The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-30

Topeka-an insurance company or
ganized here four years ago. WATSON,
before he was elected finance COM
missioner, was city auditor for five
years.
Judge Roscoe H Wilson. of Jet
more. today filed a complaint with the
public utilities commission against !
the branch line service of the Santa
Fe railroad between JetmoTe and .
Larned. He states the present service /
is very slow and irregular" and asks
that a train be added each way on ,
Sunday, so as to give seven-day /
service.
The results of the games played
Friday afternoon in the Oakland Jun |
ior high school inter-class basketball /
tournament were: Eighth a boys 9, !
Seventh A boys 6 Seventh B boys 3, |
Eighth B boys O; Sixth A boys 9. !
Fifth A boys 6; F fifth boys A. sixth +.
B boys 1; Sixth B girls 6, Seventh b |
girls / Eighth B girls 4, Seventh A !
girls 4.
w S. Hancock, city commissioner /
of streets and public improvements, |
was in his office today for the first
time for n week He has been i'll with
the influenza. THAT is the longest
time I have have taken away from my
work on account of illness for twenty !
five years. Hancock said Hhile not
completely recovered, he is much inn /
proved.
| a complaint with the public utilities
! commission asking that the monthly
service charge of rs cents levied by
the Wellington Gas company be
eliminated The city claims that
| operating costs of the company have
declined since the order was issued
| in August, 1920. so as to make the
service charge unnecessary.
Topeka Commandery No. 5. Knights
| Templar. will hold work in all the or.
ders beginning at o'clock Tuesday
evening at the Masonic temple. To-
peka Chapter. No. II, A. F. and A. NJ
/ will hold work il the first degrees be
/ ginning at $50 o'clock Wednesday
evening. The comforting of the de
grees will be followed by a stated
meeting.
| Honorary membership in Phi Alpha
Delta, national legal fraternity has
been conferred by the Benson chapter
of the fraternity, at Washburn college,
upon Governor Henry ]. Allen, Justice
| Rousseau Burch. of the state supreme
court, and Harry K. Allen. a member
of the law faculty of the college. The
| honorary members are to be initiated
i into the fraternity tn February.
Michael ]. Slatterly, of Washing
ton, D. c., executive secretary of the
National Council of Catholic Men, and
c. A. Beeby, of Hays, Kan, will adj
dress a meeting at o'clock this eve
ming at the Topeka high school audi
forum. Industrial Democracy" will
be the subject of Father Mcguire, of
the department of social action of the
i National Catholic Welfare Council.
! The Aleph Soph. a new organization
of Jewish young men, initiated a class
of five candidates at a meeting Sun
day night at the Jewish Community
center, Fifth avenue and Harrison
street. G. w. Wilk served as toast
master. The new members are:
Ralph Wolfson, Bernard Blacker,
Morris Gartner, Milton Rothschild
and Maurice Freidberg.
The condition of George M Ham
mel, pioneer Topeka tailor, who has
been ill the last two weeks at the
| home of his son, DR.. Seth A Hammel,
1912 West Seventh street, was re
ported improved today. He is now on
the road to recovery, it was said. Ham
mel is ~ years old. He came to To-
pel1a in March, 1878. and has been in
the tailoring business since 1880.
The Central Congregational church
intermediate basketball team defeated
the Central Park Christian team by
score of IL to in a game played
saturday night in the Sunday School
Basketball league at the Central Y.
NJ. c. A. Other results were: First
Baptist Intermediates 10, Lowman I;
First Presbyterian intermediates 10,
East Side Methodists Il; Trinity
seniors IS, Latter Day Saints II.
The police today were called upon
to locate Mrs. Annie Degand. IS years
old. of PIG Sardou street, who dis
appeared from her home about Il
o'clock last Friday morning. She hac
1857 and a revolver in her possession.
the officers were advised. She is de-
scribed as being five feet, five inches
: tall. weighs ZIG pounds, has light COM
plexion and ore a short velvet coat
with a fur collar.
W. B. Gasche. of Topeka, president
of the Alliance Mutual Insurance COM
ipany, has been asked by Harry Cooper,
! national secretary of the National
Association of Mutual Insurance COM
panies, to go to Lincoln, Neb., and ad-
! dress the annual convention of the
Hardware Mems association of that
state. Because of i'll health Gasche
will be unable to attend. however. He
ISOLATION and a member of the present
l board of directors.
There were more than 5000 per
sons at the formal opening of the
Hubbard Gardens company new green
: house plant north of Topeka. Sunday
afternoon. The new greenhouses were
open from 1880 o'clock till 4:3o
o'clock. Carnations and roses Were
: presented to the visitors. Plans were
: announced for commencing the con-
, struction of an additional $4,000
: square feet of greenhouse space. in
= April. The -ew Greenhouses to be
: built, will cost $4,000.
An attempt to obtain relief for his
fellow sufferers confined in the city
. prison led to arrest this morning for