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Fireworks set off Sunday evening console 4 000 soldiers for inability to hang up stockings.
26 Dec 1916
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1916
Page
1
Fireworks set off Sunday evening console 4 000 soldiers for inability to hang up stockings.
At the southern punitive expedition outpost near El Valle Mexico the Christmas celebration featured football between cavalry artillery and infantry teams, three horse races and two mule races, a bull fight, carols, and a noon dinner with antelope turkey and wild duck. The Red Cross distributed gifts and a holiday film program and band concert closed the day.
Amid a Mexican camp stage, a sixty five foot Christmas tree lit by fire and headlights becomes the centerpiece for a disciplined ceremony. Troops form around the star, a 479 voice chorus leads in Joy to the World and a soldierly prayer, with Pancho Villa closing the musical program. A 7,400 strong crowd joins in the patriotic finale.
Weather report for AsT Denver Lex New Mexico notes generally fair conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with milder temperatures. The twenty four hour period ending yesterday recorded a maximum of 41 degrees and a minimum around 27 degrees with light winds and some cloudiness including traces of snow.
Soldiers at the Thirteenth cavalry camp celebrated with 7500 gift bags from Hed Croes chapters, cigars, candy, and books for officers. A glow of lights, stage trucks, dancers, vaudeville acts and movies followed a speech by Sergeant Ole Larson as troops dispersed from the star formed hedge and burning coal pile.
Two young relatives Ellen McAdoo and Josephine Cothran enjoy a festive White House Christmas as President Wilson and Mrs Wilson oversee gift exchanges Santa Claus distributes gifts, a large tree, and a family dinner. The president greets Virginia children along his daily drive, sharing candy and toys.
Tucson marked its first white Christmas in 32 years as a morning snow fell but melted to mud by night. Temperatures rose and the sky cleared, ending the brief unusual storm.
Bisbee Arizona reports six inches of snow, first of the season, after sleet edged city and mountains. A freeze tonight spurs sleighing parties as Christmas revelers embrace down east style in a winter scene.
The Interstate Commerce Commission compiles reports to the federal government showing astounding figures for railroad profits in previous years. The data highlights the industry’s financial strength, with results surpassing prior benchmarks and drawing attention to earnings trends.
United States railroads expect net income from operations to reach about 1.098 billion dollars for 1916, based on nine months of data from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Total operating revenue rose sharply to about 2.654 billion, with major gains in freight and passenger traffic, while expenses climbed but lagged behind revenue.
German officials resist showing their cards before Entente terms are disclosed as the world watches for a reply to a peace note sent by the president. Western powers weigh options while diplomatic signals hint at cautious restraint.
A London telegraphic summary discusses President Wilson's peace note and German reactions. It notes central powers diplomats, Zimmermann dining with Emperor William at Potsdam, and a tentative view that some newspapers misjudge the note as entente-driven. It asserts the aim of neutrality and world peace.
Capt Y Hiroz of the Japanese army, personal representative of Col T Mixuma military attache in Washington, arrived in San Antonio today to pursue thorough study of national education and culture.
Fourteen to seventeen year olds using a small car commit nearly twenty robberies across a wide area before Christmas Day. They steal more than $1600 in cash watches rifles and coats and even loot a Christmas turkey from a passerby then from a pedestrian again. Three armed robbers use a holiday mercy line asking for carfare and distributing a half dollar as a joke amid the spree.
Canadians claim a new trench aid record as artillery preparation paves the way for men to seize enemy positions in moments. The report highlights rapid gains by Canadian forces on German dugouts following preparatory bombardment.
A Canadian raid north of Arres routs a German battalion, captures fifteen prisoners including one officer, and destroys front trenches and dugouts with precision. The operation occurs at 3 pm on a four hundred yard front, catching Germans by surprise and prompting a German counterattack the next night.
London reports new war office details on daylight raid north of Arras and a Saturday night action near Hebuterne. Troops entered enemy trenches and bombed dugouts taking prisoners, with gas discharge west of Messines and shelling opposite Neuve Chapelle and Festubert. Intermittent artillery activity continues along the Somme to Hebuterne.
In broad daylight two enemy trenches were damaged but held for one and a half hours. After methodical searching Brown returned one German officer and fifty seven men of other ranks were captured.
London officials report on the Macedonian front two days of operations. Saturday raids northwest of Peres on the Struma secure a railway area. British aircraft claim one enemy plane destroyed and another shot down. A later report details raids on the front between Lake Dworran and Dolieli with heavy losses to the enemy and destruction of gun emplacements.
The Dobrudja army led by Field Marshal von Mackensen after capturing Isaktehia on the Danube has begun an offensive against the Matchin bridgehead in the northwestern corner of Dobrod province. Russo Romanian forces have retreated, according to army headquarters.
The War Office describes violent artillery actions between Stelvio and Garca with shelling of transport columns in Voasubio and the upper Aation basin. Patrols were surprised near point 186 southeast of Gorizian, prisoners taken, and enemy shelling of Monfalcone and point 144 was countered by our artillery.
Petrograd reports renewed heavy fighting in eastern Wallachia as Russians push to hold ground. Romanian forces yield some areas while Hussines suffer losses north of the Bugen Rimmuk road. Evacuation of Tuttseha and Jasktha in Dobruja announced. German attempts to recapture areas north of the Usul valley repulsed. Russians seize Wo Une and over 200 prisoners.
Thousands of sacks and parcels pile up in Chicago rail terminals as the Christmas mail overwhelms the system. Deliveries run four to five days late nationwide with two to ten day delays expected. Officials attribute slow handling of sealed Christmas cards and carrier shortages to the backlog. Train routes shift mail between railroads as clerks await more cars to move the traffic.
A Berne dispatch says certain circles believe Sweden will approach belligerents on peace, following a path similar to the Swiss president's efforts. The report notes diplomacy by Sweden as a possible step toward settlement.
The Federal Reserve Board authorized the Bank of England as a foreign correspondent and opened the door for eleven other federal reserve banks to participate in foreign banking relations. The move marks a shift toward direct government financial links with foreign institutions to bolster U.S. finance and the dollar as global standard, with potential impact on gold exports and international credit.
The British claim success near El Arish with 1130 prisoners taken and weapons captured after a morning engagement at Maghdadah, aided by aircraft. Official updates say further details await a full report while enemy casualties are described as considerable.
Mrs Alice Bennett marked her 106th Christmas at her Brooklyn home with family from Brooklyn and Philadelphia in attendance. The centenarian rose without spectacles to prepare breakfast, read the Morning panel, and walked five blocks to church and back after the service.
A Vienna report via Vossische Zeitung cited by Overseas News agency says General Ritter von Krohatin will be replaced as Austro Hungarian Minister of War by Field Marshal Sehlever. The Vienna report notes the decision was to be announced in Berlin on December 28.
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