The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 23, 1931, Page 1

ww North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1931 The Weather Cloudy tonight and Tuesday; Uttle change in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS Two Burleigh Men Killed Ordered to Evacuate Ft. Lincoln in S League Still. Hopes for Manchurian + HRS. MELVIN NESS, — |BRIAND'S. PROPOSAL } WIDOW OF ACCIDENT | INTENDED TO SOLVE DISPATCH TELLS OF ACTION TAKEN BY WAR DEPARTMENT Reason Assigned Is Hurley’s Statement About Cutting Expenses THREE OTHERS ARE LISTED Posts in Texas and Arizona to Feel Ax Wielded by Army Chieftains An Associated Press dispatch from ‘Washington, D. C., Monday said that Lieut. Col. Wallace McNamara, com- mander at Fort Lincoln here, has: been instructed to prepare for evacuation of the local post by the end of the fiscal year, June 30. The post, the dispatch said, is one of 52 scheduled for abandonment by Secretary of War Patrick Hurley “to: cut expenditures.” ‘War department officials in Wash- ington said they did not know when the actual troop removal would oc- cur and officers at the fort had no information on the subject. The Army and Navy Journal, week- ly publication for the U. 8. army and navy, carried the following article in its issue of Nov. 21: To Abandon Four Posts “Four additional army posts will be abandoned next spring under in- structions for movement of troops which have been received by corps area commanders. The posts to be abandoned are Fort D. A. Russell, Marfa, Tex.; Fort Lincoln, North Da- kota; Camp Harry J. Jones and Camp Stephen D. Little, both in Arizo1 na. “According to word received here,| the troop movement is to take place between May 1 and June 30, 1932, as follows: “Third Battalion, Fourth Infantry,| Fort Lincoln, N. D., to Jefferson Bar- racks, Mo. “First Cavalry from Fort D. A. Russell, Texas, to Camp Knox, Ken- tucky, for reorganization as a mech- anized cavalry regiment. Second pack train from Fort D. A., Russell, Texas, to Fort Bliss, Texas. “The 25th Infantry, less the Third Battalion, will be moved from Camp Harry J. Jones and Stephen D. Lit- tle, Arizona, to Fort Huachucka,' Arizona. Government Owns Property “Camp Harry J. Jones and Camp) Stephen D. Little are leased Weds Richest Heir Associated Press Photo Princess Dural 18, daughter of the former Caliph of Turkey, was married to Prince Azam Jah, heir to the throne of the Nizam of Hyderabad, reputed to be the wealthiest man tn the world. STREETER YOUTH FROZEN 10 DEATH ON STUTSMAN ROAD 23-Year-Old Man Is Overtaken By Death on Walk Home From Gackle «Jamestown, N. By; ~-Nov-23—-()—| Death from exposure was the verdict of Stutsman County Coroner H. A. Brastrup who conducted an investiga- tion into the death of Arthur Rivin- ius, 23-year-old Streeter youth whose body was found on the Streeter- Gackle highway Saturday morning. Rivinius was the first victim of freezing in North Dakota this season. He had attended a dance at Gackle and it is likely that the leases will be] Friday night and, as he had often terminated and the land revert tojdone before, began the trudge home- owners’ uses. Fort Russell and Fort/ ward. A stiff northwest wind was Lincoln, however, are t= government owned. What will be done with them has not been announced. blowing and it was snowing. He had driven to the dance with “It is probable that they will be-|three other youths, Lawrence Deutsch- come either prison camps og narcotic| ler, Edward Burns and Lowell Reeser. farms and that legislation will be in-j They stayed at the dance until mid- troduced in the coming congress to}night when Rivinius escorted Miss transfer their titles to other govern-|Emma Geigle, 17, and Miss Luella ment departments.” Hagle, 14, both of Gackle, to the home Evacuation of Fort Lincoln was/0f Miss Hagle. He stopped a few first mentioned early last summer) Minutes to talk with Mrs. Hagle and when the war department decided to} then said if he did not find the other slash army expenditures. young men he would walk home. He At that time Bismarck and North| told them he had walked home many Dakota = began a campaign in an ef: The maet -unaenade fort to keep the troops here. Strachan Promoted By Northern Pacific St. Paul, Nov. 23.—(@)—Retirement of B. C. Johnson as assistant to the operating vice president and promo- tion of W. H. Strachan to the posi- tion were announced Monday by the Northern Pacific railway. H. E. Stevens, operating vice presi- dent, said ill health forced retire- ment of Johnson. Strachan, now as- ceeded in that capacity here by F. R. Bartles, superintendent of the Seattle division. The changes are effective December 15. Strachan first was employed by the company at Dickinson, N. D., in 1888 ‘as a dispatcher. Fail to Agree on Proposed Pay Cut New York, Nov..23—(#)—The rail- roads and the railroad workers, after four days’ discussion of 8 proposed 10 per cent wage cut, were right back Monday where they started. The union railroaders, through their spokesman, D. B. Robertson, chairman of the Railway Labor Ex- ecutives’ association, informed the. railroad presidents Sunday they did not consider the pay cut necessary. Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio and chairman of the special committee of railroad! presidents, insisted at the end of the discussions nothing had been pro- duced to change their opinion that a Pay reduction is “imperative.” Washington, Nov. 23.—(?)—Unless ‘the price of cotton reaches 12% cents ® pound, the farm board and other Holders will keep 6,600,000 bales off ‘the market for a year. FIND MAN IN CAR Jamestown, N. D., Nov. 23.—(7)—An unidentified man was found uncon- scious Monday morning in a refriger- ator car at the Northern Pacific transfer here. The man was gassed, young find Rivinius, decided that he had either gone home or decided to stay at Gackle, so they started homeward. ‘They had trouble with their automo- bile and returned to Gackle instead, where they stayed overnight with friends. A farmer discovered the body less than a mile from Streeter Saturday morning. The position of his body when found on the highway indicated protect himself from the wind and | snow as he was scantily clad for such weather. He wore oxfords, a pair of rubbers, a summer cap and a macki- naw over his suit. He had no mit- tens. Officials said it would have taken him about five and one half hours to reach the point where he was found if he walked about two miles an hour. ‘The youth was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Rivinius. He was em- ployed at a Streeter pool hall, owned by his father and Fred Perham. Besides his parents he leaves a number of brothers and sisters. Wonders What to Do With Big Owl | a a eel H. O. Putnam, Burleigh coun- ty’s agricultural agent, is consid- ering what to do with a large owl, which is peering about Putnam's office through bars of its wooden cage je. The owl was brought into Put- nam’s office Friday by Anton Koch and Sebastian Koch, mem- bers of the Apple Creek 4-H club. The bird has a broken leg, suf- fered when it was caught in a large trap. Putnam does not know of what species it is but the owl is extremely large. It is probable the bird will be turned over to Russell Reid, su- perintendent of the state histori- cal society. ESCAPE UNDER FIRE Chicago, Nov. 23—(?)—Four men escaped under the fire of a police of- ficer Monday after robbing the West- ern Springs State bank of about $8,~ ° (TWO MEN KILLED IN ACCIDENT ON SLOPE AS CAR OVERTURNS Walter Gallup, 38, New Eng- land, Succumbs in Dick- inson Hospital la ONE SUCCUMBS INSTANTLY J. 0. Hansel, 57, Havelock, Dies in Crash; Third Man Is Injured Dickinson, N. D., Nov. 23.—(?)— Walter Gallup, 38, driver of a car which overturned when it struck loose gravel Saturday, died Sunday in a hospital here, the second victim of the accident. J. O. 57, Havelock, was killed in- stantly. Isadore Marthe, New Eng- leone third passenger in the car, is bruises. Gallup, until recently a member of the New England police force, leavcs this widow and two children. His body was taken to New England Mon- day. v Hansel was the father of Mrs. Roy Horner, 609 Fourth St., who left Mon- day noon for Havelock following re- ceipt Sunday of news of the acci- dent. FIND FOUR BODIES BENEATH WRECKAGE OF SPECIAL TRAIN Three Others Believed to Have Been Killed in Kentugky Railroad Accident Lexington, Mo., Nov. 23.—(P)—As' crews cleared away the wreckage of the “million dollar livestock special” of the Missouri Pacific railroad near here Monday, four men were known to be dead, bodies of three other pos- sible victims were being sought, 15 men were listed as injured and 13 valuable show horses were dead. Other prize winning horses were jajured to such an extent it was doubtful they could be exhibited again. Trainmen said three men were known to have been riding in one of the stock cars which lay beneath the debris of others. They expressed belief that these attendants had no Opportunity to escape. The 50-car “million-dollar” hurrying horses and other animals from the American Royal Livestock Show at Kansas City to the Interna- tional Livestock Exposition in Chi- cago, piled up on the Missouri Pacific track near Lexington late Sunday. Officials blamed a spreading rail on & roadbed weakened by recent rains. Fourteen men, all employed by ex- hibitors as caretakers, were injured, Falls, 8. D. Three Men Held as Result of Robbery Chicago, Nov. 23.