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Newspaper

Casper Press

Location

Casper, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1912

Page

2

Panama Canal Toll Fight Debates Treaty Rights In Conferees

The Panama Canal toll dispute dominates a conference as lawmakers push to maintain free passage for American and foreign ships. Senators and representatives oppose what they call a treaty breach while Britain weighs protests under the Hay Pauncefote pact. State Department notes indicate possible arbitration moves if talks fail.

Washington Hrandogee Senate Adamson Stevens House Talline Convioh Sivamehiy Tinem Pann Hoth Houses Hourne Reed Great Britain United States Japan State Department Byttein Sam Foreign Office Mattyr Americas Ehare

Negro Held for Carizon Murder in Montelari Case

Police arrest WL. Jones, five year old Mike owner connected to the murder and assault of Miss Signe Amelia Carleon. Bloodstained evidence found at the suspect’s house strengthens case.

Denver Amelia Carleon Montelari WL. Jones Mike Bli He Erie

Wife of poisoned convict linked to Colorado cabinetmaker case

Immature OCR fragment suggests Meld. Caton City Colorado May Dur Oud Kiecabers, wife of Morrie Kivem, died in overdose at Devils Gap. War arrested with Daniel Mieembarg, convict brother, charged with the crime.

Caton City Colo Kiecabers Morrie Kivemhers

Ty Cobb Plays Exhibition After Detroit Stabbing Attack

Ty Cobb, the Detroit outfielder who was attacked by a gang, returned to the ballpark and played in an exhibition game in Syracuse. The incident followed reports of the stabbing and created a tense scene as local fans watched the former star in action.

Ty Cobb Syracuse Detroit

Congress Switch Sees Hepresentative Catlin Unseated

Fragmentary report notes Congressman Catlin unseated in Washington during a House seating. Democratic pick Gil elected or seated amid party maneuvering as the scene shifts in the national congressional lineup.

Amarebiot Blain In Police Battle Near Plaza

Police clash near the plaza as Amarebiot Blain engages in a battle with authorities. Details are limited but indicate a confrontation involving local security forces and a suspect named Blain. No injuries or charges are disclosed in the fragment.

Amarebiot Blain

Train Crushes Wreck Kill Five in China Strait

Five people died and several were injured when a westbound Oleae passenger train derailed near Gridge Bentsen. Emergency crews from Puget Geund and Oy Mibeeukee responded to the scene amid wreckage and frantic rescue attempts.

Bentsen Wuen Olywylae Mibeeukee Puget

War News and Legal Crosscurrents Across the Border and Courts

Reports describe Mexican rebels entering Texas and stealing stock as border tensions rise. A Salt Lake murder trial nears death sentence for Khelm M. Dye tied to an alleged holdup and Puebla lawyer’s killing. Kehehte of Pythias officers elected in Denver mirror a broad array of fraternal concerns.

Texas Mexico Supreme Council Pythias Denver Odtaliwion Wie Khelm M. Dye Salt Lake Jowepl Malm Puebla Colo Saltake Ate Logan America Lowle HU North Or Pacific Railroad Glendale Cal Knights of Pythios Thomas J Carling Macen Brigham 8 Young Ada Ohio Joseph T. Spearling Sewanee Tenn Fred & Wheaton Minneapolis Minn Thormag

Mixed sports and disaster items from early 1900s article

A chaotic roundup cites boxing talk on Jack Johnson, Vanderbilt Cup seating for Milwaukee, Canadian rowers winning at Peorio, a coal mine blast in Lorraine, and the Haiti palace explosion killing officials and attendants. It notes Turkish and Italian tensions and migration figures across Canada, the US, and Mexico.

Westen Duewepi Jack Johnson New York Milwauken Reptember Canadian Oarmen Peorio Chicago Vacht Chat Momers Patricia Nor Lorraine Gerthe Germany Koehwum National Port Au Vrince Haiti Republic of Haiti Cincinnatus Leoonte

Taft vetoes wool bill as Congress battles tariff and graft

Long Washington recap highlights Taft veto of the wool tariff bill amid disputed measures. Senate action on pension and Mexican refugee aid. court and canal provisions debated. Secretary Knox to Japan funeral, Fisher coal land plan discussed. rail and aviation news mix with crime and city stories.

