The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-17
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AT HONE NEWS,

Mayor j. T.. House, WHO dtlSiOCO
the two national political conventions
returned to the city this morning
Two Masters of Israel" will be
the subject of the sermon by the Rev.
c. A Alden at the First Swedish lSap-
fist church Sunday morning In the
evening an echo service from the Billy
Sunday meetings will be held sew
eral visitors will speak.
Mrs. A. c. Richardson of Wichita,
who has been visiting here for the last
three weeks, left for her home this
morning.
s. H. Olsen of 621 Tyler street, on
a motorcycle, collided with C. w.
Noble of 1863 Garfield, at Sixth and
Kansas avenues about eleven O'Clock
last night and Noble was painfully
injured Several witnesses testified
that both men were right" that Oh
son was driving not more than SIX
miles an hour and that he was on the
right side of the street; that Noble
had a right to be at the point where
he was hit and that no one was to
blame.
William Thompson. a boy. was
charged in police court with pushing
Earl Bradford. aged s. off his tr1-
cycle and kicking him The COM
plant was made by the Bradford
boys mother The Thompson boys
father testified that the Bradford boy
rode his tricycle. up and down in front
of the Thompson house and made an
awful racket. Judge Robert Yates
discharged the Thompson boy and
sentenced Mrs Bradford to keep her
boy at home. The families live in the
hoo block on East Sixth street
Judge G. H. whitcomb of the sec
ond division of the district court re-
fused to grant a new trial Friday to
J. K. Woodson, the negro preacher
charged by Mrs. Ed Frye with white
slavery" He was sentenced to the
penitentiary for a term of from one to
five years. Woodson came near es-
Gaping without sentence. Judge
Whitcomb agreed with WoodSon'S at
torney that the Kansas white slave
law does not apply where the man is
married Woodson was married, but
his wife died a few days before the
alleged relations with Mrs. Frye
ceased and during the few days he
was a single man.
Doc Crawford. charged with resist
ing an officer when the latter sus-
pected him of bootlegging, was dis
char ged by Hugh Fisher, judge of the
court of Topeka However. Crawford
wa. held on the charge of plain as
sault. The technically upon which
the first charge was dropped lay in
the fact that the officer had seen
Crawford commit no crime and had
no warrant for his arrest.
Charged with forgery, Joe Thomas
was bound over to the district court
Friday afternoon under bond of
$500. The forgery alleged occurred
about three years ago and Thomas
had not been in Topeka since until
brought back recently by l. L.kiene,
sheriff
Suit for judgment to the amount OF
$1.49s has been filed in the district
court by the Knights and Ladies of
sccul ~ against the estate of the late
a l. Entsminger. Entsminser died
last December and Mrs. Entsminger
in January. 1t is alleged that they
had signed notes to the fraternal or
der yH
IRE Rev. and Mrs John A. Bright
have returned to Topeka after six
r1cpths' absence in Pennsylvania,
Ohio. Illinois and Iowa. The Rev
MI Bright will preach Sunday at the
Ir.glish Lutheran church, Fifth and
darriSon streets
The plans of c. D. Cuthbert of To-
peka for a new $4,000 city hall for
LYONS, Kan. have been accepted over
those Of several prominent Wichita
architects. The new city hall is to be
combined with city Jail and fire de-
partmeut and has a big auditorium
with a seating capacity Of 1900. The
hall ssill contain a completely appoint
ed stage. The building will be 20 by
$50 feet
Clerks in the office of the state la
Iors commissioner are preparing
uneanny looking map of Kansas. Its
PURPOSE is to show the sections OF the
state in which most accidental deaths
and injuries occur. Where a death is
the result of an accident a tombstone
is stamped on the map. Where there
j. "A permanent injury one finds
crutch and minor injuries are marked
by dots. Most of the tombstones ap-
pear on the surface of Crawford and
Cherokee counties, the mining dis
trict- There are only three tombstones
On Topeka's place on the map.
Mrs. Myrtle ]. Callahan OF the Prov
ident association leaves today for Chi
caEo. where she will take a course in
The Chicago School of Civics and Phil
authrnpy. She will be gone six weeks
Attorney General Brewster went to
Hiawatha today on business.
The Children's day exercises will
make up the evening service at the
Evangelical church Sunday. In the
morning the pastor. b. H Hobbs. will
preach to God"
S'he women relatives of the mem
hers OF the T. c. 7. asspciation nave
organized a society known as the
Ladies L. c. T. club. No. AZ. The new
organization will meet the same night
and in the same building as the mems
organization The purpose OF the club
Is To promote friendship among the
families of the members of the U. G.
T. to assist widows and orphans of
deceased members. to aid IN sickness
and adversely and to engage in work
OF a phiianthropic and charitable ma
lure Any wife. mother or daughter
over 10 OF any member of the U. c. T.
Is eligible to membership.
From S250,00O to SSOO.O 600 in con-
tracts will be let next week by the
state board of control. The contracts
viii be for groceries, meats, clothing
ana various other materials for insti-
tutions under the direction of tho
board.
Fire losses for May were greater
than in any month since 1912. accord