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THE arORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, JULY 15 1919. 14 SEATTLE MEN ARE TO Tne Store Tf AT SAVESftuMoNEYy PLEAD NEXT FRIDAY Cozen Citizens and Officials in Liquor Sale Case. HARRY J. D IT TEN, Manager. SHERIFF TOW IN TROUBLE Just tHe Opportunity Been Looking You Have for Grand Jury Probe of Dry Act Vlol- tioos Reaches Thoe Prominent In cirio life. F rEATTLE. TVsjh-. July H. (Special.) Announcement that the IS prominent officials and citizens Indicted Saturday by the King county (rand Jury for al tered TlolatJons of the state dry law in connection with the disposition June i of a large quantity of whisky aelced in August Hrnsgen's barn will be ar raigned before Presiding Judgs Boyd J. Tallman to plead at 1:30 o'clock next Friday afternoon, and a statement by Ieputy Prosecuting Attorney T. H. Pat terson, in charre of the grand Jury findings, that Sheriff John Stringer would be investigated for bis alleged action In making- public Saturday after noon the names of the defendants be fore warrants had been served, were the features this morning; of the prose cutors work in following up the sensa tional action of the Inquisitorial body. The prominent citlxens who will be arraigned in court are Superior Judge Clay Allen. W. W. Conner, former speaker of the state house of repre sentatives; Charles G. Helfner. former chairman of the democratic state com mittee; Oscar Springer, superior court docket clerk; George Gau. superior court bailiff: Deputy Sheriffs Stewart Campbell. Matt Harwich. Fred A. Urown and Roy Murdock: Dr. J. H. Lyons, Dr. Frederic G. Nichols and &. A. Martin, a real estate dealer. L'nlesa Presiding July Boyd J. Tall man directs otherwise, Mr. Patterson said. Judge Alien will be called upon to enter bis plea In the same manner as other persona who are charged with offenses against the state. "The alleged violation of law being nly a misdemeanor. Judge Tallman may permit Judge Allen to plead by counsel." added the deputy prosecutor. Ail moves gainst the validity of the tndlctmenta as well aa trails of the ac cused men go over until the Septembe term of court, this being the vacation . period during which only uncontested and emergency matters are heard. The next petit Jury la summoned for Sep tember. "If the press report are correct that Sheriff Stringer gave to newspapermen and others the namea of the indicted men Saturday afternoon before he had served warrants on them, he Is not only guilty of contempt of court, but of a misdemeanor aa well and it becomes the duty of this office to make an in vestigation at once," said Deputy Proa ecutor Patterson. After County Clerk Percy F. Thomas prepared the warrants on the indict ments Saturday afternoon and deliv ered them to the sheriff. Stringer is said to have spread the Instruments en a counter la the presence of all within his office. The section of the statute making It a misdemeanor to disclose any trans action of a grand Jury, aa pointed out this morning by Deputy Prosecutor Patterson, reads: "Every Judge, grand Jury, prosecut ing attorney, clerk, stenographer or other officer who. except In the dis charge of his official duty, shall dis close the fact that a presentment bad been made or indictment found or ordered against any person before such person shall be In custody, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The contempt charge, the deputy prosecutor said, might be based on dis obedience of the instructions of the court to keep secret the names of de fendants until they are In custody. ,h. v ' l . , , j ii,r mis' m i lis in i nr imiii i in f " WH.HH'I.!ISIWI- sll. ' II ; 1 .'""' "!-'" . ALICE JOYCE. IT STRIKING SCETtB FTtO'W "THE SPARK DIVIE NOW Rl.N.M-NG AT THE PEOPLES TUEATEB. attained wide popularity at the time of its original release, Camilla Astor I plays the Duchess. TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Majestic Constane Talmadge, "Romance and Arabella"; Fash Ion show, with six models in person. Columbia Bessie Compson. "The Devil's TralL" Peoples Alice Joyce, The Spark Uivine." Star May Allison. The Cplift ers." Liberty Katherlna MacDonald, "The Woman Thou Gavest lie." Circle Marguerlta Fisher, "Charge It to Me." Globe lourIas Fairbanks, "Will and Woolly." I A SiPST extraordln - I Z plot la that of r I vine." now plaj E IS AT ISSUE I PIBBERX CASE SAID TO DEFEND OX LEGAL POIXT. StOST extraordinary and unusual f -The Spark Di ying at the Peo Dies theater. For years the publlo baa witnessed pictures rich In mother love and sac riflce. They have seen heroines who did not love their wicked husbands, but who for the sake of their children have literally gone through helL Now In The Spark Divine" a play is offered in which the mother, by no means bad or sinful, apparently holds no love for her child. The word heroine Is used be cause in the role of Mrs. Jardine Alice Joyce not only has the stellar role, but she portrays the character in whom all Interest and sympathy center. Alice Joyce, as she plays this role. has every advantage to bring out her rather unique beauty. Her beauty is unusual because it Is not merely pretty. There is an Intellectual appeal to her that la equally true of few other screen stars. The Peoples programme Includes in addition to "Our Own Current Topics." which, culled by the Literary Digest from the most brilliant newspaper par agraphs In the world, never fall to bring appreciation. Joe Martin In "Monkey Stuff." "Monkey