The Topeka state journal., 1913-05-17
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

a girl: to Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. McCar-
die, Christ's Hospital, a girl
H. c. Lindsey and c. H. Kutz, mem
bers of the civil service board, are
hearing the case of William Conklin,
city plumbing inspector. in the council
chamber this morning. The local
plumbers union have filed charges of
incompetency. giving seven distinct
reasons, chief Of which alleges that Mr..
Conklin is not practical plumber. One
of the preroga tives of the civil service
board is to constitute itself a court of
appeals. Its mandates cannot be re-.
versed. Mr.. Conklin's case is in the
hands of Robert Stone; Edwin Nc
Keever is the opposing attorney.
The city dog catcher has killed 80
dogs already this month. Pups are
being shot in a humane manner at the
foot of Harrison street.
report recently compiled by City
Commissioner Newland shows that A.
S03, 179 less gallons of water were pump
ed in April, 1873 than in April 1910,
when Mr.. Newland was chairman of
the board of water commissioners To-
peka used 112 437, ,5SS gallons of water
last month. 69, ,6S4, ,409. gallons during the
same period three years aSo. Mr.. New
land attributes the. saving to the gen
eral use of the metre system, of which
he is strongly in favor.
Mrs. w. A. Wassermann. formerly
the Seward tornoda of May Is. lived in
! Topeka several years ago and had a
/. position with the Genthe Bakery on
i East Fourth street
| 1t is probable that the Lowman Hill
school would have had more points to
/ it's credit at the close of the field meet
/ on the Washhurn grounds Friday had
I it not been for the fact that two of
the best athletes of the school were
! injured in the first heats thereby dis
qualifying from participating in the
| events that followed. Dewey GODDARD
and Eugene Iserman were both in
| jured.
! The three children under six years of
age whose mother is in the Stormont
| hospital in a critical condition and for
whom the Provident association was
desirous of finding a temporary home,
have been placed in the Orphans home,
at Third and Fillmore street.
The local officers were informed this
morning that Charles Hecht, who was
! convicted recently of violating the pro-
| hibitory law, is in Jail at Kansas City,
! Mo. The officers have not been notified
what the charge against Hecht is at
/ Kansas City. He is an old offender
here, having quite an extensive police
! record.
| Elmer Pettijohn, charged with violat-
ing the speed ordinances, was arrested
Just after midnight last night on West
Sixth street He was grossly exceed
ing the speed limit, the police say.
Marriage licenses were issued this
morning to the following: Charles H.
Booth, Al years old. and Mabel May
Hammack, % years old, both of To-
peka; Charley Winn, So years old. To-
peka and Caroline Barfield. 26 years
old. Carbondale.
1.-The Norman False Prophet is the
subject upon which Israel Alfred ].
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Church of the Messiah. will speak
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at 172 .
Kansas avenue. Meetings will be
held at the headquarters every Friday
! evening.
DR.. S. S. Estey of the First Presby-
terian church will exchange pulpits
Sunday with the Rev. Henry H. Shaw
han, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Kansas City, Kan. DR.. Estey
will preach the baccalaureate sermon
Sunday evening for the graduating
class of the high school of Kansas
City.
Next Tuesday night meeting of the
| boys of the church baseball league
will be held at the H. B. Howard store,
716 Kansas avenue, for the purpose
of arranging details in connection with
| the series of games that started this
| afternoon.
Washburn field the first of the series
of baseball games in the inter-church
! league began. Three games were
scheduled for this afternoon First
| Congregational vs. First Christian;
| North Topeka BaptistS vs. North To
peka Presbyterians: Second United
Presbyterians VS.. First Methodists
Teams from the United Brethren and
Walnut Grove Methodist churches
registered for places in the league this
morning and several other teams will
probably apply for places. 1t is pos
sible that a double schedule will be
| arranged. The H. B. Howard COM
pany has offered a silver cup to the
| winners.
Moving pictures depicting the flood
at Dayton, Ohio, which have never
been shown in Topeka before, will be
projected on the screen at the Audi
torium Sunday night. The Rev. Robert
Gordon of the First Baptist church
will speak on "God and Disaster
Prof D. H. Seymour will officiate al
the pipe organ and the church chorus
will sing. This is the last service a
the Auditorium. The repairs at the
church will have been completed by
next Sunday.
Horace Humphreys of the Nationa
hotel has just installed a battery o
! large ice boxes constructed of corl
and cement at an expense of severa
tional now has one of the finest re
frigerating systems in the west.
The two-story building. 25xS5 feet
at 129 Kansas avenue, is to be thor
oughIy remodeled, modern front, etc.
, if suitable tenant can be found. 1t i
in the wholesale and retail diStric
with railroad switch track at rear o
building. 1t a fine business location
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