The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 10, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST For Rismarek and visini Most- ly fair tonight and Tuesday. ESTABLISHED 1873 2 KILLED, MURDER MYSTERY AT ZEEL FARM HAND SHOT WHILE INCHURCH * Two Harvest Hands Had Gone: There to Rest and “Jack” | Page, One of Them, Is Killed PARTNER IS HELD Sheriff Holds Heary Kling- shrin Pending ‘Thorough Investigation of Crime uck” Page, : Mich., harvest hand, is dead,! and his “val,” Henry Kling-| shrin of Burkettsville, Ohio, ; is being he!d until the crime is investigated. The spectacular hold-up and, murder are alleged to have; taken place in a church at Zee-; land, N. D., early Sunday morning, when the villagers were aroused by the tolling oi} the fire bell. They rushed out to investigate and found, Henry Klingshrin beside the , hody of his dead “pal.” | Klingshrin told the villagers ; that he and “Jack” had gone to sleep in the church after «| “hike fields and that at daylight: they were aroused by two} men in a Ford car who held up, Page and took $50 from him; and then shot him through th: head and body. ' Klingshrin declares he was not rokbed and when searched by Sheriff Daniel P. Erlen- busch, had sore $50 on his! person. He said that when the car drove up, as far as could be learned from McIn- tosh authorities, that he ran for the town bell to summon help. He could give little de- seription of the alleged assail-_ ants. While the police are checking up his story, Kling- shrin is in jail under arrest. s afternoon a cor- 's inquest will: be held at + Zeeland under the direction of Max Wishek, assistant state’s attorney. Klingshrin said that he and Page had been together work- ing in the fields of the state and decided to come to town Sunday. Seeing the church they decided to sleep there in- stead of going back to the farm. The first intimation the people of Zeeland had of - any crime was the tolling of the bell, early investigations disclosed. VOLCANO THREATENS NICARAGUA Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 10.—() _The double volucano of Ometepe on Ometepe island in Lake Nicara- gura has brought into violent eruptions from both its peaks, Large quantities of dense smoke and ashes ire being thrown out on nearby plantations. PIONEER GRAIN MERCHANT DEAD St. Thomas, N. D., Aug. 10.—@)— James Whelan, aged 66, pioneer farmer and grain dealer, former member of the board of managers of the North Dakota Mill and Elevator association, died at his home here Sunday following two yeare illness, He was the oldest independent grain dealer in the state. Funeral services, will be held Wednesday at the St. Thomas Catholic church. 500 DELEGATES AT LEGION MEET Thief River Falls, Minn., Aug. 10.— (#)—Over 500 deiegates and as many more visitors had registered here this morning for the annual con- ventions’ for Minnesota department of the American Legion and the Le- gion Auxiliary which are in progress today and Tuesday. The first special train arrived at 7 o'clock this morning bringing | six hundred delegates and visitors from Duluth and Iron Range cities. other special brought big delegations from the Twin Cities and Southern Minnesota points. Four planes of “the 109th air squadrons also arrived during the morning having spent the night at Detrote a & Dpening: of the convention” was: delay, ending the arrival ‘ofthe? shell Herald Two sleeping ears were used on the Erie railroad in 1843. j them. Detroit, ¢ THE BIS BOOZE AND Sunday's usual grist of auto! need for wetter poiice protection of men crazed with Burleigh county menacing the lives against law enforcement in Bismarc Tine and time again attention reckless Qoving on ek observed in’ Bismarck, dart out of alleys at Wichout re “sient ection and autoists miles an polic ye to ao some. trict Seemingly it is nobody's Its: Kor a few dollars these antique with the more modern mushroom they are not necessary if tie Nothing either ha ain street where iil take an the Mandan-Bism kK pik quate.» poliefag that hie! the pres cn oo dees we i ea their cr one drunken driver gone into the i Anothey car was stil The source of the boc ory judging from the activity orobably does little good to administy E afety in the handling cf the n in Bismarck is like looking f sguised zs a “sleuth’ without uni in trouble or danger to