WE MORXTXG OEEGOMAX, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1912. FILM CONCERN IS ACCUSED AS TRUST Theatrical Manager Declares in Suit That Injustice Is Being Done. PORTLAND SHOWS SUFFER Independent Movement Takes Form at Psychological Moment and Is Welcomed Validity or Pat ents Is Questioned. NEW YORK. July 16. Aliasing that 10 of the biggest film manufacturers had banded together to restrict trade and drive others out of the business, the Greater New York Film Company, headed by William Fox, a theatrical manager, has begun suit in the United States District Court against the com panies, charging they are a combina tion in restraint of trade. The suit will be heard before a spe cial examiner. "The suit of William Fox against the General Film Company." said Melvln G. Winstock. general manager of the People's Amusement Company, "on the ground that It i a trust and In re straint of trade. Is an Important one, and is a move that has been expected for a long time. Wheels Revolve Within WheeU. "The Patents Company is composed of 10 film factories. This concern at tempts to license the exchanges and also the theaters. The General Film Company is composed of the Bame 10 film factories, and this latter concern acta as a distributor. If you do not do as the Patents Company tells you, you can't run the stuff distributed by the General Film Company, and that is the little wheel within a wheel by which almost every decent exchange la the United States was forced to sell at to the General Film Company. Hav ing both these ends in control they now seek to get Into the exhibitor's end of it by taxing him practically out of all his profits by way of rentals, thus making every branch of the in dustry pay undue tribute to the picture trust. "Ever since this company has been buving out exchanges and, with the connivance of the Motion Picture Pat ents Company, threatening to cancel exchange licenses if the exchanges did not sell out to the trust at the trust's own price. It has been doing business In restraint of trade and the General Film, composed of the same men who own the Patents Company, has borne heavily and unjustly down on the exhibitors. Through Alleged patents, the validity of which are questioned in the highest courts in the land, they have attempted to license or not license theaters, and they have put in force rules and regulations arrogating to themselves almost governmental pow ers. Exclusive 1m Oemaaded. "They have attempted to compel theaters to use their goods exclusively, and failure to comply with this rule meant an absolute withdrawal of their Mm. As far as our own. the People's Company, is concerned, they have con tinually discriminated against us In programmes and prices, and many times have given our smallest competi tor a better programme and a cheaper rate than we paid because we had to use their films In all of our theaters or none, for that was another of their rules, an exhibitor could not run their Alms in some houses and Independent dims In others. "The People's Amusement Company Is the biggest single renter of films In the United States and thou: we have paid this trust nearly $500,000 in film rentals since the organization of our company, we got smaller considera tion than did a man who had a theater In Goble and paid them 20 a week. "We have been awaiting an oppor tunity for a long time to go indepen dent. The psychological moment ar rived recently, when there occurred a break In the ranks of the independent distributing forces. We sent our -ep-resentatlve East and, finding It possi ble to secure an exchange franchise, a few Portland men not officially con nected with the People's, but some of whom owned stock therein, formed a corporation with a capital stock of (50.000 and started an Independent ex change under the name of the Film Supply Company of Oregon. Its first and biggest customer was naturally the People's Amusement Company, but since the new exchange opened a few davs aso applications for service have been coming in at a greater rate than even the company can possibly sup ply and there is no doubt whatever that the exchange will be a complete success. F.ihlhltor. Caale lidfr Conditio?