Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1924, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT Saigon Antagonistic By LOWELL THOMAS sright By the Chicago Tribune Newspaper Syudicate and the Mc Clure Newspaper Syndicate.) , “‘We spent our first night in Saigon on board the United States destroyer Noah, which had been sent on ahead of = us. and from inland rive we servic A , of fuel. Saigon and Bangkok. ahead of the east’ We borrowed clothes from some our naval friends and sallied th to see the sights of Saigon,” remarked Leigh Wade. “But this was the one and only place on the entire flight thet we have reason to remember because of an unpleas- incident, All decked out in the mmaculate white shirts and trou- rs that had been so generou: lent to us by the boys on the de troyers. we jumped into rickshahs and started to ‘do’ Saigon Can’t Eat Without Coat. “The first feature of life in this ‘Paris of the east’ that appealed to ® at the little tab of the fact that sitting for a w: we became co the waiters s care af everybody but BS r, they were scowling at us in one too friendly way hs “Calling the head waiter, we started to tell him what we wanted, but he interrupted and said that they, could not serve us and that * we would have to leave. When we asked the reason for this, he said that no one without a coat could be served at the cafe. We fully ap- preciated that it was uncommon for Europeans to be without coats, but we tried to explain who we were and that as air service officers we could put on our naval cclleagues’ trousers and shirts and thus see the sights of Saigon, but that {t was !m- possible for us to wear their tunics and masquerade as members of an- other branch of the United States government service. “All be said to this was that he knew all about who we were, but that ft made no difference. We must beat it. “This inhospiltality and frosty re- ception hardly increased our enthus- iasm for Saigon and we voted the Grandmas will be joyful! ‘ Aunts will be gratified! Cousins will be Amazed! Watch for the diamonds THURSDAY | _ AEE LUTTE UAL PULTE. A good resoluti time isa help to an Happy and Pro all of Casper 119 E. First St s was the sidewalk cafe. To some us they brought back happy emories of Paris days nights | 5 t one we so alluring that we stopped for refreshments. But aft | was applies himself to his resolve sperous New Year to Casper Battery Co. In view of the grief we had so often had in taking off ed up with only a light boad | This meant that we must stop somewhere between So another destroyer was sent on city a ‘washout.’ fact, several of the boys had difficulty restrain ing themselves. To make the affair all the more unpleasant, the French men sitting around at the tables ap- parently relished our -embrarrass- ment and sided with the cafe man agement Strange Shopping Trip. “Despite the fact that we had lost our enthusiasm for Saigon and would have preferred to return to the destroyer, we were all in need of linen. So we started out to do a bit of shopping. ‘Les’ entered a tailor shop, found a suit that fit him perfgectly, and {mmodiately wanted to buy it. But the tailor refused. Strange city, this Saigon! So ‘Les’ put down a $10 bill, which he knew by that time was more than ite suits of that sort were worth, ked up the suft, and walked off down the street with {t under his k the tailor ran m_ shrieking and anished-in a f informed him that if he didn't hurry back to his tailor shop he wouldn't be able to. “Our shopping tour proved to be an interesting’ adventure. It was our first appearance in bickering and dickering with ortentals. We discovered that when a merchant quotes you a price you should divide it by five. For instance, we dropped into a curlo shop. There was one object that none of us wanted, but we didn't mind urguing about ft just for amusement. The price quoted was $9, and it was a necklace of oriental stones. We finally said we would give a dollar for it, and when we started to walk out the door the Chinese merchant ran after us and said that necklace was ours for the dollar. Speak Pidgin French. “Another interesting thing about Saigon fs that the natives instead of speaking pidgin English, speak pid- gin French. It {s a colorful city with French looking buildings, an tmpressive cathedral, many French inhabitants, and the dense verdure of the tropics. Incidentally, it has a sticky climate and the heat was so intense that we were anxious to get into our planes and fly.on to a more salubrious clime. “On the morning of the 18th of June we were up at 8 o'clock, and as we climbed into the cockpits shortly after 4 we saw the loveliest tropical sunrise we had ever beheld. It was to gorgeous to describe. - The colors in the sky, combined with ‘the luxuriant follage, the leaning palms, the thatched native huts, and pictur- esque fishing craft, made ft seem unreal. Next to a sunset over the {ce capped mountains of Alaska, it was more beautiful than anything we had ever seen, so far as color concerned. Country Densely Populated. “Leaving Saigon river, we. flew over densely populated equatorial region of canals, jungle, paddy fields, and cocoanut plantations. We also passed countless pagodas, heards of water buffalo, and several fairly large towns with paved streets. Im- mediately after the cathedral spire d pagodas of Saigon dropped out ht we reached the de! the “world’s greatest rive: rises far up plateaus of central Asta stretches of {t are famou of Mekong, which ft FS 1S A FINE Conmmber I SONED ——.. Gruine SULLIVAN