The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15


office to rooms 1914 Mills Bldg
Adv.
Lincoln Council No. l will hold its
regular meeting at Lincoln Post hall
Tuesday, September IS, at 1880 D. m.
instead of'2:30.
The Rev. Gilbert o. Miller of Mon
mouth, Ill, will preach Sunday, morn
ing and evening, at the First United
Presbyterian church, Eighth and To-
peka avenues.
The Topeka Home Guards company
will take its usual hike on Sunday
morning. Members are requested to
meet at Tenth and Kansas avenue at
1880 o'clock
At the First Baptist church Sunday
night Doctor Gordon will preach on
The Theology That Grew in My Gar
den This Season." The service begins
at 1880 o'clock.
Mrs. w. S. Doerpenbach and daugh-
ter Alice, of Pueblo, Colo, are visiting
Mrs Doerpenbach's brother, J. J.
Hayden, of 1900 Strong avenue. The
two ladies drove thru from Pueblo in
an automobile alone.
THE Problem of Suffering and the
Life After Death 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.
During the fireworks display Friday
night burning rocket fell on the
canvas roof of the Peoples pavilion.
Two minutes later fire companies were
on the scene and the blaze was extin-
Sulshed after having only burned a
couple of holes in the tenting.
The city laboratory of the pure food
department was turned over to the
Kansas Free Fair association this
week Tor Analysing milk exhibited in
the three-day milk test under the di-
rection of George S. Hine, state dairy
commissioner.
Delinquent income tax payers will
soon be investigated, according to A.
j. Scott deputy United States internal
revenue collector, who has been stop
ping in Topeka this week. Lists of
delinquent payers are in his hands
row and he will soon be ready for in
designations.
suit to recover 1894 in alleged back
pay was filed Friday against the Kan
sas Free Fair association by w. J.
Stage, who alleged that he served the
company in 1915, from January 1 to
November l. During that time he al
leges, he received only $3.50 in pay.
He asks judgment for the $3.50 back
pay and ss4 interest
L. r. Taylor today filed suit against
the Chicago, Rock Island G. Pacific
railroad and the Union Pacific for
$500. Taylor alleges tht five head of
cattle owned by him were killed by d
Rock Island train running on the
Union Pacific tracks near Calhoun
Bluffs. He charges that suitable
fence had not been maintained to keep
cattle off the right of way at the Ioca-
ton of the accident.
Motor Hall was minus one display
for the fair on account of legal COM
plications between the Karshnar Mo
tor company of Kansas City and
Monte L. Campbell, Topeka represen-
tative of the company. Campbell in
stituted attachment proceedings on
the motor car that was shipped to To-
peka for display because, he alleges,
the company failed to pay him com
mission on one of his sales.
Edith Underwood, a girl employed
in the household of Hugh Fisher, as
victim of pickpocketS at the Big Free
fair, all because she adopted a new
style Of wearing a pocket on her skirt.
AS a result she is minus 81 in cash and
a IS check. The girl had the cash
and check in a pocketbook which was
taken from her pocket. Fisher called
up the bank and stopped payment on
the check.
AS rule when the price of a COM
modify is advanced in these days the
war is assigned as the reason thereof
But a Topeka restaurant, the past
week cut down the number of slices
of toast served for nickel from three
to two ION account of the fair"
Judge Advocate Tohn S. Dean, for
mer president of the Chamber of Com
merce, paid his weekly visit to the
organization this noon. He returned
for the weekend from Fort Riley,
where he is stationed.
Sheriff Hugh Larimer was standing
at the corner of Third and Hancock
streets this morning when he noticed
a Mexican struggling with a heavy
SUIT case. The Mexican was crossing
Hancock street at Second street. Lari-
mer became suspicious and stopped
the fellow. He found the suit case
contained six quarts of'whisky and the
Mexican had a pint of the stuff in a
hip pocket MARITIME Romerez was the
name given. Robert D. Carver, county
attorney issued a warrant against him
following the arrest by Larimer.