The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 17, 1935, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 xk *& Two Federal In Ohio .Town 1 Shot Him’ College Corner, Ohio, Aug. 17.—(#) —The government Saturday an early trial for George W. Bar- rett, held as the: killer of Federal Agent Nelson B. Klein, 37, in a furi- ous gun battle here Friday - night. Federal statute imposes the death penalty upon conviction for the slay- ing of a government officer. Klein was seeking Barrett for ques- tioning concerning automobile thefts. They met face to face. Donald C. another federal agent, McGovern, was with Klein. fire, and Klein and McGovern re- turned it. liston Man heart. of death. Koesher'’s parents, Erick Koesher 0: Williston, arrived at afternoon. He ‘Warroad Thursday also leaves two sisters. His fiance, Miss Genevieve Moellring, daughter of the late supreme court justice, H. Moeliring, and Mrs. Moell- ring, 518 Sixth St., left for Warroad Tuesday night in company with Roy Horner and Miss Alberta Moore, who be son, Justin. Koesher was a 1932 graduate of the ed| permanent U. 8. biological survey G-MAN IS SLAIN IN BATTLE WITH O&10 AUTOMOBILE THIER Sleuths Meet Hunted Man Face to Face NOOSE DANGLES FOR KILLER Gurrenders With Statement, ‘I Beat Him to the Trigger. Klein fell with six bullets in his body, but his own pistol fire had shattered Barrett's leg bones. Bar- rett surrendered with the statement: ie beat him to the trigger. I shot Klein had worked on the Alice/soil conservation CCC camps in Speed Stool kidnaping case in Louis-|North Dakota has been tentatively ville, Ky., the pursuit of the Dillinger gang and other important cases. JACK KOBSHER, LOCAL MUSICIAN, TS DEAD) Jack Koesher, 21, trumpeter with Harry Turner's band of this city since the fall of 1934, died Saturday morning at Warroad, Minn., of in- juries sustained last Sunday when he stumbled and fell on the bathing beach at Warroad. The body is be- ing brought to Williston, Koesher’s former home, for burial. The funeral probably will be held Monday. In the fall, Koesher fractured a ‘wstebra in his neck, the injury caus- ing paralysis of his body below the| "0m sald. It is believed that a blood clot around the spine was the cause Mr. and Mrs,|even. temporary summer camps es- panying Leaving Sunday for Williston will Mrs. Moeliring, her other daugh- ters, Mrs. Kent Whitlock of St. Paul and Miss Lorraine Moellring, and her Bismarck Club Plays Wichita Nine Sunday BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1935 xk * $400,000 IN ROAD Arena Man Fatally CONTRACTS LET T0 Injured Fixing Tire Al G. Barnes Circus Alexander Neff, 47, Dies After Being Hit by Menoken Farmer's Car Coming to Bismarck aa atid For the first time since 1928 and for the first time in the lives of tot, Au- Be Regrading and Regravel- ing Jobs Alexander Neff, 47, Arena farmer, died at 12:14 a. m., Saturday at a local hospital from injuries received when he was struck by a car as he repaired a tire on Highway No. 10, for the widely known circus from {bout 10 miles east of Bismarck. Los Angeles, Calif. The accident occurred between 8 Tt will stage two performances, |#04 8:30 p. m., Friday night. Neff, advance man for the Al G. Barnes circus, arrived in Bismarck Saturday to make arrangements here ies Goes to Jamestown matinee and evening, at the cir- |Who with his son, Alex, was return- Man for Paving cus grounds, East Broadway at |ing home from Bismarck, stopped the Twentieth street, on Wednesday, |C&F slong the highway to repair the Aug. 28, here direct re. perf Mein eee He was struck by « car driven by formances at Ji town re Sad A. J. Norlin, who lives two miles north of Menoken. Neff was brought immediately to a local hospital but died three hours later without re- gaining consciousness. A post-mortem to determine the exact cause of death was to be held Saturday afternoon, according to Dr. L, W. Larson, county coroner. An inquest into the circumstances sur- rounding the accident has been set for Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Neff was born Nov. 15, 1887, in Russia. He came to the United States in 1906, settling at McClusky. He was married to Miss Eva Hol- vagner of Arena in 1900 at McClusky and later moved to Mercer. The family has lived on the present farm, four miles north of Arena since 1919. Funeral services have been set for 2 p.m, Monday at Arena. Burial will be made there. He was a mem- ber of the Lutheran church. Besides his widow, Mr. Neff leaves two brothers, August Neff of Lodi, Calif., and George Henry Neff of.Mc- Ciusky, and 11 children, Mrs. Art Buckmeyer, living south of Bismarck, Alex, Arthur, Herbert, Harold, Paul, Ella, Magdelina, Elizabeth, Martha end Helen, ail: at home, SOLEN COUPLE IN ACCIDENT THURSDAY Mr. and