—(#)—Three men were prisoners Monday and at least two others were sought as members of a robber gang which invaded the home of William H. Mitchell in Suburban Lake Forest, and escaped with jewelry estimated to be worth $150,000 or more, taken from Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell and their seven guests. Most of the jewelry was recovered from the overcoat pocket of one of the robbers, The garment haa been abandoned when the owner became entangled in a fence as he fled the bullets of policemen who interrupted the holdup early Sunday. The robbers, numbering five or six, entered the home shortly after mid- night. While they were forcing Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell and the guests to surrender their valuables, William Matheson, the family chauffeur, sltp- Ped upstairs and called the police. Jamestown Girl Is Winner in Audition Chicago, Nov. 23.—(#)—Miss Lillian Meyer, Jamestown, N. D., won first Place in the midwest finals of the national radio audition, officials of WGN, the Tribune's radio station, an- nounced Monday. Miss Meyer will go to New York to compete in the finals. Miss Meyer is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Henry Meyer. Her father is president of the North Dakota con- ference of the Seventh Day Adventist church. Her first appearance outside of Jamestown was in the First Na- tional High School chorus, when she sang in Chicago. She had been a stu- authorities said. He hed not regain-|000. Western Springs is a Chicago|dent at Nebraska university up to this ed consciousness at noon. year, studying voice there. New England,| train, | including Antone Kambert, 30, Sioux | Battle Area Japanese forces penetrated the ; sphere of Russian influ in Man- | churla and occupied Tsitsihai city. In many quarters this t that Soviet Russia might be iwn into the dispute. Arrows ; sive b » drove Chinese forces into filght northward. Shaded area ‘AID FOR RAILROADS I$ URGED BY DAWES Would Change Law to Assist Land Carriers in Earning More Money St. Louis, Nov. 23—(7}—-Thée Mis- sissippi Valley association was urged Monday by its president W. R. Dawes, Chicago, to aid the railroads in their attempt to have repealed the recap- ture clause of the transportation act, by which prosperous railroads are re- quired to turn profits in excess of a fixed per cent on invested capital into & common pool. “We acknowledge our debt to the railroads,” Dawes said at the opening convention session, “and are anxious that they be preserved as a major transportation agency.” President Dawes’ address was seen as a note of conciliation in the associ- |tion’s policies, as it was remembered that association speakers at’ conven- tions in previous years had assailed railroads for attempts to fight the growth of river transportation. A plea for the use of waterways now completed was made by Congerssman William E. Hull of Illinois, a pioneer waterway advocate and worker. Preservation of inland waterways jfor a free and unrestricted competi- tive transportation was advocated by Theodore Brent, traffic counsellor of New Orleans. A government bond issue to insure rapid completion of the inland water- jWay system was proposed to the asso- jclation. A vote was expected Monday afternoon. MILL CITY FINANCIER DIES Minneapolis, Nov. 23.—()—Lous K. Hull, 70, prominent Minneapolis attorney and financier, a director of the First National bank, died from a heart, attack Sunday at his home, BEARD FACTS It was the custom among Romans to shave off the beard at the age of 21, and present it as an offering to household gods. A beard was grown after that age only as a sign of Now He Is in Minneapolis, Nov. 23.—(7)—On July 8, 1926, Robert Bruce Blaine, otherwise known as “Missouri Bobby,” thief, burglar, robber and pickpocket, made this solmen pledge: “I’m through with a life of crime. It doesn’t pey. I've stolen more than $500,000 in my life and I haven't a dime now. On Nov. 21, 1931, Robert Bruce Blaine began serving a 10-year term in the South Dakota state prison, For six years editorial writers had immortalized the name of “Missouri Bobby” in various treatises on the old theme, “crime does not pay.” Bobby's firm resolve of July 8, 1926, has been quoted from coast to coast. His widespread acquaintance in the underworld made him valu- able to police as a stool pigeon. He tipped off police when rob- beries were to be committed. A short time ago Bobby offered to fix it so officials at Devils Lake, N. D., could capture five men in the act of launched from Nonni river * ON WATERWAYS MEN == VICTIM, IS INJURED Sterling Woman in Local Hos- pital Following Auto Mis- hap Near Her home SON IS UNHURT IN CRASH Car Turns Over Monday Morn- ing Near Where Husband Was Fatally Injured Mrs. Melvin G. Ness, Sterling, was in a local hospital Monday suffering ‘from injuries received in an automo- bile accident Monday morning not far from the scene of a car mishap in which her husband was fatally in- Jured Nov. 2. Her four-year-old son, Bernard, Who also was