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AMERICAN, ATLANTA, 0A„ SUNDAY. AUGUST 10,
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WRITING ROUGE
Would-Be Benedict Gives Evi
AT KN1XIILLE
Exhibition of Best Breeds To Be
GOESTOTRIAL
Diggs Faces a Jury and Caminetti
Will Later Fight Charge of Tak
ing Girls to Reno, Leaving Their
Wives in State of California.
After Five Months of Delay and
Scandal Involving National Of
ficials, Special Prosecutors Are
Appearing for the Government.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9.—Mar-
sha Warrington and Ida Norris, the
Sacramento high school girls alleged
to have been taken to Reno in No
vember by Maury I Diggs and Drew
Caminetti for immoral purposes, will
take the stand against Diggs when
his trial is resumed Tuesday. No ses
sion of th© Diggs trial was held to
day. Diggs and Caminetti will taJ<e
the stand before the trial is con
cluded.
Judge Van Fleet dealt the defense
a hard blow yesterday when h© an
nounced that the jury would not
consider the willingness or unwilling
ness of the two girls to accompany
Diggs and Caminetti.
The jury to hear the case of Diggs,
the former State Architect, was an
nounced complete after considerable
difficulty in selecting the twelve mem
bers Exhaustive examination of 96
veniremen was necessary before the
twelve were chosen.
The first witness was called. He
was F. J. Peck, a Reno real estate
dealer, by whom the defense sought
to show that the bungalow occupied
by the defendants in Reno had been
rented with no view to concealment.
Prejudice against the defendants
runs high, rendering exceedingly dif
ficult th€ task of picking a jury. Of
(he twelve men chosen, eight are mar
ried and have children, two are
married, but childless, and two are
j-ingle men, living with their parents.
Indicative of the general temper of
San Francisco was the reply upon
examination of Philip Woolsey, who
afterward was chosen as a member of
the jury. He expressed his prejudice
agni’ st "any married man who will
a liar, don hjs wife and babies and run
:ff on a spree with another woman,”
but said he could, however, render a
verdict strictly in accordance with the
evidence.
Cases Come Up Separately.
The cases against Diggr and Cam
inetti will be tried separately Decause
the prosecution feels it has made out
the stronger cpse against Diggs, and
because the defense in this case will
assume a course different from that
in Caminetti’s.
Diggs and F. Drew' Caminetti. son
of former Congressman and present
Commissioner General of Immigration
Caminetti, are charged with luring
Miss Marsha Warrington and Miss
I.ola Norris from California to Ne
vada for immoral purposes. Both are
married men.
Diggs, the prosecution will attempt
to show', financed the trip to Reno,
where the girls were taken, and rent
ed there a cottage in which thd party
lived.
Diggs, against whom the charges
are made in relation to Miss Marsha
Warrington, is said to be contemplat
ing a fierce attack on the character
of the girl. He has subpenaed habi
tues of the “Barbary Coast" resorts
of this city and twenty witnesses from
Sacramento’s tenderloin. Caminetti
is making no such move against Miss
Norris. The Government asserts her
character to be unblemished.
Mrs. Caminetti Relentless.
Caminetti’s wife is relentless in her
attitude toward her young husband.
She said that despite the disgrace it
may bring on their children, she
thinks, for the protection of other
married women. her husband should
be made an example.
Mrs. Diggs, also, is bitter toward
her husband. The defenders of both
men. however, to-day are claiming a
complete reconciliation of the defend
ants with their wives, and declare
that when the trial gets fully under
way both Mrs. Diggs and Mrs. Cami
netti will be seen sitting at their
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•nxRj'evn onal JUw5
husbands’ sides, a spectacle which,
the defense calculates, will have an
effect to their advantage on the jury.
Diggs and Caminetti both are free
from custody, having taken advantage
of the $10,000 bail offered them. At
first they feared freedom, as violence
was anticipated, but later this fear
was overcome.