-. "There are few exhibitors in the . land who do not chafe under the in equitable and unjust exactions of the General Film Company, and It only needed somebody with the proper cour age and capHal to lead the revolt. "As Oe general manager of the Peo lle" for m-rc than a year I have been watching the quality of the films turned out by the independent facto ries, as lias our hoard of directors, and they content to the change of servio. for our company only when we were satisfied that the independent concerns were turning out Just as good pic tures as the trust. There is not an unprejudiced critic in the land who will not say that in many respects to dav the independent concerns are is suing and producing even better pic tures and those which appeal more to the common people. "Mr. Fox will win in his suit, be cause his cause is Just. There are cood trusts and bad trusts, but a com bination such as this, which seeks to throttle the very existence or the ex hibitor, who does all the battling and Btruerline ar.d who today has done wonders in fixing the high standard of this f irm of entertainment, should be either properly regulated or sup pressed." EIGHTY TEACHERS WIN Multnomah County Folk Get Cer tificates of Instruction. SALEM. Or.. July 16. Announcement was made today by State Superintend ent of Public Instruction Alderman that SO teachers of Multnomah County were successful in passing the recent exam inations. They are: One-year papers Maud Mlckel. Elsie Chrlstensen. Sister Mary Oliver, Mar garet Monroe, Rowena Arthur, Sadie McKenzie. Bonnie I Williams. Barbara Hoch, Anna L. Dudley. Sarah K. Tousey, Elizabeth Oonover, Lydia Villineuve, H. C. Anderson. Ethel Irene Calkins. Elea nor Iorns. Sister Mary Benildls. Wil liam H. Blood. Paul H. Sieg. Elsie K. Lathrop. Letha S co bee, Florence I Johnston, Lola E. Herald, Hulda M. Kehrll. Alice M. Wheeler, LetUe H. Os born. Lois McQuald, Stella A. Pennick, Margaret K. Shantln, Ida May Johnson, Alice B. Mclntyre. Lynette Fitxwater, Clara Young. Lena Oilman. Jeanette Roberts. Lula Wilking. Laura Thomp son. Edith Bailey, Dorcas Ehdln. Alta ririell. Helen Grace Abbott, Alice Huirhes. Mary Sunderland. Ethel N Johnson. Pauline Elliott, Margaret Hammar, Mrs. Elsa Knowlea, Dorothea Pike, Grace Frost, Katnerm JrTuman. Edna Mae woit, emner ivate wiest. Althea Hambree. Eva M. Boldman, Flo rence Helen O'Bnen. Adrlanne McDan iL Beatrice D. O'Brien, Bertie Nelll, Gladys Lanthers. Ada Osfield, Ethel Bryan. Laurose Bailey, Anna M. Green, R. H. Searle, Mrs. Mary Stelneker, Ber tha F. Arndt. Minnie B. Kearns, Flora McNiven. Elizabeth Canning. Elmer Ray Jones. George W. Metzger, Myrtle Jenrles, Lrrace r. favics. wi.u raraer, Helen MrSullivan. Frances M. Hughes, Frances Potter, Bertha S. Stocks. LJfe certificates Sister Teresa of the Cross. Margaret Borboree, settle Rankin. WILL BE TRIED AUTHORITIES DETERMINED HE SHALL XOT BE FllEED. Otto Pence, "Who Wounded Herman Emery, to Face Charge of As sault With Revolver. Though admitted to be Insane. Otto Ward Pence, who shot Herman P. Emery at the stage door of Pantages Theater, July 10. must face a criminal charge of making an assault with a dangerous weapon. . This action was decided upon by Deputy uisinci At torney Fitzgerald yesterday, when steps were taken to have the man re leased from the County Jail, his victim being on the road to recovery. "I am going to make good and sure that this man dses not try to kill anyone else in Oregon." said the prosecutor. ft had been proposed to turn the demented man back to the custody of the authorities at Steilacoom insane Asylum, but this action is opposed by the District Attorney. "What assurance have we that he will not be turned loose again, like he was before, and come back nere to murder someone T' demanded Fitz gerald. Pence was released irom tne asyium two davs before the assault, upon the representation that he would be taken back East, and his mother, who lives in Tacoma. gave a bond to insure this action. Instead, he came here, acquired an Imaginary infatuation for a woman performer at the theater, wroteher 11 letters in one day, and when denied admittance to the stage to see her, shot Emery as he tried to stop him. The wound was at first thought fatal, but Emery Is now recovering. Pence will be held under the criminal charge, and will not be released until th authorities are shown beyond all doubt that he will be kept restrained as his condition demands. JONES CASE IS PUZZLE IXJCRED OAKS COCESSIO- AIRE SAYS XOTHIXG. Physician Thinks Spinal Injury Was Caused by Shock to Mental or Physical Condition. ti.. nf W Vf. Jones, owner of the skating rink and of the. "Old Mill" concession at the Oaks, who was para lyzed wnue swimmins " 1110 Monday night. Is proving a puzzle to his physician. Dr. Frank M. Taylor. a.,.. f tht vind are seldom en countered. Suddenly, without a mo ment of