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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY With flames raging among the buildings where ex ¬ plosions occurred all night long at the great shell loading plant of T A Gillespie Co at Morgan N J indications were that perhaps hundreds of persons had perished Of the companys 2000 night shift employes only 101 had been definitely accounted for twelve hours after the first detonations shook Morgan and surrounding territory as far as New York City where the shock rocked houses and shat ¬ tered windows in the business district districtFor For the first time since Lincoln Beachys altitude of 11042 feet was bettered the worlds record for altitude flight in an airplane is held by an American officially promulgated by the Aero Club of Ameri ¬ ca The new record of 28900 feet was made at Wilbur Wright Field Ohio by Captain R W Schroeder In a Bristol fighter fighterJames James Stokes banker lawyer and philanthropist died yesterday at his summer home in Ridgcfield Conn Mr Stokes was probably most widely known for his work in the Young Mens Christian Associa ¬ tion both in America and abroad and had been decorated by France Russia and Italy ItalyThe The American cargo steamer San Saba of the Mallory Line was sunk Friday fifteen miles south ¬ east of Barnegat N J the Navy Department was informed yesterday It is supposed the ship struck a mine How many of the crew were rescued is not yet known knownThe The official Austrian correspondence bureau has given out a dispatch from Sofia dated Friday stat ¬ ing that King Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdicated on Thursday in favor of Crown Prince Boris The new king it is declared has already assumed the reins of office officeThe The five civilized tribes of Indians will take 2600000 of the Fourth Liberty Loan and from the Philippines comes word that 350000 was sub ¬ scribed at a mass meeting in Manila Talk about expansion Watch the American eagle New York Herald HeraldAmerican American troops attacked again this1 morning be ¬ tween the Meuse and the Argonne along an ex ¬ tended front The advance at some points has reached more than a mile and several villages have been taken says a Paris dispatch of yesterday yesterdayHolland Holland has not invited belligerent nations to begin negotiations for peace the foreign office announced today There is not a word of truth in the statement of the Berlin Tageblatt to that effect it adds addsIn In the operations in Flanders since September 28 the Belgian Britisli and French forces have taken 10500 prisoners 350 guns and GOO machine guns says the official statement from the Belgian war office officeAustroGerman AustroGerman troops have been defeated in fight ¬ ing with the Serbians who pursued them toward the old SerboTurkish frontier says a Serbian offi ¬ cial statement of Friday FridayA A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro says the food controller has issued a decree making Monday a meatless day throughout Brazil BrazilThe The proclamation of independence of Bohemia will be issued shortly according to the Budapest news ¬ paper Azest AzestBritish British causalties published in official lists during the week totalled 30G24
