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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1913.
NUMBER 66
JUDGE ARCHBALD IS OUSTED
FROM COMMERCE COURT BY
SENATE IMPEACHMENT VOTE
Only Five Vote For the Judge On
First Count; Sixty-eight Vote
to Oust Him
Judge Archbald, associate Justice of
the commerce count, charged with
misconduct in office, has been found
guilty by the senate, on the first of 23
charges preferred against him. The
vote stood 68 for conviction and five
for acquittal. The first article charg.
ed him with having wilfully and un
lawfully taken advantage of the po
sition of Judge of the commerce court
to Induce officials of the Erie Call
road and the Hillsdale Coal and Iron
company, a subsidiary of the Erie, to
aell to himself and partners an inter
est in the Katydid Culm dump.
On the second article he was ac
quitted and found guilty on the third
and fourth. Archbald was not pres
. ent In the senate which is-sitting as
an impeachment court.'
Archbald was found guilty on the
fifth count, acquitted on the sixth and
seventh, ''
The vote on the eighth article stood
22 for conviction and 42 for acquit
tal; on the ninth 23 voted guilty and
39 not guilty; on the tenth 65 not
guilty and one guilty; on the elev
enth 51 for acquittal and 11 for con
SELECT HEADS
FIRST MEETING UNDER SEW OR
DER THIS WEEK.
Election of Chairmen Takes Pluce
and Council Organized.
Organization of the six committees
which under the Hall regime, will be
expected to transact, in a preliminary
way, all the business acted on finally
by the council, has taken place.
Chairmen have been elected for all
committees and all save Fitzgerald
and Wright of the Fourth ward get
chairmanships. These committees
have been requested to take up all
matters pertaining to their depart
ment and have business In such
' shjpe that when it gets to the coun
cil, routine matter need not be gone
through with and "referring to coml
mtttees" will not require so much loss
of time.
The Chairmanships.
The council meets Wednesday eve
ning and when the session takes up
these men will be chairmen of the,
respective committees:
Streets E. C. Davis. .Members.
Sargent. Wright, Halsten.
. Water W. R. Jones. Members,
Fitzgerald and Lincoln
Ways and Means R. L. Lincoln.
Members. Fitzgerald and Jones.
Finance F. D. Halsten. Members.
' Wright. Campbell.
Judiciary W. B. Sargent. Mem
bers, Davis, Fitzgerald.
Fire and Police J. F. Campbell.
Members. Wright, Halsten.
Jack Pot Shoot Wednesday.
There will be another Jackpot shoot
on the La Grande Gun club grounds
on Wednesday. Entries for shotgun
and rifles are provided for and In ad
dition there will be a special 'range
for ti caj rifle. The shoot will com
mence at 10 a. m.
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viction; on the twelvth 19 for con
viction and 46 for acquittal; on the
thirteenth and final article the vote
stood 42 for conviction and 20 for
acquittal. .
Children Must Be Vaccinated.
Last Saturday night the school
board met In consultation with Dr.
Richardson, city health physician, Dr.
Hall, mayor and . District Attorney
Ivanhoe for the purpose of discussing
the health situation. In view of the
fact ithat there are at this writing 20
or more homes under quarantine the
following resolution was adopted:
, "On and after January 20th all chll.
dren not vaccinated and all chldren
who have not had the smallpox will
be excluded from the public schools
of the city. A certificate , showing
that the child has been vaccinated by
a physician, or a certlfiate by a phy
stlan that the child has had the small.
1 pox must be produced by the child to
gain admittance to the schools."
This applies to all the public
schools of the city but does not apply
to the private schools over which the
board has no control.
JOHX WELLS IS THE PRESIDENT
ELECT. Next Meeting of Ail Locals Scheduled
for April,
Matters of general Interest to the
farmers' union of Union couuty were
transacted at a meeting of all coun
ty, local held here last Saturday. The
more Important phases are set out in
a report to the press by a committee
of the union, as follows:
We, the committee on report for
the press, beg leave to submit the
following for your approval:
First, the adoption of the Eastern
Oregon Co-operative Telephone asso
ciation.
j 'And heartily endorsed the work of
said association as far as It has gone
to date,
And recommend that its completion
be as speedily as possible, regard
less of cost, as we deem it a neces
clty. Our attendance at the meeting be
ing - No. 237 delegates representing
each local in the Union county.
Sew Officers Elected.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President John Wells of Imbler.
' Vice President T.. B. Johnson, of
Cove.
Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. H. Mc
Goldrtck, Imbler.
Chaplain (Mrs. Thos. Parks, Elgin.
Conductor W. F. Hutchinson, of
North Powder.
Doorkeeper C. S. Moore of North
Powder.
