08 Mar 1912
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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
1
Fragmentary text references an auto race in Savannah and an annual gathering of club members. Names, places, and specifics are unclear due to OCR errors, but the piece hints at preparations or results tied to a Savannah event and related participants.
Fragmentary OCR text with broken phrases and unclear names. Unable to identify a definite event, date, place, or involved organizations to form a factual headline and summary.
President Taft today nominated Robert McDonald to be postmaster at Grand Rapids Michigan. The action appears in a Northwestern Washington dispatch noting the presidential selection for the city position and its expected confirmation.
Johannes Kaempf, a radical deputy from central Berlin, was today definitively elected speaker of the Reichstag. The Associated Press report notes his rise amid volatile political tension in Germany's capital.
News from eastern Prussia reports growing strike fever among coal miners. Unions representing Sikmn, Sociallet, Chistan, and Polyh miners push for a fifteen percent wage increase as talks with employers stall. Optimists fear a major walkout could cripple 350000 Western Prussian operatives next Monday as miners gather for renewed demonstrations.
Four dead and nine hurt when a passenger train collided with a freight car near West Lithern, Georgia, after the locomotive telescoped and cars toppled into a ditch. Rescue teams shuttled injured to hospitals as investigators sorted the wreckage and noted poor insurance in some affected cars.
The Talimie MT farming president Wang George faces fraud allegations over misused funds. Investigators report receipts showing about $96 thousand shifted through Past Otinterses accounts, with 2 Croowets Gombri im chant implicated in the scheme.
A Racine contractor was killed in a foggy incident as details from the Associated Press point to a fatal event. The report notes confusion over the cause while authorities, including Northwestern officials, investigate after a reported accident.
Fragmentary transcription reports miners trapped at a mine as rescue teams arrive. The text notes that some workers were freed or accounted for. details about location, time, and exact casualties are unclear. Further confirmation pending from authorities.
A fragmentary item notes Morgan and a freelance dossier from the New York desk. The readable lines mention a collection, a party, and a shipment but lack clear names, dates, or outcomes. The piece resembles an unsigned wire rush with unclear context and partial details.
Zinc ore prices rose sharply to around 40 a ton as severe snowstorms forced mine closures. Production cuts pushed prices near the district’s record high, with many mines compelled to halt operations due to heavy snowfall.
Special to The Northwestern Milwaukee reports State Treasurer A H Dahl’s cold contracted at Black River Falls has worsened and likely ends his speaking tour in North Dakota in support of Senator La Follette’s presidential nomination bid.
Milwaukee reporter notes senior and freshman class basketball game at the university co-eds last night with seniors defeating juniors 16 to 12 and sophomores losing to freshmen 10 to (text incomplete).
In New York a conference of anthracite coal operators named a special committee to draft a formal reply to nine workers demands. The panel was instructed to deny all demands but holds wide powers to soften the ultimatums with a counter proposal and justification.
President Taft visited Ohio delivering a call for prosperity and confidence in government. He spoke to workers and crowds at train stations, urging unity and urging trust in public institutions while outlining his campaign themes.
The article discusses the Lewis case in which the government seeks expert ocean evidence and the defense objects to witness testimony. It notes expected objections and the sequence of testimony before the grand jury and trial proceedings are completed.
Lawrence Was Merch 8. The striking textile workers staged a big quiet demonstration before mill opening. Thousands of men and women crowded Earnex Street and approaches to the factory were lined with pickets. Five arrests were made for supposed picketing or disorderly conduct. No noticeable rise in workers returning to duty was observed.
A garbled sports court note reports Hilson’s surprising reply amid a tense session. The text mentions May and a booster, with references to players, coaches, and an attempt to suppress debate as details blur.
In CIP circuit court docket entries show appellate matters for Moy and related defendants. Judo fees totaled four rupees with four days of trial activity noted. Calendar entries include transfers and dispositions with no trials proceeding.
A U S protected cruiser Cincinnati arrived at Taku with 200 Marines aboard the transport Abarendsa from Shanghai. Disputes flare in southern provinces as General Li Yuen Heng fears departure from Wuching, while Yuan Shi Kai plans to take the oath in Peking on March 10.
Los Angeles reports Yee Yek Lan on Chinese was deported by United States Commissioner Van Dreyer after presenting a residence certificate that failed to prove legitimacy. Immigration officials traced counterfeit certificates and linked a Mexican counterfeiters network to a scheme reselling 100 residence certificates for about 700000 dollars to Chinese conspirators.
Defense counsel present arguments before Judge Carpente with a lengthy session continuing and the court expected to rule next Monday on whether to fuse the Packers case. Jane Mayer and other attorneys concluded their remarks as the trial proceeded with jurors and ten defendants in the record.
A special dispatch from Marshfield reports 18 year old Warfield of Milwaukee and Harry Drew, tied to a state home escape, were taken from a train near Chippewa Falls and will be returned tonight. They left the institution without funds and rode freight for four days, staying at farmhouses and making across the countryside.
The hours committee on interstate commerce, debating a Panama Canal tolls measure, tentatively waived retirement of an agreement and then faced a fresh dispute over tolling for American rail road owned ships. Chairman Adams said a four week delay likely before the panel is ready to report again.
Voters in Michigan faced a tight party primary scene as a 1 vote margin in the Senate influenced delegate selection and national contest dynamics. The House backed the measure, aiming for immediate effect, with observers noting implications for Wisconsin and upcoming events.
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