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1 TTTT ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS BEADY TO TOT CAMINETTI FAILS TO SHIFT BLAMETO DIGGS u Courtroom at Como, Scene of the Tragedy, Set for Life Battle of Young American. Special Cable to The Atlanta Ceorqian COMO, ITALY, Aug. 30.—The frown's Procurator® has completed his work of collecting evidence against Porter Charlton, the young American wife murderer, and la ready to go to trial immediately upon 1 harl- ton's arrival here. The examining magistrate, or the judge of Instruction aa he Is known j here, to-day completeed hla invest!- i ration of the life Charlton led here while he and hie wife were on their honeymoon at Lake Como. It wan found that Mr. nnri Mt> Charlton were together practically all the time, and residents of pavilions at Menaggio, Maltrasco and other pic turesque villages on the lake regard ed them as an Ideal couple despite the fact that Mrs. Charlton was near- 1 |y twenty years older than her hus band According to word received here Charlton was converted hy the chap lain on the liner Re DTtalla, and Is thinking seriously of becoming a mis sionary If he is acquitted. Judge Charlton, father of the pris oner. is believed to have map[>ed out a line of defense It probably will hinge on the contention that Chari ton was, irresponsible at the time the muider was committed in Charlton's confession, a copy of which has been under the scrutiny of, the Crown's Procurators for some week'. Charlton declared that he had been goaded to a frenxy by the con versation and actions of his wife. Hi charged that Ills wife was a woman of degraded mind and that her conver sation was replete with indecencies which he could not bear to heat Mrs. F. Drew Caminetti, wife of the defend ant in the famous white slave trial. She is not attending the trial, as did the wife of Maury Diggs, the other defendant. i n LOCAL POLITIES I 1 TIGHTENING GRIFFIN GIRL FINISHES COLLEGE COURSE HERE Miss Leitha Cobb, a recent graduate nf Cox College and Con servatory of Music. Miss Cobb lives in Griffin. OPEN MR RALLIES 'T Head of Government Insists That Woodward Men to Fight Charter. All Foreigners Are Safe in ‘Anti-Woodwards’ Opposing. His Country. Secret Caucuses Held. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. VIQRA CRUZ, MEXICO, Aug. 30.— Then- are 150 Americans here either waiting to take passage for the Unit ed States or for developments which will make it possible to remain in this country with safety. Some of the Americans sought in terviews with John Lind, Special En- Mrs. Mary McLendon, at Meeting in Senate Chamber, Predicts Votes for Georgia Women. Relatives Come to Check Raiser's Aid SAVANNAH, Aug 30 —Robert G. Norton, charged with raising a check for $16 to *1,600. and who was ar- lested In Brooklyn Friday at the home of Mist. Edna Robinson, to , whom he wag to have been married, | SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 30.—After - wlll be returned to Savannah, but j neys for F. Drew Caminetti, charged will probably be released soon after with being a white slav.-r. have mad a, the full amount of the money has j no apparent headway In their efforts been made good by hie relatives. j to pul the blame for the elopement When arrested, Norton had the ! to Reno of Maury Wggg. already eon- *1,000 New* York exchange which he \ ietetl on a white slave charge; Mar- had obtained from the People's Bank alia Warrington, Lola Norris and He had deposited *600 of the mone> j Caminetti upon the shoulflrrR of obtained before leaving the bank, ( Diggs. Judge Angered by Attempt of the Defense to Squirm From Un der the Charges. which left h. deficit of only >100. This Bum was made good by relatives. Sunday Shaves for Churchgoers 0. K.'d -A bar- PATERRON, N. J., Aug 30 ber may keep hie whop open on Run day mornings in thif town, provided he doe* it solely for the purpose of shaving a man who want# to go to church. This ruling was made by Acting Recorder St. I-awrence In the case of I terday when Thomas H. Warrington Questions purporting to show that Diggs was the moving spirit in ar ranging and managing the trip from Sacramento to Reno aroused Federal Judge VanFleet until he asked At torney Howe: "Is it your theory that Caminetti was also abducted and taken over to Reno?” When court adjourned last evening until next Tuesday. Marsha Warring ton had finished her direct testimony. She will be recalled by the deefnse’s attorneys. The surprise of the trial came y a barber Jailed on the charge of vie- | lating the Sunday closing law. who i pleaded tliat he opened his store to father of Marsha Warrington, testi fied in place of his daughter. White- haired, clean-shaven, kindly faced, ne •have a well-whiskered man who testified that F. Dr» Caminetti. tin- Miraflores Locks Pass Safety Test Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PANAMA, Aug. 30.