The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-11
CAPITAL CITY
BOWS At BIER
Of HER DEAD
Services Over Four Victims of
Missouri Tragedy Held in
City Auditorium
ALL BISMARCK JOINS .
WITH THE MOURNERS
Militia Guard of Eight in Line
With the Funeral Process
sion This Morning

sion This Morning
Capital officialdom, business hous-
es, banks and professional Offices
closed their doors between the hours
of 2 and 4 O'Clock this afternoon,
while Bismarck bowed its head In
reverence at the bier of it's brothers
the late Harry A. Barwind, N. r.
Prentice, Jay A. Vale and A. Won
Hagen-Bismarck travelling statesmen,
four of the five victims Of the Easter
tragedy on the Missouri river.
Services ut the Auditorium.
Funeral services over the four bod
les were held in the Auditorium at 5
O'Clock. The municipal building
was filled. The service was in charge
of Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks of Bismarck. The prayer was
repeated by the Rev. George Buzzelle,
rector of st. Georges Episcopal
church. The passage of coincidence
was from the lips of the Rev. H. c.
Postlethwaite, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church of Bismarck
The songs we're the Offering Of the
Bismarck male quartet and the bene-
diction by the Rev. Hutcheson, pastor
of the McCabe Methodist Episcopal
church.
Shortly after 2:45 o'clock, the men,
bers of the bereaved families entered
the building and were ushered to the
first floor boxes, draped with large
green curtains. In the north box
were the members and relatives Of
the Won Hagen family and a second
cousin Of Harry A. Barwind, Henry
Horn of this city. In the south box
were the members and relatives OF
the Prentice and Vale families.
The center section Of the main floor
was reserved for the members Of the
Elks, the Masons and the United Com
mercial Travellers, the first two or
carnations marching into the Audi
torium shortly before 3 o'clock. The
two forward rows of the center sec
tion were occupied by the pallbear.
ers, and the sections to the north and
south by friends. At B O'Clock the
building was filled to Oyerilowing;
some were turned away. 81 }a
Hundreds View Bodies. hi
Hundreds viewed the bodies as they
Law in! state between the hours OF IL
and 2&o'clOck. The stage was a veri-
table garden of flowers" floral de.
signs, wreaths and emblems being
sent by the different orders, friends
and business associates. One of the
prettiest floral designs was a large
broken wheel sent by the Minneapolis
Drug company of Minneapolis, which
N. F.. Prentice represented. Black and
white satin streamers formed the
background and the wreaths and flor
al offerings the foreground. The aV-
enue passed by those who viewed the
bodies began at the north end Of the
stage. The first body was that OF A.
Won Hagen; second, that of Harry
Barwind; third, that of Jay A. Vale,
and on the south or the right side OF
the stage, that Of Nat Prentice.
Relatives in Attendance.
Relatives of Jay A. Vale in attend
ance at the service we're: IMr. and
Mrs. N. C. Olson of Hoople, N. d.,
Mrs. Olson being a sister of Mr.. Vale;
Mrs. w. R. Janney of Reynolds, N. D.,
another sister,, and O.. ]. Olson of Sc
attic, brother-inlaw of Mr.. Vale.
J. ID. Grant of Fargo, head OF the
Grant Automobile Accessories COM
pany. the firm which Mr.. Vale repre-
sented, also was in attendance.
Relatives of the Won Hagen family
we're: r. A. Won Hagen of Glen ul-
lin, a brother manager of the Farm
ers' elevator at that point; Mrs. c. o.
Bronson, sister, of Belfield, who was
accompanied by her husband. and
Mrs. II. o. Morgan, wife of DR.. Nor
gan Of Elkton, s. D., another sister
of MIR. Won Hagen.
Relatives of the Prentice family
we're: Mrs. W.. G.. Judd Of Minneap-
oils, mother of Mrs. Prentice, and Guy
Masters of Minneapolis, brother-in-
law of Mrs. Prentice.
Relative of Mr.. Barwind was Henry
Horn of Bismarck, second cousin, en-
ployed by the firm of Grambs Il Peet'
plumbing and heating.
City Watches Funeral Procession.
Business halted while the funeral
procession moved from the Lucas and
Webb undertaking rooms promptly at
10 o'clock this morning to the NUM-
cipal building where from the hours
of u until 2 o'clock the bodies lay in
state. About 800 were in the funeral
cortege. At the head we're Undertak'
ers Perry and Craig, followed by the
Elk band, Lieutenant Murphy and the
militia guard of honor consisting OF
eight, the caskets containing the bod
les of N. F. Prentice, Jay A. Vale, A.
Won Hagen and Harry A. Barwind.
and a formation of Elks, United Com
mercial Travellers, Masons and
friends.
EIks and lMasons marched in a body
from their respective halls at 2:i'
o'clock this afternoon and we're ush-
cred to reserved seats. Delegations
were in attendance from Mandan,
Dickinson and near by points.
Travelling statesmen from many
points in the state arrived in the city
last night for the service.
There was no separate formation in
the mass Of mourners.
Won Hagen Inferred Here.
Following the service, the BODY OF
the late A. Won Hagen was Inferred
at Fairview cemetery.
The bodies of Harry Barwind, Nat
Prentice and Jay A. Vale will be held
at the Auditorium until this evening
at the s,Auitorium until this evening
when they will be escorted ct q
,lCQati1asd q .Pass Thtesl