Germans Holdng Their Own Carol Singers Delight Crowds
Christmas street caroling in Cumberland drew crowds as carolers toured Riverside Park Green Street and adjacent blocks. The group received treats at M E Church and George R Wheeler home, with officers and city leaders honored in a year end salute.
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Riverside Park
Green Street
Washington
Cumberland
Fayette
Baltimore
Booth Mechanic
South Centre
Park
Pilen
Ridgeway Terrace
Hospitals
Heedford Street
North Mechanic
North Centre
Centre Street
M. FE. Church
George R. Wheeler
South Centre Street
Wheeler
M. E
Kingsley M. K. Church
Williams Street
Robert Barnard
J. G. Clement
C. H. Colgate
J. Taylor Deffibaugh
Mason Wut
Harry Pennell
Arthur Holzpan
Harry B. Jamison
Lester Kolb
C. C G. Landis
William Oswald
Roy L. Pitzer
Anthony Rees
Aerial Attack On London Frustrated By British Flight
A German aeroplane attempting to raid London was thwarted by Royal Flying Corps efforts. British aircraft pursued from Gravesend to the Thames as shots were fired without bombs dropped. A second hostile biplane over Sheerness battled British planes before retreating east to sea.
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London
The
Star
Gravesend
Thames
Royal Flying Corps
Sheerness Harbor
War Office
Dover
Medway River
Herne
Sheerness
Japanese Diet Rejects Army Bill Prompting Imperial Dissolution
Tokyo on December 26 reports that the imperial diet was dissolved after the army expansion measure was voted down by 65. The government backed bill passed on naval funding by seven, while the House of Peers was suspended pending March elections. Emperor’s action followed vigorous government defense of military policy.
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Tokio
Count Okuma
Kato
China
House of Peers
Italian Sailors Take Albanian Seaport of Aviona
A company of Italian sailors occupied Aviona on the Adriatic coast of Albania amid reports of anarchy and civil strife. Italian forces had previously aided refugees, aiming to aid humanitarian relief without pursuing territorial aims, while asserting support for the London conference decision on autonomous Albania.
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Rome
Aviona
Albania
Adriatic Sea
Kemal Bey
Holst
Essad Pasha
Italy
LynxKilled After Battle on Warrior Mountain
A lynx weighing 109 pounds was shot on Warrior Mountain after a fierce encounter. Nine shots felled the animal near its den as neighbors pursued it, injuring John Dolan in the melee before aid arrived. The lynx measured about five feet long with spotted hide and crossed ears. Earlier, the same party killed a 65 pound bobtail wildcat on the mountain.
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Warrior Mountain
William
Bee’) Miller
George Twigg
John ,Ivdan
Moses Twigg
John Dolan
Miller
Dolan
Kaiser Speaks to Troops and Presents From Crown Prince
Rotterdam reports another German emperor speech to eastern front troops. He sends Christmas gifts including pipes bearing the crown prince portrait and urges rememberable Christmas in France while aiming for a peace the homeland can be proud of.
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Kaiser
Crown Prince
Rotterdam
France
Frederick Wilhelm
Maharaja of Sikkim Sidkang Tulka Dies in Himalayas
Telegram from Calcutta reports the death of Sidkang Tulka maharaja of Sikkim in the Eastern Himalayas. He succeeded his father Sir Thotub Mangyal months ago and was the first Sikkim ruler to engage with western civilization. He studied at Oxford University for two years and later toured with an English political officer. At the war’s outset he offered to aid the British government.
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Balby
Robert Gordon Thompson
Arthur W. Thompson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Cumberland
Reid
J. Alfred Reid
Ried
Cumberland Savings Bank
Thursy A. G. McEltish
Pank
Tasker G. Lowndes
Rev. W. Bryson Smith
F. S. Deckeys
Sheerness
Harwick Pearl
London
Calcutta
Sidkang ‘Tulka
Maharaja
Sikkim
Himalayas
Thotub Mangyal
Oxford University
Grim Battles Rage On Each Armys Lines
Christmas did not halt fighting as Russians resisted in Poland against German Austrian forces while French thrusts pounded trenches in Northern France. British Belgian troops fought near hand to hand in West Belgium as heavy shelling eased. Trenches ran close enough that hand grenades were the main weapon and burial exchanges began between lines.
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London
Poland
Praemysi
France
Belgium
Flanders
Prench
Iines
Tsar Returns to Front as Russia Fights On
Vienna reports heavy fighting along the front with Russian forces repelled near Nagvay in Latourcza and attacks across Vislok to Biana. The Donajes front remains unchanged. The Tsar has returned to the front after departing to visit troops.
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Nagvay
Latourcza
Lisko
Vislok
Biana
Petrograd
Snyder in Critical Condition After Abdominal Shooting
Frederick K. Snyder, Cumberland police officer on furlough, lies in critical condition at Western Maryland Hospital from an abdominal gunshot wound. George Brown, owner of the Fagle Hotel, is in jail awaiting the outcome with four witnesses held on $500 each. Brown allegedly shot Snyder after a barroom quarrel. a bartender Davis provides an account of the events.
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Frederick K. Snyder
Cumberland Police Force
Western Maryland
George Brown
Fagle
Mechanic Street
Snyder
Brown
Joseph Riley
Western Maryland Hospital
Dre
James T. Johnson
Thomas W. Koon
H. V. Deming
Joseph H. Spicer
Maryland Avenue
Frank Ridings
James Welsh
Thornwood
W. Va
Joseph Kelly
T. Harvey Davis
Davis
Arch A. Young
Harvey Davis
Eisenhauer
Jore
Meister
Snyder J
Goss
Execution of Turkish Prince Amid? linked mine plan
dispatch from Constantinople reports Pr Mesur nephew of ex Sultan Hamid executed for allegedly informing British forces of a Dardanelles mine plan. the alleged leak aided the British submarine Bell in sinking the Turkish battleship Mes and disrupted the Mediterranean fleet command.
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Petrograd
Amf
Constantinople
Pr Mesur
Hamid
Dardanelles
Bell
Pope’s Holiday Plan Aims at Prisoners Exchange
Rome reports Pope Benedict after Christmas services focused on advancing a plan to exchange wounded prisoners. He spent time with relatives and reviewed messages from America praising his efforts to ease war cruelties and speed humanitarian actions.
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Pope
Rome
Benedict
Chri
America
Rulers of Britain Send Navy Christmas Greetings
London date shows King George I and Queen Mary sending hearty Christmas wishes to the crews of naval bases at home and abroad. Admiral Jethroe is noted among recipients in the official dispatch.
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Britain
NAVY
London
George I
Mary
Durem
Jethroe
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