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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TIITJIISDAT, JUKE 29, 1916. ATTORNEY APPEAL WILLIS' CULVER HOPES TO ! !l ! t'!Hi I'lllL ! IP J I t! IGTUI3E HliilllllHIIlltlli Hi!! HOLD COUNTY SEAT PICK n. i Chehalis Lawyer Talks Six Hours Against Disbar , ment Proceedings. Residents of Jefferson to Vote on Question at Novem ber Election. Three Days, Beginning s &l!ill!!iiiii!!iii!!!!i!!tiiiM I illiilMl ill i ill i ! ! ; ! i-i wif iijittWlifeiiti'Uj DRAMATC kVailliiilill!ll!!l!i!!ill!llHI!IHIi!ll)l!!tl! FORD 1 5,' f ' f I s"rr I "! i Today CHARGES ARE REITERATED Author of Famous Pamphlet Repeats Accusations Against Judge Rice and Mentions Other AI 7 leged Wrongdoings. CHEHALIS, Wash., June 28. (Spe cial.) J. E. Willis, Chehalis attorney, was ordered disbarred from practice for one Tear by Superior Judge P. K. fculllvan, of Spokane, at the conclusion of the disbarment proceeding- here late tonight. BY SHAD O. KRANTZ. CHEHALIS. Wash, June 28. (Spe cial.) For six hours J. E. Willis stood before Judge Sullivan in the Superior Court here today and forensically ap pealed for the continued privilege of practicing law in this state. Mr. Willis is the pioneer attorney whose professional associates are seek ing to disbar him. For the last three days they have been presenting both evidence and argument to the court in eupport- of their contentions that Mr. .Willis is an unfit person to practice law. Their case grows out of the re cent publication and circulation by Mr. Willis of & pamphlet entitled. "The Crimes and Misdemeanors of Hon. Aionzo E. Rice." Mr. Rice Is the Su perior Judge of Lewis County and has held that office for the last 16 years. He will be a candidate for re-election next Fall. t t Willis Admits Anthorishlp. Mr. Willis does not deny the author ship of the pamphlet, but he insists that neither its title nor its contents con stitutes an undue reflection on Judge Rice. Throughout his long and dra matic argument today Mr. Willis re ferred repeatedly to the records of the County Auditor's office and to the rec ords of Judge Rice's own office to sub stantiate his allegations that Judge Rice has been guilty of gross irregular ities. ' To a person who is not an attorney the proceedings would seem to indicate that Mr. Willis and his accusers are not arguing on the same point at alL - The Lewis County Bar Association are the accusers of Mr. Willis. C. H. Forney and C. D. Cunningham are ac tively handling the case. What they are trying to do, apparently, is to bring Mr. "Willis face to face with the charges -made in his pamphlet. Among other things he implied, at least, if he did not directly charge, that Judge Rice was guilty of grand and petit larceny, malfeasance and graft. He charged a lot of other doings, too, but the fore going specifications are enough, for present purposes. Defendant Evades Issues. The Bar Association charges Mr. Willis with unbecoming statements reflecting on the Supreme Court of the state and with a disturbance of Judge Rice's own court by distributing some of his pamphlets while court was in session. But Mr. Willis did not seem to stick very closely to these issues oday. He talked about many other subjects, though, from the glorious deeds per formed by the Grand Army veterans, some of whom were in the courtroom, to the odoriferous offensiveness of the little animal commonly called the skunk, which was referred to in his pamphlets. Mr. Willis, moreover, directed his ad dress yes, it was' an address, and a good one, rather than an argument to the court principally o some minor Accusation that he had ' made against Judge Rice. For instance, he declared that Judge Rice had violated the oath of his of fice by certifying to the payment of meals for the County Commissioners when they werenot entitled to meals. Vouchers Are Gone Over. He produced great bundles .of re turned vouchers secured from the Coun ty Auditor's office, showing that meals had been paid for, under Judge Rice's O. K., while the Commissioners were transacting business in Chehalis, the county seat. At yesterday's session County Auditor Montford had testified that the Com missioners had agreed to accept pay ment for their meals in lieu of mileage, which they are allowed by law. But Mr. Willis today sprung the vouchers to show that they had accepted both mileage and meals, and with the evi dent approval of Judge Rice. While this line of argument, as has been said before, was not very close ly related to the main issues of whether or not Mr. Willis should be disbarred, it furnished the crowds that packed the courtroom with some