The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-28
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS


necessary.
fire alarm was turned in from
sos Kansas avenue at 7:10 O'Clock
this morning where only smouldering
ashes in the alle-- We're found
H. L. Reed. division superintendent
of the Kansas division of the ROCK
Island, was in Topeka last night He
left this morning for his office in
Herington.
Charles Owsley charged with steal
ing a pair of shoes and a bottle of
perfume from the Warren M. Crosby
store. pleaded guilty in the court of
Topeka today and was sentenced to
the county Jail for thirty days.
Mrs. Harold Hand. her sons. Bobby
and Arthur, and her daughter. Edith
Evelyn, OF Chase, arrived today for a
! two weeks visit to Mrs. Hands par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. NJ. A. Currie, and
other relatives
Topeka Post No. IL of the Grand
Army of the Republic. and Chapter
No. "a of the Women's Relief Corps.
will hold memorial services for the
deceased members of the two organi-
cations Sunday. December 81. The
services are to be held at 2:30 o'clock
in the afternoon in I. o. o. F. hall at
117 West Sixth avenue.
Rock Island employees have received
notice that their annual passes. which
were supposed to have expired De-
cember 81, have been extended to
January 81, 1917, and will be honored
until that time. The extension order
! was issued because the general offices
have not finished making out the new
passes.
w. o. Deveny. former Topeka man
and an employe of the Santa Fe, has
! been promoted from the position of
master mechanic of the river division,
/ with hea dquarters at La Junta, Col,
/ n he q hal nj na1 C1tnarinfnndanf
/ the road with headquarters at Anna
/ rillo, Tex. Deveny was educated in
/ the Topeka public schools, and was in
the Santa Fe shops here until twelve
years ago.
Members of Orient lodge, No. 81,
A. F. & A. M, held last night the
forty-ninth annual celebration of st.
Johns day at the Masonic temple. A
program of music, readings and ad-
dresses preceded a banquet at which
were members of the lodge. their
wives or women friends. The Rev.
! ]. E. Scheer delivered an address on
/ st. John. the Evangelist"
Peter Fisher, shoemaker, eighty-six
years old, was run down and injured
Wednesday by a motor truck at the
! corner of Fifth street and Kansas
avenue, receiving broken nose, la
cerated wrist and severe bruises The
physician attending stated that he
was not seriously injured. The name
of the man driving the truck was
not learned by the police. tho he
made no effort to hurry away.
Burr and Francis Hollingsworth, the
Holton clerks charged by federal Off
Gals with using the mails in scheme
| to defraud, were bound over to the
| federal grand jury after a hearing
| Wednesday afternoon before Frank
| Campbell, United States commission
er. The boys were arrested after H.
! ~ II
made an investigation of the methods
of the Royal Cigar Company of Hol-
tom
The Kansas State Peace Officers
association will meet in Topeka Janu-
| airy 2 instead of January 4. as was
| decided upon at the last annual meet
| ing held at Dodge City. The members
will assemble at the office of the
sheriff of Shawnee county. Meetings
will be held and legislative measures
will be discussed. Emmett Gregg of
the Santa Fe special service, is presi-
dent of the organization, and Hugh
Larimer, sheriff-elect of Shawnee
county, is it's secretary.
Word was received in Topeka today
to the effect that Fred Kramer, the
sergeant in the regular army who was
picked up in Topeka as a deserter
three weeks ago, had escaped from
guard at Fort Riley. Kramer was
married on Thanksgiving day in Ell
Paso to a daughter of Herbert Green
of Topeka and deserted both his bride
and the army two days later. He was
/ taken from a Rock Island train in To-
peka by Robert Miller. detective, and
held until army officials sent for him.
Two or more troop trains. carrying
several units of the Missouri National
guard, will pass thru Topeka tonight,
and will transfer from the Santa Fe to
the Union Pacific, going on to Fort
Riley in the morning for mastering
out The troops consist of Battery b
field artillery; the First field ambu-
lance company and the First field
hospital company They will bring
their equipment with them, and sew
enteen cars will be required for their
transportation. The Missouri soldiers
will be in Topeka 1t about 1880
o'clock tonight.
Every Mexican in Topeka, whether
he lives off or on the property or the
Santa Fe, is to be antisepticized and
his home disinfected, according to
| present plans of the Santa Fe hospital
association and the city health depart
ment. The train which treated the
Mexicans living on the railroad prop
! erty a few days ago is now giving the
little brown brothers in other parts OF
the state the same course. and will
return here the latter part of nexi
week. new special train equipped
here for the work left Topeka Wednes-
day to clean up the Mexicans at La
Junta, Col.
Robert Tasker. former register o,
deeds and more recently in the insur-
ance business, has been appointed
state agent for the Lockwood Haze
Printing & Stationery company o.
Atchison, one of the largest blank
book concerns in the west. The Atch
ison company furnishes blank book.
to many Kansas counties. Tasker will
have the whole state for his territory
and while he will continue to make
Topeka his home and headquarters
he will travel most of the time. Fol
many years the position to be taker
by Tasker. the first of the year, wa.
held by John Merriam. Merriam i:
known all over the state thro his con
nection with the company Recently