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HE Alt ST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1913. Noted Minister Declares Public for Hrst Time Has Taken Up Arms Against Condoned Immorality. . By THE REV. CHARLES F. AKED. / SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6.—It is impossible to over-esti mate the significance of the Diggs-Caminetti trials. For all practical purposes these two cases may now be studied as one. The social position of the two men first celled attention to the charges brought against them. But this would only have given notoriety, not importance. The ill-judged action of their friends in trying to stave off an appearance before judge and jury added to the notoriety. The intervention of the Attorney General, the fierce daring of Mr. McNab, the United States district attorney, taking his official life in his hands and challenging the Government of the United States to deal out even-handed justice even to the son of one of its trusted officers; the painful blunder of the Presklent of the United States; his verbal rebuke to McNab and his actual compliance with McNab's demand; the debates in congress that followed—all this gave to what at first looked like a Sacramento elopement a publicity not limited by the boundaries of this country. New Principal on Trial. Yet these things are not of the essence of the matter. The importance of the case lies deeper. Perhaps the man or wom an who made no secret of the absorbing interest which this case possessed could not have explained in so many words the nature of that interest. But all the same, each person was conscious of a some thing vaster than the fate of two vicious young men. It was not they who were on trial. A new law of the land we love was on trial. And behiud that, a new great principle of law, a new great principle of order, of life and government had to stand its trial before a jury composed of all the thoughtful, earnest persons amongst a population of ninety millions of free men. The Mann act, miserably misnamed “the white slave traf fic act,” has had its baptism of fire. And the public have learned with amazement that its scope goes far out beyond their dreams of what law and the administration of law can do. Designed to afford the Federal Government power to deal with criminals who fatten upon the flesh and blood of women, it was—and again by deliberate purpose—made to include vicious conduct in which no suggestion of monetary gain or of “white slavery” inhered, but which might tend eventually to swell the ranks of women devoted to a shameful life. The world—our world, the world of the United States— has for some time been prepared to take arms against the brutalized creature who panders to vice and who by force or fraud holds women in prostitution, making his market out of them. But the Diggs-Caminetti case told all this great world that law had now armed itself against conduct which long ago both men and women have condoned, and stood ready to brand as a party to this iniquity men who only thought to tread, as men had done before them, the primrose path of dalliance—at the cost of a woman’s shame. News Was Real News. The news was really news. It was new news. It was startling news. And our world has watched and waited and carefully read and as carefully thought, and is still making up its mind as to whether the law, justified by Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States, shall be justified at the bar of public opinion. Judge Van Vleet, in his charge, so full, so strong, so clear, has repeated and emphasized his own conviction: “IN MY JUDGMENT THE LAW IS A GOOD ONE AND IN THE INTERESTS OF PUBLIC MORALS AND DE CENCY.” And again : THE MANN ACT IS AS MUCH FOR THE PROTEC TION OF VIRTUOUS WOMEN AS IT IS TO BREAK UP THE EVIL TRAFFIC IN WOMEN.” And that is what the public has learned with such sur prise. The public believed that the act was to break up the vile traffic in women. And friends of Diggs and Caminetti may protest as they will; the judgment has been previously affirmed by the Su preme Court. And the court yet more supreme, the court of public opinion, the court of national conscience, will confirm the judgment of these lower tribunals. Prostitution is not a necessity. It is not, as generations, almost fondly, called it, a “necessary evil.” The sacrifice of women to the passions of men, all but hallowed by the beliefs and practices of thousands of years, has to end. A new era has dawned and in this age conduct which once wag thought of as personal and individual, is seen to be a crime against society. And society, for its own protection, will treat it as a crime. Attack on All Society. It is this conviction, defined or unexpressed, which is dem onstrated in a verdict of “guilty” against both Diggs and Cam innetti. The feeling deepest in the souls of the earnest men and women throughout the United States who have followed the trials with such eager interest is not one of resentment on behalf of Marsha Warrington and Lola Norris. The wrong, it has been seen—or at least felt—is not the sins against these girls, but the attack upon the whole framework of the social order. These two girte are entitled to very little sympathy, except as one sympathizes on general grounds with every man or wo man who goes wrong, as one is sorry for the two men in the case. They