choice food for reflection and comment. It seems that the employment of Mrs. Rice in her husband s court has not set very well with the people of l.wl3 county lor the last decade, or however long it is that she has been employed. The Rices are people of more or less prominence in the com inunity, both on account of Judsre Rice's official position and on account of other connections that he has formed. He is director of a bank, for instance. Because judge and Mrs. Rice are so prominent no one, heretofore, has dared to say anything on this subject, although a good many people have wanted to do so. But now comes along a pioneer attorney 65 years old and has the audacity not only to print these particulars in a pamphlet over his own signature, but to shout them from the house-tops, as it were, by acclaiming them in open court. The packed benches listene-d to these dec larations today with evident satlsfac tion and amusement. Opening; Statement Severe. But the trouble is that Mr. Wilis did not stop there when he started printing things about Judge Rice: no he didn't even start there. He started his pamphlet with this opening -state ment: "It is my purpose herein to accuse Alonzo E. Rice, Superior Judge of Lewis County, of crimes and misde meanors, which, if proved true, should commit him to prison for the remarinder of his life and render him an abject bankrupt." V Along a little further he says: "In accusing Judge Rice of other crimes, 1 must be very particular to point out that if I am untruthful Judge Rice will have : me arrested and punished lor criminal libel and I am frank to admit that he -should do so." In court today he repeated, over and over again, that he has no apologies to make nor any retractions to offer for - any statement contained in the booklet, yet he insisted Just as firmly and Just as often that he did not intend to cast any undue sinister reflections . on the judge or his court. Mr. Forney closed for the complain , ants tonight, severely arraigning Mr. wmis, - TCyJAVS FILM FEATURES. Peoples "The Clown." Columbia "The Dividend." '"Bub bles of Trouble." Majestic "Neptune's Daughter." T & D "The Spoilers." Plckford "His Brother's Wife." Sunset "The Precious Packet." Majestic. ANJCETTE KTELLERMAX, she of the feminine form divine and won drous aquatic deeds, greeted Ma jestic Theater patrons yesterday in "Neptune's Daughter," the big seven-act Universal feature which inaugurated the regime of the aquatic spectacle phantasy. While the film is pre-eminently Kel lerman, all of the action centering about this -world-famed swimmer and diver, yet her grace is bulwarked by magnificent ecenic effects, contributed by the art of Herbert Brenon, the di rector of the soon-to-be "Daughter of the Gods." the William Fox-Kellerman master-picture, and the wonderful scenery of Bermuda, where the picture was filmed. Miss Kellerman is presented in two guises, that of a mortal and as a mer maid, Neptune's daughter. It is not until she is enabled to wriggle from her scaly appendage that signifies the water maid that she introduces the art which made her famous, that of sensa tional diving. As Annette, daughter of Ieptune. An nette is happy with her little sister and other companions, but mortals wreck her happiness by causing the death of her eister, and then the girl swears vengeance. So she secures from witch, ensconced in the depths or mysterious grottoes, a. shell of won drous properties. She rubs the shell and, behold, no longer is she a mer maid, but a mortal. Ab such sne sud dues the king, who is the handsome William Shay in everyday life, and thus has the opportunity to avenge herself by fulfilling her -vow to kill the ruler. Courtier life, with a conspiracy against the king, afford further material lor the unraveling of a delightful fairy story. Pathe News, Including laie lasnion dictates as well as the events of :he world, is also screened. a T & t. Is that terrific" fight between William Farnum and Thomas Santschi, which features "The Spoilers," a product of photo-dramatic art, pure and simple, or is it a real fight? The Selig-press agent, the man on the inside, says that the scrap was a real one, the result of Ill-feeling between the two principals. Here ia his story: "Santschi, the Selig leading man, was a trifle piqued when he was given the. role of McNamara. the villain, instead of Glenister, the hero, in the filming of 'The Spoilers.' The men got along fairly well together, but when it came to their fight their enmity was such that they held off and five, rehearsals proved failures. "Fihaly, they were called to one side and told to stage a real battle. They went