The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-03
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Barber shops opan till 10 O'Clock tonight,
closed all day COMMONWEALTH.
]. p. Haworth and family, of s2a Laurel
the Fourth with Mr.. HaworthIs brother.
Smith Haworth, and family.
A celebration will be held on July at
the Tecumseh Baptist church. Lunch will
be served from O'Clock in the afternoon
until 10 in the evening.
The members OF the Swedish Lutheran
church will hold an all day picnic At Ches-
gram viii be rendered. Mayor corwine
will deliver an address.
A petition has been filed with the city
commissioners obtecttng to the installa-
ton Of a slaughter house by Emil Leopold,
at 215 Adams street, on the grounds that
it would make conditions unsanitary.
A new confectionery store, costing 5000
will be erected soon by II. b. Steel, who Is
now operating a small store at Seventeenth
and College, near Washburn. The PERMIT
was taken out Wednesday
Company H, Kansas National Guard, will
go into camp at Gage Park this evening.
remaining until the evening Of July 4. All
members Of the company are directed to be
at the armory before T:15 p. m. and to
bring their blouses with them
The permit for the Walnut Grove church
building was issued Wednesday. The build
ing will cost $4,000. 1t will be finished
about April ], 1920. The building will be
located on the old site at 1000 Harrison
stories high.
All Red Cross workers in the city are
asked to appear at the state house grounds
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock to take
part in the ceremony of decorating the
Shawnee county soldiers. The workers are
asked to appear in full uniform. The call
is issued by Frank BECK. secretary of the
Shawnee county Red cross.
The contested divorce suit of Harrison
Leavitt and Hattie b. Leavitt. 1881 Jack
son street, was taken under advIsement by
Judge George II. Whitconib. Leavitt ants
a divorce and so docs his wife. X. d.
Smith, Y. NJ. c. A. clerk, was named by
Leavitt as a correspondent Leavitts father
was a wealthy Topeka merchant.
Following the milk shortage here many
dealers have jumped the price of quart
has been raised to about 121a cents. The
milk shortage has been caused by the
presence OF large numbers of flies that an
noy the cows. causing them to give less
milk because feeding is interrupted.
Harry Howell Of Silver Lake drove his
car onto the curbing at Seventh and Polk
streets this morning to avoid a collision
chine. wheel was torn from Howelrs
Buick as a result One machine was going
west and the other north. An accident
would have been certain, witnesses say, If
Howell hadn't driven on the cuFbing.
The police telephoned several days ago
to the wife Of the city marshal that there
had been a robbery on the main street of
Harrington md Mike Dempsey, who had
confessed to the crime. was under arrest
in Topeka. The police held Dempsey until
and then released him. A few hours later
verification of the robbery story was re-
ceived by the police.
Commitments for confinement OF three
county Jail prisoners in state prison at
Lansing were prepared today in the dis
trict court. Mary Roe must serve an in
definite sentence for forgery. j. NJ. Gold
hammer has sentence not tn exceed five
years to serve for embezzlement while W.
w. Wilson must serve sentence not to
exceed seven years: They will be taken
Owing to the inability of the present
motorcycles to develop enough to catch
motor Fpeeders, the city department has
purcha sed motorcycle capable of Develop
cycle and motor car speeders have kicked
up dust and run away and left the police
machines in the last few weeks. With the
new eighty mile an hour machine IL is be-
Neved the wild speeeers can be tanned.
Suicide or Kansas. That's the uitimatum
issued &c Provident Association officials
pcka from Clinton county home at Plntts-
burg. Mo. He doesn't like the food or other
accommodations in Missouri. he has told
threatens to kill himself Officers of the
charitable organizations haven't decided
as to the best methods of handling the
case.
The city commissioners this morning
passed the following. petitions for side
walks: South side OF Munson from Null
vane to College; west side of Lane street
from Fourteenth to Fifteenth: east side of
Liberty from Sixth to Tenth, and south
side of Second from Chandler to Lake.
The following petitions were not granted !:
Eleventh street from Jefferson TO Madi-
son; and east side of Jefferson from Para
more to Saywell.
Further airing Of the troubles of Olive
and G. +. Here III the courts was stopped
today when Il. II. Mekeever and James A.
Troutman, attorneys for the litigants, de-
cided to rench an agreement outside Of
court concerning the care Of the child.
After Here's case tossed out of
court last week he asked for restraining
order making it Impossible for his wife
to take their r-ysar-old child out of the
county. Here claims his wife plans to
go to Minneapolis with the child. The
order was to be held today before Judge
Robert u. Carver and Mrs. Here and her
relatives were present ready for the hear
ing when attorneys decided to agree out
side OF court.