The Neosho Daily News from Neosho, Missouri • Page 1

DEMOCRAT VOLUME iB. NEOSHO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1929, NUMBER 181. TWO FARMERS DENY KILLING BOY IN THEIR CORN FIELD Men Questioned in Death of Lad and Wounding of Girl and Another Youth Declare Fatal Shots Were Fired by Some One in Wooded Section of Farm; Children Walk Half Mile After Being Shot. Somervillo, N. Aug.

iboy was death and another boy and his sister were seriously injured last night while stealing corn on the farm of Grover and Craig Hoffman on the river road, near Manville. John Kolesar, 12 years old, son of Mrs. Anna Kolesar of Manville, was killed. Fifty gunshot wounds were counted in his back. The wounded are John Klemenlo- vich, 10 and his 14-year-old sister, Helen.

They are in the Somerset hospital. Their condition is regarded as fair. The Hoffman 'brothers were brought to headquarters of state police for questioning by Prosecutor Bergen. They denied the shooting and said the shots had been fired from a shotgun by some one in a wooded section of tho farm. The Klementovich children walked a half mile to their home after they were shot.

They were given first aid treatment and later taken to the Somerset hospital. GRAF IS DAMAGED AND FLIGHT OVER SEA IS DELAYED Two Struts of Rear Motor Gondola Are Broken as Dirigible Is Taken From Hangar. Kasumigaura, Aug. the world-girdling Graf Zeppelin had been damaged early today in being removed from her hanger to begin the flight to Los Angeles, Dr. Hugo Eckener, her commander, announced that the flight would not begin until tonight, and possibly not The dirigible was to have begun her transpacific flight at 4 a.

to- 4ay (2 p. m. E. S. T.

Wednesday), but two struts of the rear motor gondola were damaged while the airship was being drawn from the hangar by the ground crew. Dr. Eckener immediately descended from the Graf Zeppelin and after inspecting the damaged struts said that repairs would require eight hours. "I hope to be able to start this evening," he said, "although we may be delayed until tomorrow." The passengers and crew were all aboard the giant ship when hundreds of men on the ground began to draw the dirigible from the hangar at the naval base at 4:04 a. m.

Before the Graf Zeppelin had quite reached the opening, the gondola containing the rear motor struck the and the two struts were broken. Victor S. Harris, Joplin, and Una Spence, Diamond. Bryan Garber, Joplin, and Icel A. Agan, Carterville.

Alonzo Scott, Joplin, and Mrs. Ethyle Roberts, Chicago. W. Emmett Rodfern and Pearl Ty- 1 ner, Quapaw, Oklahoma. I Frank C.

Hamilton and Beulah D. i Rimmer, Ritchey, Mo. John F. Strong, Kansas City, and Margaret E. Best, Lawrence, Kan.

Wm. P. Kuykendall, Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Mrs. -Nellie Benson, Neosho. LeRoy Cope, Neosho and Ruby Reitz, Joplin.

Raymond Akin, Carl Junction, Mo. i and Christina Hopkins, Webb City. Bert McGahan and Ruth A. Anncs, Goodman. Women To Hold Class Party The Loyal Women's Sunday School class of the First Christian church of this city will hold the regular class party tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs.

Will G. Anderson, South Lafayette street. All members are urged to attend, and each is asked to bring her favorite recipe. Try DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PURINA DOG CHOW As quick as they can sniff, those puppies will take to Purina Dog Just scooi it from the checkerboard bag and feed it to them. It in cubes.

North Transfer Storage Co- Phone 171 318 East Spring Si. Miss Rudy Entertains Club 1 Miss Fleta Rudy entertained the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club of which she is 'a member and a 'number of guests, at her home, 15G South High street, yesterday afternoon. I Gaily colored garden flowers formed highly attractive decoration and six tables -were formed, one table being occupied with Rook. Those attending were Mrs. Fred Pickens of Shreveport, Mrs.

N. G. Henthorn of Tulsa, Mrs. V. V.

Kirkpatrick of Kansas City, Mrs. Stanley of Tulsa, Mrs. Owsley Evans, MrSi John Ratcliff, Mrs. Harry Richardson and Mrs. Kirk, all of Joplin, Mrs.

J. Ashley Bigham, Mrs. Bailey Sutherland, Mrs. Hugh Gardner, Mrs. Phil Ratliff, Mrs.

J. G. Anderson, Mrs. A. E.

Weston, Mrs. Hubert Walters, Mrs. Julia Bal- llard, Mrs. Paul Crawford, Mrs. Walter Stroop, Mrs.

