The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-08

that it had been given him by mem
bcrs of the Michigan battery of ar
tilrry at Ell Paso.
Madge Mann, wife of Carter w.
Mann, a plumber, filed suit for dl-
vorcc in the district court wednesday.
Mrs. Mann charges her husband with
cruelty Tuesday night, she says, he
choked her nearly to death, and that
she was rescued by Mann's brother.
She was locked IN room but escaped
and went to her mothers home, IN
North Topeka. She also accuses him
of habitual drunkenness. She asks
complete separation, custody of their
three children and alimony.
Registration for the primary cleo
ton has been very slow in the city
clerks office. The registration books
are being held open from o'clock in
the morning to 10 in the evening, but
the people are as slow as usual in pre-
senting themselves-even after the
eleventh hour rush of last year. The
city clerk issued a warning Wednesday
to the later corners. The books close
at 10 o'clock Thursday, March Is.
There still remains more than 5000
who must register before they can vote
at the spring primary.
Team of the Business Mems Vol
leyball league of the Y. NJ. c. A, took
two out of three games from Team /.
The scores were / to 8, IA to 4 5 and
Is to IA. Team defeated Team by
scores of Is to IS, l 5 to and 5 to 1 5.
The last games of the league will be
played next Wednesday night, Team .
playing ard Team against Team ].
After the league games are over. the
winners of the Wednesday night di-
vision will play a series of games with
the winners of the Saturday right sec
ton for championship of the Bust
ness Mems league.
A. G. Smith borrowed $50 from the
Farmers National bank on a chattel
mortgage, the chattels being a horse
and wagon and some harness. Now it
is alleged he sold the articles for pur-
poses of defrauding and a warrant for
his arrest on a felony charge has been
issued since February. A private de-
tective agency has located Smith and
his wife at Dallas. Texas. Sheriff
( Iarimef received a telegram today
saying Smith would waive extradition
papers if the state would pay his
wifes railroad fare back to Topeka
Larimer refused to make the bargain
and is awaiting another telegram from
the chief of police at Dallas.
! Wilmer NJ. Griest of Ellis, brother
/ of John f. Griest, who is business
manager of the Capper publications,
died Wednesday morning at hospital
in Hays City. Mr. Griest has been
in poor health for four years and a
few days ago he was taken to Hays
lily lOE an operation IN winch one
leg was amputated. John Griest re-
ceived telegram Tuesday evening
saying that his brother was not ex-
pected to live. He reached Hays City
just few minutes before his brother
death. Mr.. Griest is survived by a wife
and three children and a sister who
lives in California. The funeral will
be held this afternoon at Ellis.
The fact that the cali in addition
to providing a good salary also in
Guided a new Overland automobile.
was no inducement for the Rev.
Adolph Liljengren. pastor of the
Swedish Mission Bethel church, to for
sake his Topeka charge for the pas
| torate of the Swedish Evangelical
Lutheran church at Waverly, Neb.
The Rev. Liljengren stated he could
not leave his beautiful church here,
which has just been completed Ha
came to Topeka from Rhode Island,
three years ago. Only $4,000 remains
unpaid on the church, and it is
| thought that this will be largely taken