Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1924, Page 7

CSTE. AS: MAIN NORGE. MIL Steady . Falling Off in Number of Cases Shown by Record. ¥ L. C. OWEN (Copyright 1924 The Casper Tribune) RENO, Nev., Feb. 14.—History in forms us that progressive civiliza- tion is ever on the move. Also it relates, bath tubs have followed closely in its wak: By strange ana- civilization’s trek thru the cen- turies also has always been west- ward. First it was ancient Egypt, where the glory of the Pharaohs was reflected in their marble lined baths. Next came Athens. Rome, too, had its public and private baths. Even- tually both civilization and bath tubs took a hop-skip-and-jump across the Atlantic and presumably landed somewhere near Boston. After that, heeding Greeley’s famous injunction it kept “going west.” But even westward bound civiliza- tion sometimes changes its course and bath tubs do not always trot along. Consider the case of Reno, largest metropolis of a state that boasts more deserts, more rocks, more prospect holes and less population than any. commonwealth of our Union, Reno was once the acknowledged divorce center of the United States. The ultra and uppermost strata of civiization’s human products—dis- tinguished personages like the Wil- Ham Ellis Coryes, Margaret Mayo- Selwyn, Margaret TIllington, Nat Goodwin and hundreds of others— all turned their faces westward to- ward its hospitable predincts. “All » they had to do was bring bath tub end towels along and find comfort- able domiciles for a six months legal residence. After the six months were up they “told it to the judge” and all was over, maritially speak- ing. Five years ago judges were reel- RENO 15 LOSING) Ae pea OTS Lipeg ee: eT eee U. 8. Marines prepare their anti-aircraft battery for action against the American fleet maneuvers on the island of Culebra in the West Indies. The boys ® year. And most of them were to persons whose names were either in Gotham's social register or Who's Who. The court house here in all seriousness was dubbed “the great divide.” Not so today. Like Re Athens, Reno has “slipped.’ Fe: total number of divorces gran! in Reno last year was 789 a considerable drop from the former Prolific output. Each year singe 1918 its crop of divorces has. been steadily dwindling. That isn’t all, or the most griev- fous part of it. Most everyone of the 789 liberated from Hymen’'s bonds last year'were quite plebian persons—mechanics, barbers, truck drivers and other hard working in- dividuals—persons who aren't sup- posed to have much demand for bath tubs. They are still coming in. They get themselves jobs, stick around until they are qualified as legal res!- dents and then are put out of their married misery. The rich and famous, for some unexplained reas- on, presumably the lack of bath tubs, are going to Parts. It was the late Nat Goodwin—he of the many wives—who first advis- ed a divorce-seeking friend to bring & bath tub along. It was rather dusty, he observed, and bath tubs were few and far between. Maybe it was a lMbel—but there {s “prima facie evidence that a dafly tub is yet no common thing in Renos’ for e@ and 2 Che Casper Daily Cridbune _ ‘CONSPIRACY I AIVER PROJECT GINDIGATED Investigation Is Asked In the House by ormian. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Inves- tigation into an alleged conspiracy between Mexican land interests in the Colorado river region and American power interests to influ: ence legislation affecting develop- ment of. the Colorado river was memy." in connection with had great sport. asked today in the house committee on irrigation by Representative Raker, Democrat, California, Secretary Hoover spoke before the committee in favor of the Colo- rado river project, and Representa- tive Swing, Republican, California, author of a bill Providing for de. velopment of the river, told tho . committee that “American capital- | LONDON, Feb. 14—(By the Asso-]house of commons yeaterday, but ciated Press)—Former Prime Min's-| his declaration does not éscapo ad- ter Stanley Baldwin indicated today | verse critcism. that the conservative opposition was} ng comment that the premier} unlikely. to. take any action that! seait in platitudes and said. mroch ‘would ‘hamper. the: MacDonald cabl: inet the leader of any party ‘inight net in negotiating with France. have sald is fairly general, and! there Is some sharp dissent with his attitude toward the action of the vew health minister, John ‘Whealey, in giving the Poptar Guardians a rather free hand in the distribution of relief to the unemployed, thus reversing the policy pursued by his Predecessor, Otherwise the edito- rials are mostly indulgent. The Times commends the pre- mier’s program as comprehensive and well arranged, but~ remarks that problems are not to be solved by merely stating them, The paper thinks the most important feature of his forecast is the committee to consider the national debt and re- lated issues. It says the compo: tion of this committee wi'l be await- ed with critical interest because of LONDON, Feb. 14.