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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
GULF AIRPLANE
CRASH Is FATAL
Passenger Craft Plunges into
Sea; Four Rescued by
Tanker Crew

st. Petersburgh, Fla, Aug. 49,
R)-The crew Of three and one pas
senger who survived the. forced de-
scent Of the Havana-Keywest Pan
American Airways passenger air.
plane into the Gulf Of Mexico off
here last night, were brought to St.
Petersburg today by a coast guard
cutter which reported that the other
passenger, whose name was given as
Charles Eggeston Of Atlantic City,
N. J., was killed in the crash.
Details of how he met death, the
extent Of injuries of those taken to
the hospital and their names were
not revealed by officials of the coast
guard base here.
It was learned, however, that the
airplane, which was said to have
crashed on the wate4 some 120 miles
west-southwest Of here, sank soon
after its occupants had been taken
off by the Ligonier, near which it
struck the water.
The plane was en- route from Ha-
vAna to Key West at the time and
was some distance off its course.
The men were taken aboard the
tanker, bound from Tampa to Port
Arthur, Texas. The cost guard pa
troll boat No. 1876, which had been
summoned early by distress mes
sages from the plane, reached the
Ligonier last night.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
SOS Call Sent from
Ship Near California

Los Angeles, Aug. 16.-1RNIhe
Federal Telegraph company today
announced receipt Of : general radio
call from the Panama mail steam
ship passenger liner Ecuador aground
off San Lazarus, Mexico, asking as
sistance. The message said help
was needed to refloat the ship and
inquired i any other craft was
close.
Two steamers, the Glantworth. Z
British tramp, and the Argyle, were
turned toward San Lazarus imme-
diately to investigate. San Lazarus
is about go miles south Of here.
Both boats, the Federal Telegraph
company announced were approxi-
mately 800 miles north Of the Ecua-
dor's reported position and they had
been advised Of the distress signals.
The Ecuador operates between New
York and San Francisco. She II Z
ship Of $500 tons.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
FORT TO HONOR !,
WILTON CREWE'
Martial Rites Arranged fol
Funeral of Bismarck Boy
on Friday

Funeral services, with q military
guard, . firing squad, and IN army
bugler, will be conducted at 2:3(
p. m. tomorrow for Wilton F. Crewe
jr., Is, who died yesterday morning
at Fort Lincoln, following two days
illness Of sinus trouble.
Services will be conducted by Rev
N. E. Ellsworth, pastor Of the Episco.
pal church, jamestown, at the
Episcopal church in Bismarck. Buri-
al will be made in the family plot
at Fairview cemetery.
Mrs. Herman Scheffer will sing
two solos during the ceremonies,
sfSaw Ye My Saviour" and Zone
Sweetly Solemn Thought"
Six boys. former associates Of the
deceased, will be pallbearers.
A military guard, made up Of six
members Of the First platoon o1
Company I at North Dakota's first
Citizens Military Training camp q
Fort Lincoln, will stand guard over
the body during the ceremonies.
Wilton had entered the camp August
/, % : member Of that platoon.
A firing squad will salute with
rifles before the body is lowered into
the grave, and the bugler will sound
taps o the body IL being lowered.
Wilton. who is the son Of DR.. and
Mrs. Wilton F. Crewe, was born in
Devils Lake July Is, 1918, moving 70
Bismarck with his family when he
was 8 months old. He attended Bis
1narck schools, and was to enter the
sophomore class Of the local high
school next month.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
Los Angeles Woman
in Golf Title Quest

Indian Hill Golf club, Chicago, ILL.,,
Aug. 16.-(R-Mrs. Harry Pressler
Of Los Angeles kept up the keen
pursuit Of . second successive west
ern golf championship by defeating
Mrs. Lee Mida, Of Chicago, 2 up BY
scoring l1-S8-70 in q hectic match
that thrilled ! large gallery.
The champions third round Of
victory brought her into play with
Mrs. o. S. Hill, Of Kansas City, who
won = hard -.ought match from Ger
trude Boothby, Minnesota champion.
1 and 8.
Mrs. Will had to c,re one under
par for fifteen holes 70 down the
long-hittinR Miss Boothby who had
won the driving and the putting and
approaching contests with Mrs. Hill
second IN each of those events.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
Colossal Monster Dug
Up Large AS SkysCraper
Andrews Cobb Desert Expedi-
tion Scores Biggest Fossil
Strike
Latest Prehistoric Find Com
parable With Dinosaur Egg
Discovery

