The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-04
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

1880 until 1890.
The All Star club of Beulah Chap
ter No. "a, Q. s., desires to express
their thanks to the various merchants
of Topeka who so kindly contributed
to their Country Store recently oper-
ated at the Shrine Carnival.
There will be a rehearsal Saturday
| afternoon on Washburn campus for
| next Wednesday afternoon. The diff
| ferent divisions will report at the
| hours announced in the Wednesday is
sue of the State Journal. The rehear-
sal will start at two o'clock
, Three watches and two bracelets
| were stolen from the H. Zeligman no.
| tlon store, 312 Kansas avenue, about
| 4:5o O'Clock Thursday evening. Ze-
lgman, absorbed in copy of the
evening newspaper, did not notice the
the goods, which were valued at about
So.
Saturday night will be the last night
OF the free motion pictures at Gar
field park: Beginning next Monday
Casino for cents. The management
of the park will present only high
class films, according tC an announce
ment today. The program will change
every evening during the entire sum-
mer.
c. A. Meek, department commander
of the G. A. r., and his council of adj
m1n1stration, met at the Memorial hall
thursday to perfect plans for the work
Tor the coming year. The council
meets once yearly, following the cleo
ton OF the department commander.
Plans for the national encampment az
washington in the fall were discussed.
Authority to arrange for the pur-
chase OF n federal building site at
G1rard, Kansas, was today received by
Fred Robertson, United States district
attorney. The building at Girard will
be occupied by the postoffice and
other offices. An approved bic for a
Gated in the town was included in the
communication.
Residents of the Lincoln school
neighborhood were aroused at mid
night Thursday night by the changing
of the school bell. Police inveStiga-
ton disclosed that two boys. presuma-
bly, pupils at the school, were response
BILE for the prank. When the police
were discovered approaching the
youths ran down Fourth street. No
arrests were made.
C. G. Adams of the Rock Island Of
fices in Topeka received a few days
ago cablegram from his brother Ed
gar in London stating that he escaped
injury in the recent German Zeppelin
raid. Owing to the fact that he took
this means of assuring his relative
that he was safe, it is believed that
the air raid was more serious than the
censored dispatches indicated.
There will be a hearing before the
interstate commerce commission at
Kansas City June that will be of in
terest to Topeka shippers. 1t will deal
with the increased rates on rugs which
the carriers recently attempted to
make effective through a change in
the western classification. The adj
vanced rates were suspended by the
commission pending investigation.
The ladies of the All Star club who
had charge of the Country Store fea-
ture at the recent iShriners' festival,
night they will hold an auction, at the
Masonic building, to dispose of the |
articles of merchandise remaining on |
hand. The articles to be. sold are !
gifts of Topeka merchants and include |
many things of value. The auction /
will be open to the public.
Miss Josephine Cramer, the queen |
Of the recent Shriners' carnival, |
picked her diamond ring today. The |
from the Topeka Shrine |
club, composed of George Godfrey |
Moore, j. B. Doncyson, and Fred |
Fuller procured rings from five diff
,erent stores and let Miss Cramer take |
ner choice. The ring was offered as
l reward for being the most popular |
young lady in the queen of the carEi- |
val contest.
Boy Scout troops 2, 8 and 8 will |
hike to Tecumseh Saturday. Troop 2 |
church at o'clock, troop 10 at the |
Redden chapel at $50 o'clock, and |
troop at either the first two places
or the Second Oakland M. E. church.
The start will be made from the Oak |
land church at 9:15 o'clock. Leigh |
Carver. hikemaster for the city, will |
be in charge. AT Tecumseh. a treas
ure hunt" is being planned by the Te
cumseh scouts for the visitors.
The Hawthorne society won the |
contest at Polk school this morning.
The graduating class was divided into |
.wo societies, the Hawthornes and the |
and the two FACTIONS |
in a literary program at the |
,chool today The Judges were, Mrs
Miss Mildred Hazelrigg. The pro-
gram included an original story by a
member of each society; character
sketches, recitations, orations, and the
reading of a paper by each side.
r. Cantweil arrived in Topeka today
o visit his wife, who he declares, was
brought to Topeka by the woman's |
brother, Alex Baum, and her brother
n-law, Dennis O'Brien, to be treated |
refused to tell him where his wife was.
made a long distance tele- |
phone call to the police department |
rom Salina Thursday night Bert /
Salinan's wife. She is taking treat
nent for a nervous breakdown under |
he care of DR.. w. S. Lindsay.
The Washburn college endowment |
fund will be swelled to the amount of |
$40 as a result of the lavish imposi- |
ton of fines upon the members of the |
Topeka Rotary club by the ladies in /
charge of the banquet given at the |
Mills tea room Wednesday night. 1t |
first cost perhaps a dozen of the men |
two bits each because of a lack of hair |
growth on their heads Then to even |
things up all of those who were so |
fortunate as to have their hair intact |