The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-20
TO TAKE THE TOWN
Thirty-Fifth Division Boys To
Be Given All Privileges.
Police and City Officials VIII
Step Out of Office.
LADIES' BAND MEETS TRAINS
Heringt0n Organization VIII
Be on Hand for Reception.
Reduced Railway Fares Assure
Big Attendance.
LADIES' BAND MEETS TRAINS

Mayor Herbert J. Corwine and the
city commissioners are going to step
out of office Sunday. Monday and
Tuesday of next week and turn over
the keys to the city to the men of
the Thirty-fifth division, who will be
in Topeka on those three days, attend
ing their annual reunion. This an
nouncement was made by the mayor
this morning, with the intimation that
the police force probably would go
on a vacation at that time also.
The city will be theirs" was Mayor
Corwine's comment. We've got to
show those boys a great time"
The mayor. thru The State Journal
today requested all business houses
in Topeka employing members of the
Thirty-fifth and other ex-service men,
to let those men off next Monday and
Tuesday, in order that they may at
tend the meetings of their units.
Ladies' Band Meets Trains.
An added incentive to Thirty-fifth
came today with the announcement
by Virgil Lawrence, secretary of the
reunion, that the famous Herington
ladies' band, which played at the ma
tional Republican convention in Chi
cago, will meet all trains, beginning
Sunday morning, and escort all dele
cations to the state house.
All local ex-service men, whether
they are members of the division or
not, are invited by the reunion COM
mittee to attend the meetings and
participate in the parade. Ex-service
men from other cities in the state also
are invited.
Reduced Fares
The announcement by the Western
Passenger association of fare reduc-
tions to former soldiers attending the
reunion is expected to swell the at
80 Co.
for round trip tickets has been grant
ed, according to ]. NJ. Connell, general
passenger agent of the Santa Fe, tc
apply from any point in Missouri oil
Kansas, effective today. All that il
necessary of the puddle" to get in or
the fare cut is that he show his dis
charge papers or other evidence tina
he was a member of the Thirty-fiftf
division. Soldiers who haven't re
ceiyed their discharges are urged Il
write to the ad1utant general of theil
state for a certificate showing tha
| they were in the division.
A big feature of the reunion will o'
| a barbecue for all Thirty-fifth men a
/ Garfield park Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock.
No Sore Feet Here.
b Delegates to the reunion will not ge
sore feet from walking while they arr
in Topeka. Business men and citizens
OF the city are going TO see TO tnat
The entertainment committee ha
asked all persons owning autos to fur
nish cars for the soldiers while the.
are in the city. A sign. containing tn
division insignia and the Frencl
phrase, "Entree 81 vous plais' (ente
| II you please), will be put on ever.
car thus donated.
| Senator James A. Reed of Missouri
has accepted the invitation of the com
mittee to address the convention AM
will be on Tuesdays program. Senatoi
ICapper will speak on the same day
An address of welcome by Mayor Cor
wine and a speech by Congressman
johnson of South Dakota are on Mon
days program.
When the visitors arrive Sunda.
they will go first to the state house L
Register, then to the Chamber of Com
merce where they will be given billets
Another meeting of the local Thirty
fifth division committee has beel
called for Thursday evening, o'clock
in the house of representatives at tn
state house. Several members of tn
! committee were out of the city an
unable to attend the meeting Sunday
Decorate Kansas Avenue.
| Kansas avenue will be -all dole
lup" for the reunion. The Elks' clu
will have charge of decorations alon
the white way and the floats.
Motion pictures of the Thirty-fift
lin France and other war films will b
shown