The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-17
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

| Special dance, Halls six-piece or
chestra, tonight; Kel1am's hal1-Adv.
/ Word was received in Topeka today
| by Mrs. w. B. F'lagler of the death
| of her sister in Kansas City.
| Paul Huycke is in Kansas City to-
day attending meeting of the board
of directors of the Dewey Portland
Cement company.
| Mrs. Lucy Warner stepped from the
public eye late Monday afternoon
when she married Andrew Speel,
Greek, with whom she admitted she
had been living. AS a result, white
slave charges were Withdrawn against
the couple.
| All of the children operated on free
for adenoids and throat trouble. dur
| ing Christmas holidays. have recover
! ed, according to an announcement
made by Mrs. Mary Grover, nurse
from the Public Health Nursing asso-
ciotion in charge of school work.
! Jennie Guffin, mother of Claire
Guffin, 10 years old, received a judg-
ment of $3.50 against the Santa Fe rail-
road Monday. The judgment was rem
dered by Judge Dana for the loss of
the little girls legs in an accident
girl was run over by train.
J. E. Austin 'of Topeka, state man
ager for the Germania Life Insurance
company, was fined $40 in Salina for
an assault on ]. T. Harley, formerly of
! Topeka. Austin gave as his reason for
beating Harley, that Harley, who for
merly worked for Austin tried to
blackmail him. The fight took place
in a room at a Salina hotel
Walter Petit today pleaded guilty
to assault and battery on the person
of his sweetheart, Viola Doyle, before
Judge Whitcomb in the second divi-
sion of the Shawnee county district
court. Petit was fined $25 and costs.
Petit reprimanded Viola by pulling
her out of an automobile in which she
was riding with another fellow and
striking her.
| Archie Lewis, negro, was found
guilty of burglary Monday afternoon
/ by a jury in the second division of the
Shawnee county district court. A
charge still hangs over him OF at
tempting to kill Hugh Larimer, sher-
! iff. Testimony brought out at the
trial also indicates that Lewis is an
escaped convict from the Oklahoma
state prison.
| Fred D. Abbott of sos Polk street,
not only asks that he be granted j
divorce from his wife, Bertha Abbott,
but requests that her maiden name bs
forced upon her. Desertion is the
allegation in a petition filed. Hrs.
Abbott at present is living at Colby,
Kan. They were married in 1915.
Mrs Abbott'S maiden name was
Bertha Kendall.
The Topeka Scottish Rite consistory
will entertain the Masonic members of
the legislature with supper and So
cial-smoker Friday evening at the Ma
sonic temple. Invitations have been
| issued to 1900 uhirtv-second degree
Masons in the valley of Topeka to
meet the legislators. Supper will be
served at 6:15 O'Clock. Arthur J. Whit
more is in charge of the affair.
An overheated oil stove took fire
men to a house at SO West Sixth ave-
nue. at 6:56 o'clock this morning. The
| house is occupied by j. Billings. A
small damage, mostly scorched wood
| work, was the result of the fire. An
other call at 7:0S o'clock. just twelve
! minutes later, was the result of a flue
burning out at 916 Topeka avenue,
and no damage was reported from
| there.
The greatly increased cost of run
ming the institution decided the board
of directors of the Central Y. M. c. A.
to increase the senior membership to
| $12 year. The raise will go into
| effect May l. The move is forced on
| them, the directors stated at their
meeting last night as it is impossible
to run the association on the old basis
| of $40. However, anyone whose mem
bership expires after May 1 may OBJ
tain another years membership at the
|
date. All other membership rates will
remain the same.
! At the annual meeting of the Cap
| itol Building & Loan association last
night it was shown that the year has
been successful for the organization,
despite the fact that there has been
| a flooded money market The assets
| of the association now total $2,S27,-
152.O4, which is an increase of $192,-
| 770.6S during the year. All the Offs
GERS and directors of the association
were reelected. They are: B. r.
Wheeler, president; E. c. Arnold, vice
president: F. D. Coburn, vice pres
| ident; Charles S. Elliott, secretary;
| j. c. Stewart, assistant secretary; J.
L. Hersh, assistant secretary; P. H
Forbes attorney; c. G. Blakely, audi
tor; c. w. Snyder, Charles J. Webb
/ A E. Sweet, DR.. c. F. Menninger, j.
v Abrahams, E. ]. Shakeshaft, G. w
Stansfield, w. H. Hamilton and J. E.
Griest, directors.
! Ordinary printers ink was used to-
day by Harvey Parsons in getting the
finger prints of John Howard, an al
| legged deserter. Howard has refused
to confess to the charge and rather
than send for an army officer to iden-
tify him, Parsons resorted to printers
ink to get the fellows finger prints
and send them to the recruiting sta
ton at Fort Ieavenworth. The ink
was spread on a broken piece of win
dow glass, the fellows ten fingers
placed on it and then placed on a
sheet of white paper. Howard was
picked up by the police at one of the
depots a few days ago. He was wear
ing an army shirt.
Betty Wilburg has filed a cross pc
tition for divorce against her husband.
Charles Wilburg, who brought suit for
divorce December 81. In her cross
petition, Mrs. Wilburg charges her
husband with about the same short
comings he accused her of in his petit
ton. These shortcomings, according
to her cross petition, include neglect
and cruelty, unjust accusation of in
diScretionS with other members of the
male sex, cursing and lack of money
to spend on clothes. She asks for a
division of property and alleges that