The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

O. T. Wood, United States marshal. las
recovered from an attack of influenza, and
Is able 20 be back in his office
Lieut. w c. Carswell has left for Camp
Meade Maryland, where he is to report
for duty Monday, as an Instructor
The Oakland schools will remain closed
all next week. the ban on the ''flu not TO
be lifted until Monday morning, Novem-
Der IL.
Word has been received In Topeka Of the
safe arrival oversees OF Glenn np ri He Was
formerly a Topeka boy.
The programs for the Argonauts have
been completed and are ready TOT dls'r hssn
ton The hour of meeting mas peeh
changed from o'clock to I 30
Lieut.. Dr. Forrest l.. Loveland Is expect
ed to be on his way overseas very soon
according to an annoHn .i ,eut Owe
land was a prominent young surgeon oi
| Topeka before his entrance into the ARMY.
A dozen men are being examined today
| nv the personnel committee of the L. NJ. =.
| A. for war service. Percy Atkins. chair
| man of the personnel commlttee l1l "a" III
sas. has returned from Chicago, where FER me ne
| attended conference OF recruieefS ioi tut
Y NJ. c. A. war work.
| Joe Borovick and Harold Swartz, OF OAK x
| land, plead guilty before Judge RaG Lee
| this morning Of stealing an Eastman KODAK
and a pair of leather driving gloves from
| N. r Kelsey. They were sentenced 70
serve thirty days in jail but were yer P nroeet
/ subject to good behavior upon the pay ine -
of the costs.
| visitor at the state house Thursday
| was Can't w II. Ward, of Kansas city,
| ST. John, thru two administrations,
| years ago. Captain Ward came to Topeka
from Humboldt. Kansas, and ma, made e., ms :
! home in Topeka for some years, later going
| to Kansas City to live.
The closing of the books this morning
| show October to have been light month
at police headqunrte1s 01g aas IA sep
| TENDER, in spite of the fact|that the coming
| cold weather usually marks an increase in
| fines collected totalled S5OO.45. compared
| with S736 for the preceding month.
Robert Floyd. colored. plead guilty be-
| fore Judge Robert ID. Carver today to a
charge of grand larceny. on the condition
| that a showing would be made next Satur-
day. when sentence will be pronounced
| against him. There are large number of
| charges against Floyd and authorities are
| confident that there is no way for him to
! escape serving several yers in the pcni-
| tertiary.
The Bank Of Topeka filed n petition in
the office Of the district court this morn
ing asking Judgment Of S3S1.J0 against
John and Margaret buchanan, who: It t., Is
amount to II. c. Ericsson on March 1,
1917. Ericsson sold the note to the plain
The petitioners want Judgment for the
amount with interest at the rate of per
cent from March 1, 1917.
Junior Bowman. son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Harry c. Bowman. died Wednesday al
Axtell hospital. Newton. Kan. He was
born in Newton but lived in Topeka with
his parents while his father was a member
| of the state board of control. He entered
the Newton high school a freshman in
| September, 1917. and was elected president
of his class. After three months he was
forced to discontinue his work on account
of an illness from which he never recovered
Junior would have been 16 years old this
Christmas.
G. o. Brophy. general superintendent Of
the Union Pacific railroad, was in Topeka
Thursday visiting the local draft boards
! in an endeavor to straighten out cards OF
employees placed in class ! on the grounds
that the men should have been given de
! ferred classification as their work was es
sential to the operation of the railroad
which is now under government control. L
is said that many men are placed in casi
because they are not married or because
| they have no dependents altho their worl
is most essential to the adequate operation
| of the system.