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Show ARCH , INQUIRY KILL BBjl TODAY Committee Will First Decide Whether Accused .Jurist-Will .Jurist-Will Participate. WASHINGTON. May 6. tfnvetigntlon of 'charges against Judge Robert Arch-bald Arch-bald of the commerce court will be undertaken un-dertaken tomorrow by tho house committee commit-tee on Judiciary. Papers In the case sent to the committee from the department of JuBtloc by direction of tho president will be examined and It Is expected that J5. .1. Williams of Scninton. Pa., will appear as the first witness of the Inquiry. One of the things to bo taken up by the committee at tho outset will bo whether Judge Archbald will be Invited to participate partici-pate In the inquiry and be given tho right to question witnesses. Representative Clayton, chairman of the committee, said today that probably the following would bo subpoenaed: G. F, Brown, vleo president and general gen-eral counsel of the Erie railroad, who Is said to have- knowledge of tho plan to sell tho culm banks owned by the railroad and to have, conferred with the prospective prospec-tive purchasers. W. P. Boland. president of tho Marlon Coal company of Scranton, Pa., who first called attention to the negotiation which led to the charges against Judge Arch-bald. Arch-bald. B. H, Meyer, Interstate commerce commissioner, com-missioner, whom President Taft said first brought the charges to his attention. Captain W, V. May, manager of the Erie railroad properties, with whom Williams Wil-liams Is said to have negotiated with reference ref-erence to the culm banks transaction. Charles F. Conn, vice president of the Lackawanna & Wyoming company, which, according to the charges, was the company com-pany which sought to purchase the culm banks property for $85,000. The Identity of one Scranton man al-rcady al-rcady summoned was not disclosed. |