play ee the Al eured my e uvoced SETOSS COU Proper uniforming the police iu the city and hiring one or two more in the summer months migh some s and $20,060 Worth of Fro at Browning’s Expense New York, Louise Spas has derella slippers and left her millon- aire foster father, Edward W. Browning, to make her own way in the world by writing her fairy story for a newspaper for and prob- ablv acting in the mi She didn't even sa night. The clothes those given her She took them, s She left the fifty strings of pearls and other articles bought in her recent shopping tour of Fifth avenue. “LT spent’ $20,000 trying to make that girl my foster daughter,” M Browning d.. “You a hard ne est in this world, If somebody's sure to double- Cin- goodbye last she wore were Browning. confidence in her story to e last. If she had been 16 years old it would have been dif- ferent. But 21 is too much. Her defeats the sole purpose for opted her, to be a compan- ion for 9-year-old Dorothy Sunshine Browning. “Will I adopt another? Absolutely FRATERNAL MEET OPENS ~ AT DULUTH Delegates Representing 10,- 000,000 Members of Fra- ternal Organizations Convene Duluth, Minn., Aug. 10.—V?)—Del- egates of one hundred American fra- ternal organizations having a mem- bership of 10,000,000 assembled in Duluth this morning for the open- ing of the National fraternal con- gress at the Hotel Duluth. The con- vention will formally open tomor- row and continue until Thursday with 500 delegates in attendance, in addition to hundreds of visiting members of the various organiza- tions. This morning was devoted to group and sectional meetings regis- tration of delegates and meeting of the executive committee. The section meetings today includ- ed five groups, each headed by their presidents, as follows: President Section, W. Brotherhood of American Yeomen, Des Moines, Towa. Medical Section, Dr. Theodore Freeman, Ancient Order of United Workmen of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark. Law Section, S. W. Dixon, Loyal American Life Association, Chicago. Press Section, Dio D. Dunham, Equitable Fraternal Union Neenah, Wisconsin. Mr. Batchelor e one of the principal addresses at the meeting moonshine can drive cars Some drivers of delivery urd to the rights of others, men” are stuck on the corners carele: e far from the center of the siveet intersection been done about street ident there to better condition drives home tr Baldwin Sunday when two auto pn has turned a deaf e: aving on commissions and © made to afford this additional safety to life and limb in Bismarc BROWNING RESIGNS ROLE OF FAIRY GODFATHER; FORMER WARD PLANS MOVIE CAREER in from the harvest «pm Through.” Realtor Declares as Cinderella Deserts Him E, Davy,’ 5 THE AUTO | | mobile idents empha the our main highway. ‘The fact that ong the highways in been called to speeding | n pike. No speed limit ts | ons and trucks 208 of autoists i sad commentary and the county. hag Mand hour and swerv In k driving to keep to the right of iness to see that they are spotted. reet “tekens” coud replace tem down town, In the outss pder is curtailed, arkiny, on Fourth and alony, operate: le prebably | j us the wreck on again the wong delay in ad least it should be policed on ul driver, car » over the Black tr Had not itch, he would have hit a ¢ do nearby filled with) dranks e supply seemed tobe in adju in the neighborhood. cry out against these conditions. r so far to appeals for automobile traffic, To find a police or a needle in a haystack. He is form or visible star and he invites hide-and-seek with him. t be a good investment. Probwoly ontracts for public work could be ks and Finery Purchased never. I am through trying to do good for people. She is the smartest actress in New York.” Mr. Browning said’ that tod would seek to annull the adop grounds of fraud so that Mary ¢ ha claim og his fortune. vet, he ‘ould do all he could to help her make her way. When Mr. Browning up his ave Saturday y and her maids were sent to the home of Robert H. Lunnet to escape publicity. Mr, Browning said | the “literary agent” found her there. “He's my best friend,” Mary said of the agent. “The world has been making me suffer and now I'm go- ing to get even and make them suf- fer. I haven't y money, but (pointing to Mr. ning) 1 will fight him.” The di ny Brow Nusioned fairy godfather not so resigned about the at- mpt to take little Dorothy Sun- shine from him. Bird S, Coler, com- merce lie welfare, was to con- fer ith Dorothy's foster| mother, Mrs, Anna St. John of Rye,! N. Y.," who had complained that Browning's adoption of a 21-year-old girl was evidence that he was not a fit guardian for Dorothy. QUAKE RAZES SYRIAN TOWN; NO FATALITIES Constantinople, Aug. 10.