The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-05
SNAP SHOT S
AT HOME NEWS

Women's Home Missionary society
of the Walnut Grove NJ. E. church will
meet tomorrow afternoon at the home
of Mrs. John Grieft, at 514 West Fiji
teenth street
The West Side w. c. T. u will en-
terrain the Potwin L. T l.. at the
home of Mrs Dibert Knox, 1929 Park
avenue, FL DAY afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Program by the L. ~. L.
A. ]. Stout, principal of the Topeka
high school, left Wednesday for Co
lumbia, n. Y, where he will attend
ing friends in Long Island.
Topeka lodge, No. 2O4, B. P. o. E,
will hold a farewell party for Com
pany A, engineers, tonight at the
lodge building. The program for the
evening will be of a patriotic nature
The proceeds of the entertainment
will be given to the company fund.
Robert D. Carver. county attorney
! leaves this evening for Ludington,
Michigan. to spend a month or more
with his family. Mrs. Carver and the
children and her father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Parkhurst.
! have been at their camp on the
| lake for two weeks.
T. c. Cunningham, of Chanute, an
old employee of the Santa Fe at that
place. who dropped dead at the flu
neral of I. P. Flaherty a few days
Both Mr.. Cunningham and Mr.. Fla
herty were well known in Topeka rail-
road circles.
Recruiting today made another stir.
One more recruit was obtained. Wal
ter Stewart, of Meriden, was the only
person offering his service in the
army. He enlisted in the infantry.
The total of recruits received at the
local office now stands at 122 or 1913
men short of the Topeka quota.
The Rock Island road was forced to
put on extra coaches Wednesday to
handle the crowds going from Topeka
to st. Joseph. The Santa Fe enjoyed
an. equally large run on their business
to Kansas City. The 7:40 and 1:1E
o'clock trains east both carried extra
coaches. John Barleycorn was the
big attraction.
Officials of the Santa Fe general
offices state that never in the history
of the road has there been such &
scarcity of operators there is al
the present time. Four operators
have just left to go to st. Louis tc
join the railroad engineers units be-
ing organized there and more are ex-
pected TO leave in a short time.
Janeta Warner wants a divorce
from Scott Warner and filed a petition
in the district court to that effect to
day. In it she states that she wa.
5 married to him in a Missouri town
uH0 ~ 1850 since Inen- Sne says
he has failed to live with her, has fail
) ed to contribute to her support anC
that she las been compelled to carr
: her own living. There are no chill
dren. She states that their propert,
) rights have been adjusted outside O
court.
Frank B. Brown, editor of the Kan
sas Trades Unionist, today sent a let
ter accompanied by a certified checl
for 500 offering to do the city print
ing for 20 cents an inch. The offer, OIL
motion of Commissioner Tandy, wa
: referred to Mayor House and Financ
Commissioner WATSON. The legal rat
: paid by the city to the State Journa
| .isa25 cents an inch for solid nonpareil
small type. The city paid for its print
ing last month S14.67. The total cit,
printing for the year ending June 81
/ amounted to $463.S4.
Young men, according to loca. off
GERS who are stationed at the railroa,
! stations of Topeka, are travelling NOR
since the registration for draft thai
: ever before. Every train going thrl
Topeka carries from three to thirt
men of draftable age, they claim TIL
! prime purpose of all this travelling
the officers believe, is to avoid bein
l drafted into service. At the place O
registration, a great many men CAV
only their temporary address and hay
since moved about so rapidly that n
l off1c1al letters can reach them