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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
2
Secretary of War Garrison outlines a three to six year program to strengthen national defense. The plan calls for reserves of 50,000 within six years, a mobilization framework, cadet groups, and a peacetime system to attract universal service. Estimated cost totals exceed 105 million for material stockpiles and munitions.
Reuters reports Allied Western HQ confidence grows in overwhelming manpower and munitions to pierce German lines when timing allows. Severe winter weather hinders a decisive offensive, with planners wary of counterattacks and the need for careful artillery movements on porous, mushy terrain.
A federal grand jury indicted Congressman Frank Buchanan and former Congressman Robert Fowler from Illinois, former Ohio attorney general Frank Moanett, and others including H. B. Martin, Herman Scholters, Franz von Rintelen, David Lamar, and Jacob C. Taylor for conspiring to foment strikes in American munition factories. The scheme allegedly financed by the German government aimed to curb munitions exports to entente allies.
Kansas field crops produced value 243,561,429 in 1914 with 4615 units noted by J J Moller state agriculture secretary. The year marked the largest production aside from one prior year.
Reports from COP say over one hundred American ships and crews are trapped in ice in the frigid Arctic region. The situation involves multiple vessels hindered by sudden pack ice, with crews awaiting rescue or guidance as weather worsens.
A garbled OCR fragment references powder and names like Terie and Bubetintes Tar Patti with uncertain details. The readable text hints at powder related discussion but no clear events, dates, or identifiable organizations are present.
A historic east coast gale caused six deaths in New York City and widespread damage. Wires were down, shipping disrupted, and traffic crippled as windows shattered and structures collapsed. Coast Guard rescued passengers from ships, with multiple boats driven ashore near Sandy Hook and Ambrose.
London reports say 300 of 600 workers were killed in a Münster Westphalia powder factory explosion. Great town damage noted as advices reach Amsterdam via Reuters.
The Japanese liner Yasaka Maru was torpedoed in the eastern Mediterranean Tuesday on a London to Japan voyage with 120 passengers and 196 crew. All aboard were saved after a French gunboat rescued them at Port Said. the loss is estimated at $5,000,000 including cargo.
Incendiary bombs sparked a blaze aboard the British sugar steamer Inchmoor while moored in the Erie basin south of Brooklyn. The English government chartered vessel held 400 tons of sugar and sailed soon. Firefighters fought the two hour blaze as hatchways were opened and a series of blasts shook the ship.
Ann Arbor reports Melville Hall of Michigan, a member of the American army corps in France, was killed by a German shell on Christmas Eve. He was the son of ... The university court records mention trials at Michigan.
Grain shipments clog western Caneda roads as terminals choke and grain moves slowly. Reports say railway and port bottlenecks hinder exports with prices and shortages affecting farmers and traders.
Wilmington December 25. Stolen from a registered mail pouch were stock certificates of Dupont Atlas Hercules Powder and General Rotors companies plus 750000 in coupon railroad bonds. Investigators found in an Orange street grove the two wagon drivers Albert Johnson and Marl Johnson, both African American, arrested. 250000 Dupont Power bonds and 140000 in checks recovered. most securities recovered.
On December 28 two Freelan spur policemen, John McNougal and John Kimbo, shot and killed three Wilkas brothers during an attempted arrest for drunkenness in Marion HL. The clash began when one brother struck Officer Kim with a stove poker. Names: John Wilkas 26, William Wilkas 20, Frank Wilkas 28.
The skeleton of Curus Coneland, thirty nine, a prominent insurance man, was found near Savannah, Georgia, three months after he disappeared. Police believe Coneland died by his own hand.
George W Glover Eddy, only son of the late Christian Science leader Mary Baker Eddy, died at his home Monday after a brief illness. He was aged and is survived by his mother and family. Funeral plans were not immediately announced.
Cincinnati December 24 reports that representatives of the Federal American and National leagues signed an agreement removing the third circuit from baseball. Charles Weeghman, president of the Whales, has acquired the Cubs and will move the West Side team to the North Side with Joe Tinker to manage and retain top players. Browns deal with Phil Ball also official, while other independent league owners exit. Players from the defunct circuit will be controlled by the clubs, likely selling outsiders to highest bidders. Hempstead and Huston began pursuing Isault and Macee after the announcement.
Paris reports a surge in submarine warfare ending with the torpedoing of the Ville de La Ciotat in the Mediterranean. No Americans aboard. many rescued by a British Mossine steamer. Other vessels sunk or attacked include Port Said, Yedda, Ministère Beernsert, Cottingham, Hadley, and the Arianza, with varying passenger and crew losses and large tonnage figures.
A federal grand jury brought three indictments against alleged German plotters in New York. Paul Koenig chief detective of the Hamburg American line and Richard Leyendecker an antique dealer face conspiracy to dynamite the Welland canal. Edmund Justice a Hamburg American watchman is charged with conspiracy in the United States to obtain military information on Canadian munitions for Germany. Koenig is named in Justice’s charge. Bail set at 350000 for Koenig 80000 for Leyendecker and 2000 for Justice, secured by Hamburg American through a surety company. The maximum penalty is three years in prison and a 3000 fine.
Henry Ford reportedly left Christiania secretly for Hergen to catch a Norwegian American line steamer Bergenhus home to the United States. The move followed doctor orders to rest his strained nerves as the expedition members proceeded to Stockholm unaware of his departure. Victoriano Huerta, cited for alleged U.S. neutrality law violations, is ill and moved from Fort Elias prison to his wife's residence.
Civil war veteran and railroad builder Grenville M. Dodge is reported seriously ill at his home near Cornell Wiuffa. He is in his eighty fourth year, with condition noted Monday.
London reports David Lloyd George may quit the cabinet if Prime Minister Asquith does not force compulsory service on unmarried slackers failing to present for attestation under Lord Derby's recruiting plan. Churchill returns to England from France as cabinet crisis deepens and Grey’s health prompts retirement talk amid recruiting shortfalls.
New York Wee 24 Henry Ford's return to the United States leads William J. Bryan to postpone his peace trip indefinitely reserved passage for himself and Mrs Bryan canceled Mr Bryan says Ford is only slightly ill Copenhagen cable. Canada may seek 300 million domestic loan after 100 million issue Ottawa December 29 Sir George Foster predicts possible loan. Woodbury murder case authorities drop arrests in Lovie Stribbling death after quarrel with sweetheart father shot and killed him
Edward Winkler, a 57 year old salesman, seized jewelry worth 3000 from a suitcase in Mrs. Mabel Connors' apartment. Police say he entered via a known key, fled to a hotel, and his belt and hat were later recovered. he was arrested at the Hermitage after claiming he chose the wrong hotel.
The Mount Kisco court ruled that Mrs Osborne has the right to dance tango despite her husband Mr Osborne’s objections. He was found guilty of assault and placed on probation after the judge upheld her claim.
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