The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-23
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS


Twas Ever Thus.
sent the Editor some ideas
That would have helped him. without
But the waste paper boy. I found,
Was carrying them out!'
Dance tonight. Special music.
kellam Hall.-Adv.
Assessors working on this years as
sessment roles except to complete
their work about May L.
The New Thought Metaphysical Ii
brary will be opened tomorrow night
at 1870 o'clock with appropriate cere-
monies.
The Ladies' Music club will meet at
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon at the
home Of Mr.. c. B. Crosby, 901 To-
peka aveHue.
w. H. Kempe-, of the first district
appeal board went to Lawrence to-
day to hold an inquisition in regard
to regist-ant's appeal.
At the meeting of the Painters and
Paperhangero' union Monday night
the union decided to buy $500 worth
of the third liberty loan bonds.
Word has been received in Topeka
oil the arrival of Irwin ]. DeiSs in
France. Deiss is the son of Mrs.
| Anna L. Deiss. lis Topeka avenue.
William Macferran. president of
the State Savings bank, has left To-
peka for short visit to his son, Will
liam Macferran, jr., at Camp Han
cock, Georgia.
The Rev. E. M. Paddleford, the new
pastor of the Kansas Avenue Metho-
dist church, will be the guest of hon
CT at reception given by the Ladies
| Aid society at the church tonight.
E. E. Kitchen. 1895 Tyler street.
I n V " q
sheriff of Chase county. Kitchen is
, wanted here on a wife desertion
charge. He was working as a tele-
graph operator at Strong City at the
time of his arrest.
The Valentine Oil Co. of Denver will
start drilling in the Overlook field
today. The first drill will be put down
| on the Coffman farm. 1t is planned
to go down 1855 feet in search of the
precious liquid before the prospect is
given up as hopeless.
Ladies. day at the Chamber of
Commerce which was to have been
Saturday has been postponed on &C
count of the Junior Red Cross auc-
ton sale that day, according to an an
| ncunce.nent by w. A Billy, chairman
of the entertainment committee.
Hugh Fisher. county attorney, is in
| receipt of a letter from Francis p.
| Caravan. alien property custodian, in
which Caravan appeals to loyal attOr-
neys to report all alien owned proper
| ty to him at Washington. Make the
! kaiser's dollars work against him."
says Garvan in his letter.
Miss Laura. z. Ewing for sixteen
years a teacher in the Topeka High
| school, has been granted a years leave
! of absence to teach in demonstration
high school at Madison, Wis. Miss
Ewing is woman associate vice-princi-
pal in the Topeka school and is dean
of the Latin department.
Ohio T. Wood, United States mar
shall, today released Willy Karbe.
vaudeville actor. taken from train
Sunday night on complaint of smok-
ing car companions that he had talk
eG against the liberty bonds. There
isn't enough evidence to warrant hold
ing him." said Wood this afternoon.
Rev. John A. Bright has returned
to Topeka from Newton, Ia, where he
was called by the illness of his SON..
Rev. w. Fuller Bright. Reverend
Bright returned to Topeka at this time
especially to take part in the Shrine
ceremonia1s here tomorrow, which oc-
cur on the 73rd anniversary of his
birth.
Horace G. Black, former labor agi-
tator, found insane in the probate
court several months ago, will not be
| restored to his citizenship until he ap-
pears in probate court WEARING a SOL
dier's uniform. Black demanded the
return of his citizenship on the ground
that he had been placed in class l of
| the draft.
I. L. Better of the Better Realty
& Loan company reports the sale of
a $4,000 mortgage on 1920 acres of
Shawnee county land to Bartlett
Brothers Land & Loan company of
ST. Joseph, Mo Ralph w. Squires
advises that this is the largest farm
loan that has been made since he has
| been register of deeds.
| The police judge Monday afternoon
withdrew a charge against Mrs. NJ.
Sellers. 1901 Quincy street, of running
| a disorderly house. The police in max
ing the raid arrested E. Holston and
| Viola Van Horn, who have since mar
ried. At the time the couple rented
room from Mrs. Sellers it is under
| stood they posed as man and wife.
Leander Taylor. of Beatrice, Neb.,
today filed a suit for $4,000 damages
against Edward w. and Gertrude
| Nigus for damages and injuries sus-
tanned when. Taylor claims. Vigus ran
into him with an automobile near
Blair. Kan. Care1essness and drinking
| are charged against Vigus. Both men
were driving automobiles going in the
same direction. The suit was filed in
| the United States DISTRICT court.
| Attorneys for Loehr Grubbs have
| filed a motion for a new trial on the
usual grounds and also contending
that the answers to special questions
given the jury are faulty. The motion
will be heard by Judge Robert D.
Carver in a short time. Every cent
Bessie Stewart. a milliner asked for
breach of promise, seduction and pun
| tive damages in a suit tried last week.
was granted by the jury and $4,000
| Judgment stands against Loehr Grubbs
drawing per cent interest
! Carrie Virginia Shaw, a negro do
/ a
| for $4,000 damages against Mr.. and
| Mrs. ]. L. Shaw. white people and
proprietors of a grocery store at Gil
North Kansas avenue. The suit grew
out of the arrest of the colored NO
| man when Mrs. Shaw discovered a
money sack was missing. Later, the
sack was found and the coIored wo-
man released. The trial was held be-
fore Judge George H. Whitcomb in
the second division Monday morning