The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27

day night He is charged with break
ing in and carrying away merchan-
disc to the value of $685.
The reportorial staff of the Daily
Capital gave dinner today at the
National hotel for E. B. Chapman.
leave Topeka, January l, to become
telegraph editor of the Sioux City
Tribune.
Five poor children underwent free
operations for adenoids and bad ton
sils at St. Francis hospital this morn
ing. Eight more will undergo similar
operations tomorrow morning. Drs-
Linsinger and Alkire performed the
operations.
A big Christmas dinner for the
Western Union boys was given Tues
day evening at the Chamber of Com
merce- w. C. Carswell, local manager
of the Western Union: B. B. Eitelman,
a former Western Union boy. and j.
VIII Kelley, secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce. spoke following the
dinner.
Arch W. Catlin. secretary and treas
urer of the Pioneer Mortgage COM
pany. has purchased the building at
500 Kansas avenue. from J. r. and
Joab Muivane. Catlin paid S25.0O0 for
the property. and made the invest
ment for speculative purposes. The
Office Supply company occupies the
| building.
The body of j. L. Chase. engineer
for the Topeka Edison company, will
be brought to Topeka for burial OW-
! ing to the serious illness of Mr..
( Chase's son the time of bringing the
remains here is in doubt. The body
is being held in an undertaking es-
tablishment in Phoenix, Ariz-, where
Mr.. Chase died, until the son is able
to travel.
Passengers on a Washburn-Douthitt
car late Tuesday evening saw jitney
come swiftly from behind and pass
the car at a high rate of speed The
machine stopped at the next corner
and a woman hoped out and stopped
the street car. She had left a travel
| ing bag on the street car and had
/ chased the car from down town. She
recovered the bag
| Mrs. Virginia Mcclure, national
president of the Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic has appointed
Mrs. Julia NJ. Gordon of Topeka to
| position on the national president s
staff. Mrs. Gordon has served as ma
tional treasurer three times and as
national secretary once. Mrs. Nc
/ Clure reports the death of many vet
Grams of the Civil war in whose inter-
| eSts the organization works
( Two fires two minutes apart caused
I $500 damage. The first alarm came
/ in at 11:52 O'Clock. It was a fire at
J IL IOp6ka avenue caused SPARKS
from a chimney The damage amount
T ed to $500. A. A Hurd owns the
dwelling, a two-story frame. and it is
occupied by William H. Cushing The
second alarm was telephoned in at
1854 o'clock. Defective wiring in the
| home of j. NJ. Wright, 623 Western
avenue, caused a $500 fire.
Mary Harris, the aged woman dis
covered i'll and starved in a room at
$50 Kansas avenue last week, has been
removed from st. Francis hospital
where she has been under the care of
DR.. H. L. Clark. to d private house.
The Provident association today re-
ceived letters from her two sons, en-
closing money and promising a week
ly allowance to maintain her in the
home where she now is. The sons are
George Harris of Yutan. Neb., and c.
T. Harris of Sheridan, Wyo.
Cold weather and frozen ground
have slowed up the activities of track
repairing and improving gangs On
most railroads. Only the necessary
work can be DONE in order to keep
the tracks in proper condition, and
most improvements will now be dis
continued until the opening up of the
spring season. The Rock Island is re-
ceiving a large amount of the 1917
building material, which is being
stacked along the line ready for the
spring work Eighteen carloads of
1
few days.
The new officers of Topeka Drove.
| No. las of the Patriotic and Protec-
tive Order of Stays, were installed
last night at social meeting held in
the G. A R. hall. A dance and re-
freshments followed the installation.
The officers installed by DR.. T. L.
Marshall. of Lawrence, deputy grand
director are: Fred Shellabarger. past
exalted director; Harvey A. Barnes,
exalted director; Ira Elswick, prelate;
5. E Austin, senior warden; Raymond
Carter, reporter; Theo. c. Mueller
treasurer; DR.. F. J. Ernest, inner
guard; John WorsteIl. outer guard.
The Queen Esthers'' were enter
tanned at the Throop hotel by Mr. and
Mrs Lowry and their daughter, Mary.
The guests were: Helen McCahan
Sara Hazel Slaughter, Frieda Ham
merli, Gladys Mccoy, Nellie Kern,
Gladys Herndon. Dorothy Hethering-
ton, Lucille Smith. Geraldine Gregg.
Dorothea Arps. Virginia Richmond
Helen Claypoole, Genevieve Herrick
Mary Lowry, Sara Dwyer, Lewis Tay-
lor. Arthur Smith. Charles Monaghan
Ronald McCord, Henry Lovett, Rus
sell Lagerstrom, John Light, Fay Ben
nett. Paul Smith, Maurice Maddox.
Donald Pugh, o. J. Bowman. Mrs. A
l. Herrlck and Dr. and Mrs Culp.
The Topeka Household No. 1912.
Brotherhood of American Yeomen.
will give its first annual Christmas
FESTIVAL tonight at Bates hall, corner
or Sixth avenue and jackson street
Invitations have been sent to Yeomen
households in several nearby towns
and to members of the local house
hold and their friends Mayor I. E.
House will give an address on Chill
dren- He will be introduced bv DR.
h L Clark, a member of the Topeka