THE 3IORXIXG OKEGOXIAN- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12;. liH.Gr.
STATE OPENS FIRE
UPON HYDE LANDS
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Attorney-General Brown. Asks That
Title of Property Involved Be
Given. Back to Oregon and
. . i . Deeds Be Annulled.
SALEM, Or., Oct. 11. (Special.)
The tate of Oregon today pressed Its
first suit In the series which has been
Instituted in eight counties of the state
to recover 46,948.8 acres of school land
obtained by F. A. Hyde through fraud.
The land is valued at more than $500,
000. The hearing today involved
school lands In Linn County and was
argued before Circuit Judge Galloway.
In behalf of the state, Attorney
General Brown and J. O. Bailey, Sec
ond Assistant Attorney-General, ap
peared, while A. C- Shaw, of Portland,
and Judge W. M. Bickford. of Missoula,
Mont., represented Mr. Hyde and other
defendants. Judge Bickford appeared
in the case here today in the especial
interest of Senator Clark, of Montana,
owner of lieu lands selected by Hyde.
Following argument by . both sides,
the case was submitted to Judge Gal
loway for decision. The cases in other
counties, where the state has instituted
suits, AttorneyGeneral Brown said,
would be tried as fast as possible.
Annulment ef Deeda Asked.
In pleading today, Attorney-General
Brown, besides asking for a decree
vesting title to the lands involved with
the state, requested the annulment of
all deeda and certificates of sale from
the state for tne lands.
As an alternative relief, in the event
"it should be held that the state ia not
entitled to the first request, Attorney
General Brown asked a decree declar
ing the state owner of the title or
whatever interest Hyde and his asso
ciates may have acquired in the lands
selected in lieu of that acquired from
the state. It was also requested that
Hyde and the other defendant be en
joined from transferring any of the
selected lands, and that they be com
pelled to render an accounting.
"Hyde's idea in procuring the Oregon
achool lands," Attorney-General Brown
told the court today, "was to make a
large profit from, them by using them
for base under the act of June 4, 1S97.
He was successful in procuring patent
for 12,881.68 ao'res of the selected lands.
Later, however, the patents for 1S20
acres were cancelled, leaving the pat
ents for 11.511.68 acres standing. Hyde
has testified that all the. landa for
which patent was issued no longer re
mained in the patentee of the Govern
ment. The state has secured deeds
from the patentees to their grantees
for most of these lands."
Consideration Ia Shown.
The Attorney-General also advised
the court that the deeds for 8191.68
acres pf the selected lands show the
consideration which was paid, other
than the nominal consideration. Where
the consideration is shown, it runs from
(3.33 an acre, for 40 acres only, to 18
an acre for 30 acres only. The average
consideration was $5.30 an aore, or
$43,436.43 for the 8191.58 acres, where
the consideration is stated. The state's
figures also show, concerning the 11,
611.68 acres at $5.30 an acre, that Hyde
received $61,011.37 from the sale of the
patented selections. -
In addition to this, the Attorney
General said, there was repaid by the
state $4600 for 3680 acres quit claimed
to the state, making a total of $65,611.37
received as against $58,686 paid the
state for the 46.948.8 acres fraudulently
obtained from the state.
"The state alleges that Hyde and his
associates have been more than repaid
for the money they paid the state,"
said Mr. Brown. 'Although, the state
offers to repay any money which the
court may decide it should pay, never
theless, it maintains that notfiing is
due."
Former Evidence Submitted.
Evidence taken at Washington, D. C,
In the criminal proceedings against
Hyde, which shows him to have been
connected in some way with all the
applications to buy school lands, was
submitted by the state in today's hear
ing. Testimony of numerous witnesses
which the state has secured within
the last year also was submitted to the
court. .
Referring to 'the great volume of
testimony which has been gathered by
the Government and the state in these
cases, .Assistant Attorney - General
Bailey declared it revealed a gigantic
attempt to deprive the state of its
school lamds in violation of law.
The sci'iool lands involved in "the
present suits were secured hv ttHo
through implications filed with the
Land Board in 1898 and 1890. In 1903
the Government bes-an an lnvti ca
tion, afteir being informed by Joost
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Di,iuiciucji, a agent, max The Ore
gon applicants were all dummies snrl
that the lands had been acquired by
fraud. In 1906. 1907 and. 1908 the Gov
ernment's oriminal proceedings against
tiyae were prosecuted and Hyde con-
viciea.
Wood) Tien Entertain Officers.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Oct. 11 f SDecial
La Grajide Modern Woodmen and
their auxiliary, the Royal Neighbors,
are busy entertaining National officers.
Tomorrow evening National Lecturer
Burns visils the La Grande camp and
in a short time the supreme oracle of
the Koya.1 Neierhbors comes here.
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TODAY'S F-IL.M KEATTRtiS.
Peoples--Audrey Munson, "Pu
' rity."
Columbia "The Jungl Child,"
"The French Milliner."
Heilig "Ramona."
SunsetBessie Barriscale, "Not
My Sifrrer"; Al St. John. "Th
Moonshiner."
