The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23

-C1r-C1nBie.
Frank Harbaugh. chief of police, has
gone to Usage county. Oklahoma for a ten
days vacation.
, The meeting Of the Grace Cathedral Guild
scheduled for November 20 has been post
poned to December 4.
The state charter board has approved
the charter application Of the Range -Four
pay is capitalized at $1JO,OO0
Walter Thompson, for many years in the
furniture business in Topeka, suffered
slight ni stroke Of paralysis at his home, 535
Clay street, this morning
Mr.. and Mrs. Thadeus B. Tinsley of
Arkansas City are in the s,r eity visiting me-
Tinsley has been attending the Scottish
Rite reunion.
serst and Mrs. Herbert Rupe have re-
turned to Boulder, Colo. after visit to
Mrs RUPEES sister. Mrs. Merrill Beatty and
Mr.. Beatty. Sergeant Hupe is stationed at
University hospital.
Sunday dinner please phone the Central \.
NJ. c. A. and register tie number OF boys
desired. Forty boys were provided Tor
last Sunday. There will be more this Sun
day.
As the result of an attack of influenza.
T. II. Wright, formerly Topeka newspaper
as de eto at Of the Joliet News Wright
was originally from PHILADELPHIA. but came
to Topeka from Galena in October, 1917
DIR. S. S. Estey will speak Sunday morning
subject, Building New World In the
evening at Z 30 he will speak on The Spy
System of Germany and American Diplocl-
acy." The public is invited to these ser
vices.-Adv.
A petition was filed in the office of the
federal court here this morning by three
eastern corporations asking that VIM. M.
Jones, an Atchison merchant. be adjhdgeI
a bankrupt. He has become insolvent the
petition alleges, and his liabilities total
! nation for n new trial WAS filed in tie
office of the district court this morning
by the attorneys for Anton G. Schoenhosen
| Travellers of America. Schoenhoven sued 20
| recover $2,S9S.5S and the jury a few days
ago awarded him $1,7S7.5.
Eugene l.. Smith, well known newspaper
! men, died of influenza This week at his
Tri-state News at Elkhart. He was form
also had been engaged in newspaper work
in Dodge City. Elliuwood and Sublette.
The members of the Christian church of
Oakland have indefinitely postponed the
and other features are expected to CON
Conducted along 5n'i the line of eorreiatns the
| themes with the later work.
Many people are worrying because they
have not received their September cheeks
| on ailotments from the government. Ac-
| cOrding to Information received from tine
| local Red Cross home service section it ap-
been mailed out aitho they have no expIana.
| ton to offer as to why this delay should
be existant.
A piece of music has been written by
Chief Hanlon, and was accepted for publ.
cation by firm in Pennsylvania. Miss
bunker named the composition "Poinciana
| Waltz. After the printing of the music
100 copies were sent to her and she found
it renamed Love Throbs Waltz" much t.
her embarrassment.
| rto
arrested by Detective Augustine Alba Friday
! night on the charge of stealing about j:
and a ticket to Horton from Mrs. Spencer
Of Sixth and Jackson streets. at the RJcl
| Island depot. The Terrez woman denied
the charge and her son offered to pay tol
the loss but the. police are holding the
| woman for confession.
A pocketbook containing more than 81:
was stolen Friday night from Mrs. T
| Brusher, Twelfth and Fillmore streets. Mrs
Brusher who had placed the pocketbool
IN drawer In her kitchen table only
few minutes before and returned to tn,
living room, heard noise and re-enteret
Inc Kitchen m, to see a negro just making
A judgment of $50 against T. 2. Oliver
1914 West Sixth street, was rendered I,
II. d. Harner of Clay Center, by a jur]
Friday. afternoon. The SUIT was the re
suit of an automobile collision April II
1917. on the Silver Lake road in whicl
both cars were badly damaged. The cas-
was first tried in the court of Topeka whel
Harner brought suit for $295.
Two Topeka hunters who spent fou
days hunting near Dover returned Frida
night and admitted that they killed onI
six rabbits. One tells that the other she
at farmers 1r yellow cat, thinking itswa
ports: conceived the idea that he couI
stun his rabbits by shooting close to ther
enG aToi and fea sbo r the but final
same result as when he tried the she
shock method.