The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-22

thrown to the pavement and injured.
Hyde's car then ran onto the parking
and into a group of Mexicans, severely
injuring Mrs. Narcisa Ortiz and her
T-year-old daughter. Refugia. Mrs.
Maria Rodriguez was also slightly in
jured- Hyde escaped with a. few
bruises
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail-
way company today applied to the
public utilities commission for permits
sion to establish a IS cent rate per 100
pounds on gasoline, Illuminating and
refined oils in carload lots from Caney
to Chanute via Coffeyville. The pres
ent rate is Z cents per 100 pounds.
The Santa F'e Railway company to-
day filed application with the pub
lie utilities commission on behalf of
all Kansas railroads for permission to
publish fare and one-half rates to THE
annual conventions of Kansas Sunday
School association to be held in Atchi
son April 25 and &c and Parsons April
81 and %.
About fifty section men and other
track employees of the Union Pacific
from territory between Kansas City
and Junction City, are attending
safety meeting at Topeka today Off
Gals present include &c. o. Brophy,
of Kansas City, division Superintend-
emit; L. J. Overman, of Lawrence, gem
eral roadmaster, and Roadmasters Ed
Sandell, of Manhattan, and ]. J. Guilt
ton, of Kansas City. The meeting is
being held in the rest room east of the
local passenger building
Four members of the Jess Thomp-
son family, 406 East Seventeenth
street, are i'll or have been ill with
the smallpox, it was reported to the
city health department Tuesday. Miss
Irma Thompson was found to have
smallpox while attending high school.
A vaccination order was issued which
required the vaccination. or non-at-
tendance of all pupils, teachers and
employees of the high school, and no
other cases have appeared there
However, Jess Thompson, her father,
an 11-year-old daughter, and an g.
year-old son, now have the disease.
None of them have been vaccinated.
Mrs. Thompson, vaccinated twenty
years ago. does not have the disease.
The conductor of a Washburn- Hun
toon street car, wearing badge No. ESQ,
greeted every passenger who mounted
the steps of his car this morning, with
a cheerful Good morning." The pas
sengers usually stared in amazement;
most of them answered the greeting.
the rest merely grunted. But every
one of them started his day with a
little better feeling, just because No.
ESQ had wished them a good morning
There is nothing in the rules of the
company to compel him to care a torn
transfer whether they have good
morning or a rotten morning 1t was
the spring sunshine working us way
with a, good scout AS a salesman of
the only commodity the Topeka Rail-
way company has for distribution
street car rides-No. ESQ is a coming
performer.
Under date of March II, the Cas-
per, Wyo., Tribune says: Leonard
Hanway, pressman for the Tribune, Is
suffering from an accident which re-
suited in the loss of parts of three
fingers on the left hand and the man
Cling of the other finger. The acct
dent occurred when Mr.. Hanway at
tempted to adjust a part of the huge
press while the machine was in opera
ton. First aid treatment was given
and a doctor called Exam animation led
to the belief that all of the fingers
could be saved. 1t later developed.
however. that it would be necessary TO
remove the first joints of three of the
injured fingers. The operation was
successfully performed yesterday aft
ernoon." Before going to Casper. Mr..
was employed by the Santa
Fe at Topeka