C. M. Shartel, Mrs. Frank Reed, Mrs. H.

G. C. Baldry, Mrs. John Barlow, Mrs. H.

S. Sturgis, and Miss Rebia Evans. i High-score club prize went to Mrs. Jas. G.

Anderson, Mrs. A. E. I Weston won the second, and Mrs. Fred Pickens received guest's high- score prize, the Rook prize going to Mrs.

Frank Reed. Carolyn and John Geyer, who have attended summer school at Ann Arbor, this'summer, arrived in Neosho last night for a brief vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G.

Geyer. NOTICE S. B. A. All who have cars and can bring theVn, be at K.

P. Hall, Thursday, August 22, to go to District S. B. A. picnic at Schifferdecker Park, Joplin.

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UTILAC bos no offensive not required. Eight Bright Colon Black and White RIGGS' HARDWARE COMPANY 'Benjamin Moore FACTORIES 1 NEW YORK" CHICAGO CIEVELAND ST.LOUIS CARTERET TORONTO The Huge German Plane D. O. X. 4 The Donicr Amphibian Plane O.

pride, is equally at home on sea or in air. It is capable of carrying" one hundred passengers and members of crew. Equipped with twelve motors, it has a wing spread of one hundred and'fifty feet. Cow Testing News That ninety-five per cent of the cow owners in Newton County will sign the petitions asking the state and federal government to test every cow in the county for tuberculosis is the belief of those circulating the petitions. According to District Agent Stratton petitions have been returned from twenty, school districts and the highest number that have failed to sign in any district is three.

Joe Duck and Raymond Galloway returned from the Vocational Agriculture Teachers Conference at Columbia with the word that over twenty other counties in the state will start work on this project in September. This! means that Newton County petitions' must be in soqn if our testing is to be done in the near future. Every 1 cow owner in the county is urged to see that his name is on one of the petitions. The names of the men with petitions and the school districts' they are working in are: I Van Buren Township School Dist. No? Name 1 S.

F. Woods 3 Bob Knetezel 4 Joe Kempf 5 John Smith 27 Henry Heidledge 28 Lon Randell 29 R. A. Stinson 30 Paul Kutz Cons. 10 W.

H. Alburty Rufus Senters Marion Township 5 John Smith (j Bert Housh 7 John Greninger H. A. Leka C. McQuality F.

A. White East Benton Township 80 H. S. Branick 79 M. C.

Garner! 69 Charley Wallace 93 H. A. Wolfe 94 Frank Richardson 95 Fred Deist Cons. 4 J. E.

B. Cook T. E. Spiva Franklin Township 77 Louis Hearne 78 Price Weemsi 100 John Stamps 108 i Oscar Montgomery Cons. 1 Col.

Al Hudson I Cons. 3 Dan Goosetree John Miracle Cons. 4 G. M.Edmonson W. M.

Fullerton Petitions will be 'placed in Shoal Creek Township the latter part of the week. 10 A. Taylor 21 F. L. Schach 22 G.

W. Keagy 26 Joe Morgan Cons. Earl Morris No, 2 A. Hardin S. J.

Smith Berwick Township Judge Ronald Campbell Newtonia Township .109 Levi Ray 110 Paul Liles Cons. No. 9 Roy Cummins Rufus Senters E. House Mac Estos Mr. Ely R.

G. Em-brey! Granby Township Granby R. Galloway John Knaust Cons 8 John Ryno Tom Stipp Ray Foster Geo. Williams William Jessup Ray Boswell Charley Wallace Jess Trent Neosho Township 35 Arthur Riggs 3(5 M. M.

Branham 37 Jim Robbins 43 W. W. West' 44 John Hemphill 45 Eurl Cami'ield 5(J Jake Buxton D. M. E.

Cook 57 Shelton Propst I 58 M. M. Taylorj 5U J. L. Stone, 07 W.

J. Wade A. N. Walker; Neosho City Hoy Scouts Dayton Township i Car! Crawford Cons ti C. Gordon John Smith Section Township ('has.

Kuhns J. K. Mlnii.ston 7 Ilurvey Rim-hart City II. B. Thomas Buffallo Township 7 Harvey Him-hart' Kuox Lowiler Cloud Griffith; 8ii M.