warning. Mr. jones oecame paralyzed frqm the shoulders down ward, and is still in that condition. Just what injury Jones sustained is now the object of inquiry. It was evidently the spine that was hurt, but If caused by coming In violent con tact with any part of the tank, there are no marks to show it. Neither has Mr. Jones any recollection oi sucn an occurrence. Mr Jones leaped Into the big tank Monday night, and that is all he re members. He became helpless In the water, but he made no outcry, and no body noticed his condition at first. Then he was seen by William aimer, an attache of the bath house. Miller thought Jones was acting strangely, and rescued him as he was sinking the third time. Mr. Jones was taken to the Good Samaritan HospitaL A severe shock caused by some men tal or physical condition, is thought to be responsible for the Injury to the spine, though another theory is that le may nave Dent ni lown beneath him when he struck the water. ... . Mr. Jones is married, and lives at Eighteenth street north. His le covery is doubtful. - MILITIA WILL COMPETE ATX3CST 12-15 DATE SET FOR RIFLE TOURNAMENT. Oregon Bankers Have Donated Large Sum for Trophy to Be Shot for Under Special Rules. i -iM. onri revolver com- netitlon of the Oregon National Guard will oe neia on m """" . , near Clackamas, August 12-lo. A lars number of prizes and medals will be given for the Best snots. The commanding officer of each reg , - Hi -a .asm if four men and i nit; n i bvuu IV. -1- one alternate, to be selected from the commissisoned ana ooii-coniiuu.. officers. From each company of In- . . K..lanne onmnnnv and divis ion of 'the Oregon Naval Militia a team of four men and one alternate will be chosen by the commander. t. i. ..tA th,t nil members Of teams shall have performed 75 per cent or tne military amy, nuun drills, encampments and other duties oi a similar nature, uuniia they have been members of the organi n.nn.ta imm t nm mand i n g of a K. . Aa tn tVlA OfTiCA Of Adjutant-General Flnzer not later than August 8, showing the names ana ran-, of the members of the various teams. A prize of between 1600 and $600. given by the bankers of Oregon, Is an nounced by Colonel John M. Poorman, of the Third Infantry. This Is to be A "TI. . CnlrAva Trftuht-" And Will le shot for under rules and at a time to be announced later. West Sanctions Extraditon. cAT.tr-vr r- t 11 w- i fi 1 Extradition papers were granted by the executive oixices yesteraay tor o. B. Deniell. who Is wanted in Portland for larceny of an automobile. He is now In Canada. This is the first inter, national extradition which has been Issued since Governor West took of fice. The machine was the property of the Pacific Auto M---c racing Company- OMIT 31 nrn niin Him flLGIUIIO IU JOIN ROOSEVELT Commissioner of Corporations Will Cast Fortunes With New Third Party. CONANT WILL GET PLACE Retiring Official Said to Have Ad vised Colonel of Intended Move. Letter to Taft Discusses Issue Frankly. WASHINGTON. July IS- Herbert Knox Smith resigned today as Com missioner of Corporations to Join the forces of Theodore Roosevelt and the new third party. He will be succeeded, in all probability, by Luther Conant, Jr.. of Brooklyn, N. T., the present Deputy Commissioner of Corporations, who is described as a distinctly Ad ministration exponent. The change will become effective on the close of busi ness Thursday, July 18. Mr. Smith will go to New Tork for a conference Friday with Colonel Roosevelt, when his political plans will be mapped out. He probably will take an active part in the campaign, dis cusssing corporations, with particular reference to the Sherman anti-trust law. He admitted that he advised the ex-President of his contemplated ac tion and tentatively discussed the fu ture at his conference last week with Mr. Jtoosevelt. Mr. Smith declined to discuss his of ficial relations with President Taft, al though he added his silence was not necessarily to be Interpreted as mean ing that his official conduct had been restricted through a disagreement of Ideas. A close personal friend of Colonel Roosevelt, Mr. Smith was a member of the "tennis cabinet" during the pre vious administration. His friends assert that the Commissioner was displeased by the publication in the pre-conven-tlon campaign of the International Harvester correspondence, in which Mr. Smith's letters to President Roose velt against the prosecution of the cor poration under the Sherman anti-trust law at that time figured prominently. In his letter of resignation Mr. Smith frankly advised President Taft of his intention to Join the new party. He said: "I have the honor to ofTer hereby my resignation as Commissioner of Cor porations In the Department of Com merce ard Labor, to take effect at the close of business July 18. 