—The Miraflores locks were pronounced water-tight, after water had been turned into them for a test. The last Pacific Ocean dyke will be dynamited Sunday and the’ water let into the canal as far as Mira flores. Bees To Be ‘Movie’ Actors for Uncle Sam wanted to go to church and couldn’t have gone if he hadn't been snaved. Safety Razor Fails to Kill Despondent Man William Abraham, of Montgomery. Ala . who attempted suicide at a pri vate sanitarium with a safety razor blade, is being attended at a private hospital. His recovery is expected His brother has arrived from Mont- defendant charged with violating the Mann while slave traffic act, called frequently * his house for his daugh ter under the name of “Mr. Whit man .” Mr. Warrington supposed "Whitman” was an honorable suitor for his daughter’s hand. M. J. Sullivan, probation officer of Sacramento County, testified that there had been no complaint made 1o him about either Lola Norris or Mar sha Warrington previous to their flight on March 10. On cross-exami- gomery to aid him. I nation Marshall Woodworth began to Abraham has been in bad health for several months, and recently became despondent. Just after lunch Friday he slipped into his room. A little later he was found by an attendant lying on the floor in a pool of blood. bring out evidence directly damaging to the character of Caminetti. Complaints about both Diggs and Caminetti had been brought to Sulli van about a week before the elope ment to Reno. Two young girls were his throat wounds. lacerated with ugly | involved and one of them was now WASHINGTON, Aug 3ft. - Rees u* “movie” actors have been drafted In to service by the Department of Ag riculture. They will play stellar role# in a .series of films entitled "The Money Makers.” which will be used to edu cate farmers in handling these insects. Munich Refuses to Stand for ‘Trotting 1 Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MUNICH. Aug. 3ft. Turkey trotting in exaggerated form is considered a breach of law here. A young couple trotted in a public dance hall and were lined and jailed voy of President Wilson, but Mr. Lind could give no information. For the present, it seems, Mr. Lind and his conferee, Foreign Minister Gamboa, are marking time. Consul General Shanklin in Mexico City has been authorized to furnisn passage money to any Americans who are temporarily out of funds. In spite of the protestations of the Mexican Government that all foreigners arv safe, both Mr. Shanklir and Charge d'Affaires Nelson O’Shaughnessy are urging Americans to leave at once. The insistency with which Ameri cans are warned to leave the country has angered certain men of President Huerta’s Cabinet. “Thi# is not a country of brigands and boxers." declared Senor Gamboa. "We are able to protect all foreign peoples. It is not necessary for them to leave,” Dr. Urrutia, Minister of the Interior and the firebrand of the Mexican Cab inet. denounced the warning as a trick on the part of President Wilson to mislead other nations as to the actual conditions here. “Foreign countries are led to believe that a state of anarchy prevails ail over Mexico, but as a matter of fact the greater part of the country is tranquil,” declared Urrutia. There wil} be a big demonstration in Mexico City to-morrow. Rumors of war are rife in local politics The principal issue is the new charter for Atlanta. Refore September 30 the city is expected to be infected with “charterltis.” Can didates for the places of alderman and councilman are beginning to hustle. Factional loyalty will have Its ef fect on the fate of the charter, which was authorized by the recent Leg islature and which must now be passed upon by the citizens before It goes into effect. The split which hae characterized local politics for many years is coming to the surface. Mayor Woodward charges that the charter adopted by the Legislature is not the one asked for by the people in mass meetings and that his old- time political foes have drawn it up to* suit themselves. "Woodwards” against the "Anti-Woodwards” bids fair to he the line-up in this charter fight. Secret Caucus Held. The antis held two secret caucuses this week. The Mayor has been in conference with his friends a number of times. A solid Woodward ticket on the charter issue is expected to be announced next week. One of the prettiest fights in this primary will be in the race for coun cilman from the Eighth Ward. John S. Owens» against W. A. Hancock be ing the line-up in the fight for the piece to be vacated hy .lease M. Wood. These men an dtheir friends have been busy the last ten days. Talk in the Third Ward is that Or ville H. Hall will enter the race for alderman against the incumbent James E. Warren. Mayor Pro Tern, while J. G. Harrison also is running. This promises to be a hot three-cor nered fight. The Fourth Ward will present a pretty fight for the aldermanic and councilmanic places. Councilman Al bert Thompson will run for aider- man. A. W. Farlinger will oppose him. In the scramble for the place of councilman will be R. E. George and Lee llagan. Dr. B. E. Pearce is being urged to run. The doctor is being urged to run. The doctor, it is expected, to be announced next week. .. . . First and Second Quiet In the Seventh Jesse Armlstead has announced to succeed F. J. Spratling, who will not be eligible to succeed himself. No opposition faces Mr. Armistead. The First and Second Wards are quiet. No one ha« announced for alderman from the Second, where C. H. Helley is serving the unexpired term of Alderman John McClelland. No opposition has been shown to Councilman J. II. Baskin, who :a standing for re-election in the First. All candidates must qualify by noon September 12, which gives the can didates less than two week? i which to ge f their campaigns in order for the race, which ends Reptember 30. Open air meetings to boost tho cause of votes for women wer?