at each other with such ferocity that it was evident "that the men were in earnest. , They fought on until it seemed as if both must drop, until Far num at last secured his famous ham merlock hold and actually broke his opponent's arm. Santschi was in the hospital for two weeks after that fight, while Farnum was bruised and sore and had to take a prolonged rest be fore the rest of the picture could be taken." You may or may not believe this tale, but in any event the scrap is and al ways has been the big outstanding fea ture of "The Spoilers." The fight stands , today as the criterion for all motion-picture melees, and grips au diences at the T & D Theater today as It did when the original edition was exhibited. Columbia. William H. Thompson, who achieved distinction in his characterization of a canny old Scot in "Peggy." and Charles Ray. one of the most promising of the youthful Triangle stars, are featured in "The Pividend," a strong story of the woes resulting from uncompromising pursuit of wealth. "Bubbles of Trouble," a Harry McCoy-Peggy Pearce Keystone comedy, which derives its action from McCoy's attempts to enter the ranks of heroes, is another feature. "The Dividend" is a story of a strong man s struggle for wealth, his success ful effort to secure a big dividend for his stockholders. The goal is achieved, but the real dividend is the ruin and death of his son, whom he has neg lected and permitted to sink to the depths. Plckford. Ethel Clayton and Carlyle Blackwell, photo-dramatic favorites, appear as headllners on the Plckford Theater pro gramme today in "His Brother's Wife," a story dealing with another phase of the "eternal triangle." The Selig Tribune news pictorial will be another feature. A woman's supreme effort to save her husband from death and her child from want is the keynote of "His Brother's Wife." The action is misun derstood and rejected, until finally fully explained by the husband's broth er, who entertains the wife while ig norant of her Identity. The brother makes full reparation for his advances and leaves the country rather than cast a shadow of doubt over the happy lit tle family he has unconsciously dis rupted. The story is said to be particularly strong in dramatic climaxes and fully up to the Brady-made standard of World features. ' . Peoples. "The Clown." a photo-drama written expressly for Victor Moore, star of "Chimroie Fadden Out West" and other photo offerings, will be presented at the Peoples Theater today in conjunc tion with the ever-popular Paramount Pictographs and Bray cartoon comeu The story is said to be one of par ticularly strong appeal, with a finish decidedly apart from the hackneyed. It deals with Piffle, a clown in a small circus, who is injured in saving the life of a little cripple. Thus he enters the life of persons in a social station above him. He marries the daughter of his benefactor to save her from disgrace. Later it develops that the man in ' the case is not dead and the clown's sacrifice is one which endears him to all. Thomas Melghan. . Tom Forman and Florence Dagmar. are among the sup porting players. Sunset. "The Precious Packet." the Gold Rooster film feature from the -pen of Fred Jackson, one of the leading writ ers for the Munsey publications, was not screened at Suneet Theater yes terday, as originally scheduled, but will be the headline offering today. The story has a Canadian atmos phere, dealing with a young English man who is ordered to marry an Amer ican girl, because by so doing her rights to a throne in Canada by an old grant, are automatically annulled. Lois Meredith and Ralph Kellard are the stars of the production. A "Colonel Heeza Liar" comedy and a scenic are other subjects. Screen Gossip. There have been important additions to the family of little Kittens Reich ert, the William Fox picture star who does her level best to support Mme. Kalich in "Ambition." One day Miss Reichert purchased a huge new doll and appropriately named it "Nuts. One afternoon later Miss Kittens dragged her mother through the shop ping district in search of a companion doll. This new acquisition she named " Mrs. Nuts." A sign painter perpetrated this one on Anita Stewart: "Anita Stewart in six immoral acts in The Suspect." " Max FIgman and his wife, Lolita Robinson, are to appear in weekly jvietro comedy releases. "Love Me. Love My Dog." is the first. ... Essanay is going to reject crime and sex plays, according to the announce ment from Chicago. . . Lou Tellegen, hubby of Geraldlne Farrar, is to be starred. in a Lasky pnotopiay, "The Victory or Conscience. The Lasky company provided a real surprise to blase