The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

give an operetta Boy Blue" in the
school auditorium Tuesday evening,
May %.
Columbia Council, No. so K. and L.
of s. gave a farewell party Friday
night in honor of George w. Hart,
who lett today for Denver, Colo,
ager for the Remington typewriter
company.
Four OF the committee of one hun
bred for Armenian relief met at the
Chamber of Commerce this noon to
discuss ways and means of raising
funds fo: the sufferers. Announce
ment of future plans will lie made in
a short time.
THE Problem of Suffering in the
Old Observation-Disclosures will re
the subject of DIR. Arthur S. Hender
sons lecture to his Bible class Sunday
at 10 o'clock at the First Congrega-
tional church, corner Seventh and
Harrison streets.
The judge of the small debtors
court announces he will be at the court
room in the auditorium from 10 to IL
O'Clock each Tuesday and Thursday
and can be reached. Phone $50, dur
ing business hours any day except
Sunday.-Adv.
| Some one stole a Ford car, belong
| L
/ while it was standing in front of the
| Novelty theater and Friday it was
| found by the police, abandoned on
account of tire troubles. Chief Wilson
| found the deserted car in Usage City.
Waving a complaint and the issu-
ance of a warrant, L. P He'll of the
| Ideal bakery appeared in the court of
| Topeka today and pleaded guilty to
the formal. charge of adulterating
bread. He was fined SIS and this, add
ed to the costs, made him pay a total
of $13.75 into the court.
Charles Cuthbert, architect, whose
! runabout has been twice stolen, was
arrested Friday night for speeding.
Officer Ford made the arrest. He
charged that the architect was ex-
ceeding the speed limit by mum erous
miles per hour. Cuthbert was re-
leased upon his own recognizance.
Ray Jones filed divorce proceedings
in the district court today against
Minnie E. Jones, alleging gross neg
states that they were married in To-
peka in November, 1913, and that
they are the parents of a girl, Helen
Irene Jones, aged one year. His petit
ton says nothing about the custody
| of the child.
James Spradley, alias James Brad
ley. alias William Carter and alias sew
eral other things, withal only dimin-
utive negro boy is charged with forg-
cry and a warrant was issued for him
from the court of Topeka today. 1t is
charged that he drew a check for So so
payable 20 James Spradley and signed
by William Carter upon the Topeka
State bank and that it was cashed.
George Beal and Ned Fleming are
| champions of the double tennis tour
nament staged by the high school.
| Friday afternoon they met Wilbur
Cole and Armine Weiskirch, winners
| in the singles. and defeated them by a
set score of ga and rs. Girls tour
! nament will start Monday on the Y.
M. G. A. court. Trophies for the win
ners will be given by Fullerton Bros.
| store.
Orders were received this morning
that Topeka wireless stations must
be dismantled, packed in boxes and
ready for the federal inspector who
will bind the boxes and seal them
with government stamp, Immediate
ly. A letter, sent out from the office
of William Province, officer in charge,
orders that the aerials be torn to the
ground. both sending and receiving
instruments be packed in wooden
boxes ana that this be done immedi-
ate as inspection starts today.
officers of the police department
are meeting with conside cradle trouble
| in their efforts to enforce the new or
dinance in relation 70 the regulation
of automobile lights. A dozen or
police station Friday night on the
theory that their lights did not con-
form to the ordinance. In practically
| every instance the lights showed up
all right under test. Mitch" Bundy
is of the opinion that the drivers use
one kind of lights out on the resi-
dence streets and by some sort of