Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-16
FORMER BRYAN COUNTY BOY
FIRST VICTIM FROM
THIS SEX TION
Virgil Huntington, Formerly Of Var
naby, This County. Lost His Life
When the Alcctlo Wa, sunk by u
German Submarine.

Bryan county has given her fir,'
ton Of human lif" 10 III" great wa
and that victim of 'h" Kaiser :
ru'hI"S. suhmarin" campaign, Nir
iii HARRINGTON. formerly of Iarnahy.
seaman of m" United states Navy.
Wd- anon" tn" killed when the Tn
i',d states patrol boat Alc"dn WI.
4 sunk ly Il German patrol boat early
IN week such WdS N" irformatiui.
thri reached hrr" to-day form Meal
ester. wh"r" m" boy parents, Dr
and Mrs j IT iIarrnrtnn. former
l., uf YrruHhy. now max" their hoim
Wh'n war h,tV".n IA" t'nii"d
States ANA G"runny was inminnn'
/ Souu. Ilarrinripn lif"d with his pa
rent 81 YarnHhy. vh'r" n" VAS well
hnuNn and liked At thai 'im".
when uuStna,icrs w.rn usuy ,hci.
I h'-' efforts - prucUr" recruits fpt
The Hi.uN and nav. before III" pas
ap' ut 'hr ."i'riis" draf' act. Post
muster q " Wells Of Iarnaby in
durrd n" yuunr fellow TO enlist. a.
/ h. had NO personal re- possibilities
and ru dependents Consequently.
! b" dId enlist in the United States
Navy. ana vas mad" Il seaman. Mr.
/ Wells VAS later prOff"rcd tn" fiv"
: dollars given posimaSt"rs for ever
volunteer secured through their Of
| forts. but declined 70 accept thr
money 1h" next word heard from
| Nirpil MAS that h" had been assigned
To IN" patrol boat Alccdo. and re-
ports received by his parents at Nc
| hl"s'rr confirm his death Another
son uf Ir. and Mrs. Harrington l.
in IN" army. presumably with tn"
"xr"di'iunary force In France"
Such things as this will serve To-
bring IN" seriousness of tn" war
cIu-"r h"m" To us her" in III" inter
iur Of III" country On" OF Bryan
'puu'N's boys. in the prim. of hi
N"unG uanh0od ha, b""n off red 80
q sacrfir" to III" horribl" god OF
war, and hundreds OF others hav" of
f"y"d their livr~. If need be-. to So
completely thrash m. iuStigator or
hi, f"rribl" conflict that a r",ur.
rene" Of such slaughter will MOI
again h" possible
N"Al'st'r, OH. Nuy II Memo
rial service h0nurinr III" n"mor.
of Nirsl T.. '!1rrinpIuu. III" firs'
pkiahrurn 80 give his iii rtor his
country in III" war against Germany.
""r' h"ld Sunday afternoon AT Ash
lrni. larrinGtun'S HON" "villap"
Harrington was ON, ot the twenty
mcn wh" lost their lives when thr
Alc"do was sunk
nr. j l.. ilarrinctun and wife.
father and mother of tn" deceased:
his two sisters. Stella and Prary.
and II brother John. sat dry-cynd
through tn" sermon. but showed
signs OF deep emotion Mi $ Bari"
Hurt. aged IL. fianc"" uf vounr
llarrinrion, sat with members OF
h" family. Tn" mother wcpt bitter
~ as Governor Williams letter of
c"nd"l"nc" was read at the c.us. of
tn" sermon
IN open air meeting had been
planned, bat high wind ana "A dust
storm drnv" III" propl" into the
church. which WAS crowded with
NOR" than '"u people, whil" several
hundred stood at door, and win
dows outside the building
Al IN" clos" of III" services. Dr.
liarrineton. father OF tn" deceased.
announced h" would offer his ser
vices 10 III" Government in the mod
zeal branch Miss Stella Ilarrinrtun.
aged -. sister of the deceased. said
she would enter The Red Cross work
and expected I" - to Europe as a
Red Cross nirs'