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No. 86.

LINOLEUMS J* ' ■ ■ " k - ■ . /' • ' ' ' We have just received four new patterns of linoleum 12 feet wide that we will sell at the old price. * ■ ’ X W. J. WRIGHT

WAR SUMMARY.

Held at bay in Flanders, the German* have been driven back on a wide front ih Picardy with the loss of more than 500 prisoner l *. Thi* new* today brought encouragement to the allied capital*. The fighting in the Armentiere* sector, although pressed heavily by the Germans, resulted all in favor of the British and their French allies. During the last twenty-four hour* there has been heavy fighting practicallyy all along the Flanders line, and Berlin is forced to admit officially that the situation is unchanged. The German* launched a new drive on Bethune, but, the British report* indicate, were stopped in their attacks with terrific losses. Attack* on Mt. Kemmel were equally fruitless. The French attack, before Amiens considerably reduced the menace to that city. The German* were driven back on both side* of the Avre River, the French taking the greater part of the Senecat wood* and advancing to the outskirts of Castel, while to the south they pressed forward to the slopes of the height* dominating the Avre.

NEW CASES FILED.

No. 8923. Filed April 17. Joseph Salrin vs. Bank of Wheatfield. Action for damages. Demans SIO,OOO. No. 8924. Filed April 18. Arthur McGoughley et al. Action to foreclose mortgage. No. 8925. Filed April 18. The American Agricultural Chemical Co., vs. Eddie H. Hight. Suit on note. Demand $428.47. A birthday surprise party was given in honor of Miss Bertha Maxwell, by ’twelve of her girl friends at the home of Miss Lucy Ulm Thursday evening. This was Miss Maxwell’s 18th birthday. The evening was spent in games, music, toasting marshmallows and popping popcorn. A good time was enjoyed by all, and at a late hour the guests departed wishing Bertha many more happy birthdays. ONE PRESENT.

MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED.

April 18. Roy J. Heil, born in Newton county, March 27, 1887, occupation carpenter, present residence Wheatfield, Ind., and Ruby Lucile Brown, born in Newton county, Sept. 12, 1898, present residence, Gifford, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for both parties.

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MELL GUILD IS CONVICTED

SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IMPRISONMENT AND GIVEN $2,000 FINE.' Winamac Democrat. < Mell Guild, of Medaryville, who has been on trial in Chicago for alleged conspiracy to dispose of stolen automobiles, is apparently a victim of bitter persecution oh the part of those trying to break up the auto theft business in the city, and of a jury prejudiced by the growth of the traffic among city crooks. The jury which heard the case returned a verdict yesterday morning declaring him guilty, and fixing the penalty at three years imprisonment and $2,000 fine. A motion for a new trial is to be presented a week from next Saturday, and pending action on that at some still later date Mell is at liberty on the original bond that he gave at the time of his arrest, on New Year’s eve. For a couple of years Mell has been dealing in second hand cars, making the purchase and sale of them a regular business. Through a boyhood friend named Zimmerman he entered into dealings with Harrv Farrell of Chicago, who sold Mell a number of cars. Farrell was associated with Harry Raymond, a Chicago postoffice clerk, who owned a garage on the south’ side. Farrell and Raymond were indicted along with Mell by a Chicago grand jury. At the opening of the trial three weeks ago Farrell pleaded guilty, apparently under a promise of immunity, and was surprised when Judge Crow informed him that he will be sentenced to the pen. Raymond was tried along with Mell, and the jury fixed his penalty at three years ‘imprisonment, but imposed no fine.

Friends of Mell, who attended the trial assert that there was no proof whatever that he knew or had reason to believe that the cars he bought in Chicago had been stolen. Substantially the only evidence against him was the uncorroborated testimony of Farrell, himself a confessed crook, with the prison doors staring him in the face and an apparent determination to “have com{iany.”' r On the other side was a arge volume of evidence to show that Mell had made repeated inquiry of the men of whom he bought cars, including Farrell and Raymond, as to whether they had been honestly secured, and had been repeatedly assured that all was straight. It was even shown that Mell had lent, his aid toward running down the crooks when it later became apparent that some of the cars had been stolen. In Mell’s behalf also were a large number of character witnesses from Medaryville and vicinity, all (rs whom testified as to his high standing in his homie community. But the jury apparently took the testimony of the self-confessed Farrtell as 100 per cent pure, disregarded all the other evidence, and “stuck” Mell simply because he had been caught in company that proved to be bad.