Diggs appears to be cheerful to-day,
taking matters easily. He is scrupu
lously dressed,. He came into the
courtroom, with his flock of attor
neys, bearing a cheerful smile, and
bowed a dozen times to familiar faces
that he saw' near. Caminetti, on the
other hand, seemed deeply worried.
He was pallid and palpably very nerv
ous. His father, the Commissioner
General of Immigration, did not make
his appearance, and probably will nt
be seen at the trial.
Two Special Prosecutors.
The trial is being held in the Fed
eral Court before Judge Van Fleet.
Matt I. Sullivan and Theodore R.
Roche. pre c ident of the San Francis
co Police Commission, have been ap
pointed special prosecutors by Attor
ney Genera! McReynolds, to tak'' the
place of District Attorney Gavin Mc-
Nab, who resigned with the an
nouncement that undue influence was
being brought to bear from Washing
ton to prevent the trial of the two
men.
Arrayed with the special prosecu-
tors are Archie Johnson, son of Gov
ernor Johnson, and Acting District
Attorneys Benjamin L. McKinley and
Thomas H. Salvage.
Diggs and Caminetti have an equal
ly impressive line-up of legal defend
ers, including Robert L. Devlin and
Marshall B. Woodworth, both former
United States District Attorneys;
Nate Coghlan and S. Luke Howe.
A heavy guard is thrown around
the courtroom because feeling runs
high against the two defendants. The
two girls involved were high school
students of Sacramento and of esti
mable families. Both, attorneys for
the Government announce, will be
ready to take the stand against the
men.
The Government will charge that
Diggs and Caminetti. both married
men. had drawn the girls into a liai
son; that they terrified the girls into
the belief that their wives, having dis
covered their infidelity, intended to
have the girls arrested, and that to
escape this imaginary danger the girls
accompanied the men to Reno, Nev.
McNab Outlines His Case
Against the Defendants
Tn his report Mr. McNab gives the
following pen picture of Caminetti
and Diggs:
“The defendant Diggs was a
draughtsman in the office of the
State Capitol in Sacramento. He is
married and has two young children.
"But a short time before the ac
tions hereinafter narrated he was in
volved in a forgery charge, and for a
long time, by common repute, easily
substantiated by evidence, he main
tained what has been denominated as
a ‘private harem’ at his rooms in a
downtown block in, Sacramento. Here,
according to charges laid before me.
he enticed many young women to go
to serve his immoral purposes.
“Caminetti was his bosom compan
ion. The defendant Caminetti has a
vicious reputation for seducing girls,
and I have shocking instances which
I can produce to establish this fact.
“The two girls in question, both of
whom are about 19 years of age,
come of most respectable families.
Marsha Warrington is the only
daughter of the agent of the Santa
Fe Railroad. Lola Norris is the only
daughter of a retired business man
of Sacramento.
“After going with the young
women* for some months the two de-
f fendants. who had determined to en-
' tioe the girls away from home and
take them to another State, began a
systematic campaign of coercion and
inducement to get them to flee the
State with them
Their Stories to the Girl*.
They told the young women that
Mrs. Digg9 and Mrs. Caminetti nad
found out about their relations arid
had procured warrants for their ar
rest frgm the Juvenile Court and
were only awaiting the appropriate
time to serve them; that Mrs. Diggs
and Mrs. Caminetti were relentless
and intended to expose the whole
matter, and that the families of tlie
girl would be disgraced and ruined;
that the only way to save the girls
from disgrace was secretly to leavt
the city and go to another State,
where they would acquire a resi
dence. the men would divorce their
wives and marry the girls, etc.
"The young women were in abso
lute terror. Thev repeatedly appealed
to the defendants to allow them to
remain at homo and not to disgrace
them, and begged to be allowed to
unbosom their indiscretions to their
parents and have their advice.
“Up to this time, according to the
uncontradicted evidence. Diggs had
been unduly Intimate with Miss War
rington for a few weeks; the Norris
girl had never been violated before
this trio to Reno.
