The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-16
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS


O'Clock Monday afternoon
Lucian Thrill, who has been attend
ing the Kentucky Military academy,
will arrive Wednesday to spend the
Christmas holidays in Topeka
DR.. Claude E. Smith will address
the mems Bible class of the First
Christian church at the Sunday morn
ing meeting on Religion and the
Body"
Paul Walker. general counsel for
the Rock Island, with his office at To-
peka, will leave this evening for
business trip to Texas and other
southern points.
The board of directors of the Cham
Der of Commerce today voted to join
the Central Civic Council, and the
president was empowered to appoint
a delegate to attend meetings of the
council.
DR.. S. C. Hefelbower will address
the Ministerial Union at the First
Presbyterian church. Monday, Dec. Is.
at 1000 a. m. DIR. Hefelbower's paper
will be on 1.-The Use of Psychology to
the Preacher"
The big Christmas rush will begin
at the postoffice early next week.
There has already been an increase IN
outgoing business but next week there
will be an influx of both outgoing and
incoming business.
Topeka council No. AZ of the United
Commercial Travellers will hold a
booster meeting this evening. Samuel
C. Warner, grand junior counselor of
Independence, will address the meet
ing. Lunch and smoker after the
meeting.
w. o. Rigby, postmaster. says the
placing of motor cars on rural routes
has saved the postoffice department
$215.2S2 during the last year. Five
hundred motor vehicles were in rural
delivery service the first of the pres
ent fiscal year.
The volley ball team of the Law
renee Y. NJ. c. A. met the Central Y
NJ. volley ball team of Topeka on the
latter's court this afternoon. The
members of the Topeka team are L.
R. Manley. Paul Webb, c. A Marker,
E. E. Brookens, L. A Corliss.
Glass initiation and number of
lantern slides will be the principal
ing of the Court of Honor next Friday
evening. f. G. Chouteau, manager
for the Kansas Missouri district, will
present the pictures and address the
members.
The Call and Training of Jesus
Disciples" will be the subject of DR..
Arthur S. Hendersons lecture to his
First Congregational church, corner
Seventh and Harrison streets. All men
are welcome.
There are two packages at the po-
lice station waiting for owners. They
were found in jitneys after passengers
had been discharged and were left at
the station in the belief that the own
ers would file complaint and find
them. No one has complained about
losing the packages to date.
Memberships cantata on the nine
ty-fifth Psalm entitled, Come, Let Us
Sing" will be given at the First Bap-
fist church Sunday night. The morn
ing and evening choirs will be COM
bined for this service and led by Mrs.
ARA J. Clark, the church organist and
director. The service begins at 1880
p. m.
a party of Union Pacific officials
which included w. s. Bassnger, gen.
eral passenger agent of the road; J..
A. Munroe, vice president, both of
Omaha, and H. G. Kali, passenger and
freight agent at Kansas City, were in
Topeka Friday, and visited the local
ticket office and station The officials
did not make known the object of
their visit.
Homer Langford was arrested today
by James McGovern, plainclothes man,
charged with stealing two overcoats.
pawnShOp and pawned at another less
than half block away. 1t is charged
that Langford took the coats from in
| front of Scrinopskfs pawnshop and
pawned them Immediately at Gordon
Bros. pawnShop.
State Camp No. rs, Woodmen of
the World, at their meeting Friday
night elected the following officers:
J. H. Ulsh, consul commander; D. w.
Morse, adviser; E. r. Hayes, banker;
IN. H. Wolff, clerk; n. T. Mott, es-
cort; Edwin Wolff, Waterman, j.
Meier, sentry; S. A. Johnson and w.
H. RICHTER, physicians. and G. E.
| Beard and W. H. A. Tusch, manager9
With the railroads of the United
States short 10000 freight cars on
December l, the fertilizers which the
farmers of the country order each
spring, will require, it is estimated,
100000 cars. For this reason the Ma
tional Fertilizer association has insti-
tuted campaign urging the farmers
to purchase their fertilizer early A
circular letter has been sent out from
the central office of the association,
presenting the facts in the case and
asking publicity for them.
/ Leroy Bogue, the 12-year-old son
of George Bogue who disappeared re-
Gently and for whom there is war
rant charging wife and child deser-
ton, appeared at the courthouse Fri
day afternoon and with tears in his
eyes said he and his mother were suf-
fering. He said there was no coal in
the house, very little to eat and that
his mother was sick He was turned
over to J. c. Sinner, county commits
sioner, who will look after the family
until the husband and father is
brought back.
Arthur ]. Rhodes. of Manhattan,
brother of Howard N. Rhodes. who
was for several years connected with
the Santa Fe at Topeka, has been ap-
pointed city engineer at Manhattan,
taking the place made vacant by the
accidental death of Fred Walters,
former city engineer. Arthur Rhodes
has many friends in Topeka, made
thru his relationship to the late How
ard Rhodes. The new Manhattan city
engineer has also been employed in