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Newspaper Page TextTEMPERATURES TODAY - THE , WEATHER .. Rain tonight and Tuesday; warmer; south winds. Boston,-5 a. m.,16 'PortUnd. 3 a. 1.1. ' : New York " ..90, Seattle 1 ,.d Charleston . . .83' Boiie " . WshlngVu . .aaiSan rran. - . ,t Chicago, 7 a. aula: Hosebnrg " ..ti Xan .City " ,.30i Spokane " . .H St. Paul - .. 6 Uarskfield . 4 ) Portland tumidity, o a m. ............ J .... .... . , ..a', , ,.. ... .rr. VOL. XI. NO. 266. . " PORTLAND, OREGON; MON DAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1913.-SIXTEEN PAGES. : PRICE TWO CENTS --M" uC;! : ' - - '. --- ... - . .. . .. . . - . ". .. , . . - . . - - . . - ir 9 " , - . : - - -. ..' ... . . , t . .. - - - .. , s M -. ..-. sssswsbsmsssjsmsssbsissssw i Senate Sitting as Impeachment Court Innds Judge Robert Yy. Avgmmmt? Malarkey andMcArthurBpth Win at Salem PassengerJ)epot toGost$3,000,00b niTtrn iTTAm nil D I tvnlinuiVUn Multnomah County Man Coolly Reads Letters While . Being Assailed by Member of His Own Delegation. r WINS PRESIDENCY BY- " VOTE. OF 25 TO 5 JDeclsChargeHe Promised . v Committee Appointments. Is Untrue. , - " (Staff Correspondence.) Balem, Or., Jan. IS. Bitter denuncla tion of ..Senator pan J, Malarkey Juat before he Vaa elected ai president -of the senate today was staged by Senator George W. Joseph, one of tbe new presl dent's colleagues from Multnomah. While Joseph declared that Malarkey -is a progrerslve for 'office only, and asserted that he has bartered appoint ments right and left to win election as head of the senate, Malarkey. sat two desks behind him and yawned, read let ters, or looked at the coiling by turns. Alalarkey made only a brief renlv to bis accusers,' when, after his' election, be declared it untrue that he promise I rny comraltteo appointments or made any trades to secure his sucresa-Whcn the- vale was taken Malarkey receive 1 35 out of 30. Of the renminbi five votes, Joseph and Kellaher voted for Butler "of Wasco-and "Hood " River, rhemcson voted for Carson of Marlon. Miller voted fcr McColloch Of Baker and Afalarkey, gava hla ballot to Calk his of Lane. - , , ... ' Try to. Stop Jotepb. ; , That Malarkey Is a friend of the cor porations,, that re has a i"necutlar still tnce" with the Cregonlan thtt he works 'Ittt devious ways." that he cannot be trusted to legislate for the peoplo and la. politically Inconsistent were the things ; upon "Which Joseph framed 'bis inaictment. . , - . . '- - The word bad rone round that some- thtn-war tx pctod to drop m tbe senate nd of the stabs house and every foot of tpacO was crowded as Joseph delivered his scathing arraignment 'At first there' was an attempt to head him off. on a point of order, but Senator Calkins, who was in th chair, ruled that he was in order If he proposed to nominate aome other man, Joseph 'announced he had a nomination to make and was not after ward Interrupted. - , . ' " Malarkey had been placed In nomina tion by Moser of Multnomah, who paid NO FOOLISHNESS! HE ABUSED OFFICE Associate Justice of .Commerce , Court, Impeached for Deal ings With "Litigants,, Con- evicted on 5 Charges. ON FIRST ARTICLE VOTE. 66-5 FOR, CONVICTION to- . - (Continued On Page Two.) II i ; 5( . , Speaker of Oregon House .. .1.- li ) fl Multnomah Man, Named Amid rt iii'ir in" f ii . uieers, wun nis uwn vote Only One Opposing, " ' (Staff Correspondence.) Salem. Or.. Jan. 13. Without n mnK as a rippie v aiaturo the smooth course of events, the Oregon house of repre sentatives got into Its working .clothes una iuuiiuuk py . eieeung U. - N.. MC Arthur of Multnomah as speaker and then aolng immediately lntn complete permanent organization by ap- iiominient ai mo necessary clerks. ado eiecuon , or MCArthur , went through like the rush of a steam loco motive. 