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eyes saved her. TlTey refused to sell
her.
She wandered around again in an
aimless fashion. That night she en
tered another hoteLwhere she met a
man who made advanfees to her. The
man appeared sympathetic. She
told him her story.
He suggested the "easiest way."
But the girl rebelled. In the mean
time the police of Cleveland heard of
her case and word was sent to
Brookfield and Mrs. Melville and rela
tives of the girl went to Cleveland
and brought the girl home.
The girl is now under the care of
a physician.
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FIRST WARDERS ATTACK THE
NEW COURT PLAN
Arthur' Burrage Parwell, the arro
gance of the trust press and the
vicious Municipal Court plan were all
attacked at the meeting of the .First
Ward Democratic Club, last night in
speeches by Aldermen Kenna and
Coughlin and Ass't State's Attorney
Henry Berger. .
Berger called on the members of
the club to aid-in defeating the court
plan.
The Municipal Court plan is the
most vicious proposition- and the
..greatest menace to our God-given
rights that has ever come up in this
city," said. Berger. "With it as law,
anybody with a grudge against an
other person can go before a judge,
sign a complaint and -have a man
placed in the danger of . a peniten
tiary sentence.
"The new court plan is endorsed
by such alleged reformers as Arthur
Burrage Farwell and the Tribune's
John H. Lyle, because under it they
would shine in the spotlight. It
would be possible for them to have
every poor,-unfortunate being with
out work thrown into jail and kept
there merely to serve their own ends
and get their names in the trust
press.
"The scoundrels referred to by Mr.
Berger wo.uldn't amount to .30 cents I
if it wasn't for the trust press," said
Aid. Kenna. "They give them col
umns of publicity. They charge
voters in this ward with all inds of
crimes and the newspapers print
what they say.
"There was a newspaper man at
our meeting last Sunday., I told hini &
his paper wouldn't print the truth of
what we said and it didn't either. ,
"Vote down the Municipal Court
plan -and you won't find poor but
bonest men dragged'fnto court on the .
complaint of some one who says he
is "informed and believes' you have
violated the law."
THE MEXICAN SITUATION
Tbrreon, March 30. Fighting for
possession of Torreon is still in. prog
ress, and while General Villa's consti- ,
tutionalist forces are gradually tak
ing all the important positions of the
city they are" meeting with strong re
sistance. The loss of life on both sides will
be enormous. Fully 2,500 federal
soldiers are dead, according to rebel
leaders, and it is believed as many
more have been wounded. Gen.
Villa's subordinates do not believe
that Gen. Velasco, federal com
mander, has more than 3,000 able
bodied men now in action.
. When the constitutionalists cap
tured Cerro de La Cruz early Sun
day the federals abandoned all their
artillery and great stores of ammuni
tion there. Some guns had beeiudis-
abled and ammunition destroyed, but
the rebels found many guns still fit
for use. A
vWith the loss of Cerro de la Cruz
the power of the federals to damage
constitutionalist forces was reduced
to a minimum. Hundreds of federals
have deserted to the rebel cause, ac
cording to Villa's officers.
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Through a new local government
board order, married couples in En
glish workhouses who have reached
the age of 60 are given the right to
live togethe