The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-13
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Melvin Adams Booth will deliver
the morning sermon at Trinity Meth
odist church Sunday. His subject will
be Building the Temple"
Willie Reed, a negro, was bound
over to the district court Friday I'M
der $1,000 bond on charge of hold
ing up c. d. Jones. shoemaker. at
1873 North Kansas avenue.
i w. Cline, travelling auditor for
tho Union Pacific. left today for Ia
coma. Wash. on his vacation. He
expects TO be gone about two weeks.
His family left for Tacoma about d
week ago.
Mrs Jennie Croft. teacher and lee
turer from the Unity school with
headquarters at Kansas City, Mo. will
speak at o'clock Monday afternoon
at the Truth reading room, Ill West
Sixth avenue.
The Rev. A. Peterson of Wichita
aIea. who has charge oT the EpwOrsh
league work for shat area, will speak
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock at Trinity
Methodist church on The Challenge
OF the Morning"
John Davis, formerly of Topeka,
who for the past six months had been
I'm the contracting business at Albu-
querque, n. NJ, has returned and to-
day took up his duties as service man
ager for the Wood Motors company.
Oran Layton, scoutmaster of Boy
Scout troop No. 10. took his troop on
a tour thru the telephone exchange
Friday night. Everything was ex-
planned to the boys by an employee of
Inc company, who conducted the troop
thru the building.
Otto Cutler, manager of the Poeh-
Ter Mercantile company. with his fam
lily. left this week Tor Yellowstone
National park where they will spend
their vacation. 1t was stated at Cuff
lcr-r office today that he would be
away until September l.
4 stroll with a young woman he
met on the street Friday night cost
Lewis Moore negro $22, he told the
police. He said he walked, on East
Sixth avenue with the girl and that
they sat down and talked for some
time. When he left her, he said, he
missed his money.
So far Miss Regina Schmidt is the
only active candidate for queen of the
labor day parade but others are ex-
nocted to get into the race. The con-
test will close at midnight August 81.
The winner will have the honor of rid
ing at the head of the labor day pa
rade September 5.
A special train, carrying delegations
from Illinois and Ohio to the colored
Knights of Pythias convention, ar
rived in Topeka this afternoon over
the Union Pacific, and four more spe-
cial trains will arrive Sunday over the
same road. They will bring delegates
from several southern states.
Two lunch rooms having accommo-
dations for 500 persons have been
erected on the state house grounds to
accommodate the crowds of delegates
to the knights of Pythias convention
which will be here next week. The
lunch rooms are screened in and are
protected from showers by canvas
tops.
Country club-Santa Fe street car
struck a delivery wagon belonging to
the w. o. Anderson Commission COM
pany, on East Fourth street this
morning, but due to the heavy weight
Of the wagon no damage was in
flicted. Both car and wagon were go
ing west when the wagon swerved in
front of the car.
The dining and billiard rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce were closed
after the lunch today for the remain
der of August, while they are reno
waited and redecorated. They will be
opened again for luncheon on August
20. The dining room has not been
closed, except on Sundays and holi-
days, for nearly three years.
The rain storm of Wednesday was
expensive for the city street depart
ment as it will cost $4,000 to repair
damage done by the storm. it is esti-
mated Dy commissioner W. ,. nan
cock. Driftwood on the streets is the
principal cause of expense. Thirty
men and twelve teams have been-busy
Gee ring the driftwood since the storm.
Three Kansas towns. Salina, Hutch
inson and Topeka, won the three
highest places, in the order named, in
national sales contest which the Ma
tional Cash Register company held
during the month of July. The COM
panys Topeka branch, which won
third place in point of sales made, was
first in the collection of outstanding
accounts. according to Tom Black
burn, manager.
Work will be started next week on
the construction of a deck in the CEN
ter of the VCiland- Engel clothing
store, which will give the firm about
500 feet of additional floor space.
The basement room of the store is al
ready being enlarged to provide more
space for the shoe and juvenile de-
partments. This company's business
has grown so fast during the past few
years that the additional space is bad
~ needed.
Rafael 'Alejos, Mexican, who shot
and seriously wounded Camilo Dofnin-
guez near First and MADISON streets
several weeks ago, was bound over to
the district court for trial Friday by
Judge Paul Heinz in the city court.
Dominguez, who was shot four times,
had recovered sufficiently to testify
at the preliminary hearing. For
many days he was not expected to
live. one of the bullets having passed
thru his right lung.
Property owners in the benefit dis
tricts where new paving is being laid
may save ten years interest on paving
expense by paying their assessments in
full before Monday night, August Is.
At the commission meeting on Tues
day city commissioners will declare a
ten per cent bond issue with full ten
years interest to be paid regardless OF
payments by property owners. The
cost of the paving projects this year
is approximately s2SO.OOO, of which
the city pays 60 per cent.
Several Topeka merchants have sub
scribed to the entertainment fund for
the big Knights of Pythias convention