3ut there was not the slight est suggestion of steam roller methods, for "the slmnta: reason that tVir nothing 4o steam roll. - McArthur's elec tion was unanimous, except for bis own vote, which he cast for P. O. Bonebrake, of Benton county. .''j Boies right not up ret. The onslaught on the speaker's powr of making committee appointments and other reforma in house rules, which Allan Eaton of Eugene will lead, did not develop this-' morning. That la not expected to come, before tomorrow ni-ning, when the committee On rules o roun w mo iiuuu!), inougn tnjr may be a brush at tha committM .. slon tonight. Eaton himself has the promise that he will be made a member of this committee. . Eaton said today,' however, that he Is so earnest In his desire to effect the re forms for which he Is 'fighting that if Successful lis Will not anrent a nl. committee place for himself, and that If no ran ne win not accept any commit tee place If a single objection Is made against him. -' - ; i t Speaker Urges rconomy and Dispatch. epeaKer, AicArthur in his address when he took over the sDeakr' rawt urged the members to make this the iiioai - ericctive, : Dusinessiike and : eco nomical legislative session. Orornn hn "Let us get down, to business."' he ald, '"and regain for this legislature the "Pfldenca-tlmt ilia, naonl t w , is becauHe of the performenVe ef past j legislatures. It is In our power, by do 'riff our duty as legislators thoroughly J nd efficiently, to make the legislature i it should he. ihe law making power Oi N. McArthnr.' " BUTTON (Continued on Page Two.) GIVES Ii HOLE BRIGADE El ESSII SLinLE IS EVE SPECIALCOMiyilTliEETO . DECIDE FATE OF 1915 FAIR APPROPRIATION iti - . ' i - i- - '. Matters Concerning' State, and ; County Fairs to Be Threshed Out by.Tt; Too. . Flying Wedges and Old Style - Football r Fq rrriations j Used r by Job" Seekers at SaTem., (Staff Correspondence.) Salem, Or., Jan. IS. Any legislator who came up to Salem yesterday In the sootnful hope of obtaining a nice nlght'a sleep before the. battle must have been strangely moved as h gazed about him. For alt the buttonhole boys are here, too, lined and lining. up for the plums the 'session has to bestow," n, 1 The charge of buttonhole boyson the legislative contingent last night in the lobby of the Hotel Marion will be Justly celebrated as one of the most dashing and brilliant affairs of Its kind. It surpassed anything in the memory of the oldest and wisest legislator, and there are a number here who can qualify for that degree. . , , , As everybody knows, the buttonhole squad ia composed of those who are seeking, and having othera , seek for them, the clerkships and other jobs at the disposal of the legislature. A wist ful horde of these .gentlemen was en camped in the lobby of the Marion, and the minute a legislator poked his head in he was a marked man. ; : r t - s . flying Wedge "Formations. , It was the last night on earth aa candidates for most of the Job seekers. for the sortlna of the nlums In both nouses is expecmu 10 lane place this anernoon, an oi wmcn iney ruuy real ized and took advantage of, and the thing that made It easier for them was the fact that with the election of the speaker and president 0? the aetiata both ' , . (Staff Correspondence.) Balem, Or, Jan. IS. Whether Oregon appropriates $500,000 or $260,000, or less, for the Panama exposition at S&n Francisco In 1916 wilt be threshed out by a special committee on fairs In the bOUSe. V-." ,;.-;--' - ; t- : , This commltteo will not only handle all business in connection With the Ban Francisco fair, but the Oregon state fair and tbe various county fairs will be re ferred to It aa well. - f . : The state fair baa heretofore been In the bands of the ways and meana com mittee, to which the proposal to extend state aid to tne various county fairs would also have been referred. ' This will make the committee on fairs one. of the most important committees in the house, Tbe appropriations recom mended, of course, will be referred to tne ways ana means committee. . Members Of the Oregon delegation favor having such a commltteo on- fairs and there seems little doubt that it will ne autnonzea. - t j , : 2 : - . (Continucd on rage Seven (Siwlal in Ttl ln:ni1 Medford. Or Jan. 13. Uaina- an nm. brella aa a weapon of defense. 