The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25


The Oak grange fair has been post
poned until October 10 and 20
Big Lucky Dance tonight at Kellam
hall. Halls Jazz Orchestra.-Adv
The Royal Neighbors, 1873. will give
a children's social at their hall, 119
West Sixth ST, Wednesday evening.
The Topeka homestead of Yeomen
will give its first dance of the year
Wednesday evening at Batess hall
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Vogt left to-
day for an automobile trip to Mont
rose, Mo-, where they will spend
week visiting Mr.. Vogt's relatives.
The Rev. A. J. Ross. of the German
Methodist church, will speak in the
new east mill Wednesday under the
auspices of the r. R. Y. NJ. c. A
marriage license was issued from
the office of Ralph Cav, probate
judge, today to Frank J. Schiefelher,
Topeka, %, and Emma S. Johnson,
Clyde, %.
Sophia n. Johnson today filed suit
for diverse against Sidney Johnson.
She charges gross neglect of duty and
cruelty in the petition. They have two
children, William. 16, and Dorothy, g..
She asks for the custody of Dorothy.
For the first time of the year.
Washburn students have the actual
proof of who is who. The freshmen
donncd their little blues this morn
ing and are sporting their diminutive
headgear with the little pride that the
thing demands
The case of Mary ChiIson charged
with being a delinquent parent will
be heard at 10 o'clock Friday morn
ing in juvenile court. Mrs. Chilson is
charged with using her 11-year-old
stepson, Charles, as a lure in solicit
ing soldiers.
Three district conferences of the
boy in War Times" movement will
be held in Kansas the last part of
October. One of the conventions will
be held in Topeka, another in Hutchin-
son, while the location of the third
conference has not been selected.
Bert Rogers. the 19-year-old lad
who store a car belonging to DR.. G.
L. Williams from in front of the Mills
building Saturday night and who was
captured few hours later at Man
haitian, was given from one to five
years in the state reformatory today.
He admitted to county officials. that
he had stolen a Ford car from in
front of Kellam's hall on the night
of June 4.
Hard study in Kansas university has
| temporarily deranged L e
Schenck 1885 Clay street, a well
well known Topeka lad who has been
adjudged insane and who is now in
the state asylum. While being tried
before an insanity commission the
youth talked incoherently of trigo-
nometry. physics and chemical prob
| lens which he had so desperately
tried to solve at the state university.
1t is believed he will recover.
The first dinner of theNTopeka Press
club for the year will be held October
8. Details for the entertainment will
be announced in a short time. Ray
Stannard Baker and Irving Bachelor,
who have been engaged by the Cham
| Der Of Commerce to address members
of the State Teachers association in
| November, will be guests of the cluo
! at the November meeting. Invitations
will be sent to them in the next few
weeks.
| Rev. J. D. Zimmerman, state presi-
| dent for the Christian Endeavor
societies of the Kansas Christian
! churches, will give the closing address
| on welfare work in Topeka" at the
West Side Christian church Wednes-
! day evening of this week. Mr.. Zim-
norman will tell what Christian En-
| deavorers are doing along this line of
service in Topeka. He will be pre-
coded by Mrs. Delnor McGrath, who
will speak on City Prison Work" and
by Miss Kate King, who will outline
! the work of a welfare worker in the
! special line of work in which she has
| been engaged for many years. There
will be special music. All are invited.