Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-26
Minority Leader Mann De-
livers His Criticism
in the House.
COURSE is HELD WRONG
Harrington, Federal Agent, SuS-
pended Pending Investiga-
ton of Activities. -

Washington, June 26.-Mlnorlty
Leader Mann in the house today at
tackled the course of the president and
the attorney general in the Diggs-
Caminetti white slave cases and West
ern Fuel company indictments in San
Francisco. He declared the chief
magistrate of the country" had pir-
mitted himself to be used in the post
ponement.
Clayton Harrington, special agent
OF the department of justice at San
| Francisco, who sent President Wilson
Sunday night telegram appealing for
the removal from Office of Attorney
| General McReynolds, because OF the
circumstances of the resignation OF
District Attorney McNab, also of San
Francisco, was suspended without pay
last night by a. Bruce Bielaski, chief
of the bureau of investigation OF the
department of justice.
| This action, il was said, was to give
Harrington an opportunity to explain
his telegram. If the explanation is not
satisfactory, officials declare, the spe-
cial agent probably will be summarily
dealt with.
Harrington, former judge, was in
charge of the federal governments
bureau OF investigation at San Fran
cisco. He helped McNab prepare the
Diggs- -Caminetti white slave cases, the
postponement of the trial of which re-
suited in McNab's resignation and
charges against the attorney general.
President Wilson has recommended
to Attorney General McReynolds the
names of Francis J. Heney, Matt j.
Sullivan, Thomas Hayden and others
for appointment as special prosecutors
in the Diggs- Caminetti case and West
ern Fuel company coal customs cases.
No final selections were made.
FOES STILL AFTER WILSON.
President Wilson's publication of
the correspondence between himself
and Attorney General McReynolds re-
specting the latter's interference with
the prosecution of the Caminetti-Diggs
case in California has not disposed Of
the matter.
Representative Kahn of Californi"
will appear before the house judiciary
committee today and demand that all
| lle correspondence III Inv POSSNSp'OAA
of the attorney general be furnished
the house and be made public.
1t is now probable that no action
will be taken by the house likely to
cause the administration increased
embarrassment. The republicans, how
ever, propose TO keep the incident be-
fore the public.
Through the acceptance of McNab's
resignation, it is asserted the friends
, of Caminetti have obtained the Vacan-
cy in the district attorneys Office
= which they desired, and that unless a
special prosecutor of the type of Frank
, j. Heney is employed, prosecution may
devolve upon the man selected for po-
litical reasons to be McNab's success
sor.
S McNAB SCORES McRIhYNOLDs.
! McNab has issued a statement to
the press today branding the explain
alton sent to the president by the av-
J.. torney general as lame and peurile.'
"One of two things is true" the
o statement continues. Either the at
: torney general withheld from the
president my repeated messages warn
r ] ing tDdt COTIuptlOn anu iuiiueuCe were
I destroying the cases and postpone
r ment was fatal or official Washing
ton is neither sensitive nor responsive
Y to the charge of corruption in its pub
{ lie service
: CAMINETTI AND DREW INDICTED.
Sacramento, Cal, June 26.-Maury
l. Diggs, former state architect, and
Drew Caminetti, son of A. Caminettl.
: immigration commissioner, were In
o dicted by the county grand jury last
), night, charged with abandonment OF
S their minor children in coping to
Il Reno with Marsha Warrington and
, Leila Norris, local girls. Both men
are al liberty on 10000 bonds.
HENEY SILENT ON CASE.
Albuquerque, n. NJ, June 26.-Fran-
els J. Heney, who was in Albuque.>1e
at noon yesterday on his way TO San
Q Francisco denied all knowledge Of his
prospective appointment as special
I prosecutor to conduct the Diggs-
Ceninetti and the Western Fuel COM
Y pGny cases at San Francisco. He de.
z clined to say whether he would ac-
1t cep: the position. .
e 1000 Miners Strike.
q Charleston, w Va, June 26.-Re