Even the state’s attorney, after most of the evidence had been introduced, stated to some of Mell’s friends that he had little hope of convicting him. Just before the jury took the case the state nol pressed three of the four counts in the indictment against him, admitting that there was no evidence to show that he had been in a conspiracy to steal cars, or that he had stolen any, or that he had knowingly received stolen property. This left the one charge, that he had “conspired” to dispose of stolen cars. Persons who attended the trial were impressed with the fairness of Judge Crow, before whom the case

RENSSELAER. INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1918.

DEFENSE FUNDS FIXED BY BOARD

STATE ACCOUNTANTS ISSUE DEFENSE FUND TABLES FOR COUNTIES. The state board of accounts announced yesterday a list of what it holds to be equitable sums which may be appropriated by county councils for their respective councils of delense. / "We don’t pretend that there is any law behind this arrangement,” declared Gilbert H. Hendren, chief examiner for the board. He explained, however, that after conferences with Governor Goodrich, Attorney General Ele Stansbury and Chairman M. E. Foley of the State Council of Defense, it was agreed that the sums would’ not be attacked by the state board examiners in the hope that their authorization would finally be made legal by some future legislature.

It was held that the money was urgently needed just now. Already $3,000 has been appropriated for such use in Fulton county. It was this appropriation that was taken as a basis for the table issued yesterday. From it was worked out on the basis of valuation and population as compared with the Fulton county valuations, population and appropriation the following table: First Class, $30,000 —Marion county. Second Class, $12,000 each—Allen, Lake, St. Joseph, Vanderburg and Vigo counties. Third Class, $7,500 each—Delaware, Grant, Knox, Laporte, Madison, Tippecanoe and Wayne counties. Fourth Class, $6,000 each—Cass, Elkhart, Greene, Montgomery, Randolph and Sullivan counties. Fifth Class, $4,500 each—Boone, Clay, Clinton, Gibson, Hamilton, Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Kosciusko, Lawrence, Miami, Shelby and Wabash counties. Sixth Class, $3,750 each—Adams, Bartolomew, Clark, Deviess, Decatur, DeKalb, Fountain, Hendricks, Jasper, Jay, Marshall, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Parke, Porter, Posey, Putman, Rush, Washington, Wells and White counties. Seventh Class, $3,000 each—Benton, Carroll, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton, Hancock, Harrisoq, Jefferson, Johnson, Lagrange, Newton, Orange, Pulaski, Ripley, Spencer, Vermillion, Warren, Warrick and Whitley, counties.

Eighth Class, $2,200 each—Blackford, Fayette, Jennings, Martin, Owen, Perry, Pike, Stark, Steuben and Tipton counties. Ninth Class, $1,500 each—Brown Crawford, Scott and Switzerland counties. Tenth Class, S9OO each—Ohio and Union counties. The state council already has made arrangements for the use of SIOO,000. The attorney general believes, lowever, that a liberal construction of state laws should be applied to permit expenditures' by county councils on the basis of their work being necessary aid to prosecuting the war. An opinion to that effect was landed Chairman Foley. It holds that neither courts nor individuals should be captious in construing laws to aid the war’s prosecution. A part of it follows: “I believe this is the true and jatri otic theory, of construing laws n time of war. We find, under the Federal statute and the Indiana laws abundant authority to say that there is law authorizing the board of commissioners to ask for such an appropriation as mentioned by you, and the County Councils have authority not in conflict with our Supreme Court decisions to make such an appropriation as they may deem reasonably necessary to assist the County Councils of Defense in procuring from the people the doing of their part in this great conflict. “You also requested 1 my opinion as to whether bills should be presented to the commissioners for all of the items for which such money would be expended. “It would not be a reasonable construction to say that -for each paper of pins or box of tacks purchased in that work a bill should be filed with the board of commissioners. I think it could be much more effectually used by making an appropriation direct to the council, and it would not be improper for the board of commissioners to require as accounting at some future date by the County Council of Defense.”