—UP)—! ‘Severe earthquake shocks on Thurs- | ay and Friday in the Villayet of Smyrna razed one village and badly damaged several others. The loss of life is believed to have been small, but many persons were injured. Paris, Nine—-(@)—A Havas dis-! patch from Smyrna says that dne, entire village was destroyed and that several persons were: injured during | earthquake shocks Saturday night and today. at Hamadieh and Denizli. In the latter place the railway store was destroyed and a number of. houses collapsed. The shocks occurred between ten o'clock Saturday evening and 8:30 o’clock Sunday morning. —$_._____—_——_- | Weather Report | ——————_—_——_ Temperature at 7 a. m. eG yesterday Lowest last night . * Precipitation to 7 a. m. - Highest wind velocity .. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly fair tonight and Tuesday. Warmer tonight and Tu For North Dakota: Mostly fair to- night and Tuesday. Warmer Tuesday and in west and central portions to- night. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS A’ high pressure area is centered over the northern Plains States while low pressure areas cover the Rocky Mountain region, southern Plains States and'Gteat Lake region. Fair weather prevails over the Mississippi 1 of the president’s section, and Dr. ‘Wm. J. Means, medical director of the conference, spoke before. the medical section. Various details of the work to come before the congress were ironed out at the meeting of the executive committee. . EATHER LASTS YEARS Washington—The Bureau of Stan- dards says that leather of: good qual- ity can be ten years without losing any. large per cent of its strength. THIS CHILD Ig NORMAL London. — “Childrén who suck their thumbs are not abnormal,” says| airplane recently flew ninety miles | passersby. Norman Haire, London specialist. Valley and‘ northern Plains States and precipitation occurred in upper Michigan, and from the middle Rocky Mountain region southeastward to ‘the southern Plains States. The showers were quite heavy in Okla- homa and northern Texas. The weather is mostly cloudy over the northern Rocky Mountain region and precipitation occurred jn Alberta. Seasonable temperatures prevail’ in all sections. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in charge. | the appearan ‘and a definite pol {quent to 1918, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1925 ~A~ wee N.” HIGHWA CONSTRUCTION COST LOWEST around corners | «North Dakota Hghway Bul-' letin,” Official Publication, Makes Appearance TE 4TH IN MILEAGE Highway Commission Will Carry Firht for Good Roads to General Public A campaign to rry the for good roads in North the general publie opened today of the Highway Bulle- tin, a monthly publication, designed to interpret to the people of st the progress and achi in highway development ed by the highway commiss to “arouse throughout the s complete appreciation of the economic value of good roads.” Ithough the publication 1s the organ of the highway com- on, all expenses are to be paid from income derived from ad 3 ing and subscriptions, J. Ermatinger, highway commis- sion executive, is editor of the mag- azine. A resume of the in the st: i fight” pplish- n, and ea high vay situation article written by ck, chief engineer and sec- the highway commission, features the initial number of the publication. ‘orth improved federal mile of any ota up to Dec. 31, 1924 366 miles of road with the lowest. cost. per state in the union. Black points out. The state stands fourth among the -states in the number of miles of road construction completed up to that time. Governor A, the opening article tin.” I. J. Moe and Herman present administration took charge of the state ehway commission, April 15, 1925,” the executive writes. “No startling changes were made in the personnel and none are con- templated. “As soon mit, we complete Serlie is author of wn the “Bulle Hardt, the as work conditions per- endeavor to