Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 239, 18 September 1915 — Page 9

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. Statistics are token from Wayne circuit court records from January 1 1916, to September 15, 1916, Inclusive. , , By Husband. By Wife. ' TotaL No. divorce complaints filed 29 1 91, 'vr To Husband. - To Wife. Total. .No. divorces granted by court 16 S6 M - '. Causes Preferred In Cases Granted. By Husband. By Wife. Total. Cruel and Inhuman treatment. - 2 : 13 15 Failure to provide..... ' 0 - 7 7 Statutory charges 4 .8 7' Abandonment ., ; 10 . 6 IS Drunkenness ' 0 6 6 y Conviction of. a crime - 0 " 1 1 . Total 16 ' , 36 62 Cases Hismissed before trial . 5 9 14 . Divorces refused by Judge 1 0 . 1 . 1 Judgment set aside .. 1 "' 0 1 The following record is on file in the county clerk's office: Marriage licenses Issued, January 1 to September 15, inclusive. ... . 243 Total number of civil cases filed 278

. BY ROLAND NU8BAUM. 4 - One out of every five marriages in Wayne county is destined to end in a divorce, if the statistics compiled .from the records of the Wayne circuit court for the last nine months are taken for their face value. The records show that there have been 243 marriage licenses Issued since January 1, 1915, and further reveal that fifty-two divorces have been .granted. Moreover, the records show that during that period ninety-one divorce complaints were filed. When this last statement is taken into consideration it would prove that one out of every two - and two-thirds couples, which receive marriage licenses' at the county clerk's window, makes application later for divorce. ; Wives Make Complaints. By far the majority of divorce complaints are made by wives. Twice as many divorces are granted to wives as to husbands. Women's reasons for asking legal separation cover a much wider field of abuses. The statistics show that abandonment is the chief complaint preferred by husbands in asking for divorces. During the last nine months ten men were plaintiffs on this ground. "Cruel and inhuman treatment" is the chief complaint made by wives. . The reason for these astounding figures on the social aspect of the marriage question can not be satisfactorily explained by circuit court officials, but the plain figures reveal the situation more clearly than can be told in words. During the last nine months. 278 complaints have been filed In the circuit court (exclusive of criminal cases). Of this number one-third were divorce cases. Another astounding feature of the records in the county clerk's office 1b .that more than one-half of the divorces applied for have been granted by the court. Only one divorce has been refused this year. Fourteen cases have been dismissed on motion of the plaintiff and the other cases are pending. The figures obtained from the court records are more reliable in formulating a conclusion than if the records at any other time of the year were taken. Attorneys Clear Docket. Attorneys have been instructed to help in clearing the docket of all cases that have been pending in court for some time, so that the October term can be opened with as clear a docket as possible. As a result, many of the old cases that have been pending for months, have been brought to issue and have been disposed of either by dismissal from the docket or by the judge's decision. The question, "What can be done to remedy the situation?" has confronted the officials of the circuit court for many years, but a solution does not seem to be in sight. The judge states that he will refuse to grant a divorce

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NEW PARIS, O., Sept. 18. Miss Sarah McGrew returned Wednesday to her school work at Gratis, Ohio? after spending the summer with local relatives. Calvin Mlddaugh has returned from a pleasant trip to northern points, Including Winona lake and South 7end. Charles Billman has purchased a J ew touring car. Messrs. and Mesdames Meek and Oant of Greenfield, Indiana, called on Pennsylvania Agent W. A. Nelson, Wednesday, enroute home from Plain City. Ohio. Several carloads of fertilizer have been unloaded at the Pennsylvania Btatlon the past week by the progresMesdames Lizzie Miller, E. W. Miner, Anna iu. ciurica, misses ijorena Miller and Evelyn Northrop, Calvin NBurtch and H. B. Miller were recent visitors of Fred Burtch at Reid hospital, Richmond. Mrs. C. W. Beane of West Manchester, spent Wednesday with her father, M. H. Pence and wife. - Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Brawley and eon returned from a week's visit at Huntington and Warren, Indiana. Mr. "and Mrs. Frank Malston and little daughter of Richmond, spent a few days the past week with local relatives Mrs. Earl Pence and little daughter, Martha King, returned Friday morning to their home in Pittsburgh, rs., aiiei. a leu uijit visit wiiu mr. and Mrs M. H. Pence and Mrs. Mar tha Clark, Jerry O'Brien of Indianapolis, was . here Thursday, greeting old friends, ; he having formerly lived here.

