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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
1
Washington officials report that adult registrations pushed completion toward noon with many counties reporting high turnout. Officials praised youth spirit as about 16 million men aged 21 to 30 answered the mobilization call, while some attempted exemptions were left to government decision.
An official dispatch from Caundlno army headquarters in Praneg says new German formations in training are being broken up to supply western front reinforcements. A recently formed division gains strength from young conscripts, many around nineteen, as morale remains decent though fatigue shows. Disciplined but discontent grows among prisoners who express grim conditions and longing for relief.
In Springfield Missouri on June 6 plans to abduct a St. Louis munitions maker are linked to a German conspiracy to disrupt war shipments. Lloyd Koot, 11 months, son of banker J. Holland Koot, vanished on Wednesday night. Six suspects are detained as authorities pursue the abductors and seek confessions from leaders including Paul M. O Day, with hopes the child will be returned tonight.
A tornado struck Centralia Missouri last night killing five people and injuring thirty or more. Homes and barns were destroyed. one woman is missing and believed dead. Farmers north of Centralia report extensive damage as phones and telegraph lines fail.
Albany reports New York State will likely exceed the estimated quota of 2,100,200, as a marginal tally shows higher turnout. The notice notes registered voters and the ongoing statewide registration effort.
Iowa officials forecast statewide registration approaching 400000 as Adjutant General Guy B Login prepares to announce total enrollment from 99 counties. Des Moines totals near 9700 expected amid supply shortages for registration banks and cards. Mason City reports two Mexicans detained for refusing to register. Davenport records a city draft registration of 4935 with no resistance or disorder.
The corn market opened with extreme advance as traders priced futures at 1.40 to 2.00, amid adoption of a new maximum by the board of trade. July options showed notable activity while July through December contracts moved within wide ranges. Officials suggested the surge paused at 2.00 as a possible peak, with 1.65 seen as a compromising upper limit.
In Racine on June 6, forester John Bo Durh at J I Case Tin plant was forced by about 200 Cullen employees to rise the American flag. He reportedly refused to register and was compelled to crawl on his knees to the flag, salute, and was then dismissed at the shop door.
A German submarine is believed sunk after an hour and a half running fight with an armed American steamer off Washington. The American gun crew fired the decisive shots as the submarine vanished, with officials noting the sub likely went down after the last shell. The steamer suffered no damage.
June 6 report from Washington details a proposed appropriation of 150 million dollars to implement provisions of the Treasury administration bill. The House Agriculture Committee plans to rewrite sections on administrative control, aiming to ensure powers are administrative not punitive and to rely on volunteer arrangements to run the act. Members remain split on licensing provisions for food manufacture and storage with some proposing limiting licensing to grain and produce exchanges and others seeking to remove licensing entirely.
London reports British forces bagged German planes returning from a raid over England. Official statements cite 22 damaged aircraft and heavy losses in the raid, with additional German claims of destroyer activity and Ostend bombardment reconstructions showing damage to stockyards and workshops and several ships sunk.
Complete returns show Muscatine county registering 3580, over 400 above official estimates. City totals include Muscatine with 1073 and wards reporting varied precinct counts. Final turnout places strong emphasis on registration success and potential military service readiness.
Japanese and British diplomats press Russia's Provisional Government in Petrograd warning that leaving the war could invite punitive actions and possibly redraw territories. They caution that separate peace would push Russia toward Germany, risking a collapse into Austrian-like fragmentation and loss of northern Manchuria.
Tokio May 12. A gala dinner at the Bankers' club marked the inaugural gathering of the America Japan society. Cabinet members and prominent business leaders heard Prime Minister Terauchi and Foreign Minister Moron? stress cooperation with the United States in Pacific development. They envisaged shared ventures and Japan offering material aid including ships to the United States.
The French war office reports heavy German assaults on French positions near Hartebian and the Cheimin-Dex-Dameg area with intense artillery and night fighting. German losses are claimed heavy as Allied troops counterattacked and advanced toward Roeux railway station, while British air and ground actions scored successes on the Belgian and Artan fronts.
Tow a City will offer a summer session course in military instruction for business men and professionals, under Major Paul R. Rockwood. The free program runs six weeks from Monday June 18 with daily drill, alongside a Red Cross course for women.
Large crowd near the federal building in Butte Montana prompted troops to be called out with fixed bayonets to clear the streets after several shots were fired and many policemen injured, as mobs grew more threatening.
Partly cloudy tonight cooler in central areas. Thursday expected fair and warmer with cooler pockets in the southwest. JULINOIS reports generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with cooler spells Tonight, warmer in the northwest Thursday. A southward to next gale diminishes Thursday morning.
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