The Daily Colonist, August 12–September 13, 1915
Wed, 2015/10/14 - 12:13pm
« previous next »#dailycolonist1915 #WWI - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:
[In an effort to catch up to being exactly one hundred years ago, this update covers just over a month. There is a lot in this update even though I restricted myself to just one article per day.]
- Thursday, August 12, 1915
- [We'll start with something you never see anymore:] An ad for a weight-gain treatment called "Sargol"
- Friday, August 13, 1915
- Marine Drive in West Van is paved for four miles and officially opened by Premier McBride with civic officials from the municipalities of West Vancouver, North Vancouver, South Vancouver and Point Grey in attendance.
- Saturday, August 14, 1915
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- A Zeppelin raid of eastern England, the second this week, kills 6, injures 23.
- Sunday, August 15, 1915
- A fantastic illustration of a British aeroplane fighting a German double-hulled biplane.
- Monday, August 16, 1915
- Tuesday, August 17, 1915
- Vancouver businessmen meet to oppose prohibition legislation being passed without first having a provinvial public plebicite.
- Wednesday, August 18, 1915
- A British troop ship is sunk my a German submarine in the Aegean Sea, over 1,000 men are killed.
- Thursday, August 19, 1915
- "[All] Quiet on the Western Front"
- Friday, August 20, 1915
- German submarines sink another passenger liner, the White Star Line's SS Arabic.
- Saturday, August 21, 1915
- Switzerland vows to remain neutral amid rumours of it siding with Germany and Austria.
- Sunday, August 22, 1915
- Italy [at this point only officially at war with Austria-Hungary] declares war with the Ottoman Empire.
- Monday, August 23, 1915
- Tuesday, August 24, 1915
- The provincial government [presumably under pressure from businessmen as noted in the article from the 17th] announces that it will not enact alcohol prohibition without a public referendum.
- Wednesday, August 25, 1915
- Four months into the Gallipoli campaign, there is optimism that Allied troops will soon have control of Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, opening a much-needed supply line to Russia. Meanwhile Russian troops are falling back on the Eastern Front.
- Thursday, August 26, 1915
- Following the Italian declaration of war against them, the Ottoman Empire threatens to make peace with the Allies unless Germany officially declares war with Italy [underlining the complexity of the diplomacy of the time.]
- Friday, August 27, 1915
- The Ottoman Empire continues the systematic genocide of Armenian Christians, nearly 14,000 are killed in mass executions in Trebizond.
- Saturday, August 28, 1915
- A front-page feature on the fighting in Gallipoli. Irish, Australian and New Zealand troops in heavy fighting against the Turks. "The dead lie thick everywhere, and the stench is appalling."
- Sunday, August 29, 1915
- Canada is expected to be called upon to send another 50,000 men overseas.
- Monday, August 30, 1915
- Tuesday, August 31, 1915
- The Attorney-General of British Columbia orders that Doukhbors near Grand Forks must send their children to the provincial school and adhere to other laws or face prosecution, stating, "it is intolerable that any number of people should be permitted to band themselves together, and just because they choose to say they are living under rules and regulations of their own devising, set the laws of the country at defiance."
- Wednesday, September 1, 1915
- The first class of the University of British Columbia meets. #UBC100 #UBC
- Thursday, September 2, 1915
- Germany acknowledges American demands and vows that they will no longer sink passenger liners without warning, stipulating that once warning is given, the ship may not resist or try to escape. This concession is considered a diplomatic victory for the United States, but it may not be sufficient.
- Friday, September 3, 1915
- The Armenian Genocide continues. Ottoman Turks wipe out town of Ismid, population 25,000.
- Saturday, September 4, 1915
- Victoria continues to struggle with regulating jitneys [what we would now call "ride-sharing".] Insurance, over-crowed vehicles, passenger safety and driver safety are all at issue [all the same things, that despite being resolved 100 years ago are all problems again thanks to Silicon Valley assholes. #UBER ]
- Sunday, September 5, 1915
- With winter approaching, Russian troops are doing what Russian troops do in the winter: retreating a burning everything as they go, leaving the enemy to fight starvation and cold.
- Monday, September 6, 1915
- Tuesday, September 7, 1915
- Despite the dipmatic assurances of last Thursday, Germans torpedo an American passenger liner without warning.
- Wednesday, September 8, 1915
- Czar Nicholas II takes direct command of Imperial Russian forces.
- Thursday, September 9, 1915
- Two men are arrested in Toronto for openly toasting to the Kaiser in several bars over the course of a week. They are being held a vagrants until they can be turned over to the registrar of enemy aliens.
- Friday, September 10, 1915
- A Zepplin attack reaches London, 20 killed, 73 injured. Total casualties from Zepplin attacks now at 122 dead, 349 injured.
- Another article on the same Zeppelin attack, "...the spectacle of a Zeppelin high up in the heavens with lights flashing upon it and shells bursting all round was regarded, even enjoyed, as a unique and thrilling sight."
- Saturday, September 11, 1915
- An article on the Czar taking control of the Imperal Russian armed forces notes "New Russia Will Result from Policy" [without an incling of exactly how much change is coming to Russia in the near future.]
- Sunday, September 12, 1915
- News that a new statue commemorating Queen Victoria that will be placed in front the the Parliament Buildings in Victoria is now ready for delivery.
- Monday, September 13, 1915
[source: http://www.britishcolonist.ca/dateList.php?year=1915 ]