FULL CHARGE OF MY SPARKY = WHat | DOES HE KNow ABouT “TRAINING A HORSE--32, AND THe 4300022. HANDICAP A DAY AFTER “TOMORROW -—-- BOT, WHAT WAS I GONNA Do WITHOUT A AnckeL IN_ MSC Sook 2" number of crocodiles which He in wait to devour a speculent native if he ventures into the water. Some sections of the jungle along t= shores are the haunts of the rhi down upon it the Mekong was mere- ly a streak of muddy water much Uke the Mississippi in lower Louisi- ana, about a mile wide, and fringed with palms «nd banyans. Instead of stern wheelers and Mississippi ges there were scores of sampans and here and there a Chinese junk with its crazy patchwork sail. “Midway to Bangkok we landed alongside the destroyer sent out with gas and ofl. Then at 4 p. m ‘we came down in the muddy river’on which the capital of the Siamese is built. Owing to the huge tree trunks, brush of all kinds, dead dogs and pigs. and debris of every de- scription that came floating down, it was all we could do to’ reach our moorings without crashing. For- tunately the officials of the Siamese government had stopped all traffic, because next to Shanghai there are more junks and steamers in the riv- er at Bangkok than anywhere that we stopped in the far east. When we stepped ashore here we were in the land of the white elephant, one of the most fascinating spots we were to visit on our flight around the globe.”’ SHERIFF BUSY IN LAST YEAR The ORIGINAL Malted Milk form,makesThe Food-Drinkfor All Digestible—No Cooking. A light Lunch always at hand. Also in Tablet form. Ask for “‘Horlick’s,”” at all Fountains. 3G Avoid Imitations — Substitutes on at New Year’s y man provided he A Phone 907 | Rape (Continued from Page One) Tefused to prosecute when financial restitution was offered. The arrests and the various charges on which they were made were as follows: Liquor law violations ._ Larceny (includes auto thefts) Fraudulent checks Robbery : Held in transit Asault and battery Arrested for out of town Investigation Held for federal officers — Gambling Disturbance Trespass and breaking tering 5 Wife desertion and non-support Clinical examination Narcotics -.— Juvenile delinquency — Creating nuisances -. — Removing mortgaged * property. Violating, st@ck inspection laws - 197 83 sig 3 Aa larrying. concealed Violating traffic laws — Embezzlement Prostitution Murder -_-.-- Ti 8 Peddling and practicing. pre- fession without license _ Breaking parole Vagrancy Breaking quarantine -. Witnesses Fraud Bigamy Manslaughter Slander Total_ BUILDING HITS BIG MARK HERE ntinued from obligated new Page © to ob on Noceros. But from where we looked | fhe Casper Daily Cribune BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG ABLE To WALK To THE PoSTs AF BARNEY WAS HANDLING HIM FT WOULD BE DIFFERENT---THaT. | WIG PAPA —9 ROSS WOULD RUN HIS LEGS OFF TF WS OWNER HAD CHARGE OF “THE WORKS = BUT IM AFRAID POOR SPARK PLUGS For: HIS PAPA BY THIS Time -— SULUVAN IS SUCH AN OLO CRAG HE WONT GASOLINE ‘AL’ .EY —WALT GETS ‘ANOTHER PEEP INTO MATRIMONY Motherless and deserted by her father, but ttle Constance Bilen. Black's bewitching smile brought more than 100 mothers to a Chicago court to battle for the privilege of giving her a home. Mrs. John T. Agar, wife of a wealthy Chicago packer, won out. EUROPE BEGINS THE NEW YEAR ~—WITNBRIGHTER HOPE, BELIEF Continued from Page One the thorny reparations problem tem porarily, and probably permanently, to rest. "The Treaty of Versailles wes signed in 1919, the Dawes plan was adopted five years later. Be tween those two dates it had been demonstrated that the collection of reparations from Germany by means of the machinery provided in the treaty was impossible, either be- cause the machinery was defective, as some think, or because (as the majority of European observers hold) too much depended on con- stant agreement between Great Britain and France, and such agree ment was impossible to obtain In either case, the result was the same: France was embittered and isolated, was compelled to maintain y and to thredten a ite measures of violence against German: Unbacked by Great Britain, indeed hampered by her, it was becoming apparent t France was not only losing chance of being repaid for he damages, but was running a risk of German vengeance, as Germany could strength sufficiently to undertake a war of revenge. Thus France was being cheated of both her principal war grave as soon fruits of victory—reparations and security The first political t of the Dawes plan was 3 ediate im. Pp a an ‘ela t mic a be. talk seriou Set countries Of course, Franco-Ge: all} MY Sosn -- SPARK PLUG For éeT even to encourage them in their brow-beating of political opponents. But while the necessity for such tactics is no wpast, the ardent Fas- cists are too fond of the sport of ad- rainistering chastisement to their fellow-countrymen to abandon it, and the result is that the Fascist name is getting into bad repute The Dawes plan gave Germany a stabie currency, and Poland as well got.on the band wagon and put her finances in order. The other central and eastern European countries have managed to keep their ex- change fairly stable. There has simultaneously been an effort in all countries toward bal- anced budgets, which will assist in stabilizing exchange. But a@ cer- tain amount of uncertainty still exists. None of the European coun- tries (not even England) is as yet on @ gold basis, and so the currency remains svbject to speculative maneuvers. This uncertainty is bad fer bust- ness. Long-time contracts cannot