The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-10
4, Present Rate More Than
1000 CasesWill BE Filed
During the Year.
M AGREEMENT ON CAUSES
Numerous Varying Opinions
Given TO Explain Increase
of Marital Wrecks.

.u.. .....,I OF the divorce evil
..a H..l Judges, as wen as To
-, i. .r... sections of the Cuun-
.lw 10 explain except
.....-r .0. s0rcalled nervous
..,.I.Va. W the citizenship ot the
49, static. since the close ut br
r.. greatly Increased the mum
.....Huuus for divorce TIE
r.r arI,. months.
NlTt.. .....rIs of Tulsa comfy show
t,, sr.. January lac petitions
...... have uCuu filed IN the
..,.., ...r, aud gU2 petitions iu
g.,.,.. court, total OF Sos pcus
,.Ip. .f Ha character In seven
,.r.N. .s compared with only JuO
a.ufi.u. f.,A BOO the two courts On
hs :. months ending Deccmber 81,
"ra divorce records OF y. Louis
,aur,. Missouri. with "a population
~, ZOO ... show that 1904 dcrirrs
,,sls eI.,I Cor tho year ending
r.. 1919 should the present
cd. .. petitions filed iu divorce
,...s continue ln Tulsa county,
,..,. ,... 500 petitions viii have
rsra f.I before tho clos" Of lhis
,s4r ar. placing the number of de-.
tr,,. a.ufr1 at four fif'hs m the
,r7.n.. .f u,'lIons fled, tho divorce
record ' inr city and county Will
,baU tlu 1rUrccs the present year.
n. . slightly under onc-ihird the
rgmU.r granted M ST. Louis during
A corresponding time, although the
Latter u.. ana county has "A popul1-
ton seven times as great as Tulsa
county
Tarl, Marriages Not Blamed.
nfe. U,3unud = Cole OF the
district court does not agree with
ffe theory of many Judges that
early marriages have any Influence
I'M fhs number of divorce petitions
f'eI 20. said that the divorce rec
urls ut fGr countries OF Europe
where 'No parents make all ar
nrrcm.r's f1r The marriage OF their
,hHlrrr. show that few divorces ~
n', from such marriage Ia the
matter uf carly marriages. Judge
Cole vf that no know from the
number ~ cls'g hrourh; before him
ha' emily marriages were more
lksv 20 Doe permanent than when
partIfs were married after reaching
whst is considered "a mature axe
"Youur persons adapt themselves to
#NAiN m. H'' III N'fIl Illhl lFN AN to i'IW
parat,r youthful age better than
whom older" Judge Cole said. "aud
ior ms reason. ot an cqual number
Of marriages OF persons between the
ages ~ lt and % years. AS com
pared with marriages of persons IA
years older. should expect 10 find
'hi' 'ne more youthful were much
l'w inclined 90 get into the divorce
courts"
There are times" Judge Cole con-
'.GGe1 whom a dlyofce is absolute.
ly necessary I'm many cases the
parties .l SUI, show that snelthcI
viii gnIeg any conditions, return "a
hfr former relation, and when thi'
sale C' affairs exists. society /.
benefited hy tho diverce as well a,
ne paIlc, 90 tho action Sometime,
ias' Ike refusing a divorce 10 q
couple who show by their actions IL
Toe courtroom that probably no per,
'on n 'Ho world could live In hap
raess with either. feel that bi
granting 'hc divorce, either or h0tl
MgH' r.narry and then there woul,
N1 unhappy homes instead o
mfidcllty u Cause.
Ihe records W Tulsa county show
much hghcr comparative number
w persons hasing divorce actionI
upon me grounds or lnfidelity an,
abandonment, than the records %
".'nns OF the country Tn,
'.t' number ot abandonment case