The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-27
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

+ Noon Iunch. Cremerie cafeteria.-Adv.
i Dance today, 3 p. m. School D. m
Social S.50--Steinberg' 'ss-AdE.
A burglar last night ransacked the
home of B. f. Hadden. los West
Twelfth street, from top to bottom but
| found nothing he wanted. He entered
| by prying up window.
The walk at Ninth and Kansas ave-
nue. is to cost the city $i,31l. accord
ing to contract let Wednesday to
George Senne. 1t will be constructed
/, as a bridge across the excavation. ac-
counting for the high cost, and will be
finished in about twenty days. The
cost of the bridge is to be charged up
to taxes on the property.
There are fifteen babies in Topeka
who will not have much appetite for
big dinner today. They had their
Thanksgiving Day dinner Wednesday
and what a dinner it was-chicken,
creamed potatoes and dumplings,
fcranberry sauce and apples. The
beneficiaries of this bounteous repast
were the babies that are kept at the
day nursery of the Provident assoeia-
| club gave the dinner.
| Forty members of the medical de-
| tachment of the Fourth Kansas in-
| fantry, commanded by Major c. c.
| Lull, attended an entertainment at the
armory, ia East Seventh street,
| Wednesday night. The second platoon
won . 30-minute company drill. Pri-
vate owens threw Private Williams in
a wrestling match in two and one-half
minutes and Fred Taliaferro and Clar-
ence Jones boxed three rounds. An
oyster supper and smoker followed.
Charging him with being responsible
for the delicate condition of his daugh-
ter, Jasinto Barreso, a Mexican, swore
to a complaint against Andres To-
ledo, another Mexican, who was ar
rested by Detective Augustine Alba
Wednesday night. Barroso, who lives
at 10 n. Jefferson street, also claims
that Toledo stole $50 from him. In
and. while intimating that he know
where the money is. refused to reveal
its location.
The "kindergarteners'' weren't 60
ing to be left out. No, siri When
the pupils at Lowman Hill school were
| asked for contributions to be brought
to school Wednesday for the Topeka
Orphans home, the Kindergarten was
overlooked thru mistake. They made
a kick. The teachers told them they
were welcome to contribute and, as
the little folks go to school only iu the
morning, they had to walk home aid
and back thru the freezing cold-six
or seven blocks for some of them
for their gifts. Within half an hour
twenty VI the youngsters were DdCk,
bringing canned fruit and bags of
| cookies for the less fortunate children
at the Orphans home.
G. W. Rourke. of Topeka, will be
appointed general manager of the Ell
Paso & Southwestern railroad Janu-
ary i, the date the roads are expected
to be returned to private control, ac-
| cording to a rumor prevalent here. Mr..
| Rourke was formerly assistant general
manager of the Rock Island lines in
! Topeka. A. E. Sweet, formerly Rock
| Island general manager here and later
vice president of the Denver & Rio
| Grande, will be chosen president of
! the Ell Paso, system, according 10 fair
Ely authentic information received by
railroa d men here. Mp. Sweet is now
federal managers of the road. For sew
| eral years. Mr.. Rourke was, superin-
| tendent of the Kansas division of the
Rock Island at Heripgton and later
was transferred to Illinois. where he
held the same position. Later. follow
| ing an illness. he was superintendent
| of terminals for~the Rock Island at
Kansas City He. is widely known in
western railroad circles.