The Legal World o examine into all divorce cases, and where he is suspicious that there is col lusion between the parties or an attempt is being made to obtain a snap judgment he is to act as an attorney for the de fense. As the office was not created by the statutes, several reform organiza tions bound themselves to pay his salary. So favorably has the plan been received that the Missouri Bar Association is working on a plan to have it incorporated into the laws that it may be applied in every county in the state. A simi lar plan has already been adopted in Illinois. Judges of the Superior and Circuit courts in Chicago on Jan. 6, approved Judge Charles A. McDonald's suggestion that the courts be protected from imposition in divorce cases by a proctor or special investigator. Workmen's Compensation
The National Civic Federation is plan ning to push in the states whose legis latures meet this year the adoption of its model bill for the compulsory com pensation by employers of death or in juries due to industrial accidents. In this the Federation is co-operating with the Workmen's Compensation Commit tee of the Uniform State Law Commis sioners and a similar committee of the American Bar Association, and especial activity is reported in West Virginia, Texas, Colorado, California, Mary land, Michigan, North Dakota, Montana, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Missouri, Indiana and Iowa. The principles of the bill have been adopted by the Con gressional Commission on Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensa tion. The report of the Congressional Commision, expected shortly, will embody a bill providing a graduated scale of compensation through Government instrumentalities for injuries to em
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ployees of railroads engaged in inter state commerce, whether due to negli gence or not. A fundamental feature of the proposed plan is that it provides an exclusive remedy for workmen or their families in cases of injury or death, and except in cases already in litigation takes away the right of appeal to the courts. The bill was drawn by Senator Sutherland, chairman of the Commis sion, and he will introduce it in the Senate. Miscellaneous
A Massachusetts branch of the Ameri can Institute of Criminal Law and Crim inology has been organized, presided over by Justice Henry N. Sheldon, of the Supreme Court. Associated with him are such men as Justice Charles A. DeCourcy, also of the Supreme Court; Chief Justice Bolster of the Boston Muni cipal Court; Judge Harvey H. Baker of the Boston Juvenile Court; Professor Roscoe Pound, Arthur D. Hill, and Dr. Morton Prince, the well-known neuro logist and psychopathologist. Of these Justice DeCourcy and Dr. Prince are also vice-presidents of the national Insti tute of Criminal Law and Criminology. The French Government has promul gated a ministerial decree regulating aerial navigation in France. It consti tutes the prelude to the measure regu lating aerial navigation elaborated by an extra commission, which will have to be voted by the French Chamber and Senate before it becomes law. The bill, or charter, was issued to protect the public against inconveniences and risks which may result from aerial naviga tion and also the aviators from the dan gers entailed by their own imprudence and daring, or by the imperfection of their flying machines. This will give full authority to the French Minister
