The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-13
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All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 534 Kansas avenue--Adv.
Meetings of the industrial committee OF
the Chamber of Commerce scheduled for
this noon and tonight have been postponed
indefinitely.
d. i. Shirk, president OF the Kansas
Orphans home has gone to New Orleans,
cial workers
Don't forget to make your payments at
the prude I Trust Co. for Pepp's , Seai
Buiiding.l Phone 4ss.@AdT. va
Miss Gretchen Pugh OF Manhattan and
Miss Martha Trinder of Lawrence have re-
turned to their homes after short visit
Shirk.
The Red Cross Home Nursing class win
meet tonight in the high school building
at 30 o'clock. number have enrolled
for this class, as well as for the afternoon
class which met at 80 o'clock today in
the high school.
A petition signed by residents Of Lane
tenth street. asking that that block be
paved, was presented to the city commits
sloners today Aitho contracts for city
favorably on the petition.
John Strach. IS was found guilty
on statutory crime by jury in Judge
trict court Monday. Judge whitcomb 10.
ferred sentence until May 5. Anna Gerlins,
being father
OF her 6-months-old baby.
If Washburn college were choosing the
president of the United States Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood would be the selection. ac-
taken Monday morning during chapel ex-
ercises. Herbert Hoover received the sec-
ond largest number of votes. while Gov
ernor Allen was the third choice.
Ben Lawton was sentenced to not more
than ten years in state prison for breakln.:
and entering the Third Christian church.
Third and Lake streets, sunday night Re
noon, I-awton confessed to breaking into
the city library on the state house grounds
prior to his attempted burglary at the
church Sunday night. "Robbing chnrchc,
| was so easy IT became 4 habit with me
Lawton told the judge.
In order to boost the movement
/ baseball team at Washburn college, Judge
\ Rad Lee spoke this noon at the Chamber
OF commerce asking the support of the cit
| liens OF Topeka in making it possible for
Nashhurn to maintain team. Music was
! furnished by Fredo quartet Of Washhurt.
fcomposed Of George Crawford. KIM.
nady. Hugh Russell. ana Lloyd Stewart.
business men were urged to buy season
I tickets for the home games.
Owing to the protests of business men
I on West Seventh street. the American
street between Seventh and Eighth. Adj.
John Bergen, commander of the local post
/ told the city commissioners at their meet
ing today. Rather than enter into any
( differences with the West Seventh street
{ business men, said the commander eve
/ have decided to withdraw from that section
! and stage the carnival on Jackson between
Seventh and Eighth"
The city commI ssiouers this morning
/ nnon the motion of w. $. Hancock. com
missioner of streets instructed TN, city
/ clerk to advertise for bids for the repair
ing of the sidewalk and hand rail on the
! epst side Of Melan bridge. bids To he ne
companied by a $500 check. The clerk w"s
also instructed 10 advertise for bids for the
resurfacinS -nf the south half nnd mart 81
work must he acc"mpa nied by $50 chnci--
( All bids must he in by 1880 o'clock
, Thursday. April -.
! Seventy nine new members were receive
SUNDAY ut the quarterly communion So
! vice Of the First prnshvterinn church.
John n. Prg'it and II. W. Jones wern eioc'-
% ruling elders, at the ANIMAL meeting .
/ Walker and W. r.. Monroe. were elot.f -
T., tho board of trustees. Funds raised
for hanevnlo-re during tho wear totar-,i
80 o0a. and for current expenses. sIto01.
The vanr closed with no deh.s or ontstard-
! ing bills and balance Of 81 coo in thr
hnnf. During the year 1S6 members were
! received. The resident membership now
numbers loo.
! rirst b"~ors in tho school children's COW
| fest an 'he cost Of tobacco and alcohol
nupil Of Quincy school TTe was preso"tci
With 81 nv tho county union Of the w. e.
! 7. L. Chil1rnn who won dollar priz"s- were
| Aneaheu GILL George Howell. Rrannrr
e"honl- Alec Stevenson. -Iohn andersen.
: Mckinley school: Mary Dickhrtc. Jo~o,'h
wilson. Tov-man school. Tklian W"ir.
'roiIircr school: 1rena Todd Gtenwood Nc
Tsne summer school: Edith Yocum Ernest
/ Colemaa. State school. Louise Schwartz.
| vrran ru-nt> district school: Gladys Clark.
! Highland Park school.
! THE citv commissioners at their meeting
| today nasSed upon final reading nm ordi-
! rrnce making 1t unlawful for any trash
| eions. rubbish or ruth Of any kind 10 he
/ th-own or dennsited in the public streets
alleys or marks. Owucrs. occuUnute
~.-cnfe or lessaes Of buildings anywhere in
! the city are niSo required 20 KEEP the snace
/ In tho rrar of their huildir~s IN Glenn
/ nnd s-nitarv condition. Within thirty
( dsvs rfter tho o-dipan"e becomes n law nv
] r,nhlient'on in The State journal. metal
-occntacles ~ proof. must J." provid"i
! for ~uch rubbish. The rereptncles must he
-.rnt'H.l often as cleanliness and SANTA
! ton demands.
New York su-ar Market.
! New Work, For. J2-Su%sr futures closed