The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

There will. be another initiation into
the Ancient Order of Ake-Pot Ster-
boos Friday evening.
Fifteen to twenty candidates will be
initiated in the Elks lodge at a meet
ing to be held next Wednesday. There
is waiting list of fifty.
Mrs. A. NJ. Callahan will leave for
Albuquerque, N. NJ. Friday to spend
the summer with Mrs. Pitt Ross of
that city.
Dr. and Mrs. S. S. Estey returned
today from Kansas City, where they
attended the Tuesday evening Billy
Sunday meeting
The Anthony & Northern railroad
has filed bonds amounting to $4,000.
The bonds come from two Edwards
county townships, South Brown, 49,
900; Belpre, $4,000. The company
has been granted total of more than
a quarter of million dollars IN bonds.
All Topeka merchants are expected
to be present at meeting at the Com
mercia1 club tonight. 1t is probable
concerted action will be taken relative
to the O'Clock week night and
o'clock Saturday night closing of all
stores.
To discuss plans for Scout camp"
for ten days or two weeks is the pur-
pose of a meeting called at the First
Presbyterian church next Friday
night Troops 2, 8 and IS and all the
BOYS of the First Presbyterian church
are invited to be the guests of the Rev
]. H. Fazel, scoutmaster, and DIR. S. S.
Estey.
c. r. Swank of the College Hill
neighborhood forced a milk dealer to
refund 20 cents for two unused milk
tickets by sitting on him until the
dealer came through with the money.
But the 20 cents cost Swank SO in
Il
rested for assault and was fined $40.
He conducts a shoe repair shop on
College Hill.
Ten would-be presidential electors
have filed their nomination petitions
with J. T. Botkin, secretary of state.
Those who have filed up to date are:
j. NJ. harrington, Emporia; A. W.
Smith, Topeka; E. Percy Robertson,
Parsons; John l.. Berry, Troy; w. T.
Watson, Wichita; w. ]. Krehbiel, NC
Pherson; A. C. Jordan, Lyons; Nate
Singletary, Kansas City; Charles E.
Hall, Russell.
Phil Bonner pleaded not guilty to
the charge of attempted white slav-
ery'' in the court of Topeka today
The complaint charging that offense
was sworn to by Mrs. Regina Jacobs,
mother of 7-year-old Genevieve Jacobs
who told the story that led to Bon
ner's arrest. The Bonner case will
come I'D Tor nearing IN the court Ol
Topeka Friday. Bonner has engaged
Otis Hungate as his attorney and pro-
poses to make a fight.
Governor Capper today appointed
three delegates and three alternates
to represent Kansas at the tenth an
nual conference of the National Tax
association. The delegates are Samuel
T. Howe, Hayes B. White and Jasper
T. Kincaid. The alternates are Chas.
B. Kirkland, Salina; c. L. Davidson,
Wichita, and George Plumb, Emporia-
J. T. Botkin, secretary of state, has
at the disposal of any attorney a
pamphlet containing all the corpora
ton laws of Kansas up to date with
list of annotations. The pamphlet
was completed today by w. z. Smith,
state printer.
The commissioners of the Kaw river
drainage district filed their report to-
day with A. w. Dana, judge of the
first division of the district court. The
report shows the valuations fixed by
the commission upon land and dam
age done to land owned by persons
along the river dixie. Under the re-
port NJ. T. johnson is to get S90S DAM
ases, C. H. Hansford s1.352, Ellsworth
Rice, Grace Crandall and Maude
Jones a total of s1.1S4.50, and Pansy
Antrim and A. G. Antrim a total OF
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