The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-29

Nell Scribbler.
Colored people of the city will meet
this evening with Miss Hortense Rig
ley. 624 Western avenue, to form a
war work organization.
A raid on the home of Maggie Ly-
ons, 226 Jackson street. Sunday night
resulted in her arrest on a charge of
having liquor in her possession.
W. w. Russell, captain of company
A, first colored battalion of the Kan
sas State Guard, orders the company
to meet tonight at 7:45 o'clock at the
armory, sos Kansas avenue.
The playground baseball league will
play the last of its series of games.
except the championship games, Tues
day. Quincy will play Washington at
City park; City park will play Ripley
at Ripley park and Polk will play
Westlawn at Willow park.
A local agent for some company
publishing war maps and books per-
tanning to the progress of the war has
produced the latest thing in a selling
argument. If a merchant refuses to
| buy of her wares she gently accuses
him, in a roundabout way, of being
| pro-German.
Forty apprentices were initiated into
the local machinists at a recent meet
ing. A committee also was appointed
to meet with the walters and cooks
union. with a view to assist in fur
nishing funds for the support of the
union cafe that has been established
by the striking cooks and walters.
T. NJ. Euwer. 1927 Colleg average.
has received word of the safe arrival
overseas of his son. c. T. Euwer, who
enlisted with Forty-seventh engineers
June Is. With Euwer was Raymond
Ewing who lived near Highland Park.
Both young men were with the en-
Lie - T.
The arrest of Frank and May
Thompson, on a charge of being
| drunk, and of Emil Smith, who was
with them, on a charge of having Ii
quor in his possession, was made by
Patrolman Rufus K. Frazier. Smith
! is supposed to have thrown away a
pint of booze when he saw the. officers
| coming.
DR.. w. w. Burks, former pastor of
the First Christian church. who has
entered war work for the Y. NJ. c. A,
will be guest of honor at an informal
at o'clock tonight He will leave
Tuesday to visit friends in Walla
| Walla, Wash, before beginning his
| new work.
| The playground association will
stage an interplayground croquet
| tournament at City park Friday morn
| ing, under the management of J. E.
r. Barnes, playground director. Both
singles and doubles will be played.
| Entrants will be in two classes, those
under IA years of age and those be-
| tween IA and II.
A community sing was held Sunday
night at the Central Y. NJ. C. A, at
tended by a large crowd. A feature of
| the evening was an address by Percy
| Atkins, of the state personnel COM
mittee for the Y. NJ. c. A. who told
of the community singing of the SOL
diers at the Y. NJ. C. A. huts in France.
Atkins has been with Y. M. C. A.
abroad.
Topeka Is to have a campaign to put
chickens in every backyard. John L.
Phren. extension poultry husbandman
of the bureau of animal industry, is in
Topeka laying plans and making ar
engagements for the conduct of the
backyard chicken campaign in Sep
TENDER. Headquarters for the cam
paign will be at the county farm
agents office.
i John Everett Brown of Tecumseh.
Jesse c. Holler of Hoisington and
Harry E. Ferguson. Route s. North
Topeka, will be sent Tuesday to Van
couver barracks, in Washington, from
the Shawnee county draft board. They
have been indicted into the spruce
production division of the national
army, which is engaged in the prepa-
ration of native spruce for use in
building. airplanes.
!, Miss Kitty Tandy, Red Cross home
service section agent at Junction City,
has adopted four motherless children.
But she will not train them to call her
mother under this special kind of
adoption. which is purely a Red Cross
service. The adoption was made be-
cause the children's mother has died,
the father is in the army, and minor
children can not receive directly the
government allowances and the faith
er's allotment. -
A service flag will be dedica ted
Wednesday night by Royal Neighbors
Camp 14S at the Knights and Ladies
of Security hall. The Junior Painter
orchestra will play patriotic airs, a
ia bleau will be given with the singing
of America. Call to the Colors' will
be given by a bugler. Mrs. Lena Law
son and Mrs. Vada Moranville will
dedicate the flag, Miss Ceora Lanham