Germany Is Drawing Her Last Resources
December 26 1914 Russian forces drive Germans from Rawa on the Rawka river after a six mile retreat. 2,300 prisoners and three guns taken. Army Messenger notes the victory helps breach German lines as they rush heavy reinforcements. Austrian defense in Galicia praised for resourcefulness since Dukla Pass battle.
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Rawa
Bzura
Pilica
Germany
Warsaw
Galicia
Dukla Pass
Dukla
Alimony Vanishes After Hartford Divorce Case
Mrs. Eliot Phelps loses a $1,200 alimony awarded by Judge Edwin B. Gager after her husband, 72, died of pneumonia following a Hartford divorce hearing. Property valued at $5,000 to $6,000 was deeded two years earlier to Seth Phelips of Enfield. Recovery may require another suit with uncertain outcome.
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Thompsonville
Eliot Phelps
Edwin B. Gager
Superior Court
Gager
Phelps
Seth Phelips
Enfield
Aliens Landed Enter U S From Numerous Ports
Washington reports 1 485 957 immigrants arrived last fiscal year via 173 travel lines from twenty five foreign ports and eighty entry points. Of these arrivals 41 236 were certified as having diseases deportable or reportable after examinations at New York port.
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Washington
United States Health Service
New York
United States
New York General Myrober Surrenders in Theft Charge
General Myrober, accused of stealing 1200 dollars from the Seaboard railway office in Tampa Florida, surrendered to local police claiming he preferred jail in Florida to freedom in New York. In Los Angeles a 100 pound baby ostrich was served at a YMCA Christmas dinner along with 1500 attendees. At Sing Sing prison 1500 inmates watched William A Brady production The Sinners and enjoyed a Christmas dinner after the show.
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New York
Myrober
Sea‘board
Tampa
Fla
Florida
Los Angeles
Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
William A. Brady
Cold records fall as deep freeze grips Northeast
Pittsburgh and surrounding cities report record lows as the cold snap intensifies. In Pennsylvania the mercury sank to 30 degrees below zero, part of a widening Northeastern chill, while New York city and Adirondack reports show exceptionally frigid conditions with winds up to 45 miles per hour and December records at stake.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
New York
Adirondacks
Record cold dominates Winsted weather report
The morning average in Winsted was 12 to 15 below zero the coldest of the winter. Norfolk registered 18 below and New Boston Massachusetts 20 below. Ice on lakes averages eight inches as ice harvest preparations begin.
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Winsted
Norfolk
New Boston
Mass
Man Frozen to Death in Ridgefield Cold Snap
In Ridgefield this morning an unknown man possibly Peter Monroe was found frozen by the roadside. He was brought to the town hall by Thomas Riley and died shortly after a physician arrived. his limbs were frozen stiff. The thermometer stood 6 below zero. This marked the first death from the cold in the area.
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Ridgefield
Peter Monroe
Thomas Riley
Coldest Rochester day this winter hits 1 below
Rochester New York December 26 The official temperature in Rochester this morning was 1 below this is the coldest day this winter Ten below was recorded in outlying districts
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Rochester
Rochesett
N. Y
Dee
Baltimore Suffers Through Record Cold Snap
Baltimore Maryland reports its coldest weather of the season with 8 degrees at 8 a.m. and a sharp seven point drop overnight. A howling wind adds to the hardship for the city’s poor as the chill grips the region.
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Baltimore
Cold Snap Hits Schenectady As Temperatures Dip
At Schenectady New York on December 26 thermometers recorded eighteen degrees below zero this morning in a bitter cold spell. The city faced record low readings with wind chill severe in the early hours.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Cold snap grips Syracuse with subzero wind chills
Syracuse New York December 26 residents faced temperatures from 7 to 20 degrees below zero across the city with outlying towns recording 20 below as a harsh winter snap continued.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Cold Wave Grips Nation From Rockies Eastward
The nation east of the Rockies except Florida faces a severe cold wave with several low thermometer records for December. The cold spell is set to continue through Monday.
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Washington
United States
Rocky Mountains
Florida
Two Dead in New York From Cold Exposure
In New York on December 26 two people died from exposure to the cold. The city reported the fatalities as a result of freezing temperatures and severe winter conditions affecting vulnerable residents.