Executive board W. J. Case, All
cel; A. P. Dahlstrora, North Powder;
E. S. Norrls, La Grande.
The next quarterly meeting will be
held at Elgin the second Saturday In
April. 1913 .
(Signed) T. B. Johnson, Chairman
Com.; T. B. Parks, C S. Moore.
GEORGE H. HODGES.
Democrat Elected Governor of
Kansas by Cloee Margin.
LITTLE CHIOS
REDt'CTIOX OX UXDSOOURED
W OOL SOUGHT.
General Feeling; Prevails That Low
Tariff Injures Little.
J. H. Dobbin of Joseph has Just re
turned from the National Wool Grow
ers convention held at Cheyenne. Del
egates were present from all of the
western states and from many of the
eastern states.. F, J. Hoganbarth of
Idaho was chosen president and Si. W.
McClure was re-elected socretary and
edUor of the National Wool Growers,
a Journal published for the benefit of
sheepmen. "Wool will be high in
spite of the federal congress In re
ducing ithetariff schedule," said he
"and the sheepmen will not be very
much affected Dy th,e reduction. We
are working for a different basis.
Heretofore the tariff has been on un
secured or greasy wool. If the tariff
is changed to apply ito scoured wool
then the reduction will not hurt us:
It Is sure to have some effect but It
will not affect us as much as It was.
though It would. The tariff has been
11 cents a pound on the unscoured
product and by the time the grease Is
eliminated it amounts to about five
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' An
SHEEPMEN IN
LEGISLATURE CONVENES TO
EARLY ORGANIZATION
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UNMARKED BY SENSATION
Salem, Ore., Jan. 13. Eight mtn
uates was the duration of the first
session of the state senate', when that
body and the legislature convened to
day. Everything had been arranged In
advance for the temporary organiza
tion. W. M. Miller, of Lebanon, and
a Democrat, was the man who called
the senate to order. W. W. Calkins
of Eugene was elected temporary
president. It took the house ten min
utes to effect a temporary organiza
tion and P. O. Bonebrake of Phllo
math was elected temporary speaker.
In the senate Dan J. Malarkey was
elected permanent president of the
snate, and C. N, (Pat) McArthur was
POLICE IDS
REVEAL MODAL
DISCREPANCIES
LA GRANDE , RESTAURANT IS
FOUXB TO BE HARBINGER OF
IMMORAL CHARACTERS
OTHER RAIDS PENDING
Moral Cleaaap Promise by City An.
thorlUes, Starting Wish Raid on
Chinese Restaurant on Adams Are
na Other Rooming Houses to Be
Raided Unexpectedly'' Affirms the
Chief.
La Grande Is to havea moral bouse
cleaning. A raid has been made on
the La Grande restaurant which bae
been under suspicion for some time
as an illicit resort and two persons
were itakeu in the act. Strict orders
were given Ben Moon, Chinaman, the
proprietor of the -restaurant, not to
'allow any of the waitresses to room
in. the building. For' a few months
J the injunction was followed but 'the
recent raid showed that the celestial
had fallen by the wayside and made
a disreputable Joint of the upper
rooms. The guilty parties will settle
the matter by getting married and
leaving town.
"This Is not all," said the chief
of police this morning, "there are
other rooming- houses in the city on
which the police will make unexpect
ed raids In the course of a few days."
"We have Just broken up a number
of gambling dens and Joints vlll be
closed. There Is too much card play
ing in some of the pool halls and I
Just closed some rooms In one of the
halls on Depot street. Besides, all
of the undesirable citizens will have
to take to the road, for we will not
tolerate them In 'La Grande."
Not many days ago a man was the
loser of $400 or more In a card game
and would have lost a much larger
snm in his drunken stupor If his cour
ageous wife had not invaded the gam
bling den and demanded the return
of the lost money.
There Is much, or has been much
gambling In La Grande and the spot
light of publicity will be turned on
' unmercifully by the authorities until
the Illicit practice stops.
SPEED?
speaker of the house
without opposition.
permanently
La Grande Chorus to Organize.
Organization of ithe choral society
of La Grande will come under way at
the meeting of all Interested n this
form of music, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Scrogglns
on Fourth and Washington tonight
The singers of ability and those ot
less training who are looking for
ward to a development of their voice,
should take advantage of . the oppor
tunity to put La Grande on the map
aa far as the art of alngtng goes. La
Grande is very much behind other
cities of the same size In this respect
and the move la a most worthy one.
The meeting will be at eight p. m.
LE WINS
FIRST ROUND
Ml SEAT
CREDENTIALS COMMUTES ' OF
THE SENATE SEATS KIDDLE
WITHOUT PROTEST.
FLOOR FIGHT FOLLOWS
By Margin of Six Kiddle Is Bested
in Recount when Defective Ballots
Are Sot Counted Failure to Re.
count AU Precincts May Give Clue
to Kiddle Forces In Election Strug.
