The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-10
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Mrs. w. L. Gardner and two sons,
and Mrs. Anna z. Scott have gene to
Stratton Park, Colorado SpringC, for
the rem Under of summer.
At the regular meeting of the local
Brotherhood of American Yeomen to-
night. at Moose hall, a class of can
didates will be initiated.
A marriage license was issued today
from the probate court to T. Ray
Chapman, 80, Kansas City and
Blanche A. Rice, 81, Kansas City.
E. L. Copeland, treasurer of the
Santa Fe, wFo is attending meeting
of railroad authorities in Washington.
d. C.. will return home the last of the
week.
Carl NJ. vancil of 1920 Laurel
street, Topeka; William H. Reider of
Silver Lake; Frank H. Riley of Golf.
and Louis Shipski of Mayetta, have
been accepted at the United States
naval recruiting station, and were sent
Tuesday to Kansas City for final ex-
animation.
program will be given Friday af-
ternoon at Chesney park by the c. W.
B. NJ. union of the Christian churches,
on which DIR. Raymond o. Taggart
will make an address on Our Obliga-
ton to China" and Miss Gibbons, a
missionary returned from India will
SPEAK On 1IlN-Ad-
Elizabeth Markley, SIS North Van
Buren, street. today in the district
court sued Edward Markley for a d.
vorce. The couple were married in
1907 and The husband deserted the
plaintiff il 1919, according to the
plaintiff who asks that. her maiden
name Eliza beth Ries, be restored.
Threshfng was started on the F. o
Ansel farm Tuesday w. A. johnson
l. ~, =
The grain was testing about 60 and
was running an average of twenty
eight bushels to the acre. Ansel said
today that the threshermen were eX-
erting every effort to conserve every
single grain of the wheat.
Four negroes, three women and one
man. were found guilty in police cour;
late Tuesday afternoon of having liq-
uor in their possession and given q
maximum sentence of thirty days in
Jail and 500 fine. Those found guilty
were Martha Patterson, wife of Porter
Patterson, 1923 King street; Johanna
Adams. 500 East Crane street: jess
Mcdowell, 307 Kansas avenue. and
Ethel Davis.
Deputies from the United States
marshals office today left with si1
enemy aliens in custody who will be
informed at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. They
were taken to Kansas City first and
from there to the internment camp
The aliens include George Gardner
Topeka; John Nagele, Topeka; Mike
kavanrevic, Topeka; John Sattler. To-
peka; Fred Plum. Kansas City, Kan
Thomas Cavlovich, Kansas City, Kan
Company B, 9Th battalion, Kansas
state guard, will meet for a specia
drill at the north steps of the state
house at 1880 o'clock this evening
All members of the company are ur
a To Of
been formed for both commissioned
and on-commissioned officers of thu
9th battalion 1t will meet at the
north steps of the state house every
Thursday evening at $50. o'clock, un.
til further notice. y
An order issued from the Shawnee
county district court directing thai
Clark Berry be brought before tfit
court to answer contempt charge:
brought by Grace NJ. Berry, his di.
vorced wife, was returned today with
the notation that Berry could not be
found in this county. The former
plaintiff in the case charges that Der.
ny was ordered to pay s. week fol
the support of the couples child, Mar
9or1e' about years old, and us de
hnquent on the payments
1. D. Graham, secretary of tn,
Shawnee county draft board, will
make speech at the regular rneetinl
OF the Oak Grange, patrons of hus
bandry, at grange hall. eight miles
southwest of Topeka, July IT. "Ameri
canlzing America After the War il
the subject assigned to the speaker
In connection with his address he viii
present the work of the county draf
board, telling of the various problems
that have been confronted The ad
dress will follow a dinner for tn,
| members of the grange.