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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1912
Page
2
Military order directs forces to the border and a railroad is instructed to seize cars for transporting horses and men. The directive emphasizes rapid deployment and logistic control during a tense border situation.
News from Washington and border towns describe US plans for intervention as Mexican revolutionaries press into Sonora and Chihuahua. Reports cite Japanese interests aiding Mexico and American fears of raids along the Rio Grande.
British war Algerine commander Brooker departs Requimault for Mexican ports to safeguard British interests amid outbreaks at Masatian, Baa Bias and other ports. Spanish War veterans in Colorado form a volunteer cavalry regiment to be commissioned by the War Department. calls for better army transport equipment follow the Manic disaster.
Prine of Wheat rises to new highs amid soaring prices. Reports indicate sharp gains in grain values as market watchers note limited supplies and strong demand across several trading centers. No details clear on date or locations due to damaged text.
Colone l John M C Marble a prominent Southern California financier died in New York. A tornado near Kipkey killed three of four Mexican laborers. two others survived. L Niner of Colorado Springs exhibited a Plymouth Rock eye weighing seven pounds. A unit from the Twelfth Infantry prepares to move from Monterey toward the Mexican border split between Yuma Arizona and Calexico California. Two Stark children burned to death and Mrs Stark injured in Helper Utah after an oil tank explosion following a Denver Rio Grande derailment. Nick Haworth, long imprisoned for murder, fled with the Utah Board of Pardons. Beef prices rise as a sharp warning of famine is voiced by C A Pickering of the Cleveland Butchers Association. Detectives monitor Grand Junction churches for wine content exceeding two percent alcohol in communion services. possible arrests remain undecided.
Reports say the 25 pound Lewis gun delivering 600 shots per minute and designed for aeroplane use was tested at Fort Myer with high regard. Other items note Taft signing Taylor’s irrigation relief bill for homestead entrymen and concerns from eastern Colorado over alleged lawyer harassment of dry farmers.
Luther McCarthy of Springfield, Missouri stopped Carl Morrie of Tulsa in a ten round welterweight bout at the Springfield Athletic Club. Referee Edward W. Cochrane of the Kansas City Journal watched as McCarthy landed a right to the jaw after a left sideline, sending Morrie to the mat for a count of fourteen and failing to rise. The paired clash occurred ahead of the Flynn Johnson world championship derit at Las Vegas with ticket prices listed at $25 $20 and 10.
The Mackay Bennett reached Halifax with 209 Titanic dead. The Texas struck a mine and sank with about 50 drowned. A large £7,000,000 bond in the British government awaits claimants. In Mexico 2,000 rebels led by Manuel Guerrero were routed by the garrison at Tepepolco with police aid. British Unionist MPs debate Ambassador Liryce's alleged treason and Canadian reciprocity amid recalls.
A wide range of notices includes the birth of a child to Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr the fourth, rising prices in New York, battles in Mexico and Panama intervention requests. Other items note ship recoveries Titanic victims parliament actions and a rabbit eye graft in New York.
Denver market listing shows beef steers hay and pulp fed prices, plus prime heifers and various cows and calves with values. Prices include hogs sheep lambs yearlings ewes and lambs, along with feedstuff rates for Colorado Nebraska upland and alfalfa, timothy and grain storable goods.
Market notes show slow cattle and sheep trading in Chicago. Beef cattle ranges include Texas steers at 5.26 to 7.45 and westerns from 6.60 to 7.70 with various loads and feeders. sheep and lambs show cautious demand with natives around 5.00 to 5.25 and Westerns from 6.50 to 10.60.
Standard copper shows weak spot for May June and July with mixed quotations around 15.60 to 16.57 percent. Lead remains steady with quotes near 4.00 to 4.10. Regional listings include Lake copper Bitty and electrolytic copper with slight variations and references to East St. Louis and West Coast pricing.
Fragmented text references Eastern Produce in Kansas City and Chicago firms like Butler Steady creameries and Cheese steady. Mentions dairies with tie counts and prices, Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota veal, and a $1.00 price tag. No coherent event or outcome present.
