The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25
SNAP SHO T S
AT HOME NEWS

DIR. A. BaIfour jeffrey has resumed
has practice at 706 Kansas avenue
Adv.
Damage of less than IS was report
ed as result of blaze IN the parh
at 11O8 West Thirteenth street Fri
day afternoon.
DIR. James Stewart. lieutenant in
the medical officers reserve corps, re-
ceived word Friday to report to Fort
Riley August %.
Dwight Thatcher Harris left Friday
for Fort Sheridan, where he Will en-
fer the second officers training school,
which will open Monday
ONLY one enlistment was made this
morning at the local recruiting otflce
for the army. E G. Mcknight OF
Beloit enlisted in Battery A
In that there was no sleeping done,
the prisoners in the county Jail held a
slumber party Thursday night Johh
Provence, the soldier who became IN
sane early in the week, shouted ana
sang all night.
A F.. Sutton, city electrical inspec-
tor. was released Friday from his Of
fee. He will soon enter camp with
the signal corps of the regular army.
Thomas w. Martin has been named
as his successor.
The eleventh annual camp of the
Pentecostal assembly will be held
August % to September in the
grove at Seward and Golden avenue.
The Rev. c. E. Foster is in charge or
the services at the camp.
The Rev. j. p. Hicks, of the Second
PRESBYTERIAN church, will preach Sun
dav morning on why Do The Wicked
Liye?" Union services viii bbe con-
Quoted at the Central avenue Chris
tan church Sunday night
Fred E Leaf, a horseshoer employ
ed by Walter Chase on Quincy street,
was arrested by the sheriff's depart
ment today for Wyandotte county Of
Ulcers. He is charged by his wife, in
Kansas City, with non-support mean
ing under the statutes, wife desert1on-
He is being held at the sheriff's office
for the Wyandotte county officers
The Rev. NJ. H. Ellis, pastor of the
Silver Lake Methodist church, will
conduct a patriotic rally Sunday eve
ming at the church M. c. Holman,
of the public schools, will have charge
of the musical program of the enter
tainment. James Troutman will
speak at the meeting and katheryn
AIbaugh will give a series of readings.
Charles Hixon, jailer at the county
Jail has returned from visit to his
old home in Illinois He visited in the
neighborhood of Matoon which suf-
fered from tornado last spring. He
said today he did not believe the
tornado was as severe as the one that
swept Shawnee county, altho more
lives were lost because the Illinois
storm hit several towns.
Until union men are convinced that
James A Patterson and c. F. Gustaf-
son are not in partnership they will
do no work for Patterson. Last
spring Gustafson is supposed to have
severed his partnership with Patter-
son. He began running an open shop
while Patterson operated a closed
shop. Recently union men became
suspicious that Patterson and Gustaf-
son were still in partnership and de-
spite their protests to the contrary,
the union men refuse to work for
Patterson.
Orders to report to the Great Lakes
training station were received this
| enlisted as apprentice seaman in the
navy, July 5. He has bee connected
with the Stephenson & Webb Real
Estate company. Whitney will leave
this afternoon for Kansas City where
he will receive transportation to the
training school He will probably be
stationed at the Great Lakes school
| for six weeks or two months and will
then be placed aboard a man of war
for further training.
Five Topeka fellows planned an
automobile trip to Fort Riley to see
soldiers and the fort. They arranged
for time off from their work, fixed it
up with their wives, set the time to
start and started. We've gone to a
lot of trouble just to get to Fort
Riley remarked one as they drove
down the avenue. Just as much as
if we'd been going to Kansas City"
said another. Lets go to Kansas
| City" said the driver and owner of
the car, there's nothing at Fort Riley
and 1 don't believe this CARL run west
anyway" And they turned off east.