Los Angeles people when a railroad camp of some 20 houses was destroyed by fire to provide scenes for "The Selfish Woman," the Cleo Ridgely-Wallace Reid feature. On July. 10 Mutual will release its third Chaplin film under the title. "The Vagabond." Chaplin brings his famous violin finto use in this film, while band of gypsies figure in the cast. . . . Gertrude Cameron, who, in private lire, is Mrs. unarles van Loan, wife the -writer, will return to the screen after two years' absence, playing with Universal. She is known as "the bat tleship bride," marrying Van Loan on the battleshp New York in May, 1915, - The Republic Theater, San Francisco, has set aside two afternoons a week for children's performances. The shows are given under the direction of the Children's Theater League. Anothe step forward. Bennet Southard has been engaged by Metro to play opposite Mabel Talia ferro. Metro is offering Bushman and Bayn in a series of stfort Summer features. Robert Warwick is working on "Na than Hale," a fllmation of the Clyd Fitch play. Herbert Brenon, author and director general of the William Fox million dollar Annette Kellermann picture spen ten months in the. semi-tropics making his great picture. He came back to American civilization with hands brown as an Jnuian ana features as untamed as a debutante in mid-Winter. Thti was accomplished by wearing white cowl which made him look lik a Capuchin monk. . " The Keystone Company has put an extra watch on the outer portals of it Los' Angeles studios to keep away spies. While it is true there is no trick photoplay about Charlie Murray' whiskers, or Mark Swain's clever eye brows, cr Chester Conklln's salary or Louise Fazenda's' features or Polly Moran's chewing gum, the Keyston Company alleges that it has many trad secrets in the way of photographic effects which other -companies are eager to duplicate, that hardly a day passes that somebody is not sleuth footing around to get next to the way in which th Keystone does things. the thinp keps up a drawbridge will be installed, with countersigns and passwords. Gustav Frleling, an attorney, who has been enjoying a good law practice in New Y'ork, has been engaged by Di re-.tor William Nigh to play the rolo of the District Attorney in "Buttsy's Glory," a coming metro picture in which Mr. Nigh and Marguerite Snow are ctarre'L Billle Burke's 112.000 Rolls-Royce auto, which was presented to Miss Burke when the Titian-haired star signed a contract to appear In the new motion picture novel "Gloria's Romance,' is of the famous , "Hun garian Blue," which designers of cars on this side have attempted in .vain to duplicate. "Mr. Goode, the Samaritan," the De Wolf Hopper-Fay Tlncher play, is soon to be released on the Triangle programme. OWN IS GRAIN t ENTER" Modern Stores and Fine School and Church Buildings Are Noted. Splendid Water System Is -Being Installed. BY ADDISON BENNETT. CULVER, Or., June 26. (Staff Cor respondence.) When the machinery of the new county of Jefferson was set in motion in the Spring of 1916, Culver was selected by the newly-appointed County Court as the temporary county seat, the permanent seat of trovera- ment to come up at the election this x an. teauy the Question is the ab sorDmg one here now, with election day over four months ahead. Madras and Metollus are the contending towns seeking the honor, while Culver is play ing a waiting game, hoping that neith er ox iae otner towns can get a major ity or the votes cast. In such case t-uiver would hold on two years more, j-i is not for me to make a guess as to une outcome In November. Anyhow. am not Interested further than to hope mat the decision of the voters will be for the best interests of the county. jeuerson was formed from the terri tory in the northwestern corner of Crook. It is not a large countv. havlnsr an area of about 1812 square miles, be ing approximately the size of Wheeler and of Clackamas. As to area. Crook will not miss It much, for that county still has 6966 square miles. The worst blow to Crook was the Inclusion in the new county of far more than half of the railway property. That, added to the otner taxable property in the county, gives jeiterson a valuation of 11,979. 