* planned Saturday' following a big rally in the Senate chamber at th<- Capitol, at which the prophecy was made that Georgia women would be enfranchised within the next few' years. A big crowd attended the rally anl heard Mrs. Mary McLendon declare that she believed the Legislature would give the women of the State the right to vote at the next session. Men joined with women in suffrage plans, the Rev. A. M. Hughlett, Leon ard J. Grossman. Dr. M. C. Hardin and Charles McDaniel all speaking vigorously in favor of women voters. The pastor of St. Mark Church at tacked the opponents of equal rights and declared that logic upheld wom en in their demand for a voice in the making of the laws that governed them. Dr. Hardin spoke along the same lines and declared that women were paying thousands of dollars In taxes without representation. Miss S. A. Gresham, first vice presi dent of the Georgia Woman Suf frage Association, congratulated her hearers on the growth of the move ment, of which she has been an ad vocate for 50 years. The next meeting will be at the Ho tel Ansley. Felder Law Firm To Be Reorganized The law firm of Felder, Anderson, Dillon & Whitman will dissolve Sep tember 1 and the firm of Felder, An derson. Coburn * Whitman, with Carl Hutcheson as associate counsel, will be formed. W. S. Dillon and Benedict Kobak, of the old firm, will form a partnership under the name of W. S. Dillon & Benedict Kobak, with offices in the Hurt Building. The firm of Felder, Anderson, Co burn & Whitman will retain the of fices in the Equitable Building, and C. O, Slate, A. A. Dovvda and P. B. D’Orr will continue a? attorneys of the Anderson Mercantile Agency. Resinol Baxley Man Freed of Charge of Swindling Band Trying to Wipe Out Kentucky Family LEXINGTON, Aug 30.-—An uniden tified band of men is attempting to wipe out the widely known Motley family of Warren County, Kentucky. Sunday night Jacob Motley was asJ sassinated as h esat on the veranda of his home. Last night as his uncle, John Motley, returned from his neph ew's funeral he was fired on from ambush by two men. the bullets going through his clothing. The Motley family is guarded to-day. Woman on Parole Weds Her Jailer French Approve of U. S. Peace Move. ! in St. Catherine’s Home in this city. | ‘Moosers’ Celebrate Their First Birthday Ships Aground in Fogs Over Europe CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Progressives from every* Middle West State gath ered here today for a picnic in River side Park. The Chicago Progressive Club welcomed the guests from out side the city with a noon luncheon. Rpeches by James R Garfield. Henry J. Allen and Mrs. Grace Wil bur Trout, who was one of the in fluential women in getting the Illi nois legislature to adopt equal suf frage. were scheduled. A message from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will be read. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. Aug. 3ft.—Heavy and dangerous fogs were reported over all the European coasts to-day. The French gunboat Sentinelle vent ashore on ('leeness Sands, near Grimsby. A big steamer grounded on Haisbro Sands, near Cromer. As sistance was sent to both ships. BON I. AFRICA. Aug. 30.—The Brit ish steamship Eloby went ashore off Okrida, West Africa, in a thick fog to-da> Her position was reported to be dangeious. DINING CARS THE PLAY THIS WEEK Emma Bunting at the Lyric. In her production of "The Circus GirV* at the Lyric Theater next week. Miss Emma Hunting will wear several new and stunning gowns, which fact will be of Interest to her many feminine ad mirer.** in the city This play offers the little actress a character to portray which is exactly to her liking, and one that will undoubtedly he found agree able to her clientele Among those in support of Miss Bunting are, in addi tion to George Whitaker, Samuel C. Miller, Marie Harcourt, Jack Hall, Wal ter Woodal. Charles Houson, Eva Sar- geant and Virginia Hadley. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Aug. 30.—The Matin to day stated that the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs was convinced that the United States has the peace and well-being of the Mexican republic at heart. "The sincerity and forbearance of the American people are wonderful and commendable,” said this paper. The diplomatic representatives of France at Mexico City have been in structed to help the United States in every way possible to bring aboui order in Mexico. There is at least $75,000,000 French capital invested in Mexico. WITH A’LA CARTE SERVICE CINCINNATI & LOUISVILLE Stock Popular. Enthusiastic anplabse, hearty laugh ter ami many well wishes for a prosper ous season have marked the first week • •t the Jewell Kelley engagement at the Hijou. and with the announcement of the second week's play, "The Man From I the West." which is an even better play ban "Her Fatal Shadow.” the success of the company seems assured. The matinee to-day ami the performance to night will close the first week's engage ment. and next week matinees will be given every afternoon at 2:30 and even ing performances at 8.30. 