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, ‘Associated Press Correspondent Gives Description of Area as He Finds it Almost the entire city ‘s to have been destroyed. ; The hurricane hit it early®in the oon. Its greatest velocity was felt from . about 2:30 p. m. After blowing for rs ‘, “four hours it moved northwest diag- nolly across the country, cutting a wide swath of destruction. Damage is estimated in millions of dollars but ® no accurate total can yet be formed. I arrived 20 miles south of here by automobile today, after leaving Port au Prince, Haiti, last night. I con- ~ tinued by horseback and am ptishing Santo Domingo city. my journey I found, as I enter- stricken area, that roads had lestroyed, telegraph wires blown and gardens and country es- wrecked. 2 e floods resulting from the hur- 8 s Tiyftlts s g 3 a is near the south coast of the republic and about 55 by south of Santo Do- ity. Its population is given by as 1,500. Kills One Bandit, Wounds Two More Pomeroy, Ohio, Sept. 4.—(#)}—One bandit was killed and two others were believed wounded early today at Hob- 4 son, near here, when W. R. Athey, 45. , gasoline filling station owner, opened fire upon the trio after they had i H [Gong Dakota Pain | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMB VBR g Natural gas which is being used in Bismarck travels more than 100 miles under ground on its way from the gas wells in Montana to Bismarck and Mandan. The above picture shows a scene on the prairie where hundreds of men worked, in fair weather or foul, to bring the new fuel to Bismarck. *—arwe RpIpre °|Fine Morgan Yacht | _NEWS BRIEFS ||" Taken Off Rocks i: Berk SS Islesboro, Me., Sept. 4—(#)—The Two airplanes, leve tial yacht Corsair, 24 hours transatlantic “Question Mark’” io aad Maurice Bellonte on an attempt- eed) was towed into deep water ed New York-Dallas non-stop jat high tide last night by the coast Rene Racover, passed over here at 12:20 p. m. C. & T. today. from Louisville and almost he direct route to Little Rock. INJURED MAN DIES Edwin Parker, found with a frac- tured skull on a road near here, ten days. He is believed to have © been attacked by two men with book found showed he was a pa- tron of a Grand Forks bank. REDS SURROUND CHANGSHA Shanghai, Sept. 4—(?)—Wire- Dieudonne Coste and aground on Minot Island in Gilkey's flight and that of his manager, | Owensboro is about 100 miles by Missoula, Mont., Sept. 4—(7)}— died last night after being a coma whom he was riding. A deposit less dispatches today reported AIRMEN REACH KENTUCKY / _ Owensboro, Ky., Sept. 4—(>)}— vessels. . pleasure craft owned by J. P. Morgan, was accomplished after 200 tons of eke had been dumped from her She ran aground Tuesday evening while proceeding into dark harbor. SEEKS TO EXPAND Minot, N. D., Sept. 4—()—An ap- Plication for the extension of the Passenger and express service of the Metro Transportation Co., Minot, will be considered at a hearing by members of the state board of rail- Sa commissioners here September The company, which now operates Petween Minot and Parshall, secks to serve the additional towns of Doug- las, Van Hook, and Sanish. Protests to the extension of the guard cutter Kickapoo and Keck The refloating of the new $2,500,000 | MINNESOTA BANK IS TODAY'S VICTIM Two Men Hold Up Bank of Verdi and Get Away With About $1,000 Verdi, Minn., Sept. 4—(4)—Three men participating in the fourth northwest bank robbery in two days held up two employes of. the Verdi State bank:today and fled with $1,100. After they fired a few shots to inti- midate some of the community's 250 residents who had gathered in the street, the robbers were traced several miles south of here and then are be- eed to have gone west in South:Da- Verdi is in southwestern Minnesota, seven miles from the South Dakota boundary. Edward Tams, the cashier, and Em- ma Moeller, the bookkeeper, were at work in the bank when two men en- tered. The third remained outside in an automobile. ““Stick ’em up,” one of the bandits called as they covered the employes with guns, The employes were forced | ta stand with hands in the air while the pair gathered all the currency in \the bank. Silver was spurned. ‘Boy Admits Murder ' Of His Employer Baltimore, Sept. 4.—(?)—Kennard Thompson, 16, ‘who confessed to po- lice yesterday that he killed his em- Ployer August 1, soaked his body in alcohol, and then led a career of lux- ury with money obtained by forgery, was held today pending the outcome of an inquest tomorrow. The body the employer, Herbert G. Wetters, 51, was found Tuesday night in a barrel in his small perfume and soap manufacturing establish- ment, His relatives thought he was on 8 vacation. Kennard, told officers in two state- ments that after the crime, commit- ted, he said, while he was drunk, he jslept all night on the floor by the He then went to New York, |but returned two days later, and for more than three weeks slept almost istration yesterday een Two weeks ago, in a resolution pre- sented to Premier Anderson, the Sas- katchewan wheat pool, declaring that a state of emergenecy existed, urged formation of a compulsory govern- ment controlled wheat board. An effort also was made to have Mani- toba and Alberta join Saskatchewan in the establishing of a compulsory marketing board. . Report Yrigoyen Is " Asked to Resign | Buenos Aires, Sept. 4.