The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-13
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AT HOME NEWS

Noon lunch. Cremerie Cafeteria.-Adr.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold The Shawnee investment
Co. 5S4 Kansas avenue--Adv-
James Malloney. postmaster at
Sliddy, Kan. and owner of the big
''Geary County Ranch" is legislative
visitor and is a guest at the home of
his sister, Mrs. H Hedderman, 10
Polk street.
The 1918 Buick car confiscated
from smoke" williams by the county
was sold at auction Monday afternoon
to T. B. Brink of Adams Brothers
company. for sS25.. The paying off of
a $500 mortgage and the costs will eat
up the entire amount, it was said
The first guns OF publicity for the
National Thrift Week were fired to-
day when Secretary Benning of the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. supervised the
decoration of the dining room of the
Chamber of Commerce with large
posters illustrating the various meas
| ures and bearing terse captions de-
scribing them.
Charles H Martin, alias Nelson,
pleaded guilty TO a charge of forgery
before Judge James Mcclure in dis
| trict court today, and was sentenced to
from one to ten years at hard labor
in the state penitentiary. Martin was
charged with forging a Sc checlS- attic
| officers claim there were several dis
tributed by him prior to his arrest
| w S. Hancock, commissioner of
public works, was today granted per-
mission by the city commission to pur-
chase a large truck for his depart
ment. the price not to exceed $1,000.
| The Vim truck, which has been the
| departments mainstay. has lost all its
VIM" Hancock told the commission
ers.
A meeting of the farmers living
| along the Central avenue road will be
! held in the court house at O'Clock
| Thursday afternoon for the purpose of
| hearing explanations of road building
by the Tarvia method by a represen ta-
tive of the Barrett company of Kan
sas City. The petitions for hard sur
| facing the Central avenue road have
been approved.
| Officers for the Inter-Service club
| were elected Monday evening at the
Chamber of Commerce as follows:
William Horley, president; J. L.
Hersh, first vice president; A P. Fair
banks, second vice president; A. J,
Schober, secretary; and Ben H. Abels
treasurer. Favorable action was
taken concerning the backing of the
symphony orchestra program and the
| thrift week campaign
The members of the Ladies' club OF
Rossviile, a musical and literary or
ganization. were in Topeka today tc
1 visit the state Legislature. The womer
were Mrs. Charles Alexander, presi-
dent; Mrs. John Pearl. Mrs. Frank
! Zickafoose, Mrs. I. 3. Wilt, Mrs Chel-
tie Howard, Mrs. z. Enos, Mrs. Edward
Goyette, Mrs. William Hook. Mrs. Dad-
ley Pendleton. Mrs. Walter Light.
No plan has been completed for the
re-T0HfinV IN Iira
other improvements in service, prom.
ised several weeks ago by Albert Pat
ten, general manager for the Illinoi,
Traction Co. An attempt to operate
a car with a broken wheel flange OIL
the Country Club line this morning
at the south of Central Park, tying III
traffic just before s o'clock
Ralph Luce, charged with stealth,
an automobile from William Usher
Eighteenth and Oakley streets. plead
ed guilty before Judge James McClur,
IN the district court and sentence wa
deferred until February Z. Luce, it Il
alleged, hired e man to get the car ant
drive him to Garfield park with Kath
crime Mccarthy, with whom he wen
to Kansas City. according to officers
The car was abandoned at Garfield
park.
c. G. johnson. who was arrested 4
years old, charging him with obtaininl
|, money upder false pretenses. was dis
missed today in the court of Topeka
upon agreement to- pay George Good
1923 Harrison street, $50. the amour
of check he was alleged to have giver
GOOD and then stopped payment. Coco
said he held another check for 81!
which he had won from johnson in
gambling game, but did not bring tina
into court.
Carl Rodgers. a young farmer Twin.
near Merfden. was acquitted in dis
trict court Monday of forger.
charge IL was alleged he had EiveI
a worthless check for $40 to the J
III. French Harness company Aft
davits were presented, however. show
, ing he had enjoyed a joint bank &C
count with other members of the fam
ily,- from which. he was finally ex
lcluded, but had given the check be
fore he had been informed of the cur
, tailment of his privilege.
} John Bergen. adjutant of the Amer
/ lean Legion. is receiving many cali
{ from ex-service men for assistance il
, landing jobs. Bergen says the querie
! are from all sorts of men from labor
ers to office men,. He has received
, very few requests from employers 70
assistance in obtaining men, Berger
: believes that many employers coui'
. use more help than they have at pres
ent. He made the request today tina
, lall persons who could give employ
: IL