Mrs. William Harm, Solen, suffered. body bruises but apparently had no bones broken when a car coming from a side road collided with their automobile at Solen about 5 p. m., Friday. Both were treated at St. Alexius hospital. Mr. Harm left the hospital Friday evening but Mrs. Harm is being kept there Yor observa- tion for a short time, according to the attending physician. ALASKA STUNNED BY PLANE CATASTROPHE ce mat ‘Weather Did It,’ Old Timers] 378.40. Richland—16.548 miles, regravel and i . Say, pipiens rene Are stock pile, Dwight north and south, lot jutler Construction Co., Grand Forks, ‘aaa $26,431.70, Cass—4.977 miles, regravel and stock pile, Hickson north and south, Ad- ance Construction Co., » $8,- 268.93, “ sine Cass — 11.421 miles, regravel and stock pile, Casselton north, Advance Construction Co., Fargo, $17,915. Williams—21.988 miles, bituminous surfacing and guard rail, Epping, east (Continued on Page Three) MERCURY ACROBATIC THROUGHOUT STATE Dives from Summer's High Tem- perature to Frosty Range Accompanied by Rain 5 PERMANENT SOL CONSERVATION coc CANES DESICNATED Minot, Williston, Park River, Grand Forks, Valley City Are Likely Sites partment. announced. tracts totaled $415,859, Establishment of five permanent for grading and graveling. by federal authorities, A. Duluth Firm Bid Lew approved D. McKinnon, state supervisor, an- nounced Saturday. The camps, if final approval is given as to sites, water supply and sewage disposal, will be set up at Minot, Grand Forks, Park and Valley City, McKinnon stated. At present there are seven tempor- ary CCO camps, established since May 1 Wishek, New England, Mandan, tiford City, Park River, Lakota and paint the Missouri. river bridge tle Missouri bridge near Watford City, Grand Forks, $3,308. Largest contract let was for $32,378, In the event no further permanent incidentals in the city of Jamestown. camps are approved for the state, tentative plans call for removal of the camps at Wishek and New Eng- land to South Dakota for winter work. To Examine Sites and in charge of CCC buildings and letting of bids, will make a tour of the cities where permanent camp sites are proposed, and final approval will await the decision of Captain Kelly. ‘The Mandan camp would be moved. to winter quarters at Minot; the Wat- ford City camp to Williston, and the Lakota unit to Grand Forks, McKin- the Noel company. Contracts Awarded Contracts awarded were: Stutsman county—0.738 miles con- Last April the CCC work was trans- ferred from the forestry service to the soil conservation division and the tablished in North Dakota. Should Captain Kelly approve the sites and conditions about the sites, bids will be called for a construction The following dispatch was written expressly for the Asso- ciated Press by Rex Beach, noted author of northern fiction and close friend of Will Rogers and Wiley Post, with whom he visited when they were in Juneau a few days ago. By REX BEACH (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated) a ) Fairbanks, Alaska, Aug. 17.—(7)— protecting eral cleanup activites. Each CCO unit consists of 205 youths and officers. In addition to the CCC camps there are eight park service camps established in North Dakota, all but one of which are permanent, and five because it has for the last week played host to Will Rogers and Wiley Post an had just become personally acquainted with both men. Yesterday everybody in this coun- try was smiling at Will’s jokes. On every pair of lips were the names of the two famous visitors, the two new- est ony truest friends Alaska has made in many years. Z Today there are no smiles up here.| Temperatures, which scaled to new ‘This is the bleakest day Alaska has|Summer highs over North Dakota known. qesneenay, fe sit 82 sabe as A People Stricken Dumb legrees next urs precipit- When the news of the crash in the/@ting rains in most sections of the chill fog of the Arctic tundra was 2 made known Friday the entire popu-| At Bismarck federal weather bu- lation of the territory was stricken|7e@U station, where thermometers dumb. I have never seen a people so set a new summer heat completely stunned. ; -|ture had dropped 57 at 72. But Alaskans were at first in-| Fe. of degrees Other weather bureau stations re- camps, : Permanent park service camps are located at Fargo, Mandan, Medora, Larimore, Dunseith for work on the international peace garden, and’ two rege of Watford City in the Roose- velt park area. .A temporary cam; is located at Bismarck. ¥ to 62 and Wishek 104 to 60. Rains which fell generally over the .