The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-05

forum as one event of several in the
interests of Health Week. December 5
20 II, inclusive The meeting is open
to the public.
A Ford car belonging 20 NJ. G. Lee,
621 Tyler street, developed a short
circuit Sunday evening. and was badly
damaged. The fire threatened the
garage, but was subdued by the fire
department before doing much dam
age. Lee is a salesman for the Poehler
Mercantile company
Memoirs of Washington will be
the subject of DR.. Charles NJ. Sheldon,
editor of the Christian Herald, will
discuss before the brotherhood of the
Central Congregational church at 0:SV
O'Clock Tuesday evening. He Will tell
of his interviews and acquaintance at
the conference table in Washington.
The Rev. J. T. Crawford. executive
secretary of the Kansas Baptist con-
vention, left today for Omaha, Neb-:
where he will attend a conference OF
workers of the West Central district,
comprising of Iowa, Nebraska and
Kansas. for the purpose of discussing
plans for the Baptist new world move
ment.
Ed Rabe. Of the Rabe Brothers
Meat Market, has purchased two
farms eight miles southwest of To-
peka, from Mrs. Susanna Shields, also
the residence at 102 Woodlawn ave-
nue. and four building lots in the
Washburn district. Rabe will stock
the farms and supervise their opera
ton.
Meetings will be held at the Firs,
Presbyterian church every night this
week by DR. Henry c. Rogers, pastor
of the Linwood Presbyterian church,
of Kansas City. Mo. DR.. Rogers is
one of the foremost men of the Pres
byterian denomination in the United
States. Special music will be fur
nished at the meetings by the church
choir
C. H. Thomas today filed a petition
in the district court asking a divorce
from Helen I. Thomas. He alleges
that she has refused to keep house for
him and that she stays out nights.
About November 1 she went to Kan
sas City and later went to California.
where she is said to be residing now,
according to the petition. They were
married in October, 1917.
Prof. William A. Erwin of Wash
burn college. addressed the Washburn
Sunday evening open forum, Sunday
evening at the Central Congregational
church on THE Economic Conse-
.quences of the War" Some of the
creased world the debt, smashp-up of
world trade, the increase in living.
costs, the unemployment and the de-
struction of man power.
The Central Y. M c. A volley
team will play the Lawrence ~ team
on the Central ''Y'' court December
4. This will be the first inter-asso-
citation game of the season. The team
will be chosen from the following: r.
B. Jencks, c. A. Marker, Joe De Frees,
w. P. Snyder, A. A. Remington, L. A.
Corlis. r. E. Burke, l. r. Manley, J. j.
Lowrey. A. H Mulholland, W. p. Will
liams and r. D. Palmer. The team
will consist of six men.
The Oakland Methodist senior team
forfeited its game to the First Evan
gelical team in the Sunday School
Basketball league Saturday night by
falling to appear. The scores in the
intermediate division were: Trinity
"a, Lowman 8; Evangelical IS, East
Side NJ. E. S; First Christian II. First
Baptist 10; Westminster %, United
Presbyterian IA. In the senior league
the Lowman team defeated the East
Side Methodists by a score of Is to y.
District superintendent and agents
Of the New England Mutual Life In
surance company will meet at the
listen to an address by Glover s. Hast
ings of Boston, perintendent of
agencies for the company. Hastings
is being entertained during his stay
here at the home of Frank B. Parker.
official of the company. Parker will
dents at a banquet at his home. after
the meeting at the city hall.
The Union Pacific announced today
that it would run a special train De-
cember 20 from st. Marys to Kansas
City for the benefit of the students of
st. Mary's college going home for the
holidays. The train will leave st.
Marys at 1870 o'clock in the after
noon, just ahead of regular train No.
104, and will arrive at Kansas City in
time to make all of the evening con-
nections out of that city No specials
will be run from Lawrence and Man
haitian at holiday time, but all of the
regular trains will pick up extra
equipment at those points. it was said.
W. ]. Stage was elected commander
of Lincoln Post No. 1, G. A. R., at the
annual election of officers held Sat
urday. Seventy-two members were
present. The other officers elected
were: George Hanley, senior vice COM
mander; n. L. Flinton. Junior vice
commander; Henry Bernard, officer
of the day; John W. Kempton, officer
of the guard; DIR. A. NJ Edison, sur
geon, and the Rev. J. 8. StearHs, chap
lain. The appointments OF the COM
mand elect will be as follows: r. H.