The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-19

Katie Miller Miss Lynn Clark, Miss
Frances Main and Miss Elizabeth
Lowrie.
Two big chunks of ice fell the night
of the Cremerie fire and crashed
down to the basement with the rest of
the debris from the lunch counter.
Workmen clearing away the mess to-
day found the cakes of ice unaffected
by the flood of water and unmelted
by the fire.
DIR. L. w. Rowles, city milk inspec-
tor, today refused a milk permit to o.
Joy, who states that he has been
partner OF A. c. Kornhaus in the dairy
business. In the police court yester-
day afternoon Kornhaus was fined
$25 for selling dirty milk and his per-
nit was removed.
c. NJ. Bacon, poor commissioner,
will not be a candidate for reappoint-
ment, when the time comes to APP
point a poor commissioner again, ac-
cording to a statement made by Mr.
Bacon today. Mr.. Bacon has held the
position for a number of years and
has filled it efficiently.
The Squared Circle club gave
luncheon today noon at the National
hotel for members. The club is made
up of young business men of the city
and the luncheon was partly i'll hon
or of Sanford farrell, who will go to
Kansas City, Mo, tomorrow to become
a reporter on the Journal
Dad Weir, who was taken from
the city hall to his home Monday
suffering from the grip has made no
material improvement. He was sick
through the night and is in poor con-
dition to withstand a severe attack.
Friends at the city hall keep in touch
with his condition constantly
Commissioner w. G. Tandy is anx-
ious to let the contract for the East
Sixth street bridge in order that it
may be completed when the East
Sixth street viaduct IS completed. He
was not ready to say today when BIDS
would be asked for for the reason he
does not know what disposition will
be made of the Luten royalty matter.
Auditing of the Y. w. C. A books
has been finished by w. H. WATSON,
city commissioner of finances. While
he was working at the building he was
converted to Y. w. c. A.ism and
started out to boost the membership
in a new member and is the only man
in town who wears the Il got one"
button.
Late Thursday afternoon a jury in
the first division of the Shawnee coun-
ty district court returned a verdict OF
not guilty in the case of the state
against Arthur Hopkins, colored, who
was tried on a charge of being con-
nected with the theft of DIR. Charles
Silverthorne's automobile in Topeka
last October. Hopkins introduced an
alibi at the trial.
Governor Capper left today for
Manhattan, where he will talk to the
students at the State Agricultural col
lege. 1t is his second visit to the col
lege since his election as governor.
The governors speech today will con-
Germ chiefly school and agricultural
matters of the state. Governor Cap
per will return to Topeka late this
evening or Thursday morning.
Clyde Tresner, bookkeeper for the
city crematory. is balancing up the
books to turn over to somebody to-
morrow. If "Zeke" Forter accepts the
position as superintendent of the Gre
matory the arrangement is Tor him to
take charge tomorrow morning. For
ter is due to return from Manhattan
where he is attending the meeting of
the Kansas Engineering society, to-
night.
There has been no work done on
the East side sewer for a week and
until the weather becomes more spring
like in its character none will be
done. ]. w. Pringle. the contractor
has been loafing for a week and it is
that his big ditch diggers could OPP
crate through ten inches of frost but
that when it went below that they
were out of business.
Late Tuesday afternoon a jury in
the first division of the district court
returned verdict finding Merle
Thompson guilty of grand larceny.
being connected with the robbery of
the Klingaman- Miller cigar store two
years ago. Henry Kamlowski, anoth-
er of the participants in the robbery.
was convicted and sent to the reform
atory.
G. L. Jordan, proprietor of the Col
lege Hill bakery, the man whose daily
loaves of Kleen Maid bread since he
began advertising, distributed 500
miniature-but good just the same
loaves to the big audience at the Grand
during the st Pays to Advertise" show
| last night. Eight pretty girls, gowned
in original bakery attire, distributed
the samples.
Ham writing graces four-fifths of
| the hotel directories according to the
clerk at the National. Practically all
of the signatures are as archaic look
ing as Queen Eliza beth's, he says.
Practice in reading such scrawls
makes the hotel clerk an efficient
decipherer. Registers on file at the
hotel contain the signatures of all
prominent Kansas men and many OF
the nationally famous.
Miss Kathryn Supplee and Ralph
Richardson of Topeka were married
in Lawrence Monday by the Rev. T..
e. Stauffer. pastor of the Trinity
Lutheran church. Miss Supplee was
night cashier at the Cremerie res
taurant which was recently burned.
Mr.. Richardson is the son of Sol
Richardson, a Missouri Pacific engi-
neer. Miss SUPPLIES parents live in
Oakland.
The executive committee of the To-
peka Local Union of Christian En-
deavor held a business meeting Mon
day evening to make plans for BAN
quet to be given at the Central Con-
gregational church, February rs. After
the banquet a meeting will be held in
the church auditorium when Paul NJ.
Williams of Hutchinson, president of
the Kansas Christian Endeavor union,
and ]. w Shell, state field secretary,
will speak.
Application has been made by peo-
liNira