Arizona republican., 1918-10-22
|. 5. WHITNEY IN
 SUIT FUR LIBEL
 ASKS S100,000
Member Commission of State Institution Sues Journal-AIiner and Law yes of Prescott Bar Assn.

Louis B. Whitney, attorney and member or the commission Of state institutions. yesterday filed s10000O action for libel against the Journal Miner publishing company of Prescott and certain members of the Northern Arizona Bar Association for compos ing and publishing an article in the Prescott Journal Miner which he al 'oros would cause a person reading f .to suspect and believe that the plaintiff was disloyal in conduct to tlc United states
 Tho article in question appeared in fr. issue or Octomcr s, 1918, under rho following headline:
 Far Association Takes Swat at U0hhurs.
 Attorneys Set Forth Their Stand as Q. Handling Cases Filed by Alleged Sons of Perpetual Unrest
 Felt Unjustly Attacked
 Incorporated in the article were reso- I.tions drawn by leading lawyers who .n msesc volunteered their services f.rr of charge Co tho defendant in the action of John Stanricld. the alleged
 w. w. versus the United Verde Copper company. ct al. it being the opinion of thc lawyers that it was a H.flnr-cuf case Of persecution of the county officers. copper firms and lead .rr citizens of tho county who had a ard Iu tho iob Of chasing a party of .uercd Wobblies out of Jerome in July. 1911."
 Tn this action. according to the ar tHIr Whitucv appeared for Stanfield, .rd his connection with the case drew from rho Northern Arizona Bar asso- laHon tho alleged attack which the attorney claims has caused him to be considered guilty of disgraceful and rrnrofcssional conduct. The associa- tior held that an attorney in repre- rr-frr client of the character of rHe Wohhly was deserving of the con dcmuation of the bar. In the resolu- rors drawn by F. $. Clark R. F. Nor reon and \. IT. Fo1ver it is set forth:
 Resolutions Condemned
 'Whcrcas-Tho plaintiff in those ac- tons are represented by attorneys and l.. B. Whitney. and if said at furncys arc members of or sympathiz- CTS with the l. W. w. association or in any manner directly or remotely affiliated with the said organization ue believe it our duty as officers Of fhc court of this commonwealth to rceistcr our condemnation of such at torncy and of their selling or giving their services to clients of that char actcr and lending their aid to such an organization.
 The article in the Prescott paper stated that the resolution epitomized thc sentiment of the bar association rcsarding the Wobbly situation as it prrtained to actions in local courts Tho lawyers in their resolutions de- tlarcd that any person committing a crime against society has no standing t the court Of law for injuries done him personally in the commission of tbo crime. In vigorous terms they ex- ur,ssed themselves relative to the l. W. w.. clearly setting forth an opinion that loft no doubt that they knew whether or not the l. w. w. was a dis loyal organization.
 Calls it Malicious
 Whitney charged that since the ar ftic appeared in which the resolutions were embodied. he has been vexed and harassed in that it has caused him to bc looked upon with suspicion 1fc charges that it was a maliciou! arf. and names as the defendants thu rrhnshing company and it's owners and editors. T. w. Mines and Percy Nnncs. and the followink well-knowr
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