|state in the 24 hours 78. m., Saturday reached heaviest pro- portions at Grand Forks where 2.02 inches of rain fell washing debris in- to basements of business and resi- T & 29-day trip from New York, berg Hopes Flight Aided Ocean Air Line dential structures, While hundreds of Send. orks cellars were being flooded, firemen tually went wrong 50 feet above that| were busy with two fires set by light- shallow tundra river may never be ning. The precipitation there brought known. But this much is absolutely |the year’s rainfall to more than dou- certain in the minds of every alr-|pie that of last year. minded Alaskan. . It was too much] Bismarck received .08 of an inch for human skill and quick thinking to}o¢ rain. Points recording consider- cope with. sble precipitation were Oakes, 1.28; On every side Friday night I heard|prake, .63; Lisbon, 59; Devils Lake, the same words: 48, ‘The weather forecast was partly though the quantity was not as great. 1 confidence that a me can be 9: tiga only yesterday we were all laug! cloudy Saturday night; showers and and joking together.” . not so cool Sunday. It seems a long time ago. Farmers found the rain Alaska is waiting for Joe Crosson’s} undesirable as it halted harvesting ship and the country is in tears. jand threshing IMPROVE 135 MILES Bulk of Construction Work Will SCHEDULE BRIDGE PAINTING Biggest Slice of Highway Mon- At the same time, contract awards for painting of three bridges in the state at a total cost of $6,171 were Three awards were temporarily de- layed pending correction of main- tenance conditions of certain high- ways by counties, in line with federal requirements, although it was expect- ed the low bidder in each case would finally receive the contract. The three were listed among the awards with the proviso that final contract- ing was delayed pending correction of the complained-of conditions. Con- Little concrete paving or bitumious surfacing was included in the con- tracts, which for the most part were To the firm of Paul Stromquist and Son, Inc. of Duluth, Minn, went contracts for paiting of the three bridges. The firm was low on bids to ‘Williston, at-x cost-of $3,308; the Lit- $600, and the Red river bridge at awarded to Carl L. Lindberg of Jamestown, for concrete paving and Contracts temporarily delayed were for construction of 5.140 miles of grading and structural work east of Metigoshe, tentatively awarded to Archie Campbell of Warwick; 9.232 miles of gravel surfacing and grading west of Lankin, tentatively awarded to W. H. Noel Company of Jamestown, and 3.123 miles of surfacing northwest of Wolford, tentatively awarded to crete pavement and incidental, in ‘AIRPLANE SHE BLEW| UP) NATIVE GASPS Motor Stalled, Craft Nosed 50 Feet Onto Back in River, Then Exploded FOG MADE WRECK GHOSTLY Eskimo Boys Whine Eerie Dirge As Bodies Are Carried to Barrow in Bags More than $400,000 in road con- tracts, embracing 135 miles of mein and feeder highways were- awarded Saturday by the state highway de- Washington, Aug. 17—(7)—A gra- Phic description of how Will Rogers and Wiley Post met their deaths in an airplane accident near Point Bar- row, Alaska, was wirelessed to the war department Saturday by Staff Sergeant Stanley Morgan, in charge of the army’s radio station at that outpost of civilization. The story, obtained from awe- struck Eskimos who saw the accident, follows: “At 10 p. m., Thursday, attracted by group of excited natives on beach. Walking down, discovered one native all out of breath gasping out in pid- gin English a strange tale of ‘air- plane she blew up.’ “After repeated questioning learn- ed this native witnessed crash of an airplane at his sealing camp some 15 miles south of Barrow and had run the entire distance to summon aid. Plane Low “Native claimed plane flying very low suddenly appeared from the south apparently sighting tents. Plane then circles several times and finally ‘settled down .on small -river near camp, two men ¢limbed out, one ;| wearing ‘rag on sore eye’ and other ‘big man with boots.’ “The big man then called native ;|to water's edge and asked direction to Point Barrow. Direction given, men then climbed back into plane -|and taxied off to far side of river for take-off into wind. “After short run plane slowly lift- ed from water to height about 50 feet banking slightly to right when evidently motor stalled, plane sHpped off: on right wing and nosed down into water, turning completely over and native claimed dull explosion oc- curred and most of right wing drop- ped off and a film of gasoline and oil soon covered the water. Frightened by Blast “Native frightened by explosion turned and ran but soon controlled fright and returned, calling loudly to men in plane. Receiving no answer native then made decision to come to Barrow for help. “With completion of story we knew plane to be that of Post and Rogers and quickly assembled a crew of 14 Eskimos and departed in open whale boat powered with small gas motor. Hampered by