The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-24
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Noon lunch. Cremerie Cafsteria.-AdE-
,.Cooty Biu'' for the ex-soldier.--Adv.
A. case of diphtheria was reported
to the city health department today
at lis West Twenty-second street.
another case was released, keeping the
total at four.
George Ousley. 1134 Tyler street.
who was knocked down and injured
Saturday by a street car at Twelfth
and Tyler streets, was reported today
to be recovering. ra pfdly in local hos
pital- His condition is no longer seri-
Gus, 1t was reported.
Marion Jones, %. negro, 1853 Lane
street, plead guilty to. burglary and
larceny Tuesday afternoon before
Judge George II. Whitcomb and was
sentenced TO ten years in the state re-
formatory at Hutchinson. The lad
stated that he was out of money and
could not get credit at any store SO he
broke into the West Street grocery,
115O West street, early Sunday morn
ing and carried away $500 worth of
provisions. The police later found the
provisions in his home
| The merchants on the east side of
( Kansas avenue south of Eighth street.
| are pleased to see substantial tenn
| porary sidewalk now almost COM
pleted at the hotel lots on Kansas ave
| nue. and Ninth street. This sidewalk
| is put in full width. pending the ad-
judication of the settlement with the
! local stockholders and the other in
| terests. This is now in the federal
| court andsis set for trial next month.
| 1t involves the bond of the American
| Surety company given to protect local
| stockholders.
A window was broken out and the
| panels in the side of street car
smashed about lie o'clock this morn
ing when a truck driven by an en-
ploye of the Stone Produce company
ran into the car as it was standing at
the corner of Huntoon and Mulvane
streets 1t was believed the truck
1 sl1idded, causing the driver to lose con-
troll of the wheel for an instant Nc
information would be given at the
company's office. Howard Patten, oi
the Topeka Railway company. said nc
one was injured in the crash
S. ]. Cocker, western Kansas farm.
er arrested at Dodge City Sunday or
white slave charge preferred agains
him by Mrs. Ethel Kennedy. III Yves
Second street, was brought to Topeka
today by Bob Miller. undersheriff. Ht
was arraigned before Judge Rad NJ
Lee in the court of Topeka today ant
pleaded not guilty. Cocker A1ilel
says, has many friends in western
Kansas who are willing to rally to hi
aid. Mrs. Kennedy claims that sh'
. answered an advertisement in To
I
a cook for harvest hands. Upon he
arrival at Larned, she claims tha
! Cocker attempted to have imprope
| relations with her.
Park Lane seems doomed to un
! popularity from certain sources
! Many persons living in the vicinity o
I Central park are opposed to the ordi
nance creating this new street from
the alley now boo1ding the park oil
3 the east and they are airing their OBJ
, jections to the city officials. Tie.
, claim the park is already too small
and that it cannot spare the ten-foo
, strip of ground necessary in the pro
motion of alley to street. Those per
sons whose property lies along tn
: alley oppese it on the grounds tia
they7SlfiN haxas to pay fefs paving il
1t is doubtful, il the ordinance doe
pass, whether the street ever will b
paved. The band stand episode o
former years let the city know tha
when the people in the Central parl
1eishborhOod do not want anything
they viii make every effort to see tha
it is not forced upon Them. At pres
ent the ordinance providing for tn
street is before Crv Attorney Bran
naman for an opinion as to its legality