be executed, the banks are cautious about advances for new enterprises and investors generally are hesitant about placing funds in securities not readily convertible in case of an exchange panic. The necessary co: fidence is still lacking, and business suffers Slow and Sure Progress. However, elements of uncertainty have been removed during 1924, and slow but sure progress in-the same direction is hoped for in the year ahead: There is less talk of war and that fact alone is of tremendous effect in bringing the cautious in- vestor out of hiding. The League of’ Nations has -en- hanced its prestige considerably Curing the year, although it has not yet taken the predominant part in world politics that its supporters hoped, and perhaps never will. Tho league isan American idea, and has always had more partisans in-America than. anywhere else. The Dawes plan, by making the Hague Court the final appeal trib- unal,-appears to have done much to bolster up the league. It is note worthy also that while America is not officially a member of the league, many of the most important minor officials are Americans and it is felt that American sympathies gen- erally are on the side of league action rather ‘than, separate agree- ments between the big powers. FIRE LOSSES SHOW INCREASE (Continued from Page One.) room raine—Germany has the coking coal of the Ruhr. Nejther is much good without the other. If your ncighbor has a horse and you have a wagon, you are pretty likely to get together in the Jong run even if. you ‘don't like each other very, well. England began the year,with a new Labor government, and for the first time in British :parlamentary history the government restedon a minority. The year ends after general election in which the con- servatives come back witha wallop- ing clear majority over both the other parties t is sald that the Liberal party is dead, but that.remains to be proved. |!" numbered 135! compared with It polled a huge vote in this last|107 in the previeus vear. There election, just the same, although be-| Were 144 calls and silent alarms cause of ‘three-cornered contests it| Just. 20 more than were recorded failed to get a proportionate number| Guring 1923. © In coping with the of seats Politically, France has returned to her pre-war situation. Except for the Commuhists, who are a post-war growth, but not numerous in parlia- ment, the. parties are aligned much as they were in 1923. There is a good deal of talk about socialism in the French government, but -the #o- clalists are only a third of the pres- ent Herriot majority, ‘and will prob- ably no fisure at all when Herriot is replaced by Briand of Barthou Fascism on Decline. Museolini continues to have whip-band in Italy, three years, but dictatorial pow eady less absolute, < preaching a return to flames the local department covered 177 “miles, laid 19 feet of ho used 1518 gallons of chemicals and 470 .feet of ladder. November was the busiest month of the year, with December a close second. During November the de partment answered 17 calls, one of them a false December due largely to the severe cold snap which produced its usual comple- ment of fires, brought 16 calls, all but one representing bona fide fires. <2 —____ Only about one fifth of the total number of flowers have any fra | srance GRICHESTER SILLS the after a relen of ator's difficulty is that 's have not as much com. mon.sense as he has himsel He advantage of the pathies in «the| st his idetatorship, ang) = > SD P fr years kaowg.as Bast, Satee:, Always Rel SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWUERE a a WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1924 By Billey De Beck. ~%y NN a POLICE TOTAL FOR The YEAR (Continued from Page One. year. Peasimists might contend that the difference was due merely to a curtailed police force. Chief Bert S. Yohe, had only 17 men, including desk and traffic officers, to cope with the lawleas element this year. It took 21 officers to hang up the 1928 record. Lawbreakers contributed $33,353.04 to the city’s incomes in 1924 Fines. assessed totaled $42,690.6! Tail sentences totaled 7,132 days this year. Only 2,148 days were served. Crime, like postry, would appear to thrive in,the spring. April, with 433 arrests, topped her eleven sister months. December proved the most law abiding of the lot, with only 135. NIL TEAM REMITTED BY COURT IN CASE OF MAN HELO FOR THEFT Convicted of petit larceny on the testimonw of V. E. Wright, 1026 North Jefferson, that he had seen them carrying away a tire belong- ing to him, Charles Hoffman, 1029 St. Mary’n street, was given a sen- tence of 30 days in jail, suspended during good behavior, and John Stine, 1042 North Jefferson, was fined 325, which he paid. Stine contended that he bad pur- Clip This if Subject to'Sore : Throat or Tonsilitis Prepare a harmless and effecttve gargle by dissolving two Baye? Tab- lets of Aspirin in four tablespoontuls of water. Gargle throat thoroughly Repeat in two hours if necessary. Be sure you use only thé genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, marked with the Bayer Cross, which"can ‘ts had in tin boxes of twelve tablets for few cents.—Adt rn CASPER TO RAWLINS STAGE CARS LEAVE DAILY AT 9:30.A. M * FARE—$i2.60 Saves you approximately 12 hours’ travel between Casper and Rawlins WYOMING MOTORWAY Salt Creek Transportation Company's’ Office TOWNSEND HOTEL PHONE 144 A sincere wish that all’of our: cus- tomers and all of the people of Casper may have se A Happy and Prosperous New Year EARL C. BOYLE, Ine.