The Topeka state journal., 1918-08-24
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS
Dance tonight.-Kellam HalL-Adv

Il ONhT OHUIS ri TUNE NEW0
Dance tonight.-Kellam Hall-Adv.
Local draft board No. 1 entrained
! Luther Level for board No. of Lin
coin, Neb. He was sent to Camp
Funston to fill out a call for Lincoln.
! R. L. Stevenson will sing Sunday
night at Garfield park. accompanied
T, by, Marshall's band. His selection of
| songs will include some of the old
time favorites.
| Ninety Luther Leaguers of the
| Swedish Lutheran church were enter
| home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hylt,
seven miles north of Topeka.
A leak was discovered Friday night
| in one of the suction pipes at the water
works by Jesse Shaw, superintendent
of the plant. F.. NJ. Newiand says that
| pressure will be up to normal again
| before night.
! Flossie Fortner, 331 Davies street.
swore to a complaint in the court of
Topeka this morning against Archie
Hustes, charging him with burglary.
He entered her house few days ago,
she says. and stole s24.3o in cash.
Hustes will be placed under arrest.
/ Emmett H. Rowell, of 1915 Western
avenue. has been inducted by local
draft board No. 2 on special call for
| limited service and left today for
Washington. D. c., to report with
corps of engineers. He is claim ad-
| juster for the Topeka Railway COM
| pany.
| Harry G. Larimer will deliver his
lecture, THE Great War on the Seas
on the lawn at the residence of ]. G.
Wood, 311 Clay street, at 7:15 p. M
|
| will be illustrated by maps of his own
| designing. The lecture is free and
everyone interested will be welcome.
George H. Fair, of Topeka, who is
in France in government service. will
| probably return to the United States
| in the fall. He has been working in
| the foreign postal department for the
| United States, and changes in the de-
partment will affect his position, eth
| er by returning him to this country or
transferring him to another branch of
the service.
A bicycle and motor car collision
Friday resulted in an injury to the
tleft arm of Manuel Chave. Mexican,
of 127 Branner street, who was rld-
ing a wheel which co1lided with an
auto driven by F. D. Elbs, OF S2i
on Fourth street, and Elbs, driving on
Fourth street, turned south on Quincy
and struck the Mexican.
Charles S. Huffman, adjutant gen.
eral. has received word from Wash
ington that several tons of blanks nee
l-essary to handle the registration or
men between the ages of 1 8 and As are
on the way The blanks number two
and a half million. Special clerks will
Ebe hired to get the blanks shipped out
to the local boards of the state before
time for registration in September.
An entertainment in honor of the
12 members of the Norden Benefit
association, who are in military ser
vice will be held Tuesday night at the
hall. 627 Kansas avenue. The Rev.
C. C. Carlson, camp pastor at Funs-
ton, will make an address. A service
flag will be dedicated and will occupy
prominent place in the hall here
after. -Four of the twelve men in
service are now in France.
The mems classes of the Sunday
schools of Topeka will hold union
meeting at the Central Y. M. c. A, to-
morrow, in the interest of war work
On the program are war songs, pray
ers for "Y" workers. an address by
H. o. Caster. "On War Training al
Estes Park; F. A. Derby and Fred
Voiland will give the reasons they are
going over. and Percy Atkins will
answer questions relative to "Y'' work
on the other side.
dairymen say there will be a milk
shortage in Topeka. One Topeka
milkman is offering his herd for sale
and other men are expected to follow
his example. The shortage of men
is the most serious handicap to the
! dairymen, as most of the competent
men have gone into other work.
With hay at $25 ton and corn al
81 per bushel. they can make more
by raising feed than by selling milk.
they say.
Estefana s. Chavira filed petition
for divorce from Francisco Chavira, in
the office of the district court today.
Sonora Chavira charges that her nus
band has struck her, called her vile
and indecent names and charged her
with having illegal relations with other
men. He works for the Santa Fe and
makes 500 a month, she says, and she
asks that the court compel him to pay
her $50 month alimony. She wants
a divorce and the restoration of her
maiden name. Estefana Soto.
The police raided the house of Mrs
S. E. Parker, 333 Adams street. Fri
day night. Mrs. Parker was arrested
on a charge of having liquor in her
possession. Half a pint of whisky
was found IN the house. A woman
who gave her name as Mrs. B. L.
Edwards, a daughter of Mrs. Parker
was found in a room with a man who
gave his name as B. Montague. They
were arrested on a charge of disor-
derly conduct. All three persons un-
der arrest were released on bond.
Treat 'em Rough,' is the slogan of
the L. S. tank corps. L. c. Rain, of
of RAINS Shirt factory, has received
a panoramic photograph of the entire
corps, which is now stationed at
Gettysburg, Pa. showing the men in
formation illustrating their slogan on
the drill grounds there. John Powell,
a Topeka boy and member of the 331
battalion. is the donor of the picture.
There are several Topeka men in the
corps and the picture will be display