The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-08
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

The electric wiring Of the Auditor
ium is to be over-hauled and changes
made iE the lighting plans.
Includin. the flour shipped by Kan
sas millers, the state has sent more
than 10000 barrels of flour for Bel
| gian relief.
The domestic science room now in
use at the Sumner school building Is
| the best equipped room for the pur-
pose in the grade schools.
Jewish victims of the European war
| will be helped to the amount of $500
raised by Jews of Topeka at meet
ing held for that purpose last night.
Many Topekans have already been
seized by the seed catalogue fever and
the desire to send away for vegetable
and flower seed. Good seed may be
had in Topeka at less cost.
The Topeka Industrial Council will
avenue tonight when Tom McNeal and
Mrs. Lila Day Monroe will be the main
speakers. Light refreshments will be
served.
A. v. Kelly, 1920 West Tenth street
won the free load of "Old Glory
guessing $3.50 pounds. The load
weighed 1885. The highest guess was
10 tons, 635 pounds and the lowest
365 pounds.
high school are working hard on The
Professors Awakening" which will
be presented at the Grand Opera
house the last OF this month Re
hearsals will be held next week.
The annual meeting of the Topeka
Commercial club will be held tonight at
Is o'clock. Reports from officers and
committee chairmen will be heard, and
suggestions made relative to the work
of the club in the next few months.
The first meeting of The Salvation
Army was held in the organizations
new hall, 400 Kansas avenue, Thurs
day evening" The organization for
avenue, but was forced to obtain
larger quarters owing to the regular
large attendance of the services.
There is now much demand for
work on the part of the unemployed
at the PrOvident association. The sup
ply of warm underwear IS exhausted
and the call for these garments is
made daily. Clothing for children is
also especially needed at this time.
A meeting of fifty or more Rock
Island agents, trainmasters and Oper-
ating officials was held in Topeka all
day Thursday. New loading schedules
and other routine business was passed
upon by the officials. ]. r. Pickering.
manager of the merchandise schedule
The Elmhurst Investment company
has elected the following officers:
President, N. B. Burge of Topeka;
vice presidents, L. B. Leach of Wa
mego and c. W. Horn of Topeka; Sec
rotary. ]. L. Buck of Newton: treas
urer, J. Louis Van Dorp of Topeka:
chairman of board of directors, j. N.
Dolley.
A gospel team from Wichita COM
posed of Henry J. Allen, Claud Stanley,
A. B. Moore, George Hunter and Frank
Oliver will conduct a meeting for men
and boys at the First Baptist church
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
Wichita team was in Topeka January
a, 1914. At that time the-local team
work was organized. A large number
of teams have been formed in Topeka
since that time and 400 conversions re-
corded. Representatives from various
denominations are getting together to
make this meeting a success.
A motorcycle driven by Ben Cowen
crashed into the Buick touring car of
George A. Guild, cashier Of the Central
National bank. last night at the in
tersection of Fifth and Harrison street.
No one was seriously injured. Mr..
Guild and a party Of friends were go
ing south on Harrison street and the
motorcycle, with Owen Brill riding on
the tank, was going west. The motor
cycle struck the automobile sQuarely
and knocked Mrs Sarah Brill Of 308
Harrison street out of her sea-. The
Brill boy was severely shaken up and
bruised. but not badly injured. Cow
ems injuries were minor.
Baseball fans are especially invited
to hear a sermon on Getting Home
From Third which DIR. Roy B. Guild
will deliver at the Central Congrega-
tional church Sunday night. The adj
dress is one given by DIR. Guild many
times on the chautauQua platform last
thusiasm and common sense in Chris
tian work that is displayed in profess
sional baseball and up-to-date business.
1t is built on the sporting phrases used
by Paul in his letters by which he
characterizes the Christian life and
wrote his autobiography, and on
baseball play reported by a sporting
editor in Detroit.
More than one hundred bottlers from
all sections of Kansas will meet in To-
peka next Tuesday and Wednesday as
previously announced in the State Jour
nal. Papers will be read Tuesday by
r. r. Schumann of Chicago, J. M. Sill
yer, secretary Of the Nebraska State
association, w. d. Hutchinson of Chi
cago, and r. s. Warwick of Topeka.
w. 7. Phillips, secretary Of the Amer
lean Battler. New York cit. and G. H.
Rooms. president of the Nebraska as
ISOLATION, are on the program for We'd
nesday. The sessions will be held at
the Commercial club quarters. The
closing feature will be banquet at the
Fifth Avenue hotel, headquarters for
the organization.
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