The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-04

-Nels Yingle.
The city association of graduate
nurses will meet al the Y. W. C. A. at !
o'clock this evening.
The D. c. club of the Y. w. c. A. |
will not hold its regular meeting |
Thursday night on sccount of the Y.
w. c. A. rally which is TO be held Fri
day night, october 6.
For the payrolls and other claims,
the city commission today appropri-
ated $7495203 from various city
funds. The vouchers will be ready
Thursday night, City Clerk Covell
said today.
A playlet and silver medal contest
will be held at O'Clock Saturday
evening under the auspices of the Y.
P. B. of the Y. w. c. A. Special
music and readings will form part of
the program.
A group Of twenty members of the
Senior class of the physical depart
mcnt of the Y. NJ. c. A. VIII have a
vicente roast on the F. P. Rude farm,
just north of the end of the Shorey
car lire, this evening.
William ] Duff, 80, of 1925 Fill
more. a clerk in the Santa Fe shops,
and Miss Elsa NJ Wallingford, Il, OF
1903 Harrison street, of the Bell
Telephone company, have been
granted a marriage license They were
married in Kansas City
Theodore E. Griesa, pioneer nur-
seryman of Lawrence, has filed
petition in bankruptcy in the federal
district court. The petition states
that his liabilities amount to S24,-
| 564.S7 as against total assets of ST.
425.47. Griesa claims $3.50 as his
exemption.
Washburn law school now has a
Chinese student thru the registration
last night of D. c WI, of Pekin,
China. WI is at present employed in
/ the Santa F'e engineering department.
He holds a degree in civil engineering
from the University of Michigan. He
| is attending the night law school.
| Household physics, a course for
girls, is the newest addition to the
curriculum at Washburn college. The
| course emphasizes the study of labor
saving mechanical devices, water sup
supply, the best values of fuels, light
ing, systems Of heating and ventila-
ton and electrical appliances.
A telegram received by Perry
! Brush, a patrolman, states that John
| Wagner, a brother of Mrs. Brush,
was shot and killed by poacher near
Lorain, o. Wagner was an officer
and was sent to place called Bed
ford to stop illegal hunting. He was
shot by an Italian, Saturday but the
body was not found for some time.
| The offer of voting machine COM
pany to lend the city two machines
| and let the voters try them out was
placed on file in commission meet
/ ing today. George +. Hayden, city at
/ torney, told the commission that I'M
der ruling by S NJ Brewster, attor-
ney general, the machines could not
be used officially unless they were the
property of the city
The variety and versatility so strong
4 ly demanded, by the present-day pub
flic will be found in abundance in the
| program to be rendered by the Ham
Jubilee Singers in the high school
auditorium, next Monday evening. The
troupe has appeared in Topeka on
previous occasions. In a recent con-
cert in Oakland, Cal, they received
! twenty-n:ne encOrcS.
Relaying of paving on Huntoon
| street, west of Lincoln street, began
| today at the expense of the Ameri-
| can Fidelity Bonding company The
new paving will cost about 1900
The paving is some of that included
| in the 1913 contract. In the words
of w. G. Tandy it went to the bad"
a short time ago and the bonding
| company was notified. After a delay
| the company agreed to make the re-
pairs.
William s. Hyatt, Democratic can
| didate fer congress in the Third dis
trict, is getting some good advertising
| out of announcing that he is endeav-
! him over the district in the military
| aeroplane during the coming cam
paign. The generosity of the third
| congressional committee will be urged
! in standing the dollar a minute eX-
pense of such a campaign. A dollar
| a minute is the price asked by Cap
| tain Billiard for n ride in his aero
plane.
At the election held Tuesday the
following persons were chosen class
| officers in the Washburn academy.
| Senior class: President, Walter john
| son; vice president, Bernice Heath;
secretary and tres surer, Winnie Yost;
sergeant-at-arms, Hepsy White and
Bob Bell. Second prepS: President,
Lois Robinette; vice president, Cath
Ierine Wheeler; secretary and treasurer,
Ruby Bronson. Third year props:
President. Elizabeth Hand; vice pres
ident, Maurine Reynolds; secretary
and treasurer, Vivian Marley; ser
geant-at-arms, Josephine Bussey
The newly elected officers of the
local council of the Knights of Column
| bus will be insta lied at the regular
meeting of the lodge Wednesday eve
ming, October IL, at the club house,
Eighth avenue and Quincy street. P.
j. McAloon succeeds Leo Mooney as
grand knight of the lodge. The other
officers are: J. S. Joyce, deputy
grand knight; E. A. Lawn, financial
secretary; DR.. G. J. Crook, treasurer;
John G. Cannon, recorder; Joe D.
| Brogden, chancellor, F. A. Nolan,
trustee; Barney Sheridan, warden:
Virgil Fleisch, inner guard; John F.
tober ~, Columbus day, will be cele-
hra tad h.r (yol,1r,a nI,