The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-02

nue.. Subject for discussion, why Work
| ing Men Should Vote the Socialist Ticket" "
! A large number of persons are expected
! to attend the pension day dinner Monday,
| which will be served by the ladies of
| Iopeka Relief Corps No. "a. This is the
! last. pay day at the local pension office.
Tonight q basketball tournament will be
! organize at the Central Y. NJ. C. A.
| which will probably include eight teams.
The meeting has been called for S:45
| devoted to basketball.
The Midwinter exposition this year will
begin January IL and last until February
CVermeyer, manager of the Auditorium,
this afternoon. The exposition people
promise the best show in the history CT
the organization.
The Topeka Soccer team has two
chances to arrange for two Thanksgiving
games in Topeka. Baker university has
morning the manager of the local team,
Tom Powell, received word that the Kan
sas City Football club would like to ar
range a date.
also because it is the day before election.
and therefore busy day for County
Clerk Samuel G; zimmerman and his
deputies the regular county audit for Oc-
tober.; to have been passed Monday, was
checked over and allowed today. The
vouchers will be ready for distribution
Monday.
The forces in Topeka interested in MAX
ing social survey of the city decided
at meeting held at the Central Y. NJ.
c.. A. Friday night to make an effort
to procure the services of an expert from
the Russell Sage foundation TO aid in
the work. The Social Service federation
the Topeka Federation of Churches and
the Kansas Welfare league will work
together
A bowling tournament Is being organ
lied at the Central Y. NJ. C. A. It will
week of this month. William ColIinson
of the Santa Re is organizing a bunch Of
gether team. w. G. Shirley is organic
ing a state house team, and w. E. Law
son Is getting up Santa Fe freight
claims department team
Both divisions of the district court this
morning were busy with the continuation
of trials carried over from yesterday In
the first division "a jury is hearing the
evidence in the case of E. Hart against
the Gerretson company of Kansas City,
Mo, for salary In the second division the
damage suit of Otto Boyd against H. Il.
Fletcher, for injuries received when
Fletcher is charged with having shot
Boyd a year ago, is on trial.
A verdict for $1,772. just SIS less than
the amount asked, was awarded the Cap
ital Iron Works yesterday in its suit
against the Freedom Engineering & Con-
struction company of Kansas City, Mo.
The case grew out of the claim of the
Freeborn company that the Capital Iron
Works had delayed shipment of iron
Wickets and other materials used in the
construction of a dam across the Little
Arkansas river at Wichita. The case
required all week to try.
The senior class of the high school has |
already begun to advertise the play which |
they will present the first of next year. |
1.-THE BOYS of Company b. The current |
issue of the High School World includes |
a full page advertisement of the play. |
This play was produced for $50 consecu- |
tive nightn in New York city, and is more |
pretentious than anything previously at |
tempted by local high school students. 1t |
will be under the direction of Charles C. |
Yotnggreeh, a former high school student |
who has been on the professional stage.
T.. A. Borman has returned from Chi |
cago where he gave address before the |
American Association of Butter Manu- |
facturern. He spoke on Developing the |
Dairy Business In the course of his adj |
dress he stated that the reason that Kan |
sas does not rank higher as a dairy state |
is because she in one of the greatest grain |
producing states in the Union In Michi- |
gan and Minnesota. the two great dairy |
states. the crop producing conditions are |
not so favorable and naturally the people |
turn their attention to the dairy industry
AS a memorial tribute to the life of the i
late General William Booth. head of the
Salvation Army 1t has been decided to
work for the erection of well equipped
training schools for Army offices. The
plan is to build two such schools in the
United states which WIFI provide a com
plete system of training for every branch
of Army. operations. One will be built in
Chicago at a cost of $4,000 and the other
at New York at a cost of $500 600. A wide
appeal for funds is consequently being
made which will eliminate in Tag day,