The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-05

various departments of the church.
DR.. D. R. Paine lectured on by
giene and anatomy before the eighth
grade classes of Lowman Hill school
this morning. Following the lecture
he dissected the eye of beef for the
children.
The c. w. 3. NJ. of the First Chris
tan church will meet at the home of
Mrs. William Wells, 604 West Sew
enth street, Friday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock. All the women of the church
are invited.
The collections in the office of Mrs.
Mary Chaplin, clerk of the district
court. ran high during the month of
March. Without making any special
effort she collected $50. 20 in fees and
$175 in fines. The average per month
for the office is around $500.
The Town Meeting club has sent
letter to the White House at Wash
late within reason the price of food
and foodstuffs. The club will ask
ether organizations to send similar
letters to Washington. 1t was pointed
out that such procedure would be war
ranted as war measure.
Officers of the state headquarters
of the Y NJ. c. A. are busy this week
experimenting the work of the local
associations. They have reported
large increase in membership for the
state association. ClllIOIu
secretary, went to Kansas City, Kan
sas, last night to attend a directors
meeting of the association there. His
next stop will be Leavenworth where
he will hear reports from the organi-
cation.
The city water is beginning to i'm
prove, according to Commissioner
Frank NJ. Newland. The approaches
to the wells have been cleaned up
and within three of four days the
water should be back to its normal
condition. Workmen will start on
new 40-foot well as soon as this clean
ing up is completed. Test holes must
be sunk first. This will take about
a week and then the real work will
probably start.
Have you any flags to spare? The
managers of the Junior prom at the
high school building have used more
than fifty flags in decorating the gym
nasium for their big party, Saturday
night. Now they have run out of ban
nerS and are on the look out for more.
Each flag used in the decorations has
been donated by a student in the
school. George Whitcomb said, We'd
nesday, that he would call for the
flags if town people would only lend
them few.
Patriotic subjects will be the feat
ures of the public speaking contest at
the high school auditorium tomorrow
night. Six students, chosen from sew
enty competitors, will take part T-o
of the six will receive a medal and will
represent Topeka at Atchison, where
they will compete with representatives
from Leavenworth and Atchison high
schools. The winner of this triangular
contest will be presented with medal
by Governor Capper. No admission
will be charged at the local contest.
The public is invited.
The fxUantu-Saoona anp1aI
Of the Women's Presbyterian Mission
airy society of Kansas City presbytery
will be held at the Second United
Presbyterian church, Huntoon and
Fillmore, this evening and tomorrow.
At the opening session this evening a
pageant will be given by fifty young
ladies of the First and Second United
Presbyterian church, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Rev. Jackson. Tomor-
row afternoon address will be made
by Mrs. J. H. Stewart, a missionary
from India, and by Mr.. o. ]. Bowman
of Topeka.
At last the officials of Washburn
college have decided to fly their ex-
pensive flag. All during the present
crisis their silken glory has been
stored away, and protected against the
inclemency of the elements. Wednes-
day morning the students of the school
raised a small banner to the very top
of the 100 foot flag pole. At noon,
the authorities ordered it down and
the large flag of the school raised.
The last time the stripes floated over
Washburn was last week when the
governor ordered all flags to be raised.
The law school on Sixth avenue also
put out a flag Wednesday.
H. o. Caster, attorney for the Kan
sas public utilities commission, spoke
to the members of the Square Circle
club last night at their weekly dinner
at the Throop hotel. He told of reg
ulation of roads from the day of the
peanut engine to the present time
and of state and national control of
roads. Officers elected from the com
ing quarter, ending July l, are F. L.
Loveless, president; Ray Palmetier,
secretary and treasurer; John McKer-
ma, chairman of the entertainment
committee. DIR. Charles r. Silver
thorne was elected to membership. He
is the only surgeon in the club.
Mrs. Mamie Crews, wife of Charles
M. Crews, auctioneer, filed suit for
divorce in the district court Wednes-
day afternoon. She charges habitual
drunkenness and extreme cruelty. Mr..
and Mrs. Crews are the parents of
three children, a daughter l 5 years of
age, and two sons, one Is and one s
years of age. They were married in
1900. Besides asking for a divorce,
Mrs. Crews asks that he be restrained
from interfering with her in any way
and that he be enioined from check
in any money from any account he
may have in any bank She states
that he makes considerable money as
an auctioneer and she asks that he be
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