The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-13

An egg carnival and an art exhibit
will be given tomorrow night at the
Seabrook church.
Mrs. D. U. Millison. 400 Shawnee
avenue, has received word of the death
of her mother, Mrs. b. L. Wibert in
Andover Ohio
Mrs. Agnes Gum, Mrs. Lillian Ed
wards and Mr.. r. c. Mccormick of
Kansas City are here on account of the
serious illness of their mother and
grandmother, Mrs. d. c. Hewitt of
1924 jackson.
The membership banquet of the Y.
NJ C. A. which was to have been given
tonight has been postponed. Mr.
Jungk, membership secretary, has re-
ceived word of the death of his father
and the banquet will not be held for
about a week.
A. E. Sweet, vice president IF the
Denver & Rio Grande, and formerly
general manager of the ROCK Island
with headquarters in Topeka, was in
the city Wednesday to be with his
year old daughter Marjorie, who un-
| derWent an operation. The little SirPs
condition was reported to be much
| improved last night.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait viii
speak before the Commercial club at
the noon hour tomorrow Although
her subject has not been announced
it is understood that she will present
| the associations idea of gaining ma
tional suffrage by states as against
the plan of gaining the vote by direct
national legislation.
Nancy Krisel filed suit for divorce
| from George Krisel in the district
court today, charging abandonment.
| She states that they were married IN
Usage county in 1899 and that they
have three minor children. Mrs. krisel
says her husband abandoned her four
| I1.a-
contributed nothing towards her sup
port.
The case against Mary Davis, d
negro, charged with robbing a Dr.
Milulu, of Dwight, Kansas, was dis
missed in the court of Topeka today
because DR.. Milulu could not identify
her. DR.. Milulu is the man who com
planned to the police two weeks ago
that he had been robbed of about SIS
by a negro woman who pretended to
be having a fit or some other kind of
an attack near the Rock Island depot.
The annual interclass track meet CT
the high school with over forty entries
will take place tomorrow afternoon at
the fair grounds, at PAS o'clock. The
winners in the various events will be
picked to represent Topeka i'll the pre-
liminary district meet at Valley Falls
on April %. The other track events
which the local high school expects to
enter are the 1nIerScnOlaSl1c meet at
Lawrence May 6, state interscholastic
meet at Manhattan May Is and the
Missouri valley meet at Lawrence on
May 20.
No arrests have been made in con-
nection with the attempted assault on
Miss Bertha Curran, teacher at Wave
land school. Tuesday afternoon.
Charles Hixon. deputy sheriff, spent
all day yesterday in the neighborhood
asking questions and looking at foot
prints. Frank Meyer, the young man
who came to Topeka Tuesday night
and asked the sheriff for protection,
was released and HiXon says the peO-
pie of the neighborhood are now salts
fled that he had nothing to do with
the attack.
Wednesday Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B.
Wheeler, of Oskaloosa, Kansas, cele-
brated their fiftieth wedding ami
versary. 1t was somewhat of a sur
prise to them. 1t was Mrs. Wheelers
SEVENTEEN birthday. Mr.. Wheeler,
who will be rs years old this month,
was found in the field blowing with
fourhorse team; two of the horses
were colts, and one of them had never
been harnessed before. II. NJ. Wheeler
and three of his sons, Raymond, Herbie,
and Paul, Miss Inez Wheeler, and Mr.
and Mrs. F. w. Packard of Topeka,
helped make the day a memora bic