The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-24

At theater or ball,
And Just a dreadful nightmare
At an unexpected call
Sen. Frank Nighswonger of WITCH
tia, will deliver an address at the
North Topeka Baptist church Sunday
evening.
Township assessors were given lee
lures by officials in the county clerks
office today. They will begin assess
ing. March l.
Irving Grew of Portsmouth, Ohio,
who is visiting Rev. DR.. Anderson, will
speak at the Third Presbyterian
church tomorrow evening. Mr.. Grew
is shoe manufacturer.
Marriage licenses were issued today
for Robert Bruce Mcfarland and
Louise Josephine McGoff, both of To-
peka, and Karl H. Porter, %, Auburn,
and Greta L. Seaver, 20, Egbert, Wyo.
Unitarian services will be held at
the Unity church Sunday in the even
ing at O'Clock. Sermon by Paul
Dansingberg of Kansas City. Subject,
Some Misinterpretations of Evolu-
ton
The Christian woman's board of
missions of the Central Avenue Chris
tian church, will have a 5 o'clock
prayer service at the church Sunday
evening. The silent service commit
tee will give its report.
| Probate Judge Cav has turned over
! TO the county clerk statement of the
personal property in estates and guar
dlanships in Shawnee county. The
property amounts to 100000, repre-
senting GA estates and guardianships
Harvey Parsons, chief of police, re-
turned today from Wichita with G. NJ
Young, who is wanted by county Off
| Gals on a charge of hiding a mort
/ gagged automobile. The Topeka Buick
company is the complaining witness
as POSTMASTER.
The thirteenth annual banquet of
the ka 1sas Authors club will be held
next Saturday evening. March 8, at
the First Methodist church, Sixth and
| Harrison streets Lieut.. Gov W. Y.
Morgan, PREF dent of the club, will act
The sixteth anniversary of the
First Baptist church will be cele-
brated next Thursday evening. DR.
Judson B. Thomas, former pastor and
now minister in Austin Baptist church
IN the suburbs of Chicago, will take
part in the program.
Owing to a death in the family,
Rev. Robert Gordon will not be in
the city to fill his pulpit Sunday.
Frank Stahl will speak at IL a. M
| A M. keene, speaker of the house
or representatives, will give his lee
ture on "The Divinity of Christ at
1880 O'Clock in the evening.
The jury in the damage suit of c.
q Arthur against. o. A. Taylor and
others, which went out Friday after
fnoon, disagreed and were dismissed
by Judge A W. Dana. The plaintiff
is suing for $4,000 to cover injuries
| he claims to have received in 1914,
when he was run down by a motor
car driven by the wife of Taylor
In an article regarding an automo-
bile accident at Sixth and Taylor
streets, Thursday night, it was stated
that Joe Palmer, 500 Topeka avenue,
was driving the car w E. Palmer
| lives at 500 Topeka avenue and denies
he was driving the car. Joe Palmer
does not live at that address.
The annual meeting of the Topeka
Country club was held last night at
the Chamber of Commerce. Directors
were elected. They are: A Fassler,
DR.. w. n. West. T. NJ. Lillard, w. W.
Strickland, Ilif Felix, Arch M. Catlin,
j. 5. Dean, H. L. Hall and ]. M. Con-
nell. The board of directors will
meet February 81 to elect officers and
to outline plans for the coming year.
George Vernon Fowler, of Walla
Walla, Wash, has written to the To-
peka police asking for. information
regarding his sister, who was last
heard from in Topeka. Her maiden
name was Claranda Elizabeth Fowler
and her home was Kirwin, Kansas
She married Sam Glenon and lived
in Topeka with him. Glenon has died
|.
her since.
] John F. Eby, county superintend-
} ent of schools will go to Kansas City
Monday to attend the meeting of the
department of superintendent of the
n. E. A Mr.. Eby is the director for
Kansas. Kansas headquarters will be
in room Alp, Hotel Muehlebach. On
Thursday evening the Kansas delega-
ton will have an informal banquet at
the Coates house. The banquet is for
Kansans and former Kansans.
Sheriff Hugh Larimer returned to-
day from Nashville. Tenn, with Clyde
{. Campbell against whom Beulah
| Brown swore out a warrant. Camp
bell is an electrician and as soon as
he learned of the trouble, volunteered
to marry the girl and marriage GER
emory was performed in the office
of Probate Judge Cav. Certainly
I'll marry her. said Campbell, tits
the only honorable thing to do
r. L. Billings, chief petty officer ID
: the Topeka naval recruiting station
received a moving picture film frorz
Kansas City entitled Life and Train
ing in the United States Navy" The
pocture was shown this afternoon a.
the Gem theater. Posters showing
the various phases of life in the navy
viii, be placed in front of the theatei
and pamphlets explaining the film
will be distributed at the door by :
uniformed sailor. Scenes in the pic
ture were taken in the training yards
and on board some of the large bat
tleships A six-reel film of life ABOARD
the ships of the American navy vii
be shown within a few weeks under
the auspices of the local recruiting
officers.