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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12

Tom Thomas entertained the Athen-
ian society, Thursday afternoon,
March 10, with a talk, MY Sailor 8
Life" He gave a most interesting ac-
count of his trip to England last sum-
mer. Tom and three other boys made
| the voyage, working on a freighter.
They visited London, Glasgow, and
Bristol Tom will enter the United
States naval academy this summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12
BOLIN IS HELD
Is Charged With Setting Fire
to Owens Home.
Action Is Taken Today by
County Attorney.

Definite action in the tragedy of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Owens, who
were burned to death in their farm
home near Berryton, the night of
February 20, was taken today when
Tinkham Veale, county attorney, is
sued warrant charging James Bolin,
another farmer living near Berryton,
with setting fire to the Owens home.
Bolin has been in Jail since the day
following the fire. pending investiga-
tions by county authorities. Issuance
OF the warrant was forced by the
prisoners action in bringing habeas
corpus proceedings Friday afternoon
to obtain his release. The fact that
a warrant has been issued will neces-
state the denial of the writ of habeas
corpus asked in the petition, Judge
James Mcclure said today.
Foot Prints Compared.
Bolin, officers said, claims he was
in Topeka the night of the fire. He
said he spent the first part of the
night with a woman and the latter
part with a friend in North Topeka
The woman, authorities say, denies
that she even saw Bolin that evening
The friend says Bolin came to his
place about 2 o'clock in the morning
1t was stated. Arthur Herber1ng,
farmer living near Pauline, who has
known Bolin for thirty years, told au-
thorities he saw the man crossing
field in the direction of the owens
place about O'Clock the evening OF
the fire Officers took Bolin's shoes
TO the field and compared them with
the foot prints. They fitted eXactly'
st was said.
1t was discovered that Bolin was
formerly q frequent visitor at the
owens home and had at various times
obtained small loans from owens. The
dead man had a reputation for keep
ing large sums of money about the
house and it was not until two years
ago that his sons induced him to de-
post his cash in the ,Berryton bank,
officers were told.
The work of the flames was so COM
plete by the time DR.. II. L. Clark
county coroner. and Sheriff Robert
Miller arrived at the Owens home the
night of the fire that no clue to its
origin could be found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12
THIS WEEKS STAFF
Editor--Shaler Magaw.
Reportcrs-First hour class.

An unusual assembly Of unusual in
! terest was held THURSDAY. March 10.
An old fashioned sing" general an
nouncements and a brief address by
Mr.. Cook on his experiences at the
recent presidential Inauguration were
the features of the program.
The student council held its first
meeting of the spring term Wednes-
day at PAS p. m. Mr.. Cook outlined
the history and the purpose of the or
ganization. The following officers
were elected:
President, Jewell Watt.
Vice-president, Henry Benning.
Secretary and treasurer, Mary Nefs-
wanger.
The present members of the student
council are: Henry Benning, Richard
Swallow, Jewell Watt, William Semple,
Perez Harvey, Emily Ericsson, Don
Welton, Mary Neiswanger, Thelma
Ward, Earl McCastlin, Edgar Card
ener. Aileen Haverfield, Don Hotter.
Robert Akers, Eulalia McNeilly, Nor
| man Jordon, Virginia Alspach and
Bernard Peterson.
At a meeting of the Girls Booster
club Wednesday afternoon the follow
ing officers were elected:
President, Edna Challis: vice presi-
dent, Dorothy Stark; secretary, Norma
Hadsell; treasurer, Helen Goddard.
Many plans are being made for fu-
ture boosting drives" to increase in
T. II. 8. spirit of school patriotism,
, and loyalty.
Seventy students of French in To-
peka high school are corresponding
with French or Belgian boys and girls.
and the girls with girls. The addresses
of the French and Belgian students
were obtained thru the Peabody insti-
tute of Nashville. Tenn. The cor
respondence is under the auspices OF
the three governments, and the Pea
body institute has been officially des-
ignated by the governments to encour-
age correspondence between the young
people Of the three countries.
The second series of short stories in
Miss Kerr's English VIII class are due
Thursday, March 10. The stories are
based on animal descriptions and
animal plots, characterizing some
animal.
Richard Swallow took charge of the
English VIII class Monday, March Z.
After questioning the class about the
days assignment. he appointed Rus
sell Howard and Garret Porter TO
choose sides for a spelling contcs-.
The class as a whole proved to be
good spoilers.
Thirty-e eight boys attended the
Hi-Y meeting last Tuesday night at
the Y. NJ. c. A. After supper a two
reel film, Horses of War" was
shown. The picture gave an idea OF
the training and treatment necessary
To fit a horse for cavalry use NearJv
all of one reel showed the practice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12

have finished the first cries of de
bates. Miss Wolfe, in .ructor, ex
pressed herself as being well pleaset
with the work. The work. tho crude
was creditable for the first series.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12
SKULL FRACTURED IN ACCIDENT.
Donald Pcmberton Injured When
Motorcycle Struck Curb.