Peking, Aug. 16.-CF-The head
bones Of q prehistoric monster un-
earthed by Roy Chapman Andrews
at the southern edge Of the Cobb
desert today were described by MIN
as indicating the existence Of q COL
lossal animal "about the size of the
Woolworth building If the building
were in horizontal position"
The Woolworth building, in New
York City, is 792 feet high.
DR.. Andrews who is the leader of
the fourth central Asiatic expedition,
said:
This was our biggest strike-one
Of the most interesting finds ever
made. This entire area is rich in
fossils. We found a monster in the
same area in 1925. The saddle
shaped headed creature discovered
on this expedition is believed per-
haps to be the great grandfather of
the 1925 monster"
The head is very broad and a
peculiar feature is that its nose mar
rows in the middle and gradually
broadens toward the nostrils.
DR.. Andrews said he was more
than satisfied with his discoveries.
He considered his finds Wed with his
finding of dinosaur eggs in 1923.
The explorer said his discoveries
included Baluchitherium fossils and
several splendid skulls of a new type
Of nasal horned titanotheriidae, quite
different from any North American
titanotheriidae. The collection Of
fossils fills eighty cases. It was
brought intact to Peking in automo-
biles although the expedition en-
countered floods between Kalgan
and Peking against which they
battled for 20 hours to save them
selves and their relics. The journey
from Kalgan to Peking required
four days.
Half of the expedition returned
earlier than they had expected
owing to the intense heat of the
desert which exploded several cases
Of gasoline causing . shortage Of
fuel.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
Diamond Digger Bandits
Que1led in jungle Wars
Disgruntled Prospectors Paid
in Counterfeit Money
Wreak Revenge

Rio Janeiro, Aug. 16.-N-After
two months Of Guerilla warfare,
1000 diamond prospectors who be-
came bandits when paid in counter
felt money have been driven from the
state Of Matto Crosse into the
neighboring state Of Guyaz. The
governor Of Guyaz disarmed them
and exacted promises Of peaceful
conduct after which they were given
asylum and the right to work in the
diamond fields Of that state.
The disgruntled prospectors were
driven from Matto Crosse by 10000
vigilantes under Jose Morbeck, who
is nicknamed "The Cecil Rhodes Of
South America" Reports Of the
trouble reaching here say there were
fights in the jungle and uplands of
the rich diamond fields with night
forays, and that towns were burned
and the inhabitants Of several COM
munities wiped out.
The diamond fields Of the two
states have been the scene of wild
west" happenings ever since 1917
when German prospector found the
first gems in the Araguaya river
region. From all parts Of the globe
adventurers Of every stripe poured
into the workings. Far from trans
portation and almost out Of contact
with civilization, they made their
own laws and enforced them in their
own way.
The practice Of paying in counter
felt money became common among
irresponsible foreign adventurers.
Natives finding that they had re-
ceived the false coins for weeks Of
prospecting work in the sitting hot
jungle decided to wipe out the boss
prospectors.
A period Of lawlessness, which
rivaled the American Indian wars,
followed. Individual prospectors
were ambushed. Scattered homes
and hamlets were fired and the in
habitants massacred. Robbery and
murder were common.
The governor Of Matto Crosse
tried to control the situation with
state troops. These gave up the at
tempt, however, after several dis
astrous engagements.
Morbeck, who 10 uncrowned king
Of the district, then called on his
adherents and 10000 rallied to him.
A bandit chief known as Carvalhinho
(Portugeuese for the Sturdy Water
Oak) led the disgruntled 1000. The
Morbeck vigilantes outnumbered the
bandits and drove them into Guyaz.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
Bank Bandit Warning
Issued by Macfadderl

Fargo, N. D., Aug. 16.lN-
Warning that banks in North Da-
kota and Minnesota can expect more
raids on the part Of bandits this sea-
son, was issued today by w. c. Mac
4adden, secretary Of the North Da-
kota Bankers association. He urges
that officers and citizens in all
towns prevent gatherings o gangs
and to take descriptions Of oil
strange or suspicious characters.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
ITALIAN FLYER
DIES IN BRAZIL
Twice Transatlantic Flight
Hero Succumbs to Crash
Injuries

