The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-15
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

DIR. Karl A. Menninger. nervous and men
tai diseases. ~ Kan. Ave. to 3--Adv.
The ministerial association will hold
meeting at the Central Y. NJ. C.. A Monday
morning at 10 O'Clock.
Abe Pozez, of the Western Iron and
Metal Co. has returned from three weeks
business trip east of Chicago.
The central W. c. r. U. will hold a meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Fred James, 213
Tyler. street, Monday afternoon at ESQ
O'Clock.
Monday evening ut the Knights of Co
lumbuS hall Julia Mcclure will have
charge of the program.
The Topeka Engineers club will hold
their monthly dinner February a at Pei
letters tea room at g 80 o'clock. The pro
gram will follow the dinner
Sunday afternoon at Labor hail at $50
O'Clock the delegates of the Labor Union
league will meet to approve their fayorite
candidates for the coming city primary cleo
tion-
at so Dr. L. ]. KuIp will be the speaker
of the evening. Every man in Topeka who
wishes TO attend is invited.
H L. Harries, for seven years manager
of the National Biscuit company office in
Topeka. is to leave within the EeXt few days
for Phoenix, Arizona. where he will make
his home. His family moved to Phoenix
about two months ago. Harries is brother
of q. L. Harries of the Union Pacific rail-
road.
a.. III.
Pnrdy 800 Fillmore street stolen last
night from in frint of Steinbergs dance
hall, was found this morning in a rock
quarry near Kansas avenue and Twenty
fifth street, stripped of tires and rims
The thieves have not been apprehended
Purdy said the ear was taken between 8
and Il o'clock while he was attending the
dance and the matter was Immediately re-
ported to the police and sheriff.
Adjutant and Mrs. Harry Smith, who
have been in charge of the Salvation army
hut at ClmD Funston. conducting q
series of special meetings in Topeka to-
night and Sunday morning and night. The
at Funston since its erection. They are
Salvation army workers with a long service
record, which they declare to be we'll
rounded QUITO 4 certain eXtent-by their
work among the boys at the cantonment.
The meetings tonight and tomorrow are the
last of the fifth annual Ihid-winter camp
meetings of the army in Topeka.
The Topeka Hallway company. recently
sued III the district court by the West
the amount of the insurance on the goods
in the G. W. kouns home. which burned
last February, filed a motion today ask
ing that the plaintiff be required to make
its charges more definite and certain by
stating in what respect the street car EN-
ployes had been negligent, what their
negligence consisted of and how long the
fire company was delayed in putting out
the fire by reason of the hose being severed
company charged that it was because the
hose had been cut that the fire was not
eXtlnsulshed in time to prevent loss of the
furniture.
The Supreme Tribe of Ben Hur, a fra
ternal insurance order with headquarters
at Charlottesville. Ind, is made the de-
PENDANT in suit brought this morning
in the office of the district court by A =,
Crooker. 966 Underwood avenue, to col
lect S7G3-GS which he. claims the company
owes him as commission, travelling ex-
penses and salary for the time he was in
their employ as state manager of Kansas.
Croker alleges that he entered into an
oral contract with Il. H. Gerard, supreme
chief and general manager, on September
Il, 1916, to write insurance for the com
pany in Iowa and act as state manager in
Kansas. He says he received his salary
according to agreement until June 4 1917.
but charges that there is considerable
amount in travelling expenses and commits
sion due him. M