The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-28

-Cir-Cingle.
Twenty -five hundred dollar travel policy
one dollar per year. Ike S. and Kenneth G.
Lewis. Phone 4179.-Adv.
Logan Justice was bound over to the
district court for trial Friday afternoon on
a charge of stealing chickens.
Cool off in the y. N. {. A. Swimming
Pool these hot day Three months MEM
Rev Alfred f. Gregory will lecture to
the mems Bible class Sunday at 10 a. m
al the First Congregational church, corner
S STi be arI Kid and the Mix
B. F. Stephenson has been granted d.
vorce from Alice Stephenson and the plain
tiff was ordered to resume iH hes , maiden den
been granted divorce from c. H. Rains.
Mamie A. Kelley today filed suit for
divorce from Leo Il. Kelley charging
gross neglect Of duty and extreme cruelty:
were married August 1, 1917, and have one
child.
The ship by truck" parade will, be an
loaded for men for the harvest fields. and
the others with tires for local dealers. will
arrive here soon to take part in the demon
stration.
Alden A. Knapp and family will leave in
few days for Wichita, where Knapp will
become superintendent in the Coleman lamp
With the state labor department. and later
with the federal labor bureau.
Among the Topekans who left on the
afternoon trains for Kansas City this after
noon were: Frank L. Sturges. Capt. W.
p. Montgomery. J. win Kelley. Otto r.
crutchfisld Ben Be%E , HqTrE Eagle Her
DR.. o. e. Strodtman, Dr. o. r. Burkett
and F. NJ. Bittner, government experts in
scabies eradication work, have completed
their work in western Kansas and return
take their duties as federal meat inspec-
tors
Topeka men are trying TO locate another
landing field besides Washburn college for
the flying circus" due here on August 3.
Robert Fullerton. of the military commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce, and 9TH
ers say that the trees at the college field
Interfere with landing and starting.
Shawnee county will take advantage of
the governments offer to furnish trucks
free to counties building hard surfaced
roads providing the counties pay the
freight. Five of these cars have been or
dered by. Kent Raub. county clerk. The
estimated the bodies Will cose $500 each.
On account of swimming parties held late
Mt night after the pool has closed at Rip
missioner McGiffert is going to supply the
pavilion with lights that will illuminate
the pool and make naked bathing parties
impossible except at home in the bath tub.
The lights will be placed on the roof of
the pavilion.
Bids for the construction of T.41 miles of
concrete road Is feet wide on the Golden
Belt highway extending from Junction City
to the Dickinson county line have been re-
ceived by the county commissioners of
Genry county. The total cost of the new
highway, including miscellaneous bridge
and culvert work, will be S22S,944T3, or
S30.6i4.45 a mile.
WITH Hay steans se ades sweater an from
the Palace Clothing company while he was
being held in Jail charged with attempting
Drug company. WIS bound over TO the
district court for trial Friday at his pre-
liminary In the court of Topeka The
ladies' sweater charge was the subject of
his preliminary.
Frances Ward Richmond. of the Public
Health Nursing association staff. received
message Thursday stating that the state of
Massachusetts had granted her 500 for
services during the war. Every soldier and
sailor together with all nurses and girls
taking the army nurses training course are
to be given 800 by the state. Mrs. Rich
mond was an army nurse in Massachusetts
before coming to Topeka.
Rev. Charles F. Matthews. pastor Of the
First Baptist church; has been called to
Ohio on account OF the Illness of his
mother. While east he will meet his ap-
committee. created by the Northern Baptist
convention. which recently held Its annual
convention in Denver. His pulpit will be
filled Sunday by DIR. A. z. Baton, of Phila-
delphfa.
Mabel I. Wood. former wife of Charles
Hoffman of Topeka, today filed petition
charging that Hoffman had ignored n
courts order relative to paying money for
the support of their children. The plain
ordered by the court to pay $40 month
for the support Of the children until the
payments amounted to 81 200. This, she
declares, has not been done.
A campaign to interest Kansas cattlemen
In the fight on tuberculosis will be started
in about two weeks by the state livestock
commission, and the federal bureau of an
NAL industry. 1t is planned to delay the
meetings until the farmers have completed
| their harvest work and will have time to
attend meetings at which the need of tuber-
culosis tests will be explained. During
the last year about 200 herds of pure bred
cattle have been tested for the disease.
The Tully Mcfarland Drug company has
purchased the Brunt-Martin Drug COM
pany, 10 Kansas avenue. Active manage
ment Of the Brunt-Martin store by the
lly-McFarland company will begin in a
short time. Harry c. Martin. of the Brunt-
Martin company, has moved to Denver. and
John N. Brunt has announced his inten-
ton of going to California. James E. Nc
Farland and W. Lee Tully are both young
men who came to Topeka several years
Ninth street and Kansas avenue. remodeled
II and have built UP one of the largest drug
businesses in Topeka.
Twenty-Five dollars and costs is the
amount Sykes Fleming. negro, must nav
for shooting Perry and Arthur Rryant.
negroes. Sunday morning following a gam
ping game in which the Bryants were
losers. The fine was assessed by Judge
Rad NJ. Lee In the court of Topeka Friday
S adreTnoo sfto at Eempgs preliminary The
refused to testify against Fleming and
| wanted prosecution dropped altogether.
| With two star witnesses refusing TO testify.
the county attorney was obliged to content
| himself in obtaining the small punishment
| handed out by the court.
An emergency was declared today by
! Judge George II. Whitccmb and a divorce
| decree granted to Hassie Leitzow, VIII
Liam Liam Leitzow. the husband, did not appear
The couple was married July 4, 1918. Mrs
Leitzow told Judge Whitcomb she had an
Invalid brother at her home at Leoti and
! as her father was going away to work II
! was imperative she leave Topeka immed-
lately. Her husband. so she claims. had
ordered her from the house. Frank Grimes
| FORMER state treasurer. on the witness
stand vouched for the story of the invalid
Drotner' crimes stated that the girls father
| lived in one of the Grimes houses at Leoti
| Following the granting of the divorce
! Grimes explained he knew little of the
| girl excepting her family and had merely
been requested to substantiate her story
|