The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-10

dancing tonight-School P M
Social D. n.-KelIam Hall.-Adv
The Topeka Poultry Fanciers will
meet tonight at the Chamber or COM
merce.
Lack of heat in Judge Whitcomo
court vas 50 apparent this morn lais
that the judge dismissed court until
this afternoon
Mrs. George Snfthers will entertain
the Fidelity club of the Pythian SIS
ters at her home, 521 Monroe street,
on Tuesday afternoon
Threatened fire at the home of F.
F. Fortune brought out the IRE de-
/ by a fIue which persisted in burning
| out
| About thirty shingles were burned
from the roof of the home of c. F.
| Doane before the fire department put
/ out the blaze on Sunday afternoon
/ Flying sparks were blamed for the
| fire
/ An aII-day sewing bee will be held
tomorrow by the Lincoln Circle La
( dies, Literary and Sewing society at
Lincoln Post hall. Dinner will be
served at the hall and everyone is in
/ vited to come
/ Carl Rvers, a Washburn law student
and librarian at the school, has gone
| to Fort Pike to become a member of
the Washburn ambulance corps His
place as librarian has been taken by
Lester GoodeH. 4 freshman student in
| the law school
One substitute fireman is on duty
at each of two fire stations in the city.
/ T. D. Rake is at No. in place of
Wesley Tucker. and d. F. Way at No.
? for R. I. B1ankenship- Tucker and
Blankenship have both enlisted in the
navy as third class fremen-
Mrs w H Eastman left for Fort
H. H.
night At Fort Sill she will visit her
nephew. Donald D. Lohgeneeker, who
is corporal in the headquarters
company of the 10th Infantry brigade,
commanded by Gen. C. I. Martin
Governor Capper left this afternoon
for Kansas City, where he will speak
tonight at a meeting of the Imp1e-
nent, Vehicle & Hardware club He
will urge increased production of farm
machinery Dy manufacturers in an eff
fort to win the war thru increased
farm production.
Horace L. Hudson, a Salt Lake City
youth only "a years old, is a captain
in the Sixth cavalry at Fort sam
Houston His mother formerly was
Miss Winnie Saxton and for years she
lived with her sister. Mrs George R
I MfIIice, on Taylor street Mrs Mfl1ice
now lives in Lawrence. Kan,
Close relations between a bed and
an oil stove resulted in a fire at los
Kansas avenue Saturday night The
rooms are occupied by the NJ. L Rob
inson family. The fire department
quickly extinguished the blaze, Ieav-
ing as the principal damage some
scorched and wet bed clothes.
That trying to nav a frozen water
pipe with a paper torch is a danger
Gus proce eding is the firm belief of ID,
3. Williams of S25 Lane street He
ought to know for he tried IT and sue
ceeded in setting fire to his house
The fire department succeeded in saw
ing the house after about SIS worth
Of damage had been done
Shipfitter HierhoItzer announced
this morning that Thomas E. West
brook and Otto Edward Hennessy
would leave this afternoon for the
Great Lakes Naval Training station.
+ Westbrook was assigned as a machin-
isl. second class, and Hennessy was
assigned as apprentice seamen Both
Of these men are from Topeka.
Experienced stenogra pliers and
typists trying for government posi-
lions under the civil service commits
sion may obtain free training for the
examination at StrickIer's~ Business
Il college, according to an announcement
of the college This is the colleges
war contribution The pIan was
worked out by s. ]. Shook manager
of the school, in conjunction with I.e-
Roy Powell, superintendent of mails
/ at the Topeka posoffice As a special