513.62. County's Taxes Low. So the taxes in the county are low and there is no debt hanging over it. et, there was a large initial expense incurred in fitting up the Jail and courthouse, the buildings being -provid ed by the town of Culver, transcribing the records and purchasing supplies for the various officials. It is safe to say that no new county in Oreeron eve started under brighter conditions than Jefferson; it seems likewise true that much of this is due to the intelligent and conscientious actions of the county oiriciais. Going back to the area of the county. it snouia De said that 360 square mile of Jefferson lie in the Warm Spring Indian Reservation and 250 miles in the Forest reserve. But Jefferson ha a vast area of good dry-farming land wnicn no aoubt some day will be under one or more of the irrigation scheme now agitating the people. If thes schemes should Jjecome realities Jeffer son will be one of the very, prosperous counties of Oregon. Ad it does not seem that both the North Unit schem and the Suttle Lake project can remain many years as matters of mere talk. It Is true they are both expensiv propositions, but very feasible, and cover land that would bear a heavy tax per acre for water. Culver Is the heaviest grain-market lng point In the county by far. I was told that the grain shipments f rom Cen tral Oregon were more than half billed from Culver. That is not to be doubted when one remembers that the splendid La Mont a section to the east, the Grizzly section to the southeast, both of which cover as good land as there is in Western Crook or Eastern Jeffer son, ship from here, not mentioning the large area of fine land on the Opal prairie and immediately, around Culver. In addition to this, Culver is the rail road point for a large area of fine country west of the Deschutes and Crooked Rivers and the lower penin sula between those rivers. In fact, the people of those sections would have to travel practically through Culver if they went to any other market. Bumper Crop In Prospect. Never, perhaps, in the history" of Ore gon did the dry lands of old Crook look as fine as they do today. Surely the people have the right to look forward to bumper crops. From the best infor mation I can gather, the heavy rains of late have spread all over old Crook and the soil is wet down to the former water level. This promises to be the banner year for Central Oregon. Culver is a town that was never backed by ample money. The success of the people in building up the little city has been due to strategy, finesse and fairness. They have always kept their town clean, never had a saloon, save a blind pig which lasted about 20 minutes, have fulfilled their every promise and obligation, and meanwhile have relied upon what they thought was their strategical location. Hence the town, is growing nicely, there is not a vacant building in or near the city limits, a large two-story and base ment brick hotel, size 67x100 feet, is going up, with funds to finish it, and, as the greatest of all their enterprises, they are drawing to a close a splendid water, system which will supply the town and furnish domestic and garden irrigation water to a. great many adja cent farmers. To go fully into this would take too much space. T can only say that the 8-inch main from the reservoir four and one-half miles to the west, on the banks of Crooked River, into and through town, have been practically all laid, the big reservoir is completed and the pumps have been installed with more than enough water-users signed up to make the plant pay from the day of Its opening, probably & month from now. This enterprise is one of the fin est ever undertaken in Oregon and is the forerunner of a system that will revolutionize the lives and fortunes of hundreds and hundreds of dry-land farmers in the interior of the state. Citizenship Is Praised. Very early in the history of Culver there was a fine school building and a nice little church erected here. The former is one of the most conspicuous and beautiful structures on this whole prairie, and a good school always has been maintained. Every Sunday there is Sunday school and preaching in- the church, and both services are well at tended. I mention this, as I noted the "lack" of saloons, to show the Culver people in their true light. Very few towns in Oregon of this size have as good a class of citizens as Culver has. Culver has very good stores. One of them, a place where general sup plies are kept, is a very nice establish ment, the stock being exceptionally well displayed. The KIngsley Mercan tile Company owns it. Earl Klngsley is the manager. There are other good stocks and good business houses. I mention the name or Kingsley for the reason that the place is more like a store in a large city than in a small place like Culver. There is an indus try in Culver that should be mentioned and encouraged, a cigar factory run by B. J. Leakas. He makes a fine "jitney" cigar, one of the best you ever smoked. It is said his better smokes are equally attractive.