2,000 Engaged in Mexican Battle. DOUGLAS, AR1Z . Aug. 30.—A bat tle is In progress between 1.00ft Mex ican Federuls and an equal number of Constitutionalists near Topolo- hampo. State of Sinaloa, according to a dispatch received here to-day. The Federals landed from a transport and were attacked by the rebels. SHERIDAN. WYO., Aug. 30.— While on parole from sentence of from four to fourteen year? for vol untary manslaughter. Miss Jessie Carmen married former Sheriff Jack Neal, of Buffalo. Wyo., who was Sheriff of the jail in which Miss Carmen was incarcerated during her trial for the death of James McCoy, of Sheridan. Mme. de Gogorza to Quit Operatic Stage NEW YORK. Auk. 30.—Mme. Em ma Eames de Gorgoza. the famous grand opera soprano, announced her retirement from the stage to-day. Mme. de Gorgoza was a passenger on the liner La France, which arrived from Europe. She supplemented her announce ment by saying that if she ever sang again it would be for charity. Delegates From Fifteen States Will Gather in Auditorium- Armory September 12. The program for the eighth annual convention of the United Sacred Harp Musical Association, which will he held at the Auditorium-Armory September 12 to 14, inclusive, has been completed according to an nouncement Saturday. Unless the plans miscarry, the con vention will be the largest in the his tory* of the organization. Noted mu sicians and delegates from fifteen States, it is said, will be present. The delegates will be cared for by a committee composed of J. S. James president; C. J. Griggs, vice presi dent; T. B. Newton, general mana ger. and S. W. Everett, secretary ot the association. It is because of the overflow at tendance which is expected that that the Auditorium has been selected as the place of meeting instead of the Baptist Tabernacle, used heretofore. The opening session will be held Fri day morning at ft o’clock. There will be afternoon and night sessions. French Arrive to Plan Fair Exhibit BAXLEY, Aug. 3ft.—Homer Reed Sr., has been vindicated of a charge I of cheating and swindling preferred by John M. Miles, an Appling County turpentine operator. The charge had been pending two years’. In the meantime Reed had moved from Savannah to New York. The charge grew out of the sale by Reed of 100 shares of the capital stock of the Rome Insurance Com pany. Revival Adds 50 to Grace Church Rolls The second week of the revival at Grace Methodist Church has, in attend ance, interest and results, gone beyond the expectations of the congregation. There have been seventy-five conver sions and fifty applications for church mem bership. A male quartet—O. W. Stapleton, J. Gordon Moore, H. C. Montgomery and I »r. W. C. Conway -accompanied by a string band, will sing Mrs. Anna Coolidge, wife of E. I Coolidge, N ». 34 Grady place, who h;us been collected with McCullough Bros, for a number of years, died at a private sanitarium this morn ing after a long illness. She is sur vived by her mother, Mrs. William Thompson, and one sister, Mrs. Adde Gibson, of Philadelphia, and her husband. The funeral will be held from the chmpel of Greenberg & Bond Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Interment in Westview. Resinol for skin health R ESINOL Ointment and Res inol Soap stop itching in stantly and soon restore the skin to perfect health, in even the worst cases of eczema, rash, ringworm, tetter or other tormenting, unsightly eruptions. Prescribed by physicians for over eighteen years. Resinol Ointment is also a most effective antiseptic, healing dressing for cuts, bums, scalds, bruises, bites, stings,chafings, &c. The nearest druggist sells Resinol Oint- ment(50cand $1.00)and Resinol Soap (26c) or you can try them free by writing to Dept. 33-S, Resinol, Baltimore. Md.. for liberal sample of each. w—mm — ii ii ‘acraigataHBMa NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—The four member? of the commission appointed to look after the interests of France at the Panama exposition arived to day on LaProvince on their way to the Pacific coast. The members of this commission are Albert Triman, G. Roger-Sandoz, Gaston DePellerin De Latouche, and Alfred Savy. Mr. Savy said that they would plant the flag of the French republic on the teritory allotted to that country at the exposition: Garrison Says There Is No ‘‘Mexican Situation.” CHICAGO, Aug. 3ft.—Secretary of War Garrison, who was in Chicago to-day. refused to discuss the Mexi can situation. He said: “There is no such thing as a Mex ican situation from the point of view of my department.*- The Secretary was here to inspect Fort Sheridan and the Chicago har bor. FOR NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA Take HertfordAcid Pho*»hato. SnlTerer* from acid stomach, naueea or sick headache will And this tonic brrtragr a grateful tail of. * Adr. 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