The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-06


May plead and cen exhort,
The man who is elected
Is the one whose name is short
Members of Company H. Kansas
National Guard, will tonight receive
their state pay checks for the months
of July and August.
Miss Goldie Smith will present her
pupils from Meriden and Rock Greek
in a piano recital this evening at Rock
Creek, assisted by Werner Nordstrom.
violinist.
Clifford Pierce, secretary of the
state Y. NJ. C. A, is in Chicago today
attending a meeting of the national
war work council of the Y. M. C. A.
He will return to Topeka the first of
next week.
All members of the Ninth battalion
and band will meet at north steps of
state house promptly at 1880 (by order
of Major P. B. Hamlin) to participate
in the parade to be given in honor of
the draft men leaving tonight for Fort
Riley.
A complaint was filed in the office
of the court of Topeka today by
Elizabeth n. Travers charging that
her husband, Martin P. Travers. had
failed and refused to provide for his
9-year-old daughter, May, when she
| was in destitute circumstances. Trav-
ers will probably be arrested and tried
| on the charge.
John v: Ryan. the aged man
| charged with obtaining board and
lodging under false pretenses from the
National hotel from August to
August %, was released this morning
by the county authorities. Manager
| Poncelet agreed to a dismissal of the
case following Ryan's offer to give
| him his note for $24.40. The old man
is practically penniless it seems. He
is an old soldier but claims he is not
| drawing a pension.
| Maria Luz de Rama, a Mexican
woman. was shot Friday night about
IL o'clock while in her home by an
unknown man, according to a story
the left side of her chin and lodged
in her neck. but the wound will not
prove fatal it is said. Jose Canoda
| and o. Oliba were arrested in con-
nection with the case about midnight
by Detective Augustine Alba. They
protest their innocence.
Alex Wallingford, charged with
committing statutory offense against
Gertrude Coffman, 1887 Randolph
street, a 16-year-old girl, asked the
court that his preliminary hearing,
which was to have been held today
in the court of Topeka. be continued
to September 13. The request was
granted. The alleged offense took
place last July, when the girl, who
was found in field near Gage park,
made confessions involving Walling-
ford and three other men. .
| Capt. Frank E. Shaw, in command
of the military training camp at Wash
burn, today issued a request for all
men who expect to enter training to
| report to him for measurement for
uniforms on registration days, Septem-
Der 10 and IL. Activities open at
Washburn on October I. Captain
Shaw has been hampered in his work
of preparation by many men swarm
ing to his office to see about their
uniforms and in order to facilitate the
accomplishment of his work and to ar
range for these measurements to be
taken care of at one time he has set
September 10 and II as definite ad-
vance dates for this work.
A complaint was filed in the office
of the court Of Topeka this morning
by J. D. Gossett, 1911 Mulvane street
cashier of the State Savings bank
charging H. T. Smith and E. E.
Brewer. two teamsters for a local trans
fer company. with stealing diamond
ring. The diamond, described as a
three-quarters carat Tiffany stone OF
the value of $3.50. disappeared from
the house on Wednesday morning, il
is said, about the time the transfer
men were at the house. The two men
| were arrested thursday evening Oy
Officers Tim Donovan and Mitche
Bundy on the charge of collecting
overcharge money on packages de-
livered by the transfer company They
both admitted that they were guilty
of this charge, the police say.
. Forest Moran, 10 years old. who
shot and fatally wounded his brother
Merrill, at their home near Dover
last spring. today voluntarily waived
his preliminary hearing in the cour
, of Topeka and was bound over to the
district court under a $1,000 bond
: Tho first charge against the boy
, which was assault with intent to kill
was dismissed. Following the shoot
ing, which was the outcome of &
quarrel between the two boys, Mo
rams trial was postponed on severa
, occasions pending the death or re
cpyery, as the case might be, of tn,
, wounded man. Merrill died at loca
hospital several weeks ago and For
p est's preliminary was set for today
i The charge of manslaughter now be
!. ing held against him. 1t is proba bl,
hat he will be tried in the distric
! court early in October.
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