2. Leon. ard. atation agent at Phoenix, beat off xour would be robbers last night When ordered to hold up his hands, Leonard attacked the men with the umbrella an succeeded in making so much noise that help came before the men could rifle his pockets. , A bullet from one of the robbers tore a great hole In the umnreiia and a blow from a revolver utt seriously injured the old aaenL Three men arrested at Ashland this morning are held as suspects. They may be the postof flee robbers who have mac so many hauls here recently, DORA GRAY SALEM 'A--.,' PJRI 1 NAMED AGE " Sa1rm ftamni of Th Jntiriml I salem girl, li ..years, of age. has been appointed a page, or pagess, in the state senate. , This is the first time In tho history of the OreKon legislature, or perhaps any other, that a girl has been commisjilonnd to trot hack and forth be tween the do.ks of the members and tne chkf clerk's ikfck. , .. President' of Seriate Commerce Court Justice Count "Charged Him With At tempt to Induce Sale of Culm Dump. . ' (CnlUd PrcM LeaMd Wire.) Washington. Jan. IS. The maximum penalty provided by -Impeachment laws was Imposed upon Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court late to day by the senate, following his con vlctlon on five of the IS misdemeanor articles with, which, be was charged. This- Includes his removal from the fed eral Judiciary, including the commerce court, , ana disqualification from aver holding any government office. A (United Pitm Leaied Wire.) Washington,, Jan, 13. The ermine was torn from the shoulders of Judge Robert W., Archbald. of the commerce court today when be was convicted by the UltedlStates ienate of "misbe havior and . misdemeanor in office." The Jurist was found guilty of five of the 13 articles with which he was charged thd first." third, fourth, fifth and thirteenth, t ' After voting continuously for three hours, the senate went into executive res ilon - to decide whether Archbald shall be forever disqualified from any other federal office, or merely removed from bis present position. . - Conviction on any of the IS counts carried with it a penalty of removal from the bench. . . , , . ' The highest vote in favor of Arch bald came on ' article 10, when , every Benator,. KOtt(l.0torr,jcaulttat except .fiea-. ator Ashurst, of Artaona.' ''". .t:.w - While the voting was in progress, Judge Archbald and Mrs, Archbald were sequestered In a committee room, the house sergeant-at-arms shielding them from a curious crowd which filled the corridors. The only break In their seclusion was when a page appeared with the result of each vote. -No comment was forthcoming from the accused Jurist as be lead each strip of paper which he handed to Mrs. Arch bald after perusal. , . Article 10, in which all the senators voted for acquittal except ' 8enator Ashurst, charged . that Judge Archbald accepted a trip to Europe at tbe expense of Henry W. Cannon of New York, a director of several 'railroads. Arch bald's defense contended that Cannon waa Mrs. Archbald's cousin, and that the trip was , an ordinary family cour tesy. ';. ' :'- ." ' '" The first ' arttcle charged T "Archbald with having - wilfully and unlawfully taken advantage of his position as a Judge- of the commerce court to induce officials of the Erie railroad and the Hillsdale Coal & Iron company, a sub sidiary of tbe Erie company, to sell to himself and his partners an Interest In the Katydid oulm dump. At that time the Erie railroad was a litigant in Judge Arobbald'a court - - . ' Aoo.'oltted oa Second, Arohbald was acquitted of the charges In the second article, the vote standing 46 to if. Forty-eight votes were neces sary to convict - -'---' Archbald was found guilty as charged PMHIt DEPOT MIL Architect Emil Schacht,'Vho .Drew Designs for the Hill . Freight Station on East , Side,, Drawing Plans. PRESIDENT Y0UNG.SAYS HE'S NOT AWARE OF IT Robert. W. Archbald TO ASK fEACIEN T .. Vr-j. Malarkey'-- SALARY RAISES GET, RECOMMENDATION OF COUNCIL COH E Affects 53 Employes; Daly to Oppose Plan Unless. Request . Shall Include Laborers, Fifty-three salary raises, totaling ap. proximately 33600 a year, were recom mended by the ways and means commit tee of the city council today at the first of a series of sessions that will be held to apportion tbe general fund for the present year. "Councilman Will R Daly announced that be would oppose all sat ary increases when the recommendations of the committee go before the parent body, unless the committee shall als Ttsirmrwranctrta increase the wages of 227 laborers in the street cleaning de partment irom z.70 a day to S3. Councllmen Wallace. Burgard and Menefee, the other members of the com- mittee present at today's meettne. ex pressed their willingness to comply with (Continued on Page Two.) - LOVETT RESIGNS FROM ERN PACIFIC AND U.