The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-14

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Rev J. c. Everett. Pumps
The Provident association is making |
preparations for the Thanksgiving din
ner for the poor. A lStof about 200
deserving families is being compiled
by Guy Justus. This list will be divid- |
ed among the churches, clubs and in
dividual families who wish to help |
with the work. 1--WE will have this
list ready some time this week. said
MI. Justus. Already there have been
number of inquiries for Names
Kansas rural mail carriers are being
paid from the Topeka postoffice this
week. Postmaster A. K. Rodgers is to-
day sending out the first bunch of
checks to the men on the rural routes.
There are Lila rural carriers in Kan
sas," said Mr.. Rodgers, land their to-
tai salary for the month of October
was $50, 402- 80. The carriers are al
ways paid from the Topeka office and
IN the year We will send these men a
total of $1,564 ,S25.''
The laymen's council of the churches
OF Topeka is arranging for a series of
10 theater meetings which will begin
with an address by Lincoln Mcconnell
of Kansas City, Mo, December 4. Gov
ernor Glenn. of North Carolina, will
address the closing meeting. The meet
1ngs will be held in the Novelty theater
| as they were last winter. Richard Will
! son is chairman of the ushers; W. L.
stark has charge of the personal work
and John r. Sargent will look after the
| finances.
C. S. Rice, with the bureau of CEN
sus of the federal government, will
| visit Topeka soon for the purpose of
| collecting statistics covering Topeka.
| The figures will be used by the depart
| ment of commerce and labor in issuing
| comparative reports on cities in the
| United States. Mr.. Rice secures from
the city records the cost of maintaining
the different departments, salaries,
| amount of public work done, sanitary
conditions and other municipal data.
1t will require about week or ten days
to compile the Topeka report.
| Today the mail clerks on trains
| operating in Kansas began the job of
! counting each piece of mail. This work
| will continue for fifteen days The
count has been ordered by the post
! office department for several reasons.
| One reason is to determine whether
| there are more men employed in the
| service than are necessary to do thu
| work. The report will also be Of value
| to the government in grading the mail
| clerks. A report of the count will be
made to the postal authorities II
| Washington Immediately following its
completion.
| The United States district attorneys
| office and the United States marshal's
| office are deserted this week, owing to
the session of the Fort Scott division
II
! which convened today. The following
officials are in Fort Scott attending the
| session: Harry J. Bone, United States
district attorney, and his assistants,
Judge J. s. West and Charles S. Briggs.
and Mr.. Bones stenographer, Miss
Gardner; w. H. Mackey, United States
marshal, and Deputy B. F. Flenniken.
They will be absent the greater part of
the week.
Phil Harvey and Harry Thomas, two
negroes wanted in Lawrence on
charge of robbing a Santa F'e freight
car, were arrested in Topeka by Patrol
man Hutton. The men were imme-
diately turned over to the Lawrence
| authorities. It is charged that these
in the Lawrence yards and have stolen
a large amount of brass and iron be-
| longing to the Santa Fe. This metal
| was sold to Lawrence dealers. When
the negroes learned that a warrant
4 had been issued for their arrest they
I came to Topeka. They were arrested II
few hours after a description of the
men was sent to the Topeka police.
A committee composed Judge T. F.
Carver, A. v. Lindell and Mrs. c. j.
Evans has been appointed by the school
board to ask the city commissioners
to pass an ordinance prohibiting street
cars and automobiles from passing on
West Eighth avenue between the high
school and manual training school
buildings at rate of speed exceeding
four miles an hour. 1T is a wonder
remarked Mrs. Evans, that some seri-
Gus accident has not already happened
while the students are passing from
one building to another. If we succeed
, in getting this ordinance, I will ask
that a sign be placed at both ends of
the block warning motormen and auto