The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06

DR.. D. E. Esterly has moved his
office to rooms 1914 Mills Bldg
Adv.
Bruner HiIburn, of Brookfield, Mo-,
was in Topeka Wednesday on his way
to Hinton, Okla.
KeIlam hall is closed for Il few days.
The hall will be redecorated and re
finished for the winter season. 1t will
open again Saturday night.
Roy Cruz, S11 Garfield street, en-
listed in the navy Wednesday as an
apprentice seaman. He was sent to
Kansas City in the afternoon for
final exa animation.
Members of Lincoln Circle. No. l,
are requested to attend the funeral of
Sister Burghard from the residence,
512 Topeka avenue, at 2:3O O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon.
The Rev Mr. H. o. Hotter of the
Lowman Memorial NJ. E. church, has
returned from Baldwin where he has
been teaching in theological insti-
tute at Baker university.
Thomas Ebey, 712 Lane street, was
SO years old this week. He has taken
the State Journal for &c years and
during the whole time has missed only
four or five copies of the paper.
Three cent stamps were received in
Topeka Wednesday by w o. Rigby.
postmaster. The stamps are to be-
used as soon as the three-cent-an-
ounce rate on first class matter goes
into effect.
Members of the West Side W. C. T.
u will meet Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs John Marshall at 230
o'clock. Members are requested to
bring their needles and thread and
knitting materials for Red Cross work.
Superintendents will report on their
work at the meeting.
Dicey Slayton and Ed Willis were
arrested by the police over night,
charged with having liquor in their
possession. The Slayton woman, a
negro, is charged with having had
eight quarts. Willis is alleged to
have been carrying six quarts up an
alley in a basket when Officer Won
derby slipped up on him.
A. r. Elliott, college secretary of the
state Y M. C. A, Fred Pierce, also of
the state executive committee, will at
tend the secretaries conference to be
held at Elmdale, Kan, Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday. They will join Cliff
ford Pierce, A. ]. Gregg and A. H. Teb-
ben and Miss Ida Curry. who left for
the camp earlier in the week.
The Republic Motor Truck band
gave an excellent concert on the state
house grounds this afternoon. A sim
liar concert by the band will be Civ
en- this evening at Gage park. The
band is touring the country, giving
concerts in the interests of the Re
public motor trucks. The concert to-
night includes the playing of patriotic
and classical airs. instrumental and
vocal solos and popular rag-t;me airs.
Lena Heron lives in Topeka and
her husband, Clarence Heron, stays
at Harrington and insists upon staying
there and for that reason Mrs. Heron
wants a divorce. She filed a petition
I7a fVin tod 11n or foe
that they were married in Topeka
June 8, 1908, and that they have boy
. years of age. She charges non-sup-
port She asks that she be given a
divorce, the custody of the boy and the
court costs.
John Warner of Baldwin sue
cumbed to an attack of heart dis
ease while in the cigar store at the
transfer station at 1880 o'clock this
afternoon. He entered the store and
was apparently waiting for a car
when he asked that doctor be called
One of the men called Doctor Harri-
son, who gave him emergency treat
ment and removed him to Stormont
hospital. Warner has been troubled
with his heart for some time.
| Double liability of holders OF
| bank stock of Arkansas institutions il
not what it is cracked up TO be, ac-
cording to M. J. Drury and ]. M
] hCduSS lWO santa It e IIIeH1 WHO IlOll
stock in a defunct bank of Arkansas
Drury holds 1900 of the Stock and
| Meade, $1,000. Suit was brought
i against them Wednesday in the Shaw
nee county district court by John NJ
! Davis, bank commissioner of Arkan-
sas. The bank went into the hands OF
| the bank commissioner, May 5, 1914
| according to the petition, and each
! stock holder is liable for double the
value of his stock, according to AN Ar
kansas law, the petition recites