“On arrival at Reno they were as
signed to bedrooms, Diggs and Miss
Warrington occupying one room and
Caminetti and Miss Norris the other.
According to the testimony of the
young women, they were wholly in
the hands of their male companions
They had never been away from home
or their parents before and felt that
they were powerless to save them
selves.
“Appealing to the men to know
Father Makes Wealth After He Had
Left Baby in Michigan
I nstitution.
CADILLAC, MICH., Aug. 9.- Sheriff
Chamberlain has been asked by an at
torney in Corning, N. Y., to locate Bes
sie Weaver, who was adopted by a
Manton. Mich., family from a New York
foundling home over twenty years ago,
and a few days ago became heir to $100,-
000.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weaver, of Man-
ton, who adopted the child w r hen on a
trip through New York, returned her to
the home five years later. Since that
time nothing has been heard from her
The father of Bessie Weaver, or Bessie
Clark, as she was known in New York,
made his fortune after placing his child
in the home, but has been unable to lo
cate her since she was taken back from
Michigan. He recently died, leaving his
fortune to his only child.
GIRL HELPS FATHER IN
BUILDING NEW HOUSE
HARTFORD, MICH., Aug. 9.—One
year ago S H. Atkins and family
came to this city and built a house
in a field of rye in the outskirts of
the city. Recently they sold th^
home, and with the proceeds pur
chased four adjoining lots. They are
now building a much larger house,
which will be the sixth they have
erected since the little home was
built.
The scarcity of carpenters caused
the mother and daughter to assist Mr.
.^tkins in the building of his new
'•’H-ne. The mother and 9-year-old
daughter did all of the lathing.
Ban on Tobacco Seen 'Spooners Protest
By Prohibitionists Against Headlights
Smoking and Drinking Are Blamed Bi 3 Hllr-nlnatlng Power Now Carried
for Increase in Chronic Dis
eases in America.
BATTLECREEK. MICH.. Aug 9 —
That tobacco as well as liquor will be
placed under national prohibition be
fore the end of another generation, is
the assertion made here by Irving
Fisher. Fisher blames liquor, to
bacco, overuse of meat and too stren
uous life for the terrible increase of
chronic diseases in America-
on Engines Is Worry to
Summer Boarders.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 9.—The Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail
road has placed monster 1,220-candle-
power electric searchlights on the ob
servation cars of the Pioneer Limited.
Letters have found their way into
the general offices of the company
signed by summer hotel men. house
boat owners and the public generally,
protesting agfjnsl the innovation.
Spooners do not like it.
When one ponders and considers the
offering made at the prices quoted above
and remembers thequalities we have, it
affords full explanation for the ready
response to our sale announcements-
Cloud-Stanford Co.
6 J Peachtree Street
dence in Letter That He
Fears Mother-in-Law,
Feature of National Conser
vation Exposition.
what was to be done with them, the]
young women were told that their
ruin was complete; that they would
not desert them, but that the young
women were to continue to live with
them as their mistresses, and that
they would take them to Salt Lake. ;
where they would go into a ‘house.’
“The Grand Jury had ample evi- j
dence before it in these statements to
decide that the intent was to put them
in a public place.
Barely Escaped Lynching.
“The defendants were secretly
taken from the train and brought
to Sacramento by auto to avoid
lynching by the enraged citizens. De. j
fendants procured counsel. Among ■
these is Charles Harris, of the Sacra - '
mento bar. He and Diggs immedi
ately net about to defeat justice by
corrupting a witness. Diggs wrote
an appealing letter to Miss Warring
ton under an assumed name, uring
her to stand by a certain agreed story
he had drilled her in while in Reno.
The letter is in my possession.
“The Grand Jury has indicted Har
ris and Diggs for conspiracy to sub
orn perjury.