-P. SOOTH KRUTTSCHNITT Latter Is Out of 0,-W. R. & N,.Co. and Becomes Chair man of Board of S. . P. BY IDAHO LEGISLATUR E -OF-SUPffi-lGES '. v-,. :,ift' i.;i'.:.i;,.;.f'Oi Progressive Members, Follow . ing ;Conferencei :Say Reso lution -.May, Be, Introduced, (Special to Tbe Journal.) Boise,: Idaho,-Jan. ;. 13. That resolu tions calling ' for the impeachment: of the Judges of the Idaho supreme court may be Introduced in the house of . rep resentatives this week was reported to day; following a conference last night of ,.a .number of Progressive, members. The matter wast freely, discussed but no definite plans were outlined, , ti, ; i .Following- his telegram of sympathy to R. Bt Bherldan,; C O. Broxon and F. K. Crusen, sentenced to Jail for con tempt of court, Judge Henry E. McGinn of Portland wrote Senator Dunning, who started the "penny brigade movement," enclosing $10 with the following letter: T wired you this S10;to pay on con tempt fine, of Sheridan, - Broxon and Crusen. If dear old Bam Johnson were alive and .were to revise his dictionary which, had such .vogue In itaday, he would doubtless, wlth his great, love of try th. and' hlsdetestatlqn of sham and humbug, .define , contempt of .court as always the. refuge of a JudlciaL tyrant and sometimes, a Judicial scoundrel.. . "With the hope that the great God of Justice , will be and abide , with R. a Sheridan,. C O. Broxon and A. R. Crusen and all theirs Jorevermore." ''.; ; Report Revives Speculation of Union Depot, at Head of " . Park Blocks. Plana for a 13,000,000 passenxer sta tion for Portland are being drawn by Architect Emil Schacht of this city? Mr. Schacht Is the architect who pre. pared the plans for the Hill east side freight house to- be ' constructed this year, and it is reported that he bas been commissioned by the Hill Interests to -prepare plans for the passenger station. President J. H. Young of the' Norch Bank, line and the Hill lines In Oregon denies that such commission bas been issuedas far as be knows, and Inquiry at Mr. Schacht' s office today ; brought tne. ana war-.that "Mr; Schacht doesn't know anything about ICT-However, this does not necessarily mean that the ru mors are without foundation H of . fact, for when the Mill system invaded the heart of the east side Jobbing district it: was. equally dcuniteiy stated by Carl K . Gray, then 1 president, that he" did not 1 know a thing about the' Hill system-; t interest in the purchases of the various ' blocks, or ground that are now to bo transformed into terminal yards, 'it was illustrated tnt for good and sufficient reasons that deal ..had . been swung through ' channels that left President' Gray with a perfectly clear conscience In spite of his reiterated denials of the truth of the reports, so far es his knowl edge went. v. : -.-.. ,-. . i Blnce both President Touna and Arch. iitaetvScbaicht' indicate they are not in position to tn row light on the subject," at least at this time, it Is only possible to surmise that the reported plans are for a union station at, the head qf the Park blocks,, about mid way between the present. Grand Central station. Sixth and Hoyt. and the Hill station, Eleventh and Hoyt" The Hill and Harriman sys tems own practically all of the Interven ing ground, and. the matter of getting together On some definHe plan for pool ing these Interests to the satisfaction of , the HiU lines, the O.-W. R. & N. and the Southern Pacific, has been before Presi dent J. IX Farrell of the 0.