The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-06

National Hotel company for cigars
| claimed to have been delivered in
May, 1919, was filed in the district
court today by the Parker-Gordon
| Cigar company, of Kansas City.
Miss Emmy Eva1d of Chicago. ma
ltional president of the Women's Home
| and Foreign Missionary society of the
Lutheran Augustana synod, will speak
tonight at O'Clock at the Swedish
Lutheran church, Fourth and Tyler
streets.
| Governor Allen today officially
asked Governor Hyde of Missouri to
grant an extradition for Arthur Hand,
who is now under arrest at St. Louis,
Mo. Hand is wanted by the authori-
/ ties at Columbus Cherokee county, on
a charge of wife desertion.
| The pupils of Lafayette school will
present a carnival at their school
| building tonight for the entertainment
/ of the public, with side shows. baby
shows, athletic events and other at
fractions. The pupils of the school
| Thursday evening as an advertiser ent
| for the carnival.
| Charles L. Mitchell, secretary and
sales manager of Crane & Co., has re-
| turned from a business trip to three
| cities in Missouri in the interests of
the midwest division of the National
| StatfonerS and Manufacturers asso-
citation. Wednesday night he gave a
chamber of commerce organization
speech at Rockport, Mo.
| The master counsellor and master
adviser of the local chapter of De
| Molay were selected at the prelin1i-
nary organization meeting of the
chapter held Thursday night. Ralph
Glenn was chosen master counsellor
and Garrett Porter, master adviser.
| Other officers are to be selected at a
meeting to be called later. There are
218 charter members in the chapter.
! The date for the dinner which is to
| be given for President W. S. Pierce,
| of Kenyon college, Ohio, by the mem
bers of the Kansas Kenyon alumni,
has been changed from Saturday
night, to Saturday noon, according to
| Prof. Elrick B. Davis, of Washburn
| college, a member of the alumni or
ganization. The dinner will be given
at the University club, Complimentary
/ to President Pierce.
| The report of Mrs Mary c. Grover
public school nurse of Topeka, shows
that 1928 children were examined by
! the school nurses during April. Pa
rents were advised, in 23S cases, of
| the physical condition of their chill
dren as needing attention. Ailments
reported ineIuded: Defective. vision,
| thirteen cases; pink eye, four cases;
| dental cases, sixty-four; operations.
| thirteen; twenty~seven pairs of glasses
| furnished; impetigo, six cases; adenoi-
dial cases, eleven; ringworm. two
cases; ScabieS, six cases; ChickenpOX,
three cases.
A report that there was a disturb
ance in the negro Elks' hall, on the
third floor at 422 Kansas avenue
came to the police station early this
morning Frank Leech, chief of de-
tectives, climbed the three flights of
stairs and came in sight just in time
to observe D. Beasely negro, tip a
huge jug to his lips. 1.-THE place is
pinched." said Leech without waiting
for further evidence. Assisted by Of
ficer Billings he took Beasely and n.
L. (Cockey') Robbins to police head
quarters. That the stuff in the jug
had kick was evidenced by the
behavior of the negroes when they
We're locked up.