The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-27


F. d. Pierce, field secretary of the
state Y. M c. A, returned last night
from Arkansas City where he spoke
Sunday.
The Musical Art society will meet at
the First Presbyterian church at 1880
o'clock this evening. The society is
working on a new program to be given
in April.
A. r. Elliott and Alfred H. Tibben.
of the state Y. NJ. c.. A. employed
force, went to Hutchinson Monday
where they will spend three days in a
high school association campaign
Leo Lindenhall and Peter Mack,
negro proprietors of the Silver Moon
pool hall. at 80 Kansas avenue, were
arrested Monday on a charge of oper-
ating a gambling house. They were
accused of operating Kelly pool
game in their house.
Clarence Dennis, a farmer who lives
all alone on a farm five miles from
Topeka on the Berryton road, was
adjudged insane in the probate court
after an examination Monday after
noon. He will be sent to the hospital
for epileptics at Parsons.
F. c. Workman, who has been en-
ploxed by the firm of Stephenson &
Webb for the last two years, has re-
signed and will go to Kansas City
where he has accepted position with
the Standard Motors company. He
will move his family to Kansas City
next week.
A meeting of the Topeka Poultry
Fanciers' association was held last
night in the council chamber of the
city hall 1t was decided to initiate
a membership campaign The discus
sion of the proposed poultry show for
next winter occupied a large snare OF
the time of the meeting.
A championship basket ball game
between the Shamrocks and the d.
DIS, two girls teams, will be played
Thursday evening at 1880 at the Y
w. C. A. gymnasium. The ID. D.
have lost but one game TINS season
and the Shamrocks have lost two. 1t
is understood that a silver cup will
be awarded the winning team.
The desire of Vernon Simms. 20
year old negro, to make some easy
money has landed him in the city
Jail on a charge of petty larceny
Simms is accused of having stolen
a baby buggy, a pitchfork, rake,
shovels and a small table. After
close questioning Simms admitted he
had taken the things. He has been
unable 10 secure bond
A working model of the famous
Gebhart clock, which divides days
into twenty hours instead of twenty
four and making them 100 minutes in
length, will be one of the features or
the c. w Parker shows at the Big
Free fair this fall Mr.. Parker was
in Topeka Monday comforting with
Big Free fair officials in regard to an
other booking for this year. He an
nounced that he had obtained the
services of a German, G. M. Gebhart,
who spent seventeen years in perfect
ing the clock. The clock is now in
use in Paris and is attracting great
deal of attention. There would be
no leap year if this time system were
adopted. Every year would contain
365 days
The local talent comedy tabloid The
Vagabond," which is being shown at
the Orpheum the first half of the week
was given hearty approval by the two
lows: Tony, THE Vagabond." J. F.
Doniphant; Philip Warburton, I'm
Love With Lena" Kenneth Nelson;
James Barclay. "A Scheming Suitor,"
Ray Knoll; Judge Van Kruger, "A
Veteran of the Bench Dewey Gregg;
Lena Van Kruger, Miss Wilhelmina
Hammerli, Mrs. Van Kruger, Miss Luz
cile L. Hardy; Nanny, Only Kid"
Miss Florence Gregg. The tabloid is
an, added attraction to the Orpheum
program, the principal feature being
the Mary Pickford production, The
Pride of the Clan"
Plans for a three story brick and
cut stone apartment house to cost
$4,000 have been completed by
Charles D. Cuthbert. architect. The
new apartment house will stand on
the southwest corner of Eleventh
street and Kansas avenue and will be
built by Mrs. Carrie S. Whitaker. 1t
will be finished in hard wood. with
tile-floored vestibules and bath rooms,
and marble wainscoting in the vesti-
bules. The building will be equipped
with vacuum vapor heating apparatus,
! ut loot tn1o nd
Murphy-in-a-door beds. Janitor' s
quarters and laundry will be in the
basement The interior finishing and
floors will be of hard wood. The
frame building now upon the site will
be torn down to make room for the