The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

! deputy IOT IilG NaAAES VI 4OPOnNs - 49,
| charge of the arrangements for the
/ cermeony.
| Civil service examinations will be
| held March IL for the purpose of Sc
| Letting postmasters for Atlanta. Ha-
vana, Lecompton, Richmond. Teseott
and Victoria, Kan, all third class post
| offices, with salaries ranging from
| SLIGO to $1,000. Transfers and pro-
motions only will have priority rights
/ over persons completing the exam1na-
| tions with the highest grades
The thousands of Topekans who
crowded the streets around the thea
tiers Sunday to attend the actors bene-
fit either indicated the attitude of
Topekans toward the unfortunate or
the demand for Sunday performances.
without a doubt there are many
classes here who would appreciate
being on a par with other towns IN the
state where there is no objection to
Sunday shows.
Preparations were made at the reg
ular luncheon of the Monday Lunch
club at noon today for the ladies' night
banquet and program which IS to pc
held at PelIetier's tea room at 6:45
O'Clock tonight Three members of
the club will be the speakers tonight,
Frank Britton, Charles F. Hardy and
W. L. Gardner An entertainment
program, including music and read
ings, will also be presented.
Nearly 100 menbers. of the Topeka
Bar association attended the banquet
at the Elks' club Saturday night IN
honor of Judge z. T. Hazen. Among
the speakers were Capt. Joseph 6.
Waters, T. F. Doran. newly elected
president of the association. Robt. W.
blair and Col w. W. Harvey. Judge
Hazen also gave a short talk thanking
his fellow members for the compli-
1nents bestowed upon him.
y F11rDifr1re
company plans to open two new stores
within the next year, to care for in
creased business, in addition to expen-
sive expansion of the facilities in the
North Topeka branch. Work COM
menced today on the addition to the
North Topeka store. which is to be
completed within the next seventy
days. 1t will be three stories high,
with a depth of 175 feet, and an
eighty foot basement.
The ladies' night banquet and pro-
gram of the Square Circle club will
be held tonight at 6 O'Clock at Pelle-
tiers tea room. The hour has been
set early SO that after the dinner and
entertainment. the members and their
wives may attend the wrestling bout
at the city auditorium between Billy
Edwa]ds Nebraska City, Neb., and
Clarence Eklund, Sheridan, Wyo. The
principal speaker at the meeting to-
night will be Gov. Henry J. Allen.
District No. 8, o. E. S. will hold
a party at the home of Mrs. George
W. Mcclellan, 3O1 East Tenth avenue,
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
This district comprises all territory
east of Kansas avenue and south of
Eighth street. The hostesses will be
Mrs. Charles Maggie, Mrs. Earl D. Keil
mann, Mrs. Earl G. Lowe. Mrs George
Husband, Mrs. Joseph Catren, Mrs. B.
H. Graham, Mrs. Fred Langley, Mrs.
IDsN1 W.
Mrs. Isaac Sewell. superintendent of
the children's division of the Kansas
Sunday school association, will leave
Tuesday for Burlingame, where she
will conduct a parents and children's
institute for Sunday school workers.
Mrs. Sewell will be assisted by Mrs.
EuraI Garter of Burlingame, superin-
tendent of the Usage County Sunday
Sunday School association, and B. H.
Schult3e of Quenemo, president of the
Usage County Sunday School associa-
ton.
paper on 1.-The Ku Klux Klan and
Others" prepared by Frank w.
Thomas was read before the Satur
day Night Literary club, at its Hast
session. by T. A. McNeal. The Ku
Klux Khan was described in the paper
as the most dignified, resourceful, !
and resultful mob ever organized
The khan was compared to many
other organizations which have sprung
up, some using physical violence to
enforce their principles, and others
using mental violence or brainstorm.'
Two new eating places are to be
opened in Topeka in the near future.
The west half of the ground floor of
the Victoria hotel building at the cor
ner of Jackson street and West Sixth
avenue has been leased by John
Rodam, of Onaga, who will install a
restaurant and lunch counter March 1.
The store building al 425 Kansas ave-
nue. has been leased by George Nellis, |
of Kansas City. Nellis will install one
of the "Coney Island" eating houses
of which he operates a chain thru Mis- !
souri, and Nebraska.
Thfrty-one motorists were arrested |
by the police Saturday night and Sun |
day for violations of the traffic ordi- |
nances. Most of the arrests were
made for driving without a tail light |
Those arrested were: Alex SWineburg, |
Ray Brown, Charles T. Nichols, Mona
Bryant, A. A. Solman, H. c. Shoecraft, |
Ray Tucker, Louis Kiene, w. L. Nc |
Kison. Dick Larson, Earl Strong, Paul |
kistler, c. X. Linge, P. E Curry, C. |
d. Yetter, H. S. McFadden, w. NJ. |
West, Rose Deshler, Fred Forbes, |
Fred Borebrake, William Siebert. L.
A. Johnson, Ralph Palmer Roy Smith, !
A. T. Doing, Ethel Fizen, NJ. Thomp- |
son. Paul Hurrell, R. B. Cunningham, |
T, c. Gibbs and NJ A Nation.
OF seven of the leading cities of the |
middle west, Topeka stood fourth in |
increase of building activity during |
January, 1922, over the same month |
in 1921, according to figures sent out !
by the American Contra ctor. The |
cities ranked as follows: Lincoln, |
Neb., first with gain of SIS per cent; |
Wichita, second with a gain of 143 |
per cent; Omaha, Neb,. third with
gain of rs per cent; Topeka, fourth. |
with a gain of SIS per cent: st. Joseph, |
Mo, fifth. with gain of so per cent; |
Kansas City. sixth. with a gain of IL |
per cent, and Sioux City, Ia, seventh, |
with a loss of 81 per cent. Topeka, |
according to the figuSes, in the trade |
journal, spent s59.453 for building |
purposes during January, 1922, and |
$4,000 during the same month of last !
year. /
A chicken dinner will be served Fri !
day evening, March 10, at the Swedish |
Bethel Mission church, Sixth avenue !
and Harrison street, by the Topeka |