Bay navigation ends season with perfect safety record
Hudson Bay shipping finishes season without a mishap, a contrast to last year’s accidents. Government aids to navigation and dredging supported a safe route for regular traffic to Port Nelson. About 600 workers stay at Port Nelson, with 120 returning. Port Nelson news relayed via wireless from The Pas. German ships linked to port, while a later report notes over 400 crewmen held as prisoners and merchantmen sunk in the Atlantic.
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Ottawa
Hudson Bay
Port Nelson
Prairie Provinces
Europe
Pas
Crefeld
Patagonia
Rio Negro
Asuncion
Atlantic
Karlsruhe Sinks Thirteen British Merchantmen
A Daily Mail dispatch from Teneriffe reports the German cruiser Karlsruhe sunk thirteen British merchant ships in the Atlantic. The Crefeld arrived at Teneriffe with crews from Strathroy Maple Branch Highland Hope Indiani Rio Iguassu Farn Niceto Maria de Larrinaga Cervantes Cornish City Prats Condor and Lynnowan, all ships sunk by the Karlsruhe.
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London
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Daily Mail
Karlsruhe
Atlantic
Crefeld
Strathroy
Maple Branch
Highland Hope
Indiani
Farn
Niceto
Fighting Rages Around Nieuport Front
Paris reports a night of heavy bombardment as German forces press between Nieuport and Dixmude with no gains. Violent attacks across the La Bassee Somme front were repulsed. no further details on the rest of the line.
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Belgium
Nieuport
Dixmude
la Bassee
Somme
Canadians at Salisbury Camp Bring Large Rolls
Canadian banks in London report a busy week handling camp funds as many privates bring up to 500 dollars each. The Bank of Montreal sent three men to exchange currency and processed 125000 Canadian dollars in three days, though it could not open a branch due to staff shortages from enlistments.
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London
Bank of Montreal
Cavalry from Canada May Go to South Africa
Ottawa reports no official request yet from the War Office for Canadian troops in South Africa but military circles believe Canada would supply a large contingent of irregular cavalry if the rebellion continues. Such horsemen would be highly valuable in the South African warfare context.
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Ottawa
War Office
South
German War Losses Grow as Allied Push Encircles Coast
Despatch from Pas de Calais reports German casualties in the past week numbering tens of thousands killed or wounded. German forces, many veterans and youths, are said to be demoralized as Belgian floods drown troops and Allied fleets shell close to the coast. Roulers reports a British and French counteroffensive driving a German panic.
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London
The
Standard
Pas-de-Calais
Dunkirk
Calais
Boulogne
Abbeville
Berlin
Belgium
Paris
Dixmude
Rivers Bulkeley Killed in Action in Frontline
Ottawa reports Major T Rivers Bulkeley comptroller of the Duke of Connaughts household has been killed in action. He married Miss Pelly at Rideau Hall. He served in South Africa was wounded at Belmont and mentioned in despatches three times. He later served as aide de camp to Lord Curzon and as ADC to the Duke of Connaught.
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Ottawa
Government House
T. Rivers-Bulkeley
Duke of Connaught
Rideau Hall
Miss Pelly
Duchess of Connaught
Bulkeley
England
South Africa
Belmont
Lord Curzon
India
Major Bulkeley
C. Rivers- Bulkeley
Oxford College
French warship Marie Henriette wrecks off Cape Barfleur
The French vessel Marie Henriette carrying hundreds of wounded soldiers is wrecked off the French coast near Cape Barfleur according to a dispatch from London dated December 24.
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London
Marie Henriette
Cape Barfleur
Vessel sinks after SOS call in French rescue
Despatch indicates the vessel sank after sending SOS and pirates reported French ships rushing to aid. The last communication said lights were out, implying engines disabled by water.
Colin Campbell Dies at Winnipeg After Paralysis Sickness
Hon. Colin H. Campbell former Manitoba minister of public works and attorney general dies at 54 after a year and a half of paralysis. He suffered the stroke in Kingston Jamaica in March 1918 while seeking renewed health. Survived by widow one son Colin H a daughter Elizabeth two brothers and a sister.
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Winnipeg
Colin H. Campbell
Manitoba
Roslyn Road
Campbell
Kingston
Jamaica
West Indies
Mr. Campbell
Colin H
Elizabeth
W. H. Campbell
Miami
Man
A. H. Campbell
Chicago
A. W. Hooper
Brandon
Lord Roberts Visits Canadian Camp at Salisbury Plain
In rain, Lord Roberts toured the Canadian camp at Salisbury Plain from Ascot, greeted by General Alderson and divisional staff. He spoke with officers about service length, noted decorations, inspected the first battalion at South Camp, and toured artillery lines before lunch with the divisional staff.
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Salisbury Plain
Lord Roberts
Ascot
Alderson
South Camp
Assassins of Archduke Ferdinand Sentenced
In Sarajevo four conspirators receive death sentences, one gets life imprisonment, and two are sentenced to twenty years for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
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Archduke Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Francis Ferdinand
Inspector Thompson Departs Winnipeg for Home
Mr Thompson, inspector of H. M. Customs in Winnipeg, left for home on Friday last.
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Mr. Thompson
H. M. Customs
Winnipeg
Fifty Drownings From Texas Cloudburst Strikes San Antonio
A San Antonio cloudburst causes fifty deaths in the city and its environs, with three hundred houses washed away and half a million dollars in losses. Ala Zan creek flood surges over Commerce Street bridge, trapping families. Mrs. Katherina Liebe and relatives perish in their home. Jacob Limburger family survives after riding to safety on a bridge.
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San Antonio
Texas
Alazan Creek
Commerce Street
Katherina Liebe
Jacob Limburger
Houston Street
Rebels Defeated in Kakamas Engagement
Official report states Lieutenant Colonel Maritz and his forces were completely defeated at Kakamas in Bechuanaland by Union of South Africa troops. Maritz was wounded and fled to German territory after the engagement.
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Capetown
Maritz
Kakamas
Gordonia
Bechuanaland
Union of South Africa
Botha Pursuit Forces Rout of Beyers Forces
General Botha reports leaving Rustenburg and engaging General Byers’ troops in a daylong pursuit. He drove them in a headlong rout and captured eighty fully armed men. The pursuit continued. Reports say General De Wet has joined Beyers to lead the South African rebels.
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London
Botha
Rustenburg
Byers
de Wet
Beyers
Dauphin Resident J A Campbell Visits Town
Mr J A Campbell of Dauphin stayed a few days in town and left on Thursday on the outgoing train.
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J. A. Campbell
Dauphin
Million Dollar Mystery contest offers $10000 prize
The Winnipeg Tribune announces a Thanhouser Film Company contest offering $10,000 to the best written solution to the Million Dollar Mystery. Entries must be under 100 words and submitted to Chicago or New York offices by January 14. A three‑judge panel including Harold MacGrath will decide the winner.
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Winnipeg Tribune
Thanhouser Film Company
Moving Picture
Thanhouser Film Corporation
Harold MacGrath
Mailers Building
South Wabash Ave
Chicago
Masonic Temple Bldg
West 23Rd St
New York
Florence
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French War Office
Salisbury Camp
Canada
Rivers
S T. H. Rivers-Bulkeley
C. M.G
Mev. O
Dreamland Theatre
Moving Picture House
Dreamland
Allen & Moore
Colin Campbell
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