make a f the entire depart- ment with a to determining whether any improvement can be ef- fected in the practices and methods of operation,” Highway construction has not been keeping pace with the demand for more and better roads, Black said, is needed to neet the situation and secure logi- al and economical road construction, Explaining th the highway = comm “The state highw 1s at present organized, created in 1917 und begun to function in 1918. Presumptiv if highway commis- sions are the source of extravagant road building, then the expenditures for highways should show a consi:er- able increase year after year subse- Tn 1916 and 1917, prior to the existence of the high- way commission, the counties, town- ships and cities combined levied taxes amounting to $2,984,448 for 1916 and $3,643,548 in 1917. During the period from 1918 to 1924, or since the creation of the highway commis- sion, the average annual tax levies by the same bodies for road purposes were $4,375,544.53. No Special Levies “But as some counties made no special levies for road purposes nor any township road levies, but includ- ed such levies in the general fund, the average annual should be in the neighborhood of $4,500,000, a total of nearly $32,- 000,000, “From 1918 to 1924 the counties levied taxes for county roads and bridges in the sum of $17,958,304 the townships $11,793,090 and_ villages and towns $877,416, a total of $30,- 628,811, Except for a slight portion this entire amount was expended for local roads exclusively and neither the federal aid authorities nor the state highway commission had any voice in its dispositions. “According to our law every sec- tion line is either an actual or po- tential road. The total mileage for m activities of Black ‘North Dakota, as submitted to the Bureau of Public Roads at Washing- ton, D. C., is 106,202 miles, the mile- (Cntinued on page four.) CLAIMS SWAMP HAIL BUREAU More than 1,000 claims were re- ceived by the state hail department today from 27 counties and 2,000 more are expected before all the claims caused by disastrous hail storms last week are received. The total number of claims received up to last week was 392 and total claims up to August 6 were 5,005. RECOVER STOLEN CAR IN MERCER Sheriff Hedstrom and Robert Yeat- er have returned from Mercer county with a car belonging to Mr. Yeater, stolen early this spring. F. E. Coles, the thief, was arrested sometime ago. Fire Destroys - Big Hay Acreage PLANE FLIES ON CIDER - London—Using an alcohol .fitel made from apples and potatoes, an an hour. \ Six hundred acres of prairie hay, south of Menoken was destroyed yes- condey. by. fire. The fire was extin- ‘guished in, less than two hours by Moré’ than 200 men and| women fought the’ flam With the appointment of Messrs.| expenditure | 1 MURDER HOAX CHEMIST DEAD BY OWN HAND Discovered in Hiding at Oak- land Apartment, Schwartz Comm ide TRAPPED BY PHOT Complete Identity of Hoax Victim, Killed in Labora- tory Blast’ Fire Oakland, Calif, | With Charles Henr . dead | {by his own hand “too per-| | fect” crime plot in complete collapse, police today worked to establish Tegal proof of the identity of the tn-| | surance hoax vietim us G. W. Ba wandering lay minister of the pos: ! pel. {| Having the positive associations of , three persons that it is Barbe who was killed, authorities feel that the! identification is virtually certain] but a few loose ends remain to be gathered in the writing of the fi chapter of the grim tragedy to dis close irrefutably the name of the murdered man. Dramatic Phe end of the my pu zled authorities fo s came, dramatically, Trapped in the apart- ;}ment in which he had taken refuge! the night of July 30, after setting fire to the laboratory of the Puci- tie Cvilulose Company to cover u his crime, Schwartz “sent a. bullet through his brain, When policemen knocked upon his door in an Oak- sland apartment house they heard muffled shot and breaking in, found j him dying. An explanatory note addressed to j his wife, Mrs, Schwartz, said the {fugitive chemist had come to the! point of saving goodbye, because he jhad killed a stranger who h im fora job and attacked hin But th explanation 10. - (P)— t brend the hood Proof Complete They believe their proof is com-! that Schwartz planned the for months to defraud the! insurance coifipanies