. .. A. number of local friends of exGovernor Andrew Harris attended the '. funeral services of Preble's distin- - guished son, which were held Thursday afternoon at Eaton. - Mrs. Shewmon and little daughter, of Eldorado, were Thursday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fudge. .Roy. Watts of Campbellstown is assisting Manager G. C. Fortney in the telephone repair work.

unless the evidence clearly warrants it. The fact that only one divorce was refused would Indicate that in a vast majority of the cases the "evidence warrants conviction." Many cases have been dismissed before they were given a chance to be tried. - In many counties of the state this method is employed by attorneys to settle marital troubles. In most cases the husband and wife will think long and hard before they go to court with their troubles. In Wayne county,-however, if the figures of the circuit court reveal nothing more than the natural conclusion, husbands and wives are not as reluctant in going to court as is the case in other communities. The figures show that fifty-four out of ninety-one cases filed came to trial. Of this number fifty-two were decided in favor of the plaintiff, one divorce was refused and in another the judgment previously rendered was set aside. . " Drunkenness Charged. In a majority of the complaints made by the wives, drunkenness and cruel and Inhuman treatment on the part of the husbands, are the chief abuses on which the divorces are granted. For drunkenness alone, six divorces were granted during the past nine months and in most of the cases in which "failure to provide" is the complaint made, drunkenness is the underlying cause as revealed by the evidence. The relationship between the number of divorces actually granted is about the same in the cases where the wife is the plaintiff as where the husband is the plaintiff. There have been 29 complaints filed by men and 62 by women. There were 16 decrees granted to men and 36 to women. Nine cases were dismissed on motion of the wives as plaintiffs and four on the motion of husbands who instituted the proceedings. , During the past nine months one case was brought before Judge Fox which was entirely new in its scope. This was the case of Ethel Nuss against George Nuss, asking for a "temporary separation." The suit was brought under an old Indiana statute whirh is verv rarely used and there

were only a few precedents in the state on which the judge couia nacic his decision. The case was not contested and the temporary arrangement was made. In addition to the plain divorce cases, several suits were brought with wives as plaintiffs asking the court to require the husbands to provide support for his family. One of the significant features of the divorce proceed ings in the circuit court is the fact that only in a few cases were mere nnv cnnt.At. made bv the defendants. Under these conditions, the judge was practically forced to give a -decision in favor of the piamtiii. Ivan Bradford has returned home after visiting his mother, Mrs. Fran els Via. Jonas Gaar of near Richmond, was here Wednesday on business. Grows Giant Sunflower. John G: Auld is exhibiting a giant sunflower which he raised. The flower measures fifteen inches in diameter pounds. Another freak in the way of the growth of a pumpkin vine is to be seen at the hftme of W. H Garretson, where the vine has climbed into a very tall plum tree and over another apple tree, but in the plum tree, twelve feet above the ground an immense pumpkin is ripening. Mr. and Mrs. James Horrigan spent Thursday at Dayton, being called there by the serious condition of Mike Rogers. Bruce Barr has returned from a pleasant trip to Chicago and St. Louis Mr. and Mrs. W. W. 8mith returned Thursday from a few days' visit with relatives at Muncle, Indiana. Mrs. E. A. Bryant and two daugh ters went to Windfall, Ind., Friday to viBit relatives. Peter Cutler. 01 Starr and Fred Ledbetter of Richmond, were New Paris visitors Friday. Mrs. Merle Tittle of Richmond, spent the past week with Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Reid. Misses Pheobe Smith and Martha A. Laughlin of Richmond spent Fri day here. Miss Amanda Brower of Campbellstown, was a Thursday guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Colvin. Goes to Bellefontalne. Mrs. Joseph C. White is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. F. G. Burnett ,at Bellefontalne, Ohio. The squirrel law came "In" Wed nesday and several licenses have been Issued by Clerk E. C. Mikesell for nimrods, old and young. Work on the foundations for the new centralized school building is be ing pushed to completion by Supt. G M. N. Walters, and each day the dream structure becomes more real. - Ed Conrad visited his parents at Lima, Ohio, this week. , .