Majestic Valeska Suratt, "The
Straight Way."
Pickford Mao Murray. "Tha
Dream Girl." ,
T & P "The Kid," "Tha Revolt."
Globe Edna Mayo, "The Return
of Eve,"
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(if") AMONA." a fllmation of the
1- well-known Helen Hunt Jack--L
V son story of that name, will be
offered at the Heilig Theater for three
days commencing today. Owing o the
unusual length of the film, eleven reels.
screenings will be given but twice, a
day, matinee and evening.
"Ramona" Is a story of early Cali
fornia life, presenting the Spaniards of
the missions and ranchos, the mission
Indians and the invading Americans or
Gringos. The film has been exhibited
with much success thrpugWout the
country and is said to be particularly
enchanting because of its love story.
The 11-reeler waa filmed in California,
many of the sites of early historic
days being utilized for backgrounds.
Sunset.
Bessie Barriscale and Wiliiam Des
mond, one of the popular teams of
filmdom, are Sunset Theater beadliners
today in "Not My Sister," a strong
Triangle drama of a woman's determi
nation to sacrifice her own happiness
to protect ner sister. "The Moonshiner.
that laughable Keystone oomedy with
Al St. John, the bounding boy. in the
leading role, is another attraction on
the bill.
"Not My Sister," pictures the dis
astrous experience, of a young girl who
poses for an artist. The artist leaves.
tne woman marries and nothing re
mains but the memory of the cast.
Then the artist returns and asks that
the woman's sister pose for him. The
wire, determined to protect her slater.
arouses the jealousy of her husband
and then, to save that sister, de
termines to aaorifioe her own happiness
Dy confessing or her past Indiscretion.
Pickford.
Mae Murray, famous as the "Nell
BnnKley Girl" and dancer of the Fol
lies, who hasmade two successful an
pearanoes in pictures on the Paramount
programme, opens a three-day engage
ment at the Pickford Theater today
in "The Big Sister." a story of the
upper and lower strata of New Tork
society in conflict.
The charming Miss" Murray Is pre
sented In the guise of a girl of the
slums, enmeshed in the toils of gang
sters. How she emerges from the lower
stratum, becomes engaged to a wealthy
young ieiiow or nign society and final
ly evades the gangsters from whom she
temporarily escaped, furnishes the
action and heart interest for the photo
play. A "Farmer Alfalfa" Bray cartoon
comedy and faelig Tribune news serv
ice. will complete the bill.
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Columbia.
"The Jungle Child," a triangle photo
drama co-starring Dorothy Dalton and
Howard Hickman, and "The French
Milliner," a Triangle Komedy with Fay
Tincher as its star, "comprise the Co
lumbia Theater feature programme
opening today.
The attempted civilization of a child
of the 'jungles, a Spanish girl reared
by a tribe of Brazilian Indians, fur
nishes the theme for "The J uncle
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Child." This child. Ollante, portrayed
by Miss Dalton, is taken to America
by Webb, an explorer, who seeks the
girl's immense fortune. His efforts to
so civilize the girl that her protector
will turn over the fortune meet with
failure, but he secures the money, and
then flouts the girl, only to meet with
swift punishment.
Teoples.
"Purity," the art-spectacle that has
proved so entertaining to the non
artistic, will continue as the Peoples
Theater attraction throughout the
week. The Audrey Munson seven
reeler is responsible for much discus
sion, as is natural when a picture.
screened for the general publio, deals
extensively with art in the nude.
The film is a combination of alle
gory and modern story. The allegory
treats of the experiences of Virtue,
roaming in a world of peaoe and happl
ness until Pandora releases the evil
spirit from that famous casket. Then
comes the modern story of a girl who
so loves a poet that she poses in the
nude for an artist in order that ehe
may secure funds to pufeliah her
lover s poems.
Another Merger.
Another big merger of photoplay
companies was announced In Los An-
geles yesterday.
The Oliver Morosco rnotoplay vom
pany, the Pallas Pictures Company. Fa
mous Players Film Company and the
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
have combined in one company with
a capitalization of 112,000.000. '
The four companies, it is announced,
will produce independently as before
but will exchange players, directors
and equipment.
All of these companies are produc
ing in Los Angeles except Famous
Players, which produces in New York.
Screen Gossip.
T. I Li. president of the Chines
Students' Club of Iowa University, ad
vances a plea for a more truthful por
trayel of Chinese roles in the pictures.
HoVever, the Chinese are not the only
victims of the players. There's not a
type of white not grossly exaggerated,
from vamp and villain to the lily white
and muscular hero.
Kate Price, for many years with Vita
graph, and more recently dividing com.
edy honors with Roscoe Arbuckle in
"The "Waiters' Ball," has Joined the Vim
forces for General Film releases.
William A. Brady, perhaps quoted
more often than any other producer in
filmland, rises to remark that quality
is the remedy for all m. p. ills. Others
have suspected this for soma time. Now
they know.
