The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-23
IN NORTH Topeka
Ittai Luke Has Returned From
Trip North.
Was on the Ship Carnegie Near
Iceland.
EPIDEMIC OF SCARLET fever
Public Drinking Cup Thought
To Be the Cause.
Other News Notes of Interest In
North Shawnee.

Ittai Luke, who for the last eight
months has been with the Carnegie
Foundations ship Carnegie, arrived
| in North Topeka last night and VIII
home on the South side tor several
days. Otis Cummings is employed at
i the Dibble grocery store.
Mr.. Luke, who until last May was
! student in X. u, received his ap-
pointment to do research work for
the Carnegie Foundation, through
meritorious work done at the state
university. The appointment which
he has just filled was for one year.
doing work along the coast of Iceland
and Norway. The work consists of
research study in regard to the mag
netic conditions in northern coun-
tries.
Mr.. Luke's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c:
North Topeka. but now live in Ottawa.
Kan. He will leave tomorrow for
Ottawa, where he will visit his pa
rents until the latter part of the
menth, and then return to Washing
ton, d. c., where the records OF the
trip are being made.
On March 1, Mr.. Luke will leave on
a ship fitted out by the Carnegie
Foundation for a two and one-haif
years. trip through the southern
waters, doing the same kind OF work
that was done on his recent trip.
The Carnegie Foundation originated
from a fund given by Andrew Carne-
gle, amounting to ten million dollars,
the interest of which is used for re-
search work along the lines mention
ed above. The foundation now has
buildings and equipment valued at
twenty-five million dollars.
On the return from the recent trip
the crew and officers of the ship Car
negie gave a reception for Andrew
Carnegie in the New York harbor.
Common Drinking Cup Again.
The common drinking cup which is
found in the average country school
house is blamed as the cause for a
slight epidemic of scarlet fever which
has broken out in Silver Lake.
A family of five members was quar-
antined Tuesday afternoon by County
Physician Lull. This makes the third
quarantine DIR. Lull has placed in Sill
yer Lake in the past three weeks.
The first two cases were found
among children attending the Silver
Lake high school 1t was closed two
days while County Physician Lull
fumigated the building. Upon in
vestigation DR.. Lull found that sew
using the same drinking cup. Among
the children were two that are now
quarantined for scarlet fever.
The children in the quarantined
although associating with many of the
pupils that do attend school.
DR.. Lull said: I'm such cases as
these every precautionary measure is
taken. AS the children were not at
tending school, the danger of the dis
ease spreading is not so great"
Otis Cummings will spend the Christ
mas holidays with Ittai Luke at his home
in Ottawa, Kansas.
Alma Williams of the ]. r. Spetter
cigar factory will leave Saturday for a
weeks vacation with friends in Glasco.
Kansas.
Mrs. Walter Graham and little daugh-
ter of Fairbury, Nebraska, arrived Tues
day to spend Christmas with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Klinefelter. of S34
North jackson street.
in the windows Of one of the North side
grocery stores are several little 'porkers''
dressed.
Chester, Raymond and Roger Workman
will come from Holton, Kansas, where
they are attending the Campbell college
to spend the holidays with their father, G.
F. Workman.
w. F. George of Silver Lake was a
Mrs. W. M. Pugh of Harrington. Kan,
is spending a short time in North To-
peka visiting friends.
G. c. Pixler of Hoyt was a north side
visitor this morning.
Mrs. Mary c. Ream has returned to her
home in Kilmer after spending a short
time in North Topeka.
w. H. Price Of Silver Lake was on the
North side attending to business today.
An automobile, driven by c. c. Nichol-
son, of the Gillette & Nicholson Lumber
day afternoon at the Union Pacific cross
ing. One of the lights of the machine was
broken and the fender on one side was
badly twisted. No one was injured.
John Duffy OF Elmont was North side
visitor today
A bobsled drawn by one horse was
smashed Tuesday morning near Kansas
avenue and Laurent street. The horse