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PLAXNFIELD. lad., Sept. 17. Last njchto session of the Western yearly meetina of Friend a waa riwrntorf a Bible school and educational work, the principal address beine- Au-rrA bv the Rev. Lewis Stout of Mt. Camel. ma suoject was "A Bi Item of Profit.' He declared the ficrlntur was the greatest evangelistic agency. The Statistical renart of Mn Ijnun Hobbs of Bloomingdale for the department of evangelism - and church extension Showed th Wtrn vaartv meeting had a membership of 13,902. me aicernon meeting in the tent waa conducted by Mead Kelsey of Spiceland. who defended that nart of the church discipline preventing memoers or secret orders from holding prominent places in the church. Harvey la Reappointed. Enos Harvev was re-annnintftri an. nerintendent of th vniUHv hpartment. .His report showed 813 conversions and renewals during the year. Mrs. una jucurae or Indianapolis addressed the Woman' Mianinnarv un ion. S. E. Nicholson, editor of the American Friend, spoke of the outlook ior ine paper. A resolution presented by A. K. Hollowell. nresldent of tha Earlham college board of trustees, asking that ine Doara consist or six members from the Indiana yearly meeting, six from the Western vearlv mnetlne- and three from the Alumni association. with the college president as ex-officio member was adonted bv a vote of 92 to 85. ' REPORTS PUBLICITY GIVEN TO SUFFRAGE THROUGH V.G. T. U. At the Wayne county W. C. T. U. convention at the First Christian church, Frlday,the franchise superintendent submitted the following report w Four public meetings at two of which Mrs. Vayhinger, state W. C. T. U. vice-president, gave addresses: fourteen parlor meetings, at five of which the county superintendent gave suffrage talks; two contests; two debates in one of which Miss Woodard and the county superintendent had the affirmative and won; four suffrage conferences; twenty-eight letters and eight post cards written; 650 pages suffrage literature and 5,000 pages otherwise distributed and forty-four feet of suffrage items published through the kindness of The Palladium and Item editors. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, at this con vention, gave one of her most excellent addresses along the lines of prohibition and equal suffrage. The state W. C. T. U. convention will be held at Muncle on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, and equal suffrage will be duy considered. WOMAN SAVES HOUSE FROM DESTRUCTION EATON, O., Sept. 18. Rare presence of mind displayed by Mrs. John Watts probably prevented the destruc tion by fire of a large two-story frame house on the Aaron W. Lewis farm, east of New Westvllle Friday. After Mrs. Watts had used a coal oil stove she sat it in a pantry and went about her duties. . She heard the noise of an explosion a little later, but paid no attention until smoke began pouring into other rooms. When she went to the kitchen the whole room was aflame. She tried to extinguish the blaze. Her husband, who was on the farm about one-quarter of a mile dis tant, heard her cries and ran to the house. With the aid of other neigh' bors the blaze was extinguished. The loss is estimated at $150, fully covered by insurance. JACKSONBURG Fred Looper of Brookville spent a few days with his sister, Mrs. Wilber Personette. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Thompson spent Sunday with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Bertsch of Centerville. Rollins Fihe and Mr. Adam Gosie of Trenton, Ohio, spent several days with their cousin. Miss Lucile Wilson J. W. Fink moved to his own farm near Dublfn this week and Earl Wick ersham moved to the Cook farm. Several from this place attended the circus at Richmond Thursday. , Mr. and Mrs. Robinson of near Elwood have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Keiser, the past week. Carl Coffman and wife were Sun day guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Coffman. Mrs. Victor Llchty of Ea6t Germantown is spending a few days with John Carr and family. Mrs. Clayton Daugherty entertained as their guests Sunday afternoon, Mr. Rollins Fihe, Mr. Adam Gose of Trenton, Ohio, Miss Olive Hunt of Fountain City, and Miss Lucile Wilson. The many friends of Lafayette Beeson will be sorry to learn of his sickness at his home in Richmond. Miss Iona Wickersham was home from Centerville over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Saters went to Williamsburg Sunday and with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Wright motored to several towns throughout the country. Tuesday, Sept. 21. Richmond lodge No. 196, F. & A. M, called meeting. Work in the Master Mason degree. Refreshments. Wednesday, Sept. 22. Webb lodge. No. 24, F. & A. M.. called meeting. Work in the Entered Apprentice degree, commencing at 7 o'clock. : Both sale and fresh water fish are caught in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.