riding in the light se- suffering severe back injuries and! shows Russian sphere of influence. |dan, escaped without injury. Mrs, Ness suffered a fracture of the pelvis, abrasions about the body and / neutrals, ‘limbs, and possible internal injuries. X-ray photographs were taken to de- termine if she suffered any other in- Juries, Her condition was declared “fair” at noon by her attending physician, who said her chances for recovery depends upon the extent of her in- les. Ness was fatally injured one mile north of Sterling. Mrs. Ness was driving toward her home, three miles east of Sterling, when she apparently struck a bump. in the road and lost control of the machine. The wreck was discovered by John Sedevic, farmer near Sterling, who extrigated Mrs. Ness and her son Sterling. At Sterling H. E. Wildfang and F.' R. Belk borrowed an automobile be- ed Mrs. Ness to Bismarck. Mrs. Ness and her son were return- ing home after taking several chil- dren to a rural school near their home. INSTANTLY KILLED front the. wreckage and.took them. to}... proposal without such pro- longing to Thomas Parke and rush-| the Peace ARGUMENT IN ORIENT Plan Calls For Inquiry By Five- Member Commission Into Present Trouble RUSSIAN ANGLE IS FEARED Japan Sends Reassuring Note to U. S. Saying Treaties Not Endangered (By The Associated Press) A new Manchurian proposal was presented to the League of Nations council in Paris Monday by Aristide Briand, chairman, but the group was said to have declined approval until the Chinese and Japanese delegates had scrutinized it. : The plan called for a Manchurian inquiry by a commission of three one Chinese and one Jap- anese. Objecting delegates to the session were represented as main- tsining the proposal must not be| forced upon China. China cannot even consider the proposal for a commission of in- quiry in Manchuria unless it pro- vides for immediate cessatic. f hos- tilities and withdrawal of Japanese forces, Dr. Alfted Sze told the league council in a new note Mon- day. , This withdrawa: must begin at once and proceed progressively to Pron.pt completion, he insisted. Would Extend Occupation visions, he added, becomes “a mere device to condone and epavaats for more or less of an indefinite period 2 unjustifiable occupation of| China’ territory by an aggressor who already virtually has attained his unlawful objective while league dis-ussions were going on.” Japanese military intelligence re- ports at Mukden said the situation in the Chinchow region, 150 miles south of Mukden, was growing acute as the Chinese concentrated forces. Japan sent a reassuring note to the United States asserting military ac- tivities in Manchuria had not infring- ed upon the Kellogg Pact, the nine- IN MINE ACCIDENT Power treaty or the league govern- ment. Fred Herman, 25, Dies When] Dr. Wellington Koo was appointed Head Is Crushed Between Two Mine Cars His head crushed when he was caught between two mine cars, Fred Herman, ‘25, Wilton miner, was in- stantly killed at 9 a. m. Monday. Herman, an employee of the Truax-Traer Coal Mining company, was believed to have been killed when he sought to couple two mine cars which had become unfastened, according to Coroner W. E. Perry, who was called to the scene of the accident following the tragedy. The cars came together unexpectedly, crushing him between them. Besides multiple fractures of his skull, the victim sustained injuries to his arms and was believed to have been injured internally. An inquest will be held Tuesday afternoon to determine the cause of death, Perry said. Herman leaves his mother with whom he made his home and five brothers, four of whom live in the Wilton district. Funeral services will be held at the Wilton Presbyterian church Wednesday at 2 p .m., Rev. Christ officiating. Burial will be in the Wilton cemetery. ‘Missouri Bobby’ Breaks Resolution; Penitentiary Again| safe. His proposition was refused and Devils Lake was not bothered with burglars. A few days later iy was arrested at Rapid City, It seems Bobby came to officials with the story that the labor night the authorities made a raid, captured Bobby and shot and killed a pal of his known as “Blackie” and seized a quantity of yee was supposed to be explo- ves, At any rate, Bobby testified that he and Blackie Yad been hired by a representative of the labor union to do the job. He was proved to be wrong. And last week he was found guilty of perjury and sentenced to 10 years in prison. “Missouri Bobby” served in the North Dakota penitentiary in Bis- marck from Sept. 12, 1924, to March 26, 1926. He was sentenced at Wahpeton for third-degree burglary. foreign minister and a “national dis- aster committee” was formed to take charge of the Nanking government's affairs pending creation of a new central executive committee of the Kuomintang. Boycott