are bad girls; treacherous; wicked. And if a law could be passed which women could administer, these girls would suffer severely at their hands. They will suffer. They | are suffering. And they ought to suffer. Their parents suffer and one wonders whether their suffer ings will be a warning to other parents in this country. What sort of parental oversight has there been? How does it come about that these girls can easily deceive their fathers and M EN l-onvieted as “white slavers” and women who were affected by the sensational trial. Above is Lola Norris, the girl who eloped with Caminetti. Below (from left to right) are Drew Caminetti, Maury Diggs, Marsha Warrington and Mrs. Caminetti. mothers 17 What kind of a love Is it which does not love well enough to be etern, which accords license to wander about at all hours with all sort** of men and go to all sorts of places? There are mothers and fathers in this city and in every city in the land who ought to have to learn the lesson. And if they will not learn t from the Diggs-Caminetti trials, they may yet have to learn i f in bitter, heartbreaking trials of their own Appeals fer Light Sentence. I have done. During the prog ress of the trial 1 carefully refrain ed from saying a woyd which might prejudice the defendant. At the end of the Diggs trial I penned an appeal to the Judge to temper jus tice with mercy. I have been re proved on the one hand beeau.se. It was alleged. Diggs was a debauch ed scoundrel, who deserved no mer cy, and on the other because the case being on the subjudire, it was "contempt of court" to seek to in fluence the judge. Such critics r'o not know the meaning of the words thev employ And they know nothing of law an-J the administration of law. That is not "contempt of court.” Now that, the matter is out of the hands of the Jury, it is a perfectly proper plea. It is one which would be admitted as proper in every DR. AKED SEES NEW MORAL ERA DAWN FOR U. S. __ ' r ' I ** + +#+ +•+ +•+ +••»* +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ itiggs- Caminetti Verdict a Triumph Mann. Act Stands Baptism of Fire WHITE SLAVE LAW MADE THE PROTECTION OF WOMANHOOD T HE Mann act, miserably misnamed “the white slave traf fic act,” has had its baptism of fire. Designed to afford the Federal Government power to deal with criminals who fat ten upon the tlesli and blood of women, it was—and again by deliberate purpose—made to include vicious conduct in which no suggestion of monetary gain of “white slavery” inhered, but which might tend eventually to swell the ranks of women devoted to a shameful life. The Diggs-Caminetti ease told all this great world that law had now armed itself against conduct which long ages ago both men and women have condoned, and stood ready to brand as a party to this iniquity those who only thought to tread, as men had done before them, the primrose path of dalliance—at the eost of a woman's shame.—REV. CHARLES F. AKED. Pennies Cut in Two To Pay Off Labor Contractor Gets Angry Whan Brick layers Ask for 8ca!e on Fraction of Hour. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 6.—Sixteen bricklayers worked fifteen minutes on an Oakland Job and were then laid off because of lack of material. Car nahan A Mulford, the employing con tractors, grew peevish when the bricklayers asked for a full hour's pay, 87 1-2 cents. "Very well," eald the contractors "they shall have their 87 1-2 cents an hour or fraction thereof " Soon tlM bricklayers were called to the cash ier’s window. The first man to sign his pay check received a shock. He had counted out to him eight dimes, a flve-cent piece, two pennies, and the half of a penny that had been chopped in two. One of the bricklayers suggested that the Government does not permit mutilation of its coins, wo the matte” was referred to the United States Dls trlct Attorney’s office Caminetti Indicates He Will Not Resist Sentence SAN FRANCIS* ’O, Sept. fl—While F. Drew Caminetti, convicted yester day on a charge of violation of the Mann white slave law-, refuses to dls. cuss his future plans, It Is not be lieved he will appeal to the higher court g. Caminetti declared this morning that he felt relieved that the case was over, and Intimated that he would ac cept his fate. "In a way, this verdict i9 a Jus tification form." he said "I am guilty of violating the law by taking Lola Norris to Reno, but I am not guilty of persuading or enticing her to go. Nor am I guilty of anything connect ed with Marsha Warrington "I feel relieved now that the long strain over If the Jury had dis agreed, there would have been all this mess to go over again Surely this leaves me better off In a financial way. If I had been acquitted In this case, I would have had to face the conspiracy charge. I hope they wll! drop these now." Wife Make* No Sign. Caminetti took the verdict with good spirit. A look of deep anxiety settled on his face as the Jury came in for the last time yesterday, and it remained after the verdict was read, Out in a few minutes he had recov- Five* of the principal figures in the famous Diggs- Caminetti “White Slave” cases in which the Mann Act received its first, important test since its passage. country in the civilized world. For the reasons which I have given be fore, and for reasons which appeal to some of the best men and wom en I know of. I made my appeal to Judge VanFleet. I submit, with great respect for him personally, and with great respect for the of- flpe which ha so worthily fills, that the law be vindicated, and the ends of justice served as effectively by a light sentence as a heavy one an i perhaps better. “FAST” PASTOR OUSTED; FORCED TO LEAVE TOWN LOS ANGELES. CAL, Sept. 6.