The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-29
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AT HOME NEWS

Forest A Brown, travelling passen-
ger agent for the Chicago & North
western railroad, stopped in Topeka
Thursday.
The Red Cross work rooms at Cros-
by Bros. store will be open only morn
ing from $3.50 until noon during the
months of July and August.
The amount subscribed to the Res
Cross fund by the employees of the
state printing plant was $51.21 and not
1881 as it appeared in the published
list.
The Rev. Samuel Buckner, pastor
of the Walnut Grove Methodist
church, with his wife and three
daughters, Helen, Margaret and Ger
trude, left Thursday for Colorado
where they will spend two weeks
vacation.
Nathan H Wolff, a tailor, living at
| GA Huntoon street, who was operated
on for appendicitis at Christs hos
pital Wednesday night, is reported as
| improving but is still in dangerous
| condition
Garfield Park will have its usual
Fourth of July fireworks celebration.
| 1t will be the only display allowed
within the city limits. Permission to
give the celebration was granted the
Garfield Park Amusement company
by the city commissioners at meet
ing held Thursday.
| Topekas exemption boards are BUSY
i today, numbering registration cards as
per instructions received two days ago
from the provost marshal general
Extra help has been obtained by
Chairman w. G. Tandy and Joseph
Hanlon and the work will be COM
pleted by Tuesday, or Wednesday of
next week
The United States navy will not &C
cept men under Is years of age after
Saturday, June 80. These orders were
received by William Province, who is
in charge of the navy recruiting sta
ton in Topeka. The minimum age
| for navy recruits will be raised to IS
years or older However, boys under
Is may enlist with their parents con-
sent.
Recruits for the British armies can
be received at any army recruiting sta
tionS in the United States. Taking ad-
vantage of this fact, H. NJ. Mackirdy,
vice consul for Great Britain, sta
toned at Kansas City, has sent out a
call for more recruits for the British
forces The pay, requirements and
pensions are much the same as those
now in effect in the United States
army.
| Enlistments in the regular army for
the signal corps of men qualified as
| cable, telegraph and radio operators,
electricians, machinists, photographers
and men familiar with telephone con-
| struction and maintenance was au-
thorized this morning from Washing
ton by G. w. Read, adjutant general
| The report came to the local recruit
| ing station.
Bids for 500 tons of coal have been
requested by the city for use in the
pumping plant. Only one bid has so
far been turned in to the city. This
was furnished by The Topeka Coal
company and offered coal slack at
$3.50 a ton-$1.15 in advance of last
years price. Formerly seven and
eight bids have been offered but the
present coal shortage and the disturb
ance in the coal market have probably
kept other companies from offering
bids.
Six more enlistments are needed in
the medical attachment of the First
Kansas field artillery regiment. The
war strength of the company calls
for SO men and at present the COM
pany has only 81 members. The
company will drill tonight and will
receive special instruction. The COM
pany is to have four medical officers
on the commissioned staff but as yet
only one appointment has been made
c. c. Lull has been named as first
lieutenant.
Charles F. Holman, ex-policeman
doesn't like to be arrested, nor does
he enjoy having his wife refer to his
relations with other women as init
mate" At least these are two of the
complaints that Holman registers
against his wife in his suit for divorce
In addition to having him arrested
the wife is extravagant, he claims
Shortly after leaving the Topeka DO
lice force Holman went to Kansas City
in search of work, he asserts His
wife accused him of wife deserticr
and had him arrested.
GIVE PRESIDENT PEINc