The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-17
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The Jayhawker club Will meet at 6 90
O'Clock this evening at its monthly dinner
James T. Mullen james Q. Ebby and T.
+. Prout will represent Topeka at the last
department of the National y. NJ. c. A. COM
mittee to be held in Chicago February 20-21.
H. L. Quail, 1919 College avenue. has just
returned from Cleveland. Ohio. where he
has been visiting his father William Quail.
ST.. who is seriously ill and is not ex-
pected to live.
The women's Relief Corps No. of Blue
Post No. $50. has moved to the A. O. [. W.
ball at S31 North Kansas avenue and will
meet the first and third Tuesdays of
each month instead of on Monday, as here
tofore.
Sparks from the chimney falling the
shingle roof started blaze about II 30
owned and occupied by w. {. Johns. Mt DO
Madison street. The fire was distinguished
before serious damage resulted.
Some one laid n lighted pipe on dresser
scarf at the home of w. A. Lindemood
1000 Fillmore street. Sunday, afternoon. A
little fire started on the dresser about 3:4o
o'clock The fire was out before the fire
company arrived The dresser scarf was
badly damaged The building was owned
by Mrs. l.. L. Corwine.
Joseph f. Reisner. formerly physical d.
rector at the Central Y. NJ. C. A. in To-
peka and now in Y. work in France. has
been transferred to work with the 11Ith
ammunition train of the Rainbow division.
according to Il letter recently received by
his brother. Reisner has been on duty at
made up of Kansas and Missouri boys, in
Guiding about seventeen Topekans.
Reconstruction as advocated by the
United States department of labor will be
explained to the business men OF Topeka
at the Chamber of Commerce Friday noon:
Louis Wallace, of the lecture department
of the labor bureau. is>to lay the important
facts to the government program before
the diners, and, according to the an.
| nouncement of the meeting, he will reveal
some facts in the program which deserve
| the most serious consideration of every
| business man.
1t was announced Sunday night that
| Rev. John A. McAfee has been called to fill
| the pulpit of the Westminster Presbyter-
ian CHURCH. Rev. McAfee is now chaplain
come to Topeka about April l. He is sc
years old and has lived much of his life
at Parkville.. Mo-. before entering the min
| Westminster Presbyterian church has had
/ no pastor since September Is. when Rev
Ralph Ward resigned. Rev. H. S. Condit
absence of a regular minister.
! A call for material which the soldiers
in the reconstruction hospital at Fort Riley
might use has been sent out by the Mill
tary sistefhood of Topeka on the sugges
ton of Mrs. Leonard Wood, who was IL
| Topeka few days ago. Yarn and knitting
needles, bits of leather to make purses ant
silk or velvet to line them with: crochet
hooks. materials to be woven in rag rugs
/, pictures for scrap books and games of nj
kinds are the things the men need most
It is said Reeeptaeles will be placed il
4 II
| Topekans may leave their donations.
The Topeka police force can preserv,
| order in the city without the aid of mill
| tary police, iif the opinion of Chief Uar
baugh aid Mayor J. L. House. Five M
| rs who called at the police station Sun
day morning and reported to Chief Hair
baugh were told that their services were
not needed, and that the local department
i was able to handle matters to good ad
| vantage. The men then inquired abou
| their meals. intilnating that the police, de
1 APARTMENT was expected to feed them. bu
Chief Harbangh informed them that tn,
] only way they could eat at the eXpens;
of the city would be to violate some of the
| city ordinances and get arrested. Where
| upon they took leave of police headeuar
tiers. apparently indignant, according tC
| Chief Harbaugh.
II. L. Harries, who for the last year has
| been connected with the Triton Bros
| grocery on West Sixth avenue. in the
| capacity of manager, severed his connec-
| tfons with that firm Saturday and left
| for Phoenix. Ariz., to make his home. The
move is made for the benefit of Mrs Har
ries's health. Mrs. Harries. with her two
children and her father. J. ID. Sullivan, left
| two months ago, and Mr.. Harries goes t.
join them. Mr.. Sullivan. who is well ac
| quainted in ToDeka, having been pro
| pr.etor of the Sullivan Art store ovel
| twenty years. will make his home will
! them in Arizona. Before going with Frit
| ton Bros. Mr.. Harries manager of tbs
| National Biscuit company branch store il
| Topeka. Charles peyton will succeed Mr.
4 HurriPS rs manager of the IFrittOn RtOr1