The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-07
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Washburn students are already ar
irving altho school does not start until
next Tuesday.
This is the first umbrella I have
sold this summer" said a Kansas ave-
nue. salesman this morning as he dealt
out a dusty sample from nearby
showcase
Now that F. C. Fox will be the new
general manager at the Santa Fe Of
fees, it is assumed that all the mes
senger boys will be doing the fox
trot' in Topeka soon.
The wind Wednesday damaged tele-
phone service both in Topeka and
over the state. In parts of Kansas
long distance telephoning was impos-
sible owing to the condition of the
lines.
Will F. Axtell of the Topeka Trans
fer and Storage company says his son
Harold's pet rabbit fell down the cold
air shaft at their house, and that it
was necessary partially to disarrange
the furnace to remove the animal.
Owing to the immense cracks in the
ground it can rain for days before the
water will begin to drain, weather ex-
perts state in Topeka today. The rain
today saved hundreds of trees on To-
peka's dried up lawns.
A Republican rally will be held at
Gage Park school house Friday night
program of speeches by state and
county Republican leaders will be Civ
en-. Those who will speak are:
Charles Sessions, John CLANCY, w. P.
Montgomery and M'Edna Corbet The
program will start at 1880. -
Tour Kansas Y. M. c. A. men are
wanted at San Antonio, Tex, to take
charge of the association huts at that
place and carry on the Y. M. c. A.
work with the Kansas soldiers who
hi L. L
Manley, Kansas state secretary, is
making a strenuous effort this week
to secure four Kansas association men
for the work
Following the receipt of telegram
from Kansas City, Hugh Larimer, I'M
dersheriff. went to the Union Pacific
station Wednesday afternoon and sat
upon the baggage of c. w. Cooper I'M
til that individual called for it. Coop
er is wanted in Des MoineS on a felony
charge and slipped past the officers
at Kansas City He is accompanied
by his wife. He will be taken back
to Iowa.
Mrs. Rosette Coleman, a negro wom-
an, was arrested by J. M. Myers, dep
uty United States marshal, on the Fort
Leavenworth reservation, charged with
assault. The charge is that Mrs. Cole
man followed her husband and an
other woman and fired in the general
direction of the "other woman" Her
reputation is good, she having been
employed as a domestic on the reser-
walton for many years. The officer
employing her furnished bond.
The Rev w. M. Balch, pastor of
Lowman Hill NJ. E. church. is in
Glenwood, Ia, this week delivering "A
series of lectures before the annual
meeting of the Des Moines conference
of the M. E. church. Doctor Balch
was the first secretary of the Methodist
Federation of Social Service and in
that capacity edited the Social Greed
CT the Churches" which has been
adopted as the social program of The
Federal Council of the Churches of
Christ in America.
c. G. Blakely, a Topeka insurance
man and former candidate for rnayor.
lost $22 when his pocket was picked
on street car from the Santa Fe sta
ton Wednesday night. He paid his
fare and placed his wallet back in a
side pocket. He was standing on the
crowded rear platform and when the
car reached Seventh and Kansas ave-
nue. Mr.. Blakely discovered the wallet
was missing. The theft was reported
to the police.
Following the filing of a complaint
by Miss Edith Beville a warrant was
issued from the court of Topeka Wes-
nesday afternoon charging c. E. Deck
er and Fred B. Gibbs with Stealing an
automobiles racer. Miss Beyille
charges that during her absence from
Topeka two men represented to her
sister that she owed them $3.50 and
that the sister, knowing none of the
details, permitted the car to be placed
in garage to be held in trust until
Miss Beville returned The autorno
bile disappeared and the garage man
says the two men named in the war
rant took it