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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1915
Page
1
A Persian front telegram says Russian and British consuls and attaches were attacked at Kenghever by a band led by German consul at Tabriz M Schunemann. They defended themselves with rifles and suffered losses. A Persian brigade Cossacks was sent to quell the trouble.
Charles Lester spoke at the Empress Theatre on current economic conditions. The meeting, presided by S. D. Macdonald of the Trades and Labor Council, compared Professor Adam Shortt's address to capital theory and labor questions, noting increased production from machinery and additional workers. A vote of thanks followed.
London August 27 25 000 South Wales miners ceased work in protest of the Runciman report The dispute centers on whether wartime wage increases count as a war bonus or a permanent adjustment Runciman says the new agreement applies only to abnormal wartime conditions and not as a precedent for normal times
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Large nicely furnished room with balcony overlooking harbor available for rent. Includes all modern conveniences and attached bath. Contact Black at 293 for details.
The steamer Delhi bound from Ketchikan to our drydock will be delayed due to serious damage. She cannot be towed in for repairs and must undergo overhaul where she lies on her beam ends. Arrival is expected later.
Red Cross committee plans toll collection today on city streets to raise funds for equipping the British Columbia Base Hospital for Canadian soldiers at the front. The province-wide effort directs all proceeds to that hospital and similar actions occur across British Columbia.
An official dispatch details heavy artillery fire across the front targeting German positions north of Arras, Sommeoise encampments, and a destroyed munition depot. It notes long range shelling on Compiegne wounding a nurse and killing another, plus shelling near Bloncd Les Pont Mousson Thann and Vieuzthann and fires started by shells near Amertsviller.
At Prince Rupert General Hospital last evening a formal farewell was held for Miss McTavish retiring as matron of the nurses in training and graduate nurses. The event featured a silver mounted toilet set gift, a decorated reading room, tea service, and musical numbers by staff including a solo by Mrs. R. H. Grant.
Petrograd reports coastal operations after crossing the Arkhave River our scouts destroyed a Turkish block house with hand grenades. A motor boat with torpedo support sank two sailing vessels and their cargoes in the same engagement.
Vancouver reports Jonathan Rogers elected president of a prohibition committee of one hundred. The group will push for prohibition at the earliest legal date and seek immediate closure of all bars at 7 p.m. The item notes British gold shipments and a Halifax arrival connected to a treasure transfer, with details involving J. P. Morgan & Co. and Dominion Express officials.
The body of Levi Knudsen was found yesterday morning hanging from a sapling in Section 2 near Tate Street. The remains showed weeks of exposure and indicate a deliberate act, with the death likely tied to a prior summer attempt. the body was moved to B. C. Undertaking Parlors.
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