Salem, Jan, 13. Ed E. Kiddle won
his first round In the contest for a
seat, in the legislature which, convened
today when the credentials commit
tee seated him over John S. Hodglu.
The fight proper which means the
final seating or unseating, will come
on the floor of the senate when the
body as a whole rejects or adopts the
credentials committee report. John
S. Hodgln, who brought the contest,
Is In the heat of the fight, being pres
ent in Salem today.
According to results obtained by
the Judicial recount In the contest be
tween Hodgln and Kiddle for the sen
atorial toga, John Hodgln will be
entitled to the seat in the right, hon
orable body. ' But there is no telling
what the legislature will do In the
master. ' Not all of the precincts In
the two counties have been counted
and the legislature may Interpose
and say that If it was possible for the
Democratic nominee to win a suffi
cient number of votes In the pre
cincts selected by himself', It might
be possible for the Republican to win
In the other precincts that have not
been counted. Hodgln gained eight
votes In the recount. Kiddle's major
ity in the election count was four.
This gives Hodgln a lead of two votes
as two of the eight votes , Hodgln
gained, were eliminated when Ante
lope and La Grande 'No. 5 were thrown
out because they were not specified
by Hodglns' petition. :
If the contest depended on this
count of ballots that have been In
all respects regular before the law,
the whole might be disposed of with
l.ttle difficulty. In the latter state
ment It must be assumed, that the Re
publican will be satisfied with the
partial recount.
But the whole thing will be sub
ject to the defective ballots, defective
for the reason that they are not in
Btrict conformity with the law In all
respects. For the sake of brevity they
may be called Hodgln ballots and
Kiddle ballots because the Intention
to vote for Hodgln on 36 of them Is
clear and likewise Is the intention to
vote for Kiddle clear on 37. In all
there are 73 Irregular ballots that will
come under the scrutiny of the leg
islature. If all of the defective bal
lots are rejected, Hodgln will have
a lead of one in the Judicial recount.
Attorney Slater, acting tor jonn
Hod el n takes the stand that since
Kiddle has accepted the election!
count In toto he cannot object to the
partial recount In which the Demo
crat won the lead. The point Is very
technical and may stick. Others main
tain tbat the common sense view of
)the thing would be to recount all of
the ballots In the two counties. If
this were resorted to there would tie
no possible comeback to the recount
and the thing would stand before the
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NO RELIEF IX SlCf IX THE
SIM 24 HOURS STATE '
OFFICIALS
SLIDES REAGHFOR MILES
Drifts Twenty Feet IKp Piled High
'Over Tracks Sear Elieusburg and
Little Hope of Open Service for -Some
Time Floods in . Ohio and
Indiana Are Proving Hard Prob
lems. , ' : '" ' I ".
Seattle, Jan. 13. No transportation
lines are open out of here nor is the
outlook good for their being open
within 24 hours to come. Snow 20
feet deep . In the mountains has tied
up the Northern Pacific at Ellensburg.
Wires are down and slides totaling
10 miles in length have trains block
ed at Laconla. The Great Northern
trains are reported Indefinitely late.
- - Ohio lUTer Still High.
Evansvllle, Ind., Jan. 13. Hundreds
of families living In the lowlands
here are endangered by the continued
rise of the Ohio river. A stage of 45
feet Is ' predicted before nigh.' '
, Yesterday's run on the Elgin branch
was beset, with considerable difficul-.
ty,- In the neighborhood ot Elgin the
elements had drifted the, snow to such
an extent that the train could not
make Its way and was stalled In the
snowbanks for some hours. A crew
of shovelers was sent out from La
Grande and succeeded In liberating
the passenger train from the 900 foot
drift. This delay was resopuslble for'
the arrival of the train during the
early hours of the morning.
ENVOYS TO REMAIN IN LOXDOX
WEEK LOXGHtt ;
Reported That Porte Is Ready to Un
shoulder Responsibility.
London, Jan. 13. Peace negotia
tions are deadlocked here and the
Turkish envoys will remain in' Lon
don only at the request ot Sir Ed
ward Grey, The Balkans will like
wise remain until then. II Is semi
officially learned that Bugarla has
completed negotiations for a loan of
$28,000,000..
People to Decide
An unconfirmed report from Con
stantinople says the Turkish cabinet
baa resigned. It la also stated the
Ottoman ministry contemplates cal
ling a general council of all the peo
ple with the intention of unloading
the responsibility on the people of
deciding whether or not ito continue
the war. -; '
Jailed for Forfery.
Frank Craner of La Grande Is in
the city Jail awaiting trial on the
charge of forgery. He had In his
possession a check which purported
tot have been algned by N. K. West
He tried to pssa the check to Lou
Remillard. The check waa for the.
sum of 15.60. '.. j
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