The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-12

Since now, all that's edible
| Our country's put the ban,
We envy ostriches whose fare
| 10y -Cir-Cingle.
Dance tonight-Kellam Hall.-Adv.
S. L. Courtney left today for a ten
day business trip to Washington, D. G.
Insurance" at a meeting of the Co
Operative club tonight at the Elks
hall. The meeting will begin with
| a dinner at $50 O'Clock.
Walter L. Payne, state treasurer.
will speak at the Methodist church
in Geneseo, Rice county, next Sunday
night Payne will speak in behalf of
the third liberty loan.
At the meeting of the Monday lunch
club at the Chamber of Commerce,
Justice J. S. West explained to the
members just how the supreme court
CT the state of Kansas operates.
Patrolman K. K. Pinkston has re-
ceived a letter from his son, Sergt.
Louis Pinkston, saying the writer was
! at the time of mailing the letter pre-
pairing to go Immediately to France.
S. S. Beggs, bureau secretary of. In
dian work of the middle west for the
Wornan's Home Missionary society of
| the Methodist church, addressed a
meeting of the society in Kansas City
this morning.
Anna Shearer late Monday after
noon filed suit for divorce from Earl
Shearer in the district court. The
plaintiff alleges that the defendant is
a fugitive from justice on a charge
of stealing chickens.
The George w. Stansfield family has
| returned from Florida, where they
spent the past six weeks. Mr. STAINS
| field advises land buyers to invest in
Kansas land. He says no one could
| sell him foot of Florida land.
w. r. Stubs, candidate for United
States senator, was in Topeka Mon
day on political business. Stubbs has
already established headquarters in
the New England building, which are
running wide open under the direction
| of George A. Clark.
| A. Q. Miller, publisher of the Belle
vile Telescope and five other news
papers of Republic county, has defin-
| 1tely announced that he will not be
| in the race for the state partnership
at the coming election. Miller was
| among those urged by his friends
The Topeka Poultry Breeders asso-'
| citation will have a meeting in April.
The March meeting was held Monday
| night at the Chamber of Commerce,
| when round table discussion was
| held, dealing with technical questions
of poultry raising.
| William H. Pollard has been ar
rested and brought here from st. Jo-
seph. Mo-, on a wife desertion charge.
1t is alleged that he deserted his wife
and two babies here about three
months ago. Preliminary hearing of
| the case in the court of Topeka has
been set for March Is.
Ernest E. Young, Route No. out of
Topeka, who enlisted three months
ago for the aviation service in the
army has been called to Berkeley, Cal,
| where he will report Saturday. Young
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. o. Young
and for the last X years has been a
student at Kansas university.
Word has been received in Topeka
| that Howard Wimsett has passed the
entrance examination for the National
| Naval academy, at Annapolis, Md. He
is the son of A. B. Wimsett. of
Springfield, Mo, general director of
| The LOYAL Order OF Moose, and well
known in Topeka His aunt, Mrs. M.
w. Cardwen lives at 1907 Topeka
avenue
Topeka lodge No. 524, Loyal Order
of Moose, elected the following Off
GERS last night: J. Frank Barrie,
past dictator; Lawrence Barnett, die
tator; John Gibson, vice dictator; r.
o. Smith, prelate; H. +. Guthrie, treas
urer; w. E. Bower, trustee; c. G.
Doel, pianist; j. Frank Barrie, dele
gate to supreme conventions; alter
nate, l.. H. Barnes.
Women who wish to enlist for serv-
ice on farms this summer, are invited
to report at a meeting of the Shaw
Woman's Farm and Garden associa-
ton to be held all day Wednesday at
the Chamber of Commerce. Any
| woman of the county interested in the
meeting is asked to attend. Mrs. A.
T. Modlin, county chairman, will pre-
side at the meeting.
| The monthly session of the execu-
tive committee of the Knights and
Ladies of Security is being held in
the national offices of the order. The
members of the committee are: j. NJ.
kirkpatrick, national president; j.
v. Aprahams, national secretary; w.
A. Biby, national treasurer, and
Frank Bonebrake, all of Topeka;
John NJ Doyle, of Lincoln, Neb.. A.
W. Fulton, of Chicago; r. D. Nc
Gilman, of Seneca.
George Spencer and Harry Jones,
!; half brothers and infantrymen from
J Camp Doniphan, were taken back to
camp under guard late Monday after
noon after staying in the city and
county Jail for several days. 1t is
asserted that the two men after be-
ing refused permission to go to Kan
sas City to visit sick sister, hoped
a freight" They were apprehended
in the Rock Island yards here. On
their arrival at camp the two men
will face court martial, advices here
say.
Led by ]. L. Devering, national or
ganizer for the teamsters union, and
other leaders, labor union representa-
tives called on Robert Billiard, mana
ger OF the Mutual Ice company, in
an effort TO get a number of team
sters reinstated by the company. The
representatives came away with an
announcement that Billiard refused to
| discuss matters. Billiard says there is
nothing to discuss. Labor leaders are
trying to get employers of teamsters
to intercede with Billiard, saying a
strike will be called after other means
of getting the teamsters back to
| work have failed
The habeas corpus suits to obtain
tho release of six alleged immoral and