The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-06
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Daniel Muller, who has been sick with
stomach trouble at his home, 1901 Clay
street, is improving.
The home of Archdeacon Smith on West
ern avenue is Guaranteed for influenza.
The archdeacon. Mrs. Smith and their lit
tie daughter are all sick.
Otto steinhoff has filed a petition in
the office Of the district court asking a
divorce from Ida Belle Steinoff, who, he
charges, has abandoned him.
Rev. w. ]. Herwig, superintendent #
children, Mildred and Ouinten. I'll with
the influenza at their home, S21 West Tenth
avenue The children are improving, but
Mr.. Herwig has not passed the crisis
Miss Matte Ringling, who volunteered
some time ago for service in the Y. NJ Z
She will go to Scotland and south thru
England to France. Miss Ringing offered
her services in canteen work, and Is pay
ing all of her expenses
Private Noel Albert Lodge, of the Ninth
Motor Supply train, died Monday at Fort
Wayne barracks, Detroit, Michigan, from
pneumonia He is survived by his mother.
Mrs. Olive clearinghouse. one sister. Mrs
c. t. Tucker, and one brother. J. b. Lodge,
all of Topeka The funeral viii be held Fri
thedral.
An idea of the amount of work done by
the local government employment bureau
can be Cleaned from the report of G II
banner local examiner which shows that
1913 made inquiries there concerning jobs
during the month Of November. OF this
!
| referred to employment and I'D actually
obtained work.
J. D. Workman, who was arrested Tues
day charged with stealing several articles
from the Warren NJ Crosby store where he
was employed as night Waterman, pleaded
| guilty Wednesday to a charge of petty
larceny and was sentenced by Judge Rad
Lee to serve sixty days in the county jail
Other charges of a more serious nature
probably will be brought against Workman
| in the near future, it is said
Mrs. Emma Maloney has filed a petition
In the office OF the district court asking
a., divorce from rom William m Maloney, who
months after their marriage at Scott City
in April, 1915 Ia the latter part of the
her and about the first of the following
June, assaulted and choked her. leaving
marks that were visible for some time.
The NJ. E. Calderwood family, of High
land Park, has received word of the
wounding of William E Calderwood. Ofti-
| cial notice was received a few days ago but
Mrs Calderwood hac previously had n
letter from her son, written October 5, a
few days after the battle in which he was
neers. which trained at Camp Doniphan
and went over in June. Young Calderwood
was hit in the battle Of the Argonne Forest
Der. He expected to be able to return TO
duty at the front again before the end
of October.
rested Wednesday by the police charged
with disturbing the peace. Because they
ailege Prof- IL T. HepWorth. vice principal
of the Topeka high scnool had made 81
marks concerning the mental caliber Of
certain Of their fellow students. they bonn
barded his residence at 12S1 College ave
nue. with mud balls, breaking some plate
glass windows Up to a late hour this
afternoon no action had been taken toward
their prosecution and they had all been
released. The boys are: Otis NolI OAR
win Gascofgne. John McCloud- Joe Gain
A Adams. Gale Adams and Edmund Tur-
ner. Doral Scott Alden Lewis. r. Acker-
man and W. Dreschen and D. Gascoigne
petition asking a writ of assistance WIS
filed this morning in the office of the dis
trict court by Frank o. Hamm against
Jennie Harm- The plaintiff states that lie
was granted a divorce from the defendant
July II 1914. and that the decree provided
that Mrs Hamm was TO become the possess
sor of two lots at 1917 Van Buren, strict.
subject however, to a charge of 500 which
, she was to pay to Hamm within fifteen
days Hamm alleges that the amount has
never been paid; that owing to the default
the property was sold by the sheriff. that
Hamm himself bought it and that bis
former wife refuses to give him possession
of it. altho he says he has made repeated
demands on her He asks that the court
put him in possession of the property
New York Cotton Market
New York. Dec 6..COTTON-Spot,
steady; middling, 29-5.