Idea Rejected Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, ob- serving the league's activities in Paris, sald the United States would not participate in any economic boy- cott to induce withdrawal of Japanese troops from Manchuria. The possibility that Russia might become involved shadowed the coun- cil’s deliberations and the danger of a Russo-Japanese embroilment was seen both in Paris and in neutral capitols. Diplomatically and __ strategically, Japan appeared the victor in the run of last week's events. At Paris, the Japanese spokesman Kenkichi Yoshizawa, maintained un- changed the position his government has upheld throughout the two months of crisis—that Japanese troops would not be withdrawn from their non-treaty positions until his country was assured, to its own satis- faction, that the rights of its na- tionals were secured and anti-Jap- anese feeling in China quieted. In »Manchuria itself, Nipponese ‘soldiers occupied Tsitsihar, walled capital of northwest Manchuria. They routed the troops of General Mah Chan Shan. Entered Russian Zone In s0 doing they crossed the Chi- nese Eastern railway and entered the zone of Russian influence. The Chi- nese-Eastern, jointly operated by Russia and China, has been a jeal- ously-guarded child of the Soviet re- public. Toward the end of the week, Rus- sian reaction seemed sharply drawn against Japan. The two countries ex- changed notes, Russia pointing out that its interests might be involved and Japan warning that, because Chi- nese troops had been transported on the Chinese-Eastern, Russia might be held “partially .responsible” for the conflict around Tsitsihar. The American government made/| known its feeling that the whole crisis | threatened world peace. Secretary Stimson warned Japan of the danger of Russian embroilment. At Paris, Ambassador Dawes, special represent- ative at the scene of the league coun- cil meeting, took active part in the unofficial conversations that consti- tuted a major share of the league’s effort to bring about peace. The council evolved, at the end of five days of negotiations, a plan to send & neutral commission to investi- gate the Sino-Japanese troubles. The council, feeling the league was meeting a situation that must test to the full its international authority, Ideal Secretary Associated Press Photo Katherine C. Krammer, 19, of ington was awarded the title jeal secretary” by the Alpha rority, national business organization, at its Des Moines, fowa, convention. DEMOCRATIC CHIEF ASKS DONORS FOR VIEWS ON LIQUOR Raskob Sends Questionnaire to 88,580 Who Financed Party in 1928 Washington, Nov. 23.—(#)—After months spent in the background of party affairs, John J. Raskob, chair- man of the Democratic national com- mittee, has come to the front again, pelnging the prohibition issue with im. Reaffirming his conviction that the next national convention of the party should declare frankly for submitting the prohibition issue to the people, Raskob has sent the 88,580 contribu- tors to the 1928 Democratic campaign fund a questionnaire asking what they think about it. Yes or no answers were asked to seven propositions, while in an ac- companying letter Raskob employed his most persuasive argument for po- sitive declaration. “I believe the time has cme,” he wrote, “for the Democratic party to face this issue squarely and to pre- sent to the people a definite plan un- der the policy of states’ rights, and local self-government.” The move was a follow up to his presentation of the home rule plan for liquor control last March to the national committee. He evoked then a bitter outburst, particularly from southern leaders, many of whom felt deliberate injection of the prohibition issue was a fine way to wreck the party’s 1932 prospects. His seven questions sought to es- tablish whether the contributors fa- vored a definte platform declaration on prohibition; whether they wished the platform to commit the congres- sional Democrats to a resolution which would get the eighteenth amendment again before the people; whether they favored the home rule plan or straight-out repeal, and whether they ‘desire that all future amendments to the constitution be submitted to popular conventions rath- er than the state leigslatures. Raskob said his presentation of the jissue to the national committee in March was to stir up widespread dis- cussion in the party. He cited the Wickersham commis- sion report extensively in urging action. Ohioan’s Hiccough | | Is Finally Stopped pM Mansfield, O., Nov. 23.