The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-06
SNAP SHOTS
AT home NEWS

The Ladies' Aid Union of the Cen
! tral Avenue Christian church will
give a noon luncheon at the church
| Wednesday.
A marriage license was issued today
| by Probate Judge Ralph H. Cav 10
James A. Campbell, 81. Topeka, and
/ bessie P. Large, %, of Topeka.
Miss Susie J. Stone formerly with
/ the Topeka Board of Trade, has ac-
| cepted position with the milling di-
vision of the United States food add
ministration at Kansas City.
The social service study class of
the Epworth Leagues of Topeka will
| be held this evening at the Oakland
NJ. r. church Miss Louisa Duncan
Shaffer will speak on Restoring the
Weak
The new Union Pacific ticket office
at Camp Funston will probably be
opened next week. The office will be
the largest Union Pacific ticket office
in the country. Seven agents will be
employed.
Reorganization of the Topeka Traf-
nc association proba bly, will be eff
fected this evening at a regular meet
ing to be held at the Chamber of
Commerce. Dinner to the association
men bers will be served at o'clock.
The home economies round table of
| the Kansas State Teachers association
will meet Friday afternoon at 2
o clock at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms instead of on Thursday at 2
O'Clock as announced in the program.
Eighty applications for paroles will
be heard at the Hutchinson state re-
formatory this week by the state
board of administra ton. Board mem
bers are in Hutchinson today The
parole applications for the month
break all former records.
The poll tax case, which has
aroused much concern in Topeka. will
fn
Thursday. The court has assigned
the case and will probably hand down
decision affecting the 1917 poll tax
enactment some time in December.
The class in French being taught
by Professor Derry of the University
Oh Kansas will meet at 7:15 O'Clock
tonight at the high school building.
Harold G. Ingham, secretary of the
correspondence study department of
the university, urges persons who de-
sire 10 pegln the course to be present
tonight
Capt. o. R. Cole, of the Kansas Citv
district recruiting service, has been
promoted to the rank of major of in
1antry of the regular army. Major
Cole has been acting as assistant re-
crult1ng officer of the Kansas City
district. His promotion dates from
August altho notice was served only
this week
The Shawnee County Horticultural
society will hold its regular monthly
meeting in the offices of the state
horticultural society in the state house
thursday, November 8. Preparation
Tor next years gardening and results
OF garden efforts during the last year
will be discussed by members of the
society
Governor Capper has sent a letter
to Gen. L. G. Berry at Camp Doni-
phan, Fort Sill, Okla, urging that if
possible the kanSans in federal army
service be permitted to return to their
MONIES Tor Christmas. There is slight
chance that such a permit will he
granted, altho in a number of indi
VIoual cases furloughs will be granted
men in service.
thousands of persons wera ar,o1-
eheo at about 4:3O O'Clock this rnor,
ing oy what they thought was com
pihatlon OF all the factory whistles in
me CITY. Frantic telephone calls 70
me ponce and fire departments failed
70 reveal the trouble. 1t was discov-
ereo TINS morning that the locomotive
Wnlstie on Rock Island No haca mo
Stuck' causing the trouble
me sherfffS office SWINE s,,dda,
~ INTO action this afternoon whan -
was reported from several sources that
paDy mad been abandoned in n 70
cant mouse on Branner street. An in
Vestigatlon by Robert Miller. under
Snerh1, disclosed the fact that Mr.
Mary Anthony had left a child With
+1rs- John Cox, in the 300 block on
6rahner, to be kept overnight that
those who had adopted it might call
IOr II the next MORNING