—(By the Asso- ciated Press).—The genera! good will extended to the Labor government by the London press is not with- drawn as a result of Premier Mac- Donald's statement of policy in, the be obtained in Reno's largest and leading hotel for $1.50, If one would have a bath included, the charge is $3.50—$2 addition for the privilege of abluting one's self. Maybe it isn't the lack of bath tubs that is responsible for Reno's lost glories, and then again may be it is. But anyhow, the most over- worked individuals in town right now are the plumber and his helper, and the largest shipments from out- ing off divorces at the rate of 2,500 instance a room without a bath can| side points are bath tubs. Achievement One hundred years ago an English bri invented a siaftdtbcgtenetl Fe ciel k teint cae tees the whole world is using it, in the form of Concrete, to “build for permanence.” of traffic, in teeming marts, and on countless farms, it is ly serving the basic needs of our modern civilization. Travel north from the great Galveston Sea Wall to the towering grain elevators dt Minnesota. Travel west from the subways and skyscrapers of New York tothe huge docks of the Pacific. Throughout the land you will see the monr- ~ ments to permanence reared by Concrete. ‘You will see Congrete bridges, viaducts, dams, silos, mam facturing plants and office buildi ‘You will see firesafe Concrete hospitals, schools, theaters, hotels, apartment buildings and homes, : ‘You will see also a steadily increasing system of Concrete streets and roads, linking more closely together towns, cities peste of Concrete, th In considering these achievements C Cement Industry recognizes deep indebtedness to architects, engineers, builders and contractors. The Industry recognizes also that its usefulness will continue to be measured by the value of the service it renders to those who use Concrete or have it used for them. In this spirit, eighty-five separate cement manufacturing companies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba and South America maintain this association to improve and extend the uses of Concrete. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION DENVER, OOLO, ef National si ore Improve and Offices in 27 Other Cities “the risk that the committee may be. overloaded with convinced ‘ad. herents of socialist finance.” Re- garding Mr. MacDonald's allusions to Great Britain’s relations with France, the Times thinks he prob- ably owes more to the hitherto un- rewarded efforts of his predecessors than he is likely to acknow'edge. The Daily Telegraph complains that there was “a touch of arro- gance not altogether pleasing” in his reference to the foreign policy, ists who own land in Mexico are fighting an all-American canal and Power companies are doing every- thing in their power to break down public opinion in favor of the Boulder dam." pene Frogs, toads and serpents never take food except that which they are cortain is alive. but otherwise ‘says hardly anything in the statement which might: net have figured in a program speech by Stan’ey Baldwin or Mr. Asquith. The Daily Chronicle, supporter of Mr. Lloyd George, is very outspok- en in condemning the premier’s treatment of the Poplar matter. It says it showed ignorance or indif- ference to the strong public feeling against the action of the health min- ister in yielding to “the truculent representations of a group of com- munist incendiaries,” and tells the premier that “if he is going to take orders from them, he will get no support from the Liberals." The independent's Dally Expr says Preimier MacDonald must abandon the Poplar proposals or be defeated. + The Daily Mail, another indepen- dent paper, on the other hand, re- gards his explanation of the Poplar affair as quite satisfactory and de- scribes the speech as moderate, business like and sensible. PARIS, Feb. 13.—Premier Mac- Donald's speech before the British house of commons is received with sympathy tempered with certain skepticisms and disappointment by today’s newspapers. Le Matin cannot see the policy set forth by the Laborites differs greatly from that of any other party England, oriebe De Paris also finds that the speech “does not add much to our knowledge of the designs form- ed in Downing street. L’ Claire, supporter of former Premier Briand accuses Mr. Mao- Donald of “trying to lull France's patriotic vigilance and to favor the electoral operations of the French left bloe, who are Germanophiles, like himself,” L’ Oeuvre, representating the anti- Poincairests, finds it a “speech of a man of sense and good faith, who does not’ think it necessary to pre- pare for war when one wishes peace.” —_—— STILL MANY AGRES IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—(Unit- ed Press).