The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

are now putting the finishing touches
on the new drop curtain for the To-
peka high school auditorium.
Mrs. Ray Thompson, 100 Monroe
street, reported to the police that she
was held up and robbed of $40 in front
nesday night. The man escaped.
Two classes in accountancy will be
added to the curriculum of the
Knights of Columbus free night school
for ex-service men at the beginning of
| the spring term of the school, jan
uary g.
Governor Allen today approved an
| extradition by the governor of Cali
fornia for return to that state of ].
NJ. Cormick, wanted in San Francisco
on a burglary charge. Cormick is now
in Jail in Topeka.
1.-THE Enemies of Israel" a symbolic
play, of three acts, will be presented
at s O'Clock Sunday evening by the
/ children OF the Jewish Sunday school
at the community center, Fifth and
Harrison streets
Word has been received in Topeka
of the serious illness of Michael Lay
den, of Lafayette, Ind, a financier
and large land owner of that vicinity
He is the father of Thomas E. Layden,
| S12 Monroe street
| The office of R. c. Obrecht, direc-
tor of the United States Grain Grow
ers Inc. has been relocated in To-
peka. Obrecht's headquarters have
| hitherto been in Manhattan. Nc
quarters have yet been secured in To
peka.
| Eleven bottles of whisky. a key of
rhubarb wine and a large amount of
mash was confiscated Wednesday
night by the police in a raid on the
home of c. H. Wilson. 62S West Sew
| enteenth street. - Wilson was arrested
on a liquor charge.
Permanent headquarters in Topeka
have been opened by Warren Can
ston. nurseryman, who has been main
tanning a temporary office here dur
! ing the past three winters. while his
main office was in Manhattan. Gran
| ston has been in the nursery business
for twenty-three years.
| Alexander Wills of Muscotah, a
farmer, today filed a petition in volun-
district court here. Wills places his
| liabilities at $1,179.76, and while ad-
hitting assets of $548, claims the lat
| ter to be exempt on account of him
J being the head of a family.
Charged with selling cigarets. Har-
per Rigby, proprietor of the Mission
| Billiard parlor, 10S East Eighth ave
nue., was arrested Wednesday night on
| a city warrant. DR.. W. B. Stewart,
2204 West Tenth avenue, swore to the
| complaint. charging that Rigby sold
cigarets to his son, Carlson Steward.
Judge James Mcclure in the district
| court Wednesday afternoon appointed
| c. E. Bascorn, president of the Willard
| Petroleum company, as receiver for
the concern following a request in the
form of a petition filed by F. H. Felt,
| of Kansas City, former president. Felt
| charged that the company is insolvent.
| A. R. Trobert, deputy United States
marshal, is in Leavenworth today, pre-.
pairing to ship the library and other
office equipment of the late judge
/ William c.. Hook to Denver, where the
new Judge of the United States circuit
court, Robert e. Lewis, will be located.
With the appointment of Judge Lewis,
Kansas gave up the office in favor of
| Colorado.
Topeka chapter No. 5. Royal Arch
| Masons, will hold it's annual open
/ house from $50 to 5 o'clock Monday
| afternoon at the Masonic temple. Each
| member is asked to attend, accom-
panied by his family and Master Ma
son and his family. Two hundred and
fifty-one candidates have been initi
ated into the chapter during the last
year.
The Central Y. NJ. C. A. voIleybail
team defeated the Atchison ''Y'' team
| Wednesday night on the Atchison
court, by winning three matches out
| of four played. The scores were 1871,
els, 1910 and 1873. The men repre-
senting the Central 7. NJ. c. A. were:
c. A. Marker, r. B. Jencks, L. A. Cor
lis, W. P. Snyder, Joe De Frees and
| J. D. Palmer.
! A building permit for a dwelling,
| the first Issued for a fortnight, was
issued from the office of the city fire
/ marshal this morning. The permit
was for the erection of a one-story
frame house at 2027 West street, and
was granted to W. H. Parsons, SIS
Leland avenue. The dwelling is to
completed by April 1.
The office of the United States mar
shall received orders today to remove
ALEXANDER Parlini from Junction City
to Kansas City, Kan, to await action
of the grand jury next month. Par
lini was arrested at Belleville the first
of this month on a charge of stealing a
motor car in New Mexico and bring
ling it into Kansas. Since that time he
has been held in the Geary county Jail
at Junction City.
Amounts received as compensation,
family allotments and allowances IN
| der the war risk insurance and voca-
tional rehabilitation acts, or as pen
llsions from the government for mill
| tary or naval service in time of war
may be exempted from the income
tax returns of ex-Service men. The
American Legion's legislative commit
tee made an appeal and the exemp-
lions were obtained. The contribution
| of gifts for the use of posts of the
legion OF the Womens Auxiliary units
thereof are also exempted.
Elmer Blaising, alias T. J. Ward.
alias T. J. Hamilton, was arraigned
in the city court this morning on a
charge of stealing a $40 overcoat from
F. NJ. Hastings, state manager of the
Guardian Life Insurance company.
He pleaded not guilty and was COM
| nitted to the county Jail pending his
preliminary hearing January 8.
Blaising was arrested by Detective
/ Tim Donovan, who located the over
/ coat in a pawn shop, where Blaising
! had obtained 81 on it. The man
served a term in the penitentiary. ac-
cording to Donovan, and has a large
| number of aliases attached to his
! name.