The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-15
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Tomorrow at noon the Topeka and Law
renee y. NJ. c. A. volleyball teams will clash
at the Central W gym
Arnie Mitchell, charged by his wife with
assault with intent to kill. was bound over
to the district court today after lively
hearing in the court of Topeka During
the hearing Mrs Mitchell engaged in
wordy encounter with A. Z. Tone Wilson,
attorney for her husband.
Bids for the new $4,000 Dibble grocery
at Sixth and Quincy streets will be opened
probably will begin about February !;
and strictly modern. sod,ts fountain will
be new feature of the store.
Scottie May Baldwin who admits she left
her husband in Missouri in 1872 and came
to Topeka to find employment filed suit
for divorce in the district court today.
alleging abandonment She also asks for
custody of three boys. aged g. and years
and for the household goods she says she
has accumulated.
Fred Semon, gang foreman in the me-
chanical department of the Santa Fe at
Topeka, has been added to the pension list
of Santa Fe employees. Semon was born at
and began his work With the Santa Fe as
laborer in the Topeka shops May =.
ISL; He has been IN the employ of the
years
Frank Pollario. the Italian charged with
shooting WIN Haskell in row over seven
street Tuesday night, was bound over to
the district court today the charge of
assault with intent, to kill. Haskell is at
st. Francis hospital with a bullet wound
IN his jaw. The testimony given by the
Angie girl today had much to do with hold
! ing Pollarfo for jury trial.
The third biennial Safety picture show
which has been put out by the safety com
missioner of the Santa Fe railway Isaiah
Hale Will art tour of the entire sys-
| tel. to last three and half months, Jan
uary 1. Mr.. Hale will accompany the
Show, which will include threereel fea-
| ture entitled The House That Jack Built. -
which was written and filmed especially
for the s'fely campaigns of the railroad
scenes Of interest along the road. and Ian
| tern slides. The month of January will be
/ spent III Texas and Oklahoma.
II. G. Caddle of Zelmar Mo-. complained
to the police Thursday night. that he was
near the corner of Fourth and Madison
streets; He stated that he started out for
walk from the Leland hotel about G
o'clock in the evening when man STEPPED
from behind billboard and ordered him
TO put up his hands. He did and the
man with the gun went through his pockets
robert Yates, secretary of the Provident
Association. looked into the case and ten
tatively agreed TO furnish him with a rail
road ticket back as far as Kansas City.
George II. Fleishman, until a year and
a nan ago connected with the Kansas pub
lie utilities commission as traffic expert
ana prior to that in the traffic depa rtment
/ of the Santa Fe railway, has rendered his
resignation as commissioner and secreta nv
| OF the Wichita commerce committee. effec-
| tive February 1. when he will head the
| traffic department of the Kanita Refining
company mt Kansas City. Word of Mr.
! Fleishmans advancement was received in
Topeka today. He has been with the
Wichita commerce committee since leaving
Topeka. Associates say he was one of the
most capable traffic men ever in the EN-
ploy Of the Wichita traffic bureau.
The mothers of Redden chapel gave
surprise party Thursday for Mrs Eve
Burge, one of the workers for the mission
who has been with them for ten years. The
| tables were decorated with chrysanthe
NUNS, given by Mrs. NJ E. Hollcraft. 4
anf -rafD 81 Of
Schilling. a former worker in the mission
A tu1%ey dinner was served. Thirty-tw,
mothers were present. The guests of tn,
afternoon were Dr. S. S. Estey. the Rev ant
Mrs. J. Fazel. Mrs. Burge and her foul
children, Mr.. \. Il. Burge. Mrs. c. Il. Purge
Miss Beatrice Burge and Miss Ruth Burge
DIR. Estey and the Rev. Mr. Fazel mad,
short addresses. During the afternoon ;
missionary box of generous size and con
tents packed for Presbyterian schoo
in Arkansas by the relief committee o
Redden chapel.