The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-09
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS


nue. was awarded gold medal Tues
day night, as winner of the annual de-
bate of the Assumption high school,
| A marriage license was issued from
| the office of the probate judge today
| to John Riffner, Kearnet, Colorado,
age "a, and Regina Stechman, Topeka,
! age 10.
tory late Tuesday afternoon cauesd a
! loss of $35. The blaze was started by
one of the machines in the cotton pick
ing department.
| Those who believe greens have a
! right to the place sometimes accorded
| them among table edibles are inclined
to be jubilant over the fact that the
| lambsquarter crop is the largest for
| years.
| Work has actually been started on
the new buildings in Ripley park
| Stakes were set Tuesday for the
! foundations of the recreation building
| and of the swimming pool. The
ground will be broken this week.
| Miss Gladys Cav and her music
/ pupils gave a musical program this
morning at the Topeka high school.
Thursday morning another musicale
will be given by Inez Herner and Roy
Naylor, who will represent the high
school at the state musical contest to
| be held May IL at Emporia-
H M Wolfe district manager of the
Brotherhood of American Yeomen,
will attend the meeting of the local
lodge, No. 1912, this evening at Bates
hall. Sixth and Jackson streets. Thurs
day he will leave for Wamego and
Louisville, Kan, where he will con-
tnue his reorganization work.
Wendau Switzer, 333 Topeka ave-
nue. will enter the Annapolis naval
| academy, June 1. The young man,
who is a sophomore at Washburn col
lege, has received word that he has
successfully passed the examination
taken month ago at the federal
building in Topeka.
The girls gymnasium class of the
Topeka high school will give an as
sembly program Friday morning. In
the afternoon and evening the class
will repeat the program for the par
ents. Admission will be cents in
the afternoon and 10 cents in the eve
Ming The proceeds will be used for
additional equipment.
Plans for tennis tournament
among the high school pupils are be-
ing made by C. H. Hepworth, athletic
director of the Topeka high school.
According to his plans girls will be al
lowed to enter this year. One con-
test will be held for the girls and one
for the boys. Fullerton Brothers
store has offered trophies for the win
nerS.
The Rotary club will meet at Pelle-
tiers tea room Thursday noon. John
NJ KinkeI of the public utilities COM
mission will act as chairman. Cecil
Howes is in charge of the program for
May. An arrangement has been
made that Rotarians whose names be-
gin with the letters ''F'' and 'P' shall
aid Howes in preparing the program.
The Rotary quartet will furnish the
music.
Two moters driven by women COL
lided Tuesday night at the corner of
Fifteenth and Buchanan streets. Mrs.
o. L. Peake was driving a new REQ
and. another woman an Overland. No
injuries resulted and the machines
were only slightly damaged, Mrs.
Peake's car having front wheel
crushed.
Reuben Soderholm is charged by
Hilda Soderholm, his wife, with wife
and child desertion. A complaint was
filed with the county attorney and
a warrant has been issued by the
court of Topeka. There are two counts
in the charge against Soderholm One
is that he deserted his wife while she
was in destitute and necessitous cir
cumstances, and the other is that he
deserted two little children at the
same time and under the same circum-
stances.
L. c. Bouton, manager of the Mid
land hotel. which was raided Saturday
night by the police, was convicted and
fined 500 for maintaining gambling
resort. All the others who were found
in were fined SO each. They were
J. Ogee, Ed Wilson, A Brown, ].
A Francis, E. W Pickering, ]. NJ.
Barber, J. A. Jackson, William Pagan
S. T. Grimes and Hickory" Jones
There was more than $500 in the pos
session of the men arrested at the
Midland hotel at the time of the raid.
kilograms received today from east
ern manufacturers announce that
they will be able to supply machinery
necessary for equipping a number of
canning factories near Topeka ac-
cording to announcement made at the
Chamber of Commerce this noon bv
William Macferran following a meet
ing of men interested in the ostab-
lishment of canning factories near
Topeka. More definite action on the
establishment of the factories will be
taken following the return of J. Will
Kelley, secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, who is attending the CITY
Planning meeting at Kansas City Pos |
sible locations of factories are Storey, |
Seabrook, Highland Park, Oakland
and Shorey.
John Hoffman was acquitted in
police court Tuesday afternoon of the
charge of maintaining a gam bling re-
sort at his pool hall located at S13 II
North Kansas avenue. He was repre-
scented by Ed Rooney, and after the
case had been stated and evidence
produced, Robert Yates, police judge,
ruled there was insufficient evidences
to convict Heitman. The police raid
ed the Hoffman place early Sunday
morning after it had been closed. !
After going thru twelve doors they
found billiard table and an electric
alarm in a corner of the basement
There was no one present, there were
no cards, nor dice nor other gam bling
devices. Hoffman admitted the pres
ence of the billiard table and the
electric alarm but declared that it all
belonged to Chuck" Carr who at one
time operated game of chance"
there.