recent ice floes and strong adverse current, took nearly three hours to reach destination, “Dense fog with semi-darkness gave upturned plane most ghostly appearance and our hearts chilled at thought of what we might find there. Mass of Twisted Metal “As we approached nearer plane we soon realized no human could possibly survive the terrific crash. The plane was but a huge mass of twisted and broken wood and metal. “The natives by this time had managed to cut into the cabin and extricated the body of. Rogers who had apparently been well back in the cabin when the plane struck and more or less protected by the baggage carried therein. “We soon learned we would have a difficult job freeing Post from the wreckage as the plane had struck with such terrific speed it had forced the engine well back into the cabin pinning the body of Post securely. Bodies in Eiderdown “With some little difficulty we managed to tear the plane apart and eventually released the body of Post. Both bodies were then carefully laid and wrapped with Eiderdown sileep- ing bags found in the wreckage, and then carefully placed in the boat. It is believed the natives felt the of these two great men as keen- o1 Rev. Anthony Estredes, pastor of the Great Falls, Mont., Greek Orthod jehurch. 4 ARTER 15-MILE DASH! THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE x we * Rogers, Post Bodies In Fairbanks x kek Eskimos Describe Post’ The Weather Partly cloudy tonight; showers and : “hoe mo Soot Banday. PRICE FIVE CENTS Fatal Crash ne JOE CROSSON FOUND BEN EIELSON'S BODY Alaskan Aviator, Flying Bodies of Rogers and Post, Friend of Bismarck Man Joe Crosson, noted aviator flying from Point Barrow to Fairbanks with the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post to the United States for burial, was the flier who discovered. the wrecked plane of Ben Eiélson after the North Dakota ayiator had crashed to death in a blinding Siberian fog in 1928 near North Cape. “Crosson played a major role in| planning the search in which Rus- sian and Canadian fliers participated and it was Joe who finally discovered the wreckage of Ben's plane after months of search,” Oliver Elelson, brother of the noted Arctic explorer and resident of Bismarck, recalled Saturday. Crosson spent two weeks in North Dakota four years ago during which time he visited Eielson’s grave at Hatton. The Bismarck man stated also that his brother was the first man to land a ship at Point Barrow, the point from which Post and Rog- ers took off just before the fatal crash. Matt Senn Is Buried At Mandan Saturday Puneral services were held at Man- dan Saturday for Matt Senn, 68, Mandan resident since 1903, who died late Thursday at his home. Rev. Father Hildebrand Eichkoff officiat- ed at the ceremonies held at the St. Joseph’s Catholic church and inter- ment was made in the Union ceme- tery. He leaves a widow and six children, Mrs. Stanis Vogel, St. Vin- cents; Henry Senn, Solen; Stanis Senn, Solen; Phillip, Al and Eliza- beth, all at home. Mr. Senn was born in Russia October, 1866. NAPOLEON SHOW SET Napoleon, N. D., Aug. 17.—(#)—Corn growers from Logan and nearby counties will display their best ex- hibits at the fifth annual corn show here Sept. 18, A. C. Plum, show chair- man, announces. ® . Pole Climber Just | Another U.S. Agent Oe Seattle, Wash., Aug. 17.—()— A householder telephoned police in the wee, sma’ hours that “an intoxicated man is trying to climb a telephone pole.” ‘Two patrolmen who investigat- ed wrote the following report: “Man not intoxicated. It was a federal treasury department man investigating.” Where Rogers, Post Crashed to Death At the tip of the North Ameri- can continent in the bleak tundra wastes of the Arctic, Will Rogers and ‘Viley Post crashed to their deaths Thursday night 15 miles south of Point Barrow. On the map above, Point Barrow is the most northerly point shown. Be- low is Joe Crosson, famous Alas- kan pioneer aviator, who is car- rying the bodies of the ill-fated vacationers to Fairbanks. ROGERS WILL LEAVE FAMILY ESTATE OF TWO TO SIX MILO Humorist Will Be Buried in California; Family Meet- ing in New York Hollywood, Calif, Aug. 17—(P)— Will Rogers left an estate unoffically estimated at between $2,500,000 and $6,000,000. From close business and financial associates of the humorist it was learned Rogers’ wealth consisted of extensive real estate holdings here and in Oklahoma, government bonds, life insurance totalling $1,050,000 and an- nual income from motion pictures, radio and his syndicate writing at upwards of $600,000. At New York, John J. Kemp, in- surance brokers, disclosed Saturday Rogers named as sole beneficiary to about $800,000 of life insurance his wife, Mrs. Betty Blake Rogers. In the event of Mrs. Rogers’ death, the humorist’s three children were to have been beneficiaries, according to the terms of the policies. Kemp said that the policies, the last of which were taken out nine years ago, did not contain non-flying clauses and that all money due the widow would be paid on demand. MRS. ROGERS, MARY WAITING FOR WILL, JR. New York, Aug. 17.