vat of | mor than $100,000 which he carried in favor of Mrs. Schwartz and the! Cellulose company in which she was a heavy stockholder, | dying effort to er: himself as a murderer in the minds} of his wife and children when his{ suicide should reveal to! fake his own death, Fate is Nemesis Throvghout this scheming, worked S| who was vice president and gener: ger of the Cellulos xplosion and fi hich have wiped out evidence of the slay-| ing of the man, lured to the plant} under promise of employment fuiled to accomplish its purpose investiga- tors learned, because a night watch- man Schwartz had nt on an er- rand returned unexpectedly and ex- tinguished the blaze. His plan to cseape the same night failed when he missed a train on which he had a reservation for Barstow, Calif. His hiding place in Oakland was reveal- ed in a casual way, another stroke of | fate. { Proprietor is Detective The apartment house proprietor} attending a dinner party Saturday | night became suspicious of his ten- ant when shown a newspaper photo- graph of the murder fugitive. After reflection, he became certain as to the identity of his new tenant and early next morning notified the po- his plot fate} lice, * The house was quickly surrounded and the suicide followed. Mrs. Schwartz who had consistently main- tained that the charred body found in the wrecked laboratory was that of her husband fainted when inform- ed that he had taken his own life. Police have heen unable ‘to determine whether she had knowledge that he had not perished in the fire as at first seemed to be indicated. Blast July 30. The blast occurred on the night of July 30, and the charred body found in the laboratory was at first be- lieved to be Schwartz. Doubt as to the identity of the corpse, which was burned beyond recognition, crept in- to the case the next day. Evidence indicating that the body was not that of chemist continued to pile up and on August, 4, Schwartz was officially charged with murder and a nation- wide search for him was begun. Identification of victim was made after a week of exhaustive investi- gation. Several religious books found in the laboratory contained hand- writing which later proved to be identical of the letter written by Barbe, the victim, to a friend, It has not been definitely -deter- (IS BE mined to what extent Mrs. Schwartz will receive insurance. Of the $100,- 000 insurance her husband carried, his widow will receive not more than $25,000 and some doubt has been ex- pressed if this amount will be paid. MacMillan Party Held Up by Ice Washington, Aug. 10.—(#)—Com- mender Ronald B. MacMillan in a flight over Ellesmere Island Satur- day night was unable to find a suit- able intermediate base for his Arctic expedition between Etah, Greenland, the main base, and Cape Thomas Hubbard, where it is planned to es- tablish the advance flying bas The flight was in a direct line to. ward Cape Thomas Hubbard, but everywhere rugged country and ice were found. Another flight further to the south will be made in the ‘ef: fort to locate a base, i AND, N. DAK ADAMS, SC y iw ENED HIS INSURANCE PLOT, AND RY TO HAVE ¢. BANDIT STEALS KIDS AND CAR Wishek, N. D. Aug. 10—()— A thief, who stole the autom bile of Weidenbach, farmer li urday night, stole more than he bargained for. Two sons of Weidenbach were asleep in the tonneau and awoke to find themselves traveling with a stranger at the wheel of the automobile. He gave them a dollar and asked them to keep quiet, but eight. miles from the village the machine ran out of gasoline and he borrowed the dollar back. Then he tucked the children under their blankets and left. ‘he stolen car with the c leep was found by | i} at o'clock HARD COAL CRISIS NEAR CLIMAX TODAY’ Lewis Adamant in Reply to Warriner’s Conciliatory Arbitration Proposals Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 10. Suspension of work by 158,000 men in the hard coal fields Sept. 1, appeared more certain today follow- ing publication of a reply from John L, Li president of the mine works of America, to the letter recently ad- dressed him by Samuel D. Warriner, chairman of the anthracite opera- tors’ conference. Mr. Warriner’s letter, made pub- lic last Thursday, denied that the operators’ committee was under in- structions to refuse concessions to the miners regardless of the merit or logic