The Topeka state journal., 1919-04-12

Mrs Charles Steinberg, who has been
seriously Ill with Influenza. is recovering
Non-Taxable Kansas bonds. Free from
all tax Including federal income. The
Shawnee Investment Co.. 534 Kansas Ave
ADV.
Mrs. T. Stanley Burg will give vocal
solo at the business mems class of the
morning at 0 80 O'Clock
w. It. Comstock and Lud Hardesty have
taken over the local agency for Cole auto
will be located at 425 Jackson street Both
of the men have been connected with the
Motor Service company.
Mai. Charles II. Browne, of Horton.
recently discharged. from the army, Will be
in charge of the Kansas community house
at Camp Funston which is to be reopened
Monday. Major Browne was with the
Thirty fifth division overseas.
The railway clerks of Topeka give un-
qualified endorsement to the league of ma
tions as proposed by President Wilson, ac-
! cordings TO the resolution passea At the
Friday night.
DR.. Alfred vergin. of Lindsbor9, Kan.
president of the Kansas conference, VIII
be the speaker of the evening at the meet
ing of the Luther league at the Swedlsh
Lutheran church, Fourth and Tyler streets,
| tomorrow evening. DR.. Vergin VIII also
speak at the regular evening service
+, Lowell A. Harper. 34th service brigade
signal corps has written his mother. Mrs.
A. o. Harper, 1913 Quincy street, that ne
is now stationed at Tours, France, ana IS
a member offthe S. o. S. orchestra whicn
PLAYS adily at the Trianon theater which
is under the auspices of the Y. NJ. c. A
Harper went overseas last September.
Within the last few days an engineer, an
assistant engineer and fireman have, been
eliminated from the pay roll of the water
department They were dismissed by Fred
Boltz, the new superintendent at tne t1,s ely
the question of insubordination at the plant
has been brought to light numerous times.
Boltz declares that these men nave Deen
responsible for great deal of the friction.
jay b. Thirty has been given divorce
from Peggy Thirty in the district court
Thirty charged that shortly after his mar
riage in September, 1917, he enlisted in the
United States naval railway battery and
that when he returned home January
his wife no longer loved him and that she
was more interested in other persons and
places Thirty saw active service at YER
dun and in the Argonne Forest, it is said
Charles G. Miller of the 164th depot
brigade, Camp Funston, was arrested by
the police Friday charged with desertion.
Miller showed a furlO obtained by him
October Is. 1918. providing for him to re-
port to the Erie Pa, iron works. He claims
| he reported at Erie and received his dis
charge. but the police are inclined to doubt
this Miller said he would send to Atchison.
| discharge papers. Officers say he has been
| living at 414 East Third street under the
name of Billy O'Hare.
A state warrant charging Albert Hutch
! inson, negro, with grand larceny. was
| issued today by County Attorney Fisher
Hutchinson, alias George Thompson, alias
| Albert Hudson, was arrested Friday by
Detectives Mitchell and Alba after they
had chased him from Eighth to Third
| streets, on the charge of stealing fifty
| chickens from Ulysses Grant near the ball
| park Patrolman J. W. Anderson located
the hens at Mullins market and called the
station for the detectives. Hutchinson
| leaped from the roof of the building on
which he was working to the ground two
stories below when they saw the Officers
| approaching.
Charged with stealing ham and side
of bacon from f. S. Pointer, 317 Lawrence,
the trial of Raymond Green, 10 years old,
was begun in police court Friday afternoon,
but the defendant was turned over to the
probate court when Judge Paul Heinz disy
covered his real age. Raymond's father,
mother and sister appeared in his behalf.
| The chief witness against the lad was
Ralph Bremen, a former playmate, who
| said that, because Raymond had "bawled
| him OUT for throwing stones at house,
he had told the police of the meat episode
| to get even. Ralph insisted he was at the
! Green home when the meat was brought
and placed in the cellar. The Greens live
! in North Topeka.