If you have not yet filed your affidavit for mortgage exemption, get busy if you have a mortgage and want to take advantage of the exemption. Only about ten working days remain in this month, and they must be in by the night of April 30. Read inside pages. All home print today.

was tried, and they have a feeling that before he passes sentence he will take into consideration the mass of evidence on Mell’s behalf, and, that he will deal more fairly with him than the jury has done. People in this county who have known Mell all his life refuse to believe that he was guilty of any intentional crime, and are sincere in the hope that he may get a square deal when the matter comes up again.

RED CROSS SALE A HUGE SUCCESS

BENTON COUNTY RED CROSS SALE NETS' OVER $5,000.00. The public sale for the benefit of the Red Cross Saturday, April 13, was a grand success, the entire receipts of the day totaling $5,752.43. Deducting commissions from this amount left a net of $3,901.73 for the Red Cross. $3,417.25 goes to the Fowler chapter, $57 to Pine, $12.50 to Parish Grove and sls to Union. At 11 o’clock in the morning a few pieces were played by the Fowler band, followed by a short address by Elmore Barce, after which Ben Hawkins, the auctioneer in charge, made a few remarks stating the purpose of the sale and explaining the terms, which were cash. Mr. Hawkins also introduced Harvey Williams of Remington and Fred Phillip of Rensselaer who gave their services without any charge whatever, paying their own expenses to and from Fowler.

A gravel box of corn was first offered for sale. • The fifteen bushels was brought in by Asa Foster and 50 per cent of it was to go to the Red Cross. The corn was bought and resold six times, clearing SB4 for the Red Cross. The three auctioneers worked hard all day until about 6 o’clock in the evening before everything was sold. The horses and cattle were the last to be sold and the vacant lot back of the McKnight store was used as the sales ring. Some of the stock was donated outright while part of the horses and cows were sold on a commission. One span of . mules, pioneers of Pine township, were donated by John Bower to the Pine township chapter and brought s4l. Everything sold at good prices and the receipts from the sale exceeded the fondest expectations of the committee in charge. The market in charge of the ladies was one of the big successes of the day and $402.22 was cleared for the Red Cross from the sales of cakes, pies, chickens and other things. The exchange was held in the LeGue building formerly occupied by the Martin drug store. Everything sold by the ladies was donated by the good people of Fowler and vicinity. The dance in the evening at the Barnes & Bates hall was attended by over one hundred couples and after all expenses were paid the neat sum of $80.24 was left to turn over to the Red Cross. The music for the evening was furnished by the Sylvester Orchestra from Kankakee. Many people from Goodland, Boswell, Ox J ford and other nearby towns, attended the dance. The eating houses, pool rooms and picture shows donated a per cent of their entire receipts for the day and a neat sum was realized from this source. The committee in charge of the sale held a meetjng Monday night and their report is as follows. Center Twp. ‘...53,417.23 Pine Twp 57.00 Parish Grove Twp 12.50 Union Twp 15.00 Commissions paid 2,250.00 Total .$5,752.43

Advertise in The Republican. YOU CAN BUY LIBERTY BONDS If you will take advantage of the permanent employment offered by the RENSSELAER GARMENT FACTORY Our girls and women are making from $7.00 to $15.00 a week. Previous experience not necessary. You can make good money while you are learning. This is a permanent institution, thoroughly reliable and substantial. You can have work from one years end to another. Ony those willing to take steady employment need to apply. Call in parson at the factory at the corner Van Rensselaer and ' Cornelia streets or phone 132. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. - v ' ■ . ' ■ , ' \ \ • • ■ '■

‘'l U H I I He L °° ks I I SAM FENDIG says her dress H I?/ /A ® Pi came from his shop. II I J I BEING DRESSED better than II ff£rr~7 kuHKKfeJ the average man; you know where Igi he got his suit, all right! f P EMtl " T DO Y OU WEAR A HILLIARD & HAMILL SUIT? iMLn /;; j| —’ IF YOU SEEK good, serviceable, AH Wool clothes— we have » them from S2O to S4O. THEY WILL BE very much higher in the fall BUY NOW! Hilliard| JL -Ll GOOD clothes |J Tomorrow’s WseMwc Rain.