- The Deschutes Valley Tribune is the name of Culver' newspaper. O. C. Carlyle Blackwell The Prince of Popularity, and ; Ethel Clayton H is Brother's The most absorbingly original and vividly sensational photoplay yet con ceived, in which two of Filmdom's most popular stars are seen to the best of advantage in the most pulsing and extraordinary feature ever shown on the screen. See it; then talk. :. : Xh-t:: .il. ! xNv. -"r. V 1 - A 4t V"VA The Young Australian, V V r!f !i Infatuated With His V' "''"" ' A1'1' ;4 !! t ' -WV(,W. " Brother's Wife, Is Mor- ftl'" ' " v' 1 T . -i !: V .-v 1 " tified Upon Learning If Jp ... f 1 . ' i i ' i - I the Identity of the - i ' M ::': A'' : ' - 'i -V Woman He Led Astray. f7 f . w - '. j '! : i 1 V C- ' i 'ft - J I '-' I '7? &f-l' p. i v., ICW' " ' . f '"3 1 i - -JikY - i -v W , rf I ' , i .; gl fS ' t !' A ill ( mii'' ii.ii S W in in if "i n uflm ii irni tt"' &t itt sfi mt i ii inn fiinr ii n ...ii n fl S hihtui. rno-i gur trryt-Jh- '- -"-j--r - n - - -- "- -L - - --' Young is responsible for it. He gets out a good paper, is making money and! rides around in his seven-passenger auto. He is quite an influential citizen and has the edge on about 250 news paper owners, of Oregon that I could name. While there is not a large "modern hotel in Culver, there is a mighty good stopping place for the weary or hun gry traveler the Hotel Culver. No one need pass Culver, thinking it lacks hotel accommodations, for this place is well kept in every way. I did not mention the name of the owner of the hotel now building. He is a citizen of Culver. J. C. Wyman. There are to be a few storerooms on the ground floor of this structure, one of which is designTO for a bank. And let me suggest that any person with a few thousand dollars and a Httle bank ing experience can find at Culver one of the very best openings for business that I know of. The county funds are now sent away and the merchants and others do business in various places. It seems that a bank there could build up a deposit of over $50,000 in short order. I told Mr. Wyman. the owner of the new building, that I would try and get him & banker tenant this notice surely ought to attract more than one applicant. - Centralia Paving Proposed. CENTRALIA, Wash., June 28. (Spe cial.) At a. meeting of the city com mission yesterday, a petition was pre sented asking for the paving of Summa street from Pearl ytreet to Woodland Being We call your spe cial attention to the superb or chestra music rendered by our .Orchestra of eight musicians. Matinees . ...10c Evenings Orchestra ....15c Balcony . . 10c Loges 25c I avenue. The city limit Is the center of Summa street and it is proposed to have Lewis County bear half of the cost of a 16-foot pavement. The proj ect will be taken up with the County Commissioners by the city. SPOKANE MEETING ELECTS Vanconver Woman Is New Head of Daughters of Veterans. SPOKANE. Wash., June 28. Mrs. Alice M. O'Conner, of Vancouver, Wash., was today elected state president of the Daughters of Veterans of the Civil War at the annaal convention here. Mrs. Frances Mackey. of Vancouver, was appointed state secretary by the newly elected president. Other officers chosen at today's ses sion were: Mrs. Delia Hackett. Spokane, senior vice-president: Mrs. La Zetta Harris. Tacoma, Junior vice-president; Mrs. Elsa Mclntyre. Seattle, chaplain: Mrs. Jennie L. Young. Vancouver, treasurer; Mrs. Mabel Cronln. Spokane, patriotic instructor; Mrs. Edith Collins, Tacoma, department Inspector; Mrs. Anna Lalp ple. Vancouver, first counsel; Mrs. Inez Price, Ppokane, second counsel; Mrs. Mary McPherson. Tacoma, third coun sel. - 1'outh Accidentally Shoots Self. CENTRALIA, Wash.. June IS. (Sps- Unable to Accommodate the Immense Crowds William Farnum and Kathlyn Williams In Rex Beach's Wonder Story of the Great Northwest iheapoilers Will Remain ALL THIS WEEK LAST TIME Saturday A Thrilling Tale of the Alaskan Gold Fields THE PICTURE THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER T&D Theater . - The Theater With an Environment BROADWAY AT STARK r Wife clal.) Haven Boomer, son of J. H. Boomer, manager of the Dings Elec tric Company, was shot through the foot yesteroay when a 38-caliber re volver that lie was examining was ac cidentally discharged. The bullet passed through the flesh of the foot and lodged in the sole of the youth's shoe. , Read The Oregonian classified ads. TODAY UNTIL SATURDAY PRECIOUS PACKET A Thrilling Story of Can ada, by Fred Jackson, Star Writer for the Munsey Magazines, Starring LOIS MEREDITH Also COL. HE'EZA LIAR EXPLORER Views of Deschutes River p x Special f DC s lUC SUNSET I THEATER g Washington at Broadway