The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-02

/ W 1lSOn street, IN thompson place.
The petition was referred to the city
! commissioner of public improvements.
w. W. Stahl. of Lyons. prominent
/ Rice county attorney. will deliver q
| lecture on Practice Building before
! the members of the senior class of
| Washburn law school at o'clock
/ Thursday morning in Room 20, OBJ
| servatory. All law students with va
cant periods at that hour as well as
| other persons interested are invited
4 to be in attendance.
c. Z. Jones. arrested here on pre-
sumption that it is c. Z. Green, wanted
1 in Texas on a forgery charge. today
filed in the district court a petition
asking a writ Of habeas corpus to OBJ
tain his release from the county jail.
Jones declares he is not the man
wanted by the Texas authorities. The
hearing was set for Thursday morn
ing in the district court.
One and ome-haIf quarts of whisky,
100 gallons of mash and two large
stills were confiscated by Sheriff Rob
ert Miller. his deputies and govern
ment men who raided a house ct No.
Pleasant Place this morning.
rested on a liquor charge. Pleasant
Place" is the block between Second
and Third streets and Jefferson and
Adams streets.
1t wasn't long after their marriage
that she began to nag him and find
fault, Fred Thompson charges in an
answer and. cross petition filed in the
district court today in reply to the di-
vorce suit brought BY Mr. Amanda
Thompson 1910 Clay street. He al
leges that she continually accused him
of associating with other women, that
she made vicious assaults upon him
and that she is possessed of a violent
temper.
A building permit has been issued
from the office of the city fire mar
shall to George w Hargreaves for the
construction of a warehouse to cost
$500 at 1920 Topeka boulevard.
Building permits have also been issued
to Carpenter & Figgim for the con-
struction of a $4,000 residence at $50
Underwood avenue. and to George F.
Hill, 1929 Lane street, for the con-
struction of a residence to cost $500
at 1716 Lane street
Stephen H. Smith, 400 West Gordon
street, won the SIC cash prize offered
by Crane & Company to the one who
would give the most complete list of
all the different stationery and Of
flee supply items on display in the
store window during Pageant of Prog
ress week. There were sixty-eight
lists turned in. and Mr.. Smith turned
in a correct list of 167 out of 19S
items displayed. A check for $40 was
mailed to Mr.. Smith today.
Alleging that she spends too much
time away from home with other men,
F. S. Maggart, resident engineer, to-
lieu u peIlllOn III the
court asking a divorce from Mrs. Mar
jorie Maggart, 1882 Grove avenue.
He alleges that she refuses to do her
housework and that she abandoned
their baby, requiring him to keep it at
a charitable institution, where it died.
He asks the ownership Of $1,000
worth of furniture in their home.
The city clerk was this morning au-
thorized to advertise for bids on sup
plies of aluminium sulphate and
l. "a - Il
will be used at the new city filtration
plant. Bids are to be submitted not
later than May 9. The plant will use
from ten to twelve tons of the
aluminium sulphate per month, and
from so to 100 tons of hydrated lime
per month, w. A. Stanfield, city COM
missioner of water and electric lights,
said in making the request for bids.
Two perfectly good ladies' hats and
two raincoats are in possession of the
police as the result of an auto acct
dent at the west end OF Willow park
about 10 o'clock Monday night. A
Ford coupe. in which the women were
presumed to be riding, crashed into
another car parked at the curb, and
was badly damaged. For some un-
known reason the occupants of the
coupe saw fit to abandon it, accord
ing to officers. The hats and rain
coats were uncalled for late this after
noon.
The Boy Scouts who were on duty
in the information and first aid booth
at the Pageant of Progress picked up
a large number of articles which had
been lost in the Court of Commerce,
and returned them to their owners
But there are still held at the office
of John B. Floyd, Boy Scout eXecu-
tive, two pocketbooks which were
found by the scouts, for whom owners
have not Yet appeared. There is
money in each pocketbook. If the
owners are able to identify them. we
will be glad to turn them over" Floyd
said today
Notice has been received in Topeka
that the second annual May picnic OF
the Topeka-California society will be
held at Bixby park, Long Beach.
Calf May g. All of the former resi-
dents of Topeka who are now sojourn-
ing in that section of California have
been invited to be present. The pro-
gram for the picnic includes basket
lunch to be served at 1890 O'Clock
and an entertainment which will COM
mence at 2:30. W. F. Schoch is pres
ident of the society; Mrs George E.
Wolvertop, secretary, and T. M. Kim
ball, treasurer.
At least one hundred persons are
expected to attend the annual spring
meeting of the Smith County club at
the home of W. H. Bomgardner. 416
West Sixth avenue, Thursday night,
May 4, E. f. Brookens, secretary of
the organization. said today. The fol-
lowing persons have been appointed
to serve on the reception committee
and to assist with the program during
the evening: Mr.. and Mrs. B. o. Will
liams, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Wise. Mr.. and
Mrs. E E. BroOkens, Mr. and Mrs
Bomgardner. Mr.. and Mrs. E. 7.
Thompson, DIR. Claude 9. Lull and DR..
and Mrs. John A. Crabb.
The student council at Washburn
college has recommended adoption Of,
the honor system of supervising ex-
aminatiOnS Whether il will be
adopted will be decided by a vote
of all the students on Friday. May 5.
Under the honor system the honesty
of the examinations is safeguarded