The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-14

Capper. Oscar Swayze, county clerk
and Harvey Parsons, chief of police.
The endorsements stated that the sign
ers had Investigated the mans creden-
tials and found them to be o. K. and
recommended that he be given sup
port. Jay E. House declined to swell
the already large bundle of endorse
ments the man was carrying.
Big money saved by the Santa Fe
Tour Co. on first class trips to the San
Francisco fair. See H. p. Richards, STA
New England Bldg. p. 1524.-Adv.
The street department bIames en-
ployees of the Chicago Rock Island
& Pacific railway for a break in the
Kenwood sewer The sewer pipe is
exposed where it crosses Ward creek.
City employees claim that railroad la
borers broke the pipe with hammer.
Water backed up from the Kansas
river during the recent high water and
several garden patches were flooded.
I New blanks to be used in an index
record of analysis of water made by
the city bacteriologist have been
adopted and hereafter records of all
samples examined will be readily
available.
1t will be two or three days before
all of the phones in Topeka that were
put out of commission as a result of
the recent heavy storm, are in work
ing order Although force of more
than thirty men is working overtime
there were still 1900 phones dead to-
day. Cable men have been sent here
from st. Joe and Kansas City to ia
cilitate the work.
DR.. Atwood, Eye, Ear, Nose.
Throat. 623 Kansas Ave. Phone 4353
white.-Adv.
hat cjt
give away a strip of land ten feet
wide on the east side of Central park
to be used in changing the alley there
to a street was today referred by the
city commission to the commissioner
of parks and the city attorney.
Bonds to the amount of 800 will
be paid by the city of Topeka during
the month of July. Most of them were
issued to pay street and alley, sewer
and water Obliga tiOnS.
The Fillmore street bridge over
Shunganunga creek was damaged by
high water last week to the extent of
several hundred dollars. dirt fill
south of the south abuttment was
washed away as was also part of the
north embankment. The bridge itself
was not damaged.
The New Sample Shoe. Store over
Kresge's Ten Cent Store is quitting
business. The entire stock goes on
sale Tuesday at 10 o'clock, at sacrifice
prices.-Adv.
John Belcher,. .colored, is wearing
the plumage of the Jail bird because
he defended his fair name from the
charge of Bookkeeping and used a
monkey wrench on Henry Keeling,
also colored- After watching consid-
cradle evidence pile up against him in
the court of Topeka, where he was
arraigned on a charge of assault with
intent to kill: Belcher this morning
thought better of his plan of defense
ands entered. a plea of guilty to as
SAUL and 4battery. J udge Hugh Fisher
pronounced assentence' of 80 days in
the county Jail, which may be mod
Grated if Belcher is able to show that
he really has been in the habit of
contributing to the support of his wife
and family.
The annual meeting of the Long
View club will be held at E. L. Over
toms summer home. southwest of To-
peka, Wednesday evening. The men,
bers will meet at the Commercial club
quarters and will leave for the Over
ton place at four o'clock. Several
candidates will be initiated. The Long
View club is the organization that has
as it's object the restoration of the lost
meet informally every day in the
main room of the Commercial club
quarters and discuss ''all sorts of
things and weather..
A small shed at the rear of 1414
Kansas avenue caught fire from an
unknown source today and was dam
aged to the amount of $25. 1t was
owned by DR.. w. A. Wehe. In going
to the fire the automobile of Chief E.
E. Babcock stalled in front of the city
hall. The trouble was located in the
ignition box.
Suit against John Grorics, alias
Grogrich an Austrian and convict at
the Lansing penitentiary, for cancella-
ton of naturalization papers was to-
day filed with Mort Albaugh, clerk of
the federal court, by Francis NJ
Brady, assistant United States district
attorney. The Austrian obtained his
naturalization papers in 1905 in
Washington state. The petition al
leges that he was not eligible for nat
ura lization.
The police department has a mas
cot. Today Bert Richardson, police
driver, was presented with a valuable
Airdale dog by DR.. c. c. Hensley, a
local physician. The dog will be kept
at the station.
Word was received in Topeka to-
day by relatives of William Copeland
that he was seriously injured in an
auto accident at Strong City. A car
in which he was riding turned turtle
and Copeland sustained a broken col
lar bone and severe bruises, and it is
feared internal injuries.
Ralph Sewers of the Walk over
shoe store received a telegram from
Brocton, Mass, saying that the ex-
position judges at the ma-Pacific
fair had awarded the Geo. E. Keith |
Co. the highest award for its exhibit |
E. A NJ. Smith, of the Smith |
Agency, who was run down by jitney |
near the postoffice. last Thursday |