“The friends of the defendants are
reported to have stated repeatedly
that they could ‘easily fix the case;’
that they had too much money and
too much influence at command to
cause them to worry. * This seems to
have come principally from the Diggs
end of the case.”
Foundling Is Heiress
To $100,000 Fortune
Nearly Five Months to Bring
Caminetti and Diggs to Trial
MARCH 10.
Farley Drew Caminetti, married, twenty-seven, son of IT. S. Com
missioner of Immigration Caminetti. with Lola Norris, nineteen, un
married, and Maurice I. Diggs, married, ex-State Architect, about twen
ty-eight, and Marsha Warrington, nineteen, unmarried, all of Sacra
mento. go to Reno, register under assumed names, rent a cottage later,
and live four days together when arrested. The men assert they are un
happy and intend to marry the girls after securing divorces.
MAY 19.
The men are indicted for violati ig the Mann white slave law, put un
der bonds of $10,000 and their cases put on the calendar for trial in
June. Citizens all over California appeal to U. S. District Attorney John
L. McNab to push the cases.
MAY 27.
United States Attorney McNab wins Attorney General McReynolds
that both prisoners were boasting of their "influence at Washington,”
and that strenuous efforts were being made to secure postponement of
trials; also that bribery and perjury were being used in their behalf.
JUNE 18.
Secretary of Labor Wilson telephones McReynolds “that Commis
sioner of Immigration Caminetti, who has applied for leave of absence
to attend the trial of his son, can not be spared.”
JUNE 19.
McReynolds telegraphs McNab to postpone the cases till fall.
JUNE 21.
McNab sends in resignation to President Wilson.
JUNE 22.
McReynolds’ comment: “I'm not shedding any tears; he is a Re
publican.”
J U N E 23.
Secretary of Labor Wilson assumes responsibility for McReynolds’
action. A Cabinet meeting is called and President Wilson overrules
McReynolds and orders the cases rushed.
JUNE 24.
The President accepts McNab’s resignation with a rebuke for giving
“his resignation the form of an inexcusable intimation of injustice and
wrongdoing.” In a letter to McReynolds he says: “I am entirely satis
fied that the course you took in these cases was prompted by sound
and impartial judgment and a clear insight for what was fair and right.”
JUNE 28.
- James C. Mann. Republican leader, bitterly attacks McReynolds and
Secretary Wilson, both Cabinet officers.
JULY 6.
The Hearst papers print the suppressed correspondence between Mc
Reynolds and McNab and others, show irig the Attorney General knew of
the seriousness of the case.
. JULY 19.
Republicans start a filibuster in House to secure a full discussion of
the case.
JULY 20.
Filibuster ends with victory for Republicans.
JULY 31.
Case of Diggs comes to trial August 5.
PRINCIPAL figures in the white slave case which has stirred the whole nation and involved official circles. Snapshot of young Caminetti and Diggs, the girls
A for whom they deserted their homes, and United States Commissioner of Immigration Caminetti. Young Caminetti has a cigarette in his hand. To the right is
Marsha Warrington, and to the left Lola Norris.
OAKLAND, OAI.„ Aug. 9.—J. Keler,
of Fresno, is a marrying man. He
proved it by writing a letter to “the
Chief of Police or the City Marshal
of Oakland" and entreating that offi
cial to find him a wife. He wants a
wife who has means equal to hif
own—amount not stated—and indi
cates in his letter thut he would ex
pect h*»r to assist him in his mer
chandise business. He assures all
responsible applicants that he is so
le r and industrious and hasn't .1 liB
gle bad habit.
If you are a maid, a girl or a wid
ow' who reads this, you stand a chance
of winning the prize, and if you are
an orphan, got busy and send your
picture to Keler at once. He takes
kindly to orphans, as is evidenced
from tiie following excerpt from his
letter:
“Will answer all questions and let
ters from girls, maids and widows,
but would prefer to wed an orphan.
Will give my business to the one I
wed, that she may know I am a
square man and will do right.”