A motorcycle spill resulted in frac-
tured skull and severe scalp wound for
Donald Pemberton, II, 1928 Western
avenue. about 6 o'clock Friday night
He was taken TO St. Francis hospital.
] was stated at the hospital this morn
ing that he had spent a restless night,
but that physicians expect his re-
covery.
PembeTton, driving south on Tyler
street, started TO turn east on Seven
teenth street when his machine struck
the curb. throwing him to the pave
ment. His head struck against a post,
it was said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12
INVESTIGATE FARM TENARTRY
Senate Passes Resolution to Appoin
Committee in Kansas.

The senate this morning granted the
administration another hak-loaf in
place of the full meal which had been
asked for-farm tenantry.
Before the opening of the session
the governor had a complete scheme
for the inauguration of farm tenantry
in Kansas. This morning the senate
passed, by vote of 16 to II, a con-
current resolution which provides for
the appointment of a commission to
spend the next two years investigating
the farm tenantry scheme and formu-
lating a plan to avail the state of the
constitutional amendment in regard to
it. which has been passed.
The resolution provides that the
commission shall be appointed by the
governor, and that one of its MEM
bers shall be a senator and the other
a member of the house of representa-
tives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12

The girls of the Y W. c. A. have
voted to have a meeting each week
instead of every other week. The
meetings are to be short and snappy
and are not to exceed thirty minutes
in length. There is to be more dis
cussion than heretofore. One of the
group has made a list of ideals which
the girls are to carry out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12
AT THE GRAND.

Blind Wives" which starts at tho
Grand Monday, is really five plays
sliIfulIy woven into one. Two of the
leading players enact five different
parts each, and another plays four
parts. Estelle Taylor, who made
quite a name in while New York
Sleeps" another Fox special. has the
feminine roles. She plays the grand
lady, a French weaver, a crippled girl
of the sums. the unfaithful wife of a
Russian fur hunter, and a beautiful
model in a fashionable dressmaking
establishment. All difficult parts
and Miss Taylor does them all equal
ly well.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12

Miss .Eimo-e's gym classes have be-
gun their dances for the spring fete
There is possibility that the. fete this
year will be in commemorative of the
Pilgrims Landing. Miss Ewing and
Miss Gilmore are considering the adj
visibility of doing this, instead of hay-
ing the customary spring pageant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12

Marc McDermott plays opposite her
in all the scenes. He is her wealthy
husband. her rejected sweetheart, her
sisters beau, her husband in the Rus
sian scenes and her cruel employer in
the dressmaking establishment. Mac
Dermott is always good. He knows
what is required of a part and he
gives it a finish that makes it a pleas
ing memory. In fact, aside from the
fine story the Edward Knoblock
wrote. the work of Miss Taylor and
Mr.. McDermott is worth going long
WaY to see.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12

The students of Chemistry II classes
in T. II. s. are studying sulphur. Sew
eral interesting experiments have been
made, two of which were the prepare
ton of carbon disulphide and sulphur
dioxide
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12

Mr.. McCleI,and of the commercial
department has arranged with Mr..
Shook of Stricklers Business college
for a typewriting contest between the
college and T. H. S. This contest will
be held sometime next week. Strick-
ler's machines will be used Later in
the term. the colleges typewriting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12

Informal discussion added interest
to the T. H. S. Y. w. C. A. meeting
held at the association building Tues
day, March s. The subject was 10y
atty vs.. Knocking and Frances
Esterly was the leader of the meeting.
Miss Sallie Glass, Y. w. c. A. girls
work secretary, talked to the girls and
led the discussion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12

quintet will come to the high school
for q return engagement.
Students who bought season tickets
to the basketball tournament at Wash
burn were excused from all classes
Friday. Only those students who were
making passing grades in all subjects
were excused.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12

The boys who are trying out for
pitcher are jolly, French, Scott, Mar
tin and Denning. The catchers are
Orr. Gascoigne, Young Bright and Car
Richardson.
The New York herald., 1921-10-20
FALLING WALLS CRUSH
TWO MEN TO DEATH
One Killed in The Bronx, the
Other in Queens.

