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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1915
Page
1
Russian forces report sinking the German submarine U 93 after it violated the blockade in the Straits of Gibraltar and again in the Black Sea. The incident ends a patrol that threatened Allied shipping and secures maritime lanes.
Reported German advances across the Windau area and into Poland with Allied counterclaims of repulsion. London says Ngaundere in Kamerun was occupied by Anglo French forces. Submarine U-51 reportedly sunk by Russian warships in the Black Sea. French recapture of Hill No 285 in Argonne confirmed. A note from Athens cites Young Turks plotting the assassination of former Premier Venizelos.
London reporting the Westminster Gazette says Canada can be proud as Premier Borden joins a British cabinet meeting. The Pall Mall Gazette notes it is fifteen years since Laurier urged closer empire union and this moment marks a bold progression of imperial council. The piece frames the event as a historic fulfillment of British-Canadian unity and warns against missing the decisive opportunity.
Mrs McKinney provincial president of W C T U spoke to a seated Riverside Park audience last evening on Prohibition describing the temperance movement’s arc from recognizing evil to banning spirits. She argued the wartime moral battle would decide the 21st vote and traced past methods and their failures.
London July 16 An official note announces a general munitions tribunal for Wales and Monmouthshire to enforce the new munitions bill amid the miners strike. Chairman is Robert Wallace KC with assessors Sir Griffith Thomas and Councillor Griffiths representing employers and workers.
The vice president responded to a Medicine Hat deputation at Dunmore regarding further extension this year. He said he would refer their representations to Grant Hall of Western Lines to address national needs and asked the public to note the explanation.
Greece reports Athens police assure life protection for the former Prime Minister after authorities state steps are in place. In Italy, a Milan dispatch notes July 16 a flight squadron attacked a large Austrian camp behind Goritz dropping high explosives from 2000 feet, achieving the raid with the aviators returning safely.
Ottawa reports the grand total of Canadian casualties at 10,202 with 1,747 killed 6,586 wounded and 1,869 missing. The overnight casualty list adds 62 names including 11 killed 4 missing 12 wounded and 27 prisoners of war.
Edmonton reports rising flood danger as the Saskatchewan River climbs eight feet since yesterday. Gauges were swept away and officials estimate the rise at nine inches per hour with many flats already submerged. In Valdez Alaska fire destroys business district causing $500000 loss aided by US troops and dynamite to halt the blaze.
Weldon speaks on prohibition at the Monarch tonight with opposition speakers invited. The event highlights a local debate as supporters and critics prepare to present arguments and question candidates.
Count Von Bernstorff told Secretary Lansing he saw Germany ready to settle the submarine issue through diplomacy. He met with Lansing and later Phillips, proposing American mediation with Great Britain to resolve freedom of seas questions while pledging protection for American lives and ships during talks.
The total clearings at the Medicine Flat Clearing House for the week ending July Toth amounted to 517,704. Hon. CA Windle delivers a forceful address against the Liquor Act with opposition invited. Empress Theatre hosts Sunday show at o'clock, Monarch tonight. Opposition speakers invited.
Alberta registered medical practitioners are invited to join a 12 day School of Instruction at the Calgary Mobilization Camp. Officers will receive 2.00 dollars per day pay and 60 cents per day field allowance. Applications via Camp Commandant, Calgary Mobilization Camp, Sarecee Reserve, Calgary.
Berlin hesitates to offer concessions seen as enough to ease U S tension over submarine warfare. German officials warn concessions may not relieve pressure and may not involve ending submarine attacks on mercantile ships. Count von Bernstorff seeks Washington views while Berlin keeps possible but limited adjustments under study.
British police attach importance to the arrest at Gravesend last night of an American wearing a Princess Patricius uniform. At arraignment the prisoner said he bought the uniform in Plymouth two weeks ago from a soldier for 50 cents. He was remanded for further investigation.
William Swanson, a Medicine Hat youth, is named in a casualty list. The report notes he suffered shock on June 25 and was hospitalized, implying front line strain affected his nerves. Ed. G. Stevens of Calgary is also listed, with prior wounded status and recent recovery followed by another wound.
London reports from the official press bureau that on the 12th allied forces under General Sir Hamilton attacked at dawn and carried two Turkish trench lines after heavy fighting. The right section breached the lines, capturing about eighty prisoners and consolidating by nightfall.
The Royal Commission hearing the Fullerton charges on trafficking between old and new Cabinet ministers met for counsel arguments. Private Conservative members’ evidence was challenged while Liberal claims were to be heard. Justice Percha urged focus on remaining issues as proceedings continued with tense exchanges over the case.
The Montreal Stock Exchange committee urges members to hire only men of military age with ties to serious military groups and urges unmarried young men to enlist. Montreal Trades and Labor Council discusses employer actions to discharge unmarried workers to push enlistment, awaiting confirmation of broader reports.
In London on July 15 the British government said it is not considering terms of early peace. Prime Minister Asquith stated in the House of Commons that England believes Germany has peaked in efficiency and will wage war until German forces are pushed back behind their borders.
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