The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-18
DIVORCE MACHINE
HAS ABAD FRIDAY
lnterminable Wrangling Among Attorneys
Characterizes This Weeks Divorce Day
Judge Gillian Hears Few Cases, Then
Shooes the Whole Lot (Attorneys, Wives,
Husbands and Witnesses) Into Judge Tall
mans Courtroom.

Everything went wrong IN the
divorce factory. on Profanity hin.
Friday afternoon. And the en-.
glneers. and the stokers and ma.
chinists and superintendent had
an awful time trying 10 get the
wheels an / grinders adjusted
They worked frentieally. but TO
no avail.
They would get the old thing
started. and you'd be sure Il was
going to run smoothly. when
crrrash' An affidavit OF non.resi.
denee or a summons By publication
would blow out cylinder head. and
the Old Nick would be To pay.
The lawyers got hot and petulent.
Lane Summers. deputy prosecuting
attorney. had a hornets nest bur.
xlug constantly around his ears. aud
Divorces aud witnesses became
frightened and confused as they
we're showed thru tn. moii OF the
mill.
Every Friday afternoon they grind
up a grist OF default divorces, but
for time IL looked as II the grind.
ing would have TO 20 unground. this
time.
Lane Summers n bear cat at the
divorce bu~ness He r. young. and
looks tender and innocent. but he
besta two lawyers out OF three.
Lane II not IN favor OF divorces.
And he therefore insists on holding
strictly 10 the law. 80 that no man
CT woman shall nnloohe the bonds
without just cause.
And Lane Is Justified in his aiti.
tude. Hut tia heastly annoying 10
LAWYER. after be has scent several
months working up a case. to find
that there II flaw In IL. and that
he must begin all over AGAIN
There Was lniersninahie WranEiinF
In Judge Gllllam's court. but few
cases went thru successfully.
Aside from the fact that Irene ".
and Howard u West didn't get
along together. hn spent mos, OF his
cash on other women. and finally
went away. she testified got
her divorce
Two weeks after STANLEY Wa mar
ried TO Frances kaltis he knocked
her down, she told tho Judge lie
also. rs pastime. threatened her
life. aworc ~ her. aud spent his
earnings on drink Occasionally he
thumped her over the head And 10
she. too. got divorce
Hut then there vas hitch. Judge
Gillian. as presiding Judge. must
direct the hearing ~ eases In all
the other courts. and Ia constantly
interrupted by pctuleni attorneys
who complain tina, they have been
iockcyed out OF their positions on
the calendar lie - sort Of inter
national court OF arbitration The
wheels began revolving again.
/
Maud r. Dunach lived in compare
tive happiness with John 4. foi
three days after the ceremonies
! After that he went away Tha, AS
In 1911 She hna not gaxcd on him
since. So he Was r.couvcrted into
single man. Friday
r. l. Floyt. a youngieh chap with
square iaw. swallowed his pride
and told the story Of his wifcs de
sorting him and their small son
She's in California. now. he said
and refuses to return
The machinery OF tho law groanod
and Jared. and stopped again. az
Lane Summers found more faulty
service affldavits and other bits ol
legal material by means OF which
divorces are procured
fIe read sections OF code 10 the
Judge. The defendant attorneys read
other sections Summers said theft
reading proved his argument. and
they said his proved theirs.
The presiding Judge rubbed hia
head and called an adjournment.
/ When he returned he shooed the
whole. troublesome iot--Summers
attorneys. Divorces and divorce