Rio Janeiro, Aug. 1e.-R-Majo,
Carlo p. Del Prete, Italian airnaar
who recently made . brilliant flight
between Italy and Brazil. died It
o'clock this morning from Injuries
which he suffered in plane crash
on August i. Major Del Prets yes.
terday underwent m operation foi
amputation Of his right leg.
Major Del Prete with Captain
Arturo Ferrar.n hoped off from
Monticello field, Rome, on the eve.
ming Of July 8, and landed q
Touros, 80 miles north Of Natal
Brazil. early on the morning Of July
6. They were credited with making
: non rtop flight Of 4,377 mile.
breaking the distance flight record
Of 5000 miles set BY Clarence
Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine
in their flight from New York tc
Germany.
They were said to have been IN
the. air 50 hours, lettering their own
duration flight record Of IS Lourl
and 81 minutes set earlier in the
year.
Major Del Prete was co-pilot and
assistant navigator Of Commander
De Pinedo's plane IN which he flew
to South and North America. He
narrowly ESCAPED injury il Z forced
Alainx Of Z United States navy
plane following the fire which de-
6troyed De Pinedo's plane at Roose-
vclt dam, Arizona. He was being
carried % q passenger to the navol
base at San Diego at the time.
Major Del Prets's right lsg waa
injured on August Z when 10 and
Captain FAlrarin crashed @ they
were about to make Z flight 1t the
Rio Janeiro aviation school.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
DEADW0OD DRY
FROM SEIZURES
Fire Water in Copious Qua 4
titiec Grabbed by
Revenooers'

Aberdeen, s. D., Aug. l6.-(AP)-
Tending to prove that there is no
truth in the statement that prohibi-
tion cannot Be enforced, federal
agents in Deadwood have succeeded
in securing large quantities Of fire
water" during the last few days.
On August 9, according to word
received here, Prohibition Officer /.
C. Meeks and IN assistant, Of Ab-
erdeen, succeeded in sei5ing coupe
with 4 large load Of alcohol. arrest
ing Marvin Stewart and Hugh Sterr.
both Of DeSmet.
One day previous they were for
tunate in capturing m automobile
II which. was found 20 gallons Of
l6o-proof alcohol, this time taking
Joe Miller 0f Oldham and Edwin
Dooley Of Madison into custody.
Four. days later the ambitious pair
searched another machine, finding Il
loaded with bonded liquor valued q
q 900, the offending marty being F.
w. Wern Of Sioux Falls, whcm they
had been trailing FOR the last eiRht
months.
Besides the above mentioned
"catches," several raids were made
which netted Good results. making
Deadwood one Of tho most peaceful
and driest cities in III South Dakota.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16

Archie Compston, noted British
golf star, will give an exhibition on
the Bismarck Country club golf
course August "a.
This announcement was made this
morning by Myron H. Atkinson,
member Of the local club, after re-
ceiving word from the star early to-
day.
Archie Compston is one of the
worlds greatest golfers. Last spring
in q special match he gave Walter
Hagen, for years an outstanding
mashie-wielder of the United States,
the worst beating the Yank ever re-
ceived in his golfing career.
Compston has been in the United
States this season and is travelling
over the northern part of the coun-
try giving exhibitions.
His appearance here is being spon-
sorcd by the local golf club.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
Liquor Arrests Are
Growing on Docket

st. Paul, Aug. 16.-LR-An in
crease over the same month last
year Of 125 arrests and 1872 in the
number Of persons recommended for
prosecution, is shown in the july
report Of the northwest prohibition
district issued today.
The report for the district, COM
prising Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, and part Of Wisconsin, was
made public BY S. B. Qvale, director
Of the area.
In July Of this year 335 persons
were arrested and 338 recommended
for prosecution, IS compared to 2l0
and 206 for the same period in 1927.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
Cops Are Willing
to Trade Mascot
Goat for Epidemic

Minneapolis, Aug. 16.-(AP)
Down at the South Side station
in Minneapolis, police have IN
imprisoned goat that they'd be
glad to trade for . dozen
drunk and disorderly cases, or .
psychopathic ward, or some
well-behaved epidemic.
It's that kind Of . goat.
When the goat, after rampag-
ing among citi1ens Of the pre-
cinct Tuesday evening, was
dragged to the station, the boys
first welcomed Il - . mascot.
However, iC bullied the jailer
and threatened the desk SER
geant, and Il exuded Z strong,
penetrating odor not exactly like
altar Of roses.
A search has been started for
the owner.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
CROPS HARVEST
AIDED BY IDEAL
WEATHER WEEK
Everything Is Fine But Grain
Prices,' State Bank Agent
Reports
HOT WINDS DO DAMAGE
Flax and Wheat Are Best in
Many Years in Northwest
Section
HOT WINDS DO DAMAGE

