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WOOSTER STUDENTS
FINED FOR THEFT
Newark Boy Enlists With
Difficulty-News Of The
Neighborhood

BellefOntaine, March IA charge
of heinous assault-setting fire to a
p sleeping man-is made by John l..
Smith, southern negro, who was
perhaps fatally burned wednesday in
his shack in the east yards of the Big
Four railway here.
Smith alleges that while he was
asleep a man, who had been drinking
with him, set fire to the excelsior in
which the liquor had been packed,
and d,retreating from the flames, had
locked the door from the outside so
that Smith could not escape.
When Smith was awakened by the
heat his clothing was on fire and he
set about frantically to put out the
flames. In doing this his hands and
his face were frightfully burned. He
also had a severe burn on his leg.
Policeman Mcclure and Mccormick
took the injured man in the patrol
wagon to Jail where Dr. ]. w. Young
was summoned to dress the burns.
Thursday Smith, who is about AZ
years old, was removed to the county
infirmary.
Smith has been here for some time,
living in a little shack erected in the
railway yards. He was employed as
a laborer for the railroad company.
Whisky Thieves Laugh At Prank
Wooster, March 1.-THE latest
Wooster college prank, which invol-
we'd eight students and few quarts
of whisky, was settled in Mayor AL
cocks court at the city hall Thursday
morning when the boys were fined
$40 and costs each. The college
boys, who had employed w. Howard
Ross as their attorney, told Mayor
.Alcock that they did not steal any
thing like II quarts of whisky. They
admitted taking eight quarts. About
6 quarts of this were returned to the
police officials. The students said in
court that they did not maliciously
break into the distillery warehouse,
but that one boy gained an entrance
to the warehouse while he was a
member of a fox and hound chase
and was seeking place to hide from
his persuers.
Where There's VIII, There's A Way
Newark, March 17-Floyd ]. Beck
holt of this city was determined to
enlist in the U. S. navy, and early
one morning recently, he was scour-
ing the town to find someone who
was willing to take his name and send
him on his way.
He was sent to the police station,
to the postoffice, to the mayor. to
the newspaper offices and to the old
army recruiting officers in the Ian
sing block. Later in the day, how
ever, two navy recruiting officers ar
rived in the city and opened offices in
the second floor of the Memorial
building. He finally located them and
was signed up, being sent to the train
ing school at Great Lakes, ILL.,, where
he will spend several months and
then will be assigned to battleship
as apprentice seaman.
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cardington Fire Still A Mystery
Cardington, March 17-At noon
Wednesday there had been no new
developments in the mysterious fire
at Cardington which last Wednesday
evening destroyed the building in
which the Koon and Kimes garage
was located. Two deputy state fire
marshals, Columbus, were in Carding-
ton Thursday conducting an investi-
cation but left without making public
any information.
The origin of the blaze is a mystery
as the frame portion of the residence
where the fire started was used as
summer porch and there was nothing
inflamable stored near it. 1t was dis
covered about 1880 by DR.. w. c.
Bennett.
Loudonville Band $25 to Good
Loudonville, March 1.-THE follow
ing letter from Ira 8. Bassett of Pitts
burgh, Pa, containing check for s25
10 be added to tho fund for the main