—(#)—Ira A. King, has finally stopped hic- coughing, at least temporarily, it was reported at General hospital Monday. King’s gall bladder was re- moved Sunday and his two-week old seige of hiccoughing ended, attendants said. It was hoped a permanent cure had been effect- ed. His physician, Dr. R. R. Black, however, would only say that King’s condition was “good.” He said the operation had disclosed “some” trouble, but it is too soon to be certain of results. Cures offered from all parts of the country included: Drink water while someone massages your ears. Cover the chest and throat with @ mustard plaster. A glass of champagne every half hour. Apple whisky in chipped ice. And from Hollywood, Calif.: “Knock him unconscious with a left hook; when he rallies the hic- looked to the coming few days with the greatest activity. e cough will be gone. If I'm wrong, Til take the right one.” pring PAIR MEET DEATH WHILE RETURNING FROM DEER SHOOT Took Wrong Road and Plunged Car Into Missouri River in Darkness BODIES ARE FOUND SUNDAY Grant Turner Discovers Re- mains of His Son and of Glen Elness in River Two Sterling men, who disappeared while returning from a deer hunting trip Friday night, were found dead near their overturned automobile in the Missouri river about 14 miles southeast of Bismargk late Sunday. The men, Glen Elness, 20 years old, and Lee Roy Turner, 38, plunged in their car over @ 20-foot bluff into the river and died from injuries and ex- posure, the deaths occuring apparent- ly Friday night. Elness was a farmer near Sterling and Turner a gasoline dealer at Sterling. The men apparently were driving on an old road which was cut off when the huge ice gorge in the river in the spring of 1930 dug far into the river bank on the Burleigh county side. They apparently failed to see @ new turn in the road and continued to their death on the old fork lead- ing to the bluff overlooking the Big Muddy. Body Frozen in Water Elness’ body was recovered Sunday afternoon, while efforts to recover the body of Turner, held fast under the machine in frozen waters, proved, Sterling Hard Hit By Tragedy Series Tragedy has borne down heavily on Sterling during the last three weeks, with three of its citizens killed and two injured in automobile accidents, While plans were being made for the funeral of Turner and {| nus came of the Mra. Melt i been a pall- bearer at Ness’ funeral. The three Killed and the two injured were all friends, Sterling has a population of 125, unsuccessful immediately. Turner's body was brought to Bismarck about midnight Sunday after Sheriff Joseph L. Kelley and a large party had work- ed an hour and a half at the accident scene, When the hunters failed to return Saturday, a search was instituted by Grant Turner, father of the dead man. They were expected home Fri- day, together with a party of hunters riding in another automobile. Ap- prehension for their safety was ex- pressed when the first party arrived and Turner and Elness failed to show up. The elder Turner organized a searching party Saturday. The search continued until 4 p. m. Sunday, when the father sighted the car in the river. Were Driving in Dark It is believed the men were driving after dark and mistook the aban- doned fork for the regular road. ‘When last seen, Turner and Elness stopped at the Glen Baker farm house a short distance from where they plunged to their death. This was late in the afternoon and dark- ness came as they prepared to re- sume their homeward trip. Indications were that Elness crawl- ed from the machine, but apparently collapsed and froze to ‘death, His body was found on the narrow shore at the base of the cliff. Turner's body remained frozen in the ice, his pend and shoulders being above the ice. Authorities believe that had aid been available, Elness might have been rescued alive. The machine landed at an angle, with the wheels upright. Cold weather the last two days caused the water to freeze around the machine, Work of recovering the bodies was made slow since it was difficult to | Teach the wreckage, the bluff drop- ping abruptly to the water’s edge. Kelley Organizes Party Informed of the tragedy Sunday evening, Sheriff Kelley organized a party to get Turner’s body from the ice and wreckage. In the group were Kelley, Coror W. E. Perry, Deputy Sheriffs A. Helgeson and Fred Anstrom, Gra: Turner and several others. The party left with an automo>'! wrecker about 8:30 o'clock Sunday night, intending to lift the autom: bile from the river with the wrecker and recover the body in that manner. Several of the party were able to work from the narrow shore below the bluff. The death machine was turned over with the aid of the wrecker and Turner's body, which was lodged behind the steering wheel, was taken from the ice about 11 o'clock Sunday night. Elness’ body was brought to Bis« marck about 6:30 p. m. Sunday. Born in Wisconsin Lee Roy Turner was born at Potosl, | Wis., Aug. 20, 1893. Raised and edue cated at Potosi and Cassville, Wis. he came to North Dakota with his parents about 17 years ago, settling on @ farm near Sterling. (Continued on page uined 8