The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-04

been turned on. DR.. A. S. Henderson
tried an electric heater in his study
in addition to the gas as means of
providing warmth but the combination
proved unsuccessful as a heat giver.
Jury civil cases will begin in the
second division of the Shawnee county
district court before Judge George
Whitcomb Monday, February IA.
The Boys Glee club of the Topeka
high school was recognized last night
at a meeting at the high school build
ing. Sheriff. B. Smith is the coach.
Twenty classes are overcrowd-
ed at the Topeka high school. Most
of them are English classes. A few
are too small. One hundred and
thirty subfreshmen have enrolled.
A father-and-son banquet will be
served at the Qufnton Heights church
this evening at o'clock. After din
ner talks will be made by the Rev
Robert Gordon, c. H. Payne, Girls
Godfrey and S. F. Coleman. The big
talks of the evening will be what the
Church Means to Me-" by Mr.. Payne
and What 1 Like in a Boy" by Mr..
Coleman.
A fake bill of fare quoting eggs at
so cents the two and other articles of
indigestion at proportionately high
prices, has been driving trade away
from Billy Bond, the caterer at Ma
SONIC temple. Meals are served aD-
proXimately every night in the week
for different lodges by the famous old
cook. To date he doesn't know how
much trade has been discouraged by
his high" sign.
Here IS the view of the Lindsborg
Poster on President Wilson's visit to
Topeka: President Wilson kommer
att besoka Kansas City och Topeka i
borian af nasta vecka. Han lamnaF
Washington den % dennes for en-
terna och amman i tai framtalla slit
fOrSVarSprOgram Han ar troligen i
Topeka den 2 februari.
Tomorrow is pay day at the city
hall but lot of city employees will
get their pay this evening. The city
clerk and city treasurer have arranged
to keep the offices open until o'clock
in order to accommodate those who
can get in. One city official, not an
elective official either. had six war
rants coming to him. That means that
he had not drawn his salary for three
months.
E. C. Chapman, bad check man, is
blind in one eye but Judge Hugh
Fisher decided this morning that he
wasn't deaf enough to avoid a hearing
unless he wanted to plead guilty so
Chapman pleaded guilty. For cash
ing bad check for 20 cents at a local
pool hall, Chapman drew 80 days in
Jail. Chapman was arrested by De-
cuted for the state.
Willis Garrett, a farmer living near
Onaga, Kan, came down Wednesday
to hear President Wilson make
speech on preparedness. Mr.. Garrett
was a member of the Eleventh Kan
sas in the Civil war and is an ardent
believer in preparedness. He is the
only living one of the five CARROTS
IN this regiment. Each was more
than six feet tall and their total
height was trifle less than 80 feet.
Suit to recover his share of property
in Newton valued at $4,000 which he
alleges was fraudulentIy obtained from
him by his wife while he was in i'll
health has been filed in the district
court by John H. Hill. Hill is "a years
of age and the petition states that he
! is blind and deaf. Hill alleges that
the wife induced him to sign the prop
erty away to her son by a former mar
riage and then left him. Hill is now
living in Topeka with a daughter.
A date for an employers convention
to be held in Topeka soon will be set
tonight at a meeting of Topeka en-
ployers at the Commercial club. Cir
culars have been sent to Topeka men
inviting them to attend the meeting.
The committee in charge is made up
of Henry Bennett, contractor; Frank
Brooks, Capital Iron works, and w. F.
AXtell, Topeka Transfer & Storage
company. The organization is for the
purpose of protecting the interests of
employers.
While President Wilson was in To-
peka Wednesday, Burt E. Brown, for
mer clerk of the senate and a well
known Democrat, sent the following
telegram to him from Salina: To the
President: Four years ago this month
it was my privilege to present you to
a Kansas audience as the next presi-
dent of the United States. Permit me
at this. early time to extend my hearty
congratulations upon the certainty of
being your own successor.-Burt E.
Brown.
New teachers hired by the school
board are Miss Vida Gall, Clay school,
IA; Miss Belle Shirley. Grant 5A-6A;
and Clyde Skinner of Muskegon, Mich,
manual training. Their work begins
with the new term.
When In His Steps, a story writ
ten by the Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon is
photographed at the Edison studios
the author OF the book will be present
to make suggestions DR.. Sheldon
will leave for the east February II
and although he has no power to
make changes in the scenario, he says,