The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-20


Have cut your price in two.
When you ask us to shop early,
Why should you give the bait
To the one who fingers longest,
And does his shopping late?
Just judging by your prices,
Twould be better i believe,
To put off all shopping,
Till late on Christmas eve.
You'll encourage early shopping
If you'll follow my advice
And give the early shopper
The later shoppers price
Dancing tonight. School 6 p. m.),
social g p. m.). Kellam halliday.
All infectious diseases reported in
the county to county health authorl-
ties must be reported to city heaith
authorities in the future. That was an
announcement made today.
The cold weather or some other
agency has put a crimp IN the mar
riage license business. Not a license
has been issued today and only three
| were issued Tuesday. Ordinarily the
week before Christmas brings rush
of young couples for licenses.
Don S. Jordan. 1884 Van Buren,
street, has been appointed assistant
to the city milk inspector. Jordan re-
ceived the highest grade in the recent
| civil service examination at the city
hall. He is a graduate of the agrl-
cultural college at Manhattan. His
service with the city will begin jan
uary 1.
Limiting the number of patients in
the city tubercular hospital to fifteen
is a proposition being seriously consld-
cred by the board of directors OF the
Public Health Nursing association
Ills because of the high cost OF llvlng-
Donations of eggs, milk, fruit, candy
| and books for the patents VIII oe
thankfully received.
Harry Gruber was released by
county officials today following an IN
vestigation by DIR. o. F. Narcotic, cor
oner, into the death OF Mrs GfuDer
Sunday. Neighbors believed she d1ed
from a beating administered by her
husband. The examination by physi-
clans disclosed that the immediate
cause of her death was an abscess
| upon the liver
The desire of taxpayers to save
money by escaping penalties gave way
to the desire to stay by the fire TO-DAY
! and there was no jam in the county
treasurer's office. Altho today is the
last day the payment of taxes with
out an added penalty only a lew had
been in and paid up until noon There
was no line like there has been each
| day for a week.
Dr. c. B. Van Horn bought new
instrument case fitted with instru-
ments and lost i. the eane day the
! case and it's contents were valued at
about $175. DR.. Van Fern placed the
case in his car on Kans as avenue th-n
ran back upstairs to his office. he
returned to the car a moment later
and the case was gone The inert TOOK
place Saturday evening.
The Second regiment band will give
"house-warming party IN their
armory at ZIG W., Seventh street To-
night. The members will give CON
/ ~, Lao nr- hi n nf a
Morrison, followed by a dance and re-
freshments The expense of renting
the armory falls on the bandrnen
themselves and a series OF concerts
to defray the rent are planned for the
winter season.
The question as to whether ten bar
rels of lines froze in a Topeka cold
| storage house will be decided in a case
! instituted by the Cope Produce com
pany against the Topeka Cold Storage
| company. The suit is for the value
of ten barrels of lines. The Copes
allege that they placed the lines in
cold storage in perfect condition but
that after several cold days this fall
they were found to be spoiled.
Topeka Council No. 2, K. and L. of
s will give their annual Christmas
| tree for the children of the mem bers
tonight A varied program of enter
| tainment will be given. The Knights
and Ladies band under the direction
of Prof C. c. Rogan will open the
program followed by Tom Powell with
numbers by Miss Clarabe1 Banta.
Miss Florence Cravens and the To-
peka Council orchestra.
The government isn't paying bonuses
in the ordinary sense of the word, but
$4,000 worth of checks are being
mailed out from the Topeka post
office to carriers over the state for
| back salary" The checks run from
SIS to 500 each. Rural carriers We're
granted an increase in salary this year
! but the increase was made retroactive.
The back salary they are receiving
now covers the last two years. Only
! those carriers who are still in the gov
eminent service will receive the back
pay"
J. NJ Myers, deputy United States
marshal, arrested Charles r. Heath, a
negro, in Atchison and placed him in
| thee ounty jail of Wyandotte county
He will be held there until a removal
| order is received, then he will be TAX
en- to Chicago to answer to the charge
| of using the mails to defraud. Heath
was prospecting for valuable minerals
| around Atchison when he was arrest
| ed. He had half dozen sacks of
minerals in his room which he intend
ed to have assayed after the first of
the year.
In the United States senate Tuesday
afternoon Senator James Reed of Mis-
souri, declared there is more drunken
| ness to the square inch in Kansas than
any place he knows of. He added that
| in the month of September. 1913. a
total of 10000 gallons of intoxicating
liquor was shipped into Shawnee
! county alone. Senator Charles Curtis
| telegraphed to Oscar Swayze, county
clerk, for the facts. The records show
that in the month mentioned by Sena-
tor Reed there were 2.823 shipments