Triangle note: "William S. Hart has
started work on a new vehicle. He will
play a Westerner." This is apparently
worthy of mention because Bill Hart
plays so few Western roles.
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Paramount publicity provokers calm
ly announce that Florence Vidor, sup
porting Lenore Ulrich in "The In
trigue." motored from Houston, Tex.,
to Los Angeles to join the Ulrich cast.
However, that's not the point. She was
robbed by a band of gypsies, the ma
rauders even carrying off parts of the
automobile.
Billy Garwood, for six years screen
actor and director, is going back to
the stage. He will appear in "On
Trial" at the Morosco Theater, Los An
geles. Wallace Reid, Lasky player. Is at the
head of the Hollywood Players' Club.
The scheme is to build a big clubhouse
this Winter for screen folk, about Los
Angeles,
The Bssanay Company lias added an.
other aspirant for honors In motion
pictures in the person of Mrs. Frances
, Springer Keith, who shares wibb Mr
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Warren- Springer.
Richardson Cotton, a photoplay actor
on the Essanay forces, was killed in an
automobile accident at Ephraim, Wis.,
where a kidnaping story was being
filmed in a rugged section of country.
It appears that both the driver of the
machine and Cotton himself are respon
sible for the accident, as when Cotton
made a leap for the runryng-board of
the machine he was struck by it and
instantly killed. Both made errors In
estimating speed and direction.
"The Yorke-Metro studio has a quar
tet composed of May Allison, soprano;
Lester Cuneo, bass; Henry Otto, tenor,
and Harold Lockwood, baritone. Lock
wood and Allison are in California fin
ishing the filming of "Big Tremaine."
preparatory to working on Harold Mc
Grath's "Pigeon Island."
Universal City note: Princess Kawa
nanakoa, of Hawaii, was a visitor here
last week. No. the Princess is not an
aspirant for screen honors..
Many strikes and threatened tieups
have resulted in a strong demand for
the Lasky-Blanche Sweet capital and
labor story. "The Black Liet."
Krohman, of Famous Players, and
Abrams, of Paramount has written let
ters to each other complimentary of
"Ashes and Embers,' the Pauline Fred
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The Peoples Theater
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and Society on the Hudson,
A Big: Human-Interest Drama, Pulsating:
and Action in Every Scene A Treat for
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erick picture. They may be excused,
for the picture is worth it.
Burton Holmes, the Paramount Trav
elogue man, begins hla lecture tour of
the country this month.
Bluebird points with pride to three
stars it has made Mary McLaren. Ella
Hall and Louise Lovely.
In Ontario, Canada, liquor men are in
the market for movie theaters. That is
to say, men who formerly were in the
liquor business. Generally speaking
there Is the greatest antagonism be
tween boosa and films because of the
frequent use of anti-liquor stories in
pictures.
Lasky is going to offer another Jap
anese photoplay, "The Soul of Kurt
Ban," with Sessus Hayakawa as star
and every member of the supporting
rast a Japanese. When this subject is
finished Hayakawa is going to open a
Japanese theater in Los Angeles.
Thomas II. Ince has engaged Enid
Bennett, Ingenue, who played In sup
port of Otis Skinner, as one of his
latest screen leads.
Thornton Edwards. Ince Juvenile, and
Ethel Hopper, of Keystone, were mar
ried last week.
Within a few weeks William Farnum
will grace the screen in new garb,
leaving his Western working man's
the. world-famed
Audrey
world's most perfectly-formed
superb cinema-art spectacle"
today 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. avoid the crowds .
at night attend the matinee.
"the people's favorite"
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Everyone
Cartoon Comedy
clothes in the dressing-room and ap
pearing as the polished gentleman of
th gilded palace.
A black and whit frock of plaM.
with two-lnca checks mada on the
bias is a avon-to-ba-seea .Fay Tincher
startler.
FEDERAL MAN MAY VISIT
Carl Vrooiuan Expects to Attend
Home-Makers' AVeek at Corvallls.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallls. Oct. H.OpeciaL)
Carl Vrooman. Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture, may conje to Oregon as a
representative of the United States De
partment of Agriculture to take a part
In the Farmers' and Home-Makers'
week, January 1 to 6. according to ad
vices received today by Director Het
zel. Mr. Vrooman advised that he
hoped to be able to get out West some
time in January and would make a spe
cial attempt to come to Oregon for the
annual conference meeting.
Plans for Farmers' week are now un
der way and there is every reason to
believe that the sessions this year will
bo of greater interest than ever. The
extension officials are scouring the
country fer the best talent available.
Ituaala la a large producer of aabattoi.
artists' model
Munson
women in the
to miss "Purity"
at the Peoples is to
miss one of the world's
greatest photoplays
Mo 'r
essie
Barriscale
and
William
Desmond
in
i'Not My
SlStCFi
The pliffht of a woman
who must either confess
to her husband a dark
chapter in her past, or
else confront a still worse
situation in the present.
The 5
Moonshiner
Keystone
Comedy
Burton
Holmes
Travelogue
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making the Sunset the
most popular theater in
the city. You can bet
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