AG Plant Ends Life With Shot At Hotel
Arthur G Plant a Washington financier and stock broker was found dead in room 610 at the Continental Hotel with a self-inflicted 32 caliber pistol wound to the head. Premeditated act followed bankruptcy and receiver appointment for his firm. A Bible lay open on the table near Psalm XXII, suggesting he consulted scripture before dying. No note found and hotel guests heard no shot.
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Dumba Sails Tuesday Declines To Give Interview
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador Dr Constantin T Dumba arrived in New York with Holland America labels on his baggage for the Nieuw Amsterdam bound for Rotterdam next Tuesday. He refused to issue a parting sentiment for the American people, saying there was nothing he could say with propriety. His party included Mme Dumba and a valet with two Aberdeen terriers, while tags on luggage told their story.
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Kaiser Gives Up Metal in Royal Palace for War
Geneva report says the Berlin emperor's palace was visited by a commission seizing metal for government use. Court officials required all royal family members to file individual lists. Under Emperor VI orders, metals not in essential use will be seized.
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French Make Gains Near Railways In Champagne
French forces push toward the railway triangle north of Mansiges in Champagne restoring pressure on German positions. Allied reports note hand to hand fighting in the Argonne and renewed German reserves arriving on the western front as the battle for the second line rages.
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Jets of Flaming Liquid and Dense Smoke Hide Germans Attacking in Argonne
Special to The Washington Fest from Chicago reports a wounded French officer’s account of the German crown prince’s failed Argonne assault. The barrage began at dawn with heavy shelling, followed by a fierce infantry push amid flames and smoke from tar and gasoline jets, machine gun and rifle fire, and brutal hand to hand fighting. After 24 hours of intense combat the Germans withdrew to their trenches, suffering heavy losses that will quell further action for some time.
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Mutilated by Raiders 72 Victim’s Remains Vividly Described
Report from Capt McCoy to War Department details the El Progreso border fight near Las Pelados on Sept 28 24 as Mexican Carranzista forces overpowered an American detachment. Private Richard J Johnson was captured shot five times his ears and head removed carried away as souvenirs remains cast into the Rio Grande. Johnson’s companion also killed. A separate note covers Col S F Smith’s remarkable 26 minute 15 second 10 mile race at American League Park with aged rivals Howe Haskell and Barnes.
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Ohio
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Fort Huron
Mich
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Goodel
J. Barnes
Pittsburgh
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Col. Howe
Haskell
Col. Barnes
SILLIMAN SUMMONED HOME FOR PAN AM DIPLOMACY
Vera Cruz report states John Resilience man, Wilson’s Mexico rep, has been summoned to the United States to join Pan American diplomatic conferences. He will travel via Key West as part of the return trip, calling on Gen. Carman upon arrival and work by J. W. Ball.
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John Resilierman
Wilson
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Billiman
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J. W. Ball
Turks Silence Allied Guns Near Seddul Bahr
Our artillery on Tuesday bombarded and silenced hostile batteries near Seddul Bahr outside Constantinople. The report from the front via London states Turkish forces near the area successfully neutralized enemy fire.
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Ron Ring Again Threatens Russia In New German Drive
The Times reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg renewing a drowing tactic to cut off Russian forces north of the Pripet. German troops southeast of Vilna break through and advance toward Minsk, aiming to block the Baranovichi Minsk rail line and trap about 260,000 Russians.
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Mrs Whitney Flies Whitney Hydroplane at Port Washington
Mrs Harry Payne Whitney rode her husband's hydroaeroplane under pilot Dilford L Webster at Port Washington. The craft lifted from the water and circled for about twenty minutes over New York bay. Mrs Whitney found the experience delightful and Webster noted her evident enjoyment. Webster said the aircraft came from Marblehead and would stay until Mr Whitney can operate it.
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CORSI NAMED MARINE MINISTER IN ROME
Rome Sept 30 King Victor Emmanuel announced a decree appointing Vice Admiral Camillo Cory as minister of marine succeeding Leone Viale who resigned. Cory, former director general, takes over amid health rumors and administrative shakeups within the ministry.
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Plans Balk Balkan Truce with 500000 on Serbia Frontier
The Temps correspondent estimates 500000 Austro German troops on the Serbian frontier, including 310000 Germans, amid Balkan crisis. Reports claim Russia may consent to joint Allied occupation of Macedonia to separate Bulgaria and Serbia, with Italy and England likely to back the plan. Greece proclaims martial law as Sofia crisis looms. Serbia offers Greek districts in Macedonia in exchange for joining Allied expedition against Bulgaria.
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Fleet of Zeppelins Headed to England Sighting Report
Six German Zeppelins were sighted moving westward over Asrachot near Brussels on September 30. Amsterdam dispatch to Central News Agency says the airships were bound toward the English Channel with Dover as a reference point.
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Big Pay Rolls Rise in Pittsburgh October Payrolls
Reports from five Pittsburgh banks show October payrolls for large corporations totaling about 32 million dollars, the largest monthly payroll in years and up about 15 percent from nearby months. The previous peak was October 1911 with around 23 million.
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British Officers Killed In Western Front Action
London Sept 30 British casualties in the western front offensive include Lieut Gen Sir Thompson Capper and Maj Gen G H Thesiger killed. The report notes the Atlantic Combat Line round trip to Richmond and cites locations such as Foteraburs Fay Goldsboro Aa and Bariateyy 5. The fragmentary text preserves the key deaths and the ongoing war narrative.
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Western Front
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South Tet
NEXT G. A.B. REUNION IN KANSAS CITY 1916 EN CAMPMENT
Kansas City won the 1916 Grand Army of the Republic encampment after Atlantic City yielded. Four candidates contest commander in chief with Monfort of Cincinnati and Cole of Jersey City prominent. Officials plan cornerstone ceremony at Arlington amphitheater as crowds press White House reception.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Atlantic City
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