Show 11 1 DIVORCE TO FIGURES SHOW WASHINGTON Oct 3 One One dl- dl di divorce vorce to 76 marriages In the United States last year Is la tho the rec- rec record record rec record ord today toda by the tho census bureaus hureau's marriage and divorce eur- eur eurey sur survey vey ey the first since Bince 1916 when titers there was only one ono divorce orco to tt ci- ci al almost 1 most rost 9 3 man lages ages There Thero were fifth one fifth more divorces and about fiftieth one fiftieth fewer marriages per of ot population last year than In 1916 The Tho statistics which figures for tor ery o state were issued without comment There here were marriages recorded last year while in 1916 there wore were showing II a numerical Increase of To 0 Cry ery of population how how- however however ever there were only 1033 mar mar- marriages marriages marriages in 1922 as compared with 1055 In 1916 a decrease of 2 08 per cent Maryland led In the marriage rate with 1539 per of Arkansas was second wIth 1487 Florida third with 1 1463 1 63 and Mississippi fourth with 1454 North Dakota with had the tho lowest rate Divorces granted last year to- to to totalled tailed for tor the whole coun coun- country coun- coun country country try against In 1916 1016 an In- In Increase increase In Increase crease of To each of population there Wa wai 1313 13 B a dl- dl dIvorces dl vorce I last year as compared with it lit In 1316 1916 an Increase of per cent Texas led t the e country In In the number of divorces In 1922 1022 with witha a 1 total of which was Wall one one- one fifth of ot tha tho number of marriage In that state Illinois second In the number numbe of ot divorces with 1 Ohio third with and California fourth with NtO NIO DIVORCES THERE South Carolina reported no di- di divorce divorces di divorces vorce as os asta its ta la laws laas s permit none The District of Columbia had the smallest number and aDd the low low- lowest lowest est eat rate per population with 31 New York was second with 40 per North orth Caro- Caro Carolina Caro Carolina lina line third with 60 50 and North Do- Do Dakota Da Dakota kota fourth with 51 Bl Nevada had the largest number I ot 01 divorces per p ot of with 1325 1825 and the number marriages there was lower than the number of t divorces ll totalling 1208 population Oregon Per had the second I ot of otI I divorces per pOPulation with Okla Oklahoma oDla was third with and Texas fourth with 28 There was one divorce to 35 8 marriages In the District of Colum Colum- Columbia Columbia bia bla to 2 22 6 marriages in New Iea- York to 19 6 4 in Georgia and to 16 in North Carolina Car |