Girseppi Tomarchio. 40. was crushed
Yesterday afternoon when three tons of
brick fell on him from n wall in front
OF the home OF j. w. Sussman. in 76j
Jackson avenue TIE Bronx. With other
lnborcrs Tomarchio was tearing down
the wall when II suddenly collapsed.
The police arrested Domllick Alsieri
OF i63 Wales street. The Bronx. foreman
of the job. on a technical charge OF
mar slaughter.
A pile OF coal burst through the wall
of bin containing seventy-five tons in
Yard of the Tinsdala Lumber Com
pany. in Richmond Hill. Queens. yester-
day afternoon. burying Galvano Esoni
of 70 Eldridge street beneath the mass
Ho was dead when his body was re-
covered.
TIE yard of the company is in 1s0,h
street and Eighty-ninth avenue, Rich
nond Hill Esoni was digging hole In
a corner for a reinforcing beam when
the walleuddenlx gaso wan
The New York herald., 1921-10-20
3 WHO BEAT KEEPER
GET 20 TO 30 YEARS
Nassau Prisoners Guilty of
Two Counts of Robbery.

Three men who attempted to escape
from the Nassau county Jail at Mineola.
after beating a keeper into unconscious
ness on Tuesday night. pleaded guilty
yesterday to robbery. Judge Smith in
the County Court sentenced each to
from ten to twenty years on each of
two indictments. The three are James
Stapleton eof East Nineteenth street,
Benjamin Siegal of 2306 Mermaid ave-
nue.. Coney Island. and Simon Krasma
of 454 Flatbush avenue. Brooklyn.
In lecturing the prisoners before send
ing them to Sing Sing. Judge Smith took
into consideration the condition of Rich
ardson Combes, the keeper whom they
assaulted. You may be brought back
here ION first degree murder charge"
he said. II have talked to District At
teorney Weeks about you and I am not
convinced that l am sentencing you for
all your crimes
Stapleton. Siegal and Krasma were
captured on Nassau Boulevard after
revolver battle, two weeks ago. They
had held up grocery stores in Glen Cove
and Westbury. They were taken TO Sing
Sing In the afternoon.
The New York herald., 1921-10-20
CHEMISTRY EXPERT HEADS
CLEAN CLOTHES COLLEGE
In Twelve Weeks He Teaches How to Remove All
Traces of Hardship From Linen and Makes
Student Real LaundIyman.

How 10 remove all traces of the vi
cissitudes OF life in a big city from the
linen of resident without recourse TO
sulphuric acid. INT. or even pro-
family is to be revealed TO laundry
workers. from whom this matter APP
parently has been kept a deep secret
since the time clothes grew on trees.
The theory of the action OF nascent
oxygen. the emulsiication of grease. the
determination of detergent action and
lots of other peculiar things seemingly
not remotely connected with soied
collar are to be spread out. like clothes
on line for the contemplation OF the
employees of that modern destructive
agency. the laundry. The boys who
make a five dollar shirt look like
civil war battlefiag after one trip to
their lair are going to go to college.
Such was the startling information
that seeped out yesterday in the vicin-
ity of Washington Irving High School.
Furthermore. it was learned that the
The New York herald., 1921-10-20
SALE OF PROPERTY
TO AID STRAY CATS
$4,000 Of $4,000 Received
for 164 Lots Will Be
a Feline Fund.

All over the world are stray cats that
will benefit from the sale yesterday OF
164 lots belonging to the estates of Miss
Louise Even and her sister, Miss Caro-
line G.. Even. The lots were sold by
Bryan l.. Kennedy, Inc, the sum real
lied being S95.90O. Nearly 20 per cent.
of this--an amount well over $4,000
is to be devoted to fighting vivisection
and establishing homes. hospitals and
societies for cats under the terms Of
Miss Caroline Ewens will.
The sisters gave much of their lives to
studying and solving the problems that
make existence miserable for homeless
cats. They established sanitariums and
societies and paid the bills without ques-
tion. When Miss Caroline Even died 1t
was found her will provided that her en-
tire estate save $500. should be given to
organizations whose purpose ran parallel
with her own. Two of her sisters were
cut off, one Of them. Miss Louise Even.
for the reason that she had married Otto
von Koenitz, who called himself a baron
but who was an ex-convict
Though she was cut off. Miss Even
went on with the task of making life
easy for stray TabbieS and Toms. She
made her home a refuge for them, and
paid the children of the neighborhood
every time they brought stray to her.
Upon her death most of her money was
left to sister, Miss Elizabeth Even,
but provision was made also for her
pets. John Even. nephew. contested
both her will and that of her sister.
The wills were upheld. and the contest
was settled out of court.
The contesting Of the will Of Miss
Louise Even brought forth several per-
sons who laid claim to shares of the
estates. One was a clergyman. who
acted as nurse Another was the bogus
borCr
The New York herald., 1921-10-20
WIN. S. LEEDS BEGINS
SUIT FOR ANNULMENT
Soys Wife Was Not Finally
Divorced When He Wed Her.