W. Skaggs: Louis ARKANSAS POSSES HUNT 7 CONVICTS J)F 2 JAILS Four Men Dig Way to Freedom at Harrisonville and Three at Bentonville; Searches Are Unsuccessful. Searches were being made yesterday for seven prisoners who escaped from two north Arkansas jails Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Four men confined in the Boone county jail at Harrisonville, dug their way to freedom early yesterday morning, while three prisoners escaped from the Benton county jail at Bentonville, Tuesday, by sawing through the bars. Searching parties scoured the hills for the fleeing men, but at last reports all were still at large.

The four men who broke from the Boone county jail took advantage of the absence of Sheriff L. M. Martin and family, who had gone on a fishing excursion. They dug a hole through the brick wall of the second floor. Their tools were steel slats from their beds.

Six other prisoners refusejl to take advantage of the opportunity for freedom. Those who escaped from the Boone county prison were Joe Austin, Ralph Scroggins, and Orville Gulley, all serving time for violation of the liquor laws, and Archie Schrum, charged with highway robbery. After sawing the bars of the Benton county jail, the escaping prisoners let thmselves clown from the window on sections of blankets tied together. Those who escaped were Raymond Cope, held on a motor car theft charge, Elswprth Summers, and Floyd Summers, charged with grand larceny in connection with robberies of Bella Vista cottages. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS H.

S. Ferrell to Maude E. Wolfe, Lot 21 in block 10, Zigzag Heights, $1.00 and other considerations. Lester Sprowls to W. B.

Lamb, se half, nc-se, 25-27-32, $500. Chester A. Campbell t6 Ella May Campbell, part se, ne, 24-27-33. Caudell McCreery to 0. L.

Welsh, lot 1 in block 4, Neosho Heights $525. Grace Maples to W. H. Alburty, part of nw, 26 and of ne 27-26-30. $1.00 and other considerations.

J. F. Seely to R. A. Roark, lot 1 in block 3, Clark and Co.

ad. to Seneca. $1.00 and exchange. W. A.

Helm to T. C. Helm, part nw, ne, 16-26-32. $1.00 and other consideration. W.

A. Weaver to Lillie Caywood, part ne, nw, 10-26-33, $400. Mary F. Geer to Virginius Norman lots 3-4-5, Williams ad. to Neosho, $1.00 and other considerations.

A. M. Mueller to 0. L. Pierce, se, se, 15-26-30.

$1.00 and other considerations. Martha E. McCo'rkle to Frank Allen, s. half of lot 2, nw 30-24-33, and part se, ne, 25-24-34, $1.00 and exchange. W.

J. Davis to L. Erwin Davis, part sw quarter, sw 19-25-31, $1.00 and other considerations. J. Leo Ordener to American Tripoli w.

half, w. half, 17-24-34, $180. J. Lesley to A. L.

Sherrick, lot 8 in block 8, Neosho City, $250. Polly Pruitt to Roy Olhausen, part se, sw, 32-26-31, and -other considerations. H. G. Geyer to C.

C. Price, part sw quarter 4-26-33. O. H. Barbee to Wm.

C. Gault, part ne 33-27-33. $1.00 and other considerations. Jean R. Shelly to L.

E. Jones, sw, se, 5-26-31. $5.00 and other considerations. 55 09 70 Big Fish In McDonald County John W. Testerman of Goodman, and Frank Dixon of Neosho, went on a fishing trip Tuesday evening, in McDonald county, and report a real catch.

Their story follows: One eel over 3 1-2 feet- long which took both of them to land. At one time their boat nearly w-ent over and half filled with water. However, they finally got the On their bank hooks they got a ten pound catfish, which caught in the tail instead of the head. On their trout-line, which they ran every hour, they caught a 12 pound red-horse and about a half bushel of 1 to 3 pound cats. They got all their hooks set about 9:30 Tuesday night and worked hard all night until 7:30 the next morning and had such a good time they decided to go home, John saying there was no use of trying to get more, for they had enough for themselves and all their neighbors.

Now don't try to find out where they went fishing for they will not tell'. That hole belongs to them. C. E. Business Meeting Held The Christian Endeavorers of the First Presbyterian church held a regular monthly business meeting last at the home of Miss Virginia Barlow, 144 South High This being the last meeting to be presided over by the present president, William utters, considerable business ongag'ed the attention of those present.

The newly elected president, Alice announced the appointment of committees for the ensuing- period, and a delightful lime was spent following the close of the members were present. SEA HOLDS FATE OF SWISS FLIERS Names Apparently Added to Those Who Dared Westward Crossing. FAMILY REPORTED KILLED; BUT NO ONE HURT Jealous Husband Fires at Two Men at Close Range and Fails to Register a Hit. About 9 a. today Sheriff Beavers received a telephone message from Wentworth informing him that a man who resides in the county a few miles from that place had killed his family of three.

