Wilson Sends Another Note To Berlin On Unrestricted Sub Warfare
The Washington dispatch reports President Wilson will issue a new note to Berlin in response to German threats of unrestricted submarine warfare. Details remain secret with officials including Secretary Lansing declining to discuss the message. Count von Bernstorff denied reports he would receive passports within forty eight hours.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
Berlin
Lansing
Count von Bernstorff
Daughters Reported Born at General M Hospital
Born to Mr and Mrs id Biddle Holland Rock a daughter at General M Hospital yesterday morning. The Prince John the G T P steamer that went on the rocks in Alaskan waters cleared for the south yesterday convoyed by the Tug Salvor.
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Biddle
Holland Rock
General M Hospital
Prince John
Salvor
Very Stormy Weather Delays Alaska Fishing Banks
Stormy conditions kept fishing boats in port along the Ketchikan area with little industry activity. Westington loaded 17,000 pounds of halibut sold to Cold Storage at 1284 cents per pound, via wire from Ketchikan. Captain Olsen of the schooner Shkustid returned with 4,000 pounds of halibut for the Cold Storage Company, while rough seas limited operations to one set.
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Tie Westington
Ketchikan
BE. Olsen
Shkustid
Cold Storage Company
Candon
Pershing Evacuates Mexico Amid Border Withdrawal
General Pershing and part of his forces leave the Casas Grandes district today refugees report. Settlers flee in fear of Villista raids near the withdrawal route as wagon trains stretch along roads with autos and farm wagons carrying belongings.
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el Paso
Pershing
Casas Grandes
el Valle
Eurone
World shipyards to be crowded after war says expert
J Fred Larson, after travels in Scandinavia, says all drydocks and shipyards worldwide will be busy after peace. He estimates 4,406,000 tons of interned ships must be refitted, with only 811 drydocks available and over a year needed to ready ships, as 2,156 vessels were sunk since the war began.
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J. Fred Larson
Neutral Nations Await Action On Germany Submarine Campaign
London reports neutral nations including Spain Holland Denmark Norway and Sweden await United States response to Germany s manifesto before reacting to a new programme of submarine warfare. The piece cites rising ship losses and a fleet of submarines while noting neutral ships suffer as cargoes head to Britain.
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London
Spain
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Weekly shipping losses triple in three months report
The Daily News naval correspondent warns that German submarine activity threatens merchant shipping. He notes British awareness lags behind the true seriousness of the campaign and that weekly loss reports became routine after Germany began the blockade in February 1915.
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Germany
British Admiralty
Canadians And Irish Forces Now In France Captured 1228 Prisoners
British forces in France captured 1228 Germans in January, with Canadians and Irish regiments noted for raid work on the Sommer front. Raiders near Neuville St. Va ns and attacks around Armentieres and Wrytschaete yielded prisoners and repulsed assaults despite snow. German attackers wore white in the snow, but defenders detected them.
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Neuville St. Vans
Armentieres
Ypresian
Wrytschaete
Albert Pearce Wounded And Gassed In France Return
Albert Pearce, former member of the First Canadian Battalion of Pioneers, returned from France after heavy service with the Canadians. He was wounded by shrapnel in the shoulder and gassed, later treated in a Liverpool hospital, then made a return trip to Canada. He is now in Calgary for further recovery, with brother Earnest Petron of Prince Rupert noted.
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Albert Pearce
Pioneers
Old Country
France
Liverpool
Canada
Victoria
B. C
Calgary
Earnest Petron
Prince Rupert
American Liner St Louis Sails From New York Defying Paint Rules
The American liner St Louis departs New York tomorrow in defiance of Germany's color-painting regulations for neutral ships, signaling tension over wartime maritime rules.
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New York
St. Louis
Germany
Local Machinists Elect Officers Local Branch
Annual meeting of the Prince Rupert Local Branch of the International Machinists held last evening elected officers for the coming year. The wage schedule was approved. Officers elected: President J. T. Rose, Vice President David Ross, Financial Secretary George Waddell, Recording Secretary Pete Senegal, Treasurer J C Poole, Doorkeener G R Anderson, Sentinel S B Storey.
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Prince Rupert
J. T. Rose
David Ross
Geo. Waddell
Pete Senegal
JC. W. Poole
G. RB. Anderson
Steamer To Carry Lumbermen To Queen Charlotte Islands
A Grand Trunk Pacific steamer will take many lumbermen to Skidegate on Queen Charlotte Islands to run a large saw mill bought by Weir Machinery Company. The voyage follows growing lumber developments as two new plants are staffed and more crews head north from Prince Rupert.
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Grand Trunk Pacific Line
Skidegate
Prince Rupert
Queen Charlotte Island
Vancouver World
Weir Machinery Company
Queen Charlotte Islands
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