The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-09

are planning a class initiation and an
entertainment for the members on
that night.
H. c. Tucker of Holton. it'll offices
in Topeka, has been named as re-
ceiver for the Queen Oil & Gas COM
pany and the Latonia Oil & Gas COM
pany. Application was filed in the
district court for a receiver Tuesday
by D. C. Hunt of Frewsburg, N. Y,
stakeholder in both companies. He
alleged that he had been unable to get
from j. F. w. Renker, director and
manager. any information as to the
affairs Of the two companies.
A high school debating team from
Alma passed thru Topeka this morn
ing after having defeated a team from
the Reading high school last night.
Another Alma team defeated an
Eskridge team at Alma at the same
time. The Alma teams are making a
strong bid for the Fourth district high
school debating championship, accord
ing to Miss Edna St John, an instruc-
tor in the Alma high school, who
coached the team at Reading last
night.
A marriage license was issued from
the office of the probate judge today
to Pete A. Rukes, Overlook, age AZ,
and Lizzie B. Murray, Topeka, age 33.
The county attorneys force and half
a dozen other attorneys interested in
cases on the docket got together in
the office of A. w. Dana, ju 1ge of the
first division of the district court, to-
day and revamped the criminal dock
ct A lot = Id cases were dismissed.
Practically all them were ''booze"
cases in which the state had failed to
&C sufficient evidence to justify TAX
ing them into court. No cases of i'm
portance were dismissed.
The beginning of a promising runa-
way occurred at Eighth and Kansas
avenue late Friday evening when a
team of mules hitched to a dray start
ed at brisk trot from the alley back
CT the State Journal building, followed
Eighth street to Kansas avenue, and
turned south into the crowded traffic,
gaining speed all the time. The team
followed the prescribed route for traf-
flee in all their turns, which delayed
them, and their driver, who disre-
garded all the traffic regulations,
caught the back end of the wagon Just
as they swung into a run, seized the
lines, and had them under control
almost Immediately.
Two hundred members of the c. w
/ B. M union of the six Christian
churches of Topeka held an all-day
conference at the Central Park Christ
ian church Friday. The chief address
was given by Mrs. Eliza beth Ross, of
the College of Missions in Indiana
polls: She. described the missionary
work of the denomination in Liberia.
Mrs. Alice Scott, district secretary of
| the Z. w. e. NJ. followed with a talk
/ explaining the national policy of the
! c. w. e. M. union which hopes to
| double its present membership of 1OO-
| 600 in the United States before 1921
Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Scott and Miss Alma
| Moore, state secretary of the union
with headquarters in Topeka left last
| night for similar conference in Hol-
ton to be held today.
The baseball banquet at the Y. w
H. A drew crowd of nearly 200 wo-
! men and girls. The banquet was the
second annual affair of the gymnasium
| classes of the Y. w The feature of
the dinner was the response to toasts
in verse by the speakers. Dr. Lillian
Malone, physical examiner for the
gym classes, was the toastmistress and
her Introductory remarks were in
verse Mrs. Marie Left in responses to
her toast, The Diamond dwelt upon
the splendid spirit of internationalism
| in the association Following is the
| program of toasts: The Diamond 1"
Mrs. Marie Left; THE Umpire Miss
! Eva Kelley; Batter Miss Frances
Perry; The Pitcher Miss Eva Chin
choll; solo, Miss Ethel Tinkham; The
Catcher" Miss Mary Owen; First
Base" Miss Gail Moody; Second
Base" Miss Corinne Ripley; Short
stop" Mrs ]. NJ. Cleveland; vocal solo.
Miss Ethel Everingham; Third Base -
Miss Helen Olson; .'Ffelders,' Miss
Laura Gates; Home PIate,'' Miss Jen-
! ME MAXWELL