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Show GREAT INCREASE IN DIVORCE SUITS KAN0AS C1TT. Aug. 1 Nineteen hundred marriasj llcaaee have been la-sued la-sued In thia city alnce January 1 and during that tlms too sulta for divorce have been filed. Thia shows an Increase tn tba nam ber of dlvorc aulta brouaht hers, aa a year ago It waa found that a ratio of one divorce suit to every four marriage licenses waa maintained. Judfre Portertleld of the Juvenile court said that the situation demanded Immediate Immedi-ate Improvement. "Instead of devoting; so much attention atten-tion to ths ones km of more strlnsjent divorce laws." hs aald. "It would be fer better to make mora stringent laws governing? gov-erning? maniajrea. You cannot legislate divorces and broken homes out of existence exist-ence so long aa just anybody csuv set married reerardleaa of mental and physical physi-cal defects. "There should be a commission to pass on tha man Lai and physical condition of applicants for marrlajre licenses aad oa tba aaraia aaaacity of man " |