Stuff' "Is not only a rattling good comedy, but It has a most Interesting group of animal participants. Screen Gossip. The expense to which a motion pic ture company will go In their efforts to get the proper atmosphere is shown by the fact that a load of camels and their keepera were transported from Bridgeport to Koslyn. L. I to make ust one scene In tne tnira uuve Thames production, the working title of which Is "Duty and the Woman." For this one scene a load of extra peo ple representing Arabs and a load of properties were also transported to Rosiyn. Hearing at Salem Brings Admission From Attorney That Fee Wa to Be 40 Per Cent. fAIXM. Or.. July 14. (Special.) Outcome of the mandamus proceedings brought by C. W. Fenn to compel the state industrial accident commission to bring legal action to recover tl00 paid Mrs. Dibbern. following the death of her husband while working on a boat at the Grant Smith-Torter shipyards In Portland a few months ago. depends Several songs bearing the title "Broken Blossoms" are being offered to music dealers throughout the coun try as representative oi tne screen production of the same name. "Chlmmle Fadden." that popular story written years ago by E. W. Town send, who at that time was a reporter on the staff of the New York Sun. is a release for the near future. Victor Moore Is the star of this feature, wnicn It Is announced that Eugene O'Brien's second starring production will be "Sealed Hearts," based on a story by Edmund Goulding. The screen story of "Sealed Hearts" is being written by Eugene Walters. Many of Mr. Wal ters' plays have been done on the screen, but this is the first time Mr. Walters has ever written especially for the screen. 1 The location man had his hands full In "The Woman Thou Gavest Me," Hall Caine's masterpiece, recently directed by Hugh Ford for Paramount-Artcraft. He had to find India. Africa, Egypt, England and the South Pole, all near Los Angeles. e e "Coax Me" will be the title of June Elvidge's picture which will be re leased on August 4. The working title of this picture waa "A Tangled Ro mance. One of the most picturesque motion picture studios in the country Is now being erected at Cuver City, Cal., by Henry Lehrman. In appearance the new studios will be nothing less than bit of Venice, with the entire ex terior carried out in the distinctive ar chitecture of the old Italian city. A broad canal will run for 600 feet before the main buildings, which will be reached by ornamental bridges span ning the water and the Venetian at mosphere of the studios will be main tained down to the smallest detail. Within the buildings will be all the ad ministrative departments of the com pany. James Toung. one of the foremost directors of motion pictures, has been signed by Myron Selznick, who Is now on the coast, to direct Elsie Janis' first production. Cullen B. Tate, assistant Paramount irector, recently returned from ser vice with the Lnited States army broad. The Famous Players-Lasky corpora tion has broken ground for its new studio and laboratory in Long Island City, which will occupy respectively the entire square black bounded by ixth and Seventh and Pierce and Gra- am avenues and the block on the M A Sale of Genuine sssssHBisseeeBBeHSBHSsiaieM .c. Crochet Cotton Sizes 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50 White Only Your CHoice SPECIAL 30c BALL PACIFIC BRIDGE C03IPAXT TO GET $309,000 FOB WORK. here and will be returned to the Ore gon metropolis for trial. She Is charged with having married a second nusoand without having secured divorce from the first. Deepening of Channel will Permit Construction of Sewers in Peninsula District. Contracts for digging a channel from the Columbia river to the Columbia river slouch, to increase the flow of north side of pTerce avenu fPom FifVi th Sh and make it possible to use mat waierwjijr o-a bv? uuhcl, a.o siened vesterday by Mayor Baker and City Commissioner Barbur on behalf of the city of Portland and by tne pa cific Bridge company. Work will begin at once, according to Commissioner Barbur. At least one year will elapse before the job can be completed. The contract price is $309,000. Commencement of this work la also the signal for the beginning of the huge reclamation project planned by the Multnomah county drainage dis trict No. 1. For more than a year the district has awaited its opportunity to reclaim 8000 acres of land along the Columbia slough, but has been held up to Sixth avenues. The structures will cover all told over 140,000 square feet of ground area. The square block will be covered with the latest type of lass-enclosed studio as well as open- air stages. e e e Joseph Boyle went from New York with Hugh Ford to act as assistant di rector on "The Woman Thou Gavest Me," Hall Caine's novel. Montagu Love, in his production "A Broadway Saint." had for his leading 'woman Helen Weer. Miss Weer has just been engaged by John Cort to create the leading role in "Kathleen," a dramatic production which Earl Derr struction of a &m ln the slough. Dlggrra iiu 1.111 isiufjuci aiui icjr jmvc written. "Kathleen" will have a New York run in a prominent Broadway theater beginning early in September. As quickly as the channel is com pleted the city will begin to build lat eral sewers in the Peninsula district which will empty into the slough. cowed and downtrodden people of St. Helens. Or. "Please compel the overseer of the upon the status of Mr. Dibbern legal I gas engine working in the street in