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New York
Christmas Festival At St Michael's Sunday School
St Michael's Episcopal church will host the Christmas festival at the parish house Monday at 7 30 PM for the main Sunday school including an entertainment for children and prize awards for the year. The kindergarten and cradle roll festival will be held later.
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St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Death of General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny in London
London reports the death of General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny at Hove, aged 74. He played a prominent role in the Boer War and his passing is noted with respect in military circles.
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Thomas Kelly-Kenny
London
Thomas I Kelly Kelly
Hove
Fought Hand to Hand in the Icy Water
A Warsaw dispatch recalls brutal combat at the Bzura front as German and Russian troops contest the river amid frozen water and heavy losses. Sochaczew's devastation grows as Gen Mischenko presses westward with Gen Litwinoff, while riverine trenches, shattered towns, and ruined landscapes frame the brutal river battles and repeated German attempts to cross the Bzura toward Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Front
Baura River
Vistula
Mischenko
Litwinoff
Rennenkampf
Ledz
Sochaczew
Bzura
Severe fighting in progress in France
Paris December 26 Severe fighting rages at two points in France with a major push toward Metz via the Moselle and a drive toward Amiens from Arras. Reports say French artillery supports Metz and gains in Le Pretre forest. conflict around Albert continues with house to house fighting and strategic trench gains. A lull in Flanders follows Allied barrier halt to German advance toward Dun Kirk.
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Ifranklin P. Merrick
Paris
France
Moselle
Metz
Arras
Amiens
Albert
Lorraine
Forest of
LePretre
Norrey Ridge
Flanders
Dunkirk
German Warning on Grain Use to Preserve Food Supply
Berlin reports a Norddeutsche Zeitung warning against grain use for feeding animals and rye for bread as Germany braces for possible shortages. Berlin professors echoed the alert stressing potatoes, milk, and pork, while limiting beef to resist England’s starvation plan.
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Berlin
London
Norddeutsche Zeitung
Berlin University
England
Germany
Thaws Christmas Dinner in Manchester with Family Guests
Harry Thaw dined with his mother Mrs William Thaw and sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Whitney of Milton Mass on Christmas in Manchester New Hampshire. He gave $20 to a local charity that distributes dinner baskets to the poor and spent the day without callers before a long ride with his keeper.
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Manchester
N. H
Harry Thaw
William Thaw
Whitney
Milton
Mass
Thaw
Austria Not Seeking Peace Declares Unity With Germany
Vienna dispatch reports Count Leo Berch, Austrian foreign minister, states Austria is not seeking peace and remains united with Germany. He says Russia’s advances in Galicia are exaggerated, assures co-operation with Germany in Poland, and vows to defend against future attacks, refusing peace with dishonour. He notes no timing can be given for the war’s end.
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Austria
Leo Berchtold
France
Eagland
Russia
Servia
St. Petersburg
Galicia
Poland
Germany
Carranza Flees Vera Cruz Amid Villa Forces Siege
Dispatches from Mexico City allege General Venustiano Carranza fled Vera Cruz as Villa forces tighten control near the port. Reports say Carranza troops retreated after a Friday dawn battle west of the city, with many surrendering under assurances of safe conduct. Conflicting accounts place his escape by land toward Puerto Mexico or aboard a harbor refuge vessel.
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Villa
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Puerto Mexico
Pioneer suffragist dies in New York
New Hartford. Dec 26. Mrs Charlotte Beebe Wilbour an early advocate of women's suffrage in the United States and a co worker of Susan B Anthony died at her home. She was 81, widow of Charles B Wilbour Egyptologist. Born in East Hartford Conn she trained at Wilbraham academy Mass and helped found the Sorosis Club and the association for the advancement of women.
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New Hartford
Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Susan B. Anthony
Charles B. Wilbour
Wilbour
East Hartford
Conn
Wilbraham Academy
Mass
The
Sorosis Club
Association For the Advancement of Women
Trench Change Hands In Baltic Front Clash
Through the water several mitraill es serend and enfilading the trenches held by the First Siberians. They entered and took the trench. Two hours later the Siberians reinforced by detachments of the 126th and 15th regiments retook the trench with the bayonet and drove the Germans into the river.
