The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-18
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

When checks were handed shop
employees affected here today, the
Santa Fe railway finished paying a
total of 100000 bonus to its help in
Topeka alone. The bonus represents
10 per cent of the wages paid the re
spective employees in the six months
preceding January 1. The total bonus
on the system was 100000.
No curtailment of street car sched-
ules will be made this week as was
threatened because of the fuel short
ages, according to officials of the street
railway company.
Roy Long, a negro, has been iden-
titled by David jacobson of Marys-
Vile. as one of the men who held him
up Wednesday night and took check
the Silver Moon pool hall on lower
Kansas avenue with officers and picked
Long out of the crowd. The hold-up
occurred in front of the pool hall
Public installation of officers of
Amity Temple. Pythian Sisters, No.
los. will be held Friday night This
will be the regular meeting of the
order.
The new officers elected for the
Hi-Y club for 1918 are: Ed Nc
Nerny, president; Joe Hick. vice pres
ident: Clayton Wolf. secretary; Will
liam Neiswang treasurer.
Sergeant Kohn. in charge of the To-
three recruits Thursday. Marion P.
Haskell of Topeka was assigned to the
30th field artillery at Fort Sill; Carl
Clark of Harrah. okla, was assigned
to the coast artillery; and Roy H.
Owens of Argonia, Kan, was assigned
to the infantry.
Tonight at Lincoln Post hall the
members of Fraternal Aid Union No
1902 will give an entertainment. Mu-
steal numbers, readings and addresses
will make up the program.
| The Walnut Grove NJ. E. church has
a new method of eliminating coal
waste. The church has decided that
| hold the meeting of its Sunday school
board at the home of J. H. Mills, 1924
Harrison street, and that the Friday
night meetings of the Boy Scouts will
hereafter be postponed till warmer
weather.
| The annual banquet of the Metho.
| dist Social union will be held next Fri
day night at the First Methodist
church. Bishop H. c. Stuntz of Oma-
| ha will be guest of honor and speaker
of the evening. The annual election
of officers will be held at this meet
ing.
Shelving for the new library at the
high school is now being put in place
in room on the third floor of the
north building. The shelving is il
| the shape of steel wall cases, paymen
for same being authorized by a ce
cent action of the school board. BE.
sides appropriating the sum for shelly.
spending of $500 of each years tuition
money fer books. The books selecte.
each year are chosen from a list mad.
up from the needs of the different
departments of the school. Principal
Stout said this morning that the new
| III fay~a y
the opening of the spring semester
next mouth.
The first definite step in the organ.
ization of tae Junior Chamber of Com.
merce were taken at the high school
| Thursday afternoon. A tentative con-
stitution was drafted, eighty-four BOYS
| signed up as charter members and
plans We're made for completing the
| organization today.
President P. P. Womer of Wash
| burn college is unable to be at his
office this week, being confined at hi.
| nome on account of illness. 1t wa:
stated at the college this morning thai
he is not considered dangerously il
but his physician has ordered him t.
days.
Iopekans who are in the habit O,
gong to Kansas City and staying un.
I'll midnight will have no occasion +,
90 SO Wnep the new fuel conserya itor
order goes into effect. The street.
VIII be dark along with the cabarets
the theaters and other places man,
Topekans often frequent.
| The catholic Ladies' Aid society will
give card party this evening at As
sumption hall at $50 O'Clock.
The appointment of Miss Leaf
Lewis as assistant city treasurer. ;
newly created position. was approved
this morning by the city commissio,
upon recommendation of w. III was
son, finance commissioner A tech
nicality in her bond resulted in IL
approval going over until the mex