The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-29


You know it's true
In the heart of you,
1t is Kansas that you call home
Dance tonight q to 10)-Kellam
Halliday.
B. F. Bracken. prominent Sixth dis
trict Republican and merchant of Be
lott, and his nephew. Lee Bracken of
Phillipsburg, came down to take in
the Kansas Day celebration
George Bauerschmidt has with
drawn from the B. r. B. clothing
company and expects to engage in
business for himself Orson F. Baker
and E. J. Reilly will continue to con-
duct the B. r. B. business.
James d. Moses of Emporia is pre-
pairing to move his family to Topeka
and will locate at 1901 Mulvane street.
Mr.. Moses has Joined the forces at the
Farmers National bank. For the last
six years he has been with the En-
poria National bank.
Snow or no snow the work of max
ing a city lot garden survey goes on
apace thru the men of Commissioner
Porter's office George Denton and
Aaron Green are taking the brunt of
the work Green made a special trip
up from Camp Funston, where he is
| engaged in Y NJ. c. A. work, to help
| out in the survey.
| Major A. NJ. Harvey received tele-
gram today from the colonel in COM
| mand of the base hospital at Camp
Doniphan stating that his son Ran
| dali Harvey is seriously sick Ran
| dali Harvey has been stationed with
| the Kansas troops in federal service at
Camp Doniphan. Major Harvey left
| this afternoon for the army camp and
Mrs. Harvey will leave Topeka on a
| night train.
Registrants placed in class 1 by
the Shawnee county draft board will
not be obliged to undergo physical eX-
aminations until February 2, accord
ing to announcement made today by
| members of the board. Twenty-one
registrants have been notified to re-
] port for examination on that day. DIR.
| w. l.. Warmer of Topeka was ap-
pointed examining physician for the
| board today.
| Present conditions offer Kansas the
greatest opportunity possible for COM
| merclal advancement according to the
| speech of Sen. James A. Troutman to
| the Current Topic club at the Central
Y. M. c. A. Monday night. Senator
| Troutman backed the statement up
with short history of the state. He
| also went into the ever present sub
| ject of the world war and said that
| the prime cause of the war is the
mounting ambition ofrthe Hohenzol-
lern family to rule the world.
The city commissioners approved
| the petitions for six blocks of paving
Monday. Most of the petitions passed
specified asphaltic concrete, as the
| material for the proposed paving. The
| new paving will be located three
blocks on Topeka avenue, between
Fourteenth and Euclid avenues; one
Third and Fourth; and two alleys;
one between Tyler and Topeka ave.
nue. from Second to Third; and the
other between Kansas avenue and
Quincy streets from Ninth to Tenth.
Kansas over the top record in the
Red Gross Christmas membership
drive has called forth letter of con-
graduation from the national officers
of the Red Cross. George S. Fowler
| business manager of the National Red
| Cross, in letter to Gov. Capper
says, Permit me on behalf of the
American Red Cross to thank you sin
cerely for the great aid you rendered
the Christmas membership drive, thru
| your splendid proclamation. Accord
ing to the reports from your state, ii
did much to stimulate the movement
and 1 have no doubt that you will re-
ceive appropriations of it from your
state organization; but 1 wish to add
the appreciation of those at national
headquarters"
Humphrey Biddle. son of w. I. Bid
die, OF Leavenworth, is among the sec
ond HeutenantS in the 139th United
States infantry at Camp Doniphan
who have been promoted to first lieu
tenant. A telegram to this effect was
received today by the young mans
father while he was attending the
Kansas Day celebration in Topeka. w
9 l. Biddle is Congressman D. r. An
thongs political manager. Young Bid
die Joined Company E at Leavenworth
as private and was soon commission
ed as a second lieutenant Since the
company has been at Doniphan there
i have been different commanders and
at present Capt. Charles Browne. a
Horton newspaper man, is in COM
manG. Captain Browne is in a hos
pital at Camp Doniphan at the pres
ent time. Biddle was city attorney al
Leavenworth when he enlisted. He is
assistant judge advocate in his regi-
ment.
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