The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
Petitioners Must Then De-
posit Twenty Dollars.
TO The CIRCUIT COURT
The Lid Case of Jacob Weber
Will be Carried.
Ira Lou Reed is Committed to Girls
Industrial Home at Delaware at
Her Own Request Friday.

The divorce business in Marion
county Is to be given another check.
County Clerk William w. ilinefelt-
er, tired of seeing so many divorce
proceedings being taken off the dock
et without the costs being paid, has
about decided to establish rule, in
creasing the deposit fee to just twice
it's present size.
Under the present plan, lawyer
must deposit $40 as security for part
lof the costs whenever he files a petit
ton for divorce. Owing to the fact
that divorce proceedings are Of such
uncertain and unstable nature, this
is the only class of litigation in which
a deposit of the kind has been made.
AT that, the deposit is not large
enough, the court officials say. The
$40 on an average will only about
cover the clerks costs, so that in
many of the cases, where no more is
ever paid, the sheriff must go beg
Iging
BY requiring a deposit of $40 with
every divorce petition, the clerk
thinks that all possible losses would
practically be covered and all Of the
|officials would be certain of their
fees.
Should the clerk establish this rule,
and he says it Is practically certain
that he wip do SO, there is no doubt
but that there would be d notable
decrease in the number Of divorce
suits filed here. The majority of di-
vorce suits are started by wives, and
It is difficult for many of them to
rake together enough money to pay
the present deposit fee of $40. With
the fee boosted to $40, it Is certain
| that many of them would be unabl ,
TO begin suit and the result would
be that many domestic r difficulties
would be settled instead of being
aired in court.
| AT her own request, Iva Lou Reed
aged Is, was taken to the Girls In
dustrial home at Delaware, Friday
afternoon. The girl was given hei
choice Of either accepting a position
as domestic in some Marion home OF
going to the Girls home.
81 think for my own good I hat
Ibetter go to the home," the girl tolt
the Judge.
The girl was taken into custody OIL
an affidavit filed by her mother, Mrs
Emma Staley, who resides in the Eas
End. She charges the girl with bein,
a juvenile delinquent.
TO the court, Mrs. Staley said tha
her daughter was absolutely incorrig
! ible. AS a child she had always beel
permitted to have her own way. an
when she grew to young womanhoOd
she became more willful an stub
born. According to her mothers stor
she would remain away from HON
. for long periods without apprlsing Mr.
, Staley of her whereabouts. The ties
timony also showed her to be immora
Since this was the first time tn
girl had ever been before the Probat
Judge, he had intended following hi
customary practice of releasing he
). on probation. She was desirous {
getting away from her old surrount
ings and associates, however, an
;. asked to be sent to the home.
. The error case of Jacob Webt
. against the city of Marion, is to |
carried to the circuit court. Judl
Young, of the court Of common plei
|, decided the case in favor OF Web,
several days ago, and today the m,
nicipality, through City Solicitor Dol
ithen, filed motion for new tria
The case Is one of Importance al
interest throughout the state, simil;
proceedings having been brought
many OF the cities. Mayor ScheI
q ordered all restaurants run in come
!, tion with saloons closed at the san
- time as the bars. The restauraI
men refused to obey. and Weber W,
arrested and fined. He took II
t, the common pleas court and judi
0 Young ruled that although the S
looms must be closed, the lunch room
may remain open.
: The city solicitor, in his motion f
1 a new trial. sets up that the decisi6
t of Judge Young was against the la
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