The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-16

Often, as q gay deceiver,
Natures really hard to beat,
Fer instance, when she claims that parsnips
Are actually good to eat
Dance tonight-Keilam Halliday.
Ralph Emmett Wilson. s1s Elmwood
street, was sent to Camp Funston to-
day from local board No. H..
Miss Maude L. Clare, former prin-
cipal of Belvoir school, has accepted
| a position in the city schools of To-
peka.
Charles Vaughn. of Kansas City. ar
rived today to accept position with
the L. c. Smith Typewriter company
He Is to take the place of Guy w.
Fraser. who will be in the University
Of Kansas this year.
Harry r. Carson, 41S Jefferson
| street, and Jose Martinez. of Topeka,
were sent to Camp Funston today from
| can. but he is also loyal American
citizen which he proves today by going
to don the o. D.
| Rev. J. H. Van Lieu. negro min
| lister of Wichita, was injured in an ac-
cident on East Sixth. avenue. when the
was riding, gave way under the load.
] Van Lieu was thrown to the ground
and two of his ribs were broken.
| Mrs. Lucia o. Case. who has beer
studying with the Unity Society of
Practical Christianity. is visiting in
Sunday morning at the New Thought
| meeting at Unity church, 914 Topeka
| avenue. All persons interested are
| invited to attend.
| w. L. Porter, director Of the boys
working reserve, left today on ten
| attend a national meeting of the
| directors of the reserve. Porter eX-
/ poets to have time after the conference
to take a trip to New York City and
other points in the east.
/ Harry G. Larimer will give lee
ture on the Dardanelles and Bulgaria
Wednesday evening at 1880 o'clock al
the ]. C. Wood home. 311 Clay street.
If the weather is favorable the audi
ence will have seats on the lawn. and
| If not, the lecture will be given in the
house Everyone interested is invited.
The Cooperative club will resume
its regular weekly meetings on Tues
day, September II, at $3.50 o'clock at
the Elks' club Officers will be nomi-
mated for the coming year. Members
who cannot attend should notify the
4 secretary, w. r. Falkiner, so that ar
rangements can be properly made.
| Justice r. A. Burch has gone to the
hospital for a slight operation. He
underwent an operation a. few years
ago for appendicitis and the incision
is to be reopened for a permanent re-
lief from some disturbance which fol-
lowed the first operation. He expects
to- be back at his desk in short time.
| Ralph H. Cav. probate judge. per-
formed a double wedding ceremony
Saturday afternoon. when he married
John M. Collingwood. of Pretty
Prairie. Kansas; to Mabel Larson s,n ct
wood. of Pretty Prairie, to Mary e.
Hbdgson, of Efnporia. The bride
4 grooms are brothers.
4 Herbert Dick, who enlisted in the
army last March, has arrived overseas.
according to word received by his
;32D Polk street. After his enlistment
he was sent to Fort Riley and assigned
to evacuation hospital No. Is, where
/ his service won him a promotion to
the position of assistant to the chief
surgeon.
| Sergt. Carl Lnge, of the sanitary
department at Camp Pike, is visiting
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs C. Linge,
Of Republican avenue. He enlisted
in the BAT ambulance company last
fall and was transferred in April to
the sanitary detachment at Camp
Pike. He is in charge of supplies.
:. Before enlisting he was engaged in
| chautauqua work.
Mrs. C. r. Silverthorne, wife of DIR.
c. r. Silverthorne. died at o'clock
Sunday afternoon at her home,
Twenty-first and Topeka avenue. She
had been in poor health for some time
and returned recently after taking
several months treatment in Chicago.
She is survived by her husband and
two daughters. Miss Sylvia Silver
thorne and Miss Portia Silverthorne.
4 The furniture struck stolen last Fri
day from the garage OF Frank Hum
bert, 213S Lincoln street, was returned
Sunday by Undersheriff Bob Miller,
who found it in a cornfieid on the Silver
Lake road where the thieves had left
it 1t is said that the truck was push
led out of the garage and cranked UP
when the next corner was reached
The thieves are still at large.
1t is possible that military training
will be incorporated in the course OF
study at the Topeka Industrial insti-
tue.r according to an announcement:
made following an inspection of the
institution by the officers of Company
A, First battalion. Kansas State Guard
| The military training instructors will
! be the officers of the company IL the
, prospective arrangements are com
,, pleted.
c. A. Reid. of the firm of Crane q
: Company. has accepted position a.
. advertising man for the Kansas. City
Paper house. and he and his family
expect to move to Kansas City October
. I. Reid has been identified with Ma
sonic bodies in Topeka and the Cha m
l Der of Commerce. He has been In To.
peka since 1899. and for some year.
; he has been superintendent of the
Crane & Company printing plant.
The Coy theater will be remodelec
!. and rebuilt to twice its-present size
according to statement today by Mis-.
Ruth Wright, manager of the house
The theater will be remodeled to in
elude the building it now occupies and
the one to the south formerly occupied
by the Ratman Candy Germany. TIT
: new theater will seat 2.009 persons
I will have an augmented orchestra. and
will be a feature play house ezclu
:, siveIy.
5 Physical Director Bolton, Of tn,
4 Central y. M. c. A.. announced toda,
e that the Y gym, will he cIased all WeeJ