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J": &K rzydBqggnmfgm not doing their duty unless they make so many arrests per week or month. Trade's outburst came as a result of the case of Jack-Gottlieb, 1644 S. St. Louis av. Gottlieb, "& minor, was arrested Friday night in a branch public library at 3500 W. 12th sL for disorderly conduct, JHe was held in a cell all night" In court today the arresting officers did not teslify to any disorder on the part of the Boy. The testimony was that the prisoner said to another boy in the library:: "Are you through with that book?" "I find no evidence against this lad" said the judge as be continued the case until Dec. 23, after explain ing that the boy was practically dis charged and that there was little or no possibility of a conviction. Then the ''higher-ups" drew their wallop. "Though there is no evi dence and the arrest does not seem warranted," Trude said, "I do not blame the officer who made the ar rest. The captains says, 'Quit warm ing benches and get out and clean up complaints,' and you have to obey orders." Recently several hundred garment workers were discharged in court in cases which ran from disorderly conduct to creating a disturbance or inciting a riot The striking gar ment workers were taken to the sta tion in groups of a dozen or more. Arrests were made right and left. And then about 95 per cent of the cases were thrown out of court be cause of lack of evidence. They were merely unwarranted arersts. In the throwing out of court of these cases the city prosecutor's of fice really passed the lack of judg ment accusation to the ordinary po liceman. Now Judge Trude says they are not to blame. He wallops the captains. Doesthe "higher up" stuff stop at captains in this case or does it go 'higher up"? FORTY VILLA. MEN KILLED IN ATTACK AT U. S. BORDER Nogales, Ariz., Nov. 27. Fate of Gen. Villa and his army was un known early today since he evacuat ed Nogales, Sonora, after 40 of his men were killed and many wounded in a two-hour attack on the United States border guard here yesterday. With friendly Carranzistas occupy ing the Mexican town no such fur ther trouble was expected. There were satisfactory exchanges between Gen. Obregon and United States of ficers following shooting of three Garranza soldiers who were mistak en for Villistate, and matter has been amicably settled. The twelfth United States infan try's casualties were Stephen Littles killed, Herbert Cates probably fa tally and Arthur L. Seupe painfully wounded. Reported defeated also in fighting around Hermosillo, Gen. Villa was believed to be making for Sinaloa state, -where marauding Villista and Yaqui bands looted Los Mochis, re sulting in U. S. cruiser San Diego" with 300 marines being, ordered to Topolobampo on Sinaloa coast. In that direction Villa might continue guerilla warfare almost indefinitely. His chances of ultimate success against recognized government of Mexico, however, were considered hereto be practically niL o o ADVERTISES DIVORCE SUIT Huntington, W. Va., Nov. 27. Res idents of this city were startled today by the appearance of hand bills ad vertising the divorce trial of Georgia B. Blake against her husband A. G. Blake. The bills were freely distrib uted, saying "Lots of fun everybody invited." Under the new law of the state, divbrce cases are now heard in open court. Blake, who it is alleged, circulated the signs, has been ar rested. Japan has more telephones than all ' t'y the rest of Asia. . . ... . Ui-Jiet.