The following notice was inclosed,
with the request that the official post
it in a conspicuous place:
“Temperate gentleman would he
pleased to form the acquaintance of
ladies matrimonially Inclined. Give
description and full particulars in first
letter. Send photo, which will be re
turned, if desired.”
Buys a $4,000 Auto
To Use Cheap Gas
When Ex-Senator Scott Has Burned I
60,000 Gallons He Will Have
Saved Cost of Car.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—The house
of Senator Nathan Bay Scott, of West
Virginia, is divide^ against itself, with (
automobiles as they issue. The Senator I
and Mrs. Scott are devoted to each
other. They attend the same dinners,
theaters and social functions together,
but they arrive and depart in separate
motor cars. It came about this way:
The senator has been paying 22 cents |
a gallon for gasoline to propel the fam
ily machine. He discovered a place
where the price w r as 17 coats. With
much glee he informed Oscar, the fam
ily chauffeur, of his discovery and di
rected that Oscar purchase gasoline
there.
Oscar demurred because the gasoline
emporium was too far from the family
mansion. Mrs. Scott hacked him up.
Whereupon Senator Scott bought him
self a $4,000 machine, acquired a chauf
feur to navigate it and divorced himself
from the old machine and Oscar.
After Senator Scott has burned 60.000
gallons of gasoline he will have saved
the cost of the car. But he doesn’t have
to ride with Oscar.
SHEDS TOENAILS BIENNIALLY.
BEDFORD. IND., Ai’r 9.—J. W.
Mundy, of this city, sheds the nails
from bin toes every two years, and
this has occurred since he was a child
When asked to see his foot. Mundy
bared his left foot and showed the old
nails, barely hanging to the toes, and
the new nails growing under the old
ones.
KNOXVILLE. TENN., Aug. 9.—
Birds for ^he poultry show that is to
be held in connection with the Na
tional Conservation Exposition in this
city during the months of September
and October are coming to Knoxville
all the way from California, Word or
the coming of the California birds has
Just been received by the poultry de
partment.
Interest in the poultry show is
country-wide. From almost every
State in the Union will be brought to
Knoxville poultry of different kinds.
Already it is assured that the poul
try show will be the biggest thing
of its kind ever held in the South.
It will be in fact as well as name
“The Madison Square Garden Show
of the South."
A most comprehensive exhibit of
the great textile industry of the
South is assured for the exposition*
Progressive manufacturers of Green
ville, S. C., have Just signed up for
a large amount of exhibit space in
the All-South building of the expo
sition and the greater part of that
space will be devoted to the textile
Industry.
In addition to the Greenville tex
tile manufacturers a number of other
concerns of like nature in the South,
from Knoxville and elsewhere, will
make exhibits, and thus this indus
try', constantly increasing in impor
tance In the South, will receive great
attention. The different processes
through which cotton goes from the
seed to the loom and after will be
strikingly shown in the dllTerent ex
hibits.
SALE OF
PENSIONER, NOT IN WAR,
ASKS RAISE OF STIPEND
BIG SANDY. MONT., Aug. 9.,-Aft-
er having enjoyed a pension of $12 per
month for sixteen years, John Truax,
of this town, confessed that he had
never been entitled to the money. He
had a preliminary examination before
United States Commissioner Ragan
and was bound over to the Federal
District Court.
Truax might have gone on drawing
the pension until death had he not
lately made application for an in
crease.
SHOES q 95
Ladies’ hand-turned colonial purrtps
and oxfords in white canvas, patent
colt, tan, vici kid and Russia tan.
Among them is a white canvas ' colonial
pump with a low heel, a patent colt co
lonial pump with a low heel, a pretty
black satin pump with flat bow, and many
other styles. Monday, TuesJay and Wed
nesday they go on sale for
Another lot of White
Canvas Pumps and
Oxfords on sale for . .
Men's Sorosis $5.00 Oxfords, $3.85
Any Woolen Suit $20
Any Mohair Suit $15