The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-20

Dancing tonight-Kellam Hail.
Adv.
I Under the direction of Miss Cora
Bennett, the pupils of the fifth, sixth,
and seventh grades of Washington
school will give a Christmas cantata
tom orrow night at the Third Baptist
church.
New calendars for 1918 have been
issued by the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe railway. The picture is one
of Pueblo rug weaver and is in line
with the artistic decorations generally
used by the road.
Two Topeka BARRIERS, Henry Hermit
son and John J. Knoll, will open a
new barber shop at Army City "
about three weeks. The shop will be
in new stucco building now in proc
ess of erection. and the building as
well as the shop will be the property
of the BARRIERS.
The day after he became Scottish
Rite Mason, A E. Sutton, former city
electrical inspector, was quarantined
for measles. Sutton is now mem
Der of the radio corps at Camp Don1-
fphan and came to Topeka to take the
Scottish Rite work with the soldier
class last week.
Norman ]. Greer. until recently
reporter on the Topeka State Journal
and later a reporter for the Oklahoma
City Daily Oklahoman, has left Ok
with the Kansas. City Star. according
to a letter received from him today.
Owing to the prevalence of menin-
gifts epidemic at Camp Funston the
Oberlin Glee club, which was to have
appeared at the camp on December
81, will come to Topeka on that date
for a concert at the Central Congre-
gational church. The Oberlin Glee
club is an organization backed by
tradition of excellence for thirty years.
John Coyne, city sanitary inspector.
who has been seriously ill at his
home, 408 Tyler street, for some time,
was reported on the way to recovery
Tuesday. Wednesday he was again
reported in a serious condition. Com
phcations of heart trouble and kidney
diseases are the causes for the illness
and the setback.
!. There will be no more meetings of
the Square Circle club till January I.
Ordinarily the club meets every Mon
day evening at the Elks club, but the
next two Mondays are more or less
in the nature of holidays. so these two
meetings were postponed till January
Z. On this date the annual election
of officers will be held.
Already the plans are being laid
for the holding of the Kansas State
Teachers association convention in
Salina next Novemb Der. At least the
plans are for that section of the as
ISOLATION that selected Salina as a
meeting site F. L. Pinet. secretary
of the association, left Topeka We'd
nesday night for Salina to see to
the business connected with the plans
for the convention.
g Ruth Hughes today filed a suit for
divorce from Fred H. Hughes. a taxi
cab driver now at Junction City. Cru
city is charged. A restraining order
has been issued by Judge Whitcomb
/ making 1t impossible for Hughes to
n ~ nd Snnar-SiY
the suit is settled. Mrs. Hughes asks
for the custody of their minor child
money for its care and court costs.
The orders received Tuesday by
Shipfitter Hierholtzer regarding the
enlistment and holding over of re-
cruits does not apply to men enlisted
on or before December Is. Hierholt-
ger has been at some pains to en-
tighten a number of men who en-
listed previous to the date named
regarding the stay at home till called
privilege. This privilege applies only
to men enlisted after December Is.
All persons selling explosives in To-
peka must first obtain license from
Kent Raub, county clerk, under a
ruling of the war department. Raub
today received his appointment as
government agent in Shawnee county,
responsible for licensing all sellers of
explosives. The license costs 25
cents. Questions of nationality and
citizenship must be filed out by those
applying for a license.
For three days a curly haired re-
porter in the State Journal office has
found small box of Lowney's as
sorted chocolates on his desk, sent
thru the mail without the name of the
sender appearing any place on or in
the package. Suspicious of a prac-
teal joke the candy has been fed to
dog for two days. The dog still lives
The last box was eaten and enjoyed by
the reporter this morning. Many
thanksi
The. members of the Central Con-
gregational church will celebrate fore
fathers day at the church tonight. The
program will be directed by DIR. Arthur
S. Henderson as master of ceremonies
The Rev. Ross w. Sanderson, of Law
renee. will be the speaker of the eve
ming. Special music for the celebra-
ton will be furnished by Theodore
Gundry, of Washburn, and by Mrs
A S. Henderson and H. L. Shirer
Dinner will be served at $50 o'clock
and the program will follow immedi-
ately afterwards.