The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22

wood was taken from q Santa Fe
train here two weeks ago by Sheriff
Robert Miller on the request of Los
Angeles authorities.
Altho the employees Of the various
departments were given the privilege
of observing the holiday. all Of the
state offices are open as usual, today,
will be taken care Of The banks,
| postoffice and the Santa Fe offices are
observing the holiday in the usual
manner and will be closed all day. The
! schools are not in session
/ c. F. J. Ohrvan, of Wichita. has
! been appointed deputy United States
:, marshal IN charge of the Wichita Of
/ flee to succeed C. B. Drake, who re-
| Gently resigned to go into business in
/ Dallas Tex. OhrvaII was formerly as
/ ISOLATED with the Manhattan Cigar
| company, of Wichita. is q veteran OF
| the Spanish-American war and was
| special agent of the Santa Fe railroad
for ten years.
The trial of Dan Cloud. Topeka
youth. on charges Of having liquor in
| his possession. was started this morn
/ ing in Judge James McClure's division
| of the district court Young Cloud
/ was arrested when officers raIded a
| house east of Golden avenue between
| Fourth and Fifth street last Decem-
Der. He is alleged to have broken a
jug of whisky on the stove just as the
| officers entered.
Former Governor W. r. Stubs, of
Lawrence, who recently threw his hat
into the Republican gubernatorial
ring. announced while in Topeka
| Tuesday for a conference with some
| of his friends that he was feeling
/ mighty good over the situation and
1 that he expected to begin an active
/ campaign within the next ten days.
4 q
| ing circulated over the state, he said
| The ladies' voIley ball team of the
Trinity Methodist church won four
straight games over the mems teams
| of the church, in match held Tues
day night at the Trinity gyrnna SUM
The ladies' team was composed of
Miss Terra Elliot. Mrs. NJ Spencer.
Mrs. Dean Smith and Miss marguerite
| Cook. The members of the men S
team which played the most consist
| tent game were: Harry Wright, H O.
| Walker. George Ffederling and K X
Chesney. The gymnasium was filled
| to its capacity with rooters, who
cheered for the women
! The place of the boy in American
1 Hfs was discussed in an address by
| Thomas W. Butcher, president of the
| Kansas State Normal school, before
! the Topeka COOPERATIVE club at Pei
/ letters Tea room Tuesday night
J Training of American boys to become
/ more industrious. was urged by Presi-
| dent Butcher. Modern boys, he de-
| cIared, are reared by women, and need
| contact with men to fully balance
| their lives. zone need of the coun-
/ try President Butcher declared, is
| for more men to go into the field OF
! education and stay there"
| Mrs. Ella Rolling was elected presi-
dent of the municipal welfare league
| at the annual meeting held Tuesday
I'll
Garfield avenue. Other officers elected
were: Mrs. Harry cambridge, vice
president; Mrs. Mary Graham, secre-
tary: Mrs Lee Preer, treasurer; Mrs
| s. T. Malone. chairman of the execu-
tive committee; Miss Norine Rolling,
geant-at-arms. and Mrs Joseph
| walker, reporter. The league VIII
hold its next meeting Tuesday, March
/ Z. at the home of Mrs. Fred Buckner,
| 1427 Quincy street
/ A hearing in the case of the He
man Construction company or 81
/ Louis against the Kansas State Nor
/ nal at Grnporia and the state board
| of administration was held at the
state house Tuesday by Commissioners
| Oscar L. Jsaines, who was appointed
/ to sit IN the case by the supreme
| court. The construction compa ny
| contends that there is still due It the
| sIm Of $500 for building the PRES
ten r. Plumb memorial Quilting al
/ the school in 1915 The defense of
| tie state is that certain parts of the
building did not come up to the speci-
t fications- 4 report in the case will be
made later.
| A Topeka man had a bottle of
whisky in his possession that he had
| Kept for ten year-just for emer-
! gency sake He had hidden the quart
in an old closet. Last summer the
| closet was ref1oored. The other day
an old friend blew into town. He
| complained Of a bad cold, a cruel
thirst and need of spiritual nourish-
| ment and the Topekan proudly
rushed him home. telling him all the
way of this precious quart that had
! been kept intact for so many years.
| The bottle waSfound, the frills pre-
pared and the impatient stranger was
awaiting the first Whit when upon
removing the t:nfoiI it was found the
| cork lad been tempered with. The
1 worlzlren had drained the bottle and
1 refiIled ii with water.
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! DODGE AND FORD COLLIDE.