United States Department of Agriculture Taft Congress Senate House Mexico Artzona Supreme Court of the United State John MM. Aielen Manome Canal Pankand Canal Vite Smith Texas Interstate Commerce Commission Denver Knox Matsuhito Intermperor Japan Washington San Francisco Orient Fisher Grand Junction Colo Interior Department Cithon Colorado Wyoming Utah Montana Idaho Fishers Payne Aldrich Hews

Park prank and spider bite scare in Wyoming

Parke man Carter, bitten by a black spider, suffers blood poisoning risking his life. Medicine Bow residents rally over changes to the transcontinental automotive highway and the proposed route shift away from the Elk Mountain zone.

Parkmas Carter Parkeman Waa Medicine Bow Medicine

Prisoner Jose Turner Binds Guards and Escapes

Evaneton reports a jail escape as inmate Joe Turner, jailed for forgery, overpowered guards by binding hands and feet and wrapping them in blankets to escape the county jail. Local authorities search for Turner and assess security lapses.

Evaneton Joseph Fife Joe Turner Fall Lin Thin Alty

Cheyenne City Rates New Trial In McGarvey Case

Cheyenne files motion for a new trial in the CE McGarvey v City of Cheyenne case. McGarvey sought about 27000 for rock excavation work. city case awarded judgment near 22000.

Cheyenne CE. McGarvey McGarvey

U P to Fight Land Battle over Coal Land Taxes

The Volon Pacific Rail road Company and Carbon county plan to contest a state tax order by Tax Commissioner John McGill. It requires about 590 000 acres of the corporation’s land in the county to be clarified as coal land and assessed at twenty dollars per acre.

John Jacot Joseph M. Dixon Mantani Hhtional Progressive Party Chicago Camp Lincoln Springfield Aatheo States Ste. Corporation President & P. Ripley Santa Pe le Rawlina Volon Pacific Rairoad Company Carbon County John McGill Lieut. Grant Polo Mountain J. Warren Jenkins Cheyenne J. H W. Allen Laramie South Superior Wyoming L. J. Spurr Union Pacific Weston W. Va Frank Hanish Fourth Artillery Colorado Thermopolia Lyalle Paul Nogato Invader Wychilo Hock Springs Coen Albany County Uinta County Blanche Charles Arnold Twain Irving Non Joseph Jewell Sheridan Huffalo Anna G. Hurd Sheridan County Dayton Coal Cape

Rock Springs Tragedy Ends in Double Fatal Shootings

In Rock Springs the boarding house proprietor Aloe Matson shot and killed his employee and alleged object of his advances, Mrs Kima Rollk, before turning the revolver on himself. The dramatic crisis followed reported insults and a failed attempt at coercion.

Rock Springs Kima Rollk Aloe Matson Matson

Lote of Range Land Left in Laramie County Wyoming

Reports from the General Land Office indicate over 4 million acres in Laramie County will remain useful mainly as stock range for years. Cheyenne notes the vanishing cattle ranges threaten Frontier Day traditions, as county population grows in Wyoming’s densest area.

Cheyenne Haw General Land Office Laramie County Wyoming

Reproduction of Charge of Six Hundred in Wyoming

About six hundred cavalry from Fort D.A. and Fort Russell along with fifty cowboys are marching twelve miles south of Cheyenne to reenact the Charge of the Light Brigade theme with period uniforms and equipment. The reenactment carries a budget of thirty thousand dollars for attire and staging.

Ninth Cavalry Fort DA Fruseett C. A. Lewin Cheyenne Valley of Death

State Board Rejects Higher Bunrise Mine Valuation

The State Board of Equalization refused to raise Bunrise mine output valuation from 60 cents to 1.07 per ton, setting the past year’s output at 565,082 tons with a total valuation of 900,000.74. Secretary Howe and J J Baird supported 1.50 per ton, but the majority overruled, while Haus protested and urged higher value.

Board Cheyenne State Board of Equalization McGill Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Bunrise QO Conte Sunrioe State Board of Raualication Fl, Howe J. J. Baird Robert (. Poraythe Forsythe Baind Haus Hous

Bankers Criticial Law Injustice Highlighted At Wyoming Meet

The Wyoming Bankers Association annual convention in Cheyenne heard President Henderson urge action against what he called an injustion in bank taxation. He argued that state and private banks pay taxes on full capital while white national banks face unequal treatment.

