The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-17

meeting Tuesday at & 80 at the Elks club.
Herbert J. Corwine will be the speaker
of the evening.
experiences in Red Cross work in the West
Indies at the Current Topics dinner tonight
at the Central Y. W. c. A. at 6 10.
Fire companies were sent to the resi-
dence of George Anthony. at 11o7 West
Tenth street. at about 10 o'clock this
morning when when sparks flying from
the chimney ignited the roof. The damage
resulting was trifling.
Lieut.. Henry II. Merriam. who has been
an instructor in the branch of chemical
warfare in the United States army, has
been appointed associate to. Secretary c. A.
Caster, in charge of county work for the
Y. NJ. c. A. of Kansas.
The students of the Catholic high school
will present The Passing of the Third
Floor Back at Assumption hall tonight.
Miss Helen Woods. Miss SIS Frances Layden,
leading parts. The play will begin at S:15
o'clock.
The citizens of Oakland will hoN a,
evening at s O'Clock for the purpose of
putting union ticket in the field and NOM
mating candidates for the following city
and five councilmen.
Sewers are clogged with mud, sand. grass
and other debris 1t was the clogging of
sewers about town under the pressure of
the excessive loads of water carrying all
sorts of litter that caused much of the
uous downpour gave no opportunity for
this water to run off.
Only the mud and the depth of the water
on North Kansas avenue saved Arthur Free
man, an inspector for the Topeka Railway
company, trip to the hospital when he fell
from the roof street car saturday night.
Freeman was assisting in splicing a trolley
wire. He was leaning" against it when
it broke further down the street. He fell
| into the mud and water below but was only
The Merchants Association Bulletin is
the newest in Topeka's list of publications.
| The new paper is issued periodically by
| Chamber of Commerce. 1t is printed on
both sides of piece of mimeograph paper
and has circulation of thirty. Oliger is
editor. reporter, devil and pressman of
the publication.
Slugged and robbed of $3.50. as he was
on his way to his home at us Winfield
o'clock Sunday evening. He was just one
him in the back of the head. While in Il
semi-conscious condition he was relieved
| of 500 in cash and the remainder in Santa
| Fe checks
| east part of the state will be inspected
this week by S. d. Flora. He will spend
| he will install a new river gauge at Blue
| Itapids on the Blue river. Weather sta
tons at Manhattan, Blue Rapids. Ran,
| Beatrice. Neb., will be inspected. The sta
| ton at Beatrice is the only station outside
| OF Kansas under Flora's supervision.
| The Rev. f. w. Spencer, former pastor
| of the Walnut Grove Methodist church, and
for the last two years, pastor of the Ere
| donia Methodist church, will be assigned
/ by Bishop Leonard to one years work in
] France. The Y. NJ. c. A. authorities have
1 already chosen him for special inspira tional
| work overseas, and he has been asked to
| report at New York at the earliest possi-
BILE date, prepared for early sailing
The annual meeting of the women of the
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| Presbyterian church will be held April :
| and at the First United Presbyterian
| church at Eighth and Topeka avenue. 1t
| will be held under the management of the
| Womans Missionary society of the church,
| of which Mrs. w G. Shaw is president.
About fifty delegates are expected. who
| will be entertained in the homes of the
local church members.
| At a memorial service held Sunday night
at the First Presbyterian church. a gold
| star was placed on the service flag for
| Lieut. John Carver. who died in New
! dedicated which placed a cross for
| every member of the Presbyterian church
who has entered the ministry. the Y. NJ.
c. A. or the. Y. W. C. A. work, or who
| is in missionary service.
/ The Second United Presbyterian church
won the Junior league basketball cham
pionship Saturday night at the Central Y.
NJ. c. A from the Central Congregational
team. The following boys members
of the Second Presbyterian team: Putnam
Rice captain and guard Dean Gascoigne.
guard @ Dan so Scott center Center Darwin Gas
Turner guard.
into Topeka in spite of all the bone dry