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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
3
A compact year in review of 1916 highlights major campaigns across Europe. It covers the Verdun clashes, Gallipoli withdrawal, the Somme offensive, Romanian and Portuguese entries, Italian advances, and shifting Allied and Central power leadership including Lloyd George's rise and Joffre's replacement. It notes battles from Lutsk to Go ritz and the December peace proposals amid wartime turmoil.
The United States faced escalating European war tensions with Germany over submarine warfare. After the Sussex and Englishman torpedoings, Wilson pressed for compliance with warfare laws and optional severance of relations. Britain and France pressed mail seizures and a German blacklist. border clashes with Mexico led to a U S expeditionary force of about 12,000, Carrizal fighting, and the subsequent creation of a joint commission, which arranged troop withdrawal and shifted lines in Chihuahua as Villa and Carranza moved through 1915–16.
The 1916 U S Mexican crisis intensifies after the Villa pursuit escalates. A January massacre of Americans on a train sparks tensions, followed by a March raid on Columbus New Mexico that kills nine civilians and two soldiers. President Wilson orders 60,000 troops into Mexico, while Carranza resists American access to railroads and clashes continue.
The year saw a potential 400,000-strong railway workers strike across engineers firemen conductors and trainmen. Congress passed the Adamson bill setting an eight hour day while mediation and arbitration efforts failed to avert disruption. Several other industry strikes sparked violence in Pittsburgh Chicago and New York with temporary suspensions in rail and streetcar service.
November 5 a large party of I W W members from Seattle fought a sheriff s posse at Ever ett Washington Seven men were killed in the fighting The year 1916 showed strong prosperity in manufacturing and agriculture with foreign trade reaching 7 463 000 000 up 1 500 000 000 from 1915 and 2 500 000 000 from 1914 Farm crop values rose to 7 090 338 081 from 5 983 806 817 in 1915 while the total value of all farm products including live stock reached about 12 000 000 000
A survey of early 20th century upheavals outside the United States notes the Sinn Fein revolt in Ireland with Dublin fighting and executions of leaders, the Greek move to a provisional government led by Venizelos, and Poland’s independence proclaimed by German and Austrian forces following the collapse of Austria-Hungary.
The 1916 campaign dominated public attention with party conventions in Chicago and St. Louis. The Progressive Party nominated Theodore Roosevelt, the Republicans Henry Hughes and Parker, the Democrat renomination of Wilson and Marshall, and debates over the Roosevelt candidacy continued.
The 1912 election produced a close result with Wilson at 276 electoral votes and Hughes 255. The popular vote margin was about 400000 in favor of Wilson. Women voting in 12 states and states voting for nationwide prohibition shaped outcomes. Democrats kept Senate control but no party held a majority in the new House. Power shifted to five cross party independents and third-party members.
A dated survey lists maritime sinkings and ground and air disasters with deaths across the year. Entries include the French cruiser Provence with 3180 drowned in the Mediterranean, Japanese Haljin collision deaths, and multiple rail, mining, and factory explosions.
Congress convened after Christmas and debated the Clarke amendment granting independence to the Philippines within two to four years, with the Senate accepting no compromise. A child labor bill for interstate commerce passed the House and Senate, while the Haitian treaty overseeing finances and police was approved. Navy appropriations funded 167 ships. army funding reached 3313,070,447 for the year, a rise of 181,000,000 from initial House figures.
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