The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
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and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenlIe.-Adv.
Buy your residence burglary and
theft insurance from George L. Tuer
and save money. Phone 1897.
NJ. H. Mexican, student secretary of
the state Y. Ne C. A, left today for
Hays, Kan, where he will address the
students of the Hays Normal school.
Topeka high school will hold a pep
assembly Thursday morning in prepa-
ration for the Topeka-Lawrence game.
novel program is being arranged by
the booster club.
Valiant Lodge. 1856. K of P. will
initiate large class of candidates to-
night in the Rank of Page. Work
starting at p. m. sharp. Eats after
work H. DuckWorth, Chancellor Com.
ADV.
The directors of the Y. W. C. A
have raised s75 which they will send
to the Pueblo Y. W. c. A. to assist
in rebuilding the association. This
was raised by personal pledges and it
is planned to increase the amount to
500.
The social committee of the student
council of Topeka high school is MAX
ing arrangements for an all school
party. The tentative date is Deem
Der i 6. 1t will be a Christmas affair.
This will be the third all school party
| of the present semester.
C. B. Merriam, of the Central Trust
company. gave talk to the students
of Dougherty's Business college this
morning on the subject of banking
and financial conditions. This is the
first of a series of talks that have
been arranged by the college.
B. V. Edworthy, state boys secre-
tary of the Y. NJ. c. A, left today for
Emporia on business for the Older
Boys. conference. While on the pres
ent trip he will go to Wellington 70
address the Hi-Y club and will ad-
dress the Lions club father and son
banquet at Arkansas City.
Denial that he was cruel to her was
made Tuesday by William Miner, 900
East Eleventh street, in an answer
and cross petition to his wife's petition
for divorce filed in the district court
Mrs. Miner had asserted in her petit
ton that he had abused and beaten
her freQuetIy in a most brutal and in
human manner.
The theft of two bicycles was re-
ported to the police Tuesday after
noon. A Columbia wheel belonging
was taken from the Central Park
school grounds about o'clock. A
Shawnee bicycle belonging to Harry
Hahn, 314 Monroe street, was stolen
from in front of the Best theater.
The First Presbyterian team de-
IeaIeQ the EVanSel1Cdl ny d SCOi
of % to 10 in the intermediate d.
vision of the Sunday School Basketball
league Tuesday night. In the senior
division the Trinity Methodist team
defeated the East Side Methodists, p
to IA, and the First Presbyterians de-
feated the Latter Day Saints by
score of 43 to IL.
Plans for the construction of new
annex to the Euclid Avenue NJ. E.
church, were started at a meeting of
the congregation held Tuesday night
The annex will be used as a Sunday
school room, recreation room, ana
dining room and will cost about 49, 600.
]. H. Sutton, pastor of the church,
heads the building committee, with J.
E. Mckee, DIR. c. N. Mertz and c. B.
Mitchell as the other members.
Charles R. Weeks, of Manhattan,
secretary of the Kansas State Farm
bureau, will deliver an address at the
special meeting of the Shawnee Coun-
ty Pomona grange, at 1880 O'Clock
Thursday afternoon at the Central 4
NJ. c. A He will outline the plans
for the cooperative marketing by the
United States Grain Growers, Inc, ana
will describe the contracts which Will
be made with individual farmers.
Topeka high school students have
purchased enough tickets to assure
the special train via the Santa Fe to
Lawrence Friday for the Topeka
Lawrence football game. The game
will be played on the Haskell Institute
field as work is still progressing on
the Kansas university stadium. The
special will leave Topeka at 1 O'Clock
and will run to India, Kan, a small
station adjoining the institute, and
will return Immediately after the
game.
The court of industrial relations will
make no change in the wage scale of
Wichita Railroad & Light company
employees for at least sixty days. An
order of the labor court keeps the
present wage scale in rorce until Jan
uary l 5. Employees of the street rail-
way company are working under a
wage award made effective in July,
1920, and supplemented in November
of the same year. An application was
filed by the company for a wage re-
duction.
Fire caused damage to the amount
of $500 to the building occupied by
johnson & Beck, plumbers. 900 Kan
sas avenue, at 4 o'clock Tuesday after
noon. A gasoline tin upset and fell
into a plumbers furance. The chief
ing which is owned by out-of- town
parties. The loss is covered by insur-
ance. The girls working next door at
Pelletier's, filed out of the building
when the alarm was sounded. but
there was no fire in their building.
Life was real and life was earnest
for the happy street car men this
morning. Greasy" tracks, slippery
with the unusual amount of moisture
condensed on rails and pavements,
made the sand cars extra work. To
add to the confusion a car went
wrong at the end of the Washburn-
Twelfth street line. and there were
four regular and extra cars gathered
at the end of the line before the mess
was Strengthened and any of them
could start return trip. Washburn
college students were not made late
to class, but there were many vacant
desks downtown for some moments
after the hour for starting business.