Prince Rupert Leads Pacific Halibut Trade In June
Prince Rupert tops Pacific ports in halibut receipts for June with 1,778,000 pounds landed from all vessels. The Andrew Kelly led catches at 110,000 pounds on June 5. Seattle and Vancouver followed, with Steveston and Ketchikan also contributing significant volumes. June 1915 comparisons show Prince Rupert ahead of Vancouver and Seattle, with Canadian and American vessel totals detailed.
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Pacific Coast
Pacific
Andrew Kelly
Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Company
Seattle
Vancouver
Steveston
B. C
Ketchikan
Exoneration of Sir Sam Hughes. Censures Placed Elsewhere
Ottawa reports the Meredith-Duff Commission exonerates Sir Sam Hughes while blaming Col Carnegie and Col John Wesley Allison. The document, released publicly, accompanies Canada’s nickel policy progress with plans to refine more Sudbury ore domestically and a new plant site in Nova Scotia.
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Meredith-Duff Commission
Sam Hughes
Col
Carnegie
John Wesley Allison
Sevigny
Canada
Nova Scotia
International Nickel Company
United States
Dominion war loan forecast for September success
Ottawa reports high expectations for the upcoming Dominion war loan to be issued in September, predicting stronger results than the November year prior. The first loan of 100 million funded 50 million for munitions and 50 million remains as Imperial credit through chartered banks, driving $150 million in new Canadian orders to Imperial Munitions Board chaired by J. W. Flavelle.
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Dominion
Imperial Treasury
Canada
Imperial Munitions Board
J. W. Flavele
Indian Pow-wow at Hagwilget Draws North Natives and Babine
The Omineca Herald reports lively weeks at Hagwilget with north gathered for special services. About a hundred arrived with Father Cocola from Babine. After religious services, Indians began their traditional potlatch and a grand pow-wow that continued for several days.
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Omineca
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Babine
Turkish acts prompt Russia to ignore Hague rules
Petrograd reports Russia will disregard Hague Convention rules on enemy hospital ships after Turkish forces sank the Red Cross ship Portugal with wounded soldiers aboard. Also advertised are 97 piece dinner sets and glassware in Tite's sweeping July sale.
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Petrograd
Red Cross
Portugal
Tite
Withdrawal from Verdun Front Widens Allied Push
Paris reports French forces operating south of Soye court inflicting heavy losses and capturing a German trench. Germans move thousands of troops from Verdun to hinder the Allied advance as British and French troops press a 27 mile Somme front, advancing to the third German defense line at Foveaux Wood.
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Soyecourt
Verdun Front
London
Somme
Foveaux Wood
Leipsic Salient
German Russian Front Moves Toward Final Victory
A Russian press report from the eastern front claims final victory is near as German forces retreat and the Russians push them back. Russians capture Styr River crossings and take about 1600 prisoners amid Austrian retreat under Russian artillery pressure on the Styr and Lipa fronts.
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von Linsingen
Styr River
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Styr
Lipa
Russia Sees Dardanelles Victory Echo as Alsace Lorraine Parallel
London reports a Duma joint Army and Navy Committee session with Prof Milukoff stating an agreement with Russia and allies promises both sides of the Dardanelles. He compared its importance to France’s Alsace Lorraine question. Sir Edward Grey reportedly concedes the issue's significance.
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Chronicle
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Milukoff
Petrograd
Russky Slovo
Dardanelles
Strait
Edward Grey
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Zeppelin declares Kaiser grants advisors free hand for attacks
Count Zeppelin, the German airship inventor, told workers in Frederickshaven that the Kaiser has given his advisers full authority for aerial and submarine attacks. Preparations are under way for major blows at sea and from the air.
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Paris
Count Zeppelin
Frederickshaven
Kaiser
Catholic Club and Colts End in Close Ten-Inning Victory
A top city baseball game at the Recreation Grounds saw the Catholic Club edge the Colts 3 to 2 after ten innings. Fortin pitched for the C C's with Tyrwhitt catching, while Lewis and Walley guided the Colts' battery. The Colts led 2 to 0 in the ninth before the C C's rallied to win.
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Catholic Club
Colts
Recreation Grounds
C. C
Fortin
Tyrwhitt
Lewis
Walley
Sea Monster Claims Two at Raritan Bay This Week
A 12 year old Lester Stillwell was killed by a man eating shark in Raritan Bay near Matawan NJ. Stanley Fisher 24 died from injuries after aiding Stillwell in a nine foot sea monster encounter. Another 12 year old, Joseph Dunn, suffered severe injuries likely to require amputation. The weekly shark attacks mark a coast wide danger. The Tongues of Men starts Monday at the Majestic with notable music.
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Matawan
Lester' S Stillwell
Raritan Bay
Here
Stanley Fisher
Perate
Joseph Dunn
Sratime of va y s 1m t a 4
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Grand Duke Victorious Again in Caucasus Campaign
Petrograd reports the Grand Duke’s army driving the enemy from Gumushkhana in the Caucasus. The advance is part of ongoing operations with strong Russian forces securing strategic positions. Prices Count and Tite's Sale advertised separately in the market.
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Petrograd
Grand Dukes
Gumuskhandh
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