The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

Harold Chase will be the speaker at
the regular meeting of the Current
Topic club next Monday evening. He
will speak on the ''War-Its Effect on
Belief and Faith
The Junior Atlantean club will meet
next Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock
with Mrs. Lewis Greenwood of 1921
Western avenue. The program for the
meeting includes an illustrated travel
talk about Germany by Miss Florence
Willard, instructor in German in
Washburn college,
Slight damage was done to for
mer coal office belonging to John Tul-
loch at AIS East Fourth street this
morning by fire. The fire was caused
by a defective stove pipe SCOT on
the roof caused a fire last night at
1895 Tyler street, the residence of w
Click. The building is two-Story
frame residence, but was not dam
aged seriously.
George Adamson will be the princi-
pal speaker at the mems meeting at
the r. r. Y. NJ C. A. Sunday after
noon at three o'clock. During the Bob
Johnson tabernacle meetings the big
tabernacle choir, trained and directed
by AdamSon, was the feature of the
meetings. Tomorrow afternoon there
will be music by a special chorus
trained by Adamson-
Two divorces were granted and one
A. W. Dana in the first division of the
Shawnee county district court, today.
Glorietta. p. Brown was granted a d.
Vorce from Robert w. Brown, Frances
Strawn was granted a divorce from
| Geo. Strawn and the case of Myrtle
G.. Callahan against Edwin ]. Gala
| han was taken under Amusement.
| Two cases charging thefts of copper
wire from the Topeka Edison company
were filed in the court of Topeka to-
day by w. E. Atcfison, county attor-
ney. One complaint is against Sam
Carr and Bob Harris. They are charg
ed with stealing 80 pounds of copper
wire valued at $500. The other case
| is against Jim Baker who is charged
with stealing two pounds of copper
wire worth 40 cents.
| The Tri Mu class of the First Bap
fist church will hold it's regular
monthly meeting next Tuesday night.
The officers of the class are Henry
Taylor, president; Byron Mohrbacker,
vice president: Walter Holcomb, sec
retary-treasurer; Roy Luce, Christian
social committee. Final arrangements
for the annual banquet of the class
will be made at the meeting.
In the action brought by the Ger
man American State bank against Sam
F'riedburg, the bank secured Judgment
for 81 ,480. The face of the note was
$4,000 and Friedbu-g contested pay
damaged through failure of the bank
to make certain improvements in a
building leased to Friedburg. The
case was tried in the Second division
of the district court.
Up to last night only 5000 yet re-
manned to be raised by the Y. w. c. A
workers in their annual financial
campaign. The total amount to be
raised this year was $4,000 and up
to the latest report $500 in pledges
and cash had been secured. Only two
workers were out yesterday but sever
al subscriptions of fifty dollars and
over soon added over $500. There still
remained about fifty old subscribers
yet to be solicited at the time of the
last report.
Topeka will hear w. ]. Bryan's dis
cussion of THE Useless War when
the former secretary of state comes
here March Fl. 1t is Bryan's first
speech in Topeka since January, 1914,
when, as secretary of state, he defend
ed the Wilson administration at a
statewide Democratic banquet in the
auditorium. The Bryan trip at this
time is under the auspices of a 1yceum
bureau. Bryan will speak at the high
school auditorium and seats will be
sold for the meeting.
Coal production at the state peni-
tertiary has increased 40 per cent, ac-
cording to a statement filed with Gov
ernor Capper by Warden Codding The
report is based on mine reports for
the months of October, November. De-
cember, January and February. Ac-
cording to Warden Codding's state
ment, the prison mines produced 49,
1868 tons of coal during the five
month period one year ago. Under
the Codding rule the coal production
is claimed to have been 25,9S7.5 tons.
The boys of Mr.. c. o. Prices Bible
school class in the Auburndale Sun
day school were entertained Friday
evening by Mrs Clara H. Hazelrigg
at her home, 1915 West Sixth street,
at an Irish social Irish games were
played and Irish songs sung. color
scheme of shamrock green was used
in the decorations and the idea was
carried out in the refreshments. Mrs.
j. A. Howes, Miss Alfarata Whitmore
and Miss Mildred HazeIrigg assisted
Mrs Hazelrigg. The boys present
were Raymond Iserman, Clarence
Swank, Russell Bennett, Bernard L.
Lindquist, Gilbert Handley, Charlie
Rahberg, Gerald Harwood, Harold
Haynes.