The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-06
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All issues or Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. S34 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
Don't be wish I had" Buy stock
how in Pepp's Coal Savings Plan. Topeka
Coal Co., Elks' Building. Phone 4s2.-Adv.
Members Of the Builders club met at din
ner at the Chamber of Commerce Wednes
day evening. Judge W. L. Higgins. of the
industrial court, gave detailed explana-
ton of the workings of the court. Some
boxing bouts followed.
La Verne Smith, II, and Wesley Sneed,
Il, North Topeka negro boys, have COLI
fessed TO forging several checks in North
Topeka. according to the police. They
trial in the Juvenile court
The district convention of Pythian Sis
ters will be held Saturday at the hall, Sixth
and Quincy streets. There will be school
fication of rituslistic work in the evening.
All Pythian Sisters are invited.
Officers elected at the annual meeting Of
the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A "wednesday night
son. vice chairman: A. W. Harper. re-
cording secretary; George Sorenson. treas
urer; and T. E. Prout. general secretary.
who was elected to serve his twenty first
year.
James r. Barton. formerly OF Topeka.
and Glenn W. Curtiss, will open "A tire
NJ. about May u. Glenn w. Curtss was
branch manager for the Firestone Tire &
Rubber company at FL Paso, Tex. Barton
was salesman for the company in north
ern New Mexico.
All of Topeka's ten cent stores are to
close at six O'Clock during the summer
The Kresge store was the first to comply
with the request of Miss Lima Bresette
secretary of the industrial welfare commits,
sion, to start closing on Saturday ut u
O'Clock. The woolworth store and the
Metropolitan have now entered the agree
men,
Harry Hurley. sol Jefferson street. con
fessed to the police Wednesday that he
was responsible for breaking front plate
glass window in the Merchants National
bank He said he had been drinking and
could not remember the circumstances Ihe
window was valued at $3.50. Hurley made
settlement with an insurance comaanz
and was released.
Mrs. Ruth Swearenger, formerly a clerk
for Crosby Brothers company, was ser
Wednesday when she was knocked down
by an automobile. A broken arm and poe
sible internal injuries were the result az
the accident, according to word received III
Topeka by Mrs. Charles Miller. sister
in law who works at the Crosby Bros. store
Robert Graham, negro. in the county jail
charged with a statutory offense against
a Il year-old negro girl. has been accused
of similar offense against Maude Brandon
IL -year-old sister of the girl who made the
original complaint. The Brandon family
lives at 1904 East Fourth street. When ar
rested Graham was out on parole from
state prison for improper relations with
another school girl.
]. S. Galitzky left for New York Wednes-
day evening to attend q Jewish celebration
in honor Of the return of Palestine TO the
Jews. Five thousand dollars is being raised
by Topeka Jews for the restoration fund nd
Galitzky look with him a check for $2,Ooo
according TO Ike Gilberg. Gilberg says i
big celebration of the event IS being plan,
ned in Topeka on May Il The celebration
in New York is on May 9-1O.
Because of their creditable participa-
ton in debates of the college, thirteen
Washburn students have been awarded
VS." They are Geneva Ssybold. Helen
ner Laura Rohrer, Marie Wentz. Kelsey
Gardner. Leo Becker: Burton Wasser, Low
VII Ward BIgce GeOT Se only for "H
was awarded to Lyman King.
Col. It. W. Scudder. Topeka, was elected
president Of the Military Order Of the
Memorial building wednesday afsernoon.
other officers elected included w. A.
Carnahan, Dodge City. senior vice com
vice commander: A. v. Denton Arkansas
City, treasurer: ]. T. Taylor, Leavenworth,
recorder; W. II. Mapes, Emporia. registrar.
washburn college has decided that Fresh
men girls as well as Freshmen men should
wear the insignia of their class, and at
mass meeting OF the student body on
"Wednesday. law was passed that all
band. The new law provides that caps
and arm bands shall be worn from the be
ginning or the fall term until AFTER the
Thanksgiving day football game, but will
not be required in the spring.
Topeka nurses who are planning to at
tend the annual convention of the Kansas
State Nursing association at Wichita May
II and p are Miss W. Pearl Martin
president of the Topeka Public Health
Nursing association: Mrs. c. G. Bailey
supervisor of the Topeka Public Health
Nursing association: Miss Theresa Smith
superintendent of Stormont hospital; Mis-,
Anna Henry, superindent of the Topeka
tuberculosis sanatorium; Miss Louise Ken
ringer. superintendent of Christ hospital
Miss Neva Anderson, secretary of the To
peka Alumnae association, and Miss Mary
Alexander, county school nurse.
New York Stock Market.
Wall St, New York, May 6.-STOCKS-
Today's stock market again derived its