Trial began yesterday before Su-
preme Court Justice Newburger of the
annulment action of William Stuart
Leeds. broker. and son of the late Will
lam 3. Leeds. New York lawyer He
married Mrs. May Joyce Freedley, for
mer actress, on March II. 1911. the day
after she obtained divorce in Nashua,
N. H.. on the ground of desertion. In
1919, he testified. he realized their mar
riage was not legal because her divorce
decree did not become final until Sep
tember, 1911.
Mrs. Leeds's testimony asserted he
knew at the time he married her just
what her status as diyorcee was. rs he
was present at the hearing and helped
ray her lawyer. The defendant testi-
fled also that on November I, 1911, she
and Mr.. Leeds entered common law
marriage agreement. even though they
lad already had civil ceremony eight
months before.
The trial will be continued to-day.
The New York herald., 1921-10-20
n POLICE PROMOTED;
KELLER A LIEUTENANT
Cop Fined for Stopping Dr..
Hdrriss Is Advanced.

Sergeant Ezekiel Keller of the Adams
street station. Brooklyn. who was fined
twenty days pay three years ago because
he prevented DR.. John A. Harriss. Spe-
cial Deputy Police Commissioner. from
crossing Fifth avenue at Forty-second
street during a Red Cross parade, was
promoted yesterday to the grade of lieu
tenant.
The fine imposed on Keller was in
vestigated recently by the Meyer COM
mittee. Police Commissioner Enrisht
defended it.
Tgenty-three other promotions were
announced, including the appointment
of two captains. Thomas Brennan of
Richmond Hill. member of the DEPART
nent since 1906, and James L. Troy of
East Elmhurst. Queens. who became a
patrolman in 1895.
The New York herald., 1921-10-20
DOG BITES 8 GIRLS,
200 PUPILS IN PANIC
leased by Boys, Animal Runs
Wild in Yard of Public
School No. 1.
TEACHERS FALL In RUSH
Workman Kicks Canine and
Captures It-Victims to Get
Serum Treatment.

A brindle bulldog. made frantic by
boys who had stoned him as he lay
sleeping in doorway, ran wild in the
yard of Public School l, Henry and
Oliver streets, yesterday afternoon,
swapping at children's legs and starting
a panic among 200 pupils. Three chill
dren were bitten before the animal was
captured. ~
Close BY the rear yard where the
attack on the children occurred 1900
other pupils of the school were at play.
They heard the screams of those who
tried to escape from the bulldog and
dashed to safety inside the building.
Teachers were knocked down in the
rush.
The police were told that boys re-
turning 10 school from lunch started the
trouble by teasing The dog. One of them
started throwing stones and the others
followed his example. A bit of coal
hit the dog on the head and with yelp
Of pain he leaped up. bounded across
the street and entered the school yard.
Persons outside heard the screaming
begin almost Immediately.
The first child bitten was Rose Schi-
lizzi, Ia. of % Cherry street. The dog
seized her by the right ankle, crunching
the bone He then leaped at Mary Mat
tilia, IL of II Oliver street and bit both
her ankles. Miss Sarah /. Wilson, as
sistant principal, and Miss Emma l..
Kennedy, a teacher entered the yard at
that moment and were thrown to the
pavement by girls who ran to them for
protection.
Meanwhile the dog ran to the Henry
street exit and bit Angelina Muzlia, IA,
of ia Madison street. Julius Rosen-
berg, painter who was at work In the
yard, kicked the dog into the street and
there seized it by the throat.
With the assistance Of a policeman
Rosenberg bound the dog with rope and
put him in burlap bag. He was taken
to the Oak street police station and later
given into the charge Of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
where he will be placed under observa-
ton for SYMPTOMS Of rabies.
Serum treatment will be given to the
three girls who were bitten.
The New York herald., 1921-10-20
PARK SLEEPERS RAIDED,
GET NO BREAKFAST
Magistrate Sends Aged Man
to Workhouse for 20 Days.

