The Topeka state journal., 1918-08-17

I'm married and do both!'
Dance tonight-Kellam Hall.-Adv.
Wednesday night. August 21, at City
park, under the auspices of the Car
nation Art club.
A fire in the Schick mattress factory
late Friday afternoon caused damage
to the amount of $50. The fire orig
mated in a cotton picking machine.
The Rev. Mr.. Ralph Harding,
former pastor of the Central Park
Christian church, now of Omaha, will
preach Sunday morning at 10:45 at
Central Park Christian church.
Dick Schwalm, a local jitney driver,
was given the minimum fine by Judge
Geo. H. Whitcomb Friday when he
entered a plea of guilty to a charge of
having liquor in his possession. The
sheriff was ordered to retain posses
sion of the Buick-Six belonging to
Schwalm until attorneys. fees and
costs of the case were paid.
Friday afternoon, Geo. T. Mattingly.
accompanied by his wife and daugh-
ter. Ethel, left Topeka for a three
weeks motor trip, on which they will
cover about $500 miles. They will
motor thru Missouri, Illinois. Wiscon-
sin. Iowa and Nebraska From Street
er, ILL.,, they will drive to Darlington,
Wis, which is Mr.. Mattingly's birth
place.
In a list of the names of men en-
tering the service from local board
No. 1 to Camp Funston, August Ia,
were included by mistake the names
of the two following white registrants
who were sent to Washington univer-
sity, St. Louis. They were: Guy
Blame Fraser, 1911 Tyler street, and
James r. Stewart, 1901 Lincoln street.
The local board gave out these names
as "colored men,"
The Rev. H. E. Phillips. who has
lately returned from India, will make
the address Sunday morning at IL
o'clock at the Second United Presby-
terian church, and at O'Clock Sun
day night at the union services on the
Central Park school grounds.t The
Christian Endeavor union service of
the West Side will be held at the
Euclid Avenue Methodist church Sun
day evening at GAS o'clock.
Ethel owen, Olive Owen, Aetna Cor
der, Helen Wiser and Emma Burnett,
Topeka school teachers, who obtained
leave of absence for a year to work
for the government in Washington,
D. c., have decided to return to To-
peka te teach this year. They nave
been in the government service during
the summer. InelT IedSOn lOI fC-
turning is that the cost of living is too
high for them in Washington. Clara
Johnston, Gail Moody and Blanche
Dodge, who went to Washington about
the same time, have decided to remain
thru the year.
Another star was added to the ser
vice flag of the Merchants National
bank today when r.. M. Bunten, tell
er, who lives at 716 Tyler street, was
he at Kansas (,ltV,
Bunten who has one brother, Archie,
in the navy at Great Lakes, applied
for enlistment before the order cutting
off recruiting was issued and will not
be placed on a waiting list. Bunten at
tended the Scranton and Topeka high
schools, and has been connected with
the Merchants National bank for
about two years. He is a son of Mrs
Margaret Bunten. Bunten will be as
signed to the Great Lakes naval train
ing station to learn sea warfare IN the
worlds largest naval school. He en-
listed with rating of apprentice sea-
men.
A petition was filed Friday in the
office of the Shawnee county district
court by Mrs, Bessie Banks, asking
divorce from w. E. Banks, whom she
charges with extreme cruelty and neg
lect of duty. A temporary restraining
order was issued to prevent Banks,
VINO is d SANTA e IeleSIdph OpeIdlOIs
from drawing his salary or his money
from the State Savings bank. Mrs.
Banks alleges that for the last three
or four years her husband had been
continually finding fault with her and
charging her with unfaithfulness. He
has disowned their children, she says,
finally going TO live with his mother
and failing to support his family since.
According to the petition, the Bankses
have been married several years and
are the parents of three children.
When Otto George. of Della. came
out of the Thompson hardware store
Friday afternoon. he found Albert
Miller, state motorcycle officer, await
ing him. The event led to the recov-
cry of a new Pennsylvania vacuum
cup auto tire which had been stolen
last week from George King, also of
Della. The tire was taken during a
party which was given in honor of
young man about to leave for train
ing camp. Investigation showed that
the tire had been sold by the ThoEp-
son Hardware company to Bryan &
Springer, of Della, and that they had
sold it to King. George declared that
he had found it in the weeds. King
said he had suspected George and
after rewarding Miller, announced
that he would prosecute his neighdor.