hundred thou-
sand dollars.
PRESIDENT CALLS SPEAKER
By United Press.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27.—Presi-
dent Wilson todav wrote a letter to
Sneaker Champ Clark asking him to
come to Washington immediately to
discuss some important legislative
matter.
I Own Lots
2, 3 and 4,
Block 3, Frisco Additon.
They are for sale. Make
me a cash offer.
W. R.
Patterson
Guaranty Bank B'ldg.
Dallas, Texas
gates to the Pan-Protestant Con -' sandbags.
gress at Panama in February. The noted Portland vase, the Ros-
— j etta stone and many other relics
RULING ON GARNISHMENT which cannot be replaced, now re-
LAW. pose in safety in the vaults of the
By United Press. | ereat building. Th* great lights
OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 27.—An that once shone brightly in the in-
two cases that have been terior and exterior of the museum
to the At'
has been prepared by that office the building more properly resem-
holding that the garnishment law of hies a gigantic tomb.
the recent Legislature that makes 2.r)
EDINBURGH^—17 persons living 1 husbands, that the word of God be
on the same "stair" of a Brysonjnot blasphemed
road tenement house .have joined the j Young men likewise exhort to be
colors
CUMBERLAND.' —Blast furnace
workers wages have increased 69
per cent since the beginning of the
war. They play an important part in
the manufacture of munitions.
OREGON FEDERATION OF
MEN'S CLUBS.
wo-
per cent of current wages liable to TO LEARN WHETHER
execution is not applicable to teach GOV. HATFIELD "MEDDLED" j By United Press
ers of public schools because of the
law that prevents the garnishment By United Press.
of a municipal subdivision. PITTSBURG. Oct. 27 —Whether
The public school district being a' Gov. Hatfield of West Virginia
municipal subdivision there is no "meddled" in the affairs of the West
subdivision there is no chance to Virginia Publie Service Commission
levy garnshmcnt on the current was to be investigated today before
wages of school teachers. ; Special Master Vandervort, in Pitts-
— burgh.
A meeting of all the teachers and Witnesses at the last bearing con-
officers of the Sunday School of the ; tended Hatfield insisted on directing
First Methodist church will be held the efforts of the commission in its
at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the church, negotations wth the Manufacturers
It is urged that all of the officers l ight nnd Heat company.
and teachers be present at this meet- '
•ng The pipe line west of the city
PAUL G. DARROITGH. bursted this morning ancr after the
Superintendent. J Dipe was-repaired the oil was fired.
. j This was the smoke that was aTl
Read the ads in the tfews today over the city this morning
sober minded.
In all things shewing thyself a
pattern of good works: in doctrine
shewing uncorruptness. gravity, sin-
cerity .
Sound speech that cannot be con-
demned: that he that is of the con-
trary part may be ashamed, having
I no evil thing to say of you.
i Exhort servants to be obedient to
their own masters, and to please
SALEM. ORE.. Oct. 27.—Patriot- them well in all things: not answer-
ism ran high at today's session ofjing again:
the Oregon Federation of Women's Not purloining, but shewing
clubs when songs of praise of the
nation were sung by the delegates
and visitors.
A striking feature of the session
was to be an address by President
Sarah A. Evans, in which she would
enumerate the classes of children
that should never have been born.
Frank McMillan, a local electrical
contractor, has secured the contract!
for the installation of a $5000 elec-
tric light plant at Haworth. This
prosperous little city has also voted
bonds for a $17,000 waterworks
plant. Mr. McMillan will go to Ha-
worth at once to begin work.
_ r__ „ an
good fidelity; that they may adorn
the doctrine .of God our SaHour in
all things.
For the grace of God that bring-
eth salvation hath appeared to all
men
Teaching us that, denying ungodli-
ness and worldlv lusts, we should
live soberlv. righteously, and godly,
in this present worlff:
Ticking for that blessed hope, and
the glorious anpearing of the great
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
Who gave himself for us. that he
might redeem us from all fniouitv.
and tmrifr himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works
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