—()—Pubite | excitement over the existing political situation, which admittedly has been most serious for more than a week, was intensified today with publication of reports that President Yrigoyen had been asked to resign and had re- fused. Meanwhile secret conferences of administration leaders and the cab- inet continue. The military pre- cautions taken a week ago presum- ably to prevent a military uprising or attempt against the president's life have been greatly increased. There are now 13 warships in the harbor. Heavy guards remain about the pres- ident’s home and the public buildings. Thousands Homeless Because of Floods Shillong, India, Sept. 4.—(#)—More | than 100,000 persons have been driven from their homes by floods on the river Brahmatputra, particularly near Bokoni and Laokhoa, where the water | has risen over housetops | Many grainaries have been washed | away and cattle drowned. Communi- cation have been cut off from the inundated area and no trains are running. The goverament has or- | dered relief measures. Girl Sues Hudkins For Heavy Damages Los Angeles, Sept. 4—(#)—Ace Hud- kins, Lincoln, Neb., middleweight box- er, was sued for $160,000 damages to- day by Miss Rhea W. Hill, who charged him with breaking her nose | and refusing to marry her after be- traying her, under promise of mar- riage. The complaint, filed in superior court alleged the “Nebraska wild- cat” became engaged to Miss Hill Sept. 1, 1927, during the relationship, Miss Hill complatned, Hudkins repeat- ed his avowals of matrimonial inten- tions, but finally refused to fulfill his Promises last Friday. EXTRADITION SOUGHT Grand Forks, Sept. 4.—(#)—Extradi- tion to North Dakota of Reuben and John Kyle and Firmin Kelleher, held by Minneapolis police, will be asked by Grand Forks county authorities. The men are charged with larceny of an automobile from Harry E. 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Roomy oven and cooking top... oven heat regulator .. . high grade cast iron body See Its Many Other Features DE LUXE WINDSOR RANGE 1 Greatiy unaerpricea ay 4 Changsha, capital of Hunan, pany’s passenger and express jevery night in the upstairs apartment robbed him. g within whose walls were only soiling ave been enterea>with ite ot aa occupied with Wetters for, a A * 30,000 defenders. The vices, | commission. ’ 4 o i | es , Court’s Injunction originating in Changsha said the ———______ Pt carole ao ge Bl s Halts. Dog Racing only avenue not affected was the BABY ZEP FOR RENT iets Ree ke 1 a z= Northern Railway approach to Cape May, Sept. 4—()—Baby Zeps | '#¥yer for him. —_— the city. are available if you can afford them. i RRO aera i Shakopee, Minn., Sept. 4—(P—An} yah ‘They are about 100 feet long and 25 No Special Meeting injunction halting sale of fro! feet in diameter and will carry from * : connection with dog races at the Sav-| CHANGE DRY REGULATION [four to eight people, Captain’ Anton On Wheat Question | age track was issued in ate hed Wi Sept. be |Helnen, German dirigible expert, is —' here today by Judge C. M. suggesting that boys building them. They are called| Regina, Sask. Sept. 4—()—The , Glencoe. ues used to shadow viola-' «flying yachts.” | government of Saskatchewan has de- ‘The order, which will be in effect! tors of the dry laws. was ordered : cided not to call a special session of until the next term of district es eliminated from a text ¢ GETS PRISON TERM the legislature to deal with the re- starting October 27, is Sreghr uN for the prohibition bureau's Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 4.—(4)—J. | quest of farmers that a wheat board \ state representatives to mean rey) school for agents today, by Di- | 4 scott, formerly of this city, was|be established for the marketing of { tinuance of racing at bear since rector Amos W. W. W« 4 sentenced to a year and a half in the | the 1930 crop. provides that no form ting shall —— state penitentiary when he pleaded| It will, however, at the next regular allowed. hs be 2 PEACE PLANS BREAK guilty to stealing an automobile in| meeting of the legislature, introduce » ¢ Bombay, Sept. 4—(#)—Peace | district court here yesterd&y. Ar-| legislation to provide for a special \ Sale of Newspaper negotiations in India between [rested at Bradford, Wis. he was|referendam of all grain growers in rted the government and the.civil dis- - | brought here on a charge of taking an| the province on the question of com- | At Stanton Repo: @bedience leaders, including Ma- | automobile from a local garage t-ider | pulsory marketing of wheat. — hatma Gandhi and the Nehrus, " | the guise of selling it. He failed to re-|" Premier J. T. M. Anderson an- @tanton, N. D., Sept. 4—John Pulles| officially hroke down today. turn the machine: nounced the decisions of his admin- ps Art Schreiber, both of Stanton, we the ‘Mercer County Fagmer, weekly newspaper published here, from $. L, Cass, it has been re- ported. Tl health is given as the reason for Mr, Cass selling out his business, it i is declared. ; Both of the-new publishers are well known in Mercer county. Mr. Schrieb- er‘is expected to be in active charge of the publication, having worked in] tri y x its. office several years. Zap Couple Lose i * ‘ Their Only Child mT — ii ih Donna L. Bostron, 18-month-old N { daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Bos- HAN | nasday night of meningitis "The at- M nesday night of { however, that the meningitis was of a non-conta- gious type. “350,000,000, the i ‘The little girl was an only child and hag besa. ill only a at a —_—— parents were to take child i H ‘4p thelr former home at McHenry, N.| Miller Wants to h D. this afternoon for burial setur-| Debate Communism Minot, N. D., Sept. 4—(P}—A. C. howl ot Samm Opens eee ati enn o mel a leg- New Grocery Here | isiature, later expelled trom the party, : outsid — today issued a challenge to any cum- e Bismarck today had an addition to | munist to meet him in debate at Wil- {ts business community with the /liston. He said he was oustec from e Opening at 107 Fifth street of Hem-|the party because he was a follower PE Rempel, the proprieto said to-| “Miler Fs to affirma- ’ HE Gas Co: day that he is carrying a line of | tively on the subject “that the com- 6 this bh e ee a heating fruits, canned goods and staple and |munist party, like all other political ;, ;, this home. Fuel is delivered ney grove = bi parties is not Speen fron betray as it is needed, without noise or dirt, ee years ago, Hem masses through ie i Li i operated a grocery at 305 Seventh |ty out the party program; that be- directly to the B-Line Automatic Gas street, Ho then sold out the business cause the communist ofticials of the Heating Boiler, and is paid for after it i for years government! i “ pi Oe hires Ye Ts ae eee mers is used.» No coal to shovel, no ashes 4 pS sdaldipaigs return to the grocery bus- | and the old bolsheviki, that party and to clean out, No smoke or.dust. A ness. : gi how reactionary room temperature regulator turns the store is neatly arranged with | the workers movement of the world is eA ev ioe ape Me at aneiving aateh nada |Tetasded to'a great extent.” gas off and on, maintaining exacily the # te appearance and the A peastabiey BE re served in the 1925 North Da- eat that is wanted. Father does not era’ Mr. Hempel was busy today plac-| ‘The Williston man said his chal- even have to look at it before he goes ing price tags on lenge is prompted by the ectaration to bed. The house is warm in the * and greeting old friends aes Peer Soe en ee cca morning. Mother pays no attention DIES GOING TO HOSPITAL _ | Munist party will bring forth s tarm- to it all day. Minot, N. D., Sept. 4—(?)—James nf pro Pi ie . Hwarsager, eight year old son of Mr. | Posed that the debate be held in Wil- This is a progressive modern home. and Mrs. James Hwarsager 0, | iston any time this month. Yours can be like it. ‘was pronounced dead shortly after he . : was brought to a Minot hospital late] JOINS N. W. BANCORPORATION ‘yesterday. It is thought the boy died Sept. 4—(#)—The Se- Let us tell you all about the-comfort, (0m the way to hospital. A post mor- |Ccurity State Bank of Norfolk, Neb., economy and satisfaction of heating is to be performed to determine pwith $50,000 capital and $649,000 total “-\ your'home with gas. i i cause of death, thought possible |resources, and the Miners and Mer- Sides = | ha a to diabetes. chants Bank of Roundup, Mont., with $35,000 capital and: $714,000 re- har i PAIR ARRESTED Farad |e tates became members 6 ioe : Sept. 4. jack west Bancorporation group. ‘ - i Kyle and Furman , arrested | Security State Bank of Norfolk is the é tan s ‘here twice within the past two weeks |seventh Nebraska bank to join the|_ on a ota ower 0. ~/,0M state and federal charges which | group and the Montana bank is the Bismarck, North Dakota ‘Were dropped later because of lack ofjeleventh Bancorporation unit in the \@vidence were back in jail today. This | state. : ‘time they are held for the, sheriff of , Grand Forks, N. D.,who has 2 com-| TEXAS FOSSIL BED UNCOVERED Diaint charging them with theft of an| Alpine( Tex., Sept. 4.—(AP)—A ‘automobile in that city. + | large of fossils has been uncov- ‘They wil be taken to Grand Forks. | ered in a stratum of limestone rocks near the Rio Grande river. The fos- DUCK HUNTEE FINED sils’ consis shells from 14 to Glenn Parker of Wisconsin was| 18 inches wide, flat leaves more than a, fied $25 and paid $15.95 court costs |a foot w of trees which | ; >» ‘Before a justice of the peace at Wash- | apparently belong to the palm fam- ie E berm for hunting ducks out of sea-|ily. A nest of petrified worms or e e e ‘gon, according to information re-|snakes also was uncovered. y Gaived today by Burnie Maurek, state ————__—_ in Ld e ra) ers ‘game and fish ire yre . The Tee 4 Pe. sree in exapetnats: i 7 Szrect was made by 8. R. 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