The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-12
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.


are enjoying a two-day vacation while
the teachers of the schools are in To-
peka.
The Washburn football management
should schedule a big game here dur
ing teachers week every year. 1t would
be a drawing card.
c.. H. A. Schwartz, manager Of the
Kaw Package company, is attending
the national convention OF Basket
Makers at Memphis. Tenn. this week.
| Action for divorce has been COM
menced by Iva Armstrong against -ohn
! Armstrong, whom she charges with
failure to support her. They were mar
| ried in 1912.
| Marriage licenses have been granted
to Carl NJ. Nichols and Clara Butter
field of Topeka, and to Lon Pierce OF
Wichita and Elsie Henderson OF
Harveyville.
The following births were reported
at the office of the city clerk today:
William Green and wife. 1926 Lincoln
street, November 6, girl; Jacob Krutz
and wife, 5O7 Harrison street, November
9. two boys.
Elva A. Briggs began suit for divorce
| in the district court yesterday. filing a
petition in which she alleged that
John Briggs, whom she married In 1886,
! is guilty of cruelty and nonsupport. She
asks for custody of three minor chill
dren.
Topeka tickets for the Kansas-Mis-
souri, game at Lawrence Saturday, NO
vember q, have arrived and are on
sale at the business office OF the State
Journal. Better secure yours at once as
the Indications are that every seat Will
be sold.
Miss Katherine Devereux Blake.
president OF the Association OF Women
Principals Of New York city will be
the guest Of honor at the luncheon
conference of the Topeka Grade Teach
ers' club to be held at the First Meth
odist church on Friday, November IL.
1914, at 1880 o'clock.
Petitions for the paving of the alley
| between Kansas avenue and Jackson
street, between Fifth and sixth
streets: Ashland avenue from the al
ley east Of Greenwood avenue to Blu
chanan street; and Seventh street from
jefferson street to Shunganunga creek,
received favorable action by the city
commission today.
AS a result of being struck by an
automobile, Linden Erhart, tho@Son OF
J. M. Erhart of st. Louis, Mo-, was
| badly bruised about the head and
shoulders Tuesday evening. He was
also slightly cut about the face. The
accident occurred at Tenth and Topeka
avenue. The boy is staying at the home
of c. H. Chandler, state architect. He
will recover.
An error occurred in the State Jour-
nal last night. In the story of the ar
rest Of Joe Snyder. charged with bur-
glary, it was stated that Snyder lived
by transformation given by the police.
According to the affidavit signed by
Synder he resided at 3O1 North Lake
street. At no time has he lived on
Lake street south OF the river.
Sheriff L. L. Kiene suspects there is a
crazy man at large in the western
part of the county. Yesterday he put
in a part of the day hunting for man
who stole a fine horse from the home
Of o. E. Helm near Silver Lake and
rode it at q run for a mile and a half
before he turned it loose. An alarm
was given Immediately and Kiene
helped find the horse but the man had
effectually disappeared somewhere near
Valencia. No one saw him well enough
to furnish Identification.
Frank Dutton, the youthful BRIDE
groom who was brought here from
Oklahoma, charged with beating a
board bill at a local hotel and passing
forged checks on local merchants, and
his bride are still at the county Jail.
They are making a strenuous effort to
obtain a settlement Of the charges and
buttons father from Blue Rapids has
been here working on the business.
Dutton says he expects to be able to
square things. His wife is standing
pluckily by him through his trouble.
DR.. Leslie Rowles, city milk in
spector of Topeka, says there are only
two herds of cattle within the radius
of Topeka's milk supply, which have
been shipped through cattle yards now
under quarantine recently enough to
be in danger of having contracted the
These
the Kansas City stock yards only a few
days before quarantine was establish
ed there. They are being closely
watched and with the first indication
of the presence of the disease will be
Immediately placed under strict quar-
antine.
The Current Topic club Of the Central
Y. NJ. C. A. will meet next Monday
evening at 6:15 o'clock, and the speak
er of the evening will be DR.. w. L.
i inspectors in the bureau of animal in
dustry. who will address the club on
the subject OF 1.-THE Foot and Mouth
| Disease and It's Danger to Our Meat
and Dairy Supply. The club held its
first meeting on last Monday evening,
and had a good attendance. The Y. NJ.
c. A. serves dinner to the members of
wish to attend these meetings. It Il
understood that their meetings will ad-
journ promptly at 1880 p. m.
| Harry E. Key, a 16-year-old boy who
has been in charge Of the State Reform
school at Topeka for a number Of
months, will be transferred to the Ma
tional Training School for Boys at
Washington. D. c., IL the proper au-
thorization is given by the department
J OF justice. Request for his admission
| there has been made on order Of Judge
w. N. vanValkenberg. before whom
the boy was tried for robbing the
United States mail at Wilson In Neosho
county. Key was convicted at the
Fort Scott session Of the federal court.
He has been reported by Superintend-
endt H. NJ. Charles of the industrial