The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-04
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS


The Central Union of the Topeka W.
c. L. q. will meet in the Y. w. G. A.
Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The Crittenton Home board will
meet in the Y. w. c. A. building at
$3.50 Monday afternoon.
Aust Stephenson and William Gates
of Ho1ton are visiting E. L. Hooper,
manager of the Orpheum theater.
The Day Nursery club will meet at
the home of Mrs. w. o. Anderson,
1866 Tyler street, Thursday afternoon.
The current bills of the city for
October amount to $51, 046.05. These
bills were o. KID at meeting of the
city commissioners this morning.
F. A. Kiene. brother of Sheriff L. L.
Kiene, and an employee of the United
States department of agriculture at
Hays, is visiting relatives in the city.
Six thousand dollars in the water
works sinking fund of the city was
transferred today to the general i'm
provement fund to pay twelve bonds
of $500 each which will become due
shortly.
Jacob Ollenburger filed suit for di-
vorce in the district court today
against Alice M. w. Ollenburger, to
whom he states he was married in De-
cember, 1915. He charges cruelty and
gross neglect.
With winter approaching the quail
ity of milk sold in Topeka is better,
according to the regular monthly re-
port of the city milk inspector. A
number of dairymen are raising the
price of their commodity
THE Prize Winners is the name
given an entertainment which the
members of the knights and Ladies
of Security band will present at the
new hall, Seventh and Kansas avenue,
the evening of November 16.
Personality and Teaching of John
the Baptist 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 of
Seventh and Harrison streets.
Robert Gordon, pastor of the First
Baptist church, will deliver the sec
ond sermon of series on Political
Preparedness" Sunday in his church.
The topic is, 1.-The Candidates and the
Church, or Old Time Religion and
Modern Politics.
The Mizpah Bible class of the First
Presbyterian church will be enter
tanned Monday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock at the home of Mrs. F. E.
Bates, 211 East Tenth avenue. Mrs.
j. T. Bell and Mrs. B F. E. Marsh will
act as assistant hostesses.
One thousand Scottish Rite Masons
and their families listened to an ex-
cellent concert by the New York Met
Topolitan company Friday evening Ii
was the first of a series of parties to
be given by thirty-second degree Ma
sons during the year.
Three Mexicans were arrested today
as they left the Union Pacific motor
from Marysville. They were arrested
upon instructions from Onaga where,
it is charged, they stole a gun. They
were searched by the police and two
guns were found in one of their grips
The Mexicans gave the names of Mag
daleon Duran, Gregoro Herrera and
Amelio Villagomez.
The big jitneurs want to pay 500 a
year license instead of $50. No, it isn't
philanthropy-just a matter of bus
mess There'd be a proviso hung onto
the 500, a year license. This would
permit the big jitneys to pick up pass
engers on all the streets instead of on
the specified thorofares set forth in
the jitney license. One of the jitney
men was present at a meeting of the
city commissioners this morning
'There'n be nothing done until after
the first of the year." said Mayor
House.
An act which is not a take-off or
adaptation from current big time
hits" but instead has been the source
OF them is the act of La France and
Kennedy, black face comedians at the
Novelty this week. Their act has been
the invariable scream of the circuits
whereon they play and as such came
into the notice of two prominent CO.
said prominent comedians borrowed
the act, almost without change ac-
cording to La France. AS result La
France has two flouriShing copyright
suits against two of last seasons hits
he says. La France and his partner,
Kennedy, put on the hes black face
act that the Novelty stage has wit
messed in many moons. putting in en-
tireIy new stuff, which would sore1y
tempt the best of the American ex-
ponents of black face ito borrow
from the act.
Members of the D. A r. the G. A
R., and w r. c., and other citizens
whose ire was aroused by Secretary of
War Bakers recent comparison of the
continental soldiers of the Revolution
to the Mexicans. are hanging out flags