Oyama to Have Army Large Enough For All War Needs
Tokio reports immense military mobilization as thousands of recruits and reservists drill and equip. Oyama is to command about half a million men with defenses for Formosa and southern islands in anticipation of Pacific actions. Keelung Formosa port declared sieged as port facilities and positions in Formosa and Pescadores advance. Reports from Port Arthur say right wing attacked and captured enemy positions including Housangtantun and Sianfantyn then Taliuxhiatun, with further success in recent days.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Aoyama Field
Oyama
Formosa
Keung
Pescadores
Howelgers
Port Arthur
Housangtantun
Sianfantyn
Taliuxhiatun
London
Misk — McCault
South Afton
Japan
Red Cross
Iida
England
Terauem
Royal United Service Institution
Chaucer
Harbin Scene Reports War Activity and Local Rumors
AP dispatch from Harbin notes large Japanese deportations and transport carts with iron front designs for rapid fire guns, along with frozen Japanese troops found in trenches. Russians expand baths churches and hospitals as activity surges. A Siberian merchant’s vodka shipment to the front labeled medical supplies is exposed and halted by authorities.
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Associated Press
Harbin
Couth
Manchuria
Red Cross
Admirals Plan Swift Second Battle Squadron Deployment
In St Petersburg on December 25 Admiral Brillet says all battle yards are operating day and night. He states the first section will include ships Senyavin Aptaxin Ushat yoft Nicholas I Koratloff by February, with the second section Slava Alexander UH Pamait Axova coming slightly later.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Brillet
Senyavin
Aptaxin
Ushatyoft
Nicholas I
Koratloff
Slava
Alexander UH
Pamalt Axova
Japanese Hold Against Russian Shelling at Front
Reports from Fusan dated December 25 say Russian artillery has shelled the Japanese left and center for three nights, but the Japanese appear to suffer no damage. General Kuroki’s headquarters notes continued field activity and no losses.
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Associated Press
Kuroki
Via
Fusan
Russian torpedo boat Prowritelny reaches Algiers
Arrives at Algiers the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Prowritelny has arrived here. December date appears misprinted as 35 and may reflect a docking report duringwartime.
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Algiers
Prowritelny
Kaiser's Cash Shortage At Imperial Household Revealed
A long Paris paper exposes private royal finances and daily shortages in the German Imperial household. The Kaiser allegedly relies on emoluments while household bills stretch resources, with stories of missing paper, sheets, and daily bed linen changes. The Kaiser and Empress are described amid gossip about domestic frugality and the court's financial strain.
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Dee
Ows
All Germany
Eaid
Paris
Stov
Germany
Procula
Eld
Imperial Household
Kaitor
Himilinter
Counterfeit Dollar Arrest Shocks West Kentucky
Mayfell Kentucky December 21 A renowned Methodist minister John Smith was arrested by a U S marshal on charges of making counterfeit dollars in Marshall County near Hardin. Officers had watched his movements for months as spurious coins circulated in the region, nearly indistinguishable from real silver dollars. The prominent minister’s arrest draws wide interest amid reports of widespread fake currency in West Kentucky.
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Associated Press
Aship'on
Ae Dawes
Indhin
Elf
Indian Territory
Mayfell
Dee
John Smith
Marehall County
Hardin
United States
West Kentucky
Smith
Nan Patterson Christmas Statement From Prison Cell
Nan Patterson voices remorse in a Christmas message, asking for forgiveness and lamenting the separation from family after long incarceration. She reflects on her transgressions and the desire to spend Christmas at home with loved ones, expressing sorrow over her confinement.
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Caesar Young
Nan Patterson
Silver Wedding Gift for Emperor William and Empress Victoria
Berlin cables report Hebbewip Holstein cities plan to purchase and present a silver wedding gift to Emperor William and Empress Victoria. The gift is the house in Hamburg where the Empress spent her childhood, with Prince Adelbert expected to return for the wedding of his brother Prince Frederick William. The cruiser Hertha is cited with Adelbert’s service in Arabian waters.
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Berlin
Hebbewip- Holstein
William
Empress Augusta Victoria
Hamburg
Adelbert
Hertha
Germany
Frederick William
Refugees Arrive on Hamburg American Dine-Steamer
New York on December 25 notes the Hamburg American liner Patricia docking with 12 cabin passengers and 2495 steerage travelers from Rocili and Marburg. The majority faced conscription concerns, while a Christmas meal and voyage are described amid the crowded ship.
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Associated Press
New York
Hamburg
Patricia
Marburg
Rocili
No More Drunkards Discovery Sparks Cure
Purié December 25 reports Dr Xavier Corot, a French specialist, has developed a harmless cure for alcohol addiction. The tasteless odorless remedy, given without patient knowledge, reportedly ends craving within two to four days, aiding habitual drinkers in quitting.
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Purié
Xavier Corot
Arrives at Naples in Canada Cabinet Figure
Fielding, finance minister in the Canadian cabinet, arrived here on the steamship Crete this evening. Beaver, Coto. Dee 21. Hugh H. Price of Mack River Falls, former voter from Wirewnain, died to sed Hf.
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Naples
Fielding
Associated Press
Beaver
Coto
Dee
Hugh H. Price
Mack River Falls
Wirewnain
Haytien Court Fixes Penalty in Fraud Case
Port au Prince Haiti Dec 2 In the trial of an alleged fraudulent bond case the court pronounces judgment. Vilbrun Guillaume former minister of war is sentenced to life penal servitude. Two former bank officials and several ex-ministers receive four and three years respectively. Contumacious judgment to be pronounced later.
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Associated Press
Port A. Prince
Hayti
Herald Roy
Mine Inter of Finance
Vilbrun Guilldume
Gam
M. Gedeon
Saint Victor
Christmas Day Quiet at White House In 1900s Washington
Christmas day passed quietly at the White House with the president at home for most of the day. He walked in the afternoon with two older boys and a friend. Dinner was with family and guest R H M Ferguson from New York. No tree at the White House. children enjoyed a separate family tree event at Mrs W B Cowles’s house.
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Iowa
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Chadwick Oberlin Bank
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Hockwith
Beck
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Dawley
Associated Press
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White House
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New York
News Scarce at Chefoo in December Dispatch
News scarce at Chefoo reports no new plums of tions at Port Arthur yesterday or today. Cromstadt December 1. Eastber John of Cromstadt is seriously ill of peasants awaiting Nis.
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Chefoo
Associated Press
Port Arthur
Cromstadt
Dee
John of
Nis
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