The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-20

as police sergeant. was today con-
Armed In his appointment by the city
commission Patrolmen Z. z. Gregg,
w A. Garrett. L Barker and e. e.
several weeks ago. were also con-
Tne principals OF the city held their
regular monthly meeting last night
Miss Graham of the Lowman Hill
school. who was in St Louis recently.
gave talk ON the St Louis school
W. R. Carter Of the colored institute
east OF town gave a talk ON the work
at the institute.
President Nudge and Executive
chairman Schumacher Of the Rock
leland Lines will pass through To-
peka at midnight ON their way from
chicago to Dallas. Texas. Local off,
Gals OF the road declare that they
KNOW or no mission concerned in this
trip OF the tive heads Of the system.
The debate between two of the
english classes of the Topeka high
school will be held Friday morning in
chapel This debate promises to be
an interesting one as four Of the best
debators in the school win take part
II was to have been held last week
but was postponed.
= G. Swayze. of Pomona, Kan, is
visiting his cousin. O. K. Swayze,
counV clerk. Mr.. Swayxe has been
coast of Mexico for eight years. and
contemplates a permanent residence
at Alamos. Sonora. He declares there
10 practically no agitation In that sec
ton.
A request from the Santa Fe rail-
way company for time in which to
construct cement sidewalk on East
In1rteenth street. where the street
crosses the company's right of way.
was granted by the city commission
TINS morning. The company promises
to begin work as soon as there is no
danger Of frost.
Local merchants met at the Com
mercial club quarters Monday night
TOT the purpose of discussing the ques-
tlon OF establishing q clearing house
for credits. The idea was to work out
plan whereby merchants could CO.
operate In supplying each other with
information concerning persons desir-
ing credit. A committee was appoint
ed to outline a working plan. It con-
slsts OF r. b. Austin, Charles McCord
L b. Thorpe. William Jacobs and AL
bert Green.
;. Roy Root, who while employed by
the city water department as a meter
reader last summer accompanied the
fire department to a fire in which a
team and hose cart were lost is an
object Of solicitude on the part of the
CITY commissioners. At the time of
sAAS AAAC Ac WAS severely burned on the
arm. AS result of the injury he is
partially crippled. The city commis-
SION this morning appointed q COM
mtttee to investigate and report. 1t is
understood that Root is willing to set
tie MS claim against the city for 5000.
The last of the preliminary tryouts
Tor the Washburn- Ottawa college de-
bate. has been held in the Washburn
chapel Francis Cormick, Dorothy
Dale and Flora Harrington with Mar
5orie Foote as alternate will represent
the Topeka school in the debate to be
held in this city March 49, The oues-
ton: Resolved, that compulsory ar
bitration should be applied in dis
putes arising between employer and
employees In the United States. The
judges were: Dean McEachron and
Professors Hyde. Risser, Loper and
Harshbarger.
Property owners living on West
street between Sixth and Eighth
streets have a rebate coming to them
from the city of Topeka They paid
Tor the paving Of the street for its full
Width before the Topeka Street Rail-
way company placed it's tracks there
Today the railway company refunded
to the city Of Toueka $1,149.91. that
amount representing the cost of paw
ing the part Of the street occupied by
the tracks. 1t will be several days
; before the amounts due the different
on q pro rata basis and paid.