—While the public domain of the United States is rapidly di- minishing, ‘there are 635,568,969 acres of public lands which have not yet been surveyed it was learn- ed at the Interior department. Of this total 159,106,769 acres are located in various western states containing public lands and 376,462,- 200 acres in Alaska. Surveys in these western states are being rap- idly prosecuted by surveyors of the general land office, but not eo in Alaska. Alaska, with its great area of un- explored and inaccessible land, pre- sents a complex problem to the surveyor. Muoh of this !and does not lend itself to the rectangular system of surveying and, conse- quently, Mttle progress is being ie, ne SEND IT TO THE PEARL WHITE LAUNDRY PHONE 1702. BOOTLEGGERS MOVE IN ‘BEST’ CIRCLES OF GOTHAM; TRAIL FOLLOWED IN LAWSON MURDER BY ROBERT T, SMALL (Copyright 1924 The Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Feb, 14—For a long time it has been a standing joke here that the-bootleggers of New York move in the very best circles; that they have access to some of the most exclusive apartments and homes. The New York police are no long- er disposed to take the situation as a joke. They have come to the conelu- sion ‘that many of the far graver crimes than the illegal sale of liquer can be traced directly to the doors of these self-same bootleggers and their allies in outlawry. Diamond thieves and murderers recently .have moved in such a di- rect manner upon their prey the detectives have known they must have been fully informed in advance of all necessary and essential de- tails as to the possessions and movements of their victims. The police have known that they have a new .type of criminal to deal with—the tipster or the spot- ter, the man fp placed that he can get information on which the real criminals may act. Bootleggers, Sccording to the au- thorities, have the best means of spotting a victim for a holdup or for a murder if necessary. Therefore, the police have turned to the bootieggers for a solution of the murder of Louise Lawson, the latest of the Broadway butter- flies to pay with her life the wages of an idle and \xurious “bachelor. hood” in the big'city. Many boot- leggers called at the Lawson girls apartment. They were ment there by her admirers, sent there with champaigne and the finest of liq- uors. The girl did not know at what time the expressman with a “package” might cal and conse quently it was easy for the robbers and murderers to gain admittance to her aparemtn on this pretext. Considerable champaigne and un- opened cases of whiskey were found in the apartment when the report of the murder brought the police to the place. Bootleggers knew the life the girl was leading. They knew ex- actly how to reach her apartment, knew the luxury with which she was surrounded and the costly Jewels she wore, It was easy for the whiskey men to put their brothers in crime “on the jod.” and this the police believe is the modern criminal method. Every girl in Manhattan who leads a “pat- rohizec’" life has had dealings at one time or another with bootleg- PAGE SEVEN apertments as their chief who is supposed to be more or less respon- sible. New York police as a rule are not great moralists, but they are issuing today a warning to all cit- izens that if they openly admit one class of known criminals to thelr homes they may expect other and still more sinister visits from the denizens of the underworld ———_—— England Drinks Over 26,600,000 Barrels of Beer LONDON, Feb. 14.—(United Press) —Beer may not be what it used to be in jolly old England, but the United Kingdom Alliance (England's anti-saloon league) sadly admits that it ts still popular. In the Alliance Year Book and Temperance Reformers’ Handbook for 1924 there are figures to show It A train of 1,209.000 trucks ts rep resented as stretching across Europe from Lisbon to the White Se: These trucks, says the handboo! contain 26,600,000 barrels of beer, one year’s ration for the British netion. If all the barrels used tn convey- ing beer to thirsty Englishmen Were stacked Into a huge pile that pile would mount larger than the ie capitol building at Washington, or Ll WVAW"OU il gers. Often they speak of the} some “trustworthiness” gf their own par- toular purveyor of illegal bever-| calculated that enough beer is drunk ages and recommend to others of their acquaintance. 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