The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-10
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Milo c. Handy. 4s United States in
fantry, is visiting his parents at 604
West Eighth street.
Mrs. Carrie Swan, recorder for
Royal Neighborss 14S, has resigned
and will leave soon for California.
Mrs. Stella Ault was elected to fill
her place.
Miss Alice Kersey will close her Sec
ond term at district 81 next Saturday.
The closing night will be celebrated
with a community supper and a spe-
cial program.
The ''Kaw," the Washburn annual,
is out in full panoply of khaki cover
and insides filled with war references.
IsThe book is dedicated to the Wash
burn boys who are in the service.
The will of the late David o. Crane
was filed for probate today in the
| office Of Probate Judge Ralph H.
Cav. Fills property is left to his wife,
! $4,000.
Mrs. Katherine Maier, ~, a well
known Topekan, has been found in
sane BY an insanity commission ap-
pointed by the probate court. Deep
religious feeling is given as cause for
| insanity. Mrs. Maier lives at 1902
West Fifth street.
created at the meeting of the city COM
mission Thursday. The salary named
was $95 a month during the summer
and SIS in winter. 1t is understood
i in the city building that Clyde Tesner
will be appointed to the new Office.
Charles Jones and Ruth Brown,
alias Mrs. George Blankenship, were
arrested by the police at the holiday
house Thursday night. The police
| have information that Jones is dis
eased and have refused to release him
on bond until he undergoes a physical
l<a, aiv1a Thn n
j GENES from Junction City, the police
say.
Paul Simms, negro, was found
guilty of burglary by jury in Judge
i George H. Whitcomb's division of the
district court Thursday afternoon.
Simms was identified by w. G. Ward
| as the man whom he had seen and
shot at in the grocery store of L. c.
| Harbaush at 1922 West Tenth ave-
| nue., where someone had stolen ESQ
pennies. Sugar stolen from the
| Symns Grocery company, 210 Kansas
| avenue, was found in the house of the
defendants mother at $40 Kansas
avenue. Sentence was deferred.
A skeleton on display in Judge Rob-
ert D. Garver's division of the district
court and negro janitor didn't get
an opportunity to become friends
this morning. The reason was the
| negro's hasty exit from the room
| out the point of entrance of the bull
| let in Anton Schoenhaven's leg
| Schoenhaven is suing an Iowa insur-
| ance company for several thousand
| dollars for injuries alleged to have
| been sustained when he was shot by
burglar several years ago. The de-
Tense claims he is suffering from
locomotor ataxia.
! Delinquent members Of the Cham
Der of Commerce are due for a rude
awakening in about thirty days If q
motion introduced at the meeting OF
! the board of directors OF the Chamber
this noon is carried at the next regu-
lar meeting. Indications are that th<
| motion will carry with a bang. The
motion provides that thirty days aftel
| the presentation of the motion per.
sons who dine at the Chamber of Com
merce who are supposed to be bona
| fide members, and persons or the
| same description who use the priv
leges of the club will be called on tt
exhibit their 1918 membership CARDS
A desertion charge against Alber
Fieger, 1880 Kansas avenue, wa.
dropped today in the court of Topeka
lust before the case was called by
Judge Rad Lee. The young wife
| claimed she did not get sufficient
| money to pay for her little baby
which has trouble with it's eyes &C
| cording to a deputy county attorney
The defense alleged that after the
marriage the young husband signed
| contract to pay SO much month fol
! the child and the terms of the con.
tract had been fulfilled Young
Fieger stated that he had never lived
| with his wife since their marriage
| Mrs Fieger who was present in the
| court room, decided not to prosecute
SO a deputy in the county attorneys