— The Rev. O. H. Mason, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Long Reach, around whom a storm ha.* raged for three weeks, was ordered by a member of the vestry to resign at once and leave Long Beach for ever. The pastor left at once. Charges made by two girls, mem bers of the church, were investigated by the vestry and resulted in the pastor being found guilty of Indis cretions. ered his usual cheerfulness and ex pressed his relief that the strain of the trial was over. Hla mother. Mrs Anthony Caminetti, was not In the courtroom when the verdict was an nounced. Mrs. Drew Caminetti was present, with her little daughter, but neither she nor Mrs Maury I. Diggs made any sign Caminetti and his attorneys were confident of a disagreement after the Jury had once come In and asked for further Instructions on the question of Intent A question put by Foreman C. F. Michaels, asking Judge Van- Fleet if the Immoral purpose must have existed in the mind of the de fendant before the party crossed the State line, and the attention paid to the answer, seemed to indicate that Robert T Devlin's skilled argument on the purpose of the trip had raised a doubt in the minds of at least some of the Jurors The court’s reply that the criminal intent must have existed at least at the time the trip began gave the defense hope But It was short-lived. Released on Bond. Caminetti was taken Into custody by the United States Marshal after the verdict ♦as returned, but later was released on bond. Both Caminetti and Diggs will be sentenced next Wednesday. Diggs, having been convicted on four counts of the Indictment, faces a prison term which may be set at twenty years, at the option of the judge, and also n fine of $20,000. Caminetti, who was found guilty on only one count, faces the maximum penalty of five years imprisonment and a fine of If*.000. There remain *ver the heads ol both Diggs and Caminetti Indict ments charging conspiracy to violate the act. and Diggs still has a third indictment hanging over him. With Charles B. Harris, of Sacra ment', his >rmer attorney, he is ac cused of subornation of perjury. Nel lie Barton, friend of Marsha War rington. testified during the Dlgg* trial that Harris and Diggs had coached her In testimony, which sh* in turn was to drill Marsha Warring ton for use on behalf of Diggs The perjury trial will be called be fore Judge VanFleet on Wednesday. Officer Weds in Time To Catch Transport Soldier Ordered to Philippines Tele graphs Fiancee He Cannot Leave Without Her. WASHINGTON, Sept. Lieuten ant Charles J. Boehs, Medical Corps. United States Army, of Washington, and Mias Hattie Collier, of Houston, Tex., were married in Ban Francisco Just in time to catch the army trans port for Manila. The romance began In Houston and all was going nicely when Lieutenant Roehs was ordered to the Philippines. The engagement was announced and the couple parted. Thursday Lleuten ant Roehs decided that life was not worth living without his fiancee, so he telegraphed her to come at once She did A minister was waiting In a hotel near the railroad station The ceremony over, the couple made a hurried trip in a taxicab and board ed a steamer Finger Prints Prove Indian Signed Note Pawnee Denies He Affixed Signature, but Marks on Paper Con vict Him. WASHINGTON, Sept 8 -Two or three finger-prints on an "I. O. U” are as valid as u formal signature. In the opinion of the finger print ex pert of the United States Marine Corps The expert establishes the genu- . iueness of nineteen finger-prints which were given to him for identl- jflention and the finding is expected to | cause a certain Pawnee Indian, who I dentes signing a note for $800, con- i siderable embarrassment. HORSE GETS DRINK AND THEN TURNS OFF SPIGOT GEORGETOWN. DEL., Rept. 6 — Sadie, a mare owned by John T. Wagamon, with a curious aversion to drinking standing water, doesn’t bother about .calling anyone when thirsty, but turns on and off the wa ter at her pleasure. In his barnyard Wagamon has a big tub with a spigot. Sadie goes to this and, with her teeth, turns the spigot on, drinks her fill of running water, then turns off the spigot. Ardenites in Kimonos Observe George Day As Single Taxer3 Celebrate In Tree Top Homes, Brown Addresses Anarchist Faction. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6—The sin gle tax colony of Arden to-day. in kimonos, night dresses and all kinds of up-to-date costumes, celebrated the seventy-fourth anniversary of the i birth of Henry George. Had George been alive he might have objected 1 to the celebration and ,..e attire cf the celebrators. As it was. he prob ably satisfied himself with turning 1 over in bis grave. The celebration resolved itself Inti! two meetings, one by the ardent Ardenites. at which Esperanto and politics were discussed, and the other prodded over by Geotge Brown, an- ' arehist, at which anarchy was th*r 1 real live topic. The Ardenites held their meeting in the Woodland Theater, while the single taxers, in their open-air co«- | tumes, perched themselves upon the branches of trees and applauded The Brown farewell party was held surrounding Brown's bungalow. Aft er It was all over Brown announced that he had leased his bungalow and was done forever with Arden Arden breathed a sigh of relief, because, wasn’t It George Brown that mad4 Upton Sinclair and other Ardenites pound stone on he Delaware roads because they insisted upon playin? ball on Sunday? WIFE OF II LEPER TELLS STORY OF ESRLY’SCRUELTY Declares That She Suffered in Martyr-Like Silence the Tor tures of an Outcast. TACOMA, Sept. 6.