The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-11
North Side Neos
COT A STACKER?
Officers Arrested Youth Who
Had Failed to Register.
He Offered to Enlist, but Could
Not Pass Test.

Not Pass Test.
officers Scott and Ford arrested
young man giving the name of Sam
Gibson at the Union Pacific station
Sunday noon. Upon admitting to the
officers that he had not registered, he
was taken to the station, and this
morning was turned over to o. T.
Wood, United States marshal
The youth profeSsed a willingness
to enlist, but claimed to be under the
registration age. He was taken to
recruiting office and was unable to
pass, because of defective eyesight
Wishing to help the lad, the marshaps
office found him a position in the
Santa Fe shops and he went to work
this morning. He was a transient and
had been on his way to the harvest
fields at Hays when detained by the
officers.
The North Topeka Civic club will
meet tonight at Grant school at 8
o'clock. The club will take measures
to aid sufferers in the cyclone district
Grant school orchestra is to furnish
music
The Civic club put six laborers to
work this morning in the wrecked
area, and Frank Simms, president is
looking for half a dozen husky men
to work several days this week. Il
| don't know what action the club will
take tonight" said Mr.. Simms today,
but we are going to help those boys
clean up out there"
An endless succession of automo-
| biles passed thru the storm wrecked
country Sunday afternoon and eve
ming. One man whose car was going
against the current" waited for TWEEN
+, ty-five minutes at a narrow point in
the Elmont road while an unbroken
procession of motors passed him. The
number of cars appeared endless.
| Several accidents occurred on the
road, none of them serious. At one
point, on the road between Elmont
| and Menoken, IN incident occurred
which provoked strong language from
the men drivers. 1t appears that the
glass in the headlight of one car be-
came loosened and fell out. The ma
chine, preceded and followed by hun
dreds of others, was going slowly The
owner stopped his wagon" squarely
in the middle of the roadway, and got
out to replace the glass. Meanwhile
cars on the road back of him, as far
as one could see, were compelled to
halt. The owner worked with the
glass for few minutes, attempted to
replace it, dropped it, and the pane
broke. The mans temper broke. He
was hot and tired and mad, and he
| brought his heel down on that piece
of glass and ground it into thousand
splinters squarely in the wheel track!
Commissioner WATSON lost a wheel
from his car. The Rehkopf car also
lost wheel on the Central avenue
road. Neither car was travelling fasr
at the time and no one was injured.
An estimate of the crowd gathered at
Elmont Sunday afternoon placed it at
between 5000 and 1000. A large
number of persons rode up on the
afternoon Rock Island train.
| A current topic club, similar to
others in the country. will be perma-
nently organized tonight at the North
Topeka Baptist church, it was an
nounced today.
H. o. Caster, attorney for the pub
| lie utilities commission, will be the
principal speaker. He will talk on the
matter of public utilities. A male quar-
| tet will furnish the music
| An invitation to attend the meeting
has been extended to all North Topeka
business men. There will be no
| charges in connection with the meet
ings Tonieht's program will begin at
Social and Personal.
! The Degree of Honor, NO. 20, sew
ing club will meet Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. c. A. Jones, 9I3
North Jackson street
| Mr.. and Mrs w. E. Wilson and fam
ilv of Van Buren, street will leave to-
dav for Larned, where they will make
their home.
Mrs. J. A. Berry gave dinner Sun
day at her home north of town In
honor of the w. E. Scotch and w
| G.. HandIey families, who will leave in
a few days for Portland. Ore. The
| guests were Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Scot
ten. Rev. and Mrs. w. 6. Handley
Mr.. and Mrs w. NJ. Van Ness, Mrs
w. I. Cole, Paul Van Ness. Walter
| Cole. Kingsley Handley and Mr.. and
Mrs. Berry
/ Miss Grace Carlson of Manhattan
spent Sunday with her parents.
N. E. Fitch of the Campbell Drug
company motored to Fort Riley Sun
day, returning on the train this
morning.
Miss frankie Liens left today fol
Oskaloosa for a few days visit. From
there she will go to her home in Cha
mute for the summer. She has ha6
charge of the millinery department ir
Austin-Snedikers
John Williams of Fort Riley spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Ira Williams of Topeka avenue.
The Loyal Sons and Daughters class
of the Central Avenue Christian
church will have their regular month
ly dinner and business meeting at the
chuch at 7 o'clock this evening.
The K. P.'s, Amity lodge, No 231
will confer the rank of page tonight
at their hall, 1000 Kansas avenue.
For EyCESSIVE