HAS ACCEPTED SPLENDID OFFER

MISS RUTH WOOD TO BE ON CHAUTAUQUA PLATFORM DURING COMING YEAR. Miss Tluth Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Ray Wood of this city, and Rensselaer’s most talented musician, has just accepted an enticing offer tendered her by A. A. Thornburg, manager of a well-known, chautauqua company, whereby she’ receives a year’s booking on the chautauqua platform, during which time she will visit many states of the United States and Canada. Miss Wood will go to Chicago on April 29, where she will begin a three week’s rehearsal preparatory to the opening of the season on May; 19 at Burlington, Texas. The summer season will close on August 10 in an Illinois city, and during this time Miss Wood will have toured Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Illinois. Following the close of the summer season, the young lady will return to Rensselaer for a short visit before returning to Chicago to begin rehearsals for the winter season, which opens in a Canadian city. Miss Wood will be a member of a ladies’ trio, and will also act as contralto soloist and reader for her company. She is possessed of a wonderfully charming voice, and as a reader she has a great deal more than average ability. Her talent comes to her naturally, but nevertheless she has been a close student of music which has made her rise in the music world a comparatively easy task. The fact that this is the second offer which she has received in a short space of time speaks for itself and shows that her ability is not passing unnoticed by the outside world. The offer came as a very pleasant surprise to Miss Wood, as this was the kind of work which she was most desirous of taking up, and her many friends feel that there can be no doubt but that her numbers, will be well received by the public.

5,000 CAMP TAYLOR MEN MAKE WAY FOR NEWCOMERS

The Forty-fifth and . Forty-sixth regular infantry regiments and Twenty-sixth Machine Gun Battalion, comprising the Seventeenth Infantry Brigade, have left Camp Taylor. Including the officers of the brigade, which is in- command of Brig. Gen. George W. Webster, the troop movement took more than 5,000 men from the camp. Several days were taken to complete the movement of the brigade, and the camp now has a lower population than at any time since it opened.

RED CROSS DANCE.

A Red Cross benefit dance will be held Friday evening after the band concert. Special music will be employed and a large crowd undoubtedly will be on hand. Admission 50c.

CHURCH OF GOD. S. J. Lindsay will conduct the following services: . Saturday, 8 p. m.—Bible study. Sunday, 9:30 a. m.—Bible study. Sunday, 10:451 a. m.— —Sernjon. Sunday, 8 p. m.-—Serman.

BEAUTIFUL POTTED FLOWERS.

Have you seen those beautiful potted flowers of Holden’s Buy one today for mother. Your wife would appreciate them, too. John H. Holden. Florist

NOTICE. All Redmen are requested to be present Monday evening, April 22, to make arrangements for joint county meeting to be held at Monticello Thursday evening, April 25.

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ALUMNI WILL BANQUET CLASS OF 1918

It has been definitely decided that the annual banquet will be given for this year’s graduation class. There is a large class that will be graduated from the Rensselaer high school this year, the largest in the history of the school, forty-three in all. The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal have contracted to furnish a war lunch and the programme will be of a patriotic nature. Miss Edith Shedd has been appointed chairman of the programme committee. All the members of the alumni are urged to co-operate with the officers of the association and help to make this year’s reception of this splendid class worthy of the guests to be entertained, and in keeping with the splendid reputation previously enjoyed by the alumni.

FRIDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

There is no change in the condition of Howard Green at the hospital today. Mrs. Edward Faye is slightly improved. Mrs. John Stephenson, of near Parr, has re-entered the hospital.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.

„ National League. Chicago 6; St. Louis 4. Cincinnati 7; Pittsburg 6. Brooklyn-New York—Rain. Philadelphia-Boston—Rain. American League. Chicago 5; St. Lduis 0. Cleveland 6; Detroit 2. Washington-New York—Rain. Philadelphia-Boston—Rain.

CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our thanks in this manner to the many kind friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and following the death of our beloved wife and daughter. JOHN BURRIS. MR. AND MRS. JERRY HESS.

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