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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
2
The article notes a busy period in Congress with attention on appropriations measures tariffs and the Lorimer controversy. Leaders prepare hearings and votes as the legislative agenda shifts to finance trade and eligibility issues.
The Senate naval affairs committee adds 609000 for coal depots at Pearl Harbor Caballo Island Tiburon Narragansett Bay Guantanamo Bay Boston and Norfolk with total Pearl Harbor dry dock appropriation rising to 4440500. It also considers admiral and vice admiral pay grades and study for hydroteroplanes in fleet operations.
Senator Lorimer arrived in Washington from Chicago and met with Vice President Sherman urging resignation. A formal Senate debate looms as allies forecast pressure to realign his seat and face possible removal by a large margin.
Washington sources report renewed debate between the forestry bureau and the Interior Department on who should enforce the national grazing law. The dispute may slow passage of the Lower grazing bill as lawmakers seek a panel to oversee implementation.
Deckmen idle as voltte estimates indicate 110 ships are at Wyeloee and along the Thames Medway rivers. Caren seamen citeen.
Reeves Gete 000 details unclear due to OCR garble. Readable elements mention caplets or shoe related items and a wart or ivore. No coherent event, names, or dates emerge.
Western dispatch notes rising Texas wheat yields lowering prices for wheat and oil prospects near Cortes Colorado. Report mentions a Wright aviator Philip Parmatee killed near North Yakima Washington. Army troops near Cheyenne ordered to Cuba on short notice. Montana coal output for 19 unknown year valued at over 5.5 million dollars. San Francisco explosions hit Tom Carriott pool hall Fourth and Stevenson. Reclamation Service talks in Chicago to attract western settlers. Wind River Indians in Wyoming to receive land to whites as irrigation expands. Mississippi flood refugees receive aid including over a million in cash and clothing supplies. United States Army rationing to about 140000 daily with relief by local committees.
A synopsis of Senate and House actions includes pension and appropriation votes with large increases, proposed eight hour labor rules, and calls to investigate trusts. References to Roosevelt Taft Lorimer Kern and upcoming testimonies hint at beef prices and tariff shifts. The report mentions homestead bill progress, reciprocity repeal, and a federal case against the Bowlhere Pacific Company amid sensational closures.
A wide array of brief notices reports a farmer Staples near Angola fatally shoots his wife and mother in law then kills himself. Gasoline at 16 cents a gallon with potential rise. Russian pilot Paul Studensky injures himself when his plane drops about fifty feet in Chicago. Methodist General Conference near Minneapolis adopts retirement age rules and leaves paragraph banning dancing. Captain of Carpathia hosted by Mrs Astor in New York. Pension and wage topics across various groups noted with Roosevelt support in New Jersey and New York. Locomotive Engineers approve a new pension plan. Hotel workers strike risk at major New York hotels. Warren presides over a Methodist quadrennial conference close in Minneapolis. First Arkansas Legislature adjourns after enacting numerous measures. Willow Moore of Burlington township, Michigan, noted as mother of twenty children. American Wille Society mentioned in brief.
A large blaze in a border town destroyed the local theater and cinema venue on Monday, with about eighty dead reported and the fire ravaging Villareal. General William Booth recently had eye surgery and faces possible blindness, while a note to the Mexican and U S authorities warns about protection for foreigners amid the unrest. A Vienna diviner offers to locate springs and precious deposits in exchange for a huge fee from an American, promising to seek potash deposits in the United States.
The report notes bouts involving io Flynn and Jock Johneon with training in Las Vegas and East Law. Tommy Ryan trains Hin Flynn for a July 4 flight clash, while Promoter Charles O Malley and Al Palser stir ring-side plans. Irish American Athletic Club members receive $1,000,000 checks in Manhattan asylum games. Palser pledges a $20,900 forfeit for post Fourth of July challenges.
War Department notes detainment of troops and July mobilization at Polo Mountain grounds twelve miles from here with camp supplies to be distributed. Also reports 20000 for Shoshone road and bridge work and a Sheridan to Buffalo telephone circuit expansion with copper wire and poles auctioned for construction between Sheridan, Buffalo, and Casper.
George Wy Brundage a pioneer of northern Wyoming and father of the Wyoming State Legislature died at his ranch home two miles south of Sheridan He served in the Legislature during its first session and was a member at the time of his death He was one of the best known men in the state.
The second annual convention of the Wyoming OF Men’s association closed with a banquet for visiting delegates. C. H. McWhinnie of Douglas was elected president. The association approved examinations of resources of all companies operating in the state to prevent wildcatting. Companies wishing to do business in Wyoming must submit to association examination to obtain a certificate of legitimacy.
Samuel Shickling a private in Battery 1 Fourth Field Artillery was killed in a drunken brawl at a West Cheyenne resort. Sergeant Walter Krug and Private George Peace were arrested for the crime. Peace fled and was shot in both legs while being recaptured near Fort Russell.
The Mandell bill now law lets settlers who lived on the Wind River ceded lands in Wyoming and filed before December 14, 1911 secure title after proving eight months of actual residence and paying remaining land charges under the 1905 act.
Officials completed a tabulation of land and timber in Medicine Bow National Forest in 1910. The stand totals 76,000,000 board feet of merchantable timber with 464,00000 green and 23,000,000 dead. Pine is valued for rail traffic and used by major lines. About 35 percent of the stand is ready for cutting, yielding roughly 177,000,000 board feet for market.
The report describes a bank sale transaction in Cheyenne Wyoming involving private parties and a car storage business. Details are unclear due to damaged text but reference is made to a home of business and the date Tuesday with stray numbers and names.
C J Hammonds of Fort Scott Kansas reports kidney trouble ended after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He describes severe stone symptoms and sediment passing after treatment with Doan's, made by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Chicago trip prompts passersby to overhear a couple debating fancy affinities versus plain marriage. The wife fantasizes about dramatic compliments and love on a rock, while the husband urges for a simple, traditional union.
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