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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1915
Page
1
London reports German spies arrested for forging American passports to gain entry. The dispatch notes prior mentions of Warsaw evacuation and German Austrian forces withdrawing, with Becker to face the electric chair this morning.
New York reports Governor Whitman refuses to intervene as Becker faces the electric chair in the morning. Becker proclaims innocence while promising truth will emerge after current politicians leave office. Also recap of yesterday's Northwestern and National Leagues baseball results.
The city reports F. M. Clifton, a longtime local baker who joined the 54th Battalion for Vernon, was found dead in Kalamalka Creek near the Vernon camp. His body was decomposed and unclothed, suggesting drowning after he disappeared upon arrival. Clifton had served 11 years with English volunteers, lived in Winnipeg, and had a daughter who recently lived alone here.
Arrivals by the steamer Prince George of the G T P included C. Peterson, Mrs Ritchie, J. Mowatt, Mr Ryder, Miss Cameron, J. Miller, D. G Stewart, Mrs Johnson, J. W. Hefferman and wife, B. Gibbs, J. C. Hooker, H. F. Busse, J. C. Nation, and other passengers listed in the inland port records.
Reverend W. Collison reports his brother Arthur, with the 16th Battalion at the front, wrote on July 7 that fighting was quiet for their regiment though occasional cannonading persisted. On July 1 Canadians at the front celebrated Dominion Day in a fitting tribute to confederation’s birthday.
This afternoon a meeting will be held in the Board of Trade rooms to discuss securing a copper refinery for the city and the best means to adopt to obtain it.
Joe Bobbs was found guilty in police court of stealing from a caboose in the G T P station yard. Magistrate Carss sentenced him to four months imprisonment for a petty theft involving slippers rubbers and a few other items. The report also notes urban refinery talks and a Prince George baseball team trip ending with a Hazelton stop en route home.
Petrograd reports Warsaw has been evacuated while German Austrian forces withdraw to avoid being cut off. Vigorous counter attacks in the region persist. In Vancouver and Victoria, hospital officers receive new ranks as No. 45 BC Hospital expands its staff and leadership lineup. Major Hard and several other doctors are elevated to lieutenant colonel or major, while some captains retire and replacements are named.
The weekly telegraphic reports to the Minister of Lands show widespread rain and cooler conditions reducing fire hazard across districts. Fires in slash are contained, and virgin timber is considered safe until about August 1, though dry hot weather could renew danger. The article notes the Northern Construction Company shipped 8,600 units from its Upper Wraser River mill as lumber demand grows for CN R.
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