No particulars were' given as to names and Sheriff Beavers at once left for Wentworth to investigate the matter. By calling Wentoworth parties over the phone we learn that there was quite a shooting affray took place but no one was killed. The shooting was at the home of a man named IBogan and from what we can find out the details were as follows: A woman by the name of Green who was separated from her husband moved down to the Hogan place on Monday. A man named Donald, who makes his home with Hogan, went to Springfield and got Mrs. Green and her household effects and moved her down to the Hogan home.

Some time this morning the ex- husband, Green, arrived at the house and at once began shooting at Donald, who broke and ran. Hogan scuffled with Green and tried'to overpower him but he broke loose and fired two or three shots at Hogan and then ran to his car and made his escapie. Several isholts Were fired and Donald, at whom Green had been shooting, hearing the shots at the house as he was making his getaway, seems to have spread the report that the family had been killed. There was much excitement in the- Wentworth neighborhood for a time until the facts were learned. Green must have either been a very poor shot or else he had a.

very wild shooting gun. A bullet mark in a tree and also one in the side of'a door show that he was not shooting blanks, and why he did not hit one of the men he was firing at is a mystery, especially as the range was very short. New York, Aug. Swiss fliers, Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher, were missing today, their names apparently added to the list of those who dared the perilous westward passage of the North Atlantic and lost their lives in the attempt, They were last seen two days flying over the Azores on their way from Lisbon to New York. They should have arrived yesterday, But they failed to appear.

Somewhere, between the ocean islands and the fog-bound coast of America their adventure came to an untimely end. Entertains For Sister Hospital News Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cope of Kansas City, who xinderwent operations for the removal of their tonsils, this week at the local hospital, have recovered sufficiently to be able to return to their home. Mrs.

H. W. Lewis of Sulphur Springs, Ark returned to her home yesterday, after having undergone an operation Tuesday for the removal of her tonsils. Miss Ruth Christopher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John Christopher of West McCord street, was able to return to her home yesterday afternoon, after having had her tonsils removed at the hospital here. Mrs. A. Snycler entertained a bridge club to which she belongs, with a few guests, yesterday afternoon at her home, 133 South High street, honoring her sister, Mrs. T.

L. Bamford of Muskogee, Okla. i Four tables were formed, Mrs. Geo. Glenister receiving the guest prize, the club prize going to Mrs.

IH. I. Stewart and a gift was presented to Mrs. Bamford. Mrs.

Macklin of Little Rock was an out-of-town guest. Miss Retha Sale has returned from a delightful western trip. THE WEATHER The weather report as received at the U. S. Fish Hatchery today is as follows: Possibly local thunder storms this afternoon or tonight.

Mostly fair Friday. Cooler tonight in south portion and in east and south portions Friday. SALE of Ladies 9 Fine Shoes Friday and Saturday August 23rd and 24th 8V 8'J John Murray Cons. Leslie Bogle West Benton Township Cons. 5 Louis Cope J.

J. Jenkins i Chat is being placed along the roadside on Highway 71, south of i Neoaho, preparatory to spreading' over the surface. Visit Girl Reserve Camp Misses Ava Howard, Alaee, Hester (irey llelei, Huekey and Lueille were visitors on Tuesday at Camp Nihkagahah, where (Jirl Reserve organizations from biirrounding 1 eities have been in camp since Friday, and where they will remain until Sunday. A Girl Reserve organization of girls of high school age will be formed in Neosho at the beginning of school, and the visitors at the cam)) wished to become better acquainted with the principles of the tion, and they feel that their visit accomplished this. About 45 girls are in camp.

CHOICE OF OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF $6.50 $6.75 $7 $7.50 and $7.95 SHOES (A Few new fall styles just received not included) at $4.95 Seventy Pairs of $5 $5.50 and $6 Shoes at $3.95 We arranging this two days sale to clear lum.so 01' a luunbi'i 1 iif lots yl' this very best styles. Wi; have never failed to rli-ar tlu'M- small lots at the end llu 1 season think it pays us to take a loss on these small lots nit her than carry them over. At the l.Uf> pi'ii'e we re--crvr nothing up £7. ox- ci-iit a feu' lots just reivi'v eil. Many have -ii' -ale of hoe TWO -Friday and Saturday, 23 24.

On display in our East window. None sold or reserved before Friday, August 23rd. A Cjinty.