The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-12

tin. Col Wilder s. MetcaIf. Lawrence;
Col. c. s Huffman, Columbus, and
Col P. NJ. Hoisington, Newton
The automobile belonging to A F.
Bauerlein, Ala Tyler street. was
scratched up when street car
bumped into it Tuesday afternoon. Mr..
/ BauerIein was attempting to get into
the garage at the McCord-KistIer Of
flee and killed his engine A north
bound Topeka street car struck the
auto, which was stalled on the racks
The state board of embalmers is
meeting here to examine applicants
who want TO practice embalming in
the state The board will be in session
today and tomorrow Members Of the
board are J. E Johnson and r. NJ
Johnson of OSawatOmie, T. b OldS-
oyd OF Arkansas City, and James w
Sexon of Leavenworth. Forty appli-
cants are taking the examinations
The new state house directory is to
be printed in the next few weeks
The lists of state and territorial Off
GERS from 1854 to date. has been COM
piled by c. D. Yetter in the office of
J. T. Botkin. secretary of state The
new directory as we'll as the new roster
of state house officials and employees
will be delivered by w R. Smith,
state printer, in the next few weeks.
The front of the Globe Clothing
company, 514-16 Kansas avenue. is
being remodeled. A two-story addi-
ton has been completed in the rear
and NJ Affron, owner of the south
room. and George Brosaner, owner of
the north half, are planning to erect
a two-story modern store building, ar
a total expense of $4,000. The con-
tractors are George Senne and H. s.
Douglas
Dry goods store patrons contributed
the most TO the support of a baby
nurse for the Public Health Nursing
association The bottles for the re-
ception of coins, which were placed
over the city during Baby Week, have
been collected. The bottles average
fifty cents each There were $50 bet
ties. Bottles placed in pool halls re-
cefved more money than those placed
in banks
Joseph l. Bristow, chairman of the
public utilities commission will prob
ably return to Topeka Wednesday
after spending two weeks in Wash
ington- Bristow attended several rate
hearings before the interstate COM
merce commission and heard the ar
guments in the western passenger rate
case. Judge A E Helm, counsel for
the Kansas commission, returned to
Topeka last Saturday.
Shawnee county will have the
chance to look at its map for the first
time in II years when the county atlas
is off the George A OgIe company's
presses in Chicago. W. B. Murdough
representing the Chicago firm, called
on the county commissioners Monday
and stated that if sufficient number
of the aliases were ordered work on
them would commence at once. The
present county uap is badly out of
date
Victims, passengers, and palIbear-
ers shall ride in style from now on
should they be the guests of Frank R.
I<a in n <a
and take q trip in his new motor am
bulance- The machine has silver
trimmings, polished French plate
glass windows with roller curtains
ster green body. 1t is electrically
lighted. is a self starter, has a four
cylinder engine, and enclosed section
for the driver The section for pa
tents is built to open at the rear or
at either side.
Gage park residents asked the To-
peka Street railway for better Servicea
last night at a meeting held in the
Gage park school house. The petit
ton drawn up stated that the people
on Gage park line would rather pa
tronize the street car line than the
jftneys. The winter service, which has
gone into effect on the Gage park line
allows car to leave the park at $40
A. m and every 80 minutes thereafter
until 1910 a. m A car leaves at $40
until $40 D. m One car makes a trip
leaving the transfer station at IL
o'clock
H B. Wilson, city superintendent
Of schools, who is chairman of the
committee of the national department
Of superintendence, of the National
association, has written
10 the other members of the commit
tee with a view to holding a meeting
Of the committee on Oct. 2S or Oct
so, or Nov 8. Each member of the
is asked to state his pre-
ference The meeting will be held in
Chicago and Oct 80 is the probable I
late. There are seven members of the {
committee and they are scattered /
rom West Virginia to the coast. The
purpose OF the committee is to report (
'urther on the subject of the economy /
IF time in education
near sighted man stood for five
minutes today with his nose to one of 4
he chicken wire gnards which sur
'ound some of the trees on the Capitol 4
He turned away finally and /
'emarked, Il don't believe there's a
lad burned thing in that cage"
Something new in the organization
Il the Women's Auxiliary of the First
Baptist church is the division of the
ociety into six circles Wednesday
It p m they meet for the first time.
The circle meetings will be held at
hese homes: Mrs. Charles Curtis.
101 Topeka avenue; Mrs L. w
french 1917 Western avenue. Mrs.