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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 05, 1915
Page
5
Paris reports progress in Belgium near Steenstraatt and in Argonne. French forces repelled three German assaults in Beausjour with heavy losses and completed gains in Lepetre wood while finding many German dead at Bagatelle. David Z McLennan to be laid to rest at Fairview Cemetery with Masonic services today. J C McLennan travels from Vancouver to attend.
Mr. W. H. Whalen of the B C Sulphite Fibre Company reports new fields for products. The notice continues on Page Four.
The GTP has introduced oil burning locomotives on the line. A recent Sunday night passenger train from Smithers in was equipped with an oil burner and performed excellently, reducing delays caused by interchanging east of Fort George. The heavy train made up time after the upgrade.
Petrograd reports in Khori Dalman Caucasus that after two days of fighting Russian troops launched a determined offensive and defeated the Turks. Turkish casualties were very heavy with over 8,500 dead found on the battlefield. The Russians captured the Turkish hospital and staff at Dalman and continue the pursuit of the defeated forces.
The U S government geodetic schooner Kings and Winge halted at Prince Rupert after a crewman died en route from Seattle to Ketchikan. Cook Albert Marnette likely died from gas exposure. the body will be landed in Ketchikan to avoid local legal complications. Captain Mornas commands the vessel en route to Alaskan waters.
A large crowd at Massett listened to Conservative candidate William Manson and J C Merryfield in the schoolhouse. Chairman Charles Harrison opened the gathering and recapped a prior meeting while Manson delivered a clear, creditable critique of current government actions affecting the district.
The GTP announces immediate double steamer service with a new schedule. The Prince Rupert ship will continue arrivals on Wednesdays and depart Saturdays to the south on Mondays. Through the month, three round trips weekly will run to and from this port with Friday departures to the south. The Prince George's second daily arrival commences at once.
The McBride Journal reports the Grand Trunk Railway town of McBride British Columbia has transformed into a developed townsite with a depot area square ready for a park and multiple businesses including hotels and a theatre. London reports a readjusted front at Ypres after enemy gas attacks, with the line now west of Sonnebeke and a brief repulse of a minor assault northwest of Ypres.
Northwestern League results Aberdeen 10 Seattle 5 Tacoma and Victoria 6 Vancouver 2 Spokane 0. Coast League Portland 6 San Francisco 1 Oakland 5 Salt Lake 6. National League St Louis al Vitteburg 4. Others stopped by rain Detroit St Louis 1 Washington 1. Boston 2. Other games postponed due to cold.
The Borealis of the Atlin Fisheries arrived yesterday with about 26 000 pounds of halibut on board. The Kryra, a United States independent boat, delivered 10 000 pounds to the Cold Storage facility.
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