The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-22


| played fast ball and the pitchers wefo
in fine form. Wright was on the mound
for the 0rsys and Nasle for the hos
! pitAl..
| The Gage park line IL promised to
! the street car riding public for the
, Fourth Of July. ,Topekans remember
the exciting night following the open
ing Of Vinewood park eleven years
ago when several thousand Topeka
people walked home In the midnight
hours when the new track gave out
under the pressure Of heavy travel
town and the track construction II
high class.
People in the vicinity Of Twelfth and
Western avenue spending q quiet Sat-
| urday evening sitting on front porches,
eating ice cream, or resting Ia the park
| made simultaneous dash for the home
| of 8. E. Lux when fire apparatus stop
ped in front Of his residence. The Ford
car belonging to Sam Lux. who was not
at home. burned in the barn. The fire
men quickly quenched the flames. The
crowd was bigger than the conf1agra-
ton.
Divorces have been granted three
dissatisfied wives by Judge A. w.
Dana in the district court. Ida May
Shaw, who sought separation from
Nelson B. Shaw. was given decree
OF divorce and custody OF their child.
Divorce was granted Rosie Stewart.
who sued for separation from r.. H.
Stewart and she was given custody OF
their minor children. Maude Oldham
was given a decree Of divorce from
James Oldham.
A request to let the devil prone
made the streets of Topeka was re-
fused this morning by Mayor COfran.
A representative of the home talent
comic opera, Satan" to be given ut
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police to grant her a permit to allow
a scarlet man to stroll the streets.
She was referred to the mayor, who
refused. There's enough on the
streets already" said the mayor and
shook his head.
The monthly report Of Frank Cum
iskey, state oil inspector. was filed to-
fees aggresating $7.614.03 collected in
May. 1t was one of the largest months
in the history of the department. Dur
ing May, the reports shows, 35,175 bar
rels Of oil and 1895 barrels of gasoline
were inspected in Kansas under : the
provisions Of the state law. The. ex-
pense OF the department for the month
was $S41.65. leaving a net profit to the
state from fees of IS, 772. 38.
Shawnee county farmers are missing
a chance to help q number of bright
boys. There are half a dozen or more
u THESE SuSAQS 10 10 1III0en years
of age who need homes on farms this
summer, according to Ed Rooney. pro-
baton officer Of the Juvenile court.
Mr.. Rooney says the lads get on well
during school year but are prone to
run wild IN summer for the mere lack
Of anything useful to do He wants to
hear from people living in the country
or on the edge of town who are willing
to take one or more OF these boys into
their homes.
Oscar Swayze, county clerk. has
been called on to answer q query from
a New Yorker who wished to verify
press report that $4,000 quarts of
whisky were shipped into Topeka in
May. AS the reports received at his
office do not enter into details as to
quantity of shipments he has no de-
tails such as have been supplied by
some imaginative newspaper corre-
spondent. Mr.. Swayze answered to
the effect that he thought $4,000
quarts OF all sorts OF alcoholic drinks
would be closer to the facts and as.
sured the inquirer that Topeka is In
fact about as dry as It has ever been
in history.