Cheyenne Wyoming Bankers’ Associaon Ht & Henderson Wyoming

Northern Wyoming Railway Incorporation Planned

The Northern Wyoming Railway Company filed articles of incorporation to build a line from Sheridan to a Chester area route along the Tongue River valley and to serve mining and ranching districts, aiming to aid commerce in the fertile region during the war year.

Northern Wyoming Railway Heridan Northern Wyoming Railway Company Tongue River Dayton

Wyoming News Flows From Cheyenne to Wheatland

A roundup of Wyoming items from Cheyenne to Wheatland reports poultry meetings in Cheyenne August 6, new Knights of Pythian soon in Wheatland, and highway plans between Laramie and Dowell. It notes a 45th Cheyenne establishment anniversary, a fatality in Buffalo, and multiple regional events including fires, murders, and drought impacts.

Neck Springs Newcantle Wyoming Poultry Association Cheyenne Wyoming Knights of Pythian Coler Wheatland Laramie Dowel Lander Altaifa Lander Vale Danny Mitchell Hin Buffalo Wheathindle Edward J. Well Albiutiy County Tairanile

Lew Morris and Stranger Ask for Presbyterian Church

A fragmented report describes Lew Morris speaking to a stranger on Thirteenth Street and Oy Avenue on a Sunday morning. The man asks for the Second Presbyterian church while Morris replies with a quip about God blowing him and not knowing the First Presbyterian church.

Lew Morris Blandigig Cormer Thirteenth Street Oy Avenue Indy Second Presbyterian Church Lew First Presbyterian Church

Rust magnete tale from Mittog unsure abode

Fragmentary OCR passage appears to reference a character named Hieigen and a vague dialogue about a new residence. The readable text is highly garbled with missing letters and inconsistent punctuation, yielding no clear event, date, or outcome to anchor a full news item.

Hieigen

Unclear OCR fragment about a baseball bas eb owen

Fragmentary OCR text lacks clear names dates places or events. cannot determine a coherent news item or proper summary from the readable bits.

Negro Delegates Ousted at Progressive Convention in Chicago

Delegates to the first National Progressive convention proclaimed Theodore Roosevelt for President and Hiram Johnson for Vice President. The event featured singing and a pledge to support the ticket with no formal ballots, amid a dispute over excluding black delegates and the party’s white seating rule in the South.

Chicago New Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt New York Hiram W. Johnson California Hiram Johnson

Progressives Debating Platform Rides In Uncertain Convention

Amid party talks the Progressive gathering spent most time on committee work and platform drafting. A brief floor clash over a timed motion was noted as a symbolic fight to show conviction. Colonel Roosevelt pressured the draft with late sessions, yet the platform omitted the negro question.

Delgate Roosevelt Laut

Protest in Mississippi Progressive Convention Tumble

Negroes called for a Progressive convention in Mississippi before Fridge became a Democratic committee man. At Senator Dineen’s urging they withdrew the call to allow Fridge to take charge but later they learned more.

Fridge South Richard W. Child Massachusetts

Confession of Faith at National Progressive Convention

Theodore Roosevelt delivered a controversial confession of faith to the National Progressive convention. He attacked seating and body line measures, warning they could be demonized as elitist socialism or anarchy. Delegates heard the speech while considering the nomination for president.

Theodore Hoeevelt Lnte Canvet14 Coronel Roosevelt Loo Goa

Roosevelt Queries and the Oyster Bay Gaffe

A garbled clipping discusses President Roosevelt and remarks from Oyster Bay. It references replies to questions and a perceived misstep in a public exchange, with unclear names and events due to the damaged text.

Temporary Officers Named for Progressive Convention

Temporary officers announced include Albert J Beveridge as temporary chairman from Indiana and O K Davie as secretary. Wilcos Brookn listed as chief avaiement secretary from Chicago. The convention as a whole plans changes to delegate structure and states aim to form future party tickets in Colorado and Pennsylvania.

Albert J. Beveridge Indiana Venera O. K. Davie Waabington 1. C Avaiement Wilcos Brookn Chicago

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