1912. "I do so because I Intend to support the progressive movement and the new progressive party. That movement In cludes the principles that I believe in and that I have earnestly tried to fur ther so far as I could during my term of Federal service. "I feel that the new party repre sents these principles more directly and with more promise and power of performance than either the Repub lican or Democratic parties. "I trust that you wilt pardon this expression of my personal views; it seems only courteous that I should state to you the reasons for my action. "I wish to retire from office as soon as practicable and I believe that by July 18 1 can so close up my otricial work as to leave the work with no sub stantial lapse in its operations." Mr. Conant, the probable new Com missioner, was born in Acton, Mass., 39 years ago. He was connected with the New Tork Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin for years. THIRD PARTY MEN BOLT (Continued from First Pase.) of Equalization, saying he could not remain with the Republican party be cause he was a third party man; Dr. John Doyle, Twenty-first District, Springfield, a labor leader; Fred S. Wilbur, Twenty-second District, editor of an East St. Louis newspaper and who was defeated for a Congressional nomination at the primaries. Battle Lasts all Day. The "bolt" came after a full day of battling. It was preceded by verbal pyrotechnics which verged on the brink of physical demonstration. "Traitor" and "four - flusher" were common phrases. Walter Clyde Jones hurried out of the. meeting room before the session was half over, declaring the meeting had been "packed by Deneen men," and that the third party state cause was hopeless. He did not return. Mr. Merriam refused point blank to sign the calL He made a speech in which he said he was "going back to the Republican party." He declared he had been induced to Join the movement in the belief that a real third party a real Republican party was to be organized and that he had been mistaken. Julis . Kespohl, after affixing his name to convention call, burst Into a room where J. Medill McCormlck. the conference chairman, was explaining to newspaper men what had happened. "Take my name off. I don't want It on any such a document, he declared. Genuineness of Party Denied. "And mine, too," came the voice of Fred S. Wilbur, of East St. Louis, who was searching for McCormlck on the same errand. About that time Simon and Doyle came in on a like mission. They de clared it was not a "real third party" and that they "were through. Another blow to the third party movement was delivered today when 12 of the leading Republican editors of the state met at Springfield and de elded to oppose any third party plans that proposed a state or county ticket. The editors were somewnat aiviaea in their preference as between Taft and Roosevelt, but will present a united effort against any third party state ticket. This conference Is considered the be ginning of a movement that will em brace the press of the entire state with the same object in view. The "Bull Moose party" has lost ground rapidly shlnce the Chicago con vention and the country editors are the first to discover that" the people generally are not In favor of disrupt ing the Republican party. PREMIUM ON "REGULARITY" President to Make Appointments for State Organizations. WASHINGTON, July 16. With the semi-official announcement today that President Taft will appoint four Ohio Republicans to Important Government posts In Washington, It became appar ent that one of the first moves In the fight the Taft leaders are making for th President's re-election will be an attempt to strengthen their relations with the Republican state organiza tions throughout the country. Taft leaders said tonight that the W eoleirrai. Savings Men's Suits Reduced Buy now and save much. Great reductions in the price of all Summer clothing and furnishings. Come with the crowds and take advantage of the many bargains on every hand. This is our regular, high-grade stock; everything is fresh and new every reduction genuine. Men's Shirts Reduced that sold for $15.00, now only that sold for $20.00, now only. .. that sold for $22.50, now only. that sold for $25.00, now only... that sold for $30.00, now only. . . that sold for $35.00, now only Young Men's Suits are going at the same reductions - Suits Suits Suits Suits Suits Suits $11.35 $13.35 $15.35 $16.65 $20.00 $23.35 ONE-FOURTH OFF Blues, Blacks, and Full-Dress Suits Boys' Knicker Suits Reduced Suits Suits Suits OUltS Suits Suits Men's Pants Reduced Pants r.'0:. $2.65 Pants o"$t.: $3.00 Pants r.1:4'50: $3.25 D- that sold for $5.00, Q 7JJ rants n0w only. .:. . . . . . 