Prince Louis Retires After Navy Post Pressure
London critics condemned King George for granting Prince Louis of Battenberg half pay of 10000 dollars annually during the war after his forced retirement as first lord of the British navy amid German-blooded controversy.
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Prince Louis
London
Prince Louis of Battenberg
King George
Austrian Cruiser Sunk by Mine in Adriatic Sea
Rome reports an Austrian cruiser sunk by a mine in the Adriatic today. The incident occurred as tensions rise in the sea zone with Austrian naval assets involved.
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Rome
Adriatic Sea
Italians Occupy the Albanian Port Avalona
London dispatch reports Italian occupation of the Albanian port Avalona as a step toward joining the war. Sailors have landed and troops are expected, with a Turkish protest anticipated and possible alignment of Italy with the Allies.
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London
Ava
Native agitators active in Philippine islands unrest
Washington reports Brig. Gen. Frank McIntyre sent a cable to Governor General Francis Burton Harrison seeking the true condition in the Far East archipelago. Despite dispatches of grave disturbances, officials say conditions are serene though sinister native agitators have grown more active than since the prior insurrection.
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Washington
Administration
Frank McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Francis Burton Harrison
Philippine Islands
Far Astern
Short Truce for Prayer on Christmas Day
In Western Europe on Christmas Day 1914, French British Belgian and German soldiers briefly ceased fighting to kneel in silent prayer. After the hour passed the war resumed with unprecedented bloodshed as nations returned to the front.
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Franklin P. Merrick
Paris
Europe
American troops will remain near Naco as talks proceed
Washington reports administration hopes Gen Scott will broker an agreement with Gen Hill and Gen Maytorena to retire belligerents from the border. The War Department does not plan to withdraw the troops at Naco Arizona. Soldiers will stay until the Hill Maytorena battle ends and risks of renewed Mexican fire are over.
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Washington
Scott
Hill
Gen. Maytorena
War Department
Naco
Ariz
Hill and
Maytorena
Japan Faces Ministerial Crisis After Diet Dissolution
Tokyo observers say steps are taken to avert a ministerial crisis after the imperial diet refused to back the army programme and Emperor Yoshihito dissolved the body. Premier Okuma says the cabinet will not resign yet, but a fall is expected soon. The army plan is viewed as likely to pass despite current opposition. New elections must occur within 50 days.
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Merritt TF. Preston
Tokio
Imperial Diet
Diet
Yoshihito
Count Okuma
Japan
Emperor Nicholas Leaves for Poland Front on Christmas Night
Moscow December 26. Emperor Nicholas departed for the Poland front on Christmas night after a Jew delegation presented $7,500 for the army. The czarina czarevitch and grand duchesses Olga and Tatiana returned to Petrograd. The royal family visited hospitals and the czar inspected the military school.
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Moscow
Nicholas
Poland
Czarina
Czarevitech
Olga
Tatiania
Petrograd
Russian Christmas Timed by Julian Calendar in War Year
Petrograd observers note Christmas arrives on Dec 25 for most, but Russians have thirteen days yet to shop due to the Julian calendar. Holiday feasting is muted by wartime separation, though foreigners and some locals mark the day with noonday meals for wounded at a new American hospital and a British ambassador staff dinner.
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Petrograd
London
Christendom
Wence
New American Hospital
George T. Marye, Jr
George Buchannan
Boston Plunges Deeper As Cold Wave Persists
Boston records 2 F in city and 18 below in Vermont as a lethal cold wave drags on. An 85 year old Worcester resident, Catherine Hoban, died of exposure at home while Patrick Healey, 47, suffers severe frostbite with both legs frozen after exposure in the woods. The local weather bureau confirms continuation of the extreme temperatures.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Northfield
Catherine Hoban
Winchester
Patrick Healey
Burbank Hospital
Fitchburg
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Randolph
Bosnia
Steven Burnett
Vienna
Amsterdam
Garranza
Dispatches
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Vex
Mexico City
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Tive
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Turkey
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Pines
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Mexico
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