Harvesting is general throughout
North Dakota and haying is prac-
tically completed, according to re-
ports made today to the Bank Of
North Dakota by field agents.
Ideal weather for harvesting was
reported by most Of the field agents.
Little rainfall was recorded and the
few showers failed to interfere with
haying.
Conditions + pasture and live
stock in the southeastern part Of the
state is good, according to S. A.
Seamands. He estimates the per-
centage Of normal small grain crops
which will be harvested as follows
Wheat 100: oats 100; barley 100;
rye IS; flax IS; corn 100; tame
grasses 100.
Crop prospects in that section Of
the state are very good, he said, and
everything is fine but grain prices.
Dissatisfaction Appears
Low -'rices Of grain are causing
considerable feeling Of dissatisfac-
ton in the northwest and central
parts Of the state, reports + Leutz
Harvesting there is well under way
in most sections Of the territory with
fields promising good yields. Hot
winds Saturday .-lay have done some
damage to very late grains. Corn
is very encouraging and If frost is
not too early q good crop should be
harvested, he said. Some roasting
ears have already been marketed.
Wheat cutting in central NORTH
Dakota will be completed next weel
except for few late fields, said r
NJ. Rishworth. Some barley will b
threshed next week and perhap.
some wheat. Damage to some fla,
fields in that section from red RUS
| II probable, he said.
No rust has been reported to T. E
Charlson, field agent for the north
west part Of the state, and crops arr
believed to be out Of danger. Wheat
harvest there will be general during
the coming week. Flax crop is thu
best for many years and consider
able new ground is being broken ant
put into flax in the territory Of
Alamo and Appam. Farmers there
report sufficient moisture in the
ground to carry the crop through
the season. Pasture and livestock
conditions were reported as very
good.
North Counties Late
Haying in Cavalier and northern
Ramsey counties is about completed
and some harvesting of oats, barley
and rye is being done, said A. L. Mil.
Ter. Very little wheat has been cut
there. Harvesting in those counties
is believed to be week or 10 day.
later than in Pembina county.
Although q heavy wind hampered
haying and harvesting Saturday
weather was ID .al for the rest Of the
week, Miller declared. Pasture
there continues to be fairly good and
livestock is in good shape.
No damage from hail or insects
was reported to the agent during
the week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16

Salt Lake City. Utah, Aug. l6.-
iAP)-Willard Young Kimball, IL,
son Of Edward P. Kimball, president
Of the Salt Lake Rotary club, Was
killed and three other persons
slightly injured last night when =
300-pound boulder crashed Gown .
nnountains:de and bounded into :
group Of Rotarians on m annual
picnic at Rotary r-ovs, near hsre.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
TIMBER BOSS
SHOOTS SELF
Prospective North Dakot
Ignite Man Commits Sui
eide in Duluth

Duluth, Minn., Aug. 16.-(AP)-
Otto II. Diercks, state superinten-
dent Of timber since 1919. whose de-
partment has been under fire in re-
cent controversy over state timber
administration, committed suicide
here last night by shooting himself.
The shooting occurred at the home
Of H. G. Gearhart, Duluth attorney,
whose guest he was. Mr.. Diercks
came here Tuesday with Mr.. Gear
hart, after several days in the vicin-
ity of Bemidji and in Cass county
on q tour Of inspection Of state
timber.
Gearhart said he could advance no
possible motive for the suicide.
Diercks presented his resignation
some time ago to Ray P. Chase.
state auditor, his superior, and was
to enter business in North Dakota
with firm intending to develop lig-
mite coal deposits in its possession.
Diercks, AZ years old, was ap.
pointed state superintendent Of tim
Der in January, 1919.
Mr.. Diercks' home was at st. Paul.
He is survived by his widow and
three children.
Fargo, N. D., Aug. 16.-(R)-Otto
H. Diercks, secretary Of the Lehigh
Briquetting company Of Fargo, who
committed suicide by shooting him
self at Duluth Wednesday night, was
suffering from toxic adenomatous
goiter, q condition which results in
heart disease and serious mental de-
preston, according to Fargo physi.
clans who examined Diercks here on
August I.
On that date, at suggestion Of E,
B. Whitman, financial manager Of
the Lehigh Briquetting company and
other officials Of that company,
Diercks had = thorough examina-
tion in q local clinic. He was ad-
vised that an immediate operation
was imperative. He had been suf-
fering for some time with q condi-
tion of physical exhaustion and
mental depression and the examina-
tion showed that he had 4 diseased
thyroid gland which he was advised
to have removed without delay. He
declined, however, to have the oper.
alton Immediately.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
Army Men Killed in
Crash at Crossing