-W. R. & N. representing the Harriman lines, and President Young of the HiU lines for . more than a year. In fact, conferences were held during the presence here of Mr. Gray, who Is now' president of the Great Northern,'; ' v-. . Tentative plans of the - terminal grounds aa ithey would serve the pur poses of . the several roads that would enter the proposed Grand Central sta tion were prepared some time ago by. engineers of the Hill and Harriman Systems, but as yet there has been no Sdlcation of a final agreement, except e reported commission of Architect 8chacht to proceed , with , the prepara tion of plans for the structure. If the union passenger terminal is to conform to the Greater Portland plan; the depot will be placed at tbe head of the Park blocks. In this event , the railroads , will solicit from the people of. the-city- support for the greater city association's proposition that the Park blocks be openea and made to fur- -nlsh' an admirable vista of municipal Improvement for the benefit of the vlslr tor first entering t.e city. New York, Jan. 13. Steps for the dis solution of the merger of the Union Pa cific and the Southern Faciflo Railroad companies In compliance with a recent decision of the United States supreme court -were taken today. Judge Robert 8. Lovett resigned as director and of ficial of the Southern Pacific company, and Julius Kruttschnltt, traffio mana ger of the Southern Pacific, resigned from all connection with the Union Pa cific , V- f ; ; ;, Kruttschnltt was elected chairman of the Southern .Paclf la board of directors, and Horace Harding, W. P. Bliss, Cor nelius N. Bliss. G, P. Xelghton.t J. N. Jarvls, J. 'H. Kelby, C. H. Klby and 12. P. Swanson were elected directors of that company to fill vacancies caused by the retirement of Otto H. Kahn, Charles A. Peabody, M. I Schlff, F. A. Vanderllp, E. W. Goelet, L. J. Spence and Marvin Haughltt . , : . Alexander Miliar resigned as secre- (Continued on I'aee Seven) Schlff, and Vanderllp retired from the executive committee of the same corpo ration, Wallace,- Swanson and Robert Goelet will succeed tnem. Kruttschnltt also resigned director ship In the Oregon Short lane and the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Naviga tion company. Offices' May Be Moved From San ' Francisco as Result of Conference, Now Being Held by Leading Harriman Offfi , cials in New York; J. D. Farrell in Attendance; Anti Merger Decision of Supreme Court May Be Cause. That Portland Instead of San Fran cisco will be the seat of management of - the affairs of the San Francisco Portland Steamship company Is believed will be one of the results of the con ference now being held in New York by high Harriman V system officials, among whom la J. I. Farrell,, president of the O.-W. R. & N. M The San f Francisco-Portland , Steam ship company operates the three large passenger steamships. Beaver, Bear and Rose City, between Portland, and Cali fornia ports, and until a year ago. was a part of the Southern Pacific, although operated ! here from the docks of the O.-W, R. & N. Co. At present the com pany is headed by W. H. Bancroft, gen eral, superintendent of the Oregon Short Line, and Us headquarters thwrefore are tary-el h-tethef Peelf temt-fArretr." srtrkrt,r'M,WflSn5en('"' Manager R. P. Schwerln Is the executive head at San Francisco, with the tltla of vice president and general manager. Mr; Schwerln is also general manager of the Pacific Mall Steamship company. T. II. Ransome i lo'ul a-nt here Ui..l the Portland end of the bin'mj js transacted from the Alnswortb dock at the foot of Hoyt street " Several years ago the 0.-W. R. & N. company operated the San Franciscn liners, but the water. lines were tllvorcK-l from the rail lines and since then until a year ago the management M'a.t cen tered In Mr. Schwerln at San Francisco. Until about a year ago the 8outtoin Pacific figured prominently in the own. ershlp of the' company, but rooif irl cation waa effected to meet the provis ions of rulings of the Interstate Com merce Commission. K short time ago the supreme eonri held the merger of the I'nlon IV.. v: ; and Southern Paoif la illcgiil ami t'n change reported about to to tnn 'i i supposed to be' one of the reaw'.t i this decision. To what extent the change will'sfr the' local force will not he as".Tt .' until the return frftn.v'v J i ; . rreslJeat'Farrtli." It Is regarded iult prnbnbV. ( ' the manoKt'niput of ttm -f i r water, op.Tattil bet cn ti.i MarslifU'M on Cim I'iv, i. gHmitfd it'i f f . : at f it iicrti, .rM ! t : .. riii..i u i-i -. . .. ! i .