The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-06
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lice station. This afternoon, no ar
rests had been made since Monday
evening.
Fred Robertson. United States dis
, trict attorney, is in Kansas City on
business in connection with the de-
partment of justice office
Bought your auto license yet? Chief
of Police Parsons announces that the
season is open for the arrest of de-
linquent tag purchasers.
Monday evening three holiday pa
roles were granted by Judge Yates in
police court. Elmer McKeever. Win
field Bret and James Ingles We're given
their freedom.
Fourth of July in Topeka is teach
ing children to become law violators.
All day the youngsters stepped over
the city limits and purchased fire
works. ''Firecracker bootleggers,' as
it were.
Rev G. K. Hartman, pastor of the
First United Brethren church, went
to Richland Monday where he deliv-
cred an address at the Union Sunday
school picnic. He returned to Topeka
Monday evening.
Ben r. Endres of Leavenworth was
in Topeka today to appear before the
mandamus case. The case was con-
tinued and may not be taken up by
the court before October.
"Old Abb otherwise known as
Spencer Abbott, plain clothes man, is
missing at the police station today.
fie has obtained leave of absence
to accep+ position as umpire with
the Western League.
The Women's Missionary society of
the First English Lutheran church will
be entertained at 2:30 o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Olaf Ekberg, 1913 Monroe street. Miss
Irene Troxen will lead the Bible
service.
Picnic parties were numerous in the
country Monday. And sh-h-h, tbs
whispered that by some of the pic
nickers refreshments were imported
from the place where the muddy Kaw
flows into the sluggish Missouri.
Governor Capper returned today
from Hutchinson and Wichita, where
he delivered Fourth of July speeches.
He spoke Sunday before a church or
gan!zation in Wichita and Monday ad-
| dressed a union meeting of Hutchin-
son churches.
The mosquitoes are numerous since
the high water and they made life
miserable Monday for people who
went out to spend the day in the
woods. However. the chiggers are
comparatively scarce around this part
of the country.
Scores of Topekans waded the mud
dy. banks of the creeks near the city
| Monday in attempt to spend the
Fourth out of doors Reports of near
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the city to-day. The elusive fish were
as untamed as ever.
| Notice was served today on S. NJ.
| Brewster, attorney general, concern
| ing the filing of a test suit in Sedg-
| wick county affecting the commission
merchant act. The case was brought
! by thirty Wichita grain firms.
similar, suit by Topeka produce deal
ers was filed last week.
Marriage licenses have been issued
I n ART T.ay of a
Miss Myrtle L. Seals of Promise City,
Iowa; Edward Pyne and May Nc
Cauley of Topeka, and John c. Hus-
ton of Ogden, Kan, and Alberta NJ.
Smith of junction City.
| The supreme court today began the
hearing of cases before that tribunal
None of the cases to be argued this
week will be decided until October
Cases submitted in June will be hand
ed down Saturday Then the court
will leave on it's vacation and will
handle no formal court work until
September.
! Judge Hugh AIacFarland of the pro-
bate court has just turned over to
Matt Weightman, county treasurer, the
largest monthly collection of court
fees of the year, the amount being
S6S6.95. The fee collections largely
exceeded the expense of maintaining
the office during the period covered.
Many Topeka people spent their
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the waterworks. There are several
summer camps there and about doz-
en- parties went out for the day. An
impromptu ball game fishing and a
few feeble attempts to make the cele-
bration a noisy one were the features
of the day.
Just why Chief Harvey Parsons is
not wearing his white Palm Beach suit
has been a question of more or less
discussion the last week. 1t seems that
/ Parsons while id a lint at tTN
foot of the city not long ago, started
through narrow door in the Joint.
There was a nail in the door casing.
a West side man after four years
Of tireless effort finally this summer
grew sod on his parking. Now a
house is being built across the street
and the contractor tore up the park
ing TO hunt a water main. The city's
effort in the past to demand connec-
tons before paving was laid has put
crimp in civic pride.
Paul Mcbride, state labor commits
sioner, returned today from Detroit,
where he attended the national con-
vention of labor officials Miss Lima
Bressette, female factory inspector
who attended the convention, will not
return to Kansas until August /. She
will spend several weeks studying la
Dor conditions in the large eastern
factories.
A well known Topeka street char
acter who graces the State Journal
bulletin boards is a fine, tall, gray
whiskered gentleman. Every day he
may be seen with a large audience
always waving his arms in pro-Ger-
man gestures. He is a close student
of the kaiser's affairs and offers SUBJ
stantial arguments to back up his
sentiments.
A thrilling and strategic escape was
pulled off the other night when
gang numbering about twenty follow
ed a young man and two girls east on
Eighth street with the intention of