The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-04
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS
MY BIT.

(By Nels Yingle)
The chills are chasing UP my spine,
l button up my coat:
l seem to feel a hand OF Ice,
Just grip me by the throat,
Another seems to graspzthe strings
And twist them round my heart:
I'm standing at the oceans Drink,
To watch a transport start
cannot speak, the words won't come,
"oh u' God u we love those Khaki Boys
Please bring them home again
/ close my, lips and smother down
A sound, almost groan,
| clench my fists, . cannot go
But l must fight at home
II they can face the brutal foe
In trench aeroplane,
Then / must buy for Liberty.
Until l feel the pain.
There is no thought but Victory,
And know the joy of triumph
Thru the pain of sacrifice.
The Topeka Central w. C. T. u, will
meet Monday afternoon at O'Clock at
the Y w. C. A.
william Schlicter. 1864 Buchanan
street, son of the former candidate
for sheriff and student In Wasnpurh
college has enlisted in the engineer
ing corps and left today for Jefferson
barracks. Schlicter was an employe
of the Dibble Grocery company ana
before leaving here was presented
with a wrist watch by the Dibble en-
| ployes.
Sam Hill. deputy United States mar
shall at Wichita. came to Iopeka r.
day evening with four alleged pro
| Germans, who will be held in the
| Shawnee county Jail for investigation.
| Pro-German utterances are charged
against the four men who are: Aug
ust Schoenhoff, Orval Wagner and
Henry Henkey of Newton, ana Jonn
Negele of Wichita
Frank E. Whitney. chairman of the
Shawnee county central committee.
announced today that full county
| ticket would be selected at a meeting
| of Democrats to be held in the near
| future The Republican candidates
| for nomination were announced weeks
ago. Probably there will be no con-
tests at the primaries among Demo-
cratic aspirants to the offices.
Gladys Smith, colored. and Tony
Rodrigius. her Mexican stepfather
were found guilty of larceny by jury
| in Judge George H, Whitcomb's di-
vision of the Shawnee county district
court. The case went to the jury
shortly after the noon hour Friday
and verdict was returned in a short
time. The girl worked for Mrs. C. r.
| Whitmer, 521 Topeka avenue, and it
was charged she opened a window so
| her Stepfather could reach into the
house and steal furs lying on a couch
| near the window.
| Two Topekans were elected to Of
fees by the Kansas Medical society at
it's annual meeting held at Kansas
| City, Kan, this week. DR.. w. S. Lind
say was chosen as president of the So
| ciety, while DR.. L. H. Mum of To-
| peka was elected treasurer. Other Of
| ficers elected are: DR.. c. D. Blake
of Ellis, first vice president; DIR. E. E.
| Liggett of Oswego, second vice pres
/ ident; DR.. J. L. Everhardy of Leav-
enworth, third vice president; DR.. L.
F. Barney of Kansas CITY Kan, sec
rotary. The 1919 convention will be
held at Ottawa.
DR.. stephen S. Estey will preach
| Sunday evening at o'clock at the
First Presbyterian church on the sub
ject, ION the Bargain Counter" The
| reading of letters from military men
ill the service and the following spe-
cial musical program will make the
meeting very interesting one: Mod
Grafton" by Borowski. violin selec-
ton with organ accompaniment, Miss
Helen Pbipps; Prayer" by Chad
wick, the church quartet; "Andante
| ReligiSo." by Thome, a violin selec-
ton, Miss Phipps; THE Lost Chord"
by Stillwell, the church quartet.
Using wheat substitutes for wheat
cakes and other foods has been urged
on all restaurant men by the govern
ment's food administration. Compli-
ance with this request is a mark of
patriotism, altho the wheat cakes
aren't as good as in the days before
the war. 1t is currently rumored that
certain restaurants in Topeka are talk
ing advantage of the patriotism OF
others and are serving old fashioned
wheat cakes while the patriotic pro-
prietors are serving wheat cakes made
from wheat substitutes. An investiga-
ton is under way and if the rumors
prove true a report of the facts will be
sent to Walter p. Innes of Wichita
state food administrator