The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-17

And the Irish that i've seen
\ walking on our city streets
! Are ''Wearin of The Green"
! And some that are not Irish
| Wear the color just the same,
| Or else there's many Irish
| Who wear no Irish name. .-.
The volunteer class of the Euclid
Avenue NJ. f. church will give a st.
Patrick party at the church this even
ing.
The first annual ball of the Ladies
Auxiliary to the b. of r. T. will be
held tonight at Kellam hall to which
the public are invited.
The Ladies' Guild of Grace Cathe-
dral will hold a food sale at Crosby
Bros store tomorrow morning from
nine o'clock until l o'clock.
While the family was absent bur-
glars went through the house of John
M Wright at 623 Western avenue and
secured jewelry and other valuables
worth about 500. Entrance was
made by removing a screen on
porch.
Jesus Was Not Political Agitator
or Leader" will be the subject of DR..
Arthur S, Henderson's lecture to his
Bible class Sunday at 10 a. m. at the
First Congregational church, corner
Seventh and Harrison streets All
men are welcome.
The public utilities commission to-
day directed the building of an in
terIocking plant at Oswego. The
plant is to be built at the junction
of the Frisco and NJ. X. & T. rail-
ways and the expense is to be borne
equally by the two roads.
The Orient Railway company,
which recently filed mandamus pro-
| ceedings in the supreme court to COM
pei the public utilities commission to
| Ill,
| has dismissed it's suit. Future action
of the road has not been announced.
A Prohibition rally will be held
| Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at
! the First Baptist church. Governor
Arthur Capper will preside. DR..
| Charles NJ. Sheldon will make an ad-
dress There will be special music and
some readings, and some resolutions
will be presented. The public is in
vited to attend.
| Governor Capper today appointed
| Roger w. Toles of Fort Scott as sur
veyor for Bourbon county to succeed
his father the late Eugene Toles.
Young Toles had spent ten years in
his fathers office and is regarded as
an able surveyor. Toles died several
days ago. He had been county sur
veyor "a years.
Thomas Oden, the only colored
dairyman in Topeka, has been arrest
ed by the police on a complaint made
| by DR.. l.. w. RowIes, city milk in
spector. He is charged with falling
below the city's requirements on his
milk supply. His case will come lap
for hearing in the police court late
| this afternoon.
The Engineering News, one of the
leading papers for civil engineers, has
an article this month telling how A
r. Young, city engineer of Topeka
| handles the paving proposition. Ii
tells of every step from the time tho
estimates are prepared until the work
| is completed and speaks highly of the
system followed.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hickman, 1926
Polk street, left this afternoon for
Lawrence to bid goodbye to Mr.
Rickman's uncle, F. 3. Varnum, whu
! leaves for California this evening foI
| his health. Mr.. Varnum is so years
| old and a survivor of Quantrelrs raid
Mr.. Hickman is assistant to w. r.
| Smith, state printer.
Lester Sprinkle, a Topeka student
at the State University, has gone tC
Fort Leavenworth to prepare for al
| examination for a second lieutenancy
in the army. Sprinkle is now second
lieutenant in the Lawrence company
! of the K n. G. Sprinkle stayed in
Topeka last night with his parents
who live at 1906 Lane street.
Every policeman on the force, Irish
! or otherwise. was wearing a sprig OF
shamrock today-the real thing. Mrs
| Carl Golf has a shamrock bulb that
came from Ireland. She has had it
for three years and this year she made
enough cuttings from the plant to
equip every policeman and detective
with or and still have a few left.
The county commissioners enter
/ tanned a delegation from Rossville this
morning. delegation asking for a
new bridge across Cross creek north of
| RoSSville. A 125-foot bridge is asked
for The commissioners will look over
! the ground this afternoon. Incident
ally they will look over some other
county projects while they are in the
west part of the county.
Because she has been compelled to
| support herself, although married.
Minnie White asks to be unmarried.
| She fled suit for divorce from An
drew White in the district court to-
day. She states that they were mar
ried March 1, 1906, and that he has
failed to provide for her during the
last three years; that she has been
forced to make her own living.
Warrants for the arrest of nine per-
sons charged with violations of the
prohibitory law have been issued by
| the county attorney and placed in the
i hands of the sheriff for service. Some
| of the arrests were made this morn
| ing but only part of the warrants
| have been served. The warrants were
! issued for Tom McMann, Rev"
| Jones, Lonnie Dupree, Andy Dupree,
! Anna Dupree, Frank Bradfield.
! Red Burton, Ed Baird and william
/ Mitchell.
| While delirious from a fever. Jack
| Brewer, aged As. of 1923 Lime street,
wandered around for thirty minutes
clad only in a night shirt. He has
| been suffering from an attack of
! pneumonia. While every one was alb
sent from his room he slipped out and
/ was next located at the reducing plant
! of the gas company at Tenth and
Golden. He complained that his feet
were cold. Workmen wrapped him
in blankets and he was later taken to
| St. Francis hospital.
Helping the clerks proved an ex-