South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-18
STRIKES MATCH AND
ARREST IS RESULT
WakaruSa Man is Accused of
Trying to Steal Gasoline.
Hand Badly Burned.

| ELKHART, Ind. June 1S.-Oscar
, Cline, a character at Wakarusa. I'M
dertook 10 steal bottle OF gasoline
from tank in front of Rufus Myers
garage in WaKarusa. He struck a
match to see how things were going
and they went faster. His hand was
badly burned by the explosion. But
no other damage was done The in
cident might not have become known
had not Cline repaired to the home
of DR.. Wagner TO get the hand dress
ed. Sheriff Thomas Thursday arrest
ed him on a charge of theft. He is in
the equity Jail
The twenty-fifth annual convention
OF the Woman Home Missionary So
cieties OF the Goshen district OF the
Methodist Episcopal church opened
Thursday at Trinity Methodist church
with % delegates from the ? auXili-
aries in attendance.
Much regret was expressed when il
became known that Mrs. a. J. Germ
hart of MishaWaka, who has served
the district organization as it's CORES
pondlng secretary for % years, has
been compelled to give up the work
because OF fast failing health. A beau
tiful bouquet and a message Of cheer
were sent 10 her by the delegates.
Mr.. and Mrs. William +. Lilly, and
their tWo-year-Old son, arrived home
Thursday after an automobile trip 10
Montreal, Ont, where they visited
day and a half with Mr.. Lilly's broth
ers, Blake and Ronald Lilly, who are
In the military training camp on Nc
Gill university campus.
The young men enlisted at Van
couver, 3. c., and the unit 10 which
they belong is called the McGill uni
versity corps. Each member has an
equal chance OF becoming an officer
according to his qUalificatiOns-zto
make up for the deficiency of COM
manders in the British army. They
do not known just when they Will be
summoned to Europe.
Harry A. Brooks, a well known y.
Y. G. engineer, is dead. Death was
caused by tuberculosis from which Mr..
Brooks has suffered for a year or
more. He made his final trip on the
western division of the y. Y. G. rail-
road on July of last year. Mr..
Brooks was a member of John Hill di-
vision of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers. His funeral arrange
ments will be in charge of the en-
gineers.
Mr.. Brooks was born in Ontario.
Lagrange county. on November %,
1870. He had been in the employ OF
the New York Central lines about
Is years. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Lovina Brooks. and
nephews, Clayton Nallorey of Chicago,
and Bart Mallory of Fremont, Ind.
Members of the Castle United
Brethren Woman's Missionary soci-
ETY. are looking forward with much
pleasure to the appearance here to-
morrow night of Miss Elsie Hall, a
mission field secretary, who has es-
tablished a reputation as being a most
speaker. The public is invited TO the
meeting which will start at 1880
o'clock.
Fifteen members Of the local soci-
city went - South Bend Thursday aft
ernoon To be the guests of the confer
ence church society there at ban
quet Thursday night. when Miss Jfall
will make the principal address.
Although the funeral services of
Mrs. William Dunworth were held,
the body will not he buried undl 10
o'clock Friday as word was received
from her daughter, Mrs Martha Rel
gle of Bennington, Fla that she IS
on her way here. 1t was not expected
she would come when the funeral was
arranged.
Mrs. Jennette Godfrey. wife of BY
ron c. Godfrey is dead after an illness
of two years due TO tuberculosis. In
February. 1914, Mrs. Godfrey made a
trip to Florida in the hope that
change Of climate would prove bene-
fetal. but she did not receive any per
manent improvement from the south
ern air Eight months ago her con-
dition had become SO serious that she
was taken TO the General hospital
but after remaining a month at that
institution she returned to her home.
From that time till her death she was
was practically belfast
Elvin Mosier, sentenced 10 Mich
igan CITY 7enitentiary for from two
to d years on his plea of guilty To an
assault on Mrs Ruth Tallman last
Saturday night was taken To the pris-
on by Sergt Whiteman Thursday.