Police raiders went through Madison
Square and Union Square parks at 3
o'clock yesterday morning waking twen-
ty-five sleepers on benches and taking
them to the East Twenty-second street
police station. They had no breakfast
at the station and were taken to York
Vile Court just before luncheon time
so they missed that meal
Magistrate Moses A. Ryttenberg sent
one Of the vagrants. William Barstol. II,
to the workhouse for twenty days. sus-
pended sentence on seven and remanded
the rest for investigation and sentence
October 20. A professional bondsman
who was in court, started a collection
while the men were being arraigned and
raised $50. which was used to buy food
and smokes"
Detectives Mehrten. Hunt and Brady
OF Chief Inspector Lahey's staff said
the raids were inspired by q complaint
Of the Park Department that the sleep
ers Uttered the parks and were cause
of public annoyance
The New York herald., 1921-10-20
DECEIVED WIFE ON AGE,
SHE GETS ANNULMENT
Widower Told Her He Was
So When He Was 81.

Deception as to his age was found ia
be sufficient cause for annument OF
the marriage of Mrs. Dorothy Willie of
20s Ditmars avenue. Astoria. accord
ing to a decision In the Queens Su-
preme Court yesterday by Justice John
MacCrate. She was married to Charles
Frederick Willie who Is now resident at
1864 Bellevue avenue. Syracuse, on
June 81. 1920.
when my-husband came to see me
before our marriage he told me he was
a widower" testified Mrs Willie. ~
did not object to that. But he told me
that he was only flfty-two years old.
That was not Objectionable to me
either. But after our marriage / found
that his real age was 67. That made
him seem TO me like grandfather
rather than husband"
Willie on the stand admitted he had
deceived his wife as to his age.
The New York herald., 1921-10-20

laundry men. particularly those of the
wet wash variety. will gather tonight
i'm the high school. with note books and
horn rim spectacles and soap and foun-
tain pens and bluing. and other instru-
ments of their profession. and proceed
TO delve into the intricacies of the tub
under the guidance of Prof. f.. p.
Holder bachelor of chemistry. of Yale.
Prof. Holder isn't much of washer
man. himself, but ne knows what~hap-
pens when hot concentrated nitric acid
is poured on your thicker or thinner
ones. and what causes a size eleven
wool sock to shrink quietly into nit
ten too tight for even one year OLD
youngster.
Each course, operated under the aus
pices of the Laundry and Allied In
dustries Board of Trade of Greater
New York, will last twelve weeks. At
the end of that time every graduate
will be up to the job of handling even
such soiled linen as has been dragged
into the limelight during the campaign
The New York herald., 1921-10-20
IDLE 40 YEARS, CHURCH
BELL NOW RINGS AGAIN
Dutchess County Artisan Re-
pairs an Old Break.

Announcement was made yesterday
in Tivoli. Duchess county, that George
Waelde has just repaired bell that has
not rung for 140 years. and that, in
spired by this success. he is planning
to go to Philadelphia and try to repair
the cracked Liberty bell that announced
the Declaration OF Independence.
!, The old. church bell just repaired is
to be sounded for the first time in 140
years on Armistice Day. The bell is
to be replaced in the steeple of the Old
Red Church in Tivoli. 1t was installed
there when the church was erected 1872
years ago. 1t was cracked by a sexton.
who used a hammer to sound it when
the bell rope broke. Waelde. who is a
welder tinkered with the bell until he
finally closed the crack and restored
ito sound,
The New York herald., 1921-10-20
WRONG MARION VICTOR,
SHE ASSURES POLICE
Prisoner Denies Knowledge of
Stumble in West.

Victor. but who, denied she was the
one the police were seeking, was ar
rested yesterday in 156 West Fifty-sixth
street. The police say she is the Marion
Victor under indictment in North Da-
kota for participating in a swindle OPP
Grated by means of the mails.
According to the police the girl under
indictment falsely represented to her
sweetheart, Edward Seehafer of Ender-
lin, N. D., that she was Ill and needed
money and in this manner swindled him
out Of $3.50.
The girl arrested says her home is in
Michigan and that she has been in New
York only a month. She was sent to the
Florence Crittenton Home by United
States Commissioner Hitchcock in de-
fault of $4,000 bail.