The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-03
SNAP SHOTS
AT home NEWS

marriage license was issued from
the office of the probate judge TO-DAY
to John Mckinney. Topeka, age 80,
and May Mendenhall. Topeka, age Is.
MarshalFs band will participate in
the big parade that will be held by
the Knights and Ladies of Security
tonight for the purpose of arousing IN
terest in the proposed new home
Fred Hunsinger, laborer, of Doug
las county. filed petition for voluntary
bankruptcy, Wednesday. in the United
States district court of Topeka. His
liabilities amount to S1,5S7.9S, while
his only assets consist of household
furniture valued at $50, which the law
eXempts.
HARDWOOD Benton. candidate in the
interstate oratorical contest from
Washburn, left Wednesday night for
Carleton. university, at Northfleld'
Mimi, where the contest will be stag
ed Friday night He was accom-
panied by Prof. E. D. Schonberger,
They will return from the contest
Sunday night
The only man sent east Wednesday
by the local office of the navy recruit
ing office was Bentley Badgett, OF
England, Ark. Badgett signed up as
an apprentice seaman. Six national
guardsmen applied at the office of
Chief Gunner's Mate William Province
for enlistment. Those able to break
connections with their organizations
| will probably be accepted.
| President Farley p. Womer, of
| Washburn, will return to Topeka to-
night after spending the first part OF
the week in Emporia in interest of the
fund for the erection of new dorml-
tories for the Washburn freshmen
boys. President Womer gave a series
of lectures there. The campaign for
the fund will continue until the close
of the school year.
Two-thirds of the automobile own
ers who had their cars examined in
| front of the city auditorium Wednes-
day night found they were breaking
the city ordinance by throwing their
lights higher than the ordinance per-
mits. Frank Southwick and Leroy
Powell of the Topeka Automobile club,
and j. E. Wilson, chief of police, con-
Quoted the examination. Albert Nagel
and Curt Meyers will do the examining
| tonight.
| Miss Lydia Hardy, kindergarten
teacher of Atchison, will give a specia,
entertainment for the children of To
| peka Saturday morning at the office
of j. T. Botkin, secretary of the In
ternational New Thought alliance. An
other children's hour program will be
held at o'clock Saturday afternoon
at the representative hall. These pro-
grams have been arranged in coneec
ton WIN the annual convention OF the
International New Thought alliance,
which will convene here Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday.
1.-The Cycle of the Seasons - A
Pageant of Life" will be reproduced
| Friday night at the city auditorium
for the special benefit of the school
children and the general public. Only
1000 seats were available to the pub
lie Tuesday night when the spectacle
| was presented to the visiting delegates
of the Kansas Sunday school conven-
ton. The admission will be lowered
to Is cents, the proceeds being used
to defray the expenses of staging the
show. More than 500 school children
will take part in the program.
The Second Kansas infantry head
quarters company was filled to its war
strength Wednesday when four for
mer members of the mounted scout
section turned up and applied for en-
listment. The Second regiment band
is also up to war strength and are
refusing enlistments. The mounted
section will be in charge of Lieut.
engineers refused several applicants
Wednesday in spite of the fact that
they are so shy of their full number
Married December %, 1916, just be-
fore Christmas, Margaret Mulvahii
Hetherington wants a divorce from
William Hetherinston. Her attorney
filed her petition IN the district court
today. 1t is very brief and lodges
details but the charge is made that
Hetherington, Union Pacific clerk
in Topeka, does not provide the proper
support for her. She asks that tho
marriage be set aside and held for
naught, that she be granted divorce
costs in the case and such other re-
lief as the court deems equitable and