St. Helens to put a multier on me einiasi pipe, and save the poor, helpless people of that city from utter aespair ana ner vous breakdown. It drove me fighting mad In the half-hour I waa there, and the engineer laughed at me when I told hlra to muffle it. 14 ARRESTED AFTER. RIOT White Men Taken in Custody ln Texas Following Race War. LONGVIEW. Tex.. July 14. Fourteen white men were arrested late today on warrants charging "assault with intent to murder" In connection with the pitched gun fight between white men and negroes here last Friday. The men were released on 11000 bonds each pending action by the county grand Jury. Two more white men will be arrested on the same charge according to Cap tain Hanson. In command of the ranger force here, mr.o said still further ar rests will be made tomorrow on charges of arson In connection with the burning of six negro residences shortly after the clash Friday. residence at the time he was killed, ac cording to attorneys appearing ln the case, which was heard by Judge G. G. Bnlgham today. Attorney Leroy Keeley, who appears for Mr. Fenn. went on the witness stand and told of having a con tract with Mrs. Dibbern whereby he waa to receive 40 per cent of the amount recovered aa compensation for his legal services. Mr. Keeley alleged that collusion ex isted between attorneys for the emer gency fleet corporation and the acci dent commission, with the result that he was not Informed of the prospective settlement between the state and Mr. Dibbern. This was denied by the commission, however, and a letter was introduced showing that Mr. Keeley had full knowledge of the proposed settlement, but that he said nothing to Mrs. Dib bern about 1L Mrs. Dibbern testified that she and Iter husband came to Oregon following the disappearance of the tatter's broth er, but Intended to return to Seattle to make their home. Other evidence howed that Mr. Dibbern was not a registered voter of Oregon. In the event the court is satisfied that Mr. Dibbern was not a legal resi dent of Oregon at the time of his death, the law makes it plain that the com nv.sston had a right to settle with Mrs. Dibbern by paying her $4000 in a lump. ,Had Mr. Dibbern been a legal resident of the state then It would be Incum bent upon the commission to compen sate Mrs. Dibbern ln monthly instalments." have engaged amusements and also will conduct contests, one being the election of a queen of the Eagles. The South Bend aerie will Join the Ray mond aene In putting on the carnival. Woman Held for Portland. SALEM. Or.. July 14. (Special.) Mrs. Alice Skeen, alias Alice McCuIlen, wanted in Portland, has been arrested HARDIN SEEKS LESS NOISE - Portland Man Appeals to Governor on Behalf of St. Helens. SALEM. Or.. July 1 4. (Special. R. L. Hardin of 44 Broadway. Portland, as suming the role of the good Samaritan, has written a letter to the governor asking that official to take some action to bridle a gaa engine operating at St. Helena, and thereby save the "nervous and suffering" people of that city con tinued annoyance. Mr. Hardin's letter follows: "Kindly act on this personally today, as every hour brings more disaster to the poor, nervous, suffering, politically Hay .Crop Makes Record. CREHALrf, Wish.. July 14 Har vesting of the biggest hay crop known in the ChehaLJ and Newaukura valleys for years is In "-ll swing. The tonnage is of splendid quality and farmers are correspondingly happy. However, there la a slight shortage of labor, and sev eral more men could find temporary employment at good wages while the harvest is under way. Raymond Justice Is Appointed. RATMOXD. Wash.. July 14. (Spe cial.) The county commissioners have appointed James T. Lorrien aa Justice of the peace for Raymond to fill the vacancy caused by' the removal of Justice James E. Elwood. who left here on account of ill health about a month ago. Mr. Porrlen formerly was Justice for this precinct. Raymond Aerie to Hold Carnival. RATMOND. Wash, July 14 (Special) The Eagles are beginning a carnival week today to last six days. They J . , I REALTORS TO BE WELCOME ictoria Plans Entertainment for I Visitors at Big Convention. VICTORIA, B. C, July 14. Victoria I is getting ready to entertain northwest I real estate men when they come here to attend the Interstate Realty associa tion convention July 17-19. Realty men from Oregon. Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia are ex pected. Premier John Oliver of British Columbia will deliver an address of I welcome to the delegates. Other Brit ish Columbia and Victoria officials are I on the programme. Automobile tours about victoria and Vancouver island are scheduled. A feature of the convention will be I the championship- Northwest Amateur I Athletic association swimming and div ing tournament here July 19. (If j Coca-Cola is a perfect j I fWI answer to thirst that I M no imitation can satisfy. s I y Coca-Cola quality re- i I Ir corded in the public mil taste, is what holds it l I lly above imitations. J llfa! II Demand the genuine by I If 1 1fLil1 name nicknames Ml UfrSul encourage substitution. II fM ! Wffaj The coca-cola Co. IK I n'A' jf Young Pallets Prove Precocious. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., July 14. (Special.) Bert Hands claims to have five of the most precocious pullets ever born in the Cottage Grove country, or in any other country. At just four months of age they made their first contribution to the egg basket. 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