Fort Musrell reports no troop orders. Republican State convention set for May 19 in Cheyenne. Wyoming census shows regional growth. Bart Hall fatally stabbed at Cowper amid quarrel. Thirteen young men and Indies graduate at Mig Horn State academy. Jeffersonian Club of Wyoming organized in Cheyenne. Seventy-three sheep killed by lightning in Albany County. Private Joseph Brown dies after streetcar crush at Fort Russell. Philip Rocje and wife charged with strangling their baby in Sheridan. First wool clip of the season at Rawlins sells 1000 pounds at 19 cents. Wyoming to gain prominence in Memorial History of Civilization. Joe Walsh injured by a bulldog near Cheyenne. Governor Carey’s CY ranch near Casper to be irrigated. Fort McKenzie soldier William Williams bound over for murder. Mondell fails to push Indian bill amendment for Wind River road work. Mountain States plans a Kemmerer to Montpelier telephone line via Union poles. Weston Oil Prospecting Company files incorporation in Cheyenne. Basin County to beautify courthouse square. first spending ever. Governor issues writ for A B R Rich, wanted for passing bad checks. Rev C A Garver says liquor law violations persist in unincorporated towns. Muddy Lake crossing accident near Cheyenne. wagons sunk after quicksand. Wyoming sheepmen directory shows a 20% drop in numbers. Meadow Brook to Low Springs railroad survey move underway. Wyoming Highway Association aims to secure Park access from Pahaska to Bik. Public convention called for Cheyenne May 14 to discuss state welfare adverting. War Department promises Army regiment for Wyoming State Fair. Senate passes paternity bill. government liens discussed.
Preparations underway for a first alfalfa exposition in Cheyenne next fall. Show to feature baled alfalfa buildings and exhibits of alfalfa seed growing plants and alfalfa products such as alfalfa bread. Event noted alongside state political conventions in Wyoming.
Militiamen statewide drill daily and are being recruited to war strength in anticipation of possible orders to the Mexican frontier. Special drills for officers are held weekly and men are ready to move on short notice.
The State Land Commission reports a new gusher in the Salt Creek fields northwest of Casper. The well yields about 400 barrels daily of high grade oil, adding to state revenues estimated around $2,000 a month from wells on state lands in the field. Another existing well pumps over 1,000 barrels daily.
A large acreage will be planted to sugar beets this season in anticipation of a sugar factory next summer. The project depends on favorable sugar legislation this session. Many German farmers have arrived from Utah to become Wyoming citizens, signaling more arrivals next year from crowded Utah cities.
Bart Hall died from a stab wound after companion John Russell allegedly attacked Hall and Daniel Driscoll while moving a camp outfit. Russell, blamed for the fatal blow, was jailed on murder charges. Daniel Driscoll was seriously injured. The incident occurred as the three men, including Lowen Life Casper, were with a camp party when Russell reportedly drank heavily and fought.
Rawlins reports the Carbon County Sheep & Cattle Company wool clip, among the largest in southern Wyoming, sold privately at about 16 cents per pound. Local prices run 3 to 5 cents higher than last year’s sage grades, with expectations of further gains as heavy losses from harsh winters and drought reduced production. Rock Springs listing shows Blair & Hay 400,000 pounds, Ed. Rife 276,000 pounds, Poston Bros 190,000 pounds at 19 cents, Chris Juel 100,000 pounds at 199 cents.
Joseph Seng is to be hanged at daybreak May 4 in the state penitentiary after the state supreme court set the date. He is allowed thirty days to file a rehearing petition but none was filed. This marks the first execution since Tom Hora’s in Laramie County and the first under the new law requiring executions at the late penitentiary. The same gallows from Hora’s murder will be used, with a water counterbalance mechanism releasing the trap when Seng steps on the plank.
Disjointed report describes a crime near the Wind River headwaters with a fugitive party led by Back and accompanied by Dick Caldwell who allegedly planned highway robbery and assault in the county. The text mentions three horses and a hid ing location.
A collection of humorous lines and overheard exchanges from readers and magazines. A ten year old contemplates future marriage and children while a bachelor jokes about timekeeping with a rooster as his crownometer. The snippets reflect playful social commentary and light humor.
A financial operator and an observer visit a fancier's to choose a dog. The operator asks for a water dog, noting it would be a good stock proposition. The brief exchange hints at subconscious bias in business thinking.
In Paradise Logt, Brjngley quips with Oldboy about friendship after marriage. He recalls gifting a handsome copy of Paradise Lost to him as a wedding present, noting the silence since. The exchange blends humor and social commentary on postnuptial relationships.
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