The Topeka state journal., 1922-01-27
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

School books for less; Pendry's. 6th
and Jackson.-Adv.
All issues of Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. 534 Kansas avenua--Adv-
The annual meeting OF the Proyi-
dent association will be held at 6;lS
o'clock this evening at the Heron eof-
fee shop. A dinner will be served
Helena chapter, Order of Eastern
Star. will hold special meeting, in
Guiding initiation of candidates, Tues
day night, January 81. A playlet will
be given
The regular meeting of the directors
of the Kiwanis club of Topeka. sched-
uled for today, was postponed on ac-
count of the absence from the city or
several members of the board
r D. Palmer. n. w. Benning, Ezra
Breithaupt, o. W. HascaIl, and c. P.
Adams, all of the Central Y. NJ. c. A,
will attend the annual state conven-
ton of the Y. NJ C. A. to be held in
Wichita January 81.
The board of directors of the To-
peka Merchants association met at
noon today with the budget commit
tee of the association to lay plans for
the financial affairs of the organiza-
ton during the coming year.
Five Washburn college students will
present a six-act vaudeville program
at Auburn high school this evening.
The students are: Gerald Hamilton,
Edward McIlhenny, Charles Tasker,
Gerald Tasker and Ray Harshbarger.
The Rev. n. ]. Nelson, pastor of the
Mount Olive Methodist church. deliv
cred the annual Kansas day address
for the city federation of Colored Wo-
mems clubs at a meeting at 3 o'clock
this afternoon at the Second Christian
church.
Eleven candidates were initiated in
the Elks' lodge Friday night The
candidates were: NJ. c. Diffenderfer
E. A. Wall, T. T. Sabin. F. J. Welcn,
H. c. Shannon, c. c. Stearns. c. c.
Searle. L. D. Lepper. NJ. A. Allen, F.
J. Lenenberger and J. d .Dolley.
On account of the illness of several
members of the troupe, which was to
present the minstrels of Sunflower
camp No. 536, NJ. W. A, for Columbia
council No. so, Security Benefit As
sociation at the Odd Fellows temple
this evening, the entertainment has
been postponed.
P G.. Mosser. of Kansas City, Kan.
a grocery clerk, has filed a petition
in voluntary bankruptcy in federal
court at Topeka. He says his assets
are 1886 but that he owes a note for
$3.50. He claims exemption on his as
sets which consist of his household
goods and wages coming from his en-
, ployer.
Twenty-three men who passed the
/ naturalization tests in the district
court last week took the oath of al
legiance to the United States and re-
| ceived their final citizenship papers
from W. E. Anderson. clerk of the
court, in the first division court room
Thursday night. A light lunch was
| served following the exercises
According to a QUESTIONABLE sent
school by the junior chamber of COM
| meree, Topeka needs a new union
station. The votes for civic improve
raents were: Union station. 445; new
hotel, 1872; city library, 236; modern
thester, 321: new auditorium, 233, and
the development of a boulevard sys-
tenn, 357.
Three fire alarms with no resulting
damage, were received by the Topeka
department Thursday evening and
this morning At 5:25 o'clock Thurs
day evening u brick apartment build
ing at SIS Van Buren street, owned by
John Seybold. was the scene of q
chimney fire. At 6:02 o'clock a stove
in a shed at 621 Jefferson street
caused an alarm. There was no dam
age to the shed. which was occupied
by J. H. Rade. At $3.50 o'clock this
morning a flue fire occurred at 317
West Sixth avenue.
A. H. Skinner, assistant United
States district attorney, today insti-
tuted proceedings before Judge A. S.
Van Valkenburg, in Kansas City, Mo,
for the removal of E. NJ. Van Meter
from the Wyandotte county Jail to the