The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-20

EIOn s. Clark left yesterday IOr chi
cago to attend the annual meeting Of
surance company of New York
Among the social events which viii
be given at the new $4,000 Y W. e
A. home in the coming year will be
Halloween frolic. Thanksgiving par
ty. Christmas good time, New
Years ''at home, valentine party
a ST. Patricks party, an April Fool
jOllification, and various closing events.
Notice-Xvin TIE parties who were
eye-witnesses to the murderous assault
on George Elliott, the contractor Dy
two national guardslnen in front of
the grandstand at the race track on
Thursday, September Il, and also the
parties who afterwards witnessed the
brutal assault on Mr.. Elliott and Mr..
Smith by three burly policemen in
the patrol wagon, please communicate
with either Captain Waters in the Col
umbian building, or L. j. Humphreys
525 Kansas avenue.
Some of the mem bers of the Social
ist local served meals at 1872 topeka
avenue, and q lunch stand at Seven
teenth and Topeka avenue during fair
week, realizing quite sum of money,
for the defence fund for the Crystal
theater case, in the district court.
Phillip Kir, a Greek. was arrested
and peanut stand near the corner of
Kansas avenue and Fourth street
without a license. He is under $40
bond.
The police have recovered a ring
from the Gordon pawn shop which is
supposed to be that lost by Miss Joy
Paxton. The girl left the ring on
glove counter in the Paxton & Paxton
store when trying on gloves The ring
ma
s5lusd s5. at S40' hao 0ssn pa~"s' '''
William Mcmillan. a junk dealer,
who lives at 100 West Gordon street,
called at the police station about 10
o'clock this morning to talk to the
chief of police. About IL O'Clock his
daughter telephoned from the home
that her father had returned home
drunk and was abusing her How the
junk man attained his condition in SO
short time besides travelling such
distance is the marvel of the oft1cers
He was sober when at the station.
Walter Roberts. colored. is on trial
in the second division of the district
court today charged with stealing gas
from the local gas company / ne case
VIII go to the jury sometime this after
noon More than two years ago ROD
erts' house was disconnected by the
local company when tie consumer fail
ed to meet 2 s21 gas bill In July an
inspector found that Roberts was stlll
using the company's fuel He was ar
rested on a felony charge
A face sIapping. hairpulling contest
to the tune of sundry vile names pc
tween Pearl Hedrick and Katie frost,
daughters in families living in double
house at 513 East Third street, result
ed in the booking of Katie Frost, aged
16 at the city prison charged with as
sault and battery. Information gath
"a indicates sew
era1 mem bers of both families had en-
gagged in the row which led up to the
girls fight.
For the first time in many years
the members of the graduating class
of the Topeka high school failed to
elect a president of the freshmen class
of Washburu college At the freshman
class election recently Jeffry NJ Fisher
of Tonganoxie was elected to the
presidency of the class. The Topekans
took the rest of the offices, however
BeryI Johnson is vice president; Lii
Iian Stone, secretary; Dwight Rearn.
treasurer, and Ralph Little, sergeant
at arms. The senior class election re-
suited: President. George Washburn;
vice president, Merle Palmer; secre-
tary. Margaret Brown; treasurer, Alex
Seaton.
The Whitehall Manufacturing com
pany of Topeka is planning to launch a
campaign for the sale of $4,000 worth of
/ stock for the purpose of charging the
! capacity of the plant which manufac-
I lures automatic feeding troughs, mills,
| fly traps. etc. and the manufacturers
| committee of the Commercial club an
4 nounced this afternoon that a Subcom-
mittee of the body having investigated
/ this firm the committee believes it is a
worthy institution and deserving of in
vestigation by the buying public
The last viii and testament of VIII
Ham Taylor which was made sixteen
years ago. was today entered for pro-
bate in the Shawnee county court
TAYLOR leaves all of his property to his
two daughter. Anne e. and Jane Tay-