Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-04
DIVORCE CASES AN ISSUE
Judge De Graft at Des Moines Talks
of New Plan.
TALKS OF DEFAULT SUITS
seeks TO Have Law Enacted for
Appointment of Attorney 90 De-
fend where No Appearances
Are MADE in Court.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

From q Staff Correspondent
DEs MONIES, Ia. Oct 3.-(special Tel
egram)-An effort will be made before
the next session of the legislature 20 Sc
cure the enactment OF a law permitting
the appointment Of a special attorney
70 defend ali divorce cases In which there
Is no other appearance for the defense,
and thus put an end 70 default divorces
in this county
Judge Degran Of the district court will
start the movement. He says: En-
tirely too many default cases are granted.
We have from fifty 70 sixty cases OF this
nature each term and am confident not
all Of those who secure divorces are en-
titled 20 them. / do not wish to be mis-
understood. A person who is really en-
titled to a divorce should have it.
Il do not have the time TO go into the
minor details Of every case nor does the
county attorney To separate the worthy
from the unworthy would keep one man
steadily employed
He would be required as soon as an
application for divorce is filed TO begin
mis- inquiry and submit a report on his
findings. II ne discovers there are really
grounds for divorce the court could act
accordingly. Should he fail to reach
such decision the court could then fur
ther investigate"
Cost of Special Train.
| The state executive council in auditing
the bill OF expense for the special train
for the governor and military stan and
his friends TO accompany the president
through Iowa found that the total cost
was only about $500. The car fare is paid
| 4 F,sV.A
at his disposal. The members of the party
had to pay for but one meal while on the
trip and that was the one in Des Moines.
Condemn water Plant.
Steps for the condemnation Of the plant
OF the Des Moines Water company were
taken by the city council when II passed
resolution instruoting the city legal de-
partment to go before the supreme court
and secure the appointment Of a court OF
condemnation.
Three district court judges will com
pose the court Of condemnation.
To Interstate Commission.
The State Railroad commission will Inn
mediately take 20 the Interstate Com
merce commission the matter Of the COM
plant OF Z. @. wyhe on behalf Of the
Iowa shippers against the rates on freight
made by the Great Western road between
Des Moines and st. Joseph. The COM
pany has denied the alleged illegal char
acter Of the rates now in force, and Mr.
Wylie has asked that the matter be taken
up at Washington and be submitted at
the same time as other Iowa cases. The
complaint is that the local rates are In
many cases higher than rates for much
longer distances. comprising these local
distances. The Issue will affect the whole
question of the right of roads to make
rates to meet long distance competition
in part by water routes.
Al work on Rate Case Arguments.
The committee of attorneys for the five
western states interested especially In
the Saaborn rate decision Is at work
here for the second week on the argu-
ments to be presented TO the courts in
this famous appeal case They will make
the claim, In line with that Of the attor-
ney generals, that the Sanborn decision
will have the effect not only Of prevent
ing any rate making with relation to
{ purely state matters, but also to prevent
the exercise of the police power of the
, state In many other things having remote
I influence upon interstate commerce.
Rain All over Iowa.
!, In the last three days Iowa has had one
4 of the heaviest transforms for a number
OF years, the total OF rainfall ranging
from half inch up to three inches anc
practically every part of the state having
received some rainfall. The western par
OF the state has apparently received tn
larger part of the storm and in some o
: the southern counties the rain is al
most the first received since last spring
> In central Iowa the grass is green an,
: growing fine, and no frost has as ye
p touched any Of the garden stuff. Th
rainfall here for the entire month of Sep
= tember was L6s inches,
Go tO Southern Fairs.
Secretary A. r. Corey Of the Iowa stat
z fair In company with Secretary ].
= simpson of the Minnesota State tail
went TO Sedalia this week to attend IN
g. Missouri state fair and they may also s
to Oklahoma to attend the state IA
: there Others interested IN the Iowa IA
5. will attend these two southern fairs
&. Board of EducatiOn Denounced.
- +. T. Meredith. owner of Successf
= Farming, and a leader In agricultur
&. matters In Iowa, Is out In a strong q
: tack on the personnel OF the present low
- that the presidents OF the state universal
u. and state college were forced TO resign
most unusual manner and that relativ
- of persons connected with the board ha
TX been given places by displacinE veteri
employees lie does not attack the systel
but declares that the present board
- dominated wholly by the president OF Il