The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02

Dancing tonight-Kellam Hail.
Adv.
E. Carpenter of 1O7 East Twelfth
street left Thursday evening for Den
vor. wllere he was ordered to report
| for duty in base hospital No. 29.
The choir of the ST. Johns Evan
geIical Lutheran church will meet to-
risht al O'Clock for special rehearsal
with M Ernest Hillmer, 201 Tyler.
Committee No. 2 of the First Con-
gregationaI church will meet Monday
afternoon at 2:3O O'Clock at the home
of Mrs. l.. H. Greenwood, 1921 West
ern avenue.
Thelma Bowman, the little daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Bowman,
1911 Kansas avenue, who underwent
a serious operation at a local hospital
Friday, is improving nicely.
T C. Kirkpatrick, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, announces
that a concert will be given in To-
peka Sunday afternoon, March 10, by
the men of the 353rd All-Kansas Regi-
mental band.
Mrs. 2. B. Morse has taken out
building permit for the construction
of new front to her building at $50
Kansas avenue. The building Will
cost $500 and will be finished about
the fir st of April.
THE Book of Revelation-the Sup
posed Prophecies" will be the sub
ject of Or. Arthur S. Henderson's lee
tu1 e to MS Bible class Sunday at 10 a.
m. at the First Congregational church,
corner of Seventh and Harrison
streets.
A missionary program will be Civ
en- Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock by
the Young Peoples society of the
Swedish Mission Bethel church. The
young t.eople have been supporting a
mission in South America for num-
Of nd he
taken for the benefit of that work.
The rial in police court of twenty
or more girls, picked up recently on
the street in the course of the cam
paign to rid the city of undesirable
women, resulted Thursday afternoon
in an uitimatum from George Hayden.
city attorney. I'VE are not going to
allow you any peace until you have
packed up your traps and made tracks
to another place." Hayden told the
girls.
Charles Thomas and Sam Childs,
two negroes wanted for stealing about
1000 pounds of copper wire from the
Manhattan-Junction City interurban
railway. were picked up by Police Of
ficers Cock and Furgason late Friday
afternoon. When discovered the ne
groes were Srying to sell a sack con-
tanning fifty pounds of the wire to the
Blacker Brothers store, Fifth and
Quincy street, for SO, the police say.
Fire at 10 o'clock today damaged a
frame dwelling house at 1901 East
Eighth street. The house was occu-
pied by the w. H. Price family, and
owner of the property is w. M. Bacon.
The house is a two-story building, and
the damage sustained was about
$500 on the building and about $50
on the contents. The cause of the
fire was sparks falling on the roof.
Departments No. 8 and No. were
called.
decrease in the number of mar
riage licenses issued during February,
as compared with the same period last
year, is noted by Miss Anne Ballard,
clerk of the probate court. The num-
Der of licenses issued this February
was SO. and last February the number
was So, making a decrease of 20 per
cert. Licenses were issued Friday to
Jessie T. Winston, IS, Maple Hill; also
to Rafael r. Rodoignes, 80, and Marta
Arcola, %, both Mexicans, of Topeka.
thoro investigation by the court
of their case is asked in an answer to
proceeding against them filed Thurs
day evening in the district court by
Carrie NJ Carney and Sadie McAllis-
ter teachers discharged from the ne
gro Industrial institute here. The
teachers say they were fired, be-
cluse they refused to testify in favor
of William r. Carter, principal of the
school, when the principal was re-
Gently accused before the board of
trustees with having intimate rela-
tons with girl student.