The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-03
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| Phone 5050.-Adv.
The ladies of the English Lutheran
church will hold a food sale at Crosby
Bros Store, Sat, Feb. ADV
] A special meeting of the city COM
mission will be held at o O'Clock Sat
urday morning. chiefly for the pur-
pose of passing the pay ordinance and
the bills for January.
T. F. Doran will address the regular
meeting of the Saturday Night Liter
airy club at 1880 o'clock Saturday eve
ming. The meeting will be held at
los West Ninth street
A roof fire caused by sparks from
| the chimney of the house at 706 Clay
street, resulted in approximately $50
/ damage to the building, at 10 O'Clock
this morning. The house is owned and
! occupied by A. c. Heating.
| Dr. Ernest L. PihIblad. president of
/ Bethany college. delivered a lecture
/ on Sweden at the high school audi
! forum Thursday night. He gave an
! illustrated lecture on his journey with
| the Swedish Choral club of Chicago.
The new mezza nine floor, encircling
/ the entire main floor of the Zercher
Book company's store at 521 Kansas
avenue has been completed. The
nezzanine floor will relieve the crowd
ed condition on the main floor, due TO
! lack of storage facilities.
Maurice Streckenfinger, of Scranton
J Washburn law school student body
/ THURSDAY. Other officers elected
were: Miss Mary Williams, Beloft,
vice president; Keene Saxon. Topeka,
secretary and treasurer, and Joe Moss,
of Topeka. sergeant-at-arms.
Notice Machinist Local 1870 and
"a l. A. of NJ. will have a joint meet
ing for the purpose of completing a
ladies' auxiliary All members ara
requested to bring their wives AMI
daughters. mothers and sisters. Music
and dance after meeting at labor hail
tonight Signed Fred Red, President;
T. j. Travin, Private Secretary.-Adv
A new restaurant is to be opened
about February Is at 116 West Fifth
( street.-the quarters formerly occupied
by the Cole Motor Sales company
John Vlessides, proprietor of the One
Minute Lunch at sos North Kansas
avenue. will install the new business
The room at 116 West Fifth is to be
remodeled for the installation of the
new restaurant.
The police Thursday evening were
asked to look for Winfield Romig, 6
years old, who disappeared from his
home, 1116 Harrison street. 1t is be-
/ He is described as five feet, five inches
tall. weighs 100 pounds has blue eyes,
light hair, round face. slender build
and wore dark trousers, dark red
plaid mackinaw, q green cap and
brown shoes.
Delegates to the state Democratic
convention to be held in Topeka. Feb
ruary % will be chosen tonight by
members of the Shawnee County Dem
| ocratic Central committee who will
meet in Klingaman's hall, 116 East
Sixth avenue, at O'Clock. Col. Lee
Hunt, of Rosedale. and r. W. Blair.
! of Topeka. will be the speakers to-
mic a1
of as a likely Democratic candidate for
! governor at the coming election.
| The annual retreat of the clergy of
! the Kansas Diocese of the Episcopal
church, commenced at Grace Cathe-
| dral Thursday night, and is continuing
today. All the Episcopal clergy of the
state, with the exception of two, are
present at the retreat. On Saturday
Bishop Wise and his council will hold
their annual meeting, preliminary to
the opening of the annual Diocesan
convention, which will open Sunday
| and continue for three days.
The condition of Miss Faye Slower,
1919 West Eighth avenue. who was
| seriously injured in the auto accident
at Tenth avenue and Van Buren,
| streets. in which her mother, Mrs. Il.
| d. Slower. was killed, is reported i'm
! proved today. Altho she suffered 4
| fra tured pelvis a fracture of her left
leg and severe body bruises and GUS,
it is believed she will recover. She
! is now quite rational. physicians said.
! Miss Odessa Engleman, of Kansas
| City, who was also hurt in the acct
/ dent. recovered sufficiently to go to
her hOme-
Suit for the collection of three
promissory notes of $2,50O each, which
with interest amounting to a total of
! $S.256, was today filed in the first
/ division of the United States district
| court at Topeka by David r. Forgan
! ct al, trustees. under the name of the
| Commerce Acceptance Trust" of
! Chicago. ILL.,. against D. F. Urschel. of
i Florence. Kan. 1t is alleged that
! Urschel executed the three notes in
| May. 1921, in favor of the Saxon Mo-
| tor company, which in turn endorsed
| the notes and transferred them to the
! Chicago concern.
As the result of a desire to see how
| a revolver would look strapped on his
! hip. Jose Garcia. q, Mexican. today
| is suffering from a severe bullet wound
! in his left leg at his home, 312 East
| First avenue. According to informa-
ton obtained by Jacob Barrientos.
Mexican officer who investigated the
case, another Mexican was endeavor-
/ ing to sell Garcia a revolver. The
| young Mexican started to put the re-
/ volver in his pocket when it was ac-
| cidentalIy discharged. the bullet en-
| tering the calf of his left leg and COM
ing out near mis- heel.
Frank Foster wanted in Iowa on a
first degree murder charge, may be
I eXtradited and sent to that state to
face a death penalty. He is held in
Wichita in connection with the killing
of a patrolman and is alleged to have
been a member of the famous Eddie
Adams gang. The Kansas case against
Foster is not entirely conclusive. Evil
dence indicates number of eye wit
es1es saw the Iowa killing. Besides
4 death penalty in that state gives
strength to the theory that the
prisoner may be sent there for trial.
A hearing on the Iowa removal appli-