—Having differ ed in martyr-like silence the tortures of an outcast which were made doubly hard to bear through the al leged cruelty of the man for whom *he assumed her burden. Mrs. George Tausan. the divorced wife of John Ruskln Early, leper and man of mys- terj\ who has* but recently been de clared inwine, has at last broken her long silence. •Mrs. Early, on divorcing the men whom she had married when a girl 'n her teens, married George Tausan. formerly clerk in the office of thn Treasurer of Pierce County. Washing ton. With her three children she ig living happily. I lost all affections for John Ear’y the day following our marriage," said his wife. “I lived in veritable purga tory with him. It was not because lie wa« a leper; we did not know that, he was. I was Just eighteen. I had been reared by an Vlder brother, a, minister. I was a little more than five years I had been taught to avoid divorce, and for that reason I did no$ seek one at that time. Sleep Was Impossible. "At Summit I did not average twd hours’ sleep out of every twenty-four for the two months we remained there. I was a nervous wreck. I did not know what moment Early would attempt to kill me and the' babie« N\ hen I think of it all, I nearly go mad "I tel] you. I didn’t have enougii sense. I thought once married, you must stand all that comes with it. "We were married November 3, 1906 Here my purgatory began. H* would not work, and I was obliged to support him. After our first baby came. Early grew worse, and I took a. number of blows from him while shielding my 3-weeks-old child. "In May. 1908, I noticed a sort of rash breakout on his hands, and ask ed him what it was. He said it was from tho effect* of acid dropped on him while working in a small puln mill. He took me to the mill and showed me where the acid had fallen on the floor. I never gave It another thought. It was while in Washington the terrible truth was learned. Ear'v went to iw-e about his pension. He was examined and told he had lepro sy. I can not describe my terror. "Oh! It was something beyond thought. I wanted to flee, and yet I wanted to remain for my child’s sake. Thinks Only of Children. "If It had not been for my children, God knows. I would have left him or killed myself years ago. But my babies! Only a mother knows how I felt. "In 1909 we went to New York and remained there until 1910. leaving that place and going to Los Angeles. "While I was losing all my sleep from nervousness, I was losing weight rapidly. When mv husband was taken by the authorities. I promised to go with him. I do not deny that. I would have promised anything to get him away If I had not promised to settle on a ranch near the Diamond Point colony I was afraid he would refuse to go. "His refusal to leave meant my death and the death of my babies also. Knowing that. I gave him my promise, but which I know will not be held against me. "I have never spoken of my trou bles before, but when every one be gins to criticise me for leaving him, 1 had to explain." COOK BOOKS FOR BRIDES WITH MARRIAGE LICENSES CHICAGO. Rept. 6. —Leaden bis cuits and leather-crusted pies and all the other dinner delicacies of Mrs. Newlywed soon may cease to cause physical pain and matrimonial es trangement. Their existence is threatened Authorities of Cook County are considering the advisability of giv ing away official Cook County cook books with all marriage licenses. Robert M. Swletzer. county clerk, will present the plan to the county Board. MARRIED 14 YEARS, PAIR ELOPE TO CORRECT ERROR 8T LOUIS. Rept 6. -Mr, and Mrs Patrick J. Grimes, of St Louis, "eloped" to tipi ingfield, Ill., and were remarried. They were married fourteen years ago, but because of a clerical error in the li cense Mrs. Grimes requested her hus band to go through the ceremony again. Mrs Grimes’ maiden name was Sadie Gruber In the marriage license the name was written "Cruder." HEIR RETURNS AFTER HUNT OF EIGHTEEN YEARS FAILS LA PORTE. INP . Sept fi -After hav ing been away for more than eighteen vears Otto Buck, legal heir to the entate of William Buck, who died in January, unexpectedly returned to La- porte. General interest is taken in the af fair because of the world-wide search for Buck and the fact that several have been presenting claims for the estate of $12,500. $2.C0 TO CHATTANOO GA AND RETURN W and A Railroad will sell round trip tickets from Atlanta to Chattanooga and return for Ira n leaving Atlanta at 8:36 a rn. Thursday, September II, 1913, good leturning not later than train arriving Atlanta 7:35 p. m. Saturday, September 12, 1913 C. E. HARMAN, General Passenger Agent. BORDEN); Malted Milk HAS NO EQUAL BMoKCtnoEBltaCa Relief from Dyspepsia can be obtained by temporary fasting but at the expense of your strength. 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