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DACK OF DLOODY EUROPEAN AVAR LIES ENGLAND'S GREED FOR GOLD

' BY EDGAR ILIFF:. -Back of the frightful European war lies the shadow of England's undying commercial greed. Every school boy student of - American history - knowa full well the trail of British gold. It corrupted jtbe most gallant of all the American Revolutionary soldiers and made his name the synonym of treason Benedict Arnold. Before the lure of this hateful British gold tempted him Arnold' .name as a patriot and brave officer was loved and honored on two continents. This "selfsame corrupting gold paid European royal mendicants for the scum and dregs of society and sent the wretched victims over here -as Hessian Soldiers under English officers to fight a people struggling . under Washington for liberty. This gold paid Catherine of Russia for forty-thousand hireling troops to fight against American manhood and independence, but : Frederick the Great, a German, stopped the hideous traffic and prevented the transportation of the army. From the earliest times England has declared that in colonial trade, and in all commerce on land and sea, she would have no other gods before her. Her treatment of the American colonies is a history that brings the blush of shame and flush of indignation to every true American heart. It is a long long story and If the American school books have not been expurgated by pro-English publishing houses in this country every school boy knows this story of .humiliation, treachery, cupidity, Infamy and rank injustice. Sample of Greed. ' From a thousand historical instan ces of England's commercial greed and Intolerant treatment of all business competitors let us mention but one. The Dutch settlers in America held their colonial possessions in New York by as good right as the Enuglish, the French or the Spanish. As long as the Dutch were quiet and smoked their pipes and drank their schnapps in content they .were not molested. But when the awoke to the opportunities of trade the English Hon growled. In 1664 the British "Lords of Trade" declared that the Dutch were the greatest enemies of English business on earth and must be suppressed. When England and Holland were at profound peace these "Lords of Trade" secretly sent a fleet of four men-of-war to American shores and drove the Dutch out of New York, "in an unnecessarily brutal manner," and "perpetrated a crime against a friendly nation whose only offense was a greater success In commerce." This is just exactly what hurts England today, German success in the world's business. The historians I am following are an American and an Englishman. The latter, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, has recently published his six volume history of "The American Revolution." It is fair and impartial and does not Bhield or condone the crimes of his own country in its ambition to crush out all competition. The American historian I am following 1b Lyon Gardiner Tyler in his "England in America," volume six of the "American Nation" series, a work of 27 volumes by twenty-six of America's most eminent historians. These historians agree that the Dutch episode forms "a series of unprincipled secret actions scarcely equalled In the world's history." And for what? To make business for England? To keep her people employed? To keep up the pomp and glitter of royalty? What is the outcome of all their centuries of English exploitation of the world's commerce? The answer comes from the lips of the Englishman, David Lloyd George, in explaining the English Budget of 1909: , "Poverty is a greater peril to England today than the war-power of Germany. Up to this tifte English civilization socially has been a failure. In my mind not Germany but the poverty of the English masses is to be feared. No one can walk through the streets of East London where thousands of men are listlessly leaning against the wall, looking with blank, hopeless gaze on the light of day, without a feeling of horror. Are these the streets of a civilized, Christian city or are they .the pavements of Hell? " These men belong to a disinherited, degraded race of men. They are the children of the serfs and slaves of other periods of human history. They have exhausted their life energy in promoting the wealth of England, and now England turns them out to die in shame and sorraw. These men and women who have done the hard, rough work that renders the higher life of the privileged classes possible, are deprived of the comforts and necessities of life, they are despised by those they serve and die in pauper beds and are burled in pauper graves." Panama Canal Incident. Now when we proposed to build the Panama canal the English Lords and Regents said "by our leave, gentlemen," and we begged to be excused for our impertinence and signed a treaty to get the permission. When we foolishly thought we might exempt our coastwise shippers from tolls on the canal England cried, "No! No! That will never do!" and we repealed our law of tolls exemption. When we Just merely suggested the purchase of the interned German ships ' at Hoboken, so that we might have a few merchant marine vessels, England screamed, "Oh, my dear Sirs, that is utterly unthinkable! The money would go to

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