The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-02
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Phone 1140.-Adv.
The ladies of Grace Cathedral Guild
will hold an aH-day meeting Wednes-
day in the guild parlors.
Battery A will drill tonight for the
first time since it's return from the
border The drill will begin at
o'clock.
School opened again today. On
February 1 a new term begins ana
children will be admitted into the
first grades.
The Womans Missionary society of
the First Congregational church will
meet Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock
with Mrs. o. j. Wood. 12I7 Tyler
street.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
German M. E. church will be enter
tanned Thursday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock by Mrs. F. j. Dreyer at her
home in Kendall avenue.
George W. Lockwood, national pres
ident of the Sons and Daughters of
Justice, and w. w. Walker, national
secretary of the order, will be here to-
night to install officers of the local
council.
John NJ. Thembly, formerly of
Kansas City, has assumed the man
agement of the jenkins Music COM
pany store in Topeka. w. c. King.
former manager has taken posi-
ton in Tulsa, Okla.
H. C. Chace, of San Francisco, has
taken up his work as superintendent
of telegraph for the Santa Fe, with Of
fices in Topeka. He will succeed L.
NJ. Jones. who will remain for short
time to familiarize Mr.. Chaee with the
work. Mr.. Chace, tho formerly with
the Santa Fe, has been in charge of
the Western Union wires in Frisco for
some years. He and Mrs. Chace will
make thier home in Topeka.
That ba aJIomS their five children
to go in filthy and unsanitary con-
dition; that she allows her house to
get and remain in the same condition
altho she is hale and hearty and has
the necessary money, is the charge
made by Joseph B. Thompson in
divorce suit against Martha f. Thomp-
son. The suit was filed in the district
court of Shawnee county. He states
that they were married in Indiana in
1897 and that they are the parents
of five children, ranging in age from
8 to Is years.
Following their entertainments for
the benefit of the public. two high
class singing organizations, the Mo-
does of Topeka and the Michigan
University Glee club, enjoyed a recep
rooms last night. The northern col
lege singers, to the number of forty
or more. were the guests Of the Mo-
docs. Alumni of the University of
Michigan assisted in entertaining the
glee club of their Alma Mater, which
gave two concerts at the Auditorium
during the day. There was musical
program of vocal solos. instrumental
solos and music by the Modoc orches-
ira. Light refreshments were served.
Topeka ministers are up in arms
against Senator Reed of Missouri, who
recently stated in a debate on the floor
of the senate that there were more
drunkards to the square inch in Kan
sas than there are in Missouri. At
the last meeting of the Ministerial as
ISOLATION a protest was drawn up by
the ministers. and the secretary was
authorized to send it to Washington.
The election of officers of the assoc
citation was postponed for six months.
Papers were read at the meeting by
two members of the association, the
Rev. j. B. Anderson. pastor of the
Third Presbyterian church., and the
Rev. Joseph P. Hicks. pastor of the,
Second Presbyterian church.
Monday was open house day with
the Central and Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. S
and with the Y. w. c. A. Programs
were arranged at each association
building and during the afternoon
and evening some 5000 visitors were
entertained. The Y. w. c. A and the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. held their recep-
lions at different hours during the aft
ernoon, and the members of both or
CARNATIONS met at the Central Y. NJ
G. A. in the evening for the pro-
gram. continuous program lasting
from 3-o'clock in the afternoon till
10 o'clock in the evening was given
at the Railroad Y. NJ c. A. The Mo-
doc club had charge of the evenings
entertainment there.
Thirty-two Methodist ministers from
the Topeka district of the Methodist
i Episcopal church will meet in Topeka
Wednesday fCl their annual confer
ence. Among the speakers at the
Mitchell of ST Paul, Mimi; DIR. John
! Lowe Fort of Chicago. general finan-
cia1 secretary of the church; DIR. Ed
ward ]. Kulp, pastor of the First
Methodist church of Topeka; the Rev.
o. K. Hobson of Usage City, and the
Rev. Harry Wise of the Seward Ave-
nue. Methodist church. Wednesday
will be known as Vision Day" and
the sessions of the ministers will con-
tinue from 1890 O'Clock in the morn
ing till 4:30 O'Clock in the afternoon.
One of the features of the conference
| will be the disc Ission of church finan-
cial affairs by DR.. Fort.
They do things differently in Can
ada. When railroads in the United
| States are busy putting out, among
| their publicly matter, statements of
the business which has been done dur
ing the past year and forecasts of
what is to come during 1917, the
Canadian Pacific's contribution, which
! reached the State Journal today, is a
most elaborate biography of the new
/ governor general of Canada, Victor
/ Christian William Cavendish, ninth
/ Duke of Devonshire. The family and
personal history of the duke and
duchess is given in the pamphlet, and
the family motto, "Cavendo Tutus''
is translated to mean Safety First
/ One of the ancestors of the duchess
was governor general of Canada when
the Canadian Pacific was completed.
| The book is printed in the most finish