The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
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AT HOME NEWS


4 s. J. Shook business manager OF
Striclller's Topeka Business college, is
attending the convention of the Ma :
! tional Federation of Commercial
Teachers association at Chicago.
A X Gowans. Austin Tex, is the
new assistant superintendent of the
| United States geological survey in To-
peka succeeding L. l.. Grant, who re-
signed to become an instructor of the
| Montana state college of agriculture.
| In view of the fact that Washing
| toms birthday falls on Sunday. the
annual banquet of the Kansas Demo-
crat club will be held February %.
officers of the Bourbon organization
in charge of the program.
| s"Race Improvement" will be the
| subject of the Rev. A. E. Gregory's $
lecture to his Bible class Sunday at
| 10 a. m. at the First congregational
church, corner Seventh and Harrison
streets. 1t is especially desired that
the older members will be present. All
are welcome.
| Helen p. Julian has been named
| assistant secretary of the civil service
commission. She succeeds Mrs. Will
| c. Hindman, formerly Miss Daisy F.
| Seller Mrs. Julian. is experienced in
state house work. having been en-
| ploycd in various offices and depart
ments of the capitol building
| The first annual ball of Local 1870,
| International Association of Machin-
| lists. will be held tonight at the l. o.
o. f. hall. SCI Quincy street. A mu-
| sical program has been arranged, fea-
turing Mrs. Ona May Miller Briefer,
| the celebrated Chicago harpist; Mrs,
1 Charles Laird and Miss Genevieve
| Schuler There will be dancing from
$50 to 1880 o'clock.
Robert D. McGiffert, city commits
sioner. lost the last souvenir that
Heinie gave him in Belleau wood,
hospital Friday. surgeon removed
from McGiffert's back pieces of
shrapne1 splinter that had been over
looked in former operations and left
imbedded there. McGiffert stopped
work only long enough to go out to
the hospital and back.
Supt Fred Painter of the city water
department was the victim of an auto
wreck Friday. Painters car was hit
at Sixth and jefferson streets by a
touring car driven by A. j. McKim-
mey, garageman. Mckinney as
sumes blame for the accident, accord
ing to Painter. and will pay the dam
ages to the truck, including two
| broken wheels. smashed fender,
wrecked body. torn top and a few
broken rods.
After he had promised to pay for
Glenn was discharged in the court of
Topeka Friday afternoon where he
faced a wife desertion charge. Glenn
has been working in the oil fields and
his wife had filed suit for divorce, he
told the court. He stated that he sent
her s62 for two months after the filing
of the suit and arranged credit for
her at a local grocery store. Mrs.
Glenn lives at 4OS Polk street.
The supreme court today granted
the state a stay pending the filing of
final briefs in the Pigley- Wiggley
cases. The suits came before the su-
preme court from Sedgwick county.
| Rights of the Pigley-W Wiggley corpora
ton to amend its rules regarding use
of fixtures after having entered into a
contract for their use, form the basis
of the suit. The action was brought
by a Wichita company to enjoin en-
foreement of the Pigley-Wiggley de-
mands
Robert B. Pope age ~, who died
December 15 at the home of his
daughte", Mrs. w. A. Morgan, OF Neo-
desha, Kan, where he had made his
home the past two years, was well
known in Topeka having lived here
for thirty years. A general failing in
his health, eliminating after six
months in a complication of diseases,
was the cause of his death. He is
survived by his wife, a son, I. II.
Pope, San Francisco. and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Geo. W. Sleighter, San
Francisco, and Mrs. Morgan Funeral
services were held at the Neodesha
Catholic church at 9 O'Clock Wednes-
day morning, December II. Burial in
Neodesha Catholic cemetery.
Following many kicks against the
proposed new sewer in the Lowman
Hill district, three letters were received
by the city commissioners today from
residents in the neighborhood affected
favoring the project. J. w. Woodford
1859 Washburn. T.. NJ. Washburn,
1877 Washburn, and Mrs. Mary L.
Chamberlain all wrote that conditions
in their district were upsanitary be
cause of the lack of proper sewerage.
They say the odor is bad and that the
water in the wells-there is no city
water service-is made unfit for use at
certain times of the year. Washburn
stated i'll his letter that he formerly
had opposed the sewer. but had
changed his mind. The petition for
the has beeu granted