The Topeka state journal., 1922-04-22
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

nee Investment Co., 534 kansas Ave.
Phone sO50.-Adv-
A divorce suit brought by Mrs Eva
l. Clark against Benjamin F. Clark
was dismissed in the district court
Friday afternoon for want of prosecu-
tion.
The Rock Island railroad has ap-
pealed 10 the supreme court from a
decision of the Shawnee county dis
trict~ court ordering construction of a
siding at Leon, Kan.
Construction on the new edifice Of
the Central Park Christian church 5
nearing completion. The art win
dows, concert pipe organ. pews and
opera chairs will be installed in the
near future The date OF the dedica-
tion will be announced in a few days
The choir at the First Congrega-
tiOnal church will sing Festival Te
Deum" at the Sunday morning service
In the evening at o'clock vespers
Miss Euphenia Page will give a solo
Hear Te Israel by Mendelssohn. the
quurtet Of the church Will sing BE
Thou Exalted" by Mercadanta and
the choir Will give an anthem ''The
King Of Love" by Shelley
Prof. e. c. Williams Of Kansas uni
vers1ty will be the principal speaker
at n meeting OF the Kansas section
of the American Society of Civil En-
gineers to be held at the Chamber of
Commerce tonight
Mrs Ruby V. Fisher today filed a
petition in the district court asking a
divorce from Charles 5. Fisher. charg-
ing him with cruelty and neglect. She
asks that her maiden name. Ruby
Davis. be restored They were married
in July. 1921
Bank clearings this week totaled
Se,515, 5,149.01 in Topeka, a decrease
from the ciearings of last week,
which amounted to S3.O94.24S.62. but
ar Increase over the clearings for the
same week last year. which amounted
10 S2.SOS.S29-73-
T. NJ Singleton. giving his occupa-
ton as a salesman. was arrested by
the police this morning on a war
rant from Wichita He is said to be
wanted there for the removal of
mortgaged property and also for pass
ing worthless checks.
Fifty new members were secured
Friday by the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A
on the opening day of its annual mem
bership campaign Donald NIcHush
is director of the campaign. He is
assisted by A. 3. Griggs, Walter Da-
vies. NJ. Watson and Frank Myers
Mrs. Edith Supple has been ap-
pointed chairman of the National Re
publican Federation from Iopeka-
This organiza ton is composed of the
women voters of the city. The ap-
pointment was made by J. \. Doley,
chairman of the Shawnee County Re
publican committee.
a s date for heari-E of the public utili-
ties commissions application for per
mission to investigate toll revenues OF
the Kansas City Long Distance Tele- |
phone company The company re
fused to show its books and sought TO |
cnjoin action by the commission
The Berean class of the Sunday |
school of the First Baptist church /
held its annual banquet Thursday eve /
mini in the church parfors. Short /
given hr- the Robert /
Gordon and the Rev Thomas A L
Young. former pastors of the church. |
and Mrs r. ]. Whitaker. who has /
served as teacher of the class for
fourteen years. One hundred and ten 1
persons were in attendance
c. Frank Brown. negro janitor at
The Topeka Railway company offices, /
waived his preliminary hearing in the /
city court Friday and was bound over
10 the district court where he pleaded
guilty to grand larceny. His sentence
was deferred until June 19. He is
charged with stealing a sack contain
ing 1925 from the street railway COM
pany's offices. He was arrested by
Sheriff Robert Miller.
Found guilty of having liquor in
his possession. H p. Hanson. 1910
Tyler street. was fined 500 and sem
teLced to thirty days in Jail by Judge
Rad Lee in police court Friday after
noon. His son. H. I. Hanson. failed
10 appear for trial. altho he was
quoted by officers as admitting the
ownership of thirty-five gallons of
" whisky confiscated when officers raid
ed his place last Sunday night
F. L. Moon. secretary OF Topeka
lodge NO. b24. L. o. o. NJ. will repre-
sent his lodge at the meeting of the
grand lodge of the order at Kansas
City. May S, . and 10. The grand
lodge consists OF the subordinate
lodges in Kansas. Oklahoma, Nebras-
Sa. Iowa and Missouri James J. Da-
Wis. secretary of labor in President
iiarding's cabinet and director general
N the order in the United States. will
be in attendance II
street. was painfully bruised when she
vas struck by a motor car driven by
drs. B. b Dreisbach, 1919 Huntoon
street, about $50 o'clock Friday after
treet Mrs. Williams was crossing
Jackson street and Mrs. Dreisbach had
ust turned south off Sixth avenue
when the accident occurred it was
aid. Mrs. Williams was taken to her
home No bones were broken.
Practically all the goods stolen by
,urg-ars Thursday night from the
Walker drug store, Sixth avenue and I
Jackson street. were found this morn
ng in the woods in the vicinity of
,ourtland avenue. The goods con-
listed OF about S2S5 worth of foun- ,
ain pens, cigars and toilet articles. 7
he burglars have not been appre- q
ended. The hidden loot was dis
Overed by some small boys playing in :
hat neighborhood this morning,
fncers said. ,
The office OF the Kansas Sunday I
chooI association will be practically
eserted next week when the staff
-ill go to Atchison to attend the an L
ual state convention of the associa- r
ion. Miss Beth Motter. office secre- '
airy. will leave Sunday for Atchison, o
here she will complete the final ar
angements for the convention. The a
ther officers of the staff, who will I
eave Monday are. Mrs. Isaac SeweIl
Iiss Bonita Ferguson. Fred E. Gates I
nd Frank G. Richards. c
The Easter program, which was to q