The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-20

Cradle Roll and their mothers to a
May party, Saturday, May %, 3 to
p. M, at the church.
Commencement exercises of the AS
sumption schools will be held June
16. at the Grand opera house. The
pupils will have entire charge of the
program and no commencement adj
| dress Will be made. There are five
graduates of the high school and 81
from the grade school.
Judge Henry Neil. of Chicago, in
terested i'll the extension of child well
fare work and mothers pensions, is q
sultation with Governor Capper in
reference. to advanced legislation
which he hopes to have adopted in
Kansas. He is at the National hotel.
The announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Ethel Leona Johns of
| Topeka to Mr.. Chas. A. Ashwood is OF
interest to colored society, as the bride
to be is a favorte. Mr.. Ashwood is
connected with the Cell & Kelly
Agency in the insurance business.
| After the marriage they will reside in
| Topeka.
| Charles Harris, of Emporia, and J.
w. Anderson, OF Osawatomie, have
been appointed members of the board
of trustees of the John Brown Memoir
ial park at OsawatoD1ie. The appoint
ments were made on recommends
ton of the Grand Army by Governor
Arthur Capper.
! Robert M. Yates. judge Of the
| police court gave a talk to the men,
bers of the senior class of the Wash
burn lawn school yesterday. He ex-
planned police court proceedings and
| showed the students the different
forms used in complaints, warrants
and commitments
A special bulletin devoted to the
Hcssian fly has been prepared by the
State Agricultural college and is be-
ing printed at the state plant here.
Iva TOW Of hot tn,
stitution is making plans with Off
Gals of the Santa F'e railroad for a
special train to carry instruction over
the state
Mason Stewart, son of J. ~. Stew
art, general passenger agent of the
Rock Island, has prepared a chart of
the seating arrangement of the To-
Ipeka High School auditorium which
will be used for locating seat reser-
vationS. Stewart prepared the chart
as part of his work in the mechanical
drawing department. He expects to
study architecture later.
A special meeting of the citizens in
the Kaw valley school district No. 70,
was held Tuesday. vote to hold a
special election for voting bonds for
improvements was taken resulting in
% ayes and three noes. The special
election will be held on Monday, May
81. The plan is to build a one story
building with an ordinary cottage
roof instead of the regular flat school
roof.
The eastern Kansas Holiness asso-
citation will hold it's third annual camp
in Art Hall, state fair grounds, June
8 to 10. Rev. Bud Robinson will be
the principal speaker. Robinson is
from California. Rev. c. F. Cannon
will have charge of the singing; c. G.
Morrison, of 1850 Garfield avenue, is
making arrangements for the camp,
assisted by Rev. A. s. Clark, us Nor
ris avenue.
Workingmen who live in Melrose,
Pinehurst, and Park Line additions,
have expressed a hope that as soon
as the weather moderates and the
crowds again begin to go out to Gage
park additional service will be put on
the Gage park line between 5 and
$50 o'clock. They complain that be-
cause of the crowced cars they are
compelled to stand when they return
to their respective homes after a day
of hard labor.
A Ford car used by o. E. Walker
as a milk delivery vehicle, driven by
Floyd Higdon, collided with a street
car at Eighth and Morris avenues.
smashed and milk was spilled all
over the street. The street car was
not damaged. The driver of the Ford
telephoned for another wheel and af-
ter the damage was repaired he went
on over his route.
The Banner Dairy Lunch company,
a Minneapolis concern which operates
a number of lunch counters through
the Middle West, has taken out
charter to do business in Kansas, pre-
linlinary to opening in Topeka. The
Banner company took a lease on the
building at 625 Kansas avenue which
will shortly be vacated by the Freid-
burg jewelry business. The charter
acquired provides for the expenditure
of $1,000 in Kansas.
The Kansas Automobile Indemnity
Wednesday afternoon by the state
charter board. The new corporation
will indemnify against property dam
age and personal injury due to auto
mobile accidents. The incorporates
are the same as those of the Elmhurst
Investment company and include n.
B. Burge, A. A. GODDARD, c. w. Horn.
Louis Van -Dorp, E. c. Arnold, J. N.
Dolley and ]. l.. Buck.
In preparation of an appeal of the
case of George Badders, the Topeka
merchant, sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary and fined
$1,000 and costs February in the
Federal court at Kansas City, a 1905
page transcript of evidence has been
filed with Fred Robertson, United
States district attorney. A record OF
500 pages will be filed in the case in
a short time. Badders was found |
guilty on a charge of using the mails |
in futherance of a scheme to defraud. |
The state high school training camp !
near Maple Hill will open June 1. 1t |
will be in charge of L. X. Hall, state !
high school secretary of the Y. NJ. c. !
A. Mr.. Hall will be assisted by James |