Oxford, Pa, Aug. 16.-(AP)-
Major J. Davis Ross Of the United
States army was instantly killed,
and Lieutenant Colonel Edmund
Butcher badly injured. when their
motor car was struck BY . Pennsyl-
vania railroad milk train at Barns.
ley crossing on the Biltmore pike
today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
MAN SURVIVES
BLAST IN MINE
Separates from Fellows il
Labyrinth and Lives While
Is Die

Coalport, Pa, Aug. 16.-tR-The
sole survivor Of IL men known to
have been trapped in the No. 3 mine
Of the Irvona Coal and Coke COM
pany when m explosion occurred
late yesterday afternoon, today told
the story Of the blast while rescue
workers from various districts ex-
plored the gas swept facings Of the
mine for bodies which might have
been overlooked.
The survivor, Marina Coccia, o1
Coalport, owes his life more to lucl,
than anything else, he having re-
fused to follow Z fellow miner whose
body later was brought from the
workings badly mangled and burned
Coccia, one Of $50 men n the mine
at the time Of the blast, was with
the II in the section where the blast
occurred. The other 1856, in another
section Of the mine, escaped.
Il was with w. H. Mays" Coccia
said. I'VE heard . dull thud and
thought the dynamo had let loose
We were thrown to the ground and
smelled gas and felt ! terrific heat
Mays, his face ghastly, turned to me
and said: Wen die now. No onl
but God can save u.s.
I'VE ran toward the tunnel exit
but were forced back and reaching
IN entry Mays dashed to the left
Something sent me to the right.
escaped, poor Mays II dead"
The bodie1 of the 18 victims were
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
Quit Prayer Meeting
to Raid Beer Parlo~

Houston, Tex, Aug. 16.-(AP)-
When officers raided Z beer joint
next door to the First Church Of
Christ here last night, they oblig-
inely waited until after prayer meet
ing, and then permitted Rev. rlaville
Colley and his congregation to breck
up 1900 bottles Of beer and pour on !.
m additional 200 gallons. Wh"e
waiting, the police lounged about
the house and answered telephone
calls, taking orders for beer from Ill
parts Of town.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16

Six hundred square miles Of crops
extending from Sanish to . point
four miles west Of Max, following
generally the route Of the Max-San-
ish branch of the 500 Line, were
damaged from so to so per cent il
q terrific hail and wind storm in the
district yesterday forenoon, it was
reported by the Bismarck offices Of
the railroad today.
Damages to crops in the stricken
district are estimated by the rail.
road as follows: Max 80 per cent;
Douglas, Ryder, Plaza. 80 per cent;
Makoti, 45 to so per cent; Wabek
Is per cent; Parshall, SO per cent;
Van Hook, 33 per cent; and Sanish
Is per cent.
Farm building damage was great.
est between Max and Makoti and il
the Parshall vicinity.
Heavy winds and rains worked
eastward from Max to Drake bu:
little damage resulted. No hail west
Of the Missouri river or north Of
Sanish is reported.
The stricken area is practically oil
north Of the 500 Line railroad, re.
ports indicate.
Started 1t Sanish
The storm originated in the San
ish vicinity, travelling east about 50
miles, its fury wearing out . short
distance west Of Max. It covered an
area about IL miles wide.
South Of Ryder, q large two story
brick consolidated school was de.
stroyed.
Scores Of farm buildings were
moved on their foundations, ol
otherwise damaged. Thousands o1
windows were broken by the hail
The entire country side affected by
the fury Of the elements becams al
most as dark as night, it was re.
ported, as the fast travelling and
deep black clouds passed over.
So rapidly did the storm approach,
that many farmers, in the fields har-
vesting their crops found it impos-
sible to reach their homes, and had
to seek improvised shelters. Farm
ers who came into the various
towns to report their losses exhibit.
ed black and blue marks on their
bodies, inflicted by the wind driven
hail.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
80 TO so PER
CENT LOSSES
ARE REPORTED
Farm Property Damage Is
Heavy as Terrific Wind
Moves Buildings
MEN CAUGHT IN FIELDS
Bumper Crops Are Wiped Out
With Thousands Of Dollars
in Losses
MEN CAUGHT IN FIELDS

Minot, Aug. 16.-(AP)-Re-
ports Of the freak phenomena
Of a wind and hail storm which
yesterday cut Z swath 50 miles
long from near Sanish to Max,
south and east Of Minot, were
being received today. There
were many stories of narrow
escapes. One man, trying TO
shut q barn door on his farm,
was picked up, carried over q
barbed wire fence and dropped
in a grove upon the underbrush,
where he found himself when
he regained his senses = short
time later.
On the farm Of S. Peterson,
near Ryder, Z barn was blown
several miles. The animals were
saved by the owner, who
chopped away the wreckage.