The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05

Want to buy Groom house with bath to
be moved. Phone Black 2526.-Adv.
beginning with Sunday night all the
down town churches will begin their ser
vices at S O'Clock.
Marcia Salina caused the arrest of
Aurelia Martinez Friday the charge of
assault. Both women are Mexicans.
Want to buy bank stock for cash give
full information and price. Address M-IOI,
care Journal.-Adv
Frank Thomas will read a paper tonight
before the Saturday Night club entitled
THE l. w. W.. ct all
The Young Matrons' Study club will meet
with Mrs. ]. Preston Smith, 1161 Lane
street, Wednesday afternoon, April 0, at
) O'Clock.
Ralph r. Rollman. office manager of the
Seymour Packing company in Topeka, who
wGs operated upon Friday afternoon at
st. Francis hospital, is resting comfortably
today. attending physicians stated.
The expression class OF the Catholic high
school will give play Friday evening of
next week, April II. called Mrs. Ploddings
Niece" for the benefit of the high school.
1t will be given in the Catholic high school
assembly hall.
A girls reserve party was given this
afternoon at the Y. W. G. A. for the girls
of Branner, Potwin, Lincoln and Clay
schools Games and story telling FURNISHED
the entertainment. Miss Louise Curtis was
the chief story teller.
A suit to collect 81 200 from Charles Heit-
man has been brought in the district
court by Mabel 1. Wood. who claims that
she obtained divorce from him in Ne
braska in December. 1912. She claims the
court ordered Hoffman to pay her so
month until the $1,000 had been paid but
that he had failed to do so.
Alleging that her husband had been in
the habit of coming home drunk. at which
times he had abused her and threatened
to throw her downstairs. Gertrude Coffey,
S25 North Kansas avenue, has filed suit
in the district court asking a divorce from
William C. Coffey. She says he left her
last January and went to Butler county.
They were married in December, 1917.
The first annual ball of Company H.
Kansas National Guard, Friday night, was
a big success. About two hundred and
thirty couples danced. The waltz contest
De Merkle. The judges were Maj. Joseph
Dunkle. Lieut.. c. E. Edwards and Mrs.
Elizabeth Running The dance was under
the management of Lieut. O. NJ. Allegro of
Company II.
Practically swiping the prize from
directly under the front of the guns, Mayor
Jay f. House appointed on Friday r. L..
Thomas and Leo Won Langen to continue
for another two-yenr term on the civil serv-
ice board. The appointments of Thomas
and Won Langen were the last political
moves made by Mayor House of any real
consequence. The civil service board has
been regarded as one of the best and most
efficient organizations that has ever served
in that capacity, and it was thought de-
sirable not to break up its organization.
The business men of Topeka are being
given opportunity after opportunity TO
gain the United States department of labor
viewpoint on the duty of capital to labor
in this reconstruction period. Tuesday
noon Hugh Reid, special lecturer for the
department will speak to the business men
at the Chamber of Commerce. About a
week ago representative named Needham.
who was also the representative of a big
advertising agency, caused a stampede
among the contractors of the city when he
advocated a plan for big campaign look
! ing to the building OF more houses and
business buildings in Topeka.