Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1922, Page 12

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TWELVE MILLIONS LOST | IN SALE OF BIC VESSEL,CHARG House Committee Calls for Report on Al- leged Sale of the Great Northern by Board Without Advertising WASHINGTON, March 8.—-Secretary Denby was asked today by the house naval committee for information concern- ing a report that the steamship Great Northern, recently! turned back by the navy to the shipping board, had been} sold “without advertising” prior to the time of her actual | withdrawal from service and that some naval equipmer: had | been delivered improperly to the pur ,tee today, sald he would submit al chaser | staternent later, showing what su-| ‘The matter was-brought up-tn com. | Piles were on board the ship. mittee by Representative McCtintock, Re EE ST Democrat of Oklahoma, who said he had been unofficially informed that the sale was made te t Pacific Steamship company for $1,250,000 According to my information, sale was made since we began hear fogs at h we sought testimony as lock, “I informed fore bids were open is correct we have three and a quarter m Mr. Tf information ol Denby The Guaranteed Investment com- pany, a Wyoming corporation, with) an authorized capital of $50,000, has/ opened its offices in the new Zut-| termeister building and will engage in all branches of the real estate and loan business in this city. | ‘This company has purchased a part| of thy W. T. Evans ranch, three miles east of Casper, for the purpose of laying out a new townsite. This land lies just west of the new oming Refining company site and about re on the tranmetion © recent cost of re-condi- the Pacific Steamship who took over the ship at Brooklyn navy yard, according to information “refused to permit supplies and the radio outfit to eat x Admiral Potter, paymester ho_was before the commit- | up and will be sold on easy terms. ‘TOWNSITE ADJOTRING NEW REFINING COMPANY WILL |the general strike was called off and nerth of the Yellowstone and owing to the fact that o Tand is very level it will make a beautiful memaen A fer a townsite, ages will be known “Evansville, The waa surveying tat staking | the lots, streets and alleys has been! (eeu ed and as soon as the weather he streets will bo = free of cost to the tot buyers. tricity for lights, ete, will be curateh| ed from Casper. Water and drainage conditions are very favorable. AU resident lots = a <se seme 2 pe jase and 12 | prices of on seer reg range oan tad $200] ‘The company ts also eantemplating & building program, by which the lot} buyers can have a house built with a! | Yery small amount of cash. BLOOD RUNS IN GENOA STRIKE GENOA, March 8.—{By The Associ Press).—Tension between the Fas. i and socialist elements, which has been smouldering for months, culmi- nated in several pitched battles and is in the streets of Genca last ht. ‘The labor unions declared a general a strike in protest against the burning of the building occupied by the labor organ Lavora by the Fascist!. The unions organized a parade and travers. ed the principal streets. »ut their par ade was broken up several times by | an Fascist! attacks. The unionists, attempting to hold a meeting, were dispersed by the royal guards, whereupon a fight ensued, in which revolvers and clubs were used. More than a score of policemen were injured and some of them were re ported dying today. Order was restored Iate today when | Workers Fail to Reach $5,000 work was resumed throughout the city. be Casper Daily Cribune AED GROSS TO CONTINUE WORK, === FUNDS LACKING) === ae npn Peete: ge et Calls regarding Interviews Letters . Families assisted with clothing in Despite the fact that the recent which the Methodist Ladies Aid, | SOCIETY campaign of the Red Cross to raise a Welfare club, Rebakah and P. E. O. participated ‘fund of $5,000 failed, the work of the | Regular Meeting organization will be carried out dur-| Of 0. E. S ing the coming year, along the same| ‘The Order of Eastern Star will mect line as the work has been handled | tomorrow night at the Masonic Tem- Quota in Campaign Recent- ly Conducted by Or- ganization. during the past year, according to’ pie for the regular business discus- plans made by the directors of the or-; sion and work. night. ‘The-program outlined fer the pres. ent year called for continuance of the cee 1921 campaign and extension of the | Something Different work whenever possible for the: re-| For Men Only Iiet of needy people during the com. * ‘ ing year. This plan will be carried Pires oly out until the funds raised ducing the| campaign are depleted. | iting are asked to be present. the bones of the human body.” cutive secretary of the Casper of-| general good timo at the was commended for her work| church, Fifth and Beech in a resolution adopted indorse-| Thursday night, March 9. ment of her administration and the pledge of utmost support was .made by the board of dtrectors. A report covering the activities of | the Red Cross for the first two) months of the year indicates the tre- mendous volume of work that ts be- an First Baptist church. |tempt on the part of the the directors by Mrs. Payne Jast night | silver offering will be taken. follows: | Letters written Interviews in office We All members, both resifent and vis Rarely has Casper ever seen such evening as those who attend will | seo unfoldel before their gaze at the | Reck had read so much about radio It is not a money making scheme, merely an at- Baptists to show those who come a good time. ing handled. The report submitted to| No admission will be charged and no The sports for the evening will in- | clude a wide margin, anywhere from ‘pasketball down to knitting if any one «+++-+----108 | destres the latter. Shuffleboard and Fi indoor quoits will also be on hand “pass out” without a doctor present All men of the church and congre gation are invited. Those too without 15|@ church homs are also welcome. “Come out and get linel up with a live bunch of men fm a live church and have a Iive time Thursday eve ning, 7.30 in the First Baptist church, Fifth and Beech street is the invita- Says Wireless Wrecks Sleep, Feels Shocks ! | | | PEORIA, I, March 8.—Hallucina- |tions were blamed today by a Peoria reakable bones at the| physician, a wireless authority and a And the bones yeferred to are! physicist at Bradley colleges, for the {weird experiences of E. Beck of This is the word which is goihg out | Chillicothe, who has come to this city The work of Mrs. Kittle B. Payne, |to all those who are attending the|to have “this wireless stuff stopped” tist | so he will not hear voices and music streets, | in his room and get shocks when he | goes to bed at night. | Prof. E. G. Shalkhauser, wireless authority of Bradley, said he believed jthat he ts suffering from hallucina- tions. Prof. Verne F. 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