Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-12-12 | Page 1 | Death of Buffalo Banker Shocks the Americans in Paris

Death of Buffalo Banker Shocks the Americans in Paris PARIS, Dec. 12. The American colony col-ony here was shocked to learn of the death of George F. Rand, the Buffalo banker killed in an accident while in an airplane tllght from Paris to Lon don. One oi hia last acts beiore iea mi; Pearls sas (o call upon Premier Clemenceau with Ambassador Wallace I and offer 500,000 francs for a monu ment to a battalion of French soldiers w ho were overwhelmed in a trench at Verdun during the heroic defense of that fortress The premier accepted the offer. The explosion of a shell buried 80 soldiers in the trench as they wen about to charge. They were found with their rifles, bayonets attached, sitting out of the earth