The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-05

A. q. Sorlie of Grand Forks, Non
partisan League indorsee for the
gubernatorial nomination, and Row
Frazier of Crosby, member of :. the
League state executive committee.
are stlll IN very serious condition
IN the Bismarck Evangelical Hospi-
tai from injuries sustained in an au-
tomobile accident north of Steele.
kldder county, late Saturday after
noon in which B. f. Baker, state
senator and League candidate for
Commissioner of Agriculture and La
Dor, was fatally injured.
While both Mr.. Sorlie and Mr..
FRAZER spent restful night, physi-
clans said it would be three or four
days before the outcome of their in
Jurles could be predicted with any
degree OF certainty. Both are suf-
fering from fractures of the skull,
and other injuries.
Physicians Bulletin
The physicians bulletin, issued
by Dr. f. P. Quain, after 10 a. M.
follows:
"Mr. Sorlie has II fracture of the
skull, behind the right ear, and also
fracture of the right collar bone
He has slight symptoms of pressure
on the brain, but his mental condi-
tion is clear. His temperature is
slightly elevated.
Mr.. Frazier has several lascera-
tions on the face. He also has a
fracture of the bones of the right
side of the face. This fracture ex-
tends to the base of the skull be-
hind the right eye. He was urcon-
cious for number of hours after
the accident, but the mental c.ndi-
tion is improving today. The righ,
foot is severely bruised and sprain-
ed.
Both men are serious!; injured
and the ultimate outcome cannot or
predicted with any certainty for
three or four days"
The injured men were brought
here Sunday afternoon from Steele
on a train, Mr.. Sorlie being on. a
stretcher and Mr. Frazier. though
dazed, refusing to be carried in that
manner. Mrs. Sorlie was with her
husband.
Funeral At Minot
The body of Mr. Baker was to be
taken from Steele to Minot for bur-
ial from that city.
The fractures of the skull were
discovered by DR.. Quain and DR..
schoregge who made an x-Ray exam
lnation Sunday afternoon. Both Mr..
sorlie and Mr.. Frazier were in semi
condition most of the time,
but early this morning it was report
ed at the hospital that they had
spent a fairly restful night, and ap-
peared some better. Close friends
we're optimistic that both men would
recover.
May Have Hit Rut
The exact manner in which the ac-
cident occurred is not known, Mr..
Frazier nor Mr.. Sorlie having spoken
about it. The first theory advanced
was that in avoiding rut in the
road Mr.. Frazier swerved the car
and it was wrecked. S. S. Mcdonald
of Bismarck. who went to Steele. said
that the road had been dragged and
loose dirt filled into mud hole II
foot and half deep. 1t was proba-
BILE, he said, that one wheel struck
this hole.
The car turned over at least tw ice,
throwing all occupants clear of it,
but perhaps crushing them as it roll.
ed over Two young men reached the
scene of the accident very few min
utes after it occurred, although they
did not see it. When they reached
the scene Mr.. Baker was alive but
dying. When they returned from a
farm house, from which they tele-
phoned for help, he was dead. When
they first reached the car Mr.. Fra
zier was lying motionless but Mr..
Sorlie was standing up, dazed.
The party had left Steele after
p. m. Saturday on their way to Car
rington, and having struck a good
road was travelling fast, it is believed.
The accident probably happened
about 4:45 p. m. Mr.. Frazier was
known as a driver who liked to get
over the roads at good gate, and
the party was trying to make Car
rineton for night political meeting.
The wreck occurred about II 1-2
miles north of Steele. The oar, bad
ly smashed, was headed north when
the wreck occurred and was headed
south when it halted.
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