The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-26

What good is all his pedigree
When his freedoms so 'cur.tailed?
Cool off in the Y. NJ. c. A. Swimming
Pool these hot day. Three months MEM
bership ticket five dollars.-Adv.
Capt. H. r. Walker of the State, Agrieul;,
tural college drainage missiont, Will
return to the school early in July after
year in army service overseas.
There are Us boys in attendance at the
state Y. NJ. c. A. camp at Elmdale this
week. Twenty well known men are
acting as boys leaders. The boys live in
nineteen tents.
E. W. Hoch. former governor and retir-
ing member of the state board of admins
tiers tea room Wednesday evening for
members of the board and assistants, NJ
Kansas viii remain bone dry after July
1. according to decision in the county at
torney's office. A number of hopefuT citi-
zens believed the national law permitting
liquor to be stored in the cellar applied to
Kansas. ~
Representatives of oil companies operat-
ing in the Cottonwood river district have
denied that they are responsible for pollu-
ton of the stream. Further investigation
is to be held by the attorney generals
office.
New quarters are being prepared for the
| H. B. Howard company OF East Seventh
Hstreet. according to an announcement made
by II. r. Howard today. The company
will move into the new location as, soon as
remodeling Of the building is finished
The Quincy playground team won from
Ripley park, IA to 4, Wednesday afternoon.
Polk defeated Westlawn. to 8. This was
| in the IA to 1G year old class. The smaller
and Westlawn won from Polk, 10 to q re-
| yersing the other winnings.
The Choir chorus of the First Methodist
church was given a dinner Wednesday
night by the official board. James Trout
man was POSTMASTER, and there were a
number of speakers introduced by him.
Paul Lawless has been director of the
I choir. which will dfQhaDd
summer.
There will be a meeting of Topeka lodge
No. 20, Woodmen of the World, at the hall,
| Sixth and Quincy streets, tonight TO dis
cuss plans for the unwilling of monument
| Sunday afternoon at Rochester cemetery.
The monument is in memory of the late
| NJ. e. Thompson, one of the members of the
| order.
Ida Humason received divorce from
| Jack Humason in the district court Tues
+ day on an emergency. Immediately after
| the divorce had been granted Mrs Huma
| son was paroled from her sentence to the
| industrial farm for selling liquor upon her
| promise to leave the state within twenty.
| four hours.
Jack Gavel, alleged l. w w. who was
| indicted by federal grand jury in Chica gt
a few weeks ago. was removed this morn
ing from the Shawnee county Jail by Mar
| shall o. 4. Wood and taken to Chica go
Gavel was arrested recently in Hutchinson
! by federal authorities and at a preliminary
| hearing here admitted his identity.
| Fred Boyer, formerly Shawnee county
| agricultural demonstration agent wants a
| homestead in North Carolina, according to
his letter TO tie department of the Interior
Bayer was recently discharged from the
| United States naval air service at Moore
! head, n. J., and is now living with a
! brother on n Wyoming homestead.
! A complimentary dinner was given Wed
nesdhy night at Pelletier's team room by
I the Women's Lawyers association for Mrs
Magdalene Munson of Pittsburg, Mis-,
/ Suzanne Henry, Clay Center. and Hiss
| Consuelo Krugg of Coffeyviile. who this
/ week passed the state bar examination
Mrs. Lila Day Monroe of Topeka, president
Of the association, presided.
| Frank H. Mcfarland, formerly a lieu.
tenant of the 10th field artillery. TO-DAY
received word from Lieut.. Hugh DAVIDSON
also. an officer in that regiment. thai
| DAVIDSON had been signed up by the Gin.
| cinnai Reds for $500 a month for tht
rest of the baseball season. Davissor
formerly played with Detroit and is wei
known in baseball circles He was as
| signed to the both early in the war and
| went thru the fighting with Battery +
| n nnft