of their demands, and ex- pressed hope that means will be found to compose the differences between us and avoid a suspension of operations.” Mr. Lewis in his reply said the Warrmer letter merely confirmed the previous position taken by the (®)| ¥} operators scale committee in the conference here. He said both Mr. Warriner and the negotiators were committed against arranging the ulnerss wage increase and the check off, Hope of averting a hard coal tie- up apparently rests today almost wholly upon chances of the govern- ment intervening before September 1, which Secretary of Commerce Hoover and others have said offi- cially the government will not do, or the anthracite mine owners aban- doning their position, as Mr. Lewis suggested. There has been no intention of any peace overtures coming from the miners’ headquarters. U.S. OFFICIAL. VISITS LOCAL LAND OFFICE United States Commissioner W liam Spry of the general land of- fice of Washington, D. C., arrived in Bismarck Sunday from Cass Lake, Minn., to visit officials of the local land office before going to Salt Lake City, where he will report to members of the Senatorial Land Committee. Before going to Salt Lake he will stop at Billings, Mont., to inspect the land office there. Mr. Spry was formerly governor of Utah. He was pleased with the crop outlook here and with the amount of land under cultivation. FINED FOR KILLING HENS London—Cruelty to chickens is a erime in England. Charles Clarkson was fined five pounds for leaving 32 chickens in a box without ventila- tion. Nine were dead, and the rest gasping: for breath when the box was opened: TRIBUNE HOOL TEACHER, WHOSE SUIT ARTZ FOR BREACH OF PROMISE. RECEPTION PLANNED FOR ~—MAILFLYERS, Public Urged to Attend Mas meeting at Association of Commerce Headquarters Minneapolis, Aug. 10, UP) To use interest in the proposed. es- of air mail service to three airplanes, with f pilots and five ¢ from Minneapoli off from her tour through South Dako- the de t town te to be reached at noon. ng back to Minnesota the three airplanes were to reach Crookston at 4p. on fter which they ure to speed to Grand Forks. Ar- riving » latter place at 6 p,m, the a to lay over until Tuesd morning, when the tour will be resumed. Tuesday the list of towns in the order of approach are: Devils L: D.; Minot, Bis- marek and Wednesda Jamestown, } Aberdeen, Jak. and’ Will visited. On Thurs¢ will, be made Rochester, Winon: then back’ to the The Bismarck Association of Com- merce today completed plans for staging a banner reception for a quadron of three airplanes which iT arrive in the capital city Tues- night on a tour of the northwest in connection with the project to establish an air mail route between i and the Twin Cities. committee on which Governor A. G. Sorlie and Mayor A. P. Lenhart have been named to serve will greet the flyers when they land in Bismarck about six o'clock Tues- day evening. ng field designated by As ation of Commerce is south of the municipal park about quarter of a mile. dinner to be Country Club rival, A mass meeting will be held at Association of Ccmmerce headqnar- ters at eight o'clock. invited. Mandan Commercial club will ¢co- operate. with the local commerce body in preparing a reception for the Twin City flyer: National Bank _ Resources Near Two Billion Mark Washington, Aug, 10—()—Nation- al bank resources showed an increase of $1,784,944,000 during the year end- ed last June 30, including an advance of $518,400,000 in the last three months of that period. A statement issued today by the office of the comptroller of the cur- rency, based on reports from the: last National bank call, placed the total resources of the 8,072 banks at $24,350,863,000, the largest of rec- ord except for the period ended De- cember 31, 1924, Eighty-two and eighty-seven hun- dredths per cent of the increase in resources from April to’ June was shown by the banks in central re- serve and reserve cities, New York banks alone showed an advance of $353,440,000; Chicago banks $24.