The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Earl E. Chap
man, 1430 Fillmore street, this morn
ing, boy.
The Central Park kindergarten
club will meet next Saturday after
noon, November 6, at 8 o'clock in
the kindergarten room.
Mrs. L. A. Bigger, of Hutchinson,
who is visiting her daughter, Mrs. F.
G. Fox, is Ill at Christs hospital from
an operation Saturday night.
A marriage license was issued this
morning from the probate court office
to Fred E. Ridgeway, age 81, North
Topeka, and Marjorie TeeI, age IS,
North Topeka.
Wesley Moran, 2030 Clay street,
was brought into probate court this
morning on complaint charging him
with assaulting Albin Falley. He was
| picked up by the police.
H. S. Pohlman, of Boise, Idaho, for
merly of Topeka, has returned to the
city to live. Today he received a
crate of apples, as big as his head,
from the famous orchards of Boise.
A central exchange for the mem
berS of Topeka unions and the Topeka
Industrial council is needed accord
ing to labor leaders. 1t is believed
that an exchange can be established
soon.
The open meeting of the Topeka
Industrial council will be held at
Labor hall, Friday evening, November
5. The committee in charge: F. w.
Coursey, P. M. Montgomery and E. J.
Gribbin.
Clyde F. Armirage, assistant secre-
tary of the Laymen's missionary
movement, spoke to the Business
Mems class Sunday at the First
Methodist church, Sixth and Harrison
streets.
The Topeka hodcarriers are plan
ming to form hodcarriers union. A
meeting will be held at Labor hall,
AIS Kansas avenue, November to
make preliminary plans for such an
organization
The ostriches, which have recently
been added to the Gage park zoo, are
in need of grit. The needs for an
ostrich diet were reported to w. L.
Porter, today. "Get q load of sand or
chat" was his order.
1t has been announced that the
Rock Island railway will adopt a
slower schedule in this state. We
fear it will be necessary to attach
cowcatchers to the observation cars.
Kansas Industrialist.
The Nautilus club will postpone it's
Tuesday meeting until Wednesday
afternoon on account of the Laymen's
missionary movement meetings. The
club will meet at the home of Mrs. J.
E. Kirkpatrick on Boswell avenue.
A Halloween party was given at the
First United Brethren church Friday
evening for members of the church
and their families by the Ladies' Bible
class taught by Mrs G. K. Hartman.
Seventy-fiVe members were present.
Miss Mabel Nonkin today began her
duties as stenographer to George P.
Hayden, city attorney, taking the
place of Miss Nellie Montgomery, who
resigned. Miss Nonkin passed the civil
service examinations with q high
grade.
A rock smashed a French plate
glass window in the home of Richard
Peek, lit Park avenue Saturday
night at 1890 O'Clock. Mr.. Peek is
janitor of the Potwin school and
blames some of neighborhood loaferS
for the affair.
Sunday night someone broke both
glasses in the windshield of Gen. j.
was standing in the street, in front
of the Hughes home in Potwin. 1t |
will cost about twenty dollars to re- |
pair the damage.
Through an error it was announced
in the State Journal Saturday eve |
ming, that Dick Hodgins was q can
didate for sheriff. The name should |
have been Hugh Hodgins. Mr.. Hold |
gins candidacy was announced in the |
State Journal several weeks ago.
The docket of jury civil cases was |
thrown in the hopper of the first di- |
vision of the Shawnee county district |
court this morning. The jury was |
summoned and fer The first time this |
fore twelve men instead of Judge
Dana alone.
Paving petitions were granted to-
day by the city commission for the
following streets: Norris street, Kan
sas avenue to Quincy street; Linden |
wood avenue avenue, Sixth street to |
Park street; Second street, Van Buren,
street to Topeka avenue; Grand ave-
nue., Tenth avenue to Huntoon street
The sub-junior class of the Topeka
a Halloween
party in the gymnasium Saturday
night for members of the class. Au-
tumn leaves decorated the gymnasium
with black and orange and
the class colors, purple and white.
Refreshments were served on the bal
cony to 100 students.
The number of arrests made during
the month of October was consider
ably smaller than the number during
The amount of fines col
lected was also smaller. In October
200 arrests were made. The number
during September was 276. October
fines amounted to $19S.90 while the
amount in September was $39S-50.
War on the It Won't Work clubs
which use lower Kansas avenue for
their headquarters was launched to-
day by the police. In police court
Judge Yates announced that his foot
would fall hard on members of the Il
gangs that were brought before him. Il
To show that he meant business, sew
eTa1 1L0IHDeIS were given IAlS AiiIilI-
w. L. Porter, city commissioner of Il
parks, was authorized today to enter
into a contract with D. De Backer,
whereby De Backer will purchase
from the city manure brought to the
garbage plant for disposal. Under
the contract the city will avoid the
expense of burning and turn an ex-
pense into a source of profit. De
Backer IS a truck gardener.
The purchase of a new automobile
was authorized by the city commits
sion today. Mayor House explained
that since the horses had been sold
that motor patrol wagon is needed.
The present auto used by the police