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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1915
Page
1
London reports August 20 that the steamer Bovic arrived in Liverpool safely and continued to Manchester. The earlier claim of its sinking is deemed untrue by the Press Association amid ongoing artillery actions on the western battle front.
The White Star line reports fourteen passengers from the Arabic missing and presumed lost after the submarine attack. U S officials identify American travelers not accounted for among survivors. The Morning Oregonian calls the incident a challenge to President Wilson to defend neutral rights. Public sentiment in business hubs grows anxious as the U S stance is closely watched.
Berlin reports the capture of Novo Georgievisk and 20 000 Russians to defend Warsaw. In New York unconfirmed reports say the steamer Lapland was sunk near Queenstown with 381 aboard including 18 Americans.
The Colts defeated the Catholic Club 9 to 5 to clinch the city league title in a tightly contested final. Fortin pitched for the Catholic Club with Hannifin catching, while Hunter and Wallace Anderson starred for the champions with Ensma catching.
White Star liner Arabic with fourteen passengers lost. Steamer Lapland carried three hundred eighty one passengers. British steamer Ben Brackie crew saved. Norwegian steamer Dras crew all saved. British steamer Bittern crew saved.
William McNeill of the Oceanic cannery drowned early Monday while fishing on the Skeena. He was towed by a tug with other boats and disappeared as he drifted toward a point off the Cassiar cannery. His body has not been recovered.
The Canadian government issues an order in council granting bounties on refined zinc produced in Canada from Canadian ores. The move aims to insure reasonable prices and a steady Canadian supply for brass cartridge case production for quick firing shells.
The Scandanavian Valhala Lodge donated 104.58 dollars from a recent luncheon to the local Red Cross Society. The presentation honors community service and supports charitable aid efforts in the area.
Paris reports an official record of extensive artillery duels across many fronts. In Artois three new counterattacks occurred overnight with Germans regaining trenches. On the Ablain to Angres road German losses were severe, mine fighting continues in Argonne and trench shelling with bombs and torpedoes is ongoing.
Rome Aug 20 The Entente Powers offer Bulgaria immediate occupation of the Macedonia portion given by the 1912 Serbo Bulgarian treaty Serbia to gain Kavala and its district Bulgaria to renounce claims on Salonika Vodina and Uskube and declare immediate war on Turkey aided by Allied funds General Jecoff succeeds Fitcheff as War Minister.
Petrograd reports German fleet has penetrated the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. A naval clash with the Russian fleet massed at Riga is under way as both sides engage near the approaches to the city.
A first detachment of twenty Canadian airmen has arrived in England and will join the British flying column at once. They come from Dominion aerial schools recently established and are the Empire’s initial group in the serial force.
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