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Assurances have been received at the White House from Republicans in many states that they will not Join the third party, and the recognition of state organizations, the Taft leaders here believe, will influence still others to remain with the old party and thus aid his campaign. Although It was said that the President is not Teady yet to fill several Important vacancies, it was the general belief that the ap points will be sent to the Senate be fore Congress adjourns ana mat tney will fit It with the plan to remember Republican, workers throughout the country. The contemplated Ohio appointments would recoenlze, K C. Laylin, who con ducted the primary campaign in Ohio for Mr. Taft; Granville w. mooney, former Speaker of the Assembly, and ex-Representative Ralph Cole. Carml Thompson, Assistant Secre tary of the Interior, is slated to be come secretary to the President, suc ceeding Charles D. Hllles, who today assumed his new duties as chairman of the Republican National commit tee. DEMOCRATS PLAN RALLY Xoisv, Enthusiastic Demonstration Due Tomorrow Night. Since the nomination of Governor Wilson at the Baltimore convention two weekB ago, Oregon Democrats have been accumulating large and noisy quantities of enthusiasm which .n raioanod at the Armory tomor row night, when the nomination of the National ticket will De raunea ai a mass meeting of Democrats from all . i- - rpVin nv-ncrr-flTTimA H-t the Over U1B - Armory Is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock. . . The committee on arrangements had hoped to have Governor West as one of the speakers on this occasion, but he Is en route to Boise, Idaho, and can not attend. The principal speaker, however, will be John M. Gearln, ex- .rt. l C ...... n Konfitnr. Others tO HCl - dress the meeting will be Dr. Harry Lane, Democratic nominee ii ...u. up states Senator; C B. S. Wood. Thomas O'Day and John H. Stevenson. Bert B. 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Many forms of supposed Indigestion are the result of intestinal parasites. U-Y. iflvnA'N Tonic Vermifuee is unsurpassed. Insist on Jayne's; accept no other. Millions nave praisea 11 lor more than eighty years. Sold by drug gists everywhere. Dr. D. Jams 4 Son, Philadelphia, Pa. state central committee,' will preside. The exercises at the Armory, which will include vocal selections by Mrs. Rose Coursen-Reed, will be preceded by the Initial street demonstration of the campaign by Democrats, me com mittee has engaged a band of many pieces, which will start from Sixth and Ankeny streets at 7:30 o'clock to morrow night and parade through the principal busine'ss streets before ar riving at the Armory 30 minutes later. The band will be followed by the mem bers of the Progressive Democratic Young Men's Marching Club, which has been organized for the purpose of par ticipating in all public functions during the campaign. NO. 2. COMMISSION TO FIX PRICE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT The new public utility law for Oregon to go into effect in November provides that: "The Commission SHALL DETERMINE AND BY ORDER FIX REASONABLE RATE or rates to be imposed, observed and followed in lieu of those found to be unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory or preferentiaL" By virtue of the above clause of the State law, ample authority is given in the matter of determining what price is to be charged for electric light and power service. In fixing the rate, the first factor to be considered by the commissioners will be the interest charged upon the investment. To have two plants will necessarily double this charge, and thus prevent the lowering of the rate, which might take place if no duplication of investment existed. Every student of public utility knows that two companies in the field prevent ef ficient and satisfactory fixing of rates. Then if this is the case, why create an unnecessary burden upon the people of Portland by granting a franchise to another company to enter the field ? PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY I