The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20

Social dance tonight. Kellam Hail
ADV.
The Church of the Higher Spiritu-
aIism will have a meeting at Lincoln
Post hall this evening.
Gage Park schoolhouse will be the
scene of a pie social Friday evening
The proceeds will be used in play
grounds work.
The social service study class OF
the Epworth leagues will be held TINS
evening at the East Side NJ. E. church
Mr.. D. F. >Shirk will speak
The Grant Quincy Parent-Teaehers.
association will hold a meeting at
Quincy school on Monday night next.
The program will be announced later
c. J. Buffalo Jones, who under
went two operations while at san An
tonic, Texas, is much improved. He
is living at the home of his daughter.
Mrs. c. r. Whitmer, 421 Topeka
avenue.
Marriage licenses were issued at
Kansas City, Monday, to Orvin E.
Loose, over 49, Kansas City, and
Theodore NJ. Jewell, over Fl, Topeka;
Herbert t Schilder, 80, and Floye
Allsup, 25. both of Topeka.
Mabel McAfee today filed a suit for
divorce against Vernerd NJ. McAfee.
She charges abandonment and gross
neglect of duty and asks for the res
toration of her maiden name, Mabel
Jones. They were married December
IS, 1911.
Army -veterinaries were in Topeka
Monday selecting horses to wear the
United States brand. Two carloads
were purchased for the government
from the John Bechtelheimer sales
barn. The animals were branded be-
fore being shipped.
Children of Grant and Quincy
schools in North topeka are going
without candy, chewing gum and pic
ture shows in order that they may
support three French war orphans.
Quincy school is supporting a boy and
a girl and Grant is supporting a boy.
The junior high school champion
ship in soccer and forward pass goes
to Quincy school. thru the defeat OF
both Sumner and Lincoln schools.
Grant school team of the same class
in soccer and forward pass this even
ing.
A meeting of the Woman's society
of the First Congregational church
scheduled for Wednesday, has been
postponed until Thursday afternoon
on account of the Carl Wedding fu-
neral The meeting will be held at
the P P. Womer residence at Wash
| burn college.
Noel V. Wood, ger of the To-
peka Buick company. will be the
! principal speaker at the Rotary club
| dinner at the Chamber of Commerce
| Thursday. Marco Morrow will fol-
| low on the program and will read
| history of Wood. Henry Bennett,
! president of the club, who has been ill
at Oak Park, Ill, is back home and
will be present at the meeting.
| Fire Monday destroyed the home of
! Mrs. Ida Paramore, 404 Washburn
street Most of the building was de-
stroyed, but the majority of the fur
/ niture was saved thru assistance of
/ the neighbors A1tho the place is out
side the city limits. equipment from
| two fire stations was rushed to the
scene and cut down the damage con-
| siderably. Mrs. Paramore is a widow.
The Kansas Public Utilities com
mission today granted to the Kansas
Gas & Electric company of Wichita
| permission to dispose of $4,000 900
worth of first mortgage 5 per cent
gold bonds. Money from the sale of
| bonds will be used for betterments
and extensions of the company's serv-
| ice. An order by the commission to-
the United Telephone company of
Abilene for permission to issue $79,-
400 worth of stock.
Twelve negroes charged with shoot
ing craps at the Fred Bradford pla ce
near the Sardou bridge all swore that
talking and laughing" and drinking
''near-beer" when the police raided
the house. They gave this testimony
| in the court of Topeka today. A pair
| of dice the police say they found out
side the house contained three 3's, two
SIS and one 6 on each dice A Jury
trial was demanded. At a late hour
this afternoon the jury hadn't
reached an agreement.
George Boyd lives at Harrington. His
wife, Katherine Boyd is living in To-
peka and today filed a suit for a di-
Vorce. She charges that he has squan-
dered his money gam bling and on 9TH
/ er women and has failed to provide
her with the necessaries of life. She
also accuses him of cursing her, nag
ging and fussing at her. They were
married in Topeka, May 26. 1915.
Boyd works for the Rock Island at
Harrington and Mrs. Boyd besides ask
! ing a divorce wants restraining order
holding up his pay check until the
case is settled and courts costs are dis
posed of by order of the court. Mrs.
Boyd lives in the 300 block on Orchard
street.
In May, 1917, Walter L. Sanford, an
employee of the Curry Windmill COM
pany, took as a residence away from
the home of his wife and since that
time has furnished her with little
provisions. according to allegations
made today in a suit for divorce filed
with Mrs Mary Chaplin, clerk of the
district court, by Florence E. Sanford.
They were married near Kirksville
Mo, Oct 8, 1894 and two children,
Lola is living with her mother at this
t time. Mrs. Sanford says her hus-
band is earning 500 a week and she
asks SIS "a month alimony. She lives