The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-13
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME EEWS

! Noon lunch. Cremerie Cafeteria.-Adv.
Dance tonight at Steinberg's.-Adv.
The Topeka branch of the Aid As
sociation for Lutherans has elected the
! following officers for the next year:
| w. F. Weber president; Otto L.
Rain, vice president; George Klein,
secretary; ]. II. Smith. treasurer.
| The fuel crisis in most of the
rooms of the city building has passed.
! Larger radiators have been Installed
in many of the offices. The lower hall
of the building still is frigid, however.
| In fact. it has been suggested that the
city store ice there for next summer.
! Another case of diphtheria was re-
ported to the city health department
I today and three cases were released.
making the total number of cases now
( in the city six. The latest victim is
Viola Weaver. Az Lafayette street.
Altho the weather has become inereas-
| inGly bitter, the number of flu cases
/ still remains at two.
! Fire companies were called out on
two small fires this morning. The
| first at o'clock, occurred at the resi-
dcnce of c. A. Jennings. 710 West
atreet A defective stove pipe thru the
roof was the cause The other was at
1113 Monroe. the home of A. Messin-
ger Sparks from chimnew were re-
! sponsible. Damage at both places was
/ small.
When Garfield park opens next
spring it will have a new lighting sys-
tenn, according to supt. Fred A.
Painter today The new lights will be
on ornam entail poles, instead of being
strung from trees as heretofore and
will be safe. The series circuit, pre-
Viously used, carried 1900 volts of
electricity. but the new multiple light
ing system will carry only 110 volts
Kelsey B. Gardner. president of the
student council. says the refusal of
Elliott Belden to edit the Washburn
Review unless he receives s5 a week
| is equivalent to a resignation and
| therefore the council viii take no ac-
/ fion except to elect his successor.
Belden was elected last spring with
the understanding that he was to re-
ceive only his tuition. Gardner said.
Restaurants and public refreshment
places must sterilize their utensils to
! prevent recurrence of an influenza
epidemic. The city health office will
see to it that the rules in this regard
are strictly enforced. Notice of the
importance of insisting that these reg
ulations be complied with was sent out
by the health department The board
adopted the regulation at its last quar-
terly meeting.
In the State Journal OF Friday an
Particle appeared stating that N. A.
Johnson. for whom a warrant was is
SdS3 Win q
lodging bill a. the Chesterfield hotel,
sold the Book of knowledge" This
was an unintentional error as Johnson,
tho book agent, was not the agent
for the Book of Knowledge" which
is sold in Topeka by a well known. re-
putable citizen. The statement wa
based on faulty information received
from police officers. johnson was ar
rested in Wichita today. it was an
nounced by officers. and a deputy
sheriff went to that city today to bring
him back TO Topeka to stand trial.
The supreme court today main
tanned Jurisdiction in the case of the
Perfection Metal Products company
of Topeka. Quo warranto proceedings
before the court involve the right OF
certain stockholders TO dispose of ma
jority interests Of stock without ap-
provai by other persons interested IT
the affairs of the corporation In ar
order today the court overruled mo-
ton to dismiss the action and gave t
the defendant interests twenty day
in which to answer. The action in
wolves a controversy between ma jor
ity and minority stocf. interests in ths
recent transfer of control of the com.
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