The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-29


The committee of AS will meet all day
Saturday at Labor hall. One hundred dele
gates are expected to attend.
All issues or Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 534 Kansas avenue.-7Adv.
Ada NJ. Eidridge today filed a petition
for divorce from Elmer Z. Elaftdgs. she
married December Z. 1897.
the Prudential Trust Co. for Pepp's Coal
Building. Phone 4S2.-Adv.
L. A. ChEstai was elected delegate to
the fortieth annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor at Montreal
at a meeting held last night.
Frank Corliss, 54s East Gordon street, to-
day WIS arrested charged with passing a
worth. North Topeka coal dealer. Coriiss
denied his guilt and claims he had money
In the bank to meet the check.
A French Memorial diploma for Arthur
Foster. who was killed in service with the
marines In France. has arrived in Topeka
addressed to Sampson Foster, the boys
father Efforts to locate the elder Foster
have failed, and the diploma is now at the
navy recruiting station. so Kansas avenue.
The father is requested ta-cali and get it.
A watch stolen from the W. W. Baird
in Kansas City this week by Bob Miller.
undersheriff Information sent to the Kan
sas City police by Miller resulted in the
Identification of the watch by Miller and
Baird who went to Kansas City. The
clothes and furs stolen have not been re-
covered
peka was rendered Wednesday by a Jury
in Judge James A. McClure's division of
the district court in favor of Naomi Carl
charged that she fell over a defective brick
| in a sidewalk. The accident occurred on
Circle street near Walker avenue.
First prize in the "Katcha -Koo" ticket
selling contest was won by Miss Katherine
| Rabe 1916 Western avenue. Miss Evelyn
| Myers. 62S Van Buren, street. received sec
Van buren,, got the third prize A large
audience witnessed the second performance
Of "Katchn- Koo:" presented Wednesday
| night by the Order of the Eastern Star al
| the Grand theater.
| trip 20 Washington. d. c.. is the re
ward won by f. +. Jordan, 81 Tyler
manager of the Tyler Magazine agency
scriptions TO the Youths Companion in q
recent contest. Jordan will not take the
ing P' BEEN confined to his bed for fifteen
! years. Mrs. Jordan will go as snbsti-
! tute for her husband. She viii leave fol-
| Washington Saturday.
The Christian Endeavor society Of the
West Side Christian church will hold ths
regular business meeting and social Fri
| day evening of this week ut the home oil
! Mrs. Frank Drayer 335 Orchard street
| The refreshments will be brought IN May
| baskets and the baskets sold for the bene'
| fit of the society. Mr.. J. F. Marsh is presi
| dent OF the society; Mrs Malcolm Jones
secretary. and Clyde E. Hampstead, treas.
! urer; Miss Viola Wagner. vice president
| The Girls Outing club of the high schoo
will give a vaudeville performance Friday
night. Classic dancing, blackface comedy
well-trained sextet. representations, ar
orchestra and an unusually good chorus
| are features of the program. Among thost
4 who will take part are Helen Campbell
Florence Corey. Edna Curtis. Julia Me
| CURE. Dorothy McClelland. Bernice Wow
rer.~ Maggie Packard. Myrtle Prosser, Nil
dred Scott. Ann Shaffer. Gertrude Teets
/ and Emma Lou Westbrook.
/ Topeka motorcar dealers and service mer
held banquet Wednesday evening at the
Chamber of Commerce. 1t was given as
| substitute for the regular meeting of tbs
| Topeka Auto Trades association. Tn,
| dinner was attended by $50 men. I'm
mediately following the dinner Harr,
White and George Goldman, representing
! a firm manufacturing an electrical starter
| and generator, displayed a film picturinl
| the workings of the equipment. A comedy
film was furnished by Miss Ruth Wrigh
| Of the Cozy theater.