—(?)—Mrs. Will Rogers and her daughter Mary ar- rived in New York Saturday after a hurried trip from Maine, en route to their California home to lay to rest the remains of husband and father. With Dorothy Stone, daughter of Actor Fred Stone, an intimate of the dead comedian, the Rogers motored into the city from Stamford, Conn, where they left the train which had brought them from Oakland, Me. Here, in New York or a suburb, they went into seclusion. They will await the arrival of the eldest son of the humorist, Will, os ee Dy ie plane Saturday from the west before completing plans for the trip to Santa Monica. METHODS FATE IN HANDS OF PROPLE ion to Unite Three Church Factions Up to 20 Million Communicants Chicago, Aug. 17.—(AP)—United Methodism’s fate Saturday rested in the hands of 20,000,000 American fol- lowers of John Wesley. A decision on plans to reunite three Methodist factions into the nation’s largest Protestant body was left to Se ea le church constitu a joi ‘2 mission of the Methodist Episcopal church, the Methodist church South and the Methodist Pro- testant church. It will be at least six years before the final answer is known. The con- stitution must first be approved by the general conferences of the three groups. and then by hundreds of \smailer annua! conferences. TOR GROSSON FLIES BODIES FROM CRASH SCENE TO FAIRBANKS Natives Salvage What Little Is Left of Wrecked Plane in Arctic River PRACTICALLY DEMOLISHED Eskimo Ran 15 Miles to Bring News of Tragedy to Army Radio Operator (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) Fairbanks, Alaska, Aug. 17.—(}— Unwearied in his last acts of aid to his friends, Will Rogers and Wiley Post, Pilot Joe Crosson said shortly after arriving from Point Barrow, Alaska, that he expected to take off later Saturday for Juneau with their bodies. Rex Beach, the author, shocked and saddened by the deaths of the two men with whom he had spent a joyful evening last week on their arrival at Juneau, was among the notables who greeted the arri- val of Crosson’s plane. ‘The embalming process is one that usually takes six or seven or more hours, and Crosson, visibly tired but uncomplaining of his two flights to Barrow in the past 20 hours, was ready for rest. Next Hop Undecided Consequently, officials did not know just when the next part of the trip taking the bodies back to the United States would begin, Crosson, who had been the almost constant companion of Post and Rogers in Alaska, was accompanied by Robert Gleason, radio operator for the Pan American Airways here, ‘Their 500-mile flight over the rug- ged Endicott mountains and barren terrain to Barrow and return had been made in murky flying weather. Post, the airman, was Crosson’s friend. The round-the-world flier | had met the Alaska airways pilot at Fairbanks, when Post: stopped there on one of his two globe-encircling hops. Fairbanks First Stop Fairbanks was the first stop en route to Seattle. The exact time of arrival in Seattle was not announced. The dozen white settlers of Point Barrow and a crowd of natives gath- ered on the bleak Arctic shore as the bodies were placed in the ship. Farewell honors were accorded the humorist and his aviator friend and ‘companion. Fifteen miles south on the tundra of Point Barrow, other Eskimos sal- vaged for their own use the scattered fragments of Post’s red monoplane in which the actor-humorist and the famous flier plunged to their deaths in a fog on their way here from Fair- banks, WILL NEVER MET A MAN HE DIDN'T LIKE Duluth, Minn., Aug. 17.—(®)— ‘Will Rogers self-chosen epitaph— “I joked about every public man during my lifetime, but I never met a man I didn’t like” — was written in response to a request by Dr. A. Raymond Grant, pastor of the First Methodist church here, for the humorist’s “philosophy of life.” Crosson Warned Them It was Crosson, veteran of unnum- bered Alaskan flights, who bade them goodbye at Fairbanks and warned them against the hazards of the fog at Point Barrow. Dr. Henry W. Griest, the mission surgeon, and Charles Brower, grizled “King of the Arctic,” prepared the bodies for the journey home. Brower was the man whom Alaska, Post, celebrated Oklahoma globe girdler and the world famous actor, humorist and philosopher were on s leisurely vacation jaunt when y feet into the the 550-horse- power motor misfired. The plane fell off on one wing, then urday by Rep. Rogers (Dem., Okla.) |The medals would go to the widows, ne &