- 901,000 and Detroit banks $42,953,000, The increase in the reserves of the country banks, or those outside| of reserve citics, was $88,787,000, New Jersey banks showed the larg-| est amount of increase, $38,435,000. There are 5000 different lan, in the world, rved at the Bismarck following their ar- The public is OTA" “PERFECT CRIME” PRICE FIVE CENTS NJURED IN ACCIDENTS HREE HURT IN BRIDGE CRASH HERE T and Two Men Are Injured When Speeding Car Turns Turtle ALL WILL RECOVER Boy Drowned While Swim- ming in Big Muddy Near Fort Clark Two persons are dead and five were injured in accidents which occurred in the Bis- marck area over the week- end, A Mandan boy was drown- ed while swimming in a back- water on the Big Muddy near Fort Clark. One man was killed when a car turned over near Glen Ullin. Two men and a girl were injured, one seriously when a ‘Studebaker car owned by Dr. KE. P. Quain turned over half a mile’ west of Memorial Bridge Sunday afternoon. A Bismarck farmer was in- jured in a motor crash on the outskirts of the city. An Elbowoods Indian boy is near death in a local hospital following a fall from a pony. Going at a terrific rate of speed, Jan automobile driven by Axel Visell, ‘chauffeur in the employ of Dr. E P. Quain, local phy n, turned over half a mile west of Memo} bridge Sunday afternoon. ‘Two men and a girl were injured. All will recover, hospital authorities state. H.-G. Frandsen sustained a disio- cated shoulder and probable internal injuries, John Weigeldt, » plumber, suffered a broken leg. They were taken to St. Alexius hospital. Irene Feldman, local girl, who uncons after crash, ng ut the Bismarc Evangelical hospital from abrasi nd serious bruise: i ident. Five Bismarck men were riding in the crash ear, Haven MeVey, em- loyed in a Bismarck restaurant, ¢s- caped uninjured as did Visell, ’ the chauffeur. According to the story told by Mts Feldman, interviewed today, the four men were all intoxicated, They ;picked up the two girls in Bismarck less than 15 minutes before the ac- ¢ |""sWe were going at a speed of 70 miles an hour when the driver lost ‘control of the machine,” Miss Feld- man declared. “The car left the road and turned over twice.” While driving in the outskirts of Bismarck, Visell announced his in- jtention of “passing every car between | S sustaine -{here and Mandan.” “The chauffeur drove on the wrong side of the road all the way to the bridge,” Miss Feldman stated. “They were all drunk, and there were beer | bottles on the floor of the car when | we entered.” Dr. Quain’s car, which was hauled | to a local garage, was completely de- molished, when it turned over. Passersby witnessed the accident which occurred in the mfddle of Sun- | day afternoon, First aid was rendered by Dr. F. B. Strauss of Roan and Strauss Clinic, who saw the wreck. He was assisted {by E. D. Hebberd and Sigurd Peter- son, Associated Press telegraph op- erators working at Mandan and Bis- atients are under tHe care of the Roan & Strauss Clinic. MeV. today flatly denied the story told by Miss Feldman. He de- nied he was drunk, but would not commit himself as to the condition of the others, “We were not going 70 miles an hour,” he stated. “Only once when we were trying to pass another car did we leave the right side of the road. That was when the accident happened.” Beer bottles were strewn about the scene of the wreck, witnesses testify, Dr. E. P. Quain today stated it was the custom of Visell to use the car on pleasure trips occasionally. Sun- day Visell took the car, ostensibly on a short pleasure jaunt, but without approaching his employer for per- mission, according to Dr. Quain. The doctor will not state whether Visell will be discharged, announcing he will decide the matter later. Miss Feldman would not reveal the name of her companion in the crash. Efforts to learn her identity were unavailing. Mandan and Bismarck authorities could not furnish this information. Congressman Tom Hall and Dr. Dursema were riding with Dr. Strauss. All witnessed the turnover., Accidents Sunday afternoon alon; the Black trail north of Baldwin near the Soo crossing were narrow- ly averted. One driver of a Ford car evidently under the influence of “moonshine”, traveling at a high rate of speed, swerved twice from one side of the road and the fact that he went into a ditch nearby saved a car coming south from being turn at’ about wrecked, His car half tip- He made a shar 35 miles an hour. ped and traveled on two wheels for a short 3] i ii der the hands of the drunken driver to a point bppostte: where it went into the ditch and spilled out its , ole ‘was, uphurt. ig ntinued on:page four.) °°"