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Show 8 I TA IMDPAPU a Mil Ifrt AliH $ AKIiNIKAl I I I rill vie lirriLV I! House Votes Against the I Federal Judge Accused I of Grafting. Jj f Washington, July 12. The House of .R ' ftepresentatives today adopted by a J (1 vote of 222 to 1 articles of impench- 3g jjj ment against Judge Kobort W. Arch- W -Ai I bald of the United States commerce II court Representative Fair of Penn- II Bylvaula cast the single vote against -Ji t the bill of Impeajchment. srjgK Mr. Farr Is a life-long friend who ft has all along voiced confidence In -Ii Judgo Archbald's integrity. It Of the total membership of the hcniBo in their seats, only nine voted J "present," These were former Speak- er Cannon, Representatives Burgess ; of Texas, Dalzell and OlmBtead of i Pennsylvania, Dwlght of New York, I Johnson of South Carolina, Parran of a I Maryland, Rucker of Missouri and 9 Sparkman of Florida. Only three members had spoken In the judge's defense. They were Rop- Eyv resentutlves Farr, Bowman and Focht, L all Republicans of Pennsylvania Jjijj; Senator Clark of Wyoming, Repub- II lican, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, and Senator Simmons of North. Carolina, tho Democratic leader, expressed the a lew tonight that the senate would acquiesce with Judge Archbald's wishes as to having an Immediate Im-mediate trial or being allowed time to proparo his defense. : The impeachment grows out of charges that while occupying a fcd-j. fcd-j. eral bench, Judgo Archbald was connected con-nected with a negotiation for valuable uooj : culm bank properties in Pennsylvania 3 "W? and with other questionable financial i ho3 transactions, and with using his offl- be org clal position for thp enrichment of ppoti? himself and friends. ' |