The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-02
LOCAL MENTION

c. w Bower will retire as clerk of
the district court Saturday night after
having served for four years. De-
cember was his last full months
work and it was the best month of the
whole forty-eight. His collections for
December was heavier than in any
previous month during his two terms.
They amounted to $1,012.37. The col
lections for the average month are
about $780, Mr.. Bower expects to-
move to California soon after COM
pleting his term of office.
F. A. Rooster, D. D. s.. TO Mills
Bldg Special attention given to pyor-
rhea and oral prophylaxis--Adv.
Twenty-seven hundred arrests were
made by the Topeka police depart
ment for the year 1915, Probably 70
per cent of the arrests were for drunk
enness and many of the remaining 25
per cent We're due to liquor traffic.
Safety razor blades sharpened bet
ter than new. 25c-35c doz. Brunt-
Martin Drug Co.-Adv.
The first arrest made by the police
department for the new year was tnat
of Ruperto Ortis. a Mexican, who Is
charged with dischafging firearms IN
side the city limits. Twelve have been
arrested since midnight and six of
them are charged with being drunk.
The seven members of the board of
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce to be elected this year were an
nounced today. They are: George I.
McDermott, representing the attor-
neys; S. E, Cobb, banks; George p
McEntire, manufa cturers and jobbers;
DR.. Stephen S. Estey, professions; DIR.
D. E. Esterly. physicians; E. H
Crosby, retail merchants. and c. B.
Merriam, mortgage loans,
T. F. B. dance at Moose hall.
Wednesday evening, Jan. 3. Adm. 2bc.
ADV.
Lillian Gutschall, wife of John Gut
schall of Rossviile, began a $4,000
damage suit in the district court to-
day against Anthony Ruff, charging
that her body and mind were injured
to that extent when Rufus car crash
ed into her buggy the evening of Sep
TENDER %, 1916. Mrs. Gutschail states
that she and her husband were driving
in a buggy east on the Rossville-St.
Marys road, when the Ruff automo-
bile ran over them She charges that
the car was travelling at an unlawful
speed, that it was not equipped with
proper lights and that the driver failed
to give any warning of his approach.
The suit was filed by ]. J. Schenck.
G. w. Rourke, assistant general
manager of the second district of the
Rock Island, is in Topeka today. He
attended the funeral of Vincent
Kaczynski Sunday.
A. J. Brier, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
NJ. Brier, returned today to the St.
Louis School of Medicine, after spend
ing the holidays with his parents.
Sons and Daughters of Justice will
have installation of officers tonight.
There will be an entertainment and
refreshments and dancing for mem
bers after the meeting.-Adv.
The official new time card of the
Union Pacific. which was issued to-
day. in addition to the announcement
of two new trains from Oakley to
Kansas City, carries the announcement
of a change in the time of No, 108, a
local train from junction City to Kan
sas City. No. 1913 formerly arrived at
Topeka, westbound, at o'clock in the
evening. 1t now arrives five minutes
earlier. The two new trains, the east
bound arriving at Topeka at 1859
o'clock in the evening, and the west
bound at 2:46 o'clock in the morning
are proving popular for those wishing
to- spend the evening in Kansas City
and return home the same night, also
for passengers from the western part
of the state coming to Topeka and
other points in the eastern end of the
state. The eastbOund